The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-10
CYCLISTS At CHICAGO
Bald Makes a Record i'm the
0ne-Mile Competition.
TITUS WINS THE FlvE-MlLE RACE
Cracks at the National Circuit Meet
DeSariy and Coulter Have
Hard Fall.

Chicago, Aug. a-Ail the crack cyclists
of the country. with the exception OF the
very few cash prize professionals whose
wants are not provided for in this in
stance, were on hand today at the Ma
tiouai Circuit tournament. which began
this afternoon at the one-thIrd mile track
on the South Side. Among those in at
tendance are Bald, possibly the fastest
mile man OF the time: Murphy. Mcdonald,
Titus l. e. and f. g. Johnson. cahanne,
Gardner, Bliss. Coulter. Cooper. Maddox.
Wells and number of lesser lights. The
track was in fine shape. Interest in the
races. this afternoon conferred largely I'm
the five-rnile paced event. in which Titus.
Maddox and others were 10 start. Titus
was fancied little more that the other
men Both he and Maddox were in good
form. Gardner is suffering from the eff
fecfs OF his fall at South Bend. and Ca
banne has never fully recovered from his
accident at Asbury park.
The feat Of riding mile in competition
in ISIS. accomplished by Bald, the
class b leader. was the particular event
Of the afternoon. The heats of the one
mile open race for class r, three in mum
Der, had sifted down TO the flyers" until
there remained Tom Cooper. of
Detroit. Bald. of Buffalo. Coul-
ter of Mansfield. O.: Murphy of
Brooklyn. L. c. Johnson. Brown OF Cleve-
land and Kennedy OF Chicago. When the
start was made, Bald made a rush and
'shitehed on" first at the rear of the trip
let that was TO do the pacing. On the trip
let were Citizens. Holmes and Levy. and
they ground out warm pace from the
start Murphy. Cooper and Brown fol-
lowed Bald in order. but the others were
killed of almost at the start. Pretty
soon Doe" Brown gave il up, and be-
fore the last lap was fully under way,
Bald was hanging tight TO the wake of
the tripiet and was leaving his cempeti-
tors behind. Going down the stretch. he
went past the pacemakers and finished
alone. He knocked 1-5 OF second off
Johnson's Waltham time and ii was
clear that he could have reduced the re-
cord at least another second had the pace
makers remained at the head longer.
Bald was the king OF the meet and he
showed himself to be a peer at the mile
gait.
The fiee mile race for class B brought a
field of notables, among whom, as the like
ly winners. were Titus, Maddox and Muir
ply Al three miles the procession had
narrowed 10 Murphy. Maddox, Titus and
Monte Scott. The gait was too much for
Cabanne, Mcdonald and Dacey while
Coulter and De Cardy had come together
in a tumble in front of the stand. At four
miles only Murphy and Titus were real
ly in the race. as Maddox had dropped out
and Scott was being distapced by degrees
Two laps from home Titus went ahead of
Murphy. and he won easily with no COM
petition near him. Murphy continued
however. and took second and Scott came
along later for third.
The pacing was not particularly severe
in this race. and in reality Titus was the
only one of the field of starters who show
ed TO good advantage, and even then he
was not forced beyond a finish that was
rather tame. Gus Steele. a local man, rode
a mile paced against time in So. and
could have done better had the pacing
been swifter About 1000 people saw the
races. and aside from Balds brilliant per-
Torrance the programme was somewhat
dull Summaries:
Final heat. one mile open. class A.
eleven starters. paced-R. r. Rice won. c.
G. Ingraham second NJ. Nelson third
Time. 2:15 Is.
Final heat. one mile open, class BE. c.
Bald, Buffalo. won; Murphy second. Coop
or third. l.. G. Johnson fourth. Time
/ IS Is (World's competition recordD c.
r. Coulter, A. ]. Brown and a. u. Ken
nedy also rode.
fourteen starters-Rice $50 won. Time
Ar Is
Two mile handicap. class r. finale. A.
Maxwell won. J. T. Bliss second, o. l..
Stevens third. William De Cardy fourth
Time. 4.2t 4-5
Five mile handicap, ten starters. class 3
F ]. Titus won by twenty lengths, Muir
ply second. Scott third. distanced. Time,
t0+i As. Maddox, Dacey. Maxwell Ca
banne also rode. De Cardy and Coulter
fell