Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-06-05
THE BICYCLE RACE.
AsseItyne Makes the Best Time-otber
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o7S'b no "thto ms best IIllp--t)ther
Riders.
AT he hour appointed for the race
Central avenue WAS lined with people
who were anxious to witness the sport.
Probably 1000 persons gathered along
the two blocks at the corner of Central
avenue and Third street, where the racers
were started.
The race was given under the auspices
of the Electric City Bicycle club and the
prlzoe offered were eight in number, four
for time and four for place. The values
OF the prizes offered were both for time
and place, $50, SD, $40, and s., respect
lively, for first, second, third, and fourth
prizes. The course measured exactly
i've and thTee-quarters miles and had
been marked out and scraped with a
road machine So that there was no mis-
taking the exact route. Timekeeperg
were posted at intervals all along the
route SO that a check could be kept all
the time on the contestants.
The course started from Central ave
u and Third street west around the
FOUNTAIN n back again straight up
central avenue to d point near the Black
Eagle Fails addition, where it left Cen
tral avenue, passing across the fields to
the Is. ~ MI. addition and then to Sew
enth avenue north, back to Ninth street,
thence down Contra avenue to the
place OF beginning. AS the contestants
were required to make this course four
times, the length of the race was Just %
miles, a distance calculated to test the
staying capacity Of the riders.
There were H. entries made, as fol
lows: George AsaoItyne, William Boone,
}. w. StidwelI, G. p. Fowler, II. f.
Bonner, James Miller, Joe pepper, Al
Taylor, j. Woodahl, +. G. Pierce, A.
Jensen, M. j. l'auison, Harry Rose, A.
l.. Fleming and Sim Barbee.
The rloers were handicapped as fol-
lows:
Scratch, Aeseltyne, Boong; one minute,
Fleming; two minutes, Fowler, Pierce;
three minutes, Bonner; four minutes,
Miller, PaulsOn, Rose; SIX minutes, Pee
per, Taylor, Sim Barbee; eight minutes,
Stidwell, Woodahl; ten minutes, \.
Jensen.
Il, ID, Hatcher and David Craig act
ed as judges and w. +. Brown and
Frank Huy as tjme-keepere. The race
Was given under the rules of the Ma
tional League Of american Wheelmen,
and the time made forms Il part of their
recOrds. The riders were greeted with
great enthusiasm every time they put in
an appearance on their rounds at Cen
traI Capt, Jensen was the first
to give out. NJ. j, l'aulson, Harry Rose,
A, ]" Fleming and Sim BRrboe quit be
fore finishing the race. either on account
| gf soma I,yiIant 4p ,an,,- H.. u-.
out. Lite Sim Barbee was loudly
cheered FIR his pluck in following up
the race till the last round, when he
gave out. after closely logging the heels
of some Of thostrong riders. Those who
finished ttc race, the time they made
and the makes of wheels they rode are
given below.
AsseItyu", l:l2;7I-ArioI.
Boone, DIP Columbia.
Stidwel'. t:l6:2l-Waycr.y.
Fowler, l,l9:23-Erantford.
Bonner, j.I9:2l-CriuIBon Rim.
Taylor, .):4S-Nictor.
Miller, ,2:iJ15-Viking.
Pepper, |.2l:}Uls- thistle.
Pierce, I @~G.l9-Aripl.
Woodahu l".2s:5G-Comot,
The wItl.r s for place Wcre as follows;
j. ". STD. II, first; George Asscity ne,
second. "lj I'm Boone, third, and c. T.,
Fowler, fourjh.
The "%ia.r3 for time arel;oorge Asset
tyne, lirsa; #Illiam Boone, sreor0:J. W..
StidWoll, 4 Land G. T.. Fowler, fourth.
The cym.i enjoyed the race hugely
and the s~.t..rric Bicycle club is entitled
to much r.. lit for the effort to ontertaic
the public,