Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08
GREATEST OF MEETS.
SUCCESSFUL GATHERING OF THE
L. A. W. COMES TO AN END.
SCHADE BREAKS A WORLD RECORD,
ue LAYERS porter's Figure of "a Id
second. for One Third OF Vile 4"
40 A.. sccond.-othcr Fine Fer
formnrces.
fornnrcess

greatest meet IN the history OF Hh'e''
.cycling came to an end this evening ~
wnloy-Groye PARK. when the eigh'een'"
national meet Of the League Of American
wbeslmen closed. During the two Gays
OF racing nearly $500 people wa'oieI
while the cracks from all parts OF inc
United states. two from Mexico. ana the
Canadian crack. Loughead. siroVe 'ior
fame and prizes. Yesterdays attendahce
of 1900 was very nearly doubled To-Day
Fred. l.. Loughead. the Sarnia tOnD
lad who carried OF the honors yesterday
kept I'D his fine work to-day but niue
Earl Kiser landed on top, winning the
half-Inilc professional and the great mile
open professional A purse OF $oy WIS
divided among the winners OF the latter
race. Eddie Bald also added 10 his rep"-
tsucn and while no Grsts appear to MS
credit. yet his seconds In the mile ope"
and fve-mns professional finals were
within a hair's-breadth Of being hrst. III
each and every race IN which ne COM
peted he displayed remarkable judgment
AmonR the amateurs there was much
rood racing. and Peabody, kddie bie"-
silvn and Charles NJ. Ertz put up the
snest exhibition. In most OF the amateur
events the riding was close. ana IN Dut
few Instances did tho boys show any
evidence OF loatnR
scHADE's PERFORMANCE.
After the scheduled events mad been
run off Fred. Schade. the Virginia anna
teur. succeeied In breaking the world9
record for one third OF mile. Scnade
was paced by two quads and got away
beautifully. He Rugged the quads closely,
and finished az a terrific pace IN ~ 40
seconds. lowering Portcrs record OF 81 10
seconds. made In 1884.
In addition to this. there were a num-
Der Of trials al the worlds record Tor
one-nile amateur and professional
Church covered the three laps in J :i3 5-5.
ard but for the second pacing's slowness.
would nave chopped at least seconds or
tho time he made Major Taylor had
the next try. with a quad and triplet
rs pacemskers The Major crossed the
tape IN if5 IS.
Johnny" Zimmerman rode an exhibit
tion hclf mile II So 2-5 seconds. and
Arthur Gardiner, paced by Quads, did
n mile in IA This brought the racing
TO close. Tonight the wheelmen own
the town.
The morning was occupied by the trial
heats. which were witnessed by an i'm
menss crowd. Nearly all the races were
spirited. and there was little loafag or
tockeying. After the trials came the
two semi-hnals in the two-mile champion
ship amateur. the first three in each heat
TO qualify for final.
RACE SUMMARIES.
First heat-semi-hnal - There were
eleven starters. and they soon strung
out into a procession. making ordinary
time On the way home. George Reith.
OF New York. jumped away and won;
I. A. Powell second, G.. II. Collett third.
Time 4:sl 2-5.
Second heat-s4ml-hnal. ten starters
They strung along the track rapidly. and
with frequent changes OF position, finish
ing in a bunch. j.. ". Peabody won. +.
j. Ileweilyn second +. NJ Blake third.
Time. 4:2S 3-5.
Final-one half mile. national champion
ship, professional-All those who had quail
flied were on the tape at the signal. and
went off promptly with Kiser ana Cooper
ahead. The line had gone but a short
distance, when Bald's chain broke, while
he was making a beautiful run. Mer-
tens caught Kiser and followed him
closely. but the latter won easily; owen
Final heat-one mile handicap. profess
sional-AH those who had qualified start
ed. The cracks held the men farthest
from the scratch. until the last lap. when
they spurted, and all hands finished In
q bunch .. l.. Stevens go YARDS won,
Watson Coleman go yards second, L. G.
Hoyt aO YARDS third. r. j. McCurdy O2O
yards fourth. +. d. Fichtner G5 YARDS
NTH, ii. r. Mosher go YARDS sixth. Time,
2o7
Final-two mile championship. anna
teur-I. A. Powell won. l.. w. Peabody
second. I'D. Llewellyn third, Charles
Mertz fourth. Time 4:29l-
Mile-open. professional, first heat,
seml-final-Eddy Bald wal in fine squirt
Arthur Gardiner second. Tom Coop
or third. Time, 2I0 2-5
Second MISUNDERSTANDING Taylor
msde hard struggle TO land winner
but the field hunted him down, and all
hands finished In a bunch, with the Major
third. Earl Kiser won, jay Eaton Sc
cond. Time, 2I9.
Mie-open. professional. final heat
Bald had the pole, with Kiser. Gardiner,
Eaton, Cooper, and Major Taylor in the
order named. There were two pace
makers. Cooper caught them, and kiser,
Bald, and Taylor followed as named.
There was no change III inc nrSt lap.
Half way around on the last lap, Cardi-
ner and Eaton swung out from the rear,
with the colored boy at their heels. Bald
came after them at 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 few inches. Bald second,
Cooper third. Taylor fourth. Time,
EOS l-5
Mile-open, amateur, final heat-The
line covered two laps in the procession.
~. c. Hausman pulled away in the
stretch. and won by wheels length.
George II, Collett second. Charles Mertz
third. w. A. Laduy fourth. Time, 200 is.
Nile handicap--amateur, final heat--Ray
Murray GO yards won. j. +. Chalfont 0Gt
yardg) second Il. NJ. French 600 yards
third Robert A. Miller (scratch) fourth
Time. 900.
Five-mile championSAip-profe
Anal heat--Aker was behind the pace
makers at the first mile and riding
strong At the second the men were
punched. Callahan, Mertens, and Church
crossed in the order named. All the mer
Jockeyed for position I'm ths next mile
Church gave up tho chase on the twelfth
lap and Callahan went out In the lead
Mertens led into the last lap, with Bale
right behind him. On the turn into ths
stretch. Mertens and Bald were in IN,
lead. There was spill, leaving only
four TO finish. In beautiful squirt Mer
tens won, Bald second +. A. Mcfarland
third. J. A. Newhouse fourth. Time
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