St. Paul daily globe., 1895-06-01

on the cycling fraternity everywhere
as sportsmen, and for years leave in
bad odor every event fostered by
Chicago cyclists wherein simple honor
and manhood are depended upon as
part of the capacities Of the contest
ants. The trouble in brief is that this
year the race was not a straight
away, and many of the $50 contestants
literally by dozens and scores delib-
erately
CUT THE COURSE
instead of going around the full turn
at Evanston. 1t is claimed that only
thirty-one of the first hundred to
finish, among whom was the winner,
Hotter Fairmon, were noted as having
passed the limit mark at Evanston,
and that no note was ever made of the
other siXty-nine men at that point.
The fellows not in the first hundred
are supposed to have done even
worse, and comparisons of bicycling
with Roby, Ind, and winter rae
ing were common enough for any
body. w. J. Morgan, of the firm Of
Morgan & Wright, is greatly interest
ed in the outcome Of the investigation,
for it was at his suggestion that it
will be started. when l saw some
of the figures that were recorded as
the time in which the race was run,
said Morgan today, 81 knew some
thing was wrong. Fred Rau, one OF
our employees, to whom the second
time prize was awarded, is credited
with better time than either Balm
bridge or De Cardy, two scratch men
that l know can ride Rau to death
in five miles, especially when they
pace one another as they did yeSter-
day. When l saw Rau today he ad-
mitted at once that he never rode
over the course He said he was taken
sick halfway out and was lying lpn
the grass a good part of the time,
and that when he rode in he never.
claimed to have ridden the course.
There are other men who claim to
have made better time than either
Bainbridge or De Cardy, who, l am
willing to bet, would not be able to
they would be lying alongside the
road. If there is anything 1 detest
it is
CHEETING IN SPORTS
of this kind, and this is the last race
in which there are such a large number
entered that 1 shall have anything to
do with it unless it is a StraightaWay
course" Aside from the scandal in
regard to the race as whole, Referee
Thomas, of the Sheridan, had his
hands full today receiving protests
from scores of riders in the road race
against the awarding of prizes yes
terday to Fairmon and Emerson, the
first prize and time winners, respect
lively. 1t now looks as if neither of
these men will be given the place
which was assigned to him yesterday.
However Fairmon may come out, it
is almost certain that Emerson will be
disqualified as time winner. All the
testimony goes to show that Emerson
did not ride the course.
"It looks pretty blue for Emerson's
chances" said Mr.. Sheridan. "Thare
is a let of evidence here Which goes to
show clearly that he did not make the
turn. OF course it is possible a mis-
take was made. On the other hand,
we have innumerable witnesses ready
to swear that Emerson never got as
far as the turn. Rosback says that on
his return from Evanston he saw EN-
erson standing by the roadside with his
wheel. Emerson called out to him
that if he wished he would pace him
in. All this looks bad for Mr. Emer-
son. The circumstantial part of the
evidence lies in the remarkably rapid
time in which Emerson must have
ridden over the course if ne is entitled
to the prize. The time given him was
52:14 and it is almost impossible to
believe that he did it in that Incredibly
fast time.