Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-23

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Tho ST. Louis Cycling Club racers won
the great interclub road race OF twenty
miles at. the fair grounds yesterday after
hard battle with the Century Club rid
ers by making III out of 2io points.
The race developed phenomenal road
racer In the person OF Alex Laing (st.
Louis Cycling Club, the winner OF the
Forest park time prize. and he will from
now on he known as the fastest road rider
IN st.. Louis. He finished first after n
the twenty miles over q muddy course in
the remarkable time OF 1874. Ills time IN
the Forest park road race was 5s;5o Is
there were several hard hills to climb.
90 IN o,h the hr.! iSp the rdess held ,oge,her
her S0pnS 'hs' hey was pssS adu sns Isln
took the lead and set a siir pace. which
all the riders kept up. to. In the second
that the line became strung out. ii was
evident, that Grath wanted to ee, away
from from l.. The bunch and keep away TO The
rear wheel and never. lost sight OF 1t.
,Weidner came TO the from, in the third
when he was passed by George Brush and
An an the while Alex I.ains was nursing the
nth positions squirting when more than
iys x,,ar rllers ,s. wsrG i,, ahead o, him ,,,,r
for lis boys were largely in The lead / and
holding their own; To one on the inside
eyeas Mas sass sss hSs syafn; san 'hs, zach Of ss
against certain Century boys and keep
ahead All q them al! the time. regardless ot
this was the plan It was well carried out,
for the Cycling racer. were often punched
sFhy b rsns ahead So Sf the Century Elders
that There was not single accident 10
in5uro any &c, e the riders, and that there
nas t4o II ai wsrs ssd arns ,he I race
which was by Ross Miller. in the second
lap az the turn into the stretch. He bor-
his position. and finished almost a lap be.
hind the bunch. The other was experienced
BY n johnson ,ss sI,, in bis his hTa! lap:
IN the, finish of Grath and Harding the
two Two giants Of The race In the stretch
behind I.ains, Billy Cox and Knower. on on
II though Grats would defeat Harding Il hs hs
finish turned out to the side, made a leap
w,h Sa,s his wheel and crossed the line aboui,
who had their eye on Gra,h were positive
he beat Harding, but three Judges de-
Siared otherwise, and they had their eyes
The finish was made in two punches.
one Of six ,and the other of eight. with a
"SrSs order Of q asSnx iiSss the The
race was as follows;
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Letter Carrier Arthur E Smith left Chi
ing for New York, Intending to lower the
chicaEo-New York road record. now held
by \, =. searle; Il Is days, % hours and
smith. His route Is via Cleveland, Buffalo,
Rochester and Albany, and he expects to
arrive in New York sunday afternoon.
Hesing 10 Postmaster Dayton. of New
York.
a. A. Chase. who recently rode thirty
miles and thirty yards within one hour. in
is a small built young fellow but
blessed with abundant stamina and pluck
untll this year he was more conspicuous
as n road man than as a track rider, his
experiences in the latter role not having
been SnSorgnaS pnIins the gresen, sea-
he has been scoring very cleverly among
the path records. He was the iirs, to bet
he had no, % the % bonor Of o Being I the ,Est
man to cover thirty miles In that time. he
would very likely have done so had his
pacing arrangements been more thorough.
Every eycllst Is familiar with such
smSkns not aiii9wea, etc. sShSitsS 4dInn IN
notice which appears in the back room OF
An uptown saloon, which terms itself
Ref nrisa Is IniSns ,a E,g mot Si,c 70 say
and is posted so as TO be the first thing
to catch the eye OF the visitor as he or
she enters the room reads as follows;
Ing and swearing that Is required In this
M hs Sf SF i sss seR to wSS SS
seventy-aye prize fights. and is a splendid
shot with revolver, An undertaker calls
here every, Monday mornins."-New York
Peter Berlo is getting UP n quint team,
with which he viii stand ready to race
any tandem, triplet. quadruplet. quinttip,
let or sextuplet team on this side the
Atlantic He will shortly issue chal.
lenge 10 race any such team for $500
side and will aim his challenge espe-
rially at the famous Empire state team.
winners ut Windsor.
Windsor Ont, June 2e,-First rnce-Sis
furlong Spokane won: Sky Blue, second;
Dr Kellogg, third. Time, :25
Second Tace-Four and a half furlongs
Parmesan won. Newport. second; Hamsa,
third. Time, o:59;