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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31
HE CHICAGO ROAD RACE.
Moro Than $40 En- ries and . Green
Man Wins,

Chicago. May g.-The Chicago road race,
the largest cycling event In the world In
point of number OF participants. was run
at II O'Clock today from Wheeling twenty
four and one-quarter miles northwest, to
Garfield park in this city The weather
was fine. and about $500 people were
gathered to witness the finish. The riders
came TO the finish after travers.ng a mile
circuit known as the Garfield park loop,
where the advantages for sightseeing were
perfect The race was won by O. p Nell
son. a member OF the Monitor Cycling
Club. of Chicago. who had been riding only
about year. He had been given nine min
utes In the handicap The second to In
.sh was Charles LAWN OF the Ptzen Cy-
cling Club. Of Chicago. who had nine min
utes al the start Nelson's time was liz 80
special train was run from the Chicago
station OF the Wisconsin Central railroad
TO IN. village Of Wheeling. carrying off,
Gals. racing men. bicycles and spectators.
The start was made at exactly II o'clock
the work OF the starters being so precise
that the sos riders were soon on their way
without fan or hitch. The classes were
% seconds apart. and the starts ranged
from scratch up 10 Is minutes, with which
allowance Joseph Badenoch, r.. a 47-year-
old candidate, brother OF the chef Of Do
hce OF Chicago. was sent away first and
alone Badenoch finished twelfth. The
total number OF entries was 81
There had been great opposition 70 the
selection OF the course for this year. bat
the great success OF this years event
was such that the course will probably re-
main the sane next year Over fifty
cians we're represented I'm the race and
there were many riders from outside the
city. Milwaukee, Minneapolis. Louixvilis
ana Canada sending their flyers in quest
of the good prizes
The order OF finish for the frs. Ave me,
was as follows; O. ?, Nelson. Monitor G
Q, 500: i:i2.S3; Charles LAWN. pizan r
G., Sea, ll2;S; W. Bell DesnIains. $40
1ii;5g; J. J. Duffy, lincoln c. C.. u,oo
III IS F J, Gavanscroft. South Side c. C
iH9s, 1859. The matter OF the time win
ner is soma what In doubt. but the honor
a. present rests on Murphy. OF the North
SHORE Wheelmen. who. II is claimed. fin
fshed IN seventh place from A fve--,Inuss
start HIS time was l0a:, The seventh
man 10 rnish. however. wore no number
and on account Of the doubt surrounding
MS performance he Is likely to be thrown
out z. F. Faulkner. OF Smarey Cycling
CUB. is credited with second time
%'Ss't. Both Murphy and Faulkner are
good riders. With the exception Of WI
sons riding the iay seemed 10 be A
Waterloo FOR rear mark ria~r.
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II is fact that none Of The -,o~- sv~-
ten4aftc EFFORTS TO stampede A coz,van
non by these methods has succeeded
Usually the mine has been exploded roo
soon The demonstration has been rnade
50 far in advance OF the bai.o,inS thu. IT.
force has been wasted Then. too. svs-
teTnattc preparations for '.sfa -1re-4i-eys.
have been rae1 by equally systematic ef-
forts to corntsract them Nobody Ia
taken by surprise. and csns@quentiy no.
body is carried of his feet The ballot
irg goes On r-scssely as IL The aefnonS-ra-
tors Raj not been made As matter OF
Tart. she controlling power in nearly all
conventions does not lie either in
tss delegates. or IN The political
bosseS who direct So many az
them. CT In the 1890 or ieso who ret
.nto tAe convention building II rests In
tie Peop.e wso are outside. bsI, whose IN
Haence = sxsrte3 turing every moment
tsat ;hs Convention Is in session The
fs-zal. Sscisiux question s. moi. Wac
c8ndi 3ate 40 se rns-t desire 70 non. na.sT
bat Which candidate an We - -,ost Ger
tam TO elect To answer that intelligent
~ TIE moss sseactes9s minis IA every coz
ss51ioa bsok beyood THE shout TX cal
lersss. with their few thousands 0< per
s7slagly interested sgeetatcrs- 20 the IL
se 30 u voters scattered ever The an4
and SEEK 70 read n advance thel- answer
al tie pois
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New York World.


Ever Stree the beginning OF Tire reveie-
ton IN Caha the Spanish authorities have
said that she movement sss EnssiEafea by
negroes almost exclusively Tomas 81
trAda Palma, head Of the Cnhan rgvoif-
tinnzry party In this country. has written
a letter 20 Secretary Of State Clnay. IN
Washington City. aisputiDg this asser-
ton.
The SpznisrSss charge" writes Gen.
Palma. IN order 20 bsait1le the iasur-
rcc1ion. that Il = q movement a sEto--z.
X Sh9ai3 De remembered that not reore
than one-th.rd CO The entire population
are OF the coiorsd rase- ~ a matter %
fart. less thar one-thfra Of the army are
OF the coloret race Take. for instance.
the generals Of esvps. divisions and hstS-
saes. there are but three Of the colorea
race namely. Antonio ard jose AAceo
and ACgustin Cebreco. and thes- are
ruglatfo~s xhose deeds have placed them
far above the generals o. these who pre-
fsra 20 desplse them None - the man
bsrs Of the constituent aszeFrh by OF OF the
government 10 % the cnioreSi race The
C1hzns and The coior@d race are as friEua-
IL 81 this war a. they wsFc ia times 81
peace. and 81 would Indeed be strange u
Tire coicsed people verE net 50. As the
whites fought for ard xith them IN Ire
last revolt. and the onFy successful fgr-
po~@ Of which xzs the freedom Of tbs
slaves
IL II be true that this 10 merely = move
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The Harlem River Regatta.

New York. May SIN the Harlem river
regatta the race for intermediate four-oar
gigs was won by the Union Boat Club
Time. 5,Is. Napier Rowing Club second
Time. 5.oiis.
The scull for shells was won by William
Amman. of the Harlem Boat Club. Time.
s.E- A Helm. Of the Atlantic Boat Club
OF Hohoken, second Time, s:A
The race for Junior four-oarei shells wa.
won by the Atlantic Boat Club. Of Hobo
Ken Time. s.iiis The Lone Star Boat Club
was second Time. 5:55is
The race for junior double sculls was won
by the New York Athletic Club; r. L.
Howard. bow; P " Crawford. stroke
Tine. s.A The Excelsior Boat Club. OF
Patterson. y. j.. was second: Thomas Ar
restioia, bow: j. Colburn. stroke. Time.
$50
The race for four-csrefi shells was won
BY the New York Athletic Club. Time
s;ss4. The Metropolitan Rowing Club was
second. Time. 5s3sz.
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toox TIE HAT r@n % the SIXTH hp. azs
Hes. tnen began q rzcs fer hlcod The
snssa vas bet enc. SSfn>on fash *
srst ey A&f a wheel. VITA VlorixAt asa
bsa cot two l,cses apart Summary
os- ME ncv.ce-&uEsy wcn. aexe-x
Nd h1ttoo third Tine s2
SAX 1lsie-Fiazi beat. C. r Coulter. sa.
fra1e1sco. ron. W. A Te--sn san rrzn-
cssco. ssco-d: .. B. Parker. Detroit ;hs-1
Tine. Is -
esAe naaas. c7er- A-nztesr-F- c. Lacey
son. {. ssrson second. Erzl, r-rhrichs
ea.s1 Iir,s- ~ Al az Les Angeles
ors E-5e- open. professional Hnaf-r. A.
aeE a-isrsd- San Francasro won: D. z
" als-1sr- Les Angeles. second: II. E Nc
e.sA- Los Angsiss fhird- Tszze. ..G ~
iNo-rriss handicap. a1,steur-C. Slim
snr. Les Angeles sse-a.rhB. won z II
brent escrasea} second: F. A Bel gS
SarcS3. third Time. as -
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He won the ico yards dash easily In IS
seconds. equsiinE his own. which Is the
worlds record -Four intercollegiate ress-
osdS we're broken. namely. the loo ard
2sa-yafd dash. the high jump aud the half
mile run The mile walk was productive
OF very exciting finish. Stewart. CT
Pennsylvania. prote sed the pole vault,
and the question wlli De- investigated next
week bat Il vii not have an effect on
the result OF the championship. as Yale
has more than enough points 10 spare in
case OF an adverse decision
Score BY pciatS-Haie e. University az
Pennsytvaafs iits. Harvard Is. Georgetown
u. Columbia ~, Boston s Williams {. Cor
nell :. WASH gton and jefferson !. Prince
ton 1 Columbia Of Washington =. sum
ruariss.
Quartsr-n1lie Tau. ansi-T. Z. Burke,
Boston. woa. Tine. - "a
Throwing l6-pourd harnnl~r-C. {. Chad
Wick. Yale. vons fE feei So laehes.
Running high jump : wnsor. L. O.
T. wau. 5 Tee: inrh. wh.ch beats the
intercollegiate recori made by @ r. Fear
ing. - Harvard
tsne-rnsie raa-G- q. Garvis. Fennsyl-
vanla. wea T1Ene - s-s
fsatslng ispoaad shot. aaa.-R- Sheldon.
Yale Soa- - fess tlss taehss
Es~Yars3s hnr2s aaal-E l. Rryruer.
s.. Harvard. woa. Time Is xeeonss
asNyAra hgra'e. saal-E. c. Perkins.
Yaie woa Tinae. IS1L
ia'-yargss dash. fnal--B J. wesers
Georgetown. wosa Tin1e. st-S ss0oass
Wefers Soa easily ara ~alsisE his worlds
record ard e~st the intercollegiate recers
g ta esaroesFs
Burn,nS bread gunn sral-I. 2. Shs,-
eon. Yale. Won. = feet 4. inch
Za-ra-l rJH. HFss-E J METERS t;ee4se-
toHn. AVA TUE. = ia Ts4s beats an
previous resorts
ore rasle-F. & Thrsn Yale. wa. TIM.
sSse-s.
tfaif-zs3e ru7-E II Fic.iis-er. Harvard
wan TIRE. 5 - 4-E Tass bra - tA@ r
tersol1.<sass rerss-s ~ - se-arsa
Eassr xanls. Tnsa-N " Ans Yale 49,.
=
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VICTORIA IL. SEATTLE q.
sss Nisitors outfieided and outbatt ed
u Home Team Dsr.hv.- ptfs.htue

sse Nisitors ontfieiiesi and outbatt ed
tse Home Team Dsrbs'- Pitching.
vas slaughter Of the innceentS YES
s'ssF afternoon at the Y. NJ. c A. park
s's klopfs Chappiss had their batting
sonss on. and to make matters worse
20 lrslsnt ant Snggsy failed TO handle
s7ana Nails a. they ought. ireland hsttsd
* bend and made one-hant soass-
- "a catch OF n high foul fly. bu, that
- not save tire day.
ae score shows the game without any
- er sa's" Victoria outaeited and out
ste TIE home team. winning by SUI
.lW riaN. Darby was not IN the best
casi'ion. owing % a sore foot. but he
- snso the box ard pitched a splendid
cHiN six Or his opponents twelve
. ararins IN The scoring Of runs. As
.sl he Was speedy and had sooa cen
/. " sTikins cut eve men. koSsach did
catching ana assisted materially I'm
.-uns big Hsek cloud over the haaae
feoainey played beautiful second.
.oos Fart with Niepf IN the quickest
soss Play o. thc season. Gates Gid some
N.str work IN left.
al the exception Of Fgar's second
siav ans Rlarforf's aiI-srcuna work
go there - not mach 70 be said about
sss relains rrary was IN good
!. w do NOT have 70 work very hard.
!. - tr'oria,s had 1isawreeahie habit
! sef'ng the eali with their hats before
~. 70 MS hands Butter started In 20
me game. N hopes % getting even
A-,.ae sefea' % the morning The first
49, rave The crows hor-. Cor sAe score
-. moved Seattle 4 Nic;crts 0 In the
49, Mntns. however. Seattle Was
=. -. srd Victoria SCORED ;stee seat
s...as gNose erss 81 the third sn9
49, snf- sac a. relate the visitors were
ieis % flo WITH The Ratn1naSers.
oad b too long sServ 70 50 into
49,. .ss're~rr'i''g the NyroteehuicS witch
4 .Neo y twelve rsas hcins scored seven
n. ssird ans five IN the foarts- In
- 'orn inning. after eleySa nien had
-. ~; ans Umpire Parsons hza r.
=. nAeoiit. the Victoria shortsfap. f9csn
~. ae 20 misconduct. Manager cam
~ ''iert- In tbs box
~, 'esireraeai O.. Rshh3tt came about
sss- Parsons called htns cas 81
hs. N-e-i't Frt&s<G 10 teAfe ths
-~s' VII cost you ss.'' Si3i Pa~snns.
ar rot;ea retoTted RaAAs;t
$50. w. hare % get oat q the same
~ - fsrs'ns = hen Fsahoift ans klonf
ns..s,Her F@ticu tTisa 20 stfafxhtca the
= a. 90, ols, t'mrtre Parsons vas deaf
hAAs.s eniFeaties and Gs.ske was pat tn
nlAce OF the batting itst. Patton
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A4sFft GNnN IN tb9 Jdn4 CSQt1fy.
The system OF bribery and corruption
which had grown up 80 appaiingiy IN the
New York police force II not believed 10
exist 20 any very serious extent In ~.
Louis Gambling seems TO he suppressed
90 far as sry open violations OF the law
are concerned. but no attempt II made
20 enforce IN. Sunday-ciosinz law against
sziocna. y 10 suppress disor3eriy houses.
Nor Is there sry prsfense OF Sunday
closing policy. and no liquor seller IN 81.
Louis would for a moment think II neces-
sary 10 pay regular rrstseffon money TO
the police for q privilege that II freely
accorded to all saloon keepers. The en-
csse department IL also under state rather
than municipal control. There are about
two thousand licensed saloons In ST.
Louis the scsie Of ii.ense fees varying I'm
accordance with the drinks sold. A beer
license costs much less than a full IL
eense, which Includes distilled liquors.
The average fee Is about 800. and tho to-
tai income from liquor licenses Ap-
prosches tl.6asen Part OF this money
goes 10 the state treasury and part to the
city.
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THE BICYCLE MEET.
Atty. NC. A. Park Next Wed
nesday Afternoon.
DOW LEAVES THE AMATEURS
Afssr this Weeks Rsces He VIII JON
ths Professional Ranks-Ensrfss
for the Week.
DOW LEAVES THE AMATEURS.

Everything points &c sorne exciting RS
al the " NJ c. A. PARK track sA-
Wednesday afternoon. For the pas, - g
weeks men rave been AZ work every Gay
getting the track into condition. an ns" !.
= even ara hard. II ths ran w1l De Alas1
enough 10 bold OF for four days issss :
no reason WHY some fast racing snoa-1 no.
Be done
TIE coming races are specially Interest,"
ing 10 seattle people because they are the
last ones thar Chris Dow. Ssattle's faSoEs'e
speeder. VII be In among the amateur
ranks.
re has been contemplating q change fer
some tim. ard when seen hy 4 Post-fnieiii-
xeneer reporter admitted that he bad &C.
csdea 70 Join the professionals. 1T IS ny
tntenfIon.'' he SAID. TO remain VITA ne
amateurs until after the races on June .
Dow Il following the example OF great
many of the fast riders In what sas been
knoxu IN the cycling world as class b
Dow has already won enough metals and
prizes to cover hss-h-eas'. and In chang nx
20 the professional class he simply places
himself in the position OF choosing 20 en-
ter races where there IL an opportunity 70
win cash prizes The prejudice that mas
existed az alnst honest professionalism -
fast disappearing. because there Is no rea-
son why a man should no, maintain as
eE1f-Er&rtNk anu a. hnr same s<-Af0 49,
money. Following are the entries ior
Wednesdays races:
one nile novtcs-5. r. G8cey. Frank YAH
Her Everett, Charles wilcox. Olympia:
Waiter Spencer. Harry Mitchell. Seattle
one-fourth nile oper-Fred schone. G.
f. Dow, E. p. Gsdney. Seattle; J. b. pra-
rer Leo Kachisin. James A Jones. W. d.
Denorest. Wayne BarttsSiomew. TaeomA
One mile handicap-Charies Wilcox. A.
H. Christopher. Olympia: s. r. BUGGY.
Frank Waller. Everett: George Shariek,
John Chapman. Wayne Bartholomew. Ia
coma: b. w. Case. James d. Esary. Sc
attic.
One-hsh mile open-J. b. Draper. Leo
Kachlein. James A. Jones. W. D. Demon
est. Tacoma. A II. Christopher, Olympia;
z. p GafYney. c. f. Dow. Seattle.
Two-mtle hsneicap-Frei Schone. b. W
Case James D. Eszry. Seattle; 8. r. Blu
cey. Frank Waller. Everett: George shar-
Eek. John Chapman, Tacoma; A II. Chris
TOPPER Olympia
One-half mile boys 10 and under-Ciaude
Wales. Percy Moore, A G. Arnold. Fred
Mantor. Seattle
One mile open-C. f. Dow. Fred Schone.
F. p. Gaffney. James d. Esary. Seattle;
J. p. Draper. James A. Jones. W. d. DEM
crest. Wayne Bartholomew. Tacoma
ffye-nile Handicap. b. Draper. John
WALLER. Everett: A H. Christopher, olym-
psa: b. w. Case, Fred Schone. James D.
Esary. Harry Mitchell. c. f Dow. Seattle
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The object OF shoesnx In to protect the
feot against excessive wear. The model
shoe for such q purpose 10 narrow
venfs@d. Fat on the upper or hoof surface.
thin and rorcsye on the ground surface.
and iust as large as the foot and uiads
OF the BEST iron. A harrow shoe has the
advantage over the wide one ia that II
'grsbs' the ground better and the nat
ufai exfoi3stlon Of the born coca on with.
oBt hinGrsncs, a process which could not
wei succeed " n wide webbsd shoe Hers
APPLIED. as the horn would be retained be-
meath the shoe and large lexcreascences
OF horn would be TIE result The object
In having the hoof surface fat instead Of
concaye. as Ia frequently the case Ia 20
get an equal tearing for the csrcunfersfst
border o. the sole. well as the wall
the seie thus sharing ths weight along
with the wall. The thin shoe allows the
frog bars ard sole TO contact The ground
ara me bars and sole thus afSing the wagf
in supporting the animals weight, wffh
TIE frog satssposinz it= aid. ia addition 20
relieving conclusion and strain on tho
hinder Farfs Of Tire limb ard b. It's elastic
ana adhesive properties keeping q firm
grasp On tire ground.
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ucromA Ie. SEATTLE ..
sou1e Players Dsfiicd with the Err
= go f,o,umu loo Mucf1..

s-ou1e Player Dafiicd with the Err.
rur Cosnmn foo Much.
- nsrrsnx game brought q very small
- Reilly this was fortunate 80 far
q ~ nuuu,arity OF the home team goes.
- d elayed poor hail Butler pitched a
- 0ne, but he stood no show of win
~ Vim the support given hlm by Ire
~ 4 tnlsd. 6uxxs AT snort and Lu;x In
- "A. Lntx rausfed TWO Ties and Ia
- - there was no possible chance 10
- him One OF Ireland's errors Was
e mtksf snaky ground nj. but II came
Gsesiy ct him and ought to have been
lae1isd
q ~ fscs OF the fielding errors good
areusu1 ne Butler kept on pitching ~ II
meaInG discouraging had happened. and
: s1dlfjon made two clean singles aud
~ ct 3 scratch hit n everybody on
~ hsms team had played bali as well AZ
- "a from Michigan the score would
~ I'm decidedly different In the ninth
naine. with the bases full and Two men
sus Seattle had a chance TO tie or win.
nuBn. however. had already made thres
~ - vas not equal to the occasion. In
A. Inning Rabbit. the Victoria short
-, nAds tive errors. but redeemed him.
~ b assisting the third man. thus re-
novias the two errors he had made from
ssuutng - factors In runs made. Robin
~ stepped into q hole ont In center field
~ long hit from Whalings bat went
'evss him. netting three bases.
Ryan was the only Seattle infielder who
- called upon to do work and held up to
shat vas expected of him. One of his
pnk-urs Of fast Erounder from Gates'
ksf 10 the NTH inning was a beauty. Frary
asght his usual good. steady game. Seat
u managed to get more hits than Vic
tcssa. but somehow they did not yield az
eoed . crop OF runs. Seattle had eleven
IN left on bases. while Victoria had only
myen.
With the stick ireland. SuEgs. Campau.
furY and Butler aid good work for Seat
- Patton. Whaling. Bab5its and Downs
"a the bulk OF the hitting for Victoria.
rsqusnney did the best fielding on short
k;s and Downs led IN the outfeid despite
As errors. one Of which was forced
'sscuxh Frary's daring base running. Tho
Gcfs:
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GEN. GARCIA on rnx MARCH.


A letter from Gen. cai.xfo Garcia. who
was In command of the Bermuda nlisas-
tering expedition when II landed on tho
SANTIAGO coast In Cuba. has been received
By ats wife. who lives IN this city.
We arc now marching Westward
writes Gen. Garcia. and everywhere wo
are reeeived with open arms by the inhsbi-
tants. who are always ready 20 feed tho
Cuban soldiers. and since our march COM
menced Ne have recesved many aeq.itsi-
tons. We are all In good health and spir-
its All my men are well equipped. and In
our several engagements with the Span
isrds have proved themselves good light
ers- The. report circulated by the Span
iards to the effect thar Gen. Pereau.to Per-
ex died OF fever IL untrue. for on our ar
rival In Cuba we we're met on the coast
by Gen Perez and bis men. who conducted
ns 10 tbs camp OF Gen. Jose Macec.
Il expect to be near Havana province
by the middle of May. ana then l shall
probably meet Gen. Gomez. Judging from
the present state OF affairs. I think that
the war win be terminated before another
year has elapsed. and before then. I am
sure. the deashbiow to Spanish m.sr1le
viii be struck
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nIcyrie Rner. at 10. .rc.,ex

Les AnEelss. May ~ r.s-se~. aav .,s
sc9d cart attracted ss1 p~o,ta - 49,
iet'c rarS This afternoon q zrss-,s=s r,,s -.
te1al circuit bicycle rzrrs hsis .,-4s- -.
sasp.cfs g shr Cftrus Wh~e!-,en n.
teaF-iap tfacs vas n GOOD condition s-f
s..l,s % FeTT fas' time was made. the
finishes were exciting y svarr 49,. y
ne tllf1 heat OF tAs hzlf- ale $1,000,
= > Nea-s led 20 fAe turn sntn ne Strs.~h
$500 = vas passed rs Coulter a-s NJ
: 1r.aisi ans finished AS falling "a or,at-
- 'ar tie r24i II the dasl Conl.,- rs
.sS1a-iAea Tor inasi1g hack ss he cross.t
- az, Aaa tie race vas given 10 No
-. - - = ~ close arisA- The referee se-
TX = re ruz-over McCrea as r,r.-s-
80 Ga ne back stretch aad Mcfarland
lais.assa frst BY a le-gth TIE two-rrit4
nAaiaea7 proved 20 BE- tas rrsoss EXCITING
race % the 1Ay. The scratch men ov.r-
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Tho Cleveland Road Race

Cleveland. May ss.-The Cleveland Wheel
Clubs twenty-five-nile road race was won
by r. l. Crosier. Of Nottingham. with a
handicap Of minutes % seconds. min
ufes being the limit He vas protested
on the claim that he was paced In for the
last six miles. but the decision has no,
been given 0. P. Oviei finished second
and 8 B. Marvin third They we're also
30 men and local riders. The race for
the time prize vas hot one between
Louis G. Gfmm and W. l. Emerch, the
latter winning by two lengths. passing
Gimm few yards from the tape. The
time was f:i0:3, half minute behind the
clubs record over the course. but very
good considering the condition of the
Yoada.
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The Denver Road Race.

Denver. May 5o.-Although the sky was
stfn overcast to-day. after rain last night,
the Brighton course was In good condition,
and the annual road race proved . suc-
cess John Dean. six minutes handicap.
finished frst. time, isae:s2 II. NJ Richie,
seven minutes handicap. was second. %
seconds behind Dean. Ben Wright. FIVE
minutes handicap. was third. IL seconds
later O. B. Hackenberger. scratch man.
won the time prize. finishing twentieth
In 1:os.a6. Dean Is q member Of the Denver
Wheel Club, and never before rode q race
His time was the best ever made on Memo
rial day. hut minutes Sc seconds slower
than Hackenberger's time on Labor day
last year.
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TUE INTERCOLLEGIATE GAMES.
Yale Defeats Harvar - wefers Breaks
Worlds ssO-Yard Record

New York. May sa.-The intercollegiate
athletic games of this year will be men,
orabie for many yeaSs TO come. Yester-
day there was a wedding out In the trial
contests. and today the track and iniiei6
were in first class condition, and the
breaking Of intercollegiate and other rec
orcs vas looked for. The most sanguine
OF those interested never hoped TO see
such a reeord-smashing performance as
that made by r. J. wefers. of George
town, In the - yards dash. This won
derful Splinter not only broke the inter
collegiate record. but he succeeded IN
making a worlds record OF q i-s sec
Dads. which for the distance beats all
professional and amateur performances
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