The morning times., 1896-07-05
QUEER WHEELMEN's RACES
Fred Sims Captured Three
Events at the Big Meet.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
First Annual Meeting of the Club
Was Very Successful and There
We're Several Exciting Events
Ball Won the Mile Hndicap and
Was ut His Best.

'di iEepioUoruOhO OF WnOtl were lauies, seven
welicontested races and an exhibition
| event We're run off in good shape, annie
considerable enthusiasm.
TIE weather was clear, but a bit warm
and the track was in fine condition and
| fast, and but little wind blew over the
| course 10 affect i'll any way the work of the
riders.
Under all these conditions and with a
very large entry list TO pick winners
| from, the Queers are to be congratulated
| upon the success OF their first venture.
The big holiday crowd, in a gay, good
mood. began TO come early, and settled
itself in the comfortable grandstand, from
which, in addition to the races 1t enjoyed
! the selections rendered before, during and
after the races, by the Fort Myer Cavalry
Band, stationed under canopy on the
| infieid.
AT ten O'Clock yesterday morning the
| trial heats in several events were run Off
with hut fee spectators to criticise the
the work.
FINAL HEATS FOR NOvICES.
Some twenty-five entries were made for
the one-mile novice race, and these were
run Off in two heats.
The first heat was won by Il. w
Cium In 2:31 1-3 minutes, and the others
who qualified for the finals were: c. j.
Morrison, d. P. Moore, a. Van Deman,
In order.
The second heat was carried off by j. W.
Thompson in 2:3S minutes. Posey had
the lead for nearly two laps, but he could
not hold 1t, and finished down in the
bunch. II. K. Thompson was second;
O'Connor, L. A. Acler, and Soneker qualified
for the finals.
The next event for trial heats, the half
mile handicap, was well contested and
n rpp nf iyfa
going Off in the first heat, and was good
race until BaTber's wheel gave way under
him in the last stretch and he fell, many
In the bunch passing him, but Pritcha rd
and George Ball fell over Barber nd were
more or less In iured, though not seriously.
CluIn also Won this heat. Time. :O4 40
Fred Sims, second: Throop, Woodward,
and Billy Sims qualified.
The second heat was without particular
Incident except that Bauer led for lap,
and Greer qualified.
There We're thirty-five entries for the
one-niile handicap, and this was run off
In two heats.
Fred Sims was scratch man. hut he did
not go over the full course. In the first
heat Hebard's wheel wobbled and Ronsa-
vile and OConnor came upon him and
down came the bunch. not seriously injur-
ing any one. George Ball won the heat in
:. 4.
The second heat was won in the last 200
yards by Mudd in 2:15 3-5.
RACES BEGANIN EARNEST.
Shortly after 2: 80 O'Clock Clerk OF Course
Hensbaw called out the entries for the
first race, the one-mile novice, for which
ten starters had qualified in lie trials.
To a good start the bunch Ieft the tape
and Clum took the lead and held 1t until
the beginning OF the third lap, when Arthur
Van Deman, who had closed up well beside
hinI. fell, and before he could recover him
self all the others had passed him. A
protest afterward was not allowed. j.
Walter Thompson at once took up the lead
and held it and won as he pleased in
2:33 1-5; Morrison second; W. OConnor
third.
In the next event. the one mile open, con
siderable interest was oentered, as all the
local cracks were up against Fred Sims
who was in sple udid form and riding like u
demon.
Sims jumped away at the start, and
he held the lead throughout. He was press
ed very hard by George Ball and Mudd, who
between them had Il bruisiDg race for sec
ond place, and finished SO close that it
was at first announced as a dead heat
between them, and the judges decided to
give it to Greer, who was well up, but
finally declared the finish as Sims, first,
in 40 seconds fiat; Ball, second; Mudd,
third and Greer, fourth.
For the halfmile handicap five prizes
were offered. IngliDg set out to give the
pace, and held ii TO within zoo yards Of
the finish, when Fred Sims, who had
moved down his field one by one, cut
through the bunch and finished in the |
lead by several wheels in 1 :04 f. 8 minutes; |
Billy Sims, Second: w. +. Throop, third; |
H. z. Greer, fourth; C. &. IngliDg, fifth |
Mudd dropped cut OH account Of his bad |
start.
ONE MILE OPEN.
The most interest Centered in the one |
mile open. Fred Sims was again the target |
for ali the local riders. The start was a |
good one, the bunch keeping well together |
until the second lap, when Ball, who had
from the first a slight lead, increase |
1t, and seemed likely as a winner, but
again Sims mighty jumps told for him, and |
on the back stretch in the last lap, pushed
out, cut down his leaders, and won by
a wheel, in 2:26 1-2 minutes; Billy Sims
came second; E. S. Wilson, third, and w.
E. Smith, fourth. Bail in the meantime
had shot his bolt, and remained in the
bunch TO the finish. Troop dropped out
going around the second time.
The ten entrants who qualified in the
trials in the forenoon faced the starter for
the next event, the ene-mile handicap Burn
ham led his field TO the first turn, nll the
rest within call. The second lap found the
same conditions until the stand was reached
when Cause, who had not before shown him.
self, jumped out and showed the pace until
the back stretch to the last lap was rea cEed
when George Bail came through in fine
shape, closely pushed by Billie Sims, and
amid the egreatestexctemeDt the stand was
approached. Ball kept up his squirt and
crossed the tape first in 2:22 fiat, E. s.
Wilson, second: T. N. Mudd, third; c. ].
fourth c. E. Cause, fifth. There
was not more than n wheel between each of |
the leading four 1t was a brilliant finish
and on of the best races of the day Fred
Sims did not start in the finals.
TwO-MILE TANDEM
The two-mle tandem race excited some
interest, as it brought out all the running
mates or first pairs, and speculation was
rife as to the probable outcome. Billy and
Fred Sims and Boyd and Potts did notstart
Greer and Smith, Moore and Ronsa vile,
md Espey and Ball were the teams as they
'aced the starter.
To the second txrn Espey and Ball led.
Then, for the second lap, Greer and Smith
ook up the pace and in the third Moore
Ind mate took the lead. After all had
'elt the going, the first turn of the last
ap found the teams cutting out the work
or one another, and Greer and Smith |
coming into the stretch, jumped out and
n burstin ng finish crossed the tape
Winners by length, in 4:44 1-2. Moore
md Ronsaville, second; Espey and Rail- |