The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-07
BILMARTIN BOWS
Takes a First at CyClOnere in
DaSling Style.
THERE WAS FINE SPORT
Crack Professionals Get Fooled.
Markmen Leave Them in a Han
dicap-ReCord Triais--The Next.

Bicycle racing in Honolulu has come
to stay. The enthusiasm shown at
Cyclomere Park last Saturday night
would seem to give good proof of this
The crowds have been large from the
very beginning and while that of Sat
.urday was not as large as upon some
previous occasions it was by 40 means
what one would call small. The boxes
were all filled, some to overhoWing.
The races were very good The anna
teurs are doing better work right along
and are making time that tie pvofes-
sionals would do we'll to equal. Nigel
Jackson who was competitor in the
mile handicap professional, is the first
to break away from the ranks of the
amateurs and it is likely that others
will follow soon the lead taken by him
Nigel says that there is more money in
professional riding and started out
very we'll by winning third place.
In the list of the amateur riders, H.
Giles, A. Giles, Treadway, Ludloff,
Cowes, Gilman, king, Damon and
Eakin, showed up in excellent shape.
The riding of Treadway in the final
of the mile handicap was a surpriser.
He rode in excellent form and his
squirt was one of the kind read about.
In this same race, Gilman fouled A.
Giles, and had a bad fall as a result.
Although scratched badly enough to
require the assistance of DR.. Garvin,
he was game to go out upon the
track again and ride in the half mile.
The professional races, particularly
the mile open, were the most exciting
of that class that have ever been riden
on Cyclomere track. Bilmartin is
wonder and by a great kangaroo squirt,
he succeeded in jumping the bunch at
the finish, crossing the line like an
arrow. One looking at him would say
that ne does not ride in good form
but after seeing him in a race or two
they Will surely have an after thought
to the effect that he gets there Just
the same. Bilmartin is one great big
bunch Of muscles brought into excel
lent and systematic service by hard
| and persistent training Bilmartin
won the crowd and has now establish
ed himself as favorite with the peo-
ter than a good hot bicycle race. When
he came from his quarters after the
| great race, he wore lei of pink car
nations.
In order to gain an idea of how the
| races went on Saturday night, the fol-
lowing resume of them is give:
Mile handicap, amateur. First heat
! Before the end of the first lap, Damon,
the scratch man, caught up with the
| bunch consisting Of A. Giles, Eakin
| and Gilman and Halstead. He kept
with them until the finish when Giles
| picked up and walked away from them
all on a fine spurt Gilman won sec
ond and Treadway third. Time, 2:33
| 2-5.
Second heath. Giles caught the
| bunch. consisting of King, Cornwen,
| Ludloff and Cowes, before they had
made half the first lap, but on the last
| lap, Ludloff made a squirt from a
position almost opposite the judges
stand and won first place. Cowes took
second and Cornwell third. Time, Pal
3-5
Final heat-Treadway came in first
| in fine shape. LudlOff second and
Cowes third Gilman fell. Time, 2:37
As.
Mile open, professional. One heat
Entries: Terrill, Jones, Martin, Whit
man, Sylvester, Johnson and Bilmar-
tin. In this race, George Martin start
: ed out in the lead while Bilmartin
preferred to take the very last place
Here he hung until the final squirt
when he came up on his opponents
and at the finish fairly jumped over
the line, surprising every one. 1t was
thought that on account Of the very
little training he has been able to get
in during his stay in this place and
also on account of the fact that he
has done no riding for over foul
months, he would hardly be able tc
make much of a showing. When he
jumped in ahead of Terrill, a mighty
cheer arose from the audience and
cries for 'Rill" were heard on al
sides. When he returned in front Of
the grandstand, he was given an ova.
ton Terrill won second place anG
Jones third. Time, 2:31.
Mile handicap, professional. En-
|, tries: Jones, Terrill and Bilmartin
scratch; George Martin, 20 yards
| Whitman, 40 yards; Sylvester. 81
) yards; Johnson, so yards and Nige
Jackson, 100 yards. Jackson started
off with a very warm pace but wa:
unable to keep it up. Johnson wa: