The San Francisco call., 1896-03-10
the half-mile in 1:O4 As, making new
worlds indoor record for that distance.

worlds indoor record for that distance.
]. G. Williamson captured the first heat
of the mile handicap in 2:10 % from rs
yards. The next heat went to F. L. Day
of the Bay City WheelInen in 2:15 2-5 from
IS yards. n. Ackerman Of the San Fran
cisco Road CLUB, with So yards start, won
the third heat in 2:12. B. J. Raynaud of
the Bay Citys took the fourth in 2:17 As
from 100 yards. P. r. Mott of the Re-
lance carried off all the honors in the
next, winning easily from so yards in
2:17 1-5. Leavitt of the San Francisco
Road Club fell in this heat, but as usual
escaped without injury. The track has
been proven perfectly safe, there is hardly
an average of one fall night. and when
the smooth boards, gets his pretty
racing suit dirty, and 1t is all over.
P. NJ. Lefeyre, Acme, won the sixth heat
from 65 yards in PLY 1-5, and the same
time was made by the winner of the sew
enth heat, Russell Cushing of the Garden
City Cyclers, who had 90 yards handicap.
Languetln, Bay City, barely won the eighth
heat, he was so closely pressed by Boyden
of the Reliance Club. His time was 2:18
from 10 wards.
Another Bay City man. A. L. Holling,
took the ninth heat from 80 yards in %.
1t was pretty finish between him and
LANCER of the Imperials. Metcalf held up
the Imperial honors by winning the next
heat in 2:21 3-5 from 65 yards after we'll
contested race. &. M. Smith, Garden City
Cyclers. won the eleventh heat from 60
yards, his time being 2:20 3-5.
Frank w. Byrne, the Imperial crack,
was looked upon as sure winner of the
twelfth heat, but his chain slipped at the
start and he was obliged to give it up. F.
R. Thiel, San Francisco Road CLUB, won
the heat in 2:12 with the aid of 95 Yards
handicap.
Ed Chapman, Olympic, won the thir-
teenth heat quite handily in 2:13 from
eighty yards. Tantau, another Olympic
who is very popular with the audiences,
was the virtual scratch man in the next
and last heat, having forty-fve yards ham
dIcap. +. NJ. Byrne, Imperial, was allowed
to start in the heat, however, on account
of his unavoidable accident in the twelfth.
He was fifteen yards behind Tantau, but
both soon caught up with the leaders. In
the final squirt for home Tantau had things
all his own way, Byrne being a bad last.
He is evidently very much out of his usual
condition. Tantau's time was2:16. Moth
ing could be heard but the Olympic Club
yell when Tantau came in the victor.
Announcer Knapp then stated that there
would be an intermission, during which
the gate prize would be drawn for and the
audience would also be given an oppor-
tunity to inspect the various exhibits.
The number winning the gate prize, a
high-grade bicycle, was II, ,507. The lucky
holder of the ticket was q. D. Clark of this
City.
After the intermission the first of the
four semi-finals oil the one-mile handicap
were run. Those who had qualified in
their heats were Day, Bay City; Mott, Re-
lance, Cushing. Garden City; Ackerman,
San Francisco Road Club. and ]. c. Will
hanson, Santa Rosa. They were soon
punched and the five men came rushing
for the tape on the last lap. the most who
have been in at the finish thus far during
the meet. Ackerman won in Poi from IS
yards, Williamson second. Mott made a
good ride, but was too tired at the finish
to sprint.
Oscar Osen tried for the quarter-mile
record between this and the next heat, but
% As seconds was the best he could do,
which is not as fast as the existing record.
Egan and Jaegling. Imperial Club, then
tried for the indoor tandem record for a
quarter, and covered the distance in %
seconds fat, another worlds record.
In the second semi-final Ravnaud, Bay
City, Lefevre, Acme, and Metcalf, Impe-
rial, contested. Metcalf had things pretty
easy on the last lap, though the others
fought him all the way before that. His
handicap was 65 yards; time 2:27. Ray
maud second.
The third had for starters E. Languetin
of the Bay City, Thiel of the San Fran
cisco Road Club and Chapman of the
Olympic. The latter fell on the last lap,
but Immediately jumped to his feet, I'M
hurt. Languetin won in 2:25 As, from 70
yards.
The starters in the fourth were Holi;ng
of the Bay City. Smith of the Garden City
and Tantau OF the Olympic. The latter
made splendid ride the entire distance
and won as he pleased in 2:19 3-5 from 45
yards.
Before the final healt of the mile handi-
cap was run the ten-mile cup race was
started, the entrants being F. l.. Thiel for
the San Francisco Road Club, c. Blrdsall
for the California Cycling Club and w. T..
Pratt for the Alameda Cyclers. They COW
cred the first mile in 2:41 1-5; two, 513;
three, 7:45 40; four, 1919; five, 1854 /;
six, 1880 20; seven, 1906; eight,
20:46 2-5. From this on the pace
livened perceptibly, nine miles being
reached in 1929 As. Then the ride for
home commenced at a terrific gait. Pratt