The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-01

IoIO, 1ouItn. ali Wen up. The mile was
made in 2:37. After this race, John A
Lindberg, Of Minneapolis, and August
Whitcomb of st. Paul, made an ex-
hibition tandem half-mile in Sc is Sec
onds. The crowd liked it better than
the racing
The success of the day by far was
the parade Of uniformed clubs, headed
by the Spalding Bicycle club band,
the club following, led by a pretty
little Juvenile tandem. The club showed
up in splendid form and received a
hearty round Of applause. The Y M
G. A. Cycle club. Of Minneapolis, made
pretty show and was followed by
the Syracuse club. led by quintet
cycle and two tandems. They made
a gaudy show in their red uniforms.
The United Wheelmen in maroon
sweaters and white knickerbockers
brought up the rear of the parade
which numbered over 200 wheelmen
The Spalding club took first prize for
size Of turnout, and the Crimson Rim
second. For the club making the most
attractive appearance, the Crimson
Rim, of st. Paul, took first and the
Spalding, of Minneapolis, second. Ehe
Z. M. G. A Cycle club. of Minneapolis,
took first prize for a ladies' club.
There We're so many entries in the
two-mile amateur handicap that it
looked very much like another club
procession. The men were placed from
scratch up to $50 yards, but at the first
three quarters they had drawn up In
close procession with the scratch men
only waiting for an opportunity to
take favorable position for a squirt
At the mile and a half there was a
close bunch, with Carmichael cutting
out the pace. 1T looked as If he had
set it a little fast, for small bunch
was after him. Palm and Martin
looked as il they would pass in the
stretch. 1t was not to be, however,
for Carmichael had a squirt left In
him and won the race in 4:521-5 ,ual-
though closely pressed to the wire.
1t. was hot finish. Sudheimer was
second, Martin third and Palm fourth.
In the exhibition drill of bicycle
clubs the Crimson Rims, of ST. Paul,
was the only club on the track. The
Spalding club had not all it's men
present and did not compete. The st.
Paul club gave a pretty exhibition and
was formally awarded first honors
There were nine entries in the pro-
fessional one-mile race, and they did
not tire themselves any too much to
provide good time for the audience.
AS Is usual however, it was a nice
race down the stretch, with a hot fin
ish to the wire, with anybody's race
for the placed men. McCleary thought
he had 1t his way, but Max Sittman
~of Minneapolis, won, with the ST. Paul
man second, jackson, Of Cedar Rapids,
third, Hofer fourth The time was
2:32 Is and as there was time limit
1t had to be run over They were
given slight breathing spell and then
tuned up again after. being cautioned
not to soldier McCleary won in 2:41,
and they had to run 1t over. McDer-
mott and Bird paced the next heat,
for third money, and. the effect was
shown in the time, 2:17 As. McCleary
won, Rydell second, Sittman third.
The time Is now the record for the
state
The band played "Ben Bolt when
the pistol shot sent off the forty-Six
racers in the five-mile road race. This
was supposed to be the event Of the
day, but in point of actual interest it
was inferior to any of the other events.
There were ten scratch men who rode
quite well punched and this would
have been a good race in itself but for
the fact that the men who had been
given distance became so mixed up
with the scratch men that no system
of mental bookkeeping could make the
crowd understand where they were
at" The event finally resolved itself
into double bunch, one for place and
one for time, with fair finish in BOTH
The scratch men were not in it, being
badly ousted by the racers who were
given distance. The race was won
easily by Paul Mayer 400 yards; A. w.
Callindar, 400 yards, second; ]. A. Cox,
426 yards, third; Frank w. Notes.-The,
500 years, fourth. The time prize was
won by William Martin, who wrested
the place from Carmichael in hot
squirt, in 1888 2-5 7tbA sieg
The fieshy gentlemen provitled con-
siderable amusement II their mile race
Thy started rather ponderously. but
after they were under way did nobly
for a time. The beads Of perspiration
from the honest toll began to stand out
however, and they took up a few links
and loafed like professionals on the
back stretch. 1t was a noble race in
a noble cause, with a real squirt at the
finish in which weight had the most of
it. They astonished the audience by
making nearly as good time as the
professionalism G. p Schultz, Of
Minneapolis, won, with S. c. Welder, of
Minneapolis, second and John OBrien,
Of Saltwater, third