The evening times., 1895-09-20
MORNING. EVENING AND SUNDAY T1NdES SPORTS EXCEL
BALDAND COOPER ARE TIED
Each has Won Twenty-eight Firsts
During the Season.
All the Cracks Take a Shy at Prizes
at Reading and Do Some Splen-
did Riding.

Reading, Pa, Sept. 2O.-The meeting of
the wheelmen here was q success, and
though the track was not in the best of con-
I ditioD, splendid time was made.
Tom Cooper laid away three firsts as
the result of the days work and again be-
came tied with Raid for winnings of the
year, each having twenty eight now.
Fred Lougiead, the Canadian champion,
took two firsts and now holds the record
for the seasons work, having won sixty
six prizes this year. i.
CabaDne took the most exciting win OF
the day, the three-mile handicap, going
from scratch to a most exciting finish AND
win by n foot from Maddox In I;1s,
which is very close to record for handicap
riding.
Eleven men started In the nalf mile open
without pacenIakers. Bliss and Cabanne
divided the donkey work, and, as the hill
was rounded. Maddox came TO the front
with rush and led into the stretch.
Titus was in good position, and was conf
ing strong when his foot slipped from the
pedal. Cooper, from sixth position. in
the bunch, shot his bolt not over thirty yards
from home, and sailed into the leading
position with Maddox a close second.
Cabanne third and Titus in fourth place.
In the mile open final nine started with
Helfert as pacemaker. Cooper jumped
at the quarter and came into the stretch
pushed hard by Cabanne, who was hard
pressed by Titus, the two team mates
crossing the tape inches apart. with Bliss
close fourth. The time, 2:1S Ia, is
the track record. Nine men in the quar-
ter-mile made a pretty finish. Cabanne
rounding into the stretch in the lead.
Cooper came up, and for the third time
during the day, ran first. Murphy, who
had fallen In the mile and been knocked
out of his senses, ran a good third. The
time was thirty-one seconds, very fast
for the track and dangerous turn.
Searle, the Chicago man who recently
made such a remarkable ride across the
country to New York, is to start in q 100
mile race at Newark, n. j., tomorrow.
Merton Duxbury, who left Providence.
R. l.. on the I'd of last April to ride to
San Francisco, returned to Providence on
Tuesday. He reduced the transcontnental
record from 50 days II hours TO 4s days
10 uouTs. DuNDuTy Is WIFI btihS
the first wheelman to make the journey
from coast to coast and return, and the
only one to cross the great American desert,
a feat attempted by Thomas Stevens sew
eral years ago. He also broke several
records between places along the journey.
Young Fred L. Schade has returned from
his bicycle riding trip to the South. In a
couple of weeks he will enter school and
give up the wheel until next year. Fred
has done well this season. Previous to
going South he had won number Of good
events. On his Southern trip he won seven
firsts, two seconds and two thirds. Among
the men he defeated were George N. Adams,
the champion of the South, and such other
good men as Comeratt, MiXson, Mox well
and others. His trip benefited him in a
financial way about $3.50.
Napa, Cal, Sept. 2O.-Walter Foster to-
day rode a half mile, paced, in O:5O 40
seconds; a new worlds record.