The herald., 1897-03-29

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The Carnival of Sports that will taxi
place on Athletic day of the Fiesti
promises to present nIany novel anc
amusing features not heretofore seen
any sporting event, although very pop
ular In the east. The athletic commit
tee now holds two meetings each weef
and is preparing very elaborate pro
gram. The special events will be al
vided into three sections.
First comes the humorous part tina
will be seen in the parade, and that viii
be participated IN by a squad Of minia'
ture policemen, not over six years old, II
all the glory and uniform of the rea
blue-coats. They will be guarded by
the regular members of the department
and following the squad will be repre-
sentations Of the Brownies play, such
as the German Band" ArSther fea-
ture of the parade will be little boys and
girls on bicycles, represen ting Stoven-
dens painting, bringing Home the
Bride" and Uncle Sam and Little
Cuba" This part will be under the su-
pervision OF i. w. Buckley
The sport at the park Will include
three exciting amateur bicycle races,
for which the best riders Of this city
and country viii compete, as spiendia
prizes will be offered. These races VIII
be a one mile open and mile handicap
and special race for the tuesta chtLl-
pionship medal.
A professional race of one mile for a
prize will also be on the program.
The next event will be Indian races and
the running of the wild men will be one
of the most exciting episodes of the day.
Messrs Rowan and Leland will have
charge of the foot.aces, sprinting and
other college sports.
The finale of the days sports will be
the humorous gymhauka races that were
SO popular and attracted such large au-
diences last spring in Washington, d.
c., where they were attended and partic-
ipated in by the swell society of the ma
tions capital
These races are the invention of the
japanese, although they have been
Americanized in the bicycle line. They
will embrace a race for wheelmen, who
will carry an egg on a spoon, another
for wheelmen with market baskets tied
to their feet. Similar ludicrous features
will be presented and they will add to
the merriment and enjoyment of the
days sport.
At s am, yesterday, twenty-seven Of
the best riders in the city started out to
ride one hundred miles The day opened
with high fog that threatened rain
and this no doubt kept a great many at
home.
The starters yesterday were w. r.
Ruess, H. B. Cromwell, r. D. Mussey,
John J. Nolan, j. N. Caran. F. B. Nal
lory Jr., B. D. Mussey, Vivian T. Elliott,
VIII Barwell, CT. Latin, Archie Brown,
w. j. Reeves, E. II. Conklin, Hugh
Ritchie. Martin Nolte. A. d. Tompkins,
Chas. Fuller Gates, Ray Curran, j. F.
Duvan, E. R. Blackburn. George H.
Hartwell, H. Schucanberger, A. P. Neil
son. Alphonse Jay, w. Mcneil, Duke
Wellington and Leslie Jenkins on a
tandem.
A. D. Tompkins had the misfortune
to have blowout almost before he hal
got fairly started. necessitating delay
of twenty minutes before he could get it
repaired. The bunch struck the rain at
Puente and wellington and jenkins had
to discard the tandem at Spadra. Crom-
well, who was in splendid condition, and
who had started out to ride to win, was
laid off at a point about four miles thie
side of South Riverside by defective
tire and had to give it up. b. D. Mussey
broke his chain about eight miles beyond
Pomona and had to return to Pomona
on foot.
Enough rain had fallen at FL Monte
to make about an inch of mud on layer
of dust and this made the worst kind of
riding as it would ball up and fill the
forks so that the wheels could hardly
turn. At Pomona all but four gave up
and returned to this city by train. The
plucky four were Ruess. Cromwell
Mussey and one other, who started for
South Riverside At South Riverside all
but Ruess took the train for Los Angeles
leaving the Flying Dutchman" to make
the return alone, which he started out
to do but failed to make ii within the
prescribed thirteen hours. Nevertheless
his ride is worthy of great praise for It
shows the wonderful pluck and endur.
ance that he possesses. The trio that
reached Riverside We're royalty enter
tained by the local wheelmen.
Saturday forenoon the Horseshoes
again defeated the Commercial nine oe
the high school by a score of II to 4. The
feature of the game was the team work
OF Preston and Bryant and the second
base playing of Jack Marsh of the Horse
shoes. The Horseshoes also defeated
the yonug Tuft-Lyons in the afternoon
by score of . to 0. The Horseshoes
think they have the best record in the
city for team of their size, having won
twenty-three out of twenty-five games
and are now out for challenges from
teams under 16 years of age which will
be promptly accepted by A. r. Ridge
way. 317 Douglas street