New-York tribune., 1897-07-11
CENTURY RUN IN THE HEAT.
THE WINNER AT THE MANHATTAN
BEACH TRACK DISQUALIFIED

WALKERS PAGER REFUSES 10 RETIRE AND The
,.cr oors To nARNABY-ocoNNoR AND
orxx THE WINNERS OF THE TANDEM
CONTEST IN CLOSE FINISH.
or.-hundred-mle races. run In conjunction WIN
short distance races. might be all Hehe ~, =" 49,,
A., .r,er,a,nuent at Madison Square Garoen oui
,or ,hs winter but II Is doubtful II 'hs sor' oi
programme will md favor with the peop'e W." w.
.upport bicycle racing In the open uu''e -,
.unomer The plan was tried for the nrs' '.i''o "
th. meet Of the Harlem Wheelmen al Mahha''"
Reach vesterday and the meet was ho' INC " ',
c,,I nor artistic success that its promoters "'0i
ro,as The attendance vel, within TWO 'nou
sand and the enthusiasm was not OF 'ne soi, US.
nlayed AZ other meets this year conhneo u s"'
distance races. xo ,ho
Tn. management. made every effort to make 'he
r.co ,nterc.tinr from start to finish. and onereo
liberal prizes to the long distance men, io' .'O'o
who were in front at tho different stages oi NV
contest For instance, the men VINO "e'. " -
lead at the ending Of the hrst 10 miles ~ "'i'''
. miles, and 70 miles each received wv ~. ~ ~
IN front at the ending Of 50 miles received *vo anu
the leader at u miles received $50 In addition the
winner received $3.50. the second man $50 and the
third man S.
THE RACES STARTED LATE
Many OF the preliminary announcements fes
ing the meet Inaccurate which ma! .i
measure account for the lack OF enthusiasm r"'''
~ vas
hibition with Corbett. the prizengher and later "
was said that Lesna would ride. or course neither
of the foreign riders was ever witnin one nun
dred miles Of the track Then II was given ou.
that the preliminary heats Of the short races wouo
begin at 10 a. m. and that the io-me race would
start at noon. The long-distance race was not
started until 1920 o'clock. and the first OF the pre-
liminary heats put on at 2:3o O'CLOCK p m.
Both the riders and the public were inconvenience
by such bundsrs. and the Harlem Wheeimeh IN
future should be careful not to repeat such tac'cs
With thirteen men starting in the long distance
race many superstitious persons looked FOR trou-
BILE and trouble came. At the thirtieth mile star
buck Maddox and Pierce went down on the lower
turn. and all were so badly shaken up that they
were forced TO retire. Starbuck was the favorite
In the race and the contest. OF course. lost much
Of its interest Maddox led at the end OF the hrst
ten miles and received 500. Becker led at the end
Of twenty miles and again at the end OF thirty
miles and he received $40. Then Becker retired.
TO come on tho track later and upset the whole
race Conkn LED at forty miles and got so The
New England champion forged to the front In tha
-ffty-me lap and was the first to cross the line.
He received So Barnaby again led at the end OF
the seventy-ffth mile. and received an addi-
t!onalS so.
ONLY THREE RIDERS LEFT
At this point the lace was narrowed down 10
three men-Waller. Barnaby and Conklin-the
Others having either retired or being so far be-
EnQ tndt tney ndO no cldlCc iHc 'ctc'o" SiNNA'
the hero Of many a six-days struggle. came out
and paced the weary pedalers for several miles
IN the last two miles Becker came on the track
and took up the pacing. Waller stuck close TO MS
wheel right to the finish. In the last lap Becker
was told by the referee to leave the track and
allow the riders to finish alone. as Is customary
in such cases. The announcer, Frederick Burns,
also told Becker TO stop pacing the men
Becker continued to pace his teammate right up
to twenty five yards OF the tape. and Waller man.
aged to win by half a wheel AS soon as the
men had finished many persons protested Waller
and declared that. he had been paced right up
TO the finish. he ought TO be disqualified and the
race given TO Barnaby The referee. VIII X
Pitmsn considered the matter and hnally disaua5 Sn5
and Waller third: 1t seemed hard 70 disaualify
ns hSd @aI been @ Violated and the referee had nothing
do 5 act &c & he a 1eoeSs and W
Ter sS.
A DARK HORSE THE WINNER.
Barnaby the winner was the dark horse in the
race While he has never raced In this neighbor-
hood he is Of the best unpaced riders in New
England. He said to have ridden twenty-five
miles On the roaq b cTab IN mans one m the pecoTao
Day Martin road race. but fell early In the con.
&c rods S by anS s
ndd az ,s weller Sn h srew the
protest: - cor,o.. and c,.r,s. Mummy
the chances are that there not a novice on the
% rsas wso s0a beaten hm % Murphy
him something over a hundred Yards start In
fell Sea o his h Wheel % at @ he his frantic
Efforts not to bea; out EorSets too sady We're inter-
esting throughout. II. C. Kuster. OF the Riverside sn
hs opS 'S n
capital struggle down the homesrstch; George ,ass
men Powell Dawson Haus%aP a Bal Bsoods tss ms nns
handicap in one of the best finishes Of the day His
victory was gained by not over six-inch margin
A CLOSE FINISH IN THE MILE TANDEM.
The nnal in the one-mile tandem was race
worth going miles TO witness. Powell and Dawson,
the heretofore invincible New-York Athletic Club
pair. were strong favortes. At the head Of the
stretch the Mercury Foot men seemed to have the
race we'll in hand. Fifty yards from the finish
Of opd ws
the rail- and were riding. like fury. The three
few S',c could tell which team had won until the on;
eial announsemsn was IN maze win oGSnn1r na ana
9xsn sS;sd the winners and tho Ne~-i0'N A'ne'' men
Samuel Brock won the half mile professonsl BY
year Mcfarland Of California, earned the one
as %as pRsS psoed 'Sa on the na heat Nome Of
nssd %s 'S s SET as @ st and
Stevens third, in 2:aa 20 The referee or
sns ahd sn n"n sod s
house got third place gentle breeze U blew oyer oyer
they had left the heated city for the afternoon.
Otto Maya fell In Of the heats and had two
ribs broken. He was attended by physician.
The summaries:
First heat won by +. II. Galway Logan Whee.men;
E. c. d i'nfy Second hea by X
u. IAwton ST., Brooklyn; George Taylor, Hobo G. c..
second; H. c. Kuser, Riverside Wheelmen. third. Time
1854.
FINAL HEAT.
H. C. Kuser. Riverside wheelmen.
William formey. Erie Cycle Club .................
George Taylor. Hobo Cycle Club.
Ttme-1:2lx.
Won By lengths: u length separating second and
third.
ONE-MIL.E OPEN-AMATEUR.
First beat won Ray Dawson. y. y a. C.. August
Muns. Montauk whee,men. second. Tme-22ts. Second
heat by Harfe Wheelmen; c. NJ Ertz.
ptversde Wheepsn second Tme-2:1S%. Third heat
won by o. v. Babcock Harlem wheemen: Irwin A.