The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-09

ASS.
Howard French, 100 yards; George
;. Beall, 80 yards; H. Wilson, Jr.,
l4O yards; Charles Spencer, 10 yards;
HI. w. Clum, so; r. n. Mudd, Jr., 90
yards; Billie Sims, 20 yards; ]. NJ.
Dampman, 20 yards; H. B. Weast,
scratch.
One Mile Handicap Amateur. w.
Thornburg, $50 yards, first; r. L.
French, 100 yards, second; Fred.
Schade, scratch, third. Time, 2.22.
Thornburg disqualified for riding
with hands off. III. b. Messenger, 100
yards; Charles H. Young, $50 yards;
W. r. Will, Jr., 10 yards; r. w. Mes
singer, 1870 yards; Philip Feick, 10
yards; w. H. Mannake. 100 yards;
Griffith Halstead, scratch; H. l..
Greer 20 yards; w. F. Shoop, 80
yards; w. C. Hoffman, $50 yards; A.
j. Murphy, 90-yards, also ran.
Club Team Race for McDannold
Cup. Washington Road Race Club,
20 points, first; Clifton Wheelmen,
Baltimore, II points, second; Column
bia Athletic Club, Washington, d. c.,
s points, third. Positions at the fin
ish: A. G. Moran, w. r c., first; H.
Pritchard, w. r. c., second; r. l..
French, G. W., third; w. G. Lee
Couple, c. W., fourth; H. l.. Greer,
G. A. c., fifth; w. j. Wilkinson, e.
W., sixth; g. E. Smith, w. r. c.,
seventh; G. Halstead, G. A. c., eighth;
f. Schade, G. A. G., ninth. Time, 2.41.
Exhibition Mile. Lawson, time,
2.l5l-5, was paced by triplet, French,
Ives and Spencer.
Exhibition Half Mile. Z. P. Thomp-
son, Philadelphia. Time, l.04 1-5,
paced by Billie Sims and Weast.
HEAT SUMMARIES.
One Mile Amateur. First Heat.
Fred. Schade, first; Wilkinson, Sec
ond. r. c. French qualified as pace
maker. Time, 225l-5. Charles Ker-
del also ran.
Second Heat. A. C., Moran, first;
w. q. Lecompte, second. Young
qualified as pacemaker.
Half Mile Professional Dash, First
Heat. Billie Sims, first; Charles
Spencer, second; F. NJ. Dampman,
third. Time, 46 seconds. Howard,
French and Williams also ran.
Second Heat. F. n. Mudd, Jr., H.
Weast, E. P. Thompson. Only entries
qualified without running.
SECOND DAY.
Another clear, warm day, though
tempered by delicious mountain
breeze, was ushured in and the last
and most important day of the meet
began early and was we'll filled with
events, official all.
The Independent Drum Corps fur
nished the music and it was patriotic
and stirring.
The first event was the 2l-mile road
race from Frederick to Woodsboro'
and return. Clifton won, coming in
in hour and % minutes, LeCompte
leading the bunch, the winner in fly
ing sprint. Clifton was not pushed at
any period in the race, but the fight
among the individual members of the
team was very hot.
The contesting teams were:
Clifton = LeCompte, Robert l..
French and w. J. Wilkinson.
Centaur-Joseph Worth, Thomas
Thompson, George B. Bake.
Cycling Ramblers of the Westmin-
ster Club, William f. Long, William
StultZ. Jr., GOrsuch. Clifton scored
"a points; Centaur IL; Westminster 9.
Finsh-LeC0mpte, French and
Wilson. Time. l hour, minutes
and SIS seconds, which Is the road rec
ord for the State. The prize was
large silver pitcher.
LeCompte won a shaving set as
personal award.
The coasting contest attracted a
large crowd. 1t was held on Cemetery
Hill on the Georgetown Pike. Several
thousand people were present, lining
the pike from start to finish.
There were eighteen entries in the
event, which lasted two hours.
Henry NJ. Wilson, of Baltimore,
won, coasHng l,605 feet and inches.
H. A. Sbockley, of New Jersey, Sec
ond, 1851 feet, inches; Gus. Wide
kind, of Baltimore, third, 1851 feet,
2 inches.
The other entries, H. H. Wright,
Robert F. Wesenberg, George E. Sum-
mards, William G. Roberts, l.. Wat
H. B. Messenger, H. Suter and H. H.
Janneway. As many trials were al
lowed as could be crowded into two
hours. Wilson made ii trials, SchOck-
ley 6.
Wedekind got bad spill while prac-
ticing prior to the race.
Before noon the cyclers wheeled to
the home of Colonel l.. Victor Baugh-
man, Poplar Terrace" The genial
Colonel had arranged to have three
cycle contests OH his half mile track,
! bun unfortunately the sanction of the
l.. A. w. had not been secured, so
they were declared off. Chairman
Mott, of the Racing Board, was ex-
pected, aud a sanction could have been
secured. But as he did not come
nothing could be done.
Col. Baughman had gwen three sill
yer prizes for the races, which he
turned over to Louis Wetheril to be
disposed Of later.
Not to disappoint the large crowd,
several of the racing men gave exhibit
lions against time. LeCompte and
Wright on a tandem rode a half mile
in 57l-5 seconds. Lecompte alone on
a squirt made half in l.033; Wilkin-
son in ,l.374; Leatherbury l.1ll-5;
Thornburg in l.0S4 Robert French in
10Y; Murphy in 1.l2.
In the afternoon the races were well
contested. The crowd was larger and
more enthusiastic than on Saturday.
LeCompte, of Cambridge, carried off
all the Division Championships and
this too after having ridden in the 81
mile road race in the morning. He
captured the mile Division Champion
ship, the one-third mile and also the
2-mlle race.
All the finishes save the l-mile hand
leap were very close.
Fred. Sims captured the one-third