Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-09-05
THE FALL MEET
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i "a deserted appearance in Wateryille
! while every car for Fairfield was load
/ ed even to the roof. The crowd ge-
gan to start for Fairfield at / o'clock.
Even at that early hour every car that
went by had so many people on it that
men were hanging onto the running
boards and by half an hour later peo-
pie were not asking for seats but were
! simply content to have q place where
they might keep one foot on the run
! ming board. The management, then
| seeing what demand there was for
seats. began To put on extra cars. Even
then there was not enough cars to ac-
commodate the people. On one car
that went up there was not a square
, foot of space to spare and men. women
and boys We're on the roof shivering
! from the cool breeze that swept
about them. Even had they given up
| their places others would have been
| glad To take the same seats. BY this
| time there was so little room on the
ears that no attempt was made To stop
| to take on more passengers.
AS the result there was an unusually
good crowd, fully 1900 people in attend
ance. You could tel member Of The
Watcrville Bicycl" club as far as you
could see him on account of his cxpan-
sive smile. None were more pleased
than H. B. Holland. the secretary
treasurer Of the club. He has worked
long and faithfully To make the affair a
success and when ii was seen. yester-
day. what a crowd there was in at
tendance he was perfectly happy Had
it not been for him the affair would not
have been nearly as successful. He
has engineered everything ana the other
members Of the club have done every
thing they could 10 assist him. with so
many willing workers there Is small
wonder that the affair was such "A sue
cess.
IL was feared in the morning that
the wind might interfere greatly with
the races and that the track would be
heavy. The track however was in IN"
pink of condition. The wind had dried
it of and in addition to what nature
had done the boys had thr track rolled
- that il was smooth as a floor and as
hard na could b. desired.
The ;.ind was thc only drawback. on
thc back stretch ID Was quarterinE in
the faces of the riders ana was Inucn
like stone wall 70 ride against That
was partially responsible fur the fail
urc to reduce the state record. The
surprise of thc day was furnished ~
Aih"fl"n w stevens Those VINO have
tritd I" follow him ~ The road know
~ ms speed ana hiS amilty 20 supft.
but no on" Imagined that n would do
the ""rk p" dld, yesterday IL Il hut
Il young rider ana was never before on
th' rms" tra' X II sfite 81 th~t n car
ried on TWO hrSt prizes.
u" officials Ter the aii. Tn"on We're:
Referee. Fr'd i' G-"-'' Auburn.
judges. n F. !r"mm"ad. Waterviii".
/. 4. Sawc'N f"rilln', John 4
LawrF, Fairileid wv. clerk NJ cours". q.
Randall. Porila:d, starter. {. W
Small, Portland. iin-rs. Ernest Horne.
Wateryiile g. Il. Simpson. Watrrviilr.
e. +. Mili'r. Nnte'Nillc. scorer. II. G..
Prince. Watr'sii umpir"s II. II.
Read, Fairheld. " ..iiam Loud. Water
NllIc.
There were nine starters In the mile |
novice. A. w. Stevens. WateTville; |
Joseph Trembley. ShaWmut: Pcrcie |
Goggin. Gardiner: &. Y. Heald. Water |
vile: II. a. York;. Oakland: r. q. stu !
ber. Gardiner; Charles W. Chase. Wa !
tcrNille. E. q. Skates. WlirrVille: and 4
Fred Bushey. Waterville. Goggin took |
the pole at the start and lead all the :
way round. The Gardiner men were 4
feeling jubilant and the WatrrvilIc /
supporters We're feeling that their men 4
had not the speed they had promised. I
Stevens was then in third place and 4
kept II until he reached the thrr--uuar- I.
tcrs pole Then he made a great sprint /
ana pulling ont of the bunch kent his \
lead until ne had crossed the tape I
Scates finished second. 100 wards be 4
ind Stevens. ma n. a. York thirI .
Time. 935i5.
The half-milo nnen race WINS fnr blood .
from tn start + ! Rogers; tooI thc
lead nj ;,e nistol shot and held his no-
sition until he had crossed th. tapa
Harry tiarts finished second Gaorp.
+. pix. thi-d. The starters III tba raca
y,r. {, u Dickson Portland. raorpa
Il Iib.. Auburn: l. II. Mason AuhurD.
+. J. i,oe4rs. Maiden Mass Donald \
N,ndyorth Auburn. Harry. w I4e,cs
WataryiiI,. ana wiIiard S.nior san
ford As soon os tho ;,c. v,as Grisbo1
Rogers va. nrotaetad m ~. ,rnun,1s