The Portland daily press., 1897-08-09
THE WHEELME EN-.
Close of the Greatest of Their Race
Meets

Philadelphia. August 1.-THE greatest
race meet in the history Of American
cycling came to an end this evening at
Willow Grove, when the eighteenth nat
lonal meet of the League Of American
Wheelmen closed. In attendance there
has never been national or local race
meet that has ever approached it. Fred
IL. Loughead, the Sarnia, Ontario, lad,
who carried off the honors yesterday,
kept up his fine work today, but little
Earl Kisre landed on top, winning the
half mile professional and the great mile
open professional A purse OF 5000 was
divided among the winners of the latter
race. Eddie Bald also added to his re-
putation and while no first appear to his
credit, yet his seconds in the mile open
and the flve-mile professional finals were
within a hairs breadth of being first.
In every race in which he competed he
displayed remarkable judgment. Major
Tailor, the colored crack, was a hot IA
vorite in the mile open heat which was
won by him and finished in grand style.
For awhile it looked as though he
would be the winner of the final, but
the others proved too fast for him and
the best the Major could do was to land
a very close fourth. Among the anna
teurs there was much good racing and
Peabody, Eddie Llewellyn and Charles
M. Ertz put up the finest exhibition. In
most of the amateur events the riding
was, close, and in but few instances did
the boys show any evidences of loadng.
After the scheduled events had been
run off, Fred Schade, the Virginia anna
teur, succeeded in breaking the world
record for one-third of mile. Schade
was paced by two quads and got away
beautifully. He Rugged the quads close
ly and finished in terrific pace in SO 2-5
seconds, lowering Porter's record of "a 1.5
seconds in 1894.
In addition to this there were a number
of trials at the world record for one-mile
amateur and professional. Church COW
cred the three laps in 1.43 3-5 and but
for the second pacing teams slowness
would have chopped at least two seconds
off the time he made. Major Taylor had
pacemakers. The major crossed the tape
in l. As 3-5. Johnny Zimmerman rode an
exhibition half mile In 53 2-5 seconds, and
Arthur Gardiner, paced by quads, did
a mile in LA. The summaries:
One half mile, national championship
PROFESSIONALISM those who qualified
were on the tape at the signal and were
ahead. The line had gone but short
distance when Bald's chain broke when
he was making beautiful run. Mertins
caught Kiser and followed him closely,
but the latter won easily; Owen S. Kim
ball, second; Mertens third. Time, LOB.
One mile handicap, PROFESSIONALISM
those who qualified started. The cracks
held hahiOd the Tnan further. fro1,, tho
scratch until the last lap when they
spurted and all hands finished in a
bunch. Q. l.. Stevens, 40 yards. won
Watson Coleman, 80 yards, second; +. c.
Hoyt, 40 yards, third; r. P. McCurday,
1870 yards, fourth; e. D. Fjchtner, Is
yards, fifth; II. P. Mosher, go yards,
sixth. Time 2.07.
Two mile championship, amateur.
A. Powell, won; z. w. Peabody, second
Ed. Llcwellyn, third; Charles M. Ertz,
fourth. Time 4.29 15.
| Mile open, professionalism had the
pole, with Kiser, Gardiner Elton, Cooper
and Major Taylor in the order named
| There were two pacemake1s. Tom Coop
er caught them and Kiser, Bald and
Taylor followed as named. There was
no change in the first lap. Half way
around on the last lap Gardiner and
Eaton swung out from the rear with the
colored boy at their heels. Bald came
after them at a hot pace and the whole
line punched closely in the stretch. Bald
forged ahead, but little Earl Kiser fairly
lifted his wheel ahead, winning by a
few inches; Bald, second; Cooper, third !;
Taylor, fourth time, 2.03 LIS.
| Mile open, samateur-The line covered
two laps in procession. E. G. Hausman
won by u wheels length; Geo. II. Collett
second; Charles H. Ertz, third; W. A..
| Laduy, fourth; time, 200 As.