Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-07
A NUMBER OF RECORDS BROKEN.
The Weather Perfect-Four Miles
and More of Cyclers Make the Run
from Philadelphia to Willow
Grove Park.

and good racing. several state recofus
were smashed. and Arthur Gardiner, the
Chicago crack, came within two-fifths
of a second OF breaking Hamilton's
worlds record for one mile paced. He
succeeded I'm lowering the fast mile
made by johnny Johnson at Chicago
last year by four-hfths OF q second.
| Gardiner was paced by two quads-one
loaded with Wenzel, the Turville boy,
and Coburn, and the other with W. +.
Becker, w. l.. Becker, Crooks, and
steenson. He crossed the line like
flash. and the time was caught beauti-
fully. He never ceased his pace until
the finish. made in l39 3-5. breaking the
State record Of l45 S-5, held py Earl
| kiser.
Starbuck also took a trial at the re-
cord. paced by a quad and triplet
For the first half he made very fast
time. but lost behind the tripiet. His
time was 1:A 3-j, also breaking KIsers
record.
Both these events followed the sche-
duled races for the day In the latter
the honors among the professionals were
won by L. ]. Lougheld, Of Sarnia, ont,
who crossed the tape a winner IN three
trials. two finals, and second man IN
third final In one Of the finals, the
one-mile professional, he broke the state
competition record Of 2.oi 40 by covering
the distance in 205 3-5 He captured the
ouarter-mile championship in = seconds.
The amateurs honors were more even
lv divided. with the best racing done
nv Peabody. Johnson. Middendorf,
Scbade. s. Krics, and Miller.
THE DAY PERFECT.
Tho day was perfect for racing,
and tho sun was not long up
| boforo hundreds OF cyclists were
noddline along the historic and
| picturesque York road 10 willow Grove,
| and even greater numbers were taxing
the railroad trains and troley-cars TO
| their utmost. Notwithstanding many OF
| tho visiting wheelmeu did not get away
| from last nights smoker at national
| headuuarters until nearly daylight most
| NJ them were astir early. The heat from
the sun was tempered by cool north
westerly breeze, and there was an al
most total absence Of humidity.
There were early morning runs TO
League Island navy-yard, at the lower
end of Broad street, and TO Paschall-
vile. returning by way OF Woodland
avenue. West Philadelphia, to Broad
| street. where the columns merged into
| the army of wheelmen who had gone
| through Fairmount Park and the Nlssa-
hickon drive. and the big scheduled run
40 the track began When the head Of
The line reached Old York road--four
miles from hcadquarters-there were
| many who had not mounted their wheels.
At the track. all was hustle among the
| racing men. Johnny Johnson, who
was hurt on Wednesday, was unable to
ride to-day, but will probably make an
| effort to start tomorrow. The other
men were being rubbed down, or taking
| preliminary spins This track was espe-
| ciallv constructed for the meet II Is
of wood. and Is entirely surrounded by
seats. with a capacity OF 900
The trials began promptly at o'clock,
| with several thousand spectators. At
IA there was a recess for lunch Mean
while the seats were rapidly hlling' and
long before the hour for resuming II was
evident that the crowd would be enor-
nous. At 3 o'clock the track was cleared
and racing began again. continuing
until & o'clock. During the entire day
| there were but two or three spills, and
nobody was hurt by these. Tonight,
Willow PARK was given over to the
wheelmen and tho visitors saw eXhiDl-
tions Of trick and fancy riding, and dis
play OF fireworks. and had general
good time. Tomorrow promises 10 be
the banner day, and the seating capacity
OF the track will be taxed TO the utmost.
The races will begin at o'clock a. NJ.
SUMMARY.
Following is the summary:
One-mile championship (professlonaD-
| Bald had the pole, with Kiser, Loughead
| Mosher. Callahan, Taylor (colored), Ne"
ton. and Sanger in the order named
Seatln and Weing were the pace-makers
| AT the crack of the pistol the men go
| away well together. At the end OF th'
| first Ian Callahan and Major Taylor were
behind the pace-makers and gong at
| good clip. ON the second lap the MaJoi
| took the lead. with Bald close behind
| Then the race commenced IN earnest
| Kiser. Callahan, Bald, and Sanger Desdt
TO gather around the colored boy' aho
| thew came down the stretch, riding tre'
| and fast. I.oughead, the Ontario crack
| came like a flash when near the nnisn
| and crossed the tape wheel ahead ol
| Raid with Kiser a close third. Time
| 2.63 2-5 breaking the State competition
record Of 2;Oi As.
Final heat In the one-mile 2:05 class
| (professionaD-The starters were Mer'
tens. Mcfarland, Nat. Butter, Titus
| Simms. Callahan, and Oldiield. Merten'
| had the mole There was one false start
| AT the second attempt they were gotter
| off Oldfeld jumped from the outside tI
the pole. directly following the pace
| maker Titus fell out in the nrst lap
| Oldfield held the lead into the stretch
when Mertens and Butler came up. me
three men raced abreast to the tape
| NIertens crossing the line a winner by
about three feet; Butler second. anC
simms third, with Mcfarland fourth
Time, 2:ll.
The final in the one-mile championship
amateur was then called. There were
six starters Ertz led the bunch on th'
first lap. with Howard second. On th'
last lap there began beautiful run, II
which all hands made q play for place
Stevens caught ErtZ in the stretch, anC
shoulder to shoulder they came home
Ertz winning by an inch from Stevens
AIddendorf taking third place. Time
2aG 2-5.
The final. one-quarter-mile champion
shin (professionaD, was the next even
| called There were fiye starters-Gardi
ner Cooper. Randall. Bald, and Loug
had Cooper jumped off In the lead. AT
Ter thev had gone 45 yards Randall tooi
the lead and was setting a terrific clip
! Ia tho stretch Cooper LOughead, and IN.
! others came with a rush. all abreast
The pace was kept up 10 the tape. Loug
bead won. Cooper second, and RandaI
third. Time. 81
FInal-One-third open amateur; nine
s,arters-The men got away In a bunch.
Thov were all together on the turn.
and as they turned into the stretch
~aoroelv six inches separated them. Al
che tape It was puzzle to pick the
r-snners The race was finally given 10