New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
BICYCLE DAY AT WAVERLY.
THE FAIR CLOSES WITH SOME EXCEL
LENT RACING.
PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS TRY FOR
PRfZEs-INTERESTING CONTESTS BETWEEN
POLICEMEN AND LETTER-CAR
RIERS-THE WINNERS.

| fOI<ltFMEN AM LEI i'S'N-N'''
RIERs-THE WINNERS.
The wheelmen displaced the troters on the race
track at the wavery Fair yesterday. and the
change seemed TO be most popular one Tor
much greater crowd was present than on any pre-
cedng day. With weather which was neither too
| hot nor too cool, and track that was fast as an
earth course can be made. the wheelmen were SUI
premely happy. and the time In most of the con-
tests excellent.
A pleasant feature, and one which appealed to
the hero worsh:ppng element. was the presence on
the track OF the former champion. A. A. thinner
man. who OBLIGATED one of the judges. The
Jallu brothers. who constitute the French tandem
team. attracted great deal of attention.
| While there was An abundance of talent In the
several amateur and professional races. the con-
tests which possessed the most local interest were
the two-mile special race between Policeman John
Latzelder of Newark and J. r. Hood. letter-car-
rier of the city. and the onemle scratch race
for policemen fremen \and letter-carriers who are
employed in the State. The former especially
caused a great deal Of excitement Apparently
every other In the grandstand was either a
leter-carrier policeman. and they took turns
cheering their favorites forged to the front. A
large amount of money wagered on the result.
and several letercarriers. 1t is said. had to walk
back to Newark. I.atzeder had the best of the
argument throughout. and won as he pleased. The
athletic policeman proved his supremacy In the Sec
ond race by a phenomenal burst of speed In the
stretch and crossed the tape far ahead of his near
est competitor
All the professional races were extremely inter-
estng. especially the onemile and the fve-mile
handicaps In both of these. Charlie Murphy.
the Brooklyn crack entered at scratch with
such Howard Mosher, II. II. Maddox.
Teddy Goodman. L. A. Callahan and Carroll
Jackson on the marks. In the mile race. Murphys
opponents cut out too hot pace and he was left
In the ruck. In the longer contest just at the mo-
ment when Murphy about to "go out, he
came into collision with Blauvelt and another man.
All three slightly injured and their chances
ruined.
OF the amateur contests. the haf-mie scratch
the most exciting. and Jefferson, the clever
Harlemte. who first honors owes his victory
to the exercise Of judgment at a critical
stage. The eight starters In the final heat were
paced by =. S. Henshaw. who led them all the
way TO the third turn. At that point joe Har-
rison. Jefferson and Savin pulled away from the
bunch and came down the stretch at terrihc speed
In the order named. When within a hundred feet
of the tape. Slavn spurted and gained slight
advantage Harrison. and the race was APP
parently ended when Jefferson let out few links
and slipped past both riders while Johnnie
Beam closed just ahead of Harrison.
The mile handicap, in which Harrison started
| from scratch and Jefferson from the ten-yard
mark. was remarkable for the splendid finish OF
these fleet riders Neither of them was placed.
however but they in the all the way
and the first three men had TO earn their way;
In the tandem race, Harrison and JEFFERSON won
by a slight margin from Shannon and Giles, who
started from the lOo-yard mark, in the remarkably
fast time of 42l 10.
The meet was in charge Of W. J. Lehman. super
intendent: Robert Gentle, chief consul OF the New
Jersey Division L. A. W. referee; l.. $. Holmes,
jr Fred J; Keer Herbert " knight. A. 4: Zm linn
Charles f. Budd. judges l.. d. Varian, Paul
Grosch. G. c. Hamilton and l.. /, Evans timers
F. G Abbott starter; II. W. Rhodes, clerk; II;
p. Jones and L. j. Jaeger, umpires, and FRED
Burns, announcer. The handicapping, which was was
close finishes in all the contests Will show.
The summaries follow:
ONE-MIIE NOVICE.
First heat won by William Sach. Newark; william
Parsons Newark second: Edward Warren. Harrison
third Time: 3. Second heat won by Frederick A.
Jaerachky Newark; David Jenkins. Newark second
William A. Blair, NewYork. third Time 100 Iiird
heat won by W. a. Nixon. Brooklyn; f. b. Slater Kan
way second c. W. johnson. New-iork thrd lime
2:i5 3-5. - .,n
W. A. Nixon. Brooklyn
Fred A. Jaerachky. Newark
L. Is. Slater Railway
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