Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-25
THE BICYCLE RACES.
SPIRITED MEET UNDER THE AU.
SPICES OF INDEPENDENT CIyB.
TlGNOR CHAMPION OF RICHMOND.
brothers Take First and
Second Prizes in the Thrcc-Miis
Handicap-Two Records Broken
Result OF Each of the Events.


Result OF Each OF the Events.
The races run under tho auspices Of ths
Independent cycle Club yesterday eve
ming were spirited and interesting and
passed on with eclat. They we'll merited
tho large crowd which witnessed them.
Besides the crack riders Of this city.
there were a number Of the best amateur
bicyclists Of the country in tho events.
and they added much to the success or
the meet. The riding of schade. Moran.
Iialstead, Tignor. and Greer was OF thu
record-breaking order. being remarkably
fine. 1t would have done credit to pro-
fesslonals.
In the first race, the one-mile novice,
the contestants were evenly matched.
and It would have been a beautiful cvens
but for tho loaling, which was kept up
until the three-Quarter pole was reached.
Then It was a hot pace, that landed ii.
c. Williams, of Danville in first place.
followed very closely by Theo. Yeats and
$. Maupin. in order named.
In the quarter-mile open, schade held
tho lead. and was almost at the tapa
when, by a desperate squirt. Halstead
crossed tho line first, and Dallas Rich
ardson, promising young bicyclist of
this city, took third place.
The halt-mile open was one OF the pref
test, and kept every ono IN doubt az TO
the result until tho quarter pole was
passed Then Schade. Moran. ana Hal
stead divided hOnOrs finishing in the or
der named. This event was free from
loafing. and with tho spirited finish very
good time was made
THE RICHMOND CHAMPIONSHIP.
Great interest was felt in tho one-miia
championship of. Richmond. and there
were many sure winners TO start AZ
the signal the riders moved Off with de.
termination set on every feature Jack
TignOr taking the lead. which he held 70
tho three-Quarter pole. then Ben. Slaugh-
ter came UP and went TO the front. This
seemed to make Jack mad. and he pulled
past Slaughter and the rest OF the riders,
proving conclusiyely who IS tho cham.
piou OF this city, Slaughter got second
place and Twig Temple took place No. 3.
This race was very hot. being paced
1t was also in this event that several
riders cOllided and were piled up on the
track. Luckily, no one was seriously
hurt.
THE TWO-MTLE LAP.
The two-mile lap race was the feature
OF the meet It virtually being four half
mile races in one. in Il the first man to
cross tho tape gets three points each
time around until the fourth lap. then
the first gets four points. the second two
points. and the third one point on each o,
the four laps.
schade was first over the tape in each
lap, making a total OF II points Moran
finishing second I'm each lap. gaining eish,
points, and Jack Tignor followed i'm third
place each time with a total of four
points. Schado and Moran held their
positions with ease, but Tignor deserves
much credit for the manner in which ha
outstripped the bunch.
The one-milc race for members OF thu
Independent cycle Club was run with
much energy Edwards leading from thu
start and finishing first. followed closely
by McCaul. Weber and Hersman in the
order named.
THE TANDEM RACE.
The next event WAS tho one-mile tam
dem. open. This was a new feature. ana
a very pretty one. There were four tam
dcms, mounted as follows: Schade ana
Halstcad. Greer and Tignor. Holt ana
Hope, and Maupin and Temple. While
the time made i'm this race was nothing
great, yet il was a pretty event, and took
well. Shade and Halstead came out first.
with Tignor and Greer very close se-
conds.
The messenger boys tried 20 b. in 4
hurry for half n mile. Fry was first 10
deliver his message, but az 10 was dis
qualified for taking his hands OF tho
bars. he lost his position. The result:
J. NJ. Atkinson. first; NJ Il. Hamilton,
second. AMI Fleming Pierce. third.
THREE-MILE HANDICAP.
In the throe-mne handicap Schade was
the only scratch man TO start. The other
thirty-twO were scattered around tho
track until they most Tapped. This race
started out in a long string, but gradually
formed into five punches. At tho finish
the boys looked Ike n kite-one big bunch
with few stragglers strung out behind.
IN this race there were two brothers
who took 1t into their heads that It
would not be bad TO keep both first ana
second prizes IN the family. This notion
was 80 successfully carried out that Ben.
Slaughter took first place and his bro
thor. Robert, second. Schade came I'm
third. This left fourth place for Hal
stead and nth for little "Alice' Hope.
In this race Schade ran into the stats
record, which was sitting on tho S5t
polnt. and knocked Il down 20 l22 IL.
The tandem race against time for nale
a mile was ridden by Schade ana Hal
stead I'm 1913 seconds and by TlgnOr and
Greer IN one minute fat. The previous
record here was 1904 IL. Thus goes an
other record.
SUMMARY or THE RACES.
Summary: one mile novlce-H. G. VIII
Hams Danville, first; TheO. Yeats. Sc
cond: S. Maupin. third. Time. 800
Quarter mile. opon-Halstead. first;
schade. second. D. G. Richardson. third.
Time. 33 IA.
Half mile. open,-Schade. first; Moran.
second; Halstead, third. Time. 100 3-5.
one mile championship Of Richmond
Jack Tignor first; Slaughter, second;
Temple. third Time. 2:2l.
Two-mile lap-Schadc. first; Moran, Sc
cond: Tignor. third. Time, 5:25 3-5.
one mile. Independent cycle Club
Edwards first: McCaul, second; Weber.
third; Hersman. fourth. Time. 229
one mile. tandem, open-Schade ana
Halstead. hrst Tignor and Greer Sc
cond. Time. 2:2s.
Hair mile, messenger boys-J. N. At
klnson. first; NJ r. Hamilton, second;
FLEMING pierce. third. Time, 72 -.
Three-mile handicap. open-Ben. siaugh-
ter first; r. J. Slaughter, second; Fred.
scbade. third; Halstead. fourth. Hope
fifth. Time. 7:22 IL.