The evening world., 1894-05-30
new RECORD
AT M|LBURN.
toortrnued rom prst Pnoe. }

keeping the course clear and prevent
ing the crowds from blocking travel or
Interfering with the racers: {. l..
Mar masun ashSaa5ic IS g. was ehiet UNI
sistants.
Forty-hve prizes ore offered for COM
petition-three an Eagle safety, a gold
medal and a silver cup, for the best
time made in covering the course: two,
"A. gold and silver medal. and a pair OF
aluminium rims. for the second best
time. and a silver medal for the third
best.
Each competitor who finishes In la Or
better gets 4 bronze medal. and the other
prizes. which include second high-grade
s%afeties. are given to the competitors
according TO the order in which they
When time was finally called for start.
Ing the races, just before noon, It was
estimated that there were fully s.or
people in the GROVE that lined the
course. Y those no less than Ice"
TIT pistol was fired at lln and the
hrst 10 start Were the nine minute handi.
ca, men There were three racers in
class. and these were followed by thirty
nine etEhi minute men. The others
started in their turn:
When the crack riders went by from
the starting point they We're greeted
with yells and cheers by the crowd
which had lined UP closely on Soth
sides Q. the course for half A mite ~
more below the starting line.
Murphy received a roasine sCnd-oN
as he sped down the curse at the tail
who entered for the race 10 started.
l.. L RlauVelt. the speedy Elizabeth
rider. who had threatened 10 retire be
cause cclc.ct men We're allowed 10 COM
pete. TsConsideret his determination and
started.
The nrs, man TO pos. the line on the
return from ne tTo-aoi-one-hal:-rlle
mark was Wiiism Weller, Of the Cen
fury Cycle Cluh.
The other lo1E handicap nen followed
him we'll buncheL Vsc- -e short han
they had Cainei Ve-v little On the first
hve-mile stretch Il WAS tNldent from
the time made that tie race would he
welier's time for the a-st ave miles
was a little. over - minutes Murphy
was but a few seconds faster. but he
within himself. He ~As san far In the
rear when he passed TIE arst ave-m!le
mark.
IN crossing the tsn-mls line Weller.
Of the Century Club. Was stll leading,
m]inston, and ". c. Rome Jersey ci,ty'
men had not changed materially since
passing the fye-mlle marx They were
well in the lead OF all the otae- eich;
minute men. many % whom had dropped
The next in the race At the mile
was J w. Baldwin. OF the Century
W ntITlPn, OF Newark
Murphy, the scrath man. was SIN
the last man in the race. though ne Was
getting up Il hotter pace an! gradually
acHSrni falls HR in the hee se i}Slai s THsrf T nnS
one OF the riders, George Costigan, of
the Amsterdam Wheelmcn,. who took a
header just after. passing the line, wat
badly hurt. His fall was caused by one
OF the spectators stepping out on the
track just as he was passing. He WAS
stunned and Ind 10 be carried OF the
Nan lNt lA saa noon sD,,E - ~ M
At the fifteen miles Weller had drCppcd
out and Wier was leading the bunch In
watch were Roome, Baldwin and A. J.
Hlrgan, % Newark.
The speedy men were putting on
more power and the race was growing
exciting.
though he was riding we'll he was losing
ground. He crossed the fifteen mile line
At 1893, Just 2 minutes 10 seconds behind
only had 4 seconds start of him.
George ". Coffin. of the ATLANTA
Wheelmcn,, was working up among the
clnch," was making a good record. Fred
Hawley. of the X. c. W., was dragging
behind.
Roomc had forged his way into first
place when the twenty-mile line was
passed and the Jersey city man was
riding a great rnce -
place, and Baldwin, OF the Century Club,
was third.
A. ii. Barnett, Elizabeth wheelmen,
> reached the finish line first. He made
the twenty-five miles In ILLS. He had
: u Horace H%r"'' II. A aIiI%T,'a RPsbury Park. was
second, in 1.1l2O. Handicap, four min
!, utes.
A. e. Bofinger, Riverside Wheelmen,
q was third
Others finished in the following order:
! Jersey city; 4. J.. Hargan, Newark; ]:
q w. Baldwin, Century Club. who crossed
! a. l.Ol; r. Wier, Wilmington; $. r,
!: dTaTs. Hlnsa NY ". YORK o.: G. city :: : sw Al SHan,
$ Newark w; II. r. Eckstein, Greenwich
"; J; W; DAVIDSON. Nsw York city J.,
e ihiaaihl. wissa rGeks%"' W. '"e i. i. Bryan Bryan,
e Harlem "; G p: Kphilke, savoy a C..
r ThaprlseS X; Gibson rlttIsurf a Hob Tc; )
t Excelsior p. G; c. Mann. X. c. ".
=, The time made by Barnett was ILLS
n af;er the race. was the best time made
/ by any OF the competitors In covering the
r II smashes the 25-mile record over the
= IrvingtOn-Milhurn course. l.l5.l made b,
G. ", Murphy last year. beating 1t by
3m. 52s.
was In. lin, eos, which Won the priz'
for the second best time. as well as fol
second place in the race.
Both BensinPer and Wells were be
4 hind the record. Hawley and Murph,
u behind left out of sight.
e The finish was an exciting one, tn
,e winner being closely pressed by boil
Il Allen and Bofingcr.
The result was a great surprise to tn
N crowd as the winner, az well as secon'
and third man, wa comparatively un
! known.
= The corrected time OF the winner wa
one hour eleven minutes and thrice
seconds. The record up to to-day wa
!, one hour fifteen minutes and ten sec
= onds. To-day's time was four minute
- faster.
=: Nurphy's corrected time was one hou
= eleven minutes and forty-nine seconds.
- The winner probably wins both tn
a, time and winners prize. He lives l
= Westfeld.
: BROOKLYN MANS SUICIDE.