The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08

with a terrible rush, and led them
past the three-quarler mark and home,
| winning by twenty yards. Vincent and
Languetin were back of him in that order.
| When the timers stopped their watches it
was seen that another worlds record had
had covered the mile in Ola, lowering
Yeoman's time of Friday night fifth of a
second. The applause was deafening, and
| his club mates put him on their shoulders
and carried him in state around the hall.
It was the most exciting race of the tour
nament and delighted the spectators.
A one-mile Oriental handicap was the
entered being, according 10 the announcer,
-four nighbinders." 1t was a funny race
and the result was in doubt up to the
very finish. A Chinese costumed in pink
| crossed the line first, and crowd of
Olympic and Bay Citys Immediately got
together and gave the Imperial Clubs
yell, much to the amusement of the audi.
on riding for several laps more and had to
be called off by the judges.
Next came the final of the one-mlle in.
yitation the starters being Lefevre, Acme:
Delmas, Garden City; Metcalf, Imperial,
and Tantau, Olympic, the latter being al
lowed in under protest, he claiming to
have been foued by Deimas in the second
this decision and the other half did not,
so the cheers intermingled with the Kisses
about equally as Tantau came on the
track The riders made good ride of it,
though somewhat slow for the first half
mile.
They ivened up towards the end, Tan
tau taking the lead, with the others close
behind. He kept to the front the balance
of the distance, winning in 2:30 3-5, with
Delmas q close second. The victory was
protested against by part of the audi
ence, who hlssed Tantau as he came off the
track, but he had the majority OF the
crowd with him. Tantau is square racer.
and the opinion OF most of the people was
that his protest was well grounded.
1t was now IL 80, with the ten-mile race
vet to be run, and still the audience stayed,
as interested and enthusiastic as at the
first. The race was announced to be run
by Edwards, the Olympic Club crack, and
Wells, the champion OF the Bay City
Wheelmen. The men started out we'll,
covering the first mile in 2:34; second,
5 :O2 As: third, 1882; fourth, 10; fifth,
1884 2-5; sixth, SOL; seventh, II Al 3-5;
eighth, 20:17; ninth, 22:58 As.
Then there was mile sprint for home,
Edwards leading the first four laps at
pretty hot pace, but 1t was not warm
enough for Wells. who came up alongside
and set terrific clip for home. They
came neck and neck down the stretch and
finished, it seemed. abreast of each other,
the crowd going wild with enthusiasm.
The timers said the time was 25:21 but
the Judges could no: decide as quickly
who won the race. After considerable de-
liberation they gave it to Wells, and the
decision was loudly applauded.
SUMMARY, EVENING.
One-mile post race:
First heat E. Edwards, Olympic. Time.
2:29 3-5.
Second heat-william Yeoman. Reliance.
Time. 2 81 As.
"a 3-5.
Fourth heat-H. W. squires. Acme. Time,
2:33 As.
Filth heat-E. Languetin. Bay City. Time,
sixth heats. B. Vincent. Bay City. Time,
2:32.
Seventh heat-E. LANCER, Imperial. Time,
First semi-fnal-J. E. Edwards, Olympic,
first Time, 2:3O Is. William Yeoman, Reli-
ance, second.
first. Time, 2:26 As. E. Languetin, Bay City,
Final. E. Edwards, Olympic, first. Time,
214. S. b. Vincent, Bay City, second.
One mile, scratch, invitation.
First heat-P R. Mott, Reliance. Time, 2:37.
Second heat-C. NJ. Smith, Garden City.
Time 2:3S 3-5.
Third heat-Georse Tantau. Olympic. Time
2:23 3-5.
Fourth heat-Tony Delmas, Garden City.
Time, 2:37 2-5.
Fifth heat-T. g. Hall, Bay City. Time,
2:29 1-5.
Sixth heat-B. NJ. Lefevre. Acme. Time,
:36 2-5.
Seventh hest-P. Metcalf. Imperial. Time,
2:43 As.
First semi-fnal-P... ..Metcali, Imperial. Time
2:25 Is. P. NJ .Lefevre, Acme, second,
Second semi-fnal-T. Delmas, Garden City.
Time, 2:34 2-5. T. s. Hall, Bay City, second.
Final, frst-George Tantau, Olympic. Time,
2:30 3-5.
second-Tony Delmas, Garden City.
Ten-mile club cup-race:
Charles S. Wells, Bay City Wheelmen, first
Time, 25:21. ]. E. Edwards, Olympic Club
Wheelmen, second.