The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-05
MAINE MATTERS.
Fast Cycle Races at the Saco Track
Yesterday.
THE STEAMER STATE OF MAINE
LOSES A MAN OVERHEARD.

Citizens of Biddeford Died Yesterday
Fourth of July Celebrations Through
out the Stakeholder State Happenings
of General Interest,
Especial to the Press,l
Saco, July 4.-Exciting bicycle races
were witnessed at the Saco driving park
this afternoon by fair sized crowd. 1t
| was the fourth annual race meet of the
York County Wheelmen. Many Portland
| cyclists were present, also four racers to
represent the city; no first prizes were
won by these men, however, other than
| by Turner in the boys race. l.. P.
SWEET of Norway was evidently the fast
est man, though he did not ride in all the
races he was entered on account of an
unfortunate accident to his wheel. Dyer
| of Lewiston and Towle of Auburn also
made good showings, as did Guy B.
Stover of Sanford, a green man to the
track
There was a strong wind against the
| riders in the back stretch and the track
itself was in rather soft condition. The
one feature of the day was the cutting of
| the half-mile state record to 1 134
| These were the principal officers of the
race:
| Referee-Frank M. Brown, Portland r
Judges-Frnnk M. Liscomb, Portland; ;
Cyrus Batchelder, Sanford; r. A. Fair
field, Saco.
| The mile novice was an interesting
race. johnson of Portland made splen-
| did squirt to the tape in the first half,
evidently forgetting that it was mile
contest. He then slowed up and lost
valuable time which he was unable to
regain. Guy B. Stover of Sanford won
in good shape, time 2.55, Ewhile johnson
fell back to fourth.
The mile open was close contest, in
which L. P. SWEET of Norway came in
first by narrow shave Dyer of Lewis
| ton was second. just as Towle was
crossing the tape he took bad tumble,
but fortunately was uninjured other than
a bruised arm. A time limit of $50 was
| set, and as the time of the race was 2.57,
| it was at first announced to be run over
again, but on account of the men being
| in so many other races, this decision was
| Withdrawn and the result allowed to
| stand.
The first heat of the mile 3-minute
class was won handily by Stover of San
ford in 3.044. They were all punched
until the last quarter, when Stover made
strong squirt which the others could
not overcome.
Second heat-This was repetition of
the first, the men taking the same posi-
tions on the first half. and Slower win
ming the heat in 3.044 as before. This
! had to ride again to decide who should
have second place. Tobie prettily won
| this little contest.
| The first heat of the half-mile open
was easily secured by SWEET of Norway.
| The squirt on the second quarter was in
| vincible. Towle of Auburn, who got
| the bad fall in the mile open, pfuckily
rode in this heat, getting second place.
| Second heat. Swett's own wheel being
broken he used borrowed one, and was
unable to make a good showing. The
heat was won in a grand squirt by A. J.
Dyer of Lewiston in 1.133, breaking the
the state record of LIS made by F. M.
Liscomb of Portland year ago.
Third heat: Dyer won. but had lead
of only a few inches, Towle pushing
him hard. Some of Towle's friends
were inclined to protest, claiming that
Dyer swerved too much to the center of
the track, thus crowding Towle SO as to-
spoil his chances of winning, but the
| judges decided there was no ground for
| the protest. Dyer won the race.
The boys race, distance one mile, was
| between Turner and JohnsoN of Port
| land. Until the last quarter it was slow
| contest. Turner then spurted in ahead,
| and easily won, in 3. 35 3-4, though john
| son was not far behind
! Seven men started in the mile handi-
cap, which was pretty contest. SWEET
won the race in spite of obstacles. He
was scratch man, and then the top bar
of the frame of his light wheel Us 3-4
pounds), broke short off in the last
quarter. He swayed a little when the
accident happened, but still maintained
high speed, and crossed the line with
| good lead. The ease with which he
overlook and passed all competitors was
the feature of this race.
There were five starters in the two
mile open. For mile and a half the
riders remained punched. Then came
| the spurts, with hot constesr between
| Dyer and Towle, in which the latter
pulled out first handsomely. The time
| limit was 5. so, and this was Just the
| time of the race.
SUMMARY.
Mile Novice-Guy B. B.stover, Sanford.
Smith, Sanford, third, S3 so cuff but
tons: John johnson, Portland, fourth.
SO pump. Time, 2. 55 IA.
Mile Open-L. P. SWEET, Norway, first,
$33 diamond; Al. Dyer. Lewiston, sec
ond, $l2 stop watch; o. E. Towle, Au-
burn, third, $3.50 W. pin; C.B.
Pike, Norway, fourth, $3 cuff buttons.
| Time, 2. So.
Mile, three-minute class, best two out
iof three:
Guy B. Slower, Sanord, / 1 0
I'd. Colcord, Biddeford, 2 8 Q
W. E. Tobie, Portland, 8 1
William Smith, Sanford, "A 0
Time-3 o4 IA, 3.o4 IA. 3.o5 IA.
First prize, $12 bicycle suit; second,
IS LA ". charm; third, ss. So cyclone.
ter; forh, So cuff buttons.
Half mile. open, best two in three.
Al. Dyer, Lewiston, Il
O.E. Towle, Auburn, Q 2 Q
E.G. Scully. Portland, 3 8 8
IC.B. Pike, Norway, A 0
LIP. SWEET, Norway, 0 0
Time-1.15, 1.13 1-2, 1.141-4.
First prize, $2S ring: second. $40 nlate.