, 1897-09-07
CHEYENNE BICYCLE MEET.
Carried Off Almost Every
thing.

Cheyenne, Wyo.. Sept. 6.-The Labor
Day race meet OF the Knickerbocker
Wheel club OF Cheyenne held this after
noon was one Of the most successful race
vents ever given here. The meet was
attended by w. |. Do.y Of the national
racing board and other Denver Wheel
msn. who were extremely well Pleased
win the days sport. The vents were
az follows:
Oae mile amateur, novice, paced
Chas, Bailey, frs; Ed Jordan, second;
W. A. Pearson, third. Time-2:15.
State championship. n mile. ANA
teur-G. NJ. King. first: Robert Smith.
second: Charles Bailey. third. Time
Ell Is, beating last years record OF
2:2O.
One mile, amateur, boys OF 16 and
under-James S. Merrill. first: Orville
Rich, second: Gene Corey, third. Time
-2:52 Is. No time limit had been
placed and the boys jockeyed in profess
sional style.
One-fourth mile open. amateur-Ed
Glenn, first: H. Sumption. second: John
Green. third. Time-2:28 As.
Club handicap, cne and a half miles
Elmer Lane GOO yards). first; Harry
Hay (scratch) second; Bert johnson
(scratch). third. Time-3:41 is.
One-half mile open, amateur-W. A.
Himstreet, first; Robert Smith, second;
G. NJ. King. third. Time-1:O4 Is.
Exhibition half mile-John Green to
beat one minute. Time-0:5 50 2-5. Pac-
ed by Rich and Glenn en- tandem.
Five mile handicap open. amateur, II
starters. 500 yards limit-W. A. Him
street (scratch). first; Thomas Mcclure
$500 yards) second; Andrew Swanson
(25o yards), third. Time-12:26.
II was after the Monocacy got out of
ms dly-dock at Nagaski, writes Charles
D. Amy N the Chicago Times Herald,
AZ. she was bearing General Foote, the
newly appointed and first American
minister 20 Korea, Mrs. Foote, and the
minister's family to %Janchuan. the sea-
port o. Seoul. the capital of Korea. She
was midway between the japanese ISL
anis and the Korean peninsula. 1t was a
perfectly calm day, with a sea as smooth
as a mirror. General and Mrs. Foote
were on the hurricane deck, where the
awning made life worth living. The
man at the wheel wondered what vas
he matter. The needle on the compass
was bobbing from N. N. E. to w. S. f,
Y L. The officer of the deck looked at
the compass in the chart-room, and 1t
was vaccilating between E. y E. and
w. Y N. In 10 minutes the Monocacy
was headed Tor ~Spitzbergen, Swallow,
Cape Town. San Francisco. and Lima,
and she hadn't gone 10 fathoms. Men
were ordered here and there from the
s.arbcard forward coal bunker TO the
bCCby hatch to look for the cause OF the
Monocacy's latest antic. Finally the
thing floating two points off the lee
bow. Before his voice could reach the
officer of the deck, the floating object
was dead astern, and about a mile as the
seXtant would figure. After waddling
like a duck around that shiny sea for
two hours, the Monocacy go in hailing
distance Of the floating object. 1t was
her rudder.
The king Of Siam is not as yet a
Shakespearean scholar. On the recen,
occasion OF his visit to Denmark, he ac-
companied the Crown Prince Frederick
to Helsingfors and was duly conducted
to the grave Of Hamlet Prince Of Den.
mark. Here he took of his hat and stood
for a moment in reverential silence.
Then. turning to the crown prince. he
said, with deep sympathy: "A relation
of your royal highness, I presume. Has
he been long dead!"