The evening times., 1895-10-22
Craig & Harding,
18th and F SITS.
DOlNGS OF The WHEELMEN
The Kick Against Sims Will Be
Looked Into To-Day.
AItaire wheelmen VIII Close the Rae
ing Season With Il Club Meet
Tomorrow Afternoon.

IF the Dupont Cycle Club boys had made
the weather to suit themselves they could
not have had a better time for their road
race than the dcligh tful after noon Of
yesterday.
1t was all that could have been fancied
or wished for, and something like five
hundred people, among them many ladies.
turned out to enjoy it and watch the sturdy
wheclmen as they struggled through the
trying contest. All but six of the thirty
seven entries for the race came to the
mark.
The race was wonderfully free from
accidents, Billy Robinson, Il. ii. Stone
and Fred Moore being the only ones to
come to grief. The latter two punctured
their tires, while Robinson received n bad
cropper. He was coastiDg down a steep
hill about eight miles out when he struck
snag of some sort and was thrown high
into the air. He was badly hurt but started
TO remouIIt his wheel. To his disgust lie
found that one Of the pedals had been
broken clean off aud he had To get back to
the start as best he could with one pedal.
The lucky boy to capture first prize
was b. F. Grimes. unattached. who had
a handicap of nine and a half minutes.
He came in eighteen seconds ahead of
F. G. Thompson, W. X. c.. who lad Il
handicap of seven and n half minutes.
These two Were quickly followed by T.
n. Musld, jr.. A. W: j. ". Garrison,
unattached; W. II. walcott, W. G C.: F.
l. Skinner, +. l.. Burton. unattached: and
then came four in bunch, with W. F.
Sims, C. A. C., who started from scratch,
at their head. The others We're strung
out. some of them not coming in for ten
minutes.
Sims time for The distance was 50
minutes and 81 seconds. which Just
equaled the record held by 'Cha rley'
Cause. Cause started yesterday with n
handicap of two minutes. but did not
appear to have his speed with him, and
finished among the also rams
While Sims Won the time prize, it is
very doubtful if he Will get ii, as a protest
has been filed against him by the Dupont
Cycle Club, and 7. n Mudd, jr., for
accepting the help of pacemakers.
The protest is To be looked into to-day
by the judges of the race, ". d. Hodger
and John NJ. Woerner. The fact of the
matter secms to be that dozen or more
of the racers accepted pace. Schade and
Rons avillc and Palmer and Hutchins W ere
out on the road on tandenis, and went over
the road with number of the men. This
brought about the complaint. ii is said,
who came in for prize a kick was made on
him. When the evidence of the complaint
is all in Sims will be given a chance to
give his side of the story. 1t viii probably
be several days before the matter is
settled.
What will probably be the last bicycle
event of note that will occur in this neigh
borhoOd during this year Will be that of the
Affair (sInh ~ IN tn tx, nj fh.,
Conduit road tomorrow afternoon.
Three races are to be run off. They are
to be confined to the efforts Of only MEM
bers of the Affair, but notwithsta nding this
fact there is much interest felt i'm Them
The first event is TO he mile open con-
test for the club championship, for which
n beautiful gold medal is offered for the
winner. There are fourteen entries, among
them being some of the best riders in the
club. They are Walter Birch, Irwin Scharf,
Thomas Hume, Robert Layton, Theodore
Duval, George Weaver, William Ballard,
Albert Fisher, Charles Weaver, Albert Cox.
Edward Hauger, Samuel Darby, Joseph
Breitmeyer and Louis Weaver.
The second race Is to be dash of n
quarter of a mile. The entries for this
are the same as in the first race. The
winner will get twentieth century lamp,
while the second man will receive pair
of golf stockings.
The third and last event on the after
Moons programme is expected To be the
one to furnish the real interest and ex-
citement of the day. This is to he a five
mile handicap race, in which the fourteen
young men mentioned m the other two
races will struggle for supremacy. The
handicapping for the event will be done
by committee composed of F. b. Weaver,
John Swindell and Robert Cox, president,
secretary and captain of the club. These
gentlemen. who will act as general super
visors of the afternoons proceedings, will
also do the starting, Judging and timing.
The prizes for the handicap are q pair
of patent-leather shoes, q sweater and
cyclOmeter.
After the races have been decided the
members of the club will repair to the
home OF Mr.. r. W. Darby. There the
prizes will be awarded, after which the
evening will be spent In social pleasures, a
number Of the lady friends of the wheel
men having been invited to be present.
Some of the friends of Fred Schade would
like very much to have him make an ef-
fort that will give real idea as to
his speed. They say that his paced mile
on Saturday in 2:12 "A was not nearly
as good as he can do. 1t is hardly probable
however, that Fred will accede to this
desire. There would be nothing in 1t for
him except heavier handicap than he has
yet received the next time he starts.
1t is said that George Smith, who made
such n good showing on Saturday. ma y lake
to circuit riding next year. Smith won
his novice at Baltimore only short time
ago, and since that has been NOV ing grad
uaIly forward as tip-top racer. lie is
young and strong and with good handling
ought to make very speedy man.
It is said that Earl Wagner has made an
other effort to tecure Clark. Of the Louis
vile Club. He made an offer. according
to the latcet story, of $4,000 for Clark
last week, and learned a few hours later
that the tame mail that carried bis offer
to Louit Vile carried one OF the same amount
from President Freedman Brooklyn Of
fered x6 900 sOne Tina back for Clark