The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
LOUGHE AD IS A
REC0RD-BREAKER
Two Mile Mark Went A
Glimmering at the Pa
vilion Meet.
Dashing Riding of Professionals
on the Steep Track Kept
the Audience on Edge.

Another large audience greeted the
cycle racers at the Mechanics Pavilion
last evening, the second night OF the big
indoor tournament. There was "a longer
and more interesting programme, il pos
sible, then that run off Saturday night,
and the excitement at times reached the
fever heat, particularly in the professional
events.
There is no question but what the pro-
fessionais lend more vim and dash to their
racing than do the amateurs, which is
only natural when it is considered that
they are racing for prizes about three
times more valuable. and cash prizes at
that.
There were six more professionals en-
tered, bringing the mum ber up to twenty
four, and among the new corners the stars
were Walter Foster, California's favorite,
and Fred ]. Loughead, the Canadian
Champion, whose speedy riding and
charming manners promise to win him
warm place in the hear. of California au-
diences. OF the other Fasteners Jay
Eaton showed the best in the preliminary
heats of the TWO miles, both Becker and
Starbuck being shut out from the final.
Loughead demonstrated mis- remarkable
speed in the final OF the two-mile pro-
fessional, when he lowered the worlds
record to min. "a sec. and defeated
Eaton, Mcfarland and Jones.
Russ was the star of the amateur per-
formers of tho evening winning the half.
mile scratch race as he pleased from a
large field. His principal opponent was
Kenna, who fell in his semi-final heat and
could not qualify.
Some good riding was seen in the two
mile open, professional, heats. Stevens of
Iowa won the first heat in a pretty finish
from Hardy Downing, Walter Foster and
Herbert McCrea. The seconI went to
Eaton of Chicago, who beat the local
cracks, the TerriIi brothers. Starbuck,
the Ions. distance champion, Alien of
Spokane, and Wells and Whitman of CAL
ilornia contested the third heat. They
made the two miles In lightning time,
riding the last quarter in 81 seconds.
Wells won by good margin.
Loughead, the Canadian champion,
Dow OF Seattle, Bovee of Texas and Davis
of San Jose rode in the fourth. Loughead
outclassed his field, winning as he
pleased. Allan Jones made good win of
the filth heat, beating Slater of Arizona
and Boyden of Alameda. In the sixth
were Becker. the fve-mile champion,
Morris of Texas, Byrne OF the Imperial
Club and Mcfarland of San Jose. Becker
winning, Morris second. The last eighth
was ridden in 134-5 seconds, record time.
The semi-finaiS were run in mile heats
and the preliminary heats should have
been. The starters in the first semi final
were Stevens, Eaton, Downing and Terrill.
This was pretty race. Eaton jumped to
the front on the fifth lap and started q
long sprint with the others closely follow
ing. Downing held second place until the
last turn when Terriil passed him and al
most nipped out Eaton at the tape.
The riders of the second semi-finals were
Wells, Loughead, Allen and Dow. Allen
Jumped early in the ride, but Loughead
and Wells soon took his measure and fin
ished one, two. They bumped together
on the last tufn. but kept their heads and
did not fall saving the two behind them.
Jones, Mcfarland, and Morris competed
in the third. Jones hardly waited for the
starters gun before he was off like shot,
with the others tagging after him at
goodly clip. They exchanged the pace
setting every other lap till the last and
then sprinted for home. Jones was last,
but cut in on the pole and came home
winner, Mcfarland second.
This brought into the final Jones,
Loughead, Eaton ana Mcfarland. To
make it as fast and interesting as possible
single pacemakers were put in, and the
innovation proved good one. Sullivan
y
lightning fast. The first mile was made
in 2:1445 Here Morris swung in, and
the pace was even hotter than before.
Loughead still held first place be hind the
pacemaker, t. g order being Loughead,
Mcfarland, Jones, Eaton.
The PAGER swung out on the sixth lap,
and then one of the greatest fights ever
seen on a California track took place.
Eaton jumped to tho pole, fighting SIDE by
side with Loughead. Jones came up from
behind with . desperate sprint and
crowded out Mcfarland, but slipped on
the last turn and fell heavily. Loughead
proved the best man of the two leaders,
and won with room to spare, in the re-
markable time of 4:24 worlds record.
To show that he was unhurt Jones re-
mounted his wheel after his fall and rode
it to his dressing-roOm.
The longest event on the programme
was the half mile scratch, amateur, which
on account OF an exceptionally big entry
list had to be divided into nine heats
three semi-finals and a final. The winners
of the heats were: G. A. Wyman, Acme;
T. L. Alborelle. w. S. Bacon, f. F. Russ
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