The herald., 1897-08-15
ON THE WHEEL
Fast Work Done at the National Cir.
cult Meet

SuAt 14cSC
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Between fiy
and six thousand people attended tn
National circuit bicycle meet under tn
management of the Atlanta wheelmer
at the Waverly track, Waverly, N. j
this afternoon. Thirty-five men starte,
IN the five mile handicap for profession
ais, and after the first mile two of then
dropped out. Mertens, Butler, Star
DUCK and Gardiner were the scratcl
men, Nat Butler won from Becker, VIII,
was on the 100 yard mark, by q hal
wheel.
The one mile open for professional.
was won by Bald, who made one of hi.
wonderful finishes, beating Mertens by
a wheel.
Kiser did not start In any Of the events
| as he was suffering from a cold.
The one-third mile amateur national
championship was won by e. w. Pea
body of Chicago.
Summaries of professional events:
Half mile handicap, professional
Final heat won by c. s. Wells, San
Francisco ESQ yards); c. R. Newton,
Stafford Springs, Conn. GO yards), sec
ond; w. Coleman, Cambridgeport,
Mass. GO yards), third; Bald (scratch),
fourth; time, 0:5S AS.
One-third mile, amateur nation i
championship-Won by E. w. Peabody,
Chicago; time, 0:42 1-5.
One mile open. professional-won by
Bald, Martens second, Gardiner third,
Cooper fourth; time, 2:oSA.
One mile open amateur-Final heat
won by I. A. Powell. New York; time,
2:17 1-5
Five mile handicap, professional
Won by Nat Butler (scratch}, W. E.
Becker Goo yards) second, Arthur Gar
diner (scratch) third, B. Oldfeld, To-
ledo Q50 yards), fourth; time, 1871 is.
M'DUFFIE'S PACED MILE
BOSTON, Aug. 14.-At Charles River
park today Eddie McDuffie established
new world record for paced mile, fly
ing start, at 1888 1-5, lowering the exist
one second.
Jimmy Michael and his American hour
record are also beaten, and standing
where Michael recently stood Is Lecerno
Lesna, with a bunch Of records contain
ing all American marks from eleven to
thirty-six miles and also the American
hour record.
McDuffie was paced by sextuplet and
a quintet, while Lesna's pacing team
consisted of eighteen men divided into
four squads Of two quads and two quin-
tets.
Lesna created new American marks
from eleven to thirty miles inclusive, and
a new hour record of thirty miles 1890
yards.
NEW YORK RACES
NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-At Manhattan
Beach today the final heat of the two
thirds mile professional race was won
by f. j. Loughead, Major Taylor second,
Fred ]. Titus third, Walter Sander
fourth; time, :33.
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 1.-THE first
race meet held under the auspices of the
division of the California AS
fF9flataHHAd Gffdliff G{fyfd tits AFTERNOON. a"A at
Ziegler won the principal event OF the
day, the one mile professional.
Elford of Oakland won the handicap
event; Vaughn, a heavyweight from
San Diego, secured second prize iE. both
races. Summary:
One and a quarter miles handicap,
professional-Carl Abendroth, Portland,
won; Ed Allen, Portland, secondA time,
3:04 is.
One mile handicap, professionalism
Elford, Oakland, won; w. B. Vaughn,
San Diego, second; time, 2:15.
One mile, professional-Zeigler, Sar
Jose, won; Vaughn second; time, 2:20
One mile, amateur-Wing, San Jose.
won; Shipp, Salem, second; time, 2:2s rs.