The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-31
MURPHY WAS FOOLED
HOW HE LOST THE TwO-MILE
HANDICAP AT DAYTON YESTERDAY.
Thought the Race Was Over at the
End Of the First Mile-Fastest
Two-NiIe Lap Race.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.


DAYTON, o., July 30.-Over ten thou
sand people attended the annual National
Circuit race meeting of the Dayton Bicycle
Club at the fair ground track In this city
to-day. The track was fit for record work.
but high wind prevented this. Five
Class b contests were run. Titus took the
two-miie handicap from the thirty-yard
mark. Titus and Murphy were together on
this mark and virtually scratch. Murphy
made the error Of supposing the race was
mile handicap and on the second lap went
up past the field with great speed and gain
ing the lead sprinted to the tape ahead of
the field. The smile on his face changed
to one of chagrin when the entire field
passed him. Titus flew out to the last
quarter in a long quarter mile sprint,
gained the lead and held 1t down the
stretch although Mcleod. OF Toronto. came
to within foot of him as the tape was
crossed. The entire field finished in
bunch, with L. c. johnson in the third
position and few inches ahead Of Cooper.
The fastest two. mile Jap race ever run
went to Charlie Murphy with seven points,
l.. c. Johnson was the winner Of the last
lap and the time 4:i8 So Is credited to him.
The mile open had Eddy. Brown. Bliss.
Davidson, Bald, Macdonald. Kiser. d. c.
Johnson. Titus and Gardiner as starters in
order named from the pole. and Van Her
rick and Lund an pace makers Kiser won
the rush for the tandem and Gardiner
adopted the trick of Bald, of rushing up
past the tandem and falling back on the
pole. forcing Kiser from his position. Bald
was fourth in the line and moved up to
third position just prior to the sprint.
Gardiner did not jump away from the
tandem until the head Of the home stretch
and crossed the tape looking around at
Bald. who was making every effort to gain
the half length between himself and
Gardiner as the tape was crossed. DR..
incSes ahead n'S Of 'n Bliss The time Was
200 1-5.
Tom Cooper sprinted the entire last quar-
out on the stretch by ziegler, who won the
contest from Cooper by few inches. The
summaries:
second. Charles D; Kirn third. Jacob G.
Hansen fourth, Frank A. Lesher fifth.
Haif-miie open, Glass B-Eighteen start
ers. Otto zlegler won Thomas Cooper
second, A. Mcleod third, Arthur Gardiner
io Mie Ham Handcap se Class ATWentyseSen
starters. Stewart r. feathers u3O YARDS
won. J. c. Mitchell 90 YARDS second; Ed.
r. DOnSe uU ydTuSJ tn1Tu, L. LeIeVTe
NO YARDS fourth. Charles d. kim 1lO
YARDS fifth. Time. 213 10.
Mile Tandem. Class B-Rigby and John
son first. Van Henrik and Lunn second.
Gardiner and Decardy third. Time. 2:26 As.
Half-mile, Boys Sixteen Years Old and
Under--Fourteen starters. Thomas Elf
won. Walter II. Gerber second. Harry B.
Storms third. Charles Frampton fourth.
William F. Chapel fifth. Time. H.
Two-mile Handicap. Glass B-Thirteen
starters. F. B. Titus go yards. first. A.
Mcleod $50 yards) second. l.. C.. Johnson
$50 yards) third. Tom Cooper iG10 yards)
fourth. T. r. Eddy u60 yards) fifth. Time.
4:32 10.
ouarter-miie Open. Class A-sixteen
starters. w. J. K1inger won. z. L. Lefevre
Keen fourth. l. w. Sawyer fifth. Time.
33 is.
Two-mile Lap. Glass B-Ten starters c.
Murphy, points: Monte Scott, points
L. c. johnson. points. johnson won the
last lap in 4:4s 3-5, equalling the record.
Mile. Class A-Eleven starters. w. J.
Klinger won. Ed McKeon second, p. W.
Klinger third. Time. 2:29 1-5
Mile-open. Glass B--Eleven starters: fly
ing start: paced by a tandem. A Gardiner
won. f. G. Bald second. A. I. Brown third.
Time <