The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-19
AN EXCITING BICYCLE MEET
FINE RIDING YESTERD1Y AT ELM
CITY PARK.

All the Crack Amatuers Therc-Krame
Clearly 0ut-cIassed- ColIett's Benuti
fuI Riding Lands Two Firsts-Ruti
and Housman Also Show Up Well
Three Thousand People Present.
Wheelmen under the sanction of the N.
Z. A. were run off yesterday afternoon
at Elm City Park An enthusiastic
crowd numbering about three thousand
attended the races, which were all close
and exciting. The field represented a
cluster of the best amateur riders in
America and necessarily the races were
very exciting.
Kramer, Collett, Hausman, Nye,
Wahrenberger and all the men of any
prominence in amateur circles were pit
ted against each other and the big
crowd gave vent to their feelings when
the local cracks pedaled home ahead of
the visitors.
Every seat in the grand stand was
fences opposite the stand. 1t also may
be said that hundreds viewed the races
from the track. Men and boys crowded
on the track whenever opportunity Of
fered itself and the two policemen who
We're supposed to keep spectators from
the track We're inadequate to do so.
Once in a while a small boy would be
dubbed on the head, but other attempts
Ito clear the track were few and far be-
tween The riders were bothered and in
two or three instances it seemed almost
certain that bad accidents would occur.
The crowding on the track caused a
great deal of delay between the races
and at one time there was a delay of
over twenty minutes.
The policemen seemed absolutely pow
erless to make room for the riders and
Notwithstanding the continued requests
from the announcer and from the spec
tators there was always large num-
Der on the track. After the third or
fourth race the number Of small boys
began to increase with wonderful ra-
pidity. A big hole in the fence back of
the grand stand was discovered and
through this they came like ants from
an ant hill.
The racing was practically free from
spills only two occurring. During the
finals of the half-mile handicap a bad
spill occurred on the upper turn when
the men were making final squirt for
the tape. The rear wheel of Howard r.
Conway's wheel slipped while rounding
the curve, throwing Conway heavily.
Nye, Cavanaugh and Ainscoe, who were
right behind Conway, fell upon him in a
heap, breaking wheels and bruising the
riders quite severely.
Conway was unfortunate in having
his left shoulder blade broken. The ac-
cident was painful one, but the injured
rider was attended by DR.. Lamb, who
set the bone and sent Conway to the
New Maven hospital, where his shoulder
was dressed Conway was at the hos
pital all last night and the authorities
said his injury was getting along very
we'll.
Another spill took place in the first
race, the first heat of the mile novice,
when Klut and Hunt, both of this city,
got tangled up shortly after the start,
New Haveners were delighted with
the way George Colett of this city ran
away from Kramer in the mile open
and half-mile handicap. Collects riding
was magnificent and he clearly demon
strated his superiority over the other
amateurs Every race was for blood |
and the best man won In all cases. Col
lett ran away from Hausman and Ruiz
in the single wheel events, but in the |
tandem race he and Jacobson were left |
so far in the rear that they quit before
the last quarter was reached, In this |
race which was a mile handicap. the
field was we'll punched until the teams
reached the home stretch, when by a
beautiful squirt by Hausman and Ruiz |
forged ahead, winning easily by |
eight yards, Kramer and Schneider just !
finished ahead Of Ainscoe and Wirtz.
The race was one of the prettest of the
afternoon.
The first race was the one-half mile
novice, in two heats. There were seven
in the first and eight in the second heat,
both of which were holly contested. The
final heat was won by H. Thompson Of
Morris Cove.
The big race of the day the mile open,
was then run off in three heats. Ruiz
was beaten by hair by jacobson for
second place in the first heat, and did
not qualify for the finals. Hausman
and Collett both won their heats and
the finals brought together all the stars
Of the meet. The race was pretty one
and was won by Ccllett, with Caldwell
second and the crack Kramer third. The
half-mile handicap was the next race
run in two heats and the final Con-
way, Broderick, Kramer, Nye and Cad
we'll qualified in heat one and Fred
Diggs, Cavanaugh, Collett, Ainscoe and
in the second heat, In
he final occurred the spill spoken of
above and it was doubtful if the big
handicap men would be caught, but
when the men reached the stretch Col
EFT, Kramer and Wahrenberger, the
scratch men, wer seen to shoot out Of
he bunch. The race for the tape was
grand one, Collett winning by about
wo yards from his old rival, Kramer,
CALDWELL, twenty-yard man, was third,
With Wahrenberger fourth.
jacobson tried for the state unpaced
nile record of 2:15, held by Dickerman
f Waterbury and made the mile in 2:15
IS.
In the pursuit race, Hausman and
,utz vs. Jacobson and Caldwell Jacob
on rode a very plucky race and after
he two and half mile post was passed