The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-05
A GREAT CYCLING DAY
THOUSANDS ATTEND THE FAIR
GROUND PICNIC AND RACES.
of Noise-SIow Time mt the
Races.

~cSeIyWHcTt yesterday, anu tue man, Woiu-
an or child that did not ride one vas not
looked upon as properly celebrating the
country's anniversary. The parade in the
morning was a great success. but CT ac-
count Of the short notice there were not
as MANY people in line as there would fave
been if more extended notice na1 been
given. The interest of the day, however,
conferred at the fair grounds. wnere many
people took advantage of the opportunity
offered to form picnic parties and take their
dinners to the grounds. Early in the morn
ing people began arriving, well supplied
with heavily loaded baskets. and at noon
the shady hooks and many OF the ravil-
ions were filled with merry picnickers. 1t
was this feature of the Jays Programme
that was the most material aid in drawing
the large crowd
Fully seven thousand people were in the
grounds at the time the races began. The
committee that had charge of the manage
ment was composed OF Fred l'atee, A. G..
Newly. Tom Hay. H. T. hearssy ard Bert
Willis. They received the congratulations
of many of the people OF the State. tia.
are interested in bicycle racing. Their work
was praised on all sides. Or account of
the failure of several former race meets
this one was undertaken With some doubts
eht IA IA lHC lCSun ndS SllOHl
what indianapolis cyclsrs can 10.
The street-car service was not AL that
was expected, and many hundreds of peo-
pie were late in getting out on THAI ac-
count. The crowd was 50 much larger than
was anticipated that propar facilities had
not been provided.
The races were run without any hitch,
and with few accidents TO :nar the pleas
ure. There was no good tine made, except
on a tandem by Lumsden and Levy ard in
the mile novice. The n~ovices, having never
raced. before. did not know the tricks CT
the old riders and started out to ride and
make time. They finished the mile nearly
punched in 2:1 10, which was better than
In any of the other races, except The last
mile OF the five-mile race. when was made
track caused considerable dIssatlsfae ticn,
which finally came out in the form of loud
Kisses when the two-mile championship
race was run. 1t took 40 10 make the
first mile. AS soon as the start was made
the seven riders formed two lines next TO
the pole and began a gait that seemed to
be slow enough for an all-ddy run. MUIR
murs of disapproval were heard from the
grand stand, and as the men passed on
the first mile they were greeted by loud
Kisses. There was talk among the man.
ayers OF calling in the riders and compell-
ing them to make another start, but the
referee decided that as there had been no
limit placed on the race the riders could
not be called back. After that a time limit
was placed on all races.
was expected, but Lumsden was satisfied
to allow Fisher or Clemens to set a pace
until the stretch was reached and then
forge ahead and win.
Tom David seemed to have bad luck
from the beginning. He was entered for
the second race, but could not start be-
wheel. He came to the scratch for the
Indianapolis championship. but just as the
start was made, before he had gone five
feet, his rear sprocket broke. For the next
race in which he was entered he secured
another wheel. Shortly after passing the
eighth the man next TO him attempted to
raaoh m opnon 1avor ,,nAar fho ,oI111 70
change his gear. In doing SO he allowed
his wheel to wobble a little and struck
David's wheel. Both went down and were
run over by several others. No one was
seriously hurt, although all were bruised
more or less.
In the mile race for boys under sixteen,
wheel striking him. He lay on the ground
as If he was insensible: This happened at
people ran to him and found tina he was
not seriously hurt, but was momentarily
stunned. One big man picked him up as If
him of. The boy recovered himself ard
asked to be allowed to walk. His right
arm was badly bruised and scraped; Sew
The ummary of the races is as follows:
Mile Novice-W.- ]. Overdurf first. Earl
BERT F. fearing fourth. Time, 2: si Is.
Quarter Mile, State 1. A. W. Champion
ship-W; 7; g sendes first: M M;1,sG Black.
son. third; O.; 7: Burke, Indianapolis.
half f Mile Glass Pa "a e Gh knmsde sscS Chi.
G; @. Fisher third. w. F. Clemens fourth.
Mile State Championship-C. E. Miller.
Anderson, first; Marion Black second, w.
T: Bonfield third. Ellis Hunter fourth.
Half Mile. Boys under Twelve-Howard
NJ. Muse, Mulberry, first; Ray Wise sec
6nd, Willis Coval third, Gus Prior fourth.
Mile indianapolis Championship-w. T.
Bonfield first, Ellis Hunter second, o. T.
Burke third. Eugene Buehler fourth. Time.
Mile, Glass B-Lumsden first, Levy Sec
ond, Clemens third, Fisher fourth. Time.
Two"mile State Championship-Black
Fort Wayne, first; Miller second, BOMBED
third, A p. Stone. Terre Haute. fourth.
Mile. Boys under sixteen-win Atkins
H; ". Deputy fourth; Time. 24O4,S
II. David third, Miller fourth. Time, 10.
Two mile, Class B-Lumsden first. Levy
SIS.
Five-mile State Championship-Black
first, Miller second. Bonfield third, Hause
Rochester. N. Y. showed some fancy riding
nothing that he Gould not do. on 1t. He
had perfect control of the wheel and it
made no dlnerence when he lost his handle
bars and the backbone and small wheel and
finally the front fork. leaving nothing but
the front wheel and pedals. He rode fully
as well as when he had the entire machine.
The event closed. with a race between
Tony Boy. a pacing stallion owned by
A. C.. Newly; and a tandem mounted by
to be able to beat the horse easily, but
the horse made a squirt at the end of the
first heat and lost it by only a tandem
length. The time was 2.31 2-5. The next
heat was more exciting and Tony Boy
pushed the tandem much harder. Remem-
bering their narrow finish the riders did
not wait so long to make their finishing
squirt. Tony Boy set a pace at the be-
ginning that made hard work. The tandem
won by about one or two seconds. Time,
BIS as.
The managers of this meeting are so well
pleased with its success that already ar
engagements are being made looking to
the holding of another meeting here in
September, which viii be on the National
Circuit and will draw many OF the crack
riders of the country. Prizes for yester-
day were of small value and could not be
expected to draw fast riders. AT the time
the meeting was. proposed it was not
thought that sufficient interest could be
aroused to justify putting up more valuable
prizes. The experience of yesterday has
taught the managers that first-class race
meets can be held here and that the only
requisite now TO having record-breaking
meetings is to hang up prizes of SUFFICIENT
value 10 attract the fast men. This will
be done the ext meeting. Labor day has
been mentioned as an opportune time for
the meeting. when another .all-day picnic