The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
ON CYCLES BY THE SEA.
n. A. MILLER WINS THE GREATER
NEW FORK CHAMPIONSHIP.

n. n. MILLER WINS THE GREATER
NEW FORK CHAMPIoNsHIP.
Sixteenth Annual Race Meet or the EinEr
County wheeineu n success-Four Thousand
Persons Enjoy spirited sport-Tho Amateur,
and Professionally Divide All the Honors.
The sixteenth annual meet OF the Kingt
County wheelmen attracted 1000 lovers oil
cycle racing to tho Manhattan Beach track yes
torday afternoon. Glorious outing weather ia
yored the event from tho spectators stand,
point, but q stih shore breeze played along the
backotrotch and choked of the enthusiasm OF
the riders. As q consequence, times were on
the. slow side.
An industrious band was present, but az
usual II was heard rather than seen, as the In.
terlopers, who correspond with tho rail birds v
at q race track, swnrmed on tho fence around
the musicians' platform until It was almost i'm
possible to trace the source Of the melody. The
inHeld, too, was filled with attendants, handlers,
and q small host Of the counterfeit article, until
It became necessary for starters to almost force
q passage from the dressing rooms on the back
stretch TO the milo mark In front of tho stand.
Outside Of the glistening, bowl-shaped track
much better order was maintained.
While no bright particular star was In ovi,
denoe tho programme was decidedly representa-
tive and both tho amateur and professional
events wero we'll filled. The ono mile Greater
New York championship attracted q big field
OF riders and resulted in q clever victory
for r. A. Miller of the Greenwich Wheel.
mon. with o. v. Babcock second. These
two mon. by q singular coincidence, hap,
poned to pool issues in tho one mile State
Tandem championship. and they won out after
q very pretty race by less than q length. A
rider named II. D. Hessor Of the Hobo Club
turned up in q complicated costume of light blue
and crimson. He seemed to have mistaken the
affair for o fancy costume parade at first, but
whom 1t came to racing he was all there. He
won both tho half.a-mile and one.mile handicapa
for amateurs by comfortable margins.
Tho final heat Of the one-mile scra tch race for
professionals WAS No. Is on the programme.
and onlookers Of a superstitious turn of mind
prepared for squalls. They were not disap.
pointed, as Newhouse swervcd down from tho
top Of tho banking on the home turn and 90
tangled matters up that Macdonald, Titus, and
Eaton went down in rapid succession. This left
It. J. Jenny Of Utica with a clean lead. but he had
to put up q great finish to defeat f. f. Goodman,
Now York, by half a wheel. .Newhouse finished
third. a bare length Off with o. /; Stevens Of
tai racing. g. B. Jack Of Reading. with an al.
Eaton. 20 yards, after a race In which the dail.
lance OF the back markers evoked storms Of
The card was stretched out by a series of e1.
hibitions, which the crowd did not seem to APP
P~reoiate. The juvenile triplet team, See, Brat
time tiEn;e Which etm W"s re t1qe dn as = i m min,u aepe Zee K X
6. w. "ouad !" then towed G. I. Earl along In
an assault on his own figures Of l minute Is 25
eeconds, for two-thirdso of a mile. The Quad I"
lost him on tho last lap. and 1t took him i min
ute p 3-o seconds to reach home. subsequently
ute. Summary:
Ono Mile. Novice.-Final heat won by W. j. Van
derveer, I. {; C.; W: B; Ogden; / c; E., second; c:
One, Mile. Handicap. Amateur.-First heat won by
end heat won BY I. L; Hunter, brooklyn. I2o yards;
minutes 1918 seconds. Third heat won by W. G.
s sSsnes. 50 3; ,s y; A; :eS &C.; seF T,@s; W. m,I H; Gene. Hack.
s 80 yards; r "; g. GuIbs,.son: se9ensy Island. % yards.
won by E. g. Hausman. New Haven. go yards; L. D.
a'r minute. g. 81 =. sS w. .eo GO sard si.. sse0R ns., T, MSn
D. esosse Rei:h: Nov York. 20 yards; 9. o'connor,
sooonds. seventh heat Won By !tIRe 4. .. a RssseF. B r. oe
lyn, lsS ysrds; Z; ": RIGHT; Brooklyn, so yards. SEC.
S %Sn By s'T a:.. : %i Hunter ~ second con s'f Reiss third Iiaa R asss
fourth Time; 9 y minutes Is s.s seconds.
By g. futile. Chicago, 100 a yarSs; jay Eat ass' Ella M1a
beth. 90 yards. second; Austin Croofs, Buffalo. 10
!: Broof; Brooiiyn. 70 ards. s nth; Si p% yses;' F 1SSsaS;
90 yards, sixth. Time. 9 minutes 10 As seconds.
'%erhie. bridgeport, 70 yards. third; c.P. Jack. Read.
9 minutes Is SO seconds. Final heat won by jack.
One Mile. Amateur. Greater New York Champion.
s Tsfs; 3, 5 Ssss6 beat S ES1 SSrf !. .! Z; %iiis p;m ssy
minutes 81 90 seconds: Third heat won by w. G..
SSio'f Ti%e. P : minSte. " y j. j., o ssc6na New Eo x r h sec;
Won b. ]; A. Powell; New York; Oscar Hedstrom.
final heat ' son BY t Miner; % o. b. Bs sb sl ' seeand;
Powell, third. Time 2 minutes 10 s.5 seconds.
ond. Time. 3 minutes S74.6 seconds. Second heat
faio. second. Time. 3 minutes IS IS 4 Ss~n9aSe Th SGtl
heat won by Jay Eaton. Elizabeth; i. r. Goodman,
Fourth heat won by W. Jenny. Utica; Austin crooEs.
Sun1lo, second. Time, g minutes 81 3-5 seconds.
house; third; Stevens, fourth. Time. 2 minutes go 10
one:Mile L. A. W. Tandem state Championship
owen and o'Connof,, brooklyn, second Time, 9 min:
and Babcock. New York; Henshaw and Hedstrom.
E S;ns, York Sss; second wOn NV TINT M%i. 2 mi. MINUTES ssa 81 30 seconds:
and Hedstrom, second; Reeve and crum. third. Time.
Time. j minu.s 81 81. Ss Seconds nhn'0h-ohAr'' Earl
aalf;Mils Handicap, A%ateur-FIlst heat won by
lyn, 90 yards. Time. l minute ! 35 seconds. Third
heat won by w. ]. vandenmere. c. l., 10
yards. Time. 1 minute 8 l5 seconds. Fourth
heat won by !. Schwartz. E.. s. w, 10
yards. Time. l minute 2 seconds. Fifth heat won
by II. I. Hesser. II. C.. 20 yards. Time. l minute
2 % seconds. Sixth heat won by j. r. Hutcheon.
W. T.W; 80 yards. Time. ! minute D l.5 seconds.
Eleventh. heat won by l.. II. Hunken, BROOKLYN. 90
yards. Time. ! minute y seconds. Eighth heat won
BY Stew art. Jamaica: Time. l minute 8 So seconds.
Time. ! minute 3 g'o seconds. Tenth heat won by E.
X. Keesecker, II. W., 90 yards, Time, ! minute s. 85
seconds. Final heat won by Hesser. Schwartz second,
Hunter third. Time. l minute ! 10 seconds.
Hali.hile Exhibition, U~npaced-Kings County
Wheelmen "quad" team. Time. / minute.
Other wheel Events.