New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19

SOME NOVELTY RACING.
KlsER AND JOHNSON HEROES OF THE
DAY AT MANHATTAN BEACH.
SPIRITED RIDING, IN WHICH BALD WAS "'A'"N
N SENSATIONAL FiNlsu-JoNNsoE
TOO SPEEDY FOR LOCAL ANA
rEyRs-THG WORCESTER
AMATEUR DREAKs
RI ORD.
r.on ,o,.,,,v races were the features OF the Gay
.,.o.,. al ;he Manhattan Beach bicycle "acN
YESTERDAY in the programme arranged Wy 'he Ai"'''
lean Cycle Racing Association. the sport was 'N
ccl,ont throughout and Il was furhisheu NY M
Of the fast professional and amateur riders OF 'le
country but the attendance was poor. not oNr' wv
.,,,,,eord snectators being present the cycIe pa
rode i'm Brooklyn took many enthusiasts eise"'e'''
Will, the racing at Wavcrly Kept otherS away
t,,r, u Eiser the fas: rider from Dayton ohlo'
IA lam s Johnson Of Worcester. Mass" were 'he
tnr3cs of the day. \ small gale swept across ''io
,ov,r ;urn and the riders. who came suddenly ih'o
IN. teeth of the wind at full speed. felt almost q"
II they had come into collision with ueau "''
s ,hero was pacing IN both Of the principal rnces
this helpod the riders materially. Inc mum, -
race. a handicap between a single. tandem TWO
frjples and a auadrup'ct. proved to he an 'n'etee
ing innovation John s Johnson paced by a Trip
10, broke the track record for half MILE doins
the distance in 5S seconds fat spleholu PV
,ornanco in the face cr the wind Inc p.' ~,
,.ious record for the track was 81 % seconu' "o
~, cherries Earl Of the Kings County Whee'mtn'
rho Ncw-York County Whcc!men audu'"p'o' ~
rod, an exhibition mile in 1:0' la. T., ~.
Eight Of the fastest professional rioe's III VI.
country started in the mile invitation rave
mon raced i'm each heat. and each hedt was '''e-
naccd Four preliminary and two scmi-h'als WI.
run off in good order. leaving Bald ana h'SeI ~
o.,oet IN the fnaI and that race Will live long III
the memory of the spectators Heds'roIi anu .,e"
shaw were the pacemakers on 'ahueih
caught the pace. and the men s''r'ou VII "
ra,+lnc Gin The pacemakcr tried 10 drop OUT vi
49, IT,, Ian Inv, tho two riders showed a disncN-
NATION IN 90 ahead kiser went MP the paih Oh
the lower turn. and Bald followed him a niue
over a half a furlong from the hAlsh ba'u n'"u
n quick Jump from the top of the enhancement any,
he gained fully two lengths before Niser Sd" '"V
,;o,, nd s,,rtod aftcr him. Bald then seemed 10
have tbe race won beyond doubt. but Riser came
down the stretch Ike whiriWnd ana caught UP
to and passed Bed as If that rider was s'anoins
Still Eiser won by open lengths. IN one OF 'he
most sensational finishes ever seen on the UacN
,;e ,iroe I'm the last half-furlong must have oeen
a record Bald entered protest. asserting tha'
Kiser's pedal grazed him as they passeo III u!c
home stretch. but the claim was not ailo"e"'
Whether the pedal touched him or not. Bald was
souarey beaten. There is probably no rider IN the
world who could have beaten out kiser IN his ter
riblo rush to the tape yesterday
The amateur invitation race was run In the same
way and John 5. Johnson, of Worcester, ana T.
NJ Peabody. of Chicago. were left III the nhal
Powell and Blake were have ridden an extra
heat 70 decide who should have the third prize but
Powell declined the issue. as his racing wheel mao
mscarried somewhere between this city and
S Sp Strange wheel He forfeited in favor Of
Rlake hut the New England rider refused 70 take
the prize under 6r sI ba rrze and Powell won it. The
race between johnson and Peabody was a splendid
the end, although Peabody made a fine effort IN
'nf n the mnticycs race Spree of the South Brook
Ign wheemen team was not feeling ca we a the
chTR he on
SS ard at '@ and fqS 5e N R ok
men tripet third In the last zap ii md and going
strong yr won easily by twenty yards The quad
finished second and the single wheei 'r''u'
THE SUMMARIES
Invitation 'dTafqFMsi Morse, h.'' chic S
second heat yS1 by second e. d.
T TSP heat &C. NJ Non Ell sy Powell M 1ns
susS soOT %o-cree sose R RsHf" @
s ans:Fl-t b. John SonS''n 1 Msr
cester = ". Blake Keenr D.: ssSoh Sn,caso: /
S'2 f5w. sfcC %eu Hf15 S0 seoond Tme22
THE FINAL.
roh, Johnson Worcester.
E NJ Peabody chicago
Won by length and half johnson caugnt oae pass
and n. held the advantage to the emo feaoouy Na'
iahorinr before the half over. 49,, -
Mile Invitation (professonall-Flrst heat won Dy r. -
Paid Buralo; + J. Titus, New-York. second nine
a:a5, second heat won by T. IL Kiser Dayton; +. =;
Ioughead Sarnia, second. Time-236 Third neat "o,
by Tom Cooper Detroit o. stevens otpmwa: secona
Time-2:2its Fourth heat by Arthur darnnler'
thicago; A. c. Mertens. Minneapolis. second Time
2.315s. , p ,.,a prr,,o.
Arthur Gardner Chicago, T!me-222-s Second
heat won by F.. H. Kiser. Dayton Tom 'ooper' De-
tro!t, second Tme-22i@.
FINAL HEAT.
T. II. Kiser Dayton. ''''''''''
T. c. Bald Bunao. '''''''''
- Time-2:l2?S.
Eser won by two open lengths, Bald sitting up at the
finish.
TWO-MILE MCLTICYCLE HANDICAP AMAIhIiV
G NJ Hendrckson. Z. Martini and ]. A. Powell
Brooklyn Wheenen. triplet go YARDS.