The Washington times., 1895-05-31
First Grand Meet of Wheelmen
on Columbia Field,
TROPHIES WE'RE CAPTURED
The Medal Given by the Evening Star
Was Won by Whitaker-The
Evening News Cup Went to c. f.
Wood-Riders in Two Events Went
Down in Bunch.

The athletic event of Decoration Day
was the first grand bicycle race meet OF
the Columbia Athletic Club, and all sorts
and conditions OF wheelmen pedailed their
way 10 the Columbia field on old Van Ness
Park TO root" for their friends and
champions In the afternoon, when the
finals were run off, many fair friends
OF the contestants filled the grandstand,
and they fluttered their handkerchiefs and
cheered the boys on as hard as anyone.
The preliminary heats, TO qualify for
the final entries, We're run Off in the morii
ing, beginning at $50 O'Clock. George E.
Smith, OF he Washington Road Club: H.
81. Whitaker, of the Baltimore Athletic
Club; W F. Fitzhugh, unattached; Robert
L. Register, Rugby Athletic Club. and
Richard +. KieSter, OF the Georgetown Cycle
Club. qualified for the finals in the pre-
liminary heats OF the one miie novice race.
For the second event, half mile open,
class a. Smith, Claud Leatherbury. unat-
tached; W. L. Ecslhard$, yellow Fellows
Cycle Club. F. A L. Schade and -. f.
Wood, of the Washington Road Club,
qualified for the finals.
For the quarter mile open, class A,
schade, Leatherbury, james s. Joes. OF
the Clifton A hietic Club, and Wm. Z. Fer
FOR TIE FINAL RACE.
Four men, Eclhardt. H B. Bacon. of the
Baltimore Athletic Club: VIM p Walker,
OF the Arlington Wheelmen, and r. L
REGISTER qualified for the final race in the
OBe-miie handicap. in class A
The one mile District championship race
followed. but there Were so few starters
that il was thought better To ride the race
in the afternoon IN one heat, without pre-
lininaries-
Five heats were to have been run in the
two-nlile handicap, but only sufficient
number conte sted TO make two heats. In
the first heat F. W. Hutchins, OF the Dis
trict Cycle Club, 20 yards handicap; H NJ.
Whita ker, Of the Baltimore Athletic Club,
$50 yards; Charles 7. CIaggett. unattached,
20 yards, and c. G. Charamus, Baltimore
! Athletic Club. 155 yeards. qualified, and
in the second heat James S Ives, of the
Clifton Athletic Club, 20 yards; George E.
Ball. Georgetown Cycle Club, 10 yards;
Eckharft, Y. F. c. c., 20 yards; r. II.
Wheeler. unattached; c. f. Wood, Wash
| ington Road Club, so yards. and ThOmasC.
Jacobs. Centaur, 10 yards. qualified.
In the one-mfle open race, Class A, two
| heats, LeatheFbury, Joes and Ferguson
qualified. In the one-mile lap race. II. A.
1 Rhine. OF the Potomac Wheelmen: Fergu-
1 son, Charamus, and Bayard T. Wrenn, OF
the Georgetown Cycle Club; Joes. Schade,
| Cabrera. and Leatherbury qualified for
! the finals.
At the opening Of the finals in the af-
| ternoon the crowd OF spectators had largely
increased. and the grand stand and ropes
| around the track were lined with people.
1 The opening event. the one-mile novice,
i took place at 2:3O O'Clock.
AWAY IN A BUNCH.
After false start the riders got away
| in a bunch at the second report of
| Starter CrosIey's revolver, and stayed
pretty well together with Fitzhugh in the
| lead, for the first four laps On the fifth
! and last lap Fitzhugh's tire came off and
| he went down, those Immediately behind
piiing on top Of him. Whitaker and Regis
| ter missed the bunch and finished iu the
| order named.
Another pretty general spill occurred in
] the one mile handicap, class A, for which
| Walker, Eckhan1t, Ferguson, Mudd, Wood,
Register, BAH and Joes qualified. The
] riders strung along at the start, drawing
| gradually together. and on the third lap
! all went downina bunch, withthe exception
of Ball and walker. who finished in good
/ shape. Mudd remounted and finished third.
These were the only accidents TO in
terruptthc afternoon 'sracing, and they were
not OF a serious nature. The other events
were hotly contested and run off in first
class shape. The winners were as follows:
First event, one mile novice, for the
Evening Star medal, won by H. NJ. Whit
aker, B. A. G.; L. REGISTER, r. A. c.. Sec
ond. Time, 2:46.
Second event, half mile open, class A
| first prize, banquet lamp; second prize
cycle suit; won by Claud Leatherbury un-
attached; w L -Eckha rdt, Z F C. C. second
Time, I:12 rs.
Third event. one mile open, class B
first prize, Columbia bicycle; second prize
set of buggy harness; wonby w Fred simms
C. A. c.; J. III. White, b. c. C, second
Time, 2;41.
Fourth eyeut-Quarer mile open, clasi
A-First prize, Georgetown Cycle Clut
medal; second prize, cycle suit, won b!
F. A. l.. Schade, Washington Road Club
LeatheTbury, second; time, "a.
Fifth event. one mile handicap, clas
A-First prize, silver water service: sec
ond prize, racing satchel; third prize
tennis racquet, George S. Ball, George
town Cycle Club, seventy yards handicap
Won; William Z. Walker, Arlington Wheel
men. 10 yards handicap, second; Thoma
n. Afudd, ir., Arlington Wheelmen, hand
leap, eighty yards, third; time, 2:23.
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP.
Sixth event. one mile. District of Co
\ lnmbia champiouship-First prize, tht
Evening News Cup (annual tnslhy); sec
ond prize, Parker, Bridget & Co. g medal
won by c. E. Wood, Was bington Roat
] Club; F w. Hutcbings, Dragon Cycle Club
OF Baltimore, second; Bayand T. Wrenn
Georgetown Cycle Club, third; t ime
2:3i I-2.
Seventh event, two-mile handicap, clas
a first prize, diamond ring; secoI,d prize
bath robe; third prize, gold scarf pin
| won by Eckhardt, seventy yards handicap
r. II. Wheeler, unattached, 190 yard
1 | handicap. second: Hali, 110 yards handi
cap, third; time, 4:57.
Eighth event on programme. two-mi
| handicap in class Is, was not run OWN:
TO accidents 10 the entries in former races
{ Ninth event, W. Fred Sims in unpace'
two-nlile exhibition, making the last mil
in 2:1S 2-5; tine for two miles, 4:57 SO
Tenth event, one mile open. class A, frs
prize, shotgun; second prize, walking stick
time limit, 2:4o; won by Schade, Leather
bury second; time, 2:35.
Eleventh event, one-mile lap race, claS
A. the winner of each lap to receive a prize
and a first and second prize for the las
heat and the race-First lap, gold pin; SEE
ond lap. cycle lamp; third lap. silver cuf
buttons; fourth lap, cycle pin; fifth lar
first prize. pair of silver ferDeries; secoI
prize, cycle suit. First lap was won b
Il Schade, Leatherbary winning the other fou
and the race, Schade being disaualifit
4 for taking his hands from the handle ba
OF his machine. the prize for the first la
was also aw arded to oLeatherbury. who thu
took all the five first prizes. Wrenn too
second prize on the race. Time, 2:37.
Z The last event was an extra race of u
paced mile, each man riding separately fo
: a prize valued at SO, Offered by the E.
terprise Cycle Company. Eckhardt won j
2:29 3-5, Charles T. Clagett uDattachet
second. 2 20 40.
, The officials of the course We're as 70
, lows: Referee. George W. Cook; judges
Alexander Grant, Joseph 3. McGirr an