The herald., 1895-05-31

planned his defeat by pointing out that
the whole field was against him and he
was only pacing them as an impossible
winner. so fell back.
The hali,mile, Class A. handicap. final
was started with ID. f. Whitman and W.
A. Taylor-at scratch; II. E. McCrea, Is
yards: j. J.. Standifer, As yaros I. Q.
Hall and Ed Wasson. IS yards; and G.
f. McStay. They finished McCrea first.
in ;05, Taylor, McStay, Hall, Standifer
and Wasson.
L. W. Fox James Ryan. c. V. Howard,
peted next in a 100-yard run. Tne first
heat was badly started. Ryan losing five
yards on false starts, Howard three
yards. McNab two yards and Fox and
Sheckles one yard each. They started
Sheckles. Fox, McNab. Howard and
first by neck, Sheckles and Ryan close
TO him.
The second heat of the Knippenberg
annual main race was very close, ID. Il.
Whitman, H. Il. McRea. W. A. Taylor
and II. L. Smith starting in bunch,
finishing McCrea, Whitman. Smith and
Taylor. A. w. Cleaver, under suspen-
sion from racing peni ding an investiga-
tion of charge OF professionalism
started to run an unpaced half nile. fly
ne start, against time, but on the frs
turn fell and cut his left knee badly. On
q second start he finished in :0i1a. The
record of :l5 OF course is safe as made
by Tyler in Springfield, Mass, last
August.
Ryan, Howard. Fox. MaNab and
Sheckcls got away in order on the second
heat of the 100-yard run and finished in
1ols. Ryan first by foot. Fox, Shccklcs,
Howard and McNab ending in order.
The two mile handicap. class A, was
run as entered. all but Cleaver and Grit
fin, Tbav wpte ID +, Whitman scratch
II. i. McRea % yards, Ed Wasson 10
yards, G. A. Miller 10 yards. G. IL. Miller
Is yards. J. l.. Standiier 100 yards Paul
FELTON, 100 yards, Frank Harwood i50
yards. Carl McStay $50 yards, W. \. Tay-
lor scratch, Horace Slater scratch. George
Charles Stimson 50 yards, T. .: Hall so
yards, H. L. Bundy % yards. r, NJ. Glib
son, ir.. 100 yards, f. A. Williams 100
yards f. P. Nelly 100 yards. 1t was the
brightest race of all as far as color goes
and the way they punched and opened
Two or three men fell out and gradually
the field punched OH McStay, and in the
last he was fairly caught. 1t was close
finish. McCrea going over the tape IN
5:0S, Whitman, Stimson and Cox sailing
along at his elbow.
Sheckles dropped out of the final heat
of the 100 yard run; Howard. Ryan,
Fox and McNab started in order and
Ryan finished in 0:l0 1-5. followed by
McNab, Fox and Howard. Ryan won
the best two in three and the champion
ship of Southern California.
Whitman. McRea. E. II. Smith and
Taylor chased Cox and Stimson ON a tan
dem in the third heat OF the knippen berg
annual. Taylor quit in the half and in
the final McRea flew over the tape in
2l5ls. fifty yards ahead of Smiit and
Whitman. winning three straight heats
and capturing everything, as knippen-
berg put it.
Dealers race, Simon pure A. entered by
Coffee Can Hub stephens. Billy Yellow
Fellow Allen, Many Medal Dave Burke,
Dynamometer G. c. Ashley. Billy Butch
Tufts, Narrow Tread Patterson, Crank
Shaft l.. f. Hickok and Crimson Rim
knipp. next in order, was started,
officially handicapped; Burke scratch,
Allen 81 yards, Ashley 70 yards, Tufts
81 yards, Knippenberg l03 yarc s, Hic-
kock 122 yards. Hickock did no. run;
knipp kept gallant lead but was over
taken in the final, jumped the track,
crossed the field half way and made the
proveIbial "red streak" OF it. crossing
the tape in 2:33% to the Joy of his
friends and the merrInent of the other
racers. They finished Allen. Stephens,
Patterson, Burke and Ashley.
In the tive-mile clas, A handicap Lacy
went back to scratch with Ulbricht. Hor-
ace Slater took 100 yards, Charles Parkes
250 yards and William Hatton, j. W.
Cowan and A. d. Thompkins $50 yards
each. Almost at the start Ulbrcht's tire
blew up and Parker also dropped out.
They spun around the track in good
shape. Lacy slowed UP aud let the feld
bunch behind him. making no effort TO
win out. They finished, Hatton first in
Il :5l2 racing time; Cowan Iompkins and
Lacy in Is 3:l9 from scratch.
Then came the postponed Tom Nc Aleer-
Billy-Jenkins ten mile challenge race, that
started at % p. M, after almost an
hour of petty delay and bickelrng over
pacemakers And, after all, Spiers and
Ulbrcht paced the race on a tandem as
first proposed: McAieer won tn event
by close finish in % :3S%. the record be-
ing % IA 3-5. The miles were run: First,
2:25: second, $500 third, 7:1712: fourth.
9:471s; fifth, 12:l9M; sixth, H:l94; sew
enth, IL: 10, eighth, 1913: ninth, 2:13;
tenth. 2i:3S12.
The large crowd kept pretty close until
the finishing event was concluded, and
broke up generally pleased. 1t was a
peaceful day. beyond the management
having to oust some obstreperous baseball
players from the field before the races,
and the jealous quarreling of few wheel
men.
Race meet Los Angeles wheelme Ell, May
81, sum mary: one mile novice. clasS a.
won by Charles Stimson, time 1884, {;
half IN lie handicap, class A. won by II.
Il. McCrea. time 05 two mile handicap.
class A, won by II. 4. McCrea, time
0S: three-q quarter mile, class Il, won by
Fritz Lacy, time As Is; one mile hand
leap, class b. woI by William Hauton.
time 2:l7; i've mile handicap, class B.
won by William Hatton, time y :35H.
Special races l00-yard run, cham pion-
ship OF Southern California, won by J. W.
Ryan. tim G 10 1-5, knippenberg annual
Syracuse. class A. stake, one mile. open.
won by II. +. McCrea. time 2:l5%; ten
mile challenge, Tom McAleer and W. NJ.
Jenkins, won 10y McAleer, time. "A :3SH.
In the evening at the smoker and recep
tion rendered by the Los Angeles wheel
men at the l.. A. A. c. TO cyclers and
frinds. public awarding OF pirzes was
made as here given.
One mile novce-First, gold medal,
won by Charles Stimson; second, silver
| medal. won by +. 2. Nelly.
| One-half mile handicap, class A--First.
] diamon locket, won by II. E. McCrea
/ second, diamond scarf pin, won by W. A.
! Taylor; third, tourists bag, won by Z.
I L. McStay.
Two mile handicap, class A--FIrst, gen.
tlemen's ---, won by II. l.. McreCa
second. NJ. q W. tires, won by D. II.
Whitman; third tourists bag, won by
/ Charles Stimson.
( One mile, Knippenbcrg Syracuse. class
A, stake-First two Syracuse bicycle
wheels, won by Il. L. McCrea; second
suit of clothes, order on y. l.. Biehl &
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