The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-08
l. A. W. MEET ENDS
FAB AND AWAY THE GREATEST IN
THE LEAGUES HISTORY.

FAB AND AWAY THE GREATEST II
TIE LEAGUES HISTORY.
Never a Race Meet With Such an Atten
dance Nor Ever such Fine Form ant
Feeling Among the Swift Fellows =
Loughead shows Particularly Fine Worl
But Earl Kiser Lands at the Top, Win
ming the Third-Mile and Mile Profes
sionaI Major Taylor, CoIored, il
no SIouch-worid's Records Broken.
Philadelphia, Aug. THE greatest
race NEE. in the history of American
cycling came 10 an end this evening at
Willow Grove Park, with the eighteenth
annual meet Of the National League Of
American Wheelmen- In attendance
there has never been race meet thaE
has approached it. During the two days
OF racing nearly $4,000 persons witness
I'd the striving Of the cracks from al
PARTS OF the United States, two from
Mexico, and The Canadian crack, Loug-
head, for fame and prizes. Yesterday s
attendance Of 1900 was very nearly
doubled today. with an attendance Of
between $4,000 AMI $1,000 In the par
cular of racing, all the circuit chasers
Showed themselves to be n fine form,
Which resulted in the closest, prettiest
and most strategic competition that has
been witnessed in a long time.
Fred L. Loughead. the Sarnfa, Ont,
lad, who carried off tae honors yester-
day, kept UP his fine work today, but
,irtle Earl Kiser landed on top. winning
the half-mile professional and the great
mile open. professional. A purse Of
s5G9 vas divided among the winners OF
The latter race. Eddie Bald also added
t. mis- reputation. and while no firsts ap-
pear 10 mis- credit, vet his seconds in
the mile open ard the five-mile profess
sional finals were within hairs
breadth Of being firsts. In each and
every race n which he competed, he
displayed remarkable judgment.
Major Taylor, the colored crack, was
"a hot fayorite in the mile open heat,
which was won by him and finished in
good style. For a while it looked as
though ne would be the winner Of the
final, but the others proved too heady
AID fast for him, and the best the Major
could do was to land very close fourth.
Among the amateurs there was much
go1d racing, and Peabody, Eddie Lew
cling and Charles VI. Ertz put UP the
finest exhibition. In most Of the anna
teur events the riding was close and in |
y,.,r -ro-.
evidence OF loafing.
After the scheduled events had been |
run off Fred Schade. the Virginia anna
teur, succeeded in breaking the worlds |
record for one-third Of a mile. Schade |
was paced by two quads. and got away |
beautifully. He Rugged the quads /
closely and finished in a terrific pace in
;32 As seconds. lowering Porter's record /
OF "a IA seconds. made in 1894. In addi-
ton TO this, there were a number of
trials at the worlds record for one mile
amateur. and professional Church
covered the three laps in 1:43 80, and
but for the second pacing teams slow
ness would have chopped at two sec
onds off the time he made. Major Tay-
Tor had the next try. With quad and
triplet as pacemakers. The major
crossed the tape in 1:45 3-5.
Johnny Zimmerman rode an exhibit
ton half-mile in :53 % seconds. and
Arthur Gardiner. paced by quads. did
mile in 1:44. THIS brought the raci. %
a close
Tonight the wheelmen own the town,
erybody is wearing big L. A w. en-
tle-nS and the more enthusiastic hicy-
,iists are literally covered with all kin is
u badges. All the bicycle clubs. man,
1eTs Of TIE association, are keeping open
house tonight
Tomorrow morning there will be a big
an 10 Atlantic City, a distance of sixty
niles from Philadelphia. The start will
'e made from this city at a m in the
irGt section and the second section will :
ea"a al : a. m. 1t is expected that
sbout 1908 wheelmen will take part.
Philadelphia, Aug. What veteran
vneelmen unhesitatingly pronounce to
e the most successful race meeting
yer held in this country. closed this af-
ernoon at Willow Grove. Yesterdays
aces only served as an appetizer for
he enthusiastic oicycier and il was pre-
hcted by many Of the riders who took
art in the events that not only the
tate records but national records as :
reh would be lowered.
The gay opened more auspiciously. I.
ucE thing be possible. than yester-
az. There was just enough breeze to l
lake life worth living, but not enough
. rc;ard the progress Of the racers.
There were no small runs scheduled :
Or tins morning, the stellar attraction
cling tho push to Willow Grove. which
as on the program for S O'clock. At |
hat hour The condition Of Broad street :