The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-01
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srEunRSvILLE, ONO, July 3l.-L old
Baron stouben could on yesterday have
been brought to tho town which honor.
cd itaelE with his name in admiration
OF his heroic assistance in the establish.
mont Of American liberty no would
probably have gono like tho othOr steu-
beuvillians out to the Pleasant Heights
track and takon in tho irst day Of the
big bicycle racing tournament Of the
Stoubonvillo Athletic Club. lIO would
have summod up his impressions with
considerable satisfaction, not uuruixed,
however, with feelings OF negative
pleasure. Tho races wore exciting and
entirely satisiactory, but tho aggrega-
ton OF tho Sixth ward musicians, who
travelled IRON A TO L on n set OF whceZy
instruments wore enough to put the
average spectator in love with seven'
toen hundred senate amendm ents.
Tho racing mon began TO Grrive on the
morning trains and by noon there was
n hrst.class representation OF class A
men, but tho fast class B cracks who
wero entered for oil open events on both
days were, with tho exception OF the
Triangle team, Z. O. Johnson. aud r. E.
Geotz, and F. L. 1allcy, otZaneaville, and
r. E. Eddy, OF Columbus. strangely ab-
sent. Investigation at the steubenvillo
Athletic Cube headquarters developed
tho fact that both tho Columbia and
Spaulding teams had sent telegrams can-
ceiling thcir entries hero. Tho Eek.
johnson combination. with Calihan as
tho minor star. were also unable to
bc here, but they have promised TO be
on hand for the races tomorrow. The
Triangle team had things all their own
way Ia the B events, taking first and
second in every race except tho two
milo handicap, in which very bad job
OF ofhandicapping was developed. AS the
Triangle victories followed ono another,
tho smile on George Peabody's face
grew and finally renched tho proper.
lions Of full fedged grin Of aatistac-
ton.
Tho races were scheduled to start at
9 o'clock, and by that hour probably
$500 people were sandwiched in the
grand stand and clustered along the
0uarter.stretch. At the hour promptly
the refereo, J. Wado McGowin, OF tho
Pittsburgh Athletic Club, sounded the
gong calling out the entrants in the first
events, the ono milo novice. In this
race elevon mon werc entered and hvo
started, At tho half milo Wilkins, Of
Steubonvillc, hold the lead. closely tol-
lowed by Smith, OF Toronto. The rival
ry between the two was evident, aud
they made the pace entirely too fast for
tho two Wheeling boys who contested,
Woods aud KinghorH. AS they came
into tho stretch wilkins aud Smith
were fighting it out hammer and
tougs, and wilkins won out in
tho last ton iect by mag.
niiicent spurt that was too hot for tho
Toronto boy. Woods aud Kingdom,
who wore almost distanced, finished
third and fourth respectively. The fine
finish in tho first event on the pro-
grumme was but forerunnor OF more
good racing.
Tho second event, tho one-half milo
open, class i racc, brought out q slim
field, five riders, and tho two Triangle
moi, johnson and Gootz. had things
their own way. At tho pistol shot tho
mon wont oil at loaf, and remained
punched until almost entoring tho
stretch, when tho Triangle artists
pulled out, aud tho fight in tho stretch
between Goetz and Johnson was u
beauty; the latter won by the nar-
roweat OF margins. 4
Tho two mile open handicap for class
4 riders brought ont large field, seven.
teen facing tho starter. When the first
half was finished several ridess were
punched in tho lead, among them Oscar
Smith, OF Wheeling, but attcr this he
was lost in tho shuttle, Notwithstanding
ho had received tho handicap limit, 270
wards. At tho mile tho Wellsburg man,
Frank McNear, was in the lead. doing
tho donkey work for the bunch Of eight
or ten. Tho scratch mon had a hard
timc catching up on the mon with big
handicaps. aud as tho stretch was on :
tered on tho last lap Comstock (Trtan-
Vle), OF Cleveland, $50 yarda), forged to
tho front, aud won from Patterson, OF
Wilmoring, Pa.
Tho ono milo handicap, class b,
brought out nil the mon in tho class OK
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