The herald., 1897-10-03
Los ANGELES rERA1D SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 3 1897

led on the thirteenth. On the next mile
Starbuck again assumed the lead and
held 1t until the twenty-first mile, when
Michael took command. From the
twenty first mile to the finish came a
battle royal. On the twenty fourth
mile Starbuck forged ahead and main
tainedI the lead to the end, winning by
about six yards.
Both men rode in magnificent form
and caught their pacing machines in
beautiful style. Eight thousand per-
sons saw the race.
THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 2.-Today's ma
tional bicycle races wound up with half
a dozen of the fastest Of the racing stars
badly spilled along the track Just be-
fore the last eighth mile of the final
event of the day, in the two-mile open
profe sional, was reached Cooper's
wheel struck that of Butler, who was
just ahead. Butler and Cooper were
badly thrown, and Bald, Mertens and
Kiser tumbled over them in bad mix
up. Mertens right side was painfully
wounded by a heavy fall upon Cooper's
handle bar. The ST. Paul man lay upon
able to be assisted to the training quar-
ters However his injury is not expect
ed to prove permanent.
Bald received a hard blow in the side
and all had severe shaking up. The
| weather was fine and the crowd over
250O
There was no loafing and little jockey
ing in the final of the two-mile profess
sional. Loughead led for the first mile
with Mertens and Butler close up
Cooper Bald and Kiser went out for the
lead in turn, and very neary got 1t. Then
came the accident, giving Loughead the
| race which he was in fair way oil
winning anyway.
In the one mile 2:05 class only few
Of the leading stars started. The three
preliminary heats were won by Taylor
Hoyt and Brown. Hoyt did some tall
sprinting on the third quarter. but DR.
Brown was the active man of the party
at the end and finished first in hot
tussel with Butler.
| Wood and Carlson, amateurs, went a
mile on a tandem in 1:54, beating the
worlds amateur record and equalline
the professional tandem record. Sum-
| marieS:
| One mile, 2:05 class, professionalism
A. F. Brown of Cleveland won, Nat But
Ter second, Watson Coleman Of Boston
third; time, 2:0S is.
Two miles, open, professional-Ftnal:
F. J. Loughead of Sarnia, Ont, won
Owen Kimble of Louisville second, j. F
Esperon of Detroit third; time, ALI.
w. H. Stevenson, an one-armed rider
went a mile in LEA, paced by sextette
DENVER RIDERS
DENVER, Oct. 1.-Two records were
broken today at the racing meet at D
w. c. park. this city. c. V. Dacey re-
duced the five-mile record, paced, anna
teur, from 1917 to 9:45 1-5, and Robert
son placed the mile novice paced record
at 1859.
In the series Of match races between
A. B. Hughes and A. L. Hachenberger
the former won easily. The races were
one, two and ten miles. Hughes took the
one-mile event in 2:13 1-5 and the ten
mile in 29:O2. 1t was claimed that he
gave the two-mile race to Hachenberger
The latter's time was 500.
The races between Joe He'll ant
Stephen McGinnity were to have beer
one, three and five miles, but after Hei
won the one and five-mile events Nc
Ginnity declined to ride the other. Heil's
time for the one mile was 2:13 1-5, ant
for the five miles 1928 1-5.