The evening times., 1895-10-26
GRIMES WON ON The SQUARE
Emphatic Denial That He Was
Paced in the Road Race.
iheChnrges characterized a~ but One
Of Many DiIatOry Proceedings in
Settling the Controversy.

The statement made exclusively In TIL
Times yesterday that charges had bee
made that Grimes, the winner OF the Du
| pont Cycle Clubs road race on Monday
had been guilty OF foul riding, was freeI,
discussed among bicycle riders general
| last evening.
The general opinion seemed to be tba
the charge against Grimes was inspired by
jealousy more than anything else, and tha
it would not be made good. In fact, thi,
view OF the matter was taken by mem
bers OF the committee who have the in
vestigation in charge.
In taiSlnS the matter over yesterday iI
the presence or The Times reporter, a
young man whose name has been promi
ncntly mentioned In connection with Mon
days affair declared that he could stop
Grimes from getting first prize il he
| wanted to. He was lold by 4 member OF
the committee that he ought TO make good
such an assertion, but the young man
| showed no disposition to do so.
| As to the maroon tandem" matter Mr..
Charles O'Neill, writing to The Times, sa VS.:
''Thechargc isunwa rrant ed a nd bsolutely
| without foundation in fact, and appears
| to be at best but one of the dilatory proceed
| ings that have characterized the conduct
| OF this race.
The tandem in question was ridden TO
! and from the meet by Mr.. William Winter
| halter, OF the Eastern Cycle Company. and
myself, and during the entire time. from
start to finish OF the race, the tandem was
in my charge.
After the scratch man had started I
pushed the wheel up the hill to the fin
isi at the keepers cottage. and placed it
among hundred other bicycles against
the picket fence at the right OF the road.
taasr
race had been finished then. and only then.
was il ridden on the course some two hun
dred yards from the finish tape to the
starting line.
The maroon tandem was not ridden at
any time during the race, and can state
most cmphatica.ly that to the best of my
knowledge there was Tot even a sugges-
tion made 10 the riders thereof to pace
Grimes or any other rider"
Another new cycling nizatiou has been
gotten up by young colored men. 1t is
called the Pastime Cycle Club, and has
headquarters on o street, between Sixth
and seventh. The thirty members all
bought wheels at one time the other day
from one agent here. Clarence Gray is the
captain and ger of the club.
A novel scheme to get wheels on easy terms
has been adopted by number OF ladies' and
gentlemen in this city. 1t is proposed to
get fifty persons 10 go into the movement,
thirty of them having already Joined it
When the fifty names have been obta incd
each person will inclose his name in an
envelope The envelopes are all to be alike
and there is TO be entire secrecy as To the /
name any one of them contains These |
envelopes will then be numbered from to !
80, and each week a vote is to be taken |
as to which number shall have wheel.
Each member pays So week, and after |
sixteen weeks, when sixteen wheels have |
been given out, the factory that iSto furnish |
them agrees 10 give out the other thirty
four wheels at one time, the members /
agreeing TO keep right along with the two
follar-a-weck payments until all have
been paid for. Besides this, the factory
agrees TO give each of the persons who
buys in this way lamp, bell, and
years insurance on the wheel.
The Potomac wheelmen have arranged
or run to Baltimore tomorrow. They
will start from their clubhouse about sun !
rise large number of the members Will
Dc in the party and q good time is antici-
)ated.
p. ]. Berlo. with his Qnintuplct and ten
Df the fastest bicycle riders in the country,
eft Westboro', Mass, yesterday for the !
" orlds records. 1t is expo c,cd that the
,arty will spend the month OF December
II San Jose, Cal.
Two more class B records were broken
It the Fountain Ferry track, Louisville,
yesterday. They were the class B living
tart, two-thirds OF a mile paced, and
he professional tandem, one mile flying,
,aced.
Charlie Coulter rode the former I'm
90 2-5, against JOhDson's Ill 40 OF
asst year, and Crooks and Weinig rode
he other lowering the record OF 1:51 1-5
o 1:50. Time by thirds: Single, O:34 1-5,
:O9 2-5; tandem O:35 20, lie, 1:5O.
Tom Cooper won the third mill, open
lass b event at Salt Lake City yesterday,
esting Bold and Murphy. Bold won the
lille open event.
John A. johnson has challenged Michael.
he famous Welsh champion, who has been.
eating everything in Europe, for three l
latch races for $1,000 side and the
of the world.
Many have been inquiring within the. :
ist day or two as To what had become
the much-ta!ked-about relay race be-
veen this city and New York. 1t was To
I've been run, according to the original :
tentiOn, long before this, and the no. I =
on has become prevalent that 1t has j
zen abandoned. This idea is an crrone-
IS one.
1t has been impossible for Capt. wiggin
nd Lieut.. Libby. of the Military Cycle r
orps, who have the race in hand, TO ar.
tnge matters as yet by which the race can
undertaken with as great a chance for N
lccess as they desire, but ii has now been Z
afinitely settled that it viii take place z
tween the 9th and 18th of next month. r
The men who will take part in 1t, about /,
venty in all, will not be named, ho weycr,
It'll day or two before the start, as new d
aterial is being regularly recruited by h
e corps, and some of it will be used h
the coming event, along with the best
d ma terial. h
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