New-York tribune., 1895-09-13
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enough to temper the heat but not enough to In
terfere with the rdera over ten tnousahn peope
were present, and the crowd would have been
larger had 1t been possible to secure more seats.
Sterling Elliott has been hard at work recruiting
members for the League OF American Wheeimeh'
and the National organization VIII oe sa'ner vi
account Of the meet.
THE CHAMPIONS OF THE YEAR.
The tournament as usual has determined WITH
out doubt the real cycling champions OF the year.
at least among the amateurs. and e. H. Newton
can claim the Glass \ honors OF the season, whiie
f. c. Bad is the undsputed leader OF CLASS d.
Newton won four races end lost one Dy ohS ie"
inches Bald won all four races In which ne
started His collection OF prizes Is remarkably
handsome In the professional class sanger won
the honors lie was in better shape, and he
won all three races In which he started to-day.
Many persons regret that John s. Johnson oio NOT
start against him. they profess 10 peneVe .ha'
Sanger would have beaten him. in spite OF the iact
that Johnson has won fifteen OF the se'eH'ee" iaee
in which he has started this year.
The one-mile record race is always looKed upon
as the contest OF the tournament, and to-day
contest ecllpsel all its predecessors IL mas Deeh
said Bald that when he misses catchlhg OF 10 'e
tandem or quad he cannot win. but mis- ASSERTION
was disproved to-day. As the pistol nasheo' .'ie
eight riders were off ike the wind to eaten ray
Macdonald and X. Callahan. who, on tandem
were to do the pacing. Kiser secured the coveted
position Cabanne falling In second. Murphy 'hiru
and Bald rather poor fourth The hrst quarter
was made I'm 80 seconds and the half-mie IN l'W'
with the riders in the same position The three-
ouar,ers was made in !: 81 3d. where the tandem
drew out and the real battle was begun At the
head of the stretch Bald began TO come through,
and a tremendous shout went up wheh the u o,us hs
pursuers except Cabanne. who had spurted al ths
same time. Bald held his advantage however, anu anu
from Cabanne with Kiser third. The time, 200 3-O'
made 1t one Of the best races OF the year. -
finished in exactly the same relative positions In
the one-me handicap Harley DAVIDSON sPutaer ILL.,
balance Cabanne abandoned hopeless chase chase IN
the sreteh Tenzer oHbe4 To1 the G Tais the
hearts ri OF the visitors from New-York BY winning
The 9n9ms nS e. "sT Walsh ssEf "'so ~ h
open by an inch doing the , last g, 1uaf'e5 n
the winners race.
NEW RECORDS MADE.
The professional racing was excellent sanger's
two miles in 4:243-5 being worlds record for that
distance in that sort OF a race. Bald broke also
the record for the half-mile scratch open race
John H. Gardner. Of Syracuse, tried for the nve-
mile Glass a record Ind brought down the hgures
from 1855 to II ;o3 80 He was paced by 'anosn h
and in irving to beat out his pace-makerS at the
finish he rode himself blind as the riders ex-
press il. and twenty feet beyond the tape ne went
into the fence. He was carried from the track on
a stretcher unconscious. and badly cut about the
head Henry Maddox tried for ne one-,nile un- m
paced record. but failed. making the distance In
2l2 2-5. Hoyt and Casey missed the hali-miie
tandem record by one second, going the distance In
F. Longhead. the Canadian amateur champion
broke all records for two miles; making tne re- re-
more remarkable as IT was done from standing
start. unpaced starbuck the professional broke
and he also broke the three and four mile records
He was paced by quadruplet manned by Cutter.
silvie Barnett and Kuge The fractional time was
one mile 2:oj 4-5: miles, 40i i-5 three miles.
GO5 i-5: four miles. sos 35, the last mile being made
F. j. Titus started to break the one hour record
but succeeded only in breaking the American record
covered q mics and lS yards in the hopr. The
od American record was @ niles. 1.iS yards
Michae.s Weshman. holds the worlds record OF
All in all. of the greatest record-break-
ing days in the annals of cycling. The immense
crowd stirred up 10 a tremendous pitch OF en-
thusasm. and after the races were over 1t fingered
about the track. seeming ioath to cave the scene
OF many stirring trias OF speed.
SUMMARIES OF THE RACES.
The summaries of the days races follow:
ONE MII.E-2:eo CLAss-cLAss \.
W. T. Tcnzler Rockville Centre. Observation-Disclosures.
+ EmeG Ghieopee. 2
Time-2O5 %
j. T. Clark, Boston, iier, Ripley. Newark: John kee-
her Sprineheld A. T. Fuller Boston and Philip Pierce
Manchester also started Won by yard; foot between
second and third
HALF-M -oPEN-cLAss b.
F. G Bald. Buffalo.
L. ID Cabanne. St Louis.
Earle hlser Dayton.
Tlnle-l :0l As.
C. r. Coulter. Mansfield. C. NJ Murphy: BROOKLYN; J..
= Bliss Chicago; 7. p. Rghy. Cleveland Ray Mcdonald.
New-fork Thomas Cooper Detroit and Frank j. Jenney.
ns s" na M a0S & by wo osn 4@S record op Sp
q ifce
ONE MILE EN-PROFEssIONAL.
W. C. Sanger Milwaukee.
H. G. Taylor Springfield
Time-2:05
Fred St Onge Boston, T. Crooks Buffalo: 7. A..
silvie Port Richmond George r. Cutter Boston. and
Watson Coleman Springfield also started Won by three
| lengths. dead heat FOR second place.
ONE MILE-HANDICAP-CLASs A.
II. y. Mosher Storm King (25 Yards. ..............
A. H. Davey. Greenfield 40 yarisb.
J. E. Walsh. Barre cO YARDS Observation-Disclosures.
Time-2:l6 80.
Ray Dawson. NewYork \. G. tscratch); James Clark.