New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15
CYCLING AT THE BEACH.
THE RACE MEET OF THE SOUTH BROOK
LYN WIIEELMEN.
IJOrGIIEADs FIRST APPEARANCE AS LOCAL.
RTDER-HTGH WINDS AND FINE RACING. But
MANY FAfJS-IOrGHEAD. SEE. BAR

MANY FAfLS-IOrGHEAD. SEE. Ban
COCK. JENNY. MILLER. RIGHT
AND JONES TIE WINNERS.
While most OF the people OF New-York were swell
tering in the heat yesterday afternoon, the spec
tators at the Manhattan Beach truck were enjoy
Ing a delightful breeze. which swept over the In
closure. and kept the onookcrs In excellent hunor
While the breczes were a pleasant adjunct to The
onlookers. the poor riders. who had to race the
blasts on the homestretch were anything but
happy. In such wind AZ that which blew over
the track yesterday rccord-breaking was out OF
the question. STILL the sport was excellent through
ont and the time made was good under the cir
cumstances.
II was the second annual meet Of the South
Brooklyn Wheelmen. and the fine programme de-
served q much better attendance. Probably TWO
thousand people were present, and these who made
the long Journey well repaid for their trouble
The entry list was heavy, yet the races were run
off promptly. and the last contest OF speed was
over In good season for the onlookers and con-
testants to reach their homes In time for dinner
f. j. Loughead made his first appearance az n
local rider In the coors OF the Quill Club Wheel
men. He beaten. as were all the back-mark
mer In the one-mile handicap. the race going 10
F. j. Jenny. of Utica Major Taylor, the colored
rider finished nth. Loughead easing up when he
found that he could not win.
The two-thitds- OF ii mile open race for profess
Ioughead and Mcfarland won their respective
heats, and the final was expected to furnish stir
ring contest Henshaw was put In 10 pace and the
little colored rider the first to catch Henshaws
wheel after the pistol report had died away. There
was little jockeying for places in the first lap.
Passing the stand the order Taylor, Stevens
and Ioughead, with the others following in Indian
file. Iienshaw dropped out on the backstretch. and
Taylor Loughead and Stevens forged 10 the front.
The coored man was In bad place on the last
turn. or he might have been closer to the winner
at the finish Loughead full Of speed In the
stretch. and. coming on. he won as he pleased by
three lengths. Taylor made up LOT Of ground In
the last hundred yards and finished second while
the next three were only few inches apart. Titus
placed third. Sanger fourth. and Stevens fifth.
The actors race. between Walter Jones and Ed
ward Roadway the winner of the recent actors
championship at Manhattan Field. was not the
humorous feature expected. Both we're regulation
racing suits and each adopted racing tactics about
setting pace. Redway insisted upon hanging 10
Jones's wheel and he hung there until the final
sprint, where Jones got away and won as he
pleased In slow time 1t is difficult task for peo-
pie TO see humor In mile a bicycle done
IN 256
The final heat In the two-mile handicap for ANA
tours furnished a spirited battle down the stretch
between T. w. RIGHT and r. A. Miller The latter
wabbed all over the track. and. while he finished
good length before RIGHT. he was disqualified for
Interference The decision a popular one.
While there was doubt whether RIGHT could have
won or not he certainly was mterfered with when
he tried 10 pass Miller.
lie Roy See. the champion boy skater. made his
debut as racer. and captured the half-mile novice
without much trouble The little fellow won by
length and "A half and he could have made II three
lengths If he had been pushed earlier In the sprint
.. V. Babcock. OF the Harlem Wheemen captured
the one-mlle open. with Miller second and A. NJ
Curtis Of Merlden. third. Miller and Babcock had
tIo tla
other teams not dangerous at any time.
lie Roy See paced by the Juvenile triple team.
rode f-mile exhibition in l:05. There were sev-
eral bad falls in the course Of the day, but Joseph
Harrison of Asbury Park. was the only rider who
was severely injured Harrison had his collarbone
fractured. and he had 10 he attended by ply
sican. The unfortunate rider had Just recoveied
from broken arm rscryed the last time he rI pSb
TO the track Is stlll In almost unreliable condition
and the opinion was generally expressed that the
state ought TO be called 10 account in short order II
Is city Works Commissioner Williss duty to gee TO 1t
that the trolley companies put this road in the con
diton they found I'm when they tore 1t up to lay
The officials of the meet were as follows: Referee
A. G. Ba,chelder official handicapper New,fork
ham. Kings County Wheemen; william r. Pit
mann. member New York State Racing, Board; John
H. H. +: Neefns member ew-Jfrssy stais Racing
N2sr and rmsw N" ERa s%&
New.York STATE Division L. p A. " , Gso{se "
yer Wheel Club william II Nash. South Brooklyn
W9eomsn 6 %H, SoGt9 hFo afE,c WhG Sh
Scorers-D b. Van Week, Kings County Wheel
men; waldo Z, Fuller Brooklyn Bicycle Cub;
Star.er-samuel D. See. South Brooklyn Wheelmen.
Clerk OF the course-J. Frank Borlani, Brooklyn
mEGe cpg d W ' Brna @u club Wheemen
H. Penn;on I9g'h BE s pr Waie
Wheelmen. Official reporter-oieorse A. Barton.
Brooklyn.
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81 Barthoomew; Henry Kraft. Hobo Cycle club second.
SeSnd heat won %- by lie Roy e south
TSTd beat; Won S'A h'oSS" hoa SSGHa
cus second % Fourth f heat H %Sn by BST
B fF sn'sb So second Tm ag Firm s saa
won by Frank tsyers Csnal Cycle cub Ghasles iinin
FINAL HEAT.
IL Roy See South Brooklyn Wheemen. ...............
Frederick Levers Central Cycle club
Time-i:is
Won by a length md n half half a length between
second and third.
s M' Ss5ssn hes won By M De wn
;Sld T%s :..,. ssScaa hSs! 3 l. MsIsi.
a; secona l. Iesee, South Brookyn wheelmcn.
Hutcheon, W,ndsor Terrace wheelmea; r. A. Miller
Gr@snw s,,s s1 h11 lNe Port Rich
by o. Y. Rabcock. Harlem Wheelmen p. 4. Raw
charles T.
Earl. Kings County Wheelmen. third Time 2.22
FINAL HEAT.
o. V. Babcock. Harlem Wheelmen .................. |
r. 4 Miller Greenwich wheelmen. ................... .
Time-2:2yys.
Won by length and half a length between second
and third
Mile handicap tprofessonal-First heat won by G. NJ
Murphy Brooklyn 40 yards): Frederick J I.ouehaad
gull cub wheelmsn t'erstcS. second; q. Is Smith.
York 80 yards. fourth; l. r. I~nerson Asbury Park
80 YARDS NTH. Time-2:i3ts Second heat won nv
Major Taylor. CambriiReport U5 yards); Sutphen
Newark as yards, second W X. Sbley south nrook
yn Wheelmen n5O YARDS. third; a. Lee. Cohors 80
Yards fourth; r; A Mcfarland San Jose scratch
BOSTON 30 yardsl; w Pierce. Boston 80 yardsl