The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-11
GOOD RACING 1T TACOMA.
Former the Ffye-Mile Handicap
and Match Rare-Track Was In
MA shane and the Time slew.

npsdal Dispatch to the Post-fntsligencer.
TACOMA July g9.-The bicycle race NET
he.d here sodsy under the auspices OF SIe
1acsusA Cycle Racing Association vas q
ascicsS success as 10 the performances OK
Rstr9ss In the several c.eHsg. The best
nee OF The dag was the amateur ufye-il-e
1ren. with a srspiet as pace setter t"e-
CT. the Tacoma fast oDe. won the i've
usi.s aaadScA2. and DoS ming was VICTOR IN
Dc one-a..s open II the nsateh To- 1o<
me mile between Cotter and Downing. the
Tacoma rider won. doing fae nile 80.
Tie attendance was fairly large, and ndcn
hteresst was SHOWN. In the professional
Gysnts In particular.
The frat event oG the card was one
mile open for uoyices. the entries oeiag
Conner. Of Palmer, Elliott, OF 1sconA'
Elmer o. Tacoma. and Walton o. era
AR. Elliott won the race, WITH Eizner
second. Time. sl2.
The second attraction Oh TIE caro- was
DE- fiys-uiIe professional. with coster ana
B.-egrer of Tacoma. and Downing, OF san
1o~e entered The start was fair ana tiie
Nso got away from the scratch with BEG
msr In the lead, Costsr trailing him esoso-
b. and Downing In third place. or zap
sste- lap this remained the relative posi-
0ons Of the riders. and the last zap OF tse
fpur-nlsle mark was finished in the saIfie
~r began 10 push Beener, and after the
1xss eighth a fast clip was forced onto
~ big TacoHsan. Bseaner Seid the ieAo
untfl zae stretch WAS reached, snd tHeh
cotter forged ahead with Downing Gloss
n chase The sYurt Oh the stretch Was
Beautiful exhibition OF speed. with Coeaef
about two lengths IN the lead ana DOWN.
Hg doing his best to oysraaua the racer.
In the stretch geemer kept length or
uwo behind Downing and when about haR
way 70 the string did ais best 10 run out
the finish. With Downing crowding him.
Coiter let out his best clip. and the nnisa
Vas close enough TO De exciting. WAN Cox
Or about q wheel ahead OF Downing ana
Bee:nar pushing the pair In the hope OF
second place The race was run In Ii MN
utss seconds.
Amateurs only took part In the one-fni:e
open in heats. the final being paced with
q tripies Conner, Thayer. stone, .iarsi.
Harold f.lxncre. Walton and Dow were
the starters The first heat WAS run be-
tween Conner, Thayer. schone and Marsh.
Schone took first place. with Marsh sec
ond in Las. Dow. of Tacoma. wen the
sccend heat. wath Harold. Of Olympia,
second. Time. 2:ts 2-a.
In the nnal, Schone Dow. Harold and
Marsh were the contestants. Dow was
30 as=t to catch the tripiet that paced
the last heat. and held his place TO the
finish Harold beat out Schone for sec
ona passing him In the stretch. although
Schone bad an apparent safe lead Inc
tire OF the last heat was minutes Z
seconds
The boys race for ore mile was won by
Chesney of Tacoma. and following came
tfia one-rnlie open for professionals. Cot
o.. Downing and Bsemer were the start
ess Beemer set tho pace for the first
lap. and in the second Cotter rode side
by eide with him, Downing trailing closely
behind In the final lap Downing called
OF bts reserve speed and overhsuled the
leaders at the head Of the stretch. The
sprint 10 the tape was pretty one.
Downing holding his lead and winning by
about three wheel lengths. with Cotter
second and Beemer al the tail end. The
Nine fer thix mile was minutes u 20
seconds.
Tho twe-rnlie open tandem race had bat
two entries. Green and Dow OF Tacoma
mounted one wheel and Fuller and Nc
Masters OF Tacoma the second wheel.
The two crews divided honors In setting
the pace. one taking the lead on one lap
and giving way 20 the other the next
lap In the fual lap Dow and Green
pulled away from their opponents and
held the lead e. the finish. doing the two
miles in minutes 30 seconds.
A match race for one mile between the
Tacoma and San jose riders WAS the card
OF the day cotter and Downing lined
up for the event in apparently good form
and got away In first-class style 1t
VAS u case OF side hy~side work all the
way around the track. \ small blanket
would have covered the two riders until
the stretch was reached. and there cottsr
begun IL pnll away from ais opponent
Cettsr got a lead OF probably ten inches.
and although Downing pumped 20 win he
could Dot eat down the Tacoma boys
lead. AZ bTesk-ueck pace the pair COW
cred the stretch practically alongside each
other each rider doing hts best 10 he
agst AT the fluifh. Cattcr did not seem TO
be able 90 keep his lead and Downing
WIS kept busy keeping where he hal been
put w the spurt In tbs head % the strrtch
In this position the twa finished. Downing
not mare than one fHot hehina Cotter, and
both speeding ~ A rate only possible in
q hot auish. The aaile vas made IN :
minutes - seconds
The track was uot as fast "a had been
hoped FOR. In cleaning the weeds from
II thu surface had been broken In places
end the result was soIt spots here and
there
The offcsss 90 the DAY were; Referee.
J.. x. NbeVl@r: timers ". \ NcNseiay
and Mort Howe. starter T. + libby
clerks os course. y. 8 Bureomhe and T..
Matthews: 3n4geg r. T Hsissead. George
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