The evening times., 1895-09-23
CYCLING SEASON CLOSED
Crack Riders Will Now Start for
the Pacific Coast.
Wind.up at TiOga Was DisappOint.
ment land Sanger and Other Racers
We're vigorously Kissed.
Especial to The Times.)


Philadelphia, Sept 23.-The wind.up o
the cycling season here was not as pleasant
as was anticipated, and there was consid
cradle unpleasant feeling shown at times
during the racing. There was great crowd
present.
Tom Cooper took both the third and
mile open events, Cabanne getting second
place in each.
The professional mile invitation was
somewhat of a disappointment, particularly
| for Sanger and some Of the others, as they
were vigorously Kissed. McCurdy and Ian
dis were the pacemakers and rode the mile
in 2:l7. Eaton started out for the tandem,
but let IL get away from him, and the entire
| field went around the track at Il tired gait
| The race was run over without pacema kers
| and Sanger won.
The fivemile class B handicap was pc
| culiar affair, inasmuCh as the contest was
| for place and not for first. Miller got too
| far i'll the lead to be caught, and the finish
fer the other positions was good TO see.
| Bliss got second, Cabanne third and Madi-
| son fourth. Cabanne made the distance from
| scratch In 1918 / 8, which is q new record
for competition.
The final Of the mile open, class B, fur
nished rare finish, Cooper, Cabanue and
Titus coming over the line almost together.
| The men finished as they were named In the
good time of zoe 1-6.
This meet virtually winds up cycling in
the East and North for the year Nearly all
of the cracks will go from here to Louisville
and later will start on the trip to the Pa
cific coast.
The best time ever made over fifty-mile
dirt road was accomplished Saturday by
Eddie Leonart, of Buffalo, who covered the
distance in 2:21 90.
The 1OO-mile cycle race of the Century
Wheelmen. of Newark, Saturday was won
by John W. Conklin in 5:4h:36
Al the beginning of the present cycling
season Kansas City claimed to have !, 900
women and girls who rode the wheel Now
she claims to have nearly 1000
George Banker, the American, has won
three e-fourths OF the races he has started in
abroad this year. He is said to have re-
ceivcd between $40 900 and 81 2, 900 in cash
on his victories.
An Australian judge recently gave
young man three years in the penitentiary
for stealing a bicycle.
More than $50, 900 worth of bicycles have
been stolen in England this year.
Protin, the Frenchman, who beat Arthur
hot ba III
from the bicycle track at the end of this
season. His family Is an aristocratic one
and does not approve of his racing, and as he
hopes TO drop into a fortune one OF these
days he thinks he had better keep Oh the
good side of the old folks
Perhaps one rider out of a thousa nd will
display sufficient rorethought while out
for jauDt to be careful not to let his wheel
stand in the glazing sun, says a bicycle ex
pert. Yet this is common cause of tires |
rotting. The hot, penetrating rays OF the |
sun will soon crack the outer casing OF the |
tire, and ere long the tire will be worthless |
II the tire has been through mud and water |
and not yet dry, when the sun strikes it the |
action is much quicker. Not alone has the |
SUMS rays a deteriorating effect on tires, |
but the heat will cause the cement to bubble |
out, and the consequence is your tire is |
looseDed and your pleasure for the day
probably spoiled.
Miss Annie Porter, on Saturday, re-
duced the ladies road record between Elgin
and Aurora, ILL.,, hours and 80 minutes,
held by Mrs. Bunker, OF Elgin, to Z hours,
1S minutes and 81 seconds. The distance
between the two towns is sixty miles.