Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-12-28
TERRITORIAL BICYCLE MEET.

champion OF Arizona
All day yesterday great crowds
thronged the streets, and strangers were
met in every hand.
Every horse and vehicle in town had
been engaged the day before, and every
means of transportation was brought
into use to carry the masses out to the
park. Additional reserved seats had
been provided and the Philharmonic
band being in attendance, Christmas
afternoon was spent very merrily.
The first race in the program was the
one mile novice, run in two heats.
The result of the first heat was as
follows:
Sol. B. DrachmsD, first; Nose J. Cop
pei, second; Frank w. Ferguson, third.
Time. 245.
Second heat:
Wm. Cooper, first; Nose Kelley, sec>
ond; Stanley j. Kilt, third.
Wm. Robinson of Phoenix, was thrown
in the first heat but was allowed to-
start in the final.
The result of the final vas a surprise
to everyone, Sol. B. Drachman winning
by over a wheels length in q regular
Zimmerman spurt, Nose Kelley second
AID Stanley j. Kilt third.
The = mile championship race
brought out Graves of Tucson against
Harry Brown of Phoenix. Neither rider
passed for the other, both riding side by
side from star: to finish. Brown began
to pull away from Graves on the last
turn but could not widen the gap more
than wheels length down the entire
stretch, Brown winning by that distance
in 4714 sec.
The g mile juvenile race was won by
Lee Orndorff, who pHlled away on the
back stretch and held his lead all the
way through, Charley Stout close Sec
ond.
Next was the one mile Arizona cham
pionship race, the race of the day. IL
Was another match race between Graves
of Tucson and Brown of Phoenix. and
who should win was a puzzle until
Graves crossed the tape half wheels
length ahead. At the start Graves beat
Brown to the tandem, which was man.
ned by Lowell and Kibbey Of Phoenix,
but before the back stretch was reached
Brown managed to take the position
away from Graves and held it until the
tandem dropped out. When the tan
dem dropped it was fight all the way
down the back stretch, and around the
curve, and when Graves crossed the
tape he was grabbed from his wheel and
carried on the shoulders of the shouting
spectators to his dressing room. Even
the judges threw their hats high in the
air, and the starter was so excited that
he went to the clerk of tho course and
thundered, "why didn't you have the
band play" and the band was playing
all the while.
The tandem race was loaf, and was
won from Hartwell and Cooper Of Tue
son by Lowell and Kibby OF Phoenix.
The trick riding by Seth Orndorff
was well received and the difficult per
formance of fancy riding, balancing and
mounting he went through, shows that
he is destined to be marvel.
Slaters' unpaced half mile against
time was beautiful ride, but owing to
slight breege springlng up just before
his start he was unable to reach his REQ
ord and made the distance in 1.09.
Seventeen starters were scattered
around the track up to q yards in the
two mile handicap. Brown and Graves
of Tucson started from scratch and soon
overhsuled the field, all but Robert
Powers who had handicap of 200 yds.
and was riding very strong when his
wheel punctured, and he was thrown
out of the race.
At the end of the fourth lap all OF the
men were riding in bunch, and before
the fifth lap had been ridden, several of
the riders droped out.
The finish was as pretty one Rs ever
seen, Mark Long of Phoenix who start
ed from the 40 yard mark winning by
several wheel lengths.
Byron Hartwell of Tucson who had
ridden most of the race unpsced was
second and Sol Erachman took third
from Fred Graves in a very close finish.
The most interesting races are to be
run, and two more championships COM
peted for.
The great lantern parade will start
from the Militia hall at 7:30 sharp to-
night. One pair Of hose pipe tires is
offered as first prize for the best deo-
Grated wheel, and vapor bicycle lamp
as second prize.
The -four Carnival will last from $50
until $50 and from $50 on the Grand
Smoker will take place, at which
speeches will be made, and the prize of
the two days racing presented to the
winners.