The herald., 1894-04-15
THE BICYCLE RACES.
SOME FAIRLY GOOD TIME MADE
BY THE CRACKS.
AS Usual Fox Comes In for the Largest
Share of Victories = OOwan
Meets with Mis-
hap.

The bicycle races OF the Athletic club,
at Athletic park yesterday afternoon.
were fairly interesting, but attracted q
small crowd. Some good time WAS made,
considering that the riders we're not in
training and that they had just passed
through week OF fiesta. That cunning
young Fox of Cotton carried off a good
share of the victories of the day.
The first race, a qusrter-mile open.
was won by Fox. There were FIVE start
ers in the first heat-W. A. Burke, F.
Stevenson, Hall, d. F. Burke, f. Lacy.
At the first trial the pistol, in the hands
OF starter Howard, failed to go off and
the start was declared off. At the Sec
ond start D. F. Burke got off first and
led all the way around, winning easily
in 3615 seconds. w. A. Burke was sec
ond and Hall last.
The starters in the second heat were
Fox, Cowan and Kitchen. Fox made
the pace, which was hot one, from the
start, and won in 3619 with Kitchon g
close second. Cowsn was thrown from
his wheel on the turn to the stretch,
but not seriously injured.
The final between d. F. Burke, Phil
hllCliOA anu VA Wab q NOIy PICtty LhCCg
but Fox gained on the lead Burke had
and led the rest of the way, winning in
50 2-5, and taking the race.
The one-half mile open race was
dead race between Fox and J. Cowan.
Ia the first heat w. jenkins. d. F.
Burke, F. Lacey and W. Ulbrecht were
the starters. Burke got the lead in
starting but Jenkins soon passed him
and won in :13. Fox, Stephenson and
]. Cowan contested hotly for the second
heat. Cowan winning in 11Sia. The
final was dead heat between J. CoWsn
and L. Fox.
A ons-leGged race of quarter of a
mile between Hall and Stephenson was
won by Stephenson in 5315.
In the two mile handicap Albrecht
and Kitchen were the scratch meu, w.
Cowan and Washburn got 100 yards,
Lacy 125 yards and Griffith 800. They
kept spread out well for the first mile,
and then the scratch men narrowed
down the opening considerably, but not
enough to win. The stretch on the last
lap was very exciting. Washburn won,
Lacy second, w. Cowan third, the
scratch men both behind and close to-
gether, and Griffith in the rear. The
time of the scratch men was 5:11M,
and the race was won in :071a.
Only two starters could be secured for
the mile open, Joe Long and F. Stephen
son. Long led at the start, and COM
pleted the first quarter in 3824. The
second was finished in III with
Stephenson in the lead. He kept ahead
and made the third in l :58, and then
was passed on the lsat quarter by Long,
who won in 237.
A 50-yard footrace between @. How
ard, w. A. Burke and Kichnen was won
By Howard. The time was not caught,
owing to the fact that the pistol failed
to report.
The final event was a four.mile lap
race. There we're fonr starters, Nc
Aleer, Jenkins, Kitchen and Ulbrecht,
and Lacy went in to set the pace. Nc
Aleer dropped ont during the second
mile which was finished by Kitchen in
1925, he winning the race. Ulbreoht
WAS second and Jenkins last.
D. A. Burke, who was in the first
races, has not raced before for q year
and rode the wheel he used twice be-
fore.
On April Goth the wheelmen of the
Athletic club will hold their annual
high wheel run to Santa Monica. No
safeties will be permitted.