New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
CYCLING.
GIFT RACES FOR MFARLAND AND
KRAMER AT MANHATTAN BEACH.
THE TREASURES OF CAPTAIN KIDD NOT YET
FoUND-HEDSTRoM GETS BROKEN
COIJARRONE

FOUND-HEDSTROM GETS BROKEN
CoLLARBoNE.
The first pretentious outlaw race meet was con-
Quoted at the Manhattan Beach track yesterday,
and. while there some interesting racing. the
meet emphatic failure, and the promoters
lost heavily their venture. Some estimated the
loss at {l,O00 and others thought that the amount
would be much larger than that. The races were
held under the auspices OF the Atlantic Athletic AS
ISOLATION under the rules OF the National Cyciing
Association The management, knowing that both
the NewYork and Brooklyn baseball teams would
be away from home. expected a large turnout OF
enthusiasts. but. predicted In The Tribune yes
terday. about everybody who started for the coast
decided 10 get off the trains at sheepshead Bay TO
take look at the Suburban.
So the treasures of Captain Kidd so much sought
after by the bicycle pirates. remain hidden in some
secluded spot. The effort has been made to unearth
the treasure at Ambrose Park and Berkeley oval.
and yesterdays attempt at Manhattan Beach was
even more disastrous than its predecessors. The
little "bleachery" fairly well filled. but the
grandstand was about as empty the pockets OF
the race-goers who went TO Sheepshead Bay with
settled convictions that Banastar had the Suburban
already won and that the race itself would be only
an exercising canter for the winner OF the Brook
lyn Handicap.
The bicycle promoters had borrowed some high
sounding titles from the track in naming their
races, FOR there Seaside Dash" and Great
American Handicap" Earl Klser captured the first
without much trouble. and the handicap
practical gift 10 the long-llnbed Californian, Nc
Farland Kramer. that excellent blond-headed
young man from Newark. had his way in the
special match race with Schoheld. There may be
some riders In his class around here who could
make Kramer ride-Dawson, Collett and Powell for
instance-but Powell has quit racing and Dawson
prefers TO race under the auspices OF the League OF
American Wheelmen, where records made will be
recognized. II sufficient inducements were offered
possibly Collett and Kramer might be brought to-
gether Then there would be race. schoheId won
the hrst heat but Kramer fairly walked away with
the other two and the race.
The, The big handicap was a sore ,disappointment in
was equally unfortunate When It came the final
Stevens and Mcfarland had everything their own
way. hlmble also belongs TO the same team. KIM
be DID MS share of pacing and then dropped out
and the wa E9E ove g nea 5O and
STevens set the pace to his team mates kng right
loose. and coming along seemed to have the race at
his mercy. Newhouse had watched the team work
for Mcfarland He made plucky EFFORT but the
best he could do was to finish second, MCFARLAND
the race as the other riders merely secured the
privilege OF dividing the entrance money. which
~, In the heats six riders had nasty fall: Oscar
snd b NM OF Brookyn was the most untortunaIe
tine to come The others were merely scraped and
racing team In the field. Kramer made his first ap-
pearance in the colors OF that club YESTERDAY
LAKE VIII also De IN the team. PROBABLY feNeT
wheels were checked than at any regular meet ever
held at the track. Many people wondered where the
wheelmen went TO yesterday, for they certainly did
not go 10 the the beach. A liberal estimate
OF the paid attendance would be one thousand.
SUMMARIZES.
one,thrd mile n9yice amateur-won BY Al. Minor.
", G. Van Zle Brooklyn. third. Time-o47h. Won by
half q length two lengths between second and third
One-third mile professioaal-Non by Earl Kiser Day
ton; Tom Cooper. Detroit second. F. A. Mcfarland.
san jose, third owen s. Kimble. Louisville. fourth.
Time-O;4Fh Won by three feet half length between
second and third.
One-mile handicap. amaeur-won by G. II. Collett
New-Haven (scratch) A. T. Nye. IT, Greenwich Wheel
90 yards. second; W. Wahrenberger Greenwich
Wheelmen 90 yards). third Time2:llS. Won by half
a length: a length between second and third.
Match race. best two In three mile heats-Frank l..
Kramer. Harlem Wheelmen. 2 l. ]; George Schoheld.
Kings County Wheelmen l. 2 2. Time-2neSs. 2:i0as.
20als. Schoneld the first heat by half length;
Kramer the second heat easily by four lengths and
the third heat and the by two lengths
Half mile anateur-Won by Frank Kramer Harlem
Wheelmen; ". F. Wahrenberger. Greenwich Wheelmen.
second: George Schofed. Kings County Wheemen third
Time OH Won by half length two lengths between
second and third.
Two mile professlonal-won by F. a Mcfarland.
(scratc Al Newhouse. Rochester G2O YARDS,
second r. A Miller Galveston 12O yards third: Bob
Walthour. Atlanta (G0 YARDS. fourth. Time-4:l9n.
Won by six inches; three lengths between second and