The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-12
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
NAT BUTLER KEEPS UP HIS RECORD
BREdRING err IN CANADA.

He Qualities For the Five-miie Handicap in
Remarkable Time-Goodson of Australia
and Caldow of Scotland Share tho ANN
tour Houors-Local Items of Interest.
MONTREAL. Aug. Flowing TO the large
number OF events on the card for the worlds
bicycle cham pionships. 1t was found necessary
TO have an extra days racing. and the fve-me
amateur handicap. the one-third OF mile.
amateur. and the preliminary heats in the five
mile handicap, professional. were run of this
afternoon on the Queens Park track before a
fair attendance In the flve-mile amateur
handicap the following riders qualified in
the preliminary heats: Ben Goodson. Australia.
scratch; John Caldow. Glasgow. scratch j. F.
Ingraham. Lvnfed. Mass. 30 yards; Lester
Wilson. Pittsburg. 30 yards; II. Z. Axiom
Brantford, Ont. 10 yards: All. Sheriff.. Brant-
ford, Ont. rs yards John Nelson. Chicago. 100
yards; p. W. Brown. Pittsburg. 100 yards
Carter B. Brown. Chicago. 100 yards: Q. p.
Boisvert. Montreal. $50 yards R. w. Merrill.
Chicago. 2O0 yards. and W. Vennals. Toronto.
1926 yards.
There was an exciting race in the final. and 1t
was very close finish between Goodson and
Caldow, who outdistanced the handicap men.
In the preliminary heats for the flve-mile
professional handicap. the following riders
qualified for the final. which will lie run
off on Saturday: Nat Butler. ambridge.
Mass. scratch: Tom Butler. % yards Frank
Butler. 100 yards; John j. Colgan. Tren-
ton. n. j.. 1926 yards: T. b. Mccarthy. Toronto.
$50 yards; E. X. o. Blaney. Brantford. Ont.
$50 yards; All. Boak, Toronto. 375 yards;
Watson Coleman, Boston. 225 yards: Harry
Gibson. Cincinnati. 1926 yards. and Hugh Nc
Lean, Chelsea. Mass, 425 yards. In the first
preliminary heat. Nat Butler who was scratch
man. established new worlds record for
competition. covering the distance in 10 min
utes a. 2-5 seconds. Major Taylor started as
scratch man in the second heat. but he retired
after completing three miles
The only other event OF interest on the card
was the attempt OF Johnny Drury. the fast
| young Canadian. to lower the one mile am teur
record. Drury. paced by motor cycle. sue
| ceeded in beating the Canadian record Of
| minute 81 seconds by covering the distance
| in | minute 43 40 seconds.
Several Of the riders in to-day's races were
| badly hurt. the most serious accident happen-
ing in the third heat for the five mile hand-
| cap. louis Large OF Charlottetown. was driven
over the ropes and falling on the outside OF the
| track was terribly bruised and cut L. n.
| Cousins Of Manchester. n. H.. and George W.
Riddle OF Winnipeg. who were also In the
| bunch, were knocked off their wheels and
shaken up.
| J. +. Starbuck. has arrived and will take part
in all the professional championship events to-
| morrow. summary:
| Five-Mile Amateur Haneicap-Won by Ben Good
son, sydney Australia. scratch 'John Caldow. elias.
gov, Scotland. scratch, second All sheriff Bran,-
| ford ont 90 yards, third G. p. Bosvert Montreal,
| $50 yards. fourth Time. Is minutes. 80 10 sec
! onds.
| one third of a Mile Amateur Won by John Cal.
| dow, Glasgow; C. =. BOisvcrt. Montreal. second;
Ben Goodson, Australia, third. Time, - 80 rec.
| onds.
The heavy rain storm OF Thursday made the
| country roads triile soft. ana in some places
| gullies were formed. The macadam roads are
hard and dry. On most Of the country roads OF
| Long Island tho sidepaths are firm and will
afford good riding. The cycle paths are in fair
shape. The South Shore. or Herrck road. is
| reported to be in good condition through &c
Brookhaven. Riverhead road through WadinG
| River is good. aud from Wadng River to Port
| Jefferson. fair. From Port jefferson to Smith
| town there is good riding. Smithtown. by way
| OF Comnc and Glen Cove to Huntington. is al
| right. The road to Huntington and Roslyn. by
| the way of East Norwich. is good. Rosyn, by
| the way OF the turnpike through Flushing and
| Jamaica. is good going. The road to Valley
Stream and Far Rockaway is fair. From Rock
| willie Centre to Hampstead and from Hampstead
TO Freeport the road is good. The College Point
| Whitestone ana Baysido roads. and that &c
| Great Neck from Port Washington are fair
| aud the Oyster Bay roads are in good condition
For tomorrow the principal events are the
races at the Nailsburg, \. } track In which The
stars Of the amateur and professional field are
entered and the supplementary Veterans Cen
| fury run. which projected for the con.
venience Of those who were deferred by the
| rain from starting on last sunday Some o
| the club runs scheduled are: