New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-21
CYCLING.
nrcvr1p DAY AT THE suNEoLA FAIR
,xNovAT1oN REGARDED AS MAHAHD o''
crss-AMArEuE AND PROFESSIONAL



crss-AMArEuR AND PROFESSIONAL
CONTESTS.
II was Bicycle Day at the Mineo'a az, ,.,,,,-
.,nder tho auspices OF the Queens county
tural Society, yesterday and the inho''''o" ,,o-
) ,,ardod as an emphatic success ny tne ~. ..L
" o,h.r years one day had been devoted 10 'la0h
co,,sg,e and as 4 general thing only ABOUT ons
land sometimes two bicycle races were eauu"' 81.
IN between the ;rotting contests iH'S ~ -
management decided to arrange "A pros'@il,no 49,.
.,v.i-e, ~ hicvcle races only and The schene NC
with such success from the riders th'V 0''e "a
largest attenlsnces seen IN n Ions uiis '1raost
rho entry list IA addition, was one OF ''ie ."
10 The wear Between the races there "eie -
hl5ltlons OF fancy and trick riding "H'"
70 alnuse the natives immensely . ..
when "Rubo" Shields rode down tho Steps %
.so c~andstand the country maidens flushed UP
ana proceeded 10 get ready TO shrek. Before "ey
ia v,u however "gubo" had sailed Gown Wv
stops safely on his wheel. and no was on ~"
ground bowirg his Acknowledgements 70 'ne ~
tators. A ooored man named Miner M Az tba
the tramp cyclist and dd his work We'll All .ro
rr,+tv Girls from the surrounding country VIC
present many going 20 the grouhos on .heH 49,
The prize pigs pumpkin squnshes ana ue ,,-s
catchpenny devices usually seen at county 90
had for once an OF day Everybody ~an,e1 "
witness tho bicycle races ana 'hoy P'i" '''
tention to ANYTHING else. -.
In the professional races Oscar Heosuon' u
BROOKLYN mad field day, capturing oo'h Oo
tests after spirited battles UP the stretch "aro1-
ner arrived TOO late TO take part IN lhe 'lIS'
md WAS raid tnat Soma ~ the other ridors noto
,rr tba+ Gardiner was not at the track. had pre-
vared upon the management 10 run on NE hsd-
mile professional race ne ITss woua be- left out
Fourth was the best that Gardner couid 90 Ill 'n'
mile race. - .,ro ,ro, ny Dink Jack
son. Jourdan Cornehds b T. Allen M Be Cs The
BY n26s 2ad o oGe II The best
son OF the thirteen teams tnsI So o,i,nbar The
pair TOOK the lead IN the Ia lest ap S
although closely pushed they nei h KG,sS Comfy
Wbeeroen MADE successful effort TO establish ma
record for ne raeh n;. fa IN 9Ns Is The best
previous record S MaS 2 nSs ths hafms was
sehoaSd got re D iaa ' ha SoweveT fast
SUMMARIES.
ns,.-nus tnov4ce>-won by Franlu Reyncis EI 81
sys pnk S 5Ss''4R sui?il5 Ton by :nsh'
length between SECOND n end NIT se.n year. Of
by n ioaf5sn ST SSs' He S;o S1s4
;S93 4 Ps, sSsSn' Won n0 y lengths length be-
ssd b snS (protessionswon by Oscar He'd
s s fsSaa d s;'i Sy an H' sasA
.fs zsFas M emerson Ni91'f0Ss g.
y ys"i mira Tme2e. Won by length h'H
ispgsS sw s san sieSpd Sna nr}
HausTan NsHaven t.eraSs IL sAsons seaS Won by
~ u Co',stt New-Haven (scratch) J H. ForSeI GTss
eh Wheeimen go ysrdsl. second ySssSp,s., Iso
Tsrds T. Alien Harlem Wheeln'en c2 yafa n Ses?
ors ,,ns-i:Ofis. Fourth heat won oy Ndii lew
rand Prospect weslmen go yardsl b q Af9 :.S hsa;
VIZ IN, " Dxdel Lynbrook go yards): O. y HoTen
lawrence (eo yards. second: Tmel COR ihpI G,o,
~ ~, " r Allen: Z. c Iarsnsn, second: -, n Noi-
lett. t5,rd Timo-i:o4 Won by six inches; han enS
"s TwoenS 3anacap an1steuwon BY 5,asil Ly1
a,rtox Ill. ,arlO H. Hammer. Hempstead tto Ss Tt
se955 r. j. Merker; brooklyn go YARDS thru line
..2% Won by half length; same distance IT, a
s.cond and third. The scratch men 'oaieo AnN "'' ~
the front. , >....,x, xyo, bv p c.
ltIsnsmsn and G. ". Colleu New-HaVen lsc'erSr, W.
Van Nostrand and 2 A. Num- Kings COMFY IH,s
ff75 vardsI second w Weeks. 1r. and v" a. "a Due s
roo snrinr 40 yards) third Thne-4II% won Dy i4'o
xsrGs. two yards between second ana tAro'