Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
[. A. W.
Last Meet Was the Most Successful Ever
Held.

|. A. W.
Last Meet Was the Most Successful Ever
Held.
Willow Grove, Pa, Aug. 6. Ten
thousand people saw the races ber6 this
afternoon. Fred Loughead OF ti8nHla
surprised the spectators ny defeating
Bald and Kaiser. The rBCeH resulted
a5 follows:
One mile National championships.
professional; limit. 2.20-Final heat;
fret, +. j. Longhead, SHrina, Ont.
second. E. Bald, Buffalo, n. Y. third.
Earl Kaiser, Dayton, o. Pacemaker,
Seaton and Duday. Time, 2.03 2.5.
One.third mile-Open amatsur-First
series final First, W. H. Fearing ;aecond,
+. W. Peabody; third, Club Nelson.
Time, 0. 43 10.
Second series fnal-First, Ed. Lie.
wellyn: second, f. j. Morse; third, r.
A. Miller. Time. O.47.
Third series tinal-First j. A. Powell;
second, l.. j. Morse third, r. a. Miller,
A. M. Zimbrick, dead heat. Time,
o. AZ So.
One-mile championship, amateur
First series. final:
First, E. W. Peabody, Chicago; second,
A. w. Middendorf Louisville; third,
Charles NJ. Ertz, New York. Time, ?. Is.
Fred Loughead's time in the mile
championship is the fastest competition
mile that has been done this year. 1t
also lowers the State record.
Second series, iinal-First, John S.
johnson. Worcester, Mass second, E.
ID. Stevens, Buffalo, N. u; third, j.
j. Howard. ST. Louis. Time. 200.
One mile, 2.05 class, professional
Final heat. Time limit, 2.20.
First, A. @. Mertens; second, Nat
Butler: third, W. Fred Sims; fourth,
J. +. Mcfarland. Pacemaker, W. L.
Becker. Indianapolis. Time. 2. H..
One mile. national amateur cham
pionshin-First, Charles NJ. Ertz, New
York; second, L. d. Stevens. Buffalo,
N. VI; third, II. w. Middendorf,
Louisville, Ky, Time, .. III 30.
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. What
veteran wheelmen unhesitatipgly pro-
nounce to he the most successful race
meet ever held in this country will
close this afternoon at Willow Grows.
Yesterdays races only served as an APP
petizer for the enthusiastic bicyclers,
and IL was predicted by many OF the
riders who tonk part in those events
that not only the State records, hui
national records as we'll, would be low.
cred.
| To-day opened more auspiciously, il
such thing be possible, than yester.
| iay. There was just enough breeze tC
make life worth living, but not enough
to retard the progress of the racers.
There were no small runs scheduled
| for this morning, the stellar attraction
being the push to Willow Grove, which
was on the programme for s o'clock. A
that hour the condition Of Broad street
the widest thoroughfare in the city, wal
| almost Understandable. AS far as the cyl
could reach this asphalted boulevard
was one mass of humanity. mixed vi
with wheels of all descriptions. S,
tightly were the wheelmen massef
about Il. A. W. headquarters that it wa
almost impossible for the captains o
the various divisions TO get the vas
column in line. To gaze at the crowt
ono would scarcely imagine there wer
any wheelmen in tho country outsiu
of the city.
1t was nearly $50 O'Clock before th
fret division got under way, and !
was almost an hour later before tn
last phalanx got in motion. As the rid
TO Willow Grove consumes only abou
an hour the first part Of the paracl
must have reached the grounds belor
the tail end had gotten away fror
Laague headquarters.
The programme for to-day was NOR
attractive than that of yesterday. SIEVE
events we're scheduled to be run of
This did not include special race for
purse of $500. by professionals.
The first event On to-day's programm
after the trial heats was the mil
handicap for professionals, Ia whic
Cooper. Bald. Kaiser, JIoughead, John
son, Mcfarland and Nat Butler wsr
scratch men. 9here were nearly IL
entries in this event.
Then followed the mile handica
tamateur), with more than 100 entries
the mile open tamateurl, with so or
tries; the half.mile championship tprr
feasiunal, in which all of the racin
cracks we're entered the FIVE IN lie chan
pionship professionally, with all th
!. long distance men among the starters
the two mile championship (amateur
and the mile omen professional.
The chief topic of conversation anon
the racing men, this morning, was tn
remarkable riding of +. j. Lougheat
the Sarnia, Ont. crack. This gref
rider star,ed in three events, total
six heats, WYOMING five of the heats, il
) Guiding two finals, and finishing clot
second to Mcfarland in tho final Of ii
! twomile handicap.
Tho surprise of yesterday was II
belGted booms of Saratoga and Ne
York City for the next i. A. W. NEE
After Omaha and Indianapolis had th
field practically to themselves for
, week, the Saratoga and New York poop
got together and started the ball rollir
: in favor of their respective cities. III
: New Yorsers hustled manfully, b,
! were unable make to much progress,
the greater plumber of the delegates hi
already pledged their support TO eth
Omaha or indianapolis. The Omat
n people are putting up great tight, an
o while they arc not making much nois
n there ia q strong undercurrent in fay
!. OF the hustlug Western city. A lar
a number of l.. 4. W. boys called at Il
Omaha headquarters, at the bafayet
Hotel, last night and to-day, and pleigt
their support for Omaha for 1898. Th,
argue that 1T would be a great THU
u lur Oue L. a. W. W iheeb ~ SuIhIa
r the same time that the Trans Missi
Q sippi and International Exposition
o being held there The Indianapol
@ hoys also are doing some tall hustlil
it and thousands of whaelmen are wearir
hugh buttons with Indianapolis, 9s
printed, upon them. The 1ndmnapol
people were on tho ground hefore II
!. Omaha busters, and while they a
II shouting loudly, the other fellows a
N working quietly