The times., 1899-05-31
THE DECORATION DAY MEET.
A Large Crowd Witnesses Good Rae
ing mt the Park Track

n Large Crowd Witnesses Good Rae
ing mt the Park Track.
Yesterday was an ideal day for cycle rae
ing. The weather was the sort which
made the rider feel IN the best OF strength
and spirits, and tempted the admirer OF
the racing men to seek the cool shade of
the grand stand and watch both profess
sional and amateur try for prizes. The
weather. together with the assurance of
good sport, drew large crowd yesterday
afternoon to the track OF the Park Cycle
Club. On the Conduit road, to witness the
Decoration Day meet The meet was sue
cessful in every particular. While no
records were broken. the riding was. with
one exception, fast and clean. In the one
mile professional handicap, the limit mea
did not take advantage OF their handi-
cap, but waited for the riders nearer the
scratch to overhaul them. This made the
! race loaf nearly all the way through.
Stevens, the scratch man. had but little
difficulty in catching the bunch. but had
to put up a good hard sprint to win out
The finish was close and exciting.
IL remained for the amateurs TO give the
best exhibition of the day. In the two
third-mile open, in which the participants
were, with one exception, Washington boys
the interest was sustained from start to
finish. The riders were pretty well bunch
ed all the way through. w. II. Lewis, the
winner. during the first lap. was well to
the outside and in the rear, hut as the bell
sounded began to work slowly to the front
On the last turn he was still behind, but
by a powerful sprint came down the
stretch, winning by half a length from
Rhine.
The one-mle handicap, amateur, was
won easily by C. L. Miller, scratch. The
contest for second place was sharp. Car
michael winning by small margin from
Rhine. The time was faster than the cor
responding professional event.
The final heat of the one-third- mile pro-
fessional event was close, and the fast
William Sims, the Washington boy, put
up hard fight, but was beaten out by the
superior sprinting qualities OF Freeman
and Stevens.
W. Fred Sims rode an exhibition half
mile paced by triplet. The time, while
not record breaking, was fast, being 90
fiat. The triplet was ridden by Fl. z.
Greer, H. N. Eckhart, and H. X. Steenson.
The last event was an amateur tandem
pursuit race. in which three teams partici-
pated. N. A. Bolden and n. H. Lewis were
oyertaken by C.. L. Miller and II. A. Rhine
on the last lap of the second mile From
that time on the contest was close. Car
micheal and o. II. Miller gradually gained
on the remaining team and overlook them
IL
time was 1904.
Summary of the results:
First event-One mile novice; prize,
medal, valued at SIS. First heat H. V.
Smith, won; o. Fl. Miller, second; G. L.
Brown, third. Time, 2:35 1-5. Second
heat, F. L. Turner, won; F. l.. Stewart,
second; E. Emmert. third. Time, 2:34 1-5.
Final heat, o. H. Miller, won; H. V.
Smith, second; F. L. Stewart, third. Time,
2:3S.
Second event-one-t third mile profess
sional; prizes, $50. 500, and SO. First heat,
William Sims. Washington, won; o. L.
Stevens. 0ttumwa, Iowa, second; H. r.
Steenson, Minneapolis, third. Time,
A 3-5. Second heat one-thrd mile pro-
fessional. II. B. Freeman, Portland, Ore,
won; r. A. Miller, New York, second;
George Kreamer, Chicago, and Al New
house. tied for third Time, As 1-5. Final
heat, H. B. Freeman, won; o. l.. Stevens,
second; William Sims. third. Time. AZ fat.
Third event-Two- thirds mile open anna
teur; prizes diamonds valued at S25, SIS,
and $40. N H. Lewis, Washington, won;
II. 4. Rhine. Washington, second; W. A.
Bolden, Washington, third. Time, 1:37 As.
Fourth event-One mile handicap, ANA
teur: prizes, diamonds, valued at s25, SIS.
and $40. c. L. Miller, scratch, won; James
Carmichael, so yards. second; W. A Boil
den, 80 yards, third. Time, 2:I5 1-5.
Fifth event-One mile handicap, profess
sional; prizes $50, $40, and $40. o. L.
Stevens. scratch, won; R. A. Miller. 20
yards, second; George ]. Kreamer 70
yards, third. Time, PIP.
Sixth event-N. Fred Sims, Washington,
half-mile exhibition. paced by triplet.
Time, Sc fiat.
Seventh event-Tandem Australian pur-
suit race amateur. James Carmichael and
o. H. Miller won; distance, 10 miles.
Time, 1904