The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
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The tlrst Stamp bicycle race meet was,
,.cn yesterday afternoon on tho state.
ar grounds track. and unfortunately
m the future OF the sport in this viclnl-
w the attendance was dlscouraglngly
small, not more than 400 people being
sn,en., No doubt the spectacular at
traction OF the ''Immunes" leaving Cor
me south detracted from the size OF the
crowd. The sport was good and in near.
" every race the finish was close and
exciting. George Banker. the famous
pittsburgh professional attempted to
trrak the mile track record made by,
Arthur Zimmerman, $50 1-5, hut poor
cmrgo Of pace By the tandens made .he
breaklng OF tho record Impossible, Tho.
fine vas 2:0i fat. Sis /. Z, IS. ~ -
"a 4 summary of the events was as fol-
lows:
One milo Observation-Disclosures, first;
Hunkel, second; Krupps. third Time,
,32l-5. Referee Stevenson placed a
lime limit OF 2:25 on this race, and rs |.
was not even closely approached It was
declared no contest. s' . 80
One-half mile amateurs-First HEAT,
r. A, Brlant. first: Carroll Z Beatty,
second: II. +. Berry. third. Time, 1:l9.
Second heat, p. ]. McLain. first; W. r.
Ianam second: Alfred Kaufman, third.
time. lis. In the first heat, the, colorcd
rider, Crawford, OF WellsDurg. maai
pace for the field until passed on the last
eighth. Here both Briant and Beatty
Jumped out and made q pretty squirt for
the place, Briant winning by half q
wheels length. Berry was close up !n
third place. These three men qualified
Tor the final. In the second heat, Lam
am went out from the bunch just before
the last quarter was entered and ses a
merry pace for the field. The ex-B Bridge
porter rode well but was caught a hun
bred feet from the tape by McLain, who
finished In first place, to Lanam's sec!
oni hair breadth ahead OF Kaufman.
The final was then run, and the contest
ants finished In this order: McLain, first;
Kaufman, second. Lanam,I third. Tine,
li9. Not having approached the time
limit OF lis. this race, too, was declared
no contest by the officials. e.
Multiple race, professional, one mile.
Baker and Walters, OF Pittsburgh, on
the tandem, won from Dech, Kunkel
ssd Barbee who were on single ma
chimes. 1t was an easy victory for the
double machine, which passed the sin
giles half mile from the finish. Barbee
made desperate effort to scud in be-.
hind the tandem for a PAGER but the
Pitts5urghers put on steam and the.coa-
It's: was decided then and there, the SIM
gles giving up. The time was 2:l3.
Pursuit race, amateur-Briant, Nc
Lain, kaufman. Beatty, Bell Lanani.
Freiderlchs. Swan, Albright and Plever
started. One by one men were passed
until finally the contest narrowed down
10 Lanam, Kaufman, Briant and Bell.
or the quartette, Bell was the first to
eire up and he was shortly followed by
Briant, leaving Lanam and Kaufman TO
fight It out. The men had ridden twelve
miles at a fast clip and the two were
nearly q quarter OF a mile apart when
Kaufman suddenly raised his hands ac
no passed the stand and quit, leaving
Lanam sole contestant and winner. The
Bridgeport boy was heartily applauded
By the audience.
Two mile handicap, professional
Krupps, first; Barbee, second; Kunkel.
third: Walters, fourth. Time, sos. The
finish between Krupps and Barbee. OF
Wheeling. for the win was very close
and exciting.
Five mile handicap, aDateur-Mc-
Lain, first; Kaufman, second; Bal.er.
third; Beatty, fourth. Time. 1881.