New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-09
CYCLING AT THE GARDEN
THE FRENCH TANDEM TEAM WINS A
FAST PURSUIT RACE

e2ORTSN.NL1EF ENGLISH RIDERS MAKE COOP
IMPRESSION. But ARE NOT As FAST As THE.
FLYING FRENcHMrN-POOR TINE IN THE
SHORT CoNTEsTs-A FINE EXHIBI
BITIoN MILE RY GOvGOULrz
The absence If Jimmie" Michael. the unheaten
evcline champion. and the system o. paced racing
which ne introduced into this country. was resQon-
.ih,e Cor a comparatively small attendance at the
indoor bicycle meet at Madison Square Garden last
nigh: The programme was an attractive one
crrh acing q nile open race for proiess'ohais'
quarter mic open FOR amateurs ana pursuit races
Cor both prosessionals and amateurs This last
feature was nv FAR the most popular and some
excirirg contests were witnessed. this oe'ns -
pecialv true OF the professional race. IN "niD'
.ear,s represent'ng America. France ana h'N'0'N
took part ouo,,,.v
To professional pursuit race drew out 1ous'ui'~
and iamberiack Of France. ana ffe" Nus rn
Mar Rutler as contestants in the first heat. Inc
Frenchren were attired in bright req SUNS anu
they vent 50 f1s, IN their trips around 'he e'P'
tha, their passage resembled streak OF ie' p"'''
Titus and h,s mate were never in the race from
the start and The victory FOR me roreiS"e'9 "'
O hoIov- one In the second heat, Teddy Hood-
man and JAY Eaton represented America anu "
ford and Wheelock England This was INC 's
race in which the Englishmen have taken par ~
this country and they made a most faNofaole I'M
preston not only because % their ao"iii "0e
riding bu, a,so bv their generosity and sportsman
ship In the fourth lap the chain on the machine
ridden by the Americans broke ana '"eS -
forced 10 stop The Englishmen had oeeh ee'"''e
ground and according the rules. they were
.,.,,i.d % tina decision However. they waived
their rights and offered their opponents another
chance and the offer was accepted. III INC ''~'
trial the Englishmen won handy IN 10y
over mile and three-QuartSrs IN 80 80 A
foreign teams then took part IN we hnaI "e, CO
both had supporters in plenty. The Engnshl"e'
seemed 70 be favored by most OF the knowing ones
but as on many other occasions. the ta.e'' was
sadlv wrong The Frenchmen dsrted of from the
start and rode Ike pair Of red devils rs one
OF the spectators remarked. catching their rNals
IN eight and one-han laps in l:5S SO
Amateur team pursuit racing. which was 'n'lo-
duced here by the Quill Club Wheelmen al the
Manhattan Beach track last September proven ~
be az popular as ever last night. The race was
run in heats all of which We're well contested "'
third in which the South BROOKLYN Nhee'men VIZ
pit,ed against the Riverside Wheeimen. pelhs
particularly good race. De MARITIME OF the n'ooA
lyn team gave out. and Losee puckily carried Ms
oppoDents around for nearly three ana three-qoaI-
ters miles when ne fell. thereby losing the race
In the first heat Of the semi finals. the Riverslae
Wheemens team defeated the Long Island team
after a hot chase OF mile and two-hI'hs' III
which strategy cut fully as much figure as iasl
riding Schofed Of the Long Island team essaSeo
TO steal away from his partner and FOOL the river
sides but the latter knew the trick pretty well
and when Schohed had begun 10 lose ground
Kramer ran away from his mate and captured the
heat In the second semi-hnal the Harlem wheel
mems team PADDOCK and Darrant overlook The
Greenwich Nheelmens team after one and one-haIt
miles in 336 10 The final was won by the Har-
Low, Ubcernen's team in a mile and fifth in 2:3a
The ouarter-rnile dash for amateurs brought an
indifferent lot Of riders though several well-known
racing men were entered. Bad riding was the feat
ura az The race although the falls expected did not
occur The time was uniformly SLOW ana II W !, haG
moi been for the appearance on the moor or waiter
LyOne Of 26 hI1g ISanf nseaS of bah
robe interest would have Jagged wofully. and the
s sRRook on he was found to atred
in a bright yellow suit. which made him pariicu-
larry conspicuous. especially az he was beaten on!
The paced exhibition nile by Edouard Taylore,
Of France was a splendid piece Of work. Taylore
had az paeemakers Gougoitz ana Larn3eF!a ASK
sturdy little Frenchman stuck % his pace IKE a
and covered 4e dS liza ice, liz v wf dons
in 81 30 seconds The track vas ten laps TO the
mile
These summaries show the details of the races:
Mile open GrofessionsD-Frst heat wen by = j.
TITUS New-York Fred Hoyt. sprngneld second TIT
M Bu sfoOf eea5 . second me-22 mira 6ea;
HGa 0S ec6a a Fourth heat Won BY
T gisss S'"'-hn'l won by F. '''o'"'"' lime
! A EewhogWss Rqsi0.
Earl Stevens. Buffalo
Tme-2Ios
Won BY hat length; same distance between second
dasn .6ssa hf ses, w" Won x By YETI
kramer Newark Tims-o34 Third heat Won ~ w,
heat won BY Albert Braoanee BToohyn TIT TIM 5e
66is7 ski Seat Won fy O. V Raboock Harlem Wheel
men Tine-o38~ seyenth hes Won ny n y Beae Ill.,
George scoael Rrhnona HI. Tine 88a Sem. hnais
Tirne-o.SSS Second heat Won by George scohed. H. Y
pedel second Time 1874.
FINAL HEAT
L. Kramer. Newark
George s'oaed Rcn4 49@s Esq.,
Won BY three lengths; length between second and
pursuit raoFrs, seq Won by G9Sso n. ana
Dstanee-One mile T"emi % Second hest w9n by
Amerse. second. Dis,anoe-Ons mile and seven laps.
''"'e FINAL HEAT
Gougoitz ana Iamberjack. France ................'
Tuf2: and The19e and eng dsa laps Time ss
me Frenchmen gained from the start and tho English
s T mere as r sst' insy ep nae hsa Voa by
ossaTe tH1 w I,ga Thn s sa4 ana sh
ssad DsanSem9a laps Tms2 ,l i
sooRa f Bf5w NON an3 Thonas Amt second pance
!? lap: 4 IosheT and sT' u Krsme s9oh
BTochyn wsset3 Lao: 4se SO rr H'i bda,
Won by Harlem wheelmeh. Q. v. Babcock and Georre
VEN s,esnstre secon. De'ance-7. iiPs Time,
i:59 sern-nnai-Firs, heat won ~ Riverside Wheel
by Har,era Wneeulsa pistance-15 laps. Time 3S61o
FINAL HEAT
aasSs AZ. Az feis Kans Whsa
D.stance-iOi1 laps Time -2:SS
CHAIRMAN MOTIFS REPORT FOR 1897.
HIS WORK DOUBLED IN THE LAST YBAR-GRIaAT
FUTURE FOR MIDDLE DISTANCE CYCLING
Baltimore Jan. DISQUALIFICATION Mott Of
the Racing Board OF the League OF American
Wheelmen has just completed his records and re-