The San Francisco call., 1896-03-14
THE LADY BIKE RACERS,
Miss Farnsworth of Minneapolis
Leads in the Pavilion
Contest.
Two of the Riders Collide, Another
Drops Out, and the Other Is
Way Behind.

ALI the exhibits were removed from the
Pavilion yesterday and the cycle show
which had been conducted so successfully
for the past seven days. was brought to {
close.
The three days ladies' racing tourna
ment commenced yesterday afternoon anr
was continued during the evening. The
contestants were Miss Farnsworth O.
Minneapolis, Miss Worth of Oakland
Miss Mack of New York, Miss West Of
Alameda and Miss Peterson of Chicago.
The racing consists of continuous riding
around the track one hour each afternoon
and two hours in the evening. The riders
indulge in occasional sprints in the en-
deavor to gain lap or favored position,
which lends considerable excitement to
the sport
The score after yesterday afternoon s
hour ride was: Miss Farnsworth, 10 miles
laps; Miss Worth, 19 miles 3 laps; Miss
Mack, 10 miles 4laps; Miss West Is miles
/ lap; Miss Peterson, 10 miles laps. Miss
Farnsworth had slight advantage over
the others in the finishing sprint.
During the evenings riding Miss West 8
wheel broke down, and she was obliged to
Miss Worth also dropped back somewhat,
not being able to hold the pace.
All went we'll until about fifteen minutes
before the end of the evenings racing,
when Miss Mack and Miss Peterson col
lided on the track and fell. Misses Farms.
worth and Worth escaped the general mix
up, the former Immediately sprinting and
gaining two laps before the others re-
mounted and tried to regain the lost time,
hnf yroc N ard nd n.
equal to the task.
Miss Farnsworth led at the finish, the
score being as follows: Miss Farnsworth,
55 miles laps. Miss Worth, 45 miles 2
laps; Miss Mack. 55 miles; Miss Peterson,
55 miles laps; Miss West, ~ miles lap.
The racing will continue this afternoon
from 8 to 4 o'clock ana this evening from
8 to TO- and the same hours tomorrow,
after which cycle racing at the Pavilion is
at an end for this year.
President White of the Associated Clubs
is going to remove John 5. Egan OF the
Imperial Cycling Club from his position
on the racing board for what he considers
a very mean trick. Egan tried to play on
the association Thursday night at i,s bene-
fit at the Pavilion.
Egan and Jaegling were asked to pace
Otto Ziegler Jr. in his record trial and
agreed to do so. Five minutes before the
event was announces Egan went to White
and demanded $25ssprize or they would
not ride White was obliged to accede to
their demands in order not to disappoint
the public, but at once brought the matter
before the other officers of the association.
and Egan will be removed and severely
censured at the next meeting.
1t Is probable that the League OF Ameri-
can Wheelmen will also take up the case
and suspend Eagan from all track-racing
for life. Jaegling is not criticized, as 1t is
said he was not party to the scheme.
The association netted nice sum for its
| treasury by the benefit. All the officials
worked hard for it and the racing men did
their best to make it a success, and they
are all very sore to think that one of theil
own men should try to make anything ou
of the benefit.