New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
STOPPED BY STORM.
THE QUILL CLUB WHEELMEN's PRO
GRAMME NOT FINISHED
xrv WORLDS RECORD MADE BY BALD-AN
ACCIDENT IN THE oNE-MILE lNNIIAir'N
FOR PROFESSIONALS AND BALD

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ACCIDENT IN THE oNE-MILE INVITATION
FOR PROFESSIONALS AND BALD
WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
The second days race meet of the Quill Cluo
Wheemen was run off at the Manhattan bedc"
track yesterday. or. rather part oil the Pio-
gramme was run off. Such racing has seido"' II
ever been seen in this district. and the spectators
between 5000 and 5000 applaudng the clever
professional and amateur riders as If cycle racing
was an old game to them, instead Of practically "A
new to many.
Several hair-raisng finishes had taken place and
the onlookers prepared for more CLOSE
struggles when darkness overspread the norlzon
The riders who in the trainers quarters
across the track spectacle which fortunate
IL possibly the spectators in the stands did not
see Riders from the West. where tornadoes ana
cyclones plentiful. grew pale Sweeping down
upon the excited thousands was dark funhe'-
like cloud which seemed to be travelling straight
from the direction OF New-York to the track.
An instant later few drops of rain fell, ana
then the storm burst with all it's fury. The two
mile handicap amateur race being run AT the
time and for instant II looked as II the ee-
ments would sweep the riders from the track. the
winds howled. the lightning flashed and the thun-
der pealed out with deafening clearness. The
sheets of water swept through the stand. soaking
rybody the skin. Hailstones rolled down the
inclined track and the was similar in many
respects to the closing day of the National meet at
Asbury Park in 1895
The storm lasted nearly half an hour. When II
stopped an effort was made clear the track and
finish the races. but II found that the little
pebbles used the tar roof OF the grandstand
had blown off and that the track was covered.
Men put to work TO sweep the track when
it began to rain again. and the days sport had
&c be stopped. This left unfinished the one-me
professional invitation. the two-mile handicap. the
all trfnf for
amateurs and the fve-mile for the metropolitan
championship. II Is doubtful now II these races
car be run. the com nittee in charge could not
secure the track for Monday
Still. the onlookers glad enough to escape
the storm and no one grumbled In the opening
contes; a new worlds record made by Bald.
The Class champion of last year in rare
good form, and he made one of his oldtime finishes
r the haf-mile handicap. At the head of the
stretch he seemed to be hopeessly out Of II. He
wigg e1 through the flying bunch. and within ten
yards OF the tape he was free OF the other riders
He won by half length. His time minute
and Is OF a second. which beats the old record by
9-5 OF second
The onc-mile tandem for amateurs furnished an
other stirring finish. Barbeau and Brown cut out
the pace for a good part Of the way and. hugging
the rail we'll the end they lasted long enough
to wir by inches. with the three other teams
close that it difficult matter separate
them.
Joseph Harrison OF Asbury Park. has al last won
the Amateur championship OF the district In
the one-mile invitation for amateurs Ray Daw-
son. Of the New-York Athletic club the
first heat in clever style. Harrison finished second
Harrison the heats in handy fashion,
Dawson finishing second time
The one-mile 20 class for professionals brought
out good field The race resulted IN another
blanket finish McDufee of Boston, won in 2O6 3-5
As all the professionals who considered TO in
first class entered I'm the one-mie invita-
ton for professionals. II thought the vexed
question which may claim the champion
snip would no decided. The question OF supremacy
is uncertain ever. and many think that r.. G.
Bald responsible for the that question re-
mains open. Bald captured the first. heat. Johnson
the second and Butler the third Single pacemakers
used. and there had been little iockeying each
man having won his heat his merits The time
fdst.
In the fourth heat there Was wild rush TO catch
the pacemakerS Little Butler seemed TO caught
Bald tried slip In ahead of his little opponent and
A cry OF alarm went up from the stand tho
Johnson who was just behind, fell over them The
accident left Cooper all alone. and he weni on and
a ~%q n nfa d Robnon W w fGr h ,qs
for foul riding Bald and Johnson remOun ted their
wheels and finished
exhibition trial against the two-mile record He
paced by quad and tripet. but the best that
he could DO was 70 finish the distance in S:5l The
terfered materially with the Welsh midget A. C.
Green. of the Greenwich Wheelmen. paced NY
could not hold the pace and he made only five min
utes His first mile was covered in 2:l9
After the races Thomas Eek and Frank T. Fowler
got into a discussion about the relative merits OF
Michael and Sarbuck as long distance r!ders.
ma ten race agreed upon for $500 a side Eek
backing the Welshman