The times., 1898-08-18
TITUS THE WINNER.
Oyertakes CounseIman and Wilson
in Less Than Five Miles


The twelfth weekly race meet of the
Park Bicycle Club at the track on the
Conduit Road last night was attended by
small crowd. far out of proportion 70
the excellence of the sport on the pro-
gram.
The first event was the two-miIe han
dicap, professional, in which the entrants
were:
Fred Sims Philadelphia, scratch; Bob
Walthour, Atlanta, 20 yards; William
Sims. 30 yards: Fred Sehade. Virginia. 80
yards; H. r. Steenson, Minnesota, 60
yards; E. L. Wilson. 20 yards: A. c.
Moran, 50 yards; c. E. Cause. 90 yards;
w. F. Throop. 100 yards: Lee Counsel
man, 1875 yards; II. q. Greer, go.
Fred Sims easily got into the bunch at
the first turn and hugged Bob Walthour's s
wheel until the stretch was reached
when, by a beautiful sprint, he took the
lead and won by wheel from Al Moran.
On the last lap of the fifth mile Billy
Sims and E. L. Wilson fell.
The second event was the mile OPEN
amateur, run in two heats In the first
heat John Hill, o. H Miller. III. Moran.
and II. A. Rhine We're the entrants. 1t
was a loaf all around until the stretch
was reached, when a hot finish resulted
in Hill winning, with Rhine second and
Miller third. The second heat saw Raw
Cogswel, ]. E. Hanger, jr., L. F. Kins-
low and c. L. Miller face the starter. A
hot pace was set at the shot of the pistol
and kept up to the finish. j. E. Hanger
won by half a wheel. with Ray Cogswell
and c. L. Miller second and third re-
spectively. For the final heat, H. a.
Rhine. ]. E. Hanger. Ray Cogswell, c.
L. Miller and John Hill were at the tape.
In driving finish Hanger won first place,
with Ray Cogswell second and John Hill
an easy third.
The next event was a quarter-miie
against time by Fred Schade. Paced by
a triplet manned by Greer. Moran and
Steenson, the blonde ex-amateur champion
of the South covered the distance in
"a 10 seconds. The track record is held
by Fred Sims, % 3-5 seconds
The closing event of the night was the
unlimited pursuit race between Fred IL
tus, the worlds unpaced champion, and
Lee Counselman and E. NJ. Wilson The
local boys got off well and held their own
until the second lap of the first mile, when
Titus gained about fifty yards and held
1t until Counselman took up the pace on
the second mile, when the District glints
pulled away from the star visitor. but
only for a mile. AT the beginning of the
third Titus began to ride hard, and before
the last lap of the fifth mile had beer
made he passed Counselman and Wilson
despite the fact that a few moments be.
fore he punctured the tire of his rear
wheel of his machine
The summaries:
First race-Two mile handicap. profes-
sional. Won by Fred. Sims: A. c. Mo-
ran, second; Bob Walthour, third. Time
4:16 3-5.
Second race-One mile open. amateur
in two heats, first two in each heat and
third man in fastest heat TO qualify for
! final First heat-Won by John Hill: II.
A. Rhine. second; o. H Miller, third
Time. 3:06 3-5. Second heat-Won by ]. E.
Hanger; Ray CogsweL, second: c. L.
Miller. third Time 2:27. Final heat
Won by ]. f. Hanger; Ray Cogswell, Sec
ond; John Hill, third. Time, 2:3S So
Third race-Quarter mile, record. profes-
| sional against time. Fred Schade went
| the distance in 24 To- one and two-fifths
| seconds behind Fred Simss time.
! Fourth race-Unlimited pursuit-Won by
| Fred Titus. Time. 10:47 2-5. Distance,
| miles 21-2 laps.