New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-07
OLD CHAMPIONS GO DOWN
SURPRISES AT THE NATIONAL L. A. w.
RACE MEET.
TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS CAPTURED BY LouGHEAD.
THE cANAprAN-ERTz WINS HoNoRs FOR
NEw-YoRK-BAI.D COOPER, KIsER
AND GARDINER DEFEATED.

rur CANApIAN-ERTZ WINS HoNoRs FOR
xrw.YoRK-BAID. COOPER. KIsER
AND GARDINER DEFEATED.
fny TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
psuoa.l,hia Aug s-Whe the weather was
-.rm and sultry to-day, 1t did not seem to bother
the visiting cyclists who are in attendance at the
National meet OF the League OF American Wheel
men This was the day on which the first Of the
National amateur and professional championships
xerc 20 be fought. and the fast racing men OF the
country have been praying for warm and clear
weather for a month past. The races took place at
Willow Grove Park, pretty suburban resort. and
a better day for the sport has not been this
wear There scarcely breath of wind and the
time made throughout in consequence was excel
lent While the usual number OF tours and recep-
lions were held during the morning and evening,
they were rather sparngly attended to-day, for the
majority OF visitors were Interested in the racting
part OF the programme, as is testified 10 by the at
tendance a; the track. fully sixteen thousand spec
tators being present
AN ENJOYABLE RACE MEET.
The Enclosure where the racing took place would
remind one somewhat OF the football field at SPRING
field. Mass. were il not for the highly banked wood
en- cycle track which encircles the field. The stand
almost incloses the track all four sides. the
grandstsnd and beachers seating about twenty-five
thousand people. One ca n conceive OF the capacity
OF the field when II is known that its seating ca
pac!ty nearly double that OF Manhattan Field. in
New-York. Pretty girls there IN abundance.
the racing OF the best. and probably more
joyab,e meet has never been seen in this country.
The enthusiasm throughout was of the keenest
order
A DAY OF SURPRISES.
So far as the results OF the 90. It was day
OF surprises. as Is frequently the when the
champions OF the country all brought together
for the first time. Bald Cooper. Kiser and Gardi-
ner bowed over in regular order in the pro-
ressiOnal class while Powell and Dawson. the
pride OF the amateurs Of New York did not qualify
in a final
The preliminary heats were started at o'clock In
the morning and with intermssion for lunch
con the sport kept UP until o'clock this after
noon. Many of the spectators went 10 the track IN
the morning and remained there all day. and some
propose 20 repeat the programme tomorrow, fear
Ing that in spite OF the seating capacity OF the
field. they may IOt be able 10 secure seats unless
they early.
LOUGHEAD CARRIES OFF THE HONORS.
champion appeared IN the professional
class to-day in the person Of Fred j. Loughead, OF
sarnia, Ont. Loughead captured both the one-miie
and the quarter mile National championships Not
satisfied with his laurels. ne rode also In the two
mile handicap starting from scratch and finishing
second in a large field. Some persons are OF the
opinion that Loughead beng wns S'
but his manager, David shaffer, says that any pro-
tests on that ground would avail nothirns' as
ySar Loughead had swept everything before him
for the last two years in Canada While he did ex.
See b ~Tf s. T no seneray Considered In the
class with Cooper Kser and BALD as b rec Sa
madam won in such excellent time shoWe iG ms Is
form up 10 that time Now Snafer Is WINE fSr 10
heavy wager and he says that he does not fear the
Re an even faster rider as the season advances
I.ouehead is twenty-one years old hVe teet eleNeh
Inches in nsish IN aP all wf hs Saona
excep; that for five miles. and he may be heard
from again tomorrow.
THE OTHER WINNERS
Major TAYLOR. the colored rider showed up IN
good form in the one-nlle championship. some
naople thinking that he secured second place from
Bald Kiser did not show the speed he had earlier
in the season. Mertens. kiser's team mate won
s sn9 vnfefan Nat Butler Mcfarland the anky
but plucky Californian, won the two-mile handi-
cha ar Ertz Of the Riverside wheelmen, was
TSv S3E Ertz brings 10 Sew-York her first Ma
ona Championship as he GaP b [he Tbe nne
i IF Rq mile dssh for aateurs won by Level
lyn. of Chicago. with w F. H. rearing, OF s,Nn
captured Inc twO-mie handicap. with X Miller;
OF NewYork. second. The riding OF Powell tII ana
These two fast riders have bly, had little TOO
time being Both men expect 10 do better work
tomorrow, $3.50, +, 49, .,,,o ,-,o,s uh,cb
e,ahed and annause The Rochester trplet made
an exhibition third OF mile in 33 seconds fiat.
GARDENERS FAST MILE.
The announcement was made then that Arthur
Gardiner Of Chicago, and J. F. Sarbuck. Of Phila-
dephia, would make an attempt to break the mile
record. held by Hamilton. Further 10 encourage
the riders the management offered 500 II the track
record OF ! As 3-5 was broken by either rider, and
$50 II Hamiltons worlds record Of l3s is was
paced by two quadruplet teams. and he seemed
fairly 10 ny around the Tac son I6 0 hT 5tw woId
record appeared in sight and the onlookers yelied
6Sd sSnG Was 80 no ne 5 the best but tbs did not
seem to discourage Gardiner. The quad ana sihsIe
past see oF the aPers knew hat the
track record had been beaten II NOT the world
f6s Of second behn ID II HaR mi Ras, record but
he also broke the track record starbuck was
go freqGentiy With him in the early part of race
his pace was not of the sort 10 encourage record
george D. Gideon the old chairman an I Of the
and the management throughout was excellent
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
oxE-MrLE PROFESSIONAL
n %3n BY sei fGSd MaoT Tsyor cam5rdsspor ,h
Tme-2:031.
breaking the state competition record Won by foot,
Elk inches between second and third
Weinig and Van Heest were the pacemakers
psjIaNd Iongbead. Newton Kiser Mosher and
Sanger followed in order The{ rode IN ts sT
Moved no 10 Bald who third. On the turn
into the homesiretch Bald was pocketed by New;
,on witch possibly lost him the race Loughead
vas in front and riding well. He won by a foot
paid and TAYLOR finished aligned, and many
tbonoht that the colored had finished second.
The 7Idges however. decided in favor Of Bald.
ONE MlIE-2:O5 CI.AsS-PRoFESSlONAf-
Won by A. G. Mertens, Minneapolis Nat Butler.
Cambridge second; Fred Smms. Washington third;
= Mcfarland San Francisco. fourth
T.me-2:l1.
Becker was the pacemaker. The men rode IN
single file until the last quarter DOC Mcfa
and moved up pulling Mertens along with him. II
was a apital finish Mertens and Butler fought IT
out 20 the wire: Mertens winning by inches. win