St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-09


Allen, A miles and laps.
Oakley, Il miles and laps.
Stanley, Al miles and laps
This was the score at the close of
the ladies bicycle race last night,
which was the first evening of the
siX-night race. The race last night
was interesting from start to finish,
and at times it became very eXcit-
ing. Considering that the night was
so cold, and it being the opening of
the event, there was d good attend
ance, and the fact that scarcely one
left before the close at 11:15 o'clock
shows the interest that was felt in
it. Everybody seemed to anticipate
something good at the finish, and
they were not disappointed, for the
last two laps was neck and neck
race between the two leaders, Nelson
and Baldwin.
Baldwin was a favorite almost
from the start. She was dressed in
dark tights and wore light sweater
Before she had made more than a
mile, her Skin-tight knee breeches
began creeping up or her stockings
creeping down, leaving a pretty
streak Of pink flesh peeping through
the opening, where the two joined.
To stop and adjust them in race
like that would be to jeopardize vic
tory, so the only thing to be done
was to give the unruly socks an oc-
casional pull and let them go at
that. How far this unfortunate cir
cumstance went toward making her
the favorite with the bleachers must
be left to the imagination. But if it
had any influence in making her a
favorite, it
ALSO COST SOMETHING,
for it was really those unruly socks
that cost her first place at the finish.
The start was made a few minutes
( late, it being S:14 before they got
away. Miss Oakley took the lead
and set a lively pace, with Allen sec
ond, Nelson third, Baldwin fourth
and Stanley fifth. This position
they retained for the first three or
four laps, when Baldwin spurted
and took second place and Stanley
took third. The first mile was made
in $40. Just as the second mile was
being finished, Baldwin spurted
again and took the lead, and Nelson
pulled out after her, both soon gain
ing lap on Oakley, who was al
lowed to set the pace again for a
time. At the end of the fifth mile
Baldwin and Nelson had gained two
laps on Stanley and Allen and three
on Oakley Shortly after this Mel
son spurted and took the lead for a
few laps, but soon let Baldwin take
first place and set the pace again.
Miss Stanley's wheel got punctured
about the seventh mile and she was
delayed some time having it repaired.
About the eighth mile Baldwin and
Nelson spurted for a time and took
two laps on Allen, who held to
steady stroke right along and did very
little squirting. In the ninth mile Mel
son took the lead again for a short
time, but refused to put on sufficient
speed to retain it when Baldwin
spurted again, seeming to prefer to
let her popular adversary set the pace
break the wind. as the crowd con-
sidered it.
In the thirteenth mile Stanley's
wheel gave out again and she took
another, but shortly afterwards this
one, too, got punctured and she had to
delay again to have 1t fixed. In the
fifteenth mile Nelson again took the
lead, but Baldwin was determined
she should not hold it, and after a
hot chase for two or three laps, re-
captured it. At the
END OF THE FIRST HOUR
the score stood: Baldwin, 16 miles
and laps; Nelson, 16-5; Allen, 16-1; !;
| Oakley, 15-5, and Stanley, IA. From
| this on the two leaders kept gaining
at a still faster rate on the others. In
the nineteenth mile Miss Oakley had
to dismount to have her wheel at
| tended to, and in the twenty-third
Miss Stanley's gave out But she was
| not delayed very long this time. Her
| attendant soon had it in readiness and
| she was off to cover lost ground. At
| the end of the second hour the score
stood: Baldwin, SIS; Nelson, 31-S;
Allen, 3C-S; Oakley, 2S-6 and Stan
ley, 28-3
In the thirty-fourth mile Baldwin
spurted and gained half a lap on Nell
But the little woman was too game to
allow herself to drop far in the rear
| and soon recovered the distance. After
| this she just trailed Baldwin right
along, never making any attempt to
| pass her. In the tflirty-ninth Baldwin
| spurted again, but Nelson stuck right
| behind her and the two went flying
| around the track like a cyclone, gain
| ing two laps on the others, who all
| continued in close proximity to each
| ether. Baldwin gain cut out to take
| another lap, with Nelson close to her
heels. Aliens gameY. spirit now as
serted itself and she cut out after
| them, the three taking a, lap on STAN
| ley and Oakley. In the forty-second
| mile another squirt was made by Bald
| win and Nelson and they took up two
more laps, Allen making no attempt
| to follow this time.
Allen is of an athletic build, and act
| ed as though she possessed good stay
| ing qualities. These facts, together
with the further fact that she did very
| little squirting and kept up a good
| steady stroke, led the crowd to believe
| that she was liable to make it hot for
| the leaders now on to the close. But
| she made no attempt, so 1t became evil
ueIll lidl tLe Only SHOW LOT SOOQ sport
at the wind-up was between Baldwin
and Nelson, and in this they were not
| deceived. In the forty-fifth mile, just
| a few minutes before time was called,
| Nelson spurted and
| TOOK THE LEAD
| from Baldwin, after an exciting chase
clear around the track. Around they
| both few like a whirlwind, and the
| last half-minute they were going to the
turn neck and neck, with Baldwin
| pumping like a locomotive and gradu-
ally forging ahead. A wild yell went
up from the bleachers, for they thought
| their favorite had gained the lead. But
alas! Oh, those unruly socks. Just
as she was making the turn, one of
| them became so loose that 1t was on
the point of slipping down over her
shoe-top, and with her womanly mod
esty she had to reach down and give