Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-20
THE BICYCLE RACES.
First Meeting Of The Owl Club Proves a
Decided Success
VISITING wuEELMsS DO WELL.
Mr.. Shade, Of Hcrndou. Captures
r,,o os tI,c Prfxcv-The baltimore
Vidcrs-Nr. Halves the Lakeside
Chnmpion-Cthcr Events.

The first race meeting held under the
ausplcas Of the owl Bicycle Club took
place on the Exposition raee-trscN yes
terdav afternoon, and proved to BE- an
uneGuivocal success.
A peerless day. 4 large and wsli.orfsred
crowd OF wheelmen. and other Interested
persons. some good racing on track IN
fair condition. and general good man
agement were tis distinguishing features
Of the event.
Such Mas the unexpected measure oil
success metcd out 10 the 1sce-meetins ny
the general public. despite the fact shai
IT laborcd under the serious disadvantage
Of a postponement from saturday taat
IL was openly limited that II would be the
precursor Of several similar enterprises.
The only untoward incident OF the meet
ing was tho feilure Of the programmes
to pat In an appearance until TOO late TO
be OF any use and tne authorities stated
that this was due TO ne fsult Of the
management, but that the blains rested
between the printer and the eapresrmsn.
OFFICERS OF THE DAY.
hleSSrS. L. J.. IDctiWbSI. EAhbN W
Woon. and T. NJ. Kelly ofiicisted As start
ers, and Or. F. Il. Steel as referee. 1t ~
worthy OF comment that no exception
WAS taken 10 any or their decisions, and
the meeting passed of pleasantly and
without u single hitch. Mr.. w. l.. Long
sent the boys along 20 some excellent
starts, and Mr.. A. Il. Jones fulniled hih
duties as clerk Of the course IN "a very
capable manner There was no unnrccee-
sary delay between the nine events
aud no accident or mishap upon the
track. Mr. john Chaifn was the timer.
The nrst event was hal.-mile race
for novices OF the nine who entered
seven came 10 the scratch and were sent
OF 10 a good start shortly before .
o'clock. -. \. Buchanan drew out and
set the pace, maintaining the lead TO the
quarter pole when he was passed by
Mercer VIM. and Hope. in the order
named Al the distance VIM took the
lead and won a hot race by > seconds
II. G. Mercer second, about a length from
Ollie Hope. The race was ridden IN
minute and 10 second.
There were nine contestants for the
half-mile open race. among the number
f. \ l.. Shade. of HernCon, Va. and the
Carr Brothers. OF Baltimore. The former
took the lead from the start. followed by
4. H. Carr and W J. T1gnor. with the
others trailing. a. was a hot race. being
run in l minute and II seconds. with
scarcely the length of a wheel between
Shade. Carr and TignOr, who ran In the
order named throughout the race.
THE LAKESIDE CHAMPION.
The championship OF the Lakeside Club.
the next event. excited no little interest.
There were six entries, but only four
"a -
originally set az a mile, but was reduced
by request To half that distance. Horace
Halves. James Rutherford. Harrison
Blair. and Preston holland were the con-
! testants. They were dispatched to "A
/ good start, and Horace Halves. who
made the pace from the start.
won handlly. with Rutherford second anc
/ Blair third. IN ! minute and IS seconds.
/ A quarter-miie dash followed. an opef
/ event with six starters. and once AGAR
| the coors Of the Richmond boys wer'
| lowered by the visitors who managed e
win first. second. and third places II
yas a splendid race and was run in !.
seconds. with slade first. W. W. Carr sec
ond. and II. II. Carr third
Every dog has his day. and the youths
had their chance IA the next race. Their
were but four. and each one had appa
rently been warned against the evil OF
pace-setting I'm "A long race. and they set
tied down into n snaiis pace. which was
kept up until the three-quarter pole hac
been reachh when .. c. Hope went on
and won <he race from ~ g. Flcrsheim
second and II. T.. Williams. third. The
time was minutes and q 81 seconds.
THE EVENT OF THE DAY.
The next race WIS the event OF the day
It was a mile race, open to all corners
with a time limit OF ? minutes and q
seconds. There were nine starters, includ
! ing J. r. Temple. who merely went a.
! pace-maker. Re made il hot for the first
half mile. when he dropped out Of th'
race. and the lead was taken by Siafe
! closely followed by IignOr. Rudd, and W
! W. Carr At the three-quarter pole carr
went out and oyarhaued Tignor and Rudl
ana NJ the distance was level with Sade
who. however. snatched the race out OF
the fire In the last few yards and won by
about foot. while Tignor and Rudd
traied in close behind. The race was
ridden In . minutes and q seconds
The married mems race for one mile at
tracted four entriss-J. l.. Butler. n. III
Buchanan. ". r. Pond. and G. W. Pond
Butler maintained the Lead throughout
followed bv C. " Pons and D. II. Buch-
anan. with W. r. Pond last. The race
was never exciting, but was run in good
form in minutes and i9l-2 seconds.
The eighth event was n two-mile LAP
race. and was won by l.. II. Carr. Jr.,
with 10 points. who managed 10 cross
re tape first on each OF four laps. Rudd
came next with 6 points. being second
one time and third three times, ana Tig-
nor took third prize with points, scored
| in . seconds and third.
The closing event. an unpaced half mile
was won by r.. IL. Carr. Jr, who travelled
the distance IN minute and As seconds
II 4. T. S,ade. the only other competitor