Arizona republican., 1894-12-01
FLYING WHEELS. Closing Day of the Cycle
 Tournament. Osen and Slater Capture
 the Prizes.
Covered With Glory, Diamonds
 and Town Lots.
There Was No More Record Break Ing, but No Grass Grew
 on the Track.

Jose, are the two bright particular stars of yesterdays bicycle races; in fact of the tournament. In the two days each was victor in five races. Osen Is this morning the proud possessor of two Phoenix town lots and pocket full of diamond jewelry Slater beside holding also a goodly stock of the precious gems, and a $25 mantel clock reposes in the blissful satisfaction of having | broken two Pacific coast records, the mile and the two-mile, and ln having shown himself the gamiest little fnisher and the headiest little thorough bred of the whole aggregation of clever racers.
 The first race yesterday was the one mile open 2 :35 class. This was hotly contested for by Slater, Bunting of Texas and Graves of Tucson. The fshish was in the order named. Time, 2:232.
 The next was the one half mile open with a town lot and couple of diamond rings the prizes. Osen had declared ln advance that he would not overlook any town lots if he could help it as he was most favorably impressed with Phoenix. He crossed the tape first ln l:O7, closely followed by Jenkins and in turn by Fox. This was splendidiy close race and an ordinary blanket might have covered the three boys as they passed the judges at the finish.
 Harry Walz of Ell Paso, was the win ner of the one-fourth mile event which followed. The two Tucson boys made him fly down the home stretch and finished right at his rear tire. Johnson was second and Graves third.
 In the one half mile flying start Osen led all the way and at the finish.
 The legs of Fox of Los Angeles worked like couple of piston rods at pressur as their owner vainly tried to overhaul the leader. The sympathy ot many of the spectators was with them but there was $lO0 diamond ring in it and Osen had to have It. Jenkins o1 Los Angeles, was close third.
 There were five starters in the one half mile IS event. This was an ex citing race. Graves took the lead anc held it until passed by Slater on the last turn and then by Bunting O Texas, on the home stretch. Skaters time was Ill 45. Graves was thire TlRub III GllS UuhCh GU olAO oeSPS' oA~eo seemed to have most remarkable tr1ct of shaking his competitors at that las turn down by the the rink. More thar once in the tournament the grand stand howIed with delight as he was seer coming out of that crucial scrimmag in advance.
 A limit of 2:2O was placed upon tn mile handicap. There were five entrie Il-. o1 NY won by Casey Castleman in 2:27R Wh defeated Osan in a spirited contes amid great shouts of delight from tn spectators. As the limit was no reached Referee Pinney declared n race. It was not run over and tn Valley club boys. said that Castlemar a handsome gentlemanly fellow an great favorite, should have a diamon anyhow for his splendid race.
 In the one mile invitation it WE what had become now an old story Slater finished winner Tn 2:2l 4-5, ont twenthieth of a second slower than h record breaking time of the day befor' Pretty fine time keeping, some sai' but Jim Cant and George Loring, ve eran turtles and time keepers of man horse trot, said their stop Watch' were infallible, and the twentieth of second business had to go. Buntlr was second.
 The tandem race was the closir event of the day. Osen and Castlems had shown themselves to be flyers { most invincible and no one felt i clined to bet very heavy on Al Galp and s. P. Wilson, the home talent. II wheel of the Valley club boys was thi teen pounds heavier than that of the competitors and Al is not feathe weight himself. For three laps it W close and exciting, but the last tin round Olsen and Castleman drew