The herald., 1896-05-31
but very good con sid, ,ring the condition

but very good con sid ,ring the condition
AT KANSAS CITY
KANSAS, CITY, Mo-, May 30.-One
hundred and TIVE mf.y-eight scorchers
competed this aftt noon in the annual
road race over the Waldo rark couis Sc
five miles and re turn Thousands OF
spectators lined Il le course. Inc nrst
man to cross the lin e was James A. Sim
ball of Humboldt, Kan! q. l.. reopen
of Kansas City w rs second, ana u. d.
Miller of Humboldt third. BY a peculiar
coincidence all tn ese riders were al
lowed four minute and forty-five sec
onds by the handle appers. The winner
of the first time p rize was vincent L.
Dole of Kansas CT ty, whose time was
27:O6 The best pr evious time made
over the course was rs Al. t. w. Kidd OF
Kansas Cry was Sc cond, his time being
27:1O. anS a. w. Ia Ibott of Kansas City
third. his time be ing 27:15. OF the
scratch msss o. Fl. seb'enscheid of Kan
sas City wa the on y s'ne to finish.
CHICAGO May S,,.-The Chicago road
race, the lai 'gest cycling event in the
world in poi MT of numbers of partici-
pants, was II IN at II o'clock today from
Wheeling, tv 'enty- four and quarter
miles northw est, to Garfield Park, this
CITY. The we ather was fine and about
100000 people were gathered to witness
the finish. I'll lie rid ers came to the fin
ish after ira, 1ersir.g mile circuit,
known as the CART cid Park loop, where
the advantage S for sightseeing were
perfect The race was won by o. p.
Nelson. a men lber of the Monitor Cy-
cling club of CT licago, who has been rid
ing only about q year He had been
given nine min, ties I'm the handicaps.
The second to finish was Charles La
vim of the Pizen Cycling club of Chicago
who had nine m inutes at the start. Mel
sons time was l :12 o.
A special train was run from the Chi
cago station of the Wisconsin Central
railroad to the vi llage of Wheeling, car
rying officials, IA cling men, bicycles and
spectators.
The start was made at exactly IL
o'clock the work o the starters being so
precise that the 81 g riders were soon on
their way without fall or a hitch. The
classes were thirt. seconds apart, and
the starts ranged from scratch up to
fifteen minutes, wi tn which allowance
Joseph Badenoch, il :, a 47-year-old can
didate brother OF ii lie chief of police of
Chicago, was sent a way first and alone.
Badenoch finished twelfth. The total
number of entries w as 643, and consid-
ering the rather mud dy and slow condi-
ton of the roads the proportion OF start
ers was very large There had been
great opposition to tn selection of the
course for this year. nut the great sue
cess of this years eve mt was such that
the course will probs lbly remain the
same next year. over nfty clups We're
represented in the race and there were
many riders from outsf de the city, Mil
waukee, Minneapolis, Louisville and
Canada sending their fl! 'ers in quest of
the good prizes.
The order of the finish or the first five
men was as follows: Q. Nelson, Mon
itor c. c., 900, 1:12:53; c 'harles LAWN,
Pizen B. c., 900, 1:12:56.; J. w. Bell,
Desplaines, 500, 1:11:57; j. J. Duffy,
Lincoln c. c., HOO, Hiss; F. J. Cav
anscroft, South Side c. c., 1000, 1:13:59
The matter of time winner is some
what in doubt, but the hol Tor at pres
ent rests on f. B. Murphy the North
Shore wheelmen, who. it is claimed fin
ished in seventh place from "a five-min-
ute start. His time was 1:O9:22 The
seventh man to finish, however, wore no
number. and on account of the doubt
surrounding his performance he is like
ly to be thrown out.
B. F. Faulhaber of the Smalley Cycling
club is credited with second time,
1:09:571a. Both Murphy and Faulhaber
are unknown riders. Fred NesseL of the
Columbia wheelmen, and P. B. Wilson
of the Chicago Cycling club were the
starters on scratch. Nessel met with an
accident, and Wilson finished in eighty
ninth place for third time, 1:10:23 1-5..
Nessel broke down early and Wilson was
compelled to ride alone. His performs
ance, therefore, was meritorious.
With the exception of Wilson's rid
ing the day seemed to be a Waterloo for
rear-mark riders.
AT OMAHA.
OMAHA, Neb., May 30.-The State
road race run in Omaha today was won
by Fred Barnum of this city in $3.50.
Many wheelmen were present. 1t was
over a ten-mile course, with tllirtyfive
entries Owing to a number of acct
dents last years time was not reduced.