The herald., 1896-07-05
An Excellent Afternoons Sport
at Santa Monica
CLOSELY CONTESTED RACES
Interest a Large and Appreciative Crowd
Of Spectators
nccrea the Winner OF the OIe lille Profess
sionaI-A Coasting Match Feature.
The Riverside Road Race

| The Citrus Wheelmen provided yester-
| day afternoon at the Santa Monica track
an excellent example of what cycling
sport should be; a we'll managed and
speedily dispatched program with all
the events fully and closely contested.
1t is to be hoped that the meet will prove
as successful from a financial as 1t GER
tainly was from sporting point OF view
There was a very fair attendance, a
bright bevy of the fair sex illuminating
the grand stand, but the crowd was not
as large as the excellence of the pro-
gram merited.
The officials were as follows: Ref
cree, H. c. F. Smith; starter, Will Knip-
penberg; clerk, J. a. Kelley; assistant
clerk, H. Glassell; judges, DIR. H. Bert
Ellis, John Brink, w. F. kennedy; tim
ers, j. Phil Percival, l.. E. Hickok, John
G. Reiger, ]. S. Thayer; announcer. Fay
Stephenson; bell-ringer, William Jenk-
ins; scorers. c. c. Ashley. George Sey-
mour, ]. P. Hutchinson. Phil H. Lyon.
]. E. Cook; marshals, E. w. Kinsey, Z.
p. Fuller, NJ. A. Baker; umpires, u. ).
Kinney, D. c. McGarvin.
The program started promptly at
o'clock and was concluded at 3:4o, with
the spectators interested all the time.
In the first heat of the one mile open
amateur the entries were G. e. McStay,
W. ]. Hutton, ]. H. Spence, NJ. A. Case
nave. w. p. Bennett. f. G. Lacy ana
w. E. Harmon. Carl McStay had the
pole and lit off at a great pace, closely
followed by Hutton, Harmon bringing
up the rear. At half the distance Hut
ton took the lead with Lacy at his heels.
10 fad Ian and IfAcN
won as he pleased, w. ]. Bennett sec
ond, j. H. Spence third; time. 1882.
In the second heat the competitors
were Phil Kitchin, F. A. Bell, w. E. De-
lay, II. w. Squires, Emil Uhlbricht and
H. B. Cromwell. Kitchin led for the
first two laps, but when challenged by
Squires of Redlands, who seemed to have
quite recovered from his mornings fall,
could not stand the pace. Squires won,
II. E. Delay second, Emil Ulbricht third;
time, 2:21 2-5.
In the professional open mile there
were seven entries, Fatty" Hewitt
making his debut as pro- he having
that morning received his transforma-
ton orders. The other riders were Will
lam Aldridge, w w. Hatton, w A. Tay-
lor, C. II. Miller, G. Schmidt and H. Z.
McCrea. This promised to be free from
any loafing tactics, for the pace set at
first was distinctly rapid. Herb Nc
Crea shot to the front. but AldHdge, on
the pole. passed him at the first turn.
c. II. Miller following McCrea at third
place. which order was maintained to
the half. when Miller made brief bid
for the lead. AT the end of the second
lap Aldridge still led, with McCrea and
Miller still at his heels. Half way round
the track Hatton came up with tre-
mendously strong rush, and the hest of
the race had the fiercest sort of strug-
srlp Down the 1iQht thew neck
and neck, the crowd cheering magni-
cent contest. AcCrea at length as
serted himself and crossed the tape
few feet in front of solid William, Tay-
lor gaining third horors half dozen
yards behind Hatton; time. 2:21 is. The
race was entirely unpaced and no limit
placed upon the time.
Tompkins the winner of the morning
race. was then introduced to the public
by Announcer Stephenson, who pleas
antly performed this duty with simu-
lation of reluctance in that he did not
have to announce himself as the winner
Robert Woods. a promising 12-year-
old colt, then went for the half mile
paced. He showed remarkably promis-
ing form and finished in 1908 3-5.
The final heat of the one mile amateur
was then called. Kitchen and McStay
were allowed to appear in that they had
so laudably set the pace In the prelimi-
nary heat. The redoubtable Carl again
made the pace, maintaining first posi-
tion. closely followed by Delay for the
first lap. Delay led at the second, with
Kitchen hard after him. Half way round
the last lap Lacey came with rush,
and coming down the straight at a hot
pace won by a couple of lengths from
Squires who had left his squirt until too
late Fritz Lacey first, Howard Squires
second, Phil Kitchen third; time, 1926 As.
Little X min SfQrtad tn mako another
juvenile record for the third of mile,
and rode in the most approved and
Workmanlike fashion. With his head
down and a very determined little face
he made gallant spurt and his time
was registered as 1:27.
The next race, the three mile profess
sonal handicap, provided the only dis
of the meet. Some Of the
men had apparently made up their
minds that they were too heavily penal
lied and gave up the game half way
through The handicap was: II. E. Nc
Crea, scratch; w. w. Hatton, 80 yards:
Godfrey Schmidt. rs yards; Charles Mil
yards; w. NJ. Aldridge, $50 yards. Nc
Crea soon caught UP with Hattoc and
Schmidt, after which the trio seemed
10th to part company, although at the
fourth lap Hatton began to grind in
businesslike fashion. At the end of two
miles Aldr1dge still maintained his lead,
twenty yards separating him from Tay-
lor. The latter then took the lead In
the last lap Aldridge made great squirt,
but couldn't keep it up. A ding dong
race between Miller and Taylor ensued,
the former winning by less than a
wheels length. Charles Miller first, w.
A. Taylor second, w. M. Aldridge third;
time, 1853 25. Hewitt, who had slowed
down at the fifth lap, finished and claim
ed fourth honors.
The one-mile amateur handicap af-
forded one of the prettitest races ever
seen on the coast. There were seventeen
entries, and the men were juoiciously
matched: L. G. Lacy and Emil Ul-
BRIGHT, scratch; Phil Kitchen, F. A. Bell
and H. B. Cromwell, twenty yards: w
r. Ruess, A. d. Tompkins, w. P. Ben
nett and M. A. Casenave, forty yards:
I. j. Manley and Carl McStay, sixty
yards; ]. H. Spence, w. ]. Hutton and
]. r. Shafer, seventy-f1ve yards; w. S.
Greathouse and w. e. Harmon, 100
yards, and H. Keene, 125 yards Shafer
soon won the lead, Harmon running
up, but the field was still in bunch at
three quarters. Five pairs came down
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