The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
Kings County Wheel
men Hold Their
Annual Meet.
GREENWICH CLUB GET IT.
Beat Out all the Rest
in the Pursuit
Race.

New York, June 24-The 18th annual
race meet of the Kings County Wheel
men was held on the Manhattan track
this afternoon. The attendance was
large. Perhaps the most interesting
event on the program was the fifteen
mile paced race between c. T. Earle
and H Y. Bedell, but from a racing
point of view, the inter-club team pur-
suit race proved to be the most eXcit-
ing event.
Four teams entered and they were
placed at equal distances from each
other on the track wIdeh measures
three laps to the mile. They started off
at a good clip but before many laps
had been covered the Nassau repres-
entatives were disposed of. In turn
the Kings county representatives were
passed and shortly after they dropped
out of the race. Sullivan and Nye of
the Greenwich wheelmen succumbed,
leaving W, F, Wernberger, their club
mate, to fight the issue with Kramer
and Lake of the Harlem wheelmen.
in the race when nine miles had been
traversed. Lake hung on till nearly the
finish of the thirteenth mile.
AS soon as Kramer lost his partner,
Lake, it was seen that the heat and
strain were telling on him. Wernberger
gained slowly but surely. Wernberger
with a supreme effort got within fifty
yards of Kramer in the fOrty-fourth
lap and reduced the distance between
them twenty yards in the following lap.
Coming down the stretch past the
stand the latter faltered in the face of
fairly strong breeze blowing from the
ocean, but Wernberger kept on and
passed Kramer right at the judges
box
The fifteen mile paced amateur match
between Charles Earle of the Kings
County Wheelmen and H. Y. Bedel
was also a spirited contest. The riders
started from opposite sides of the
track and were paced in turn by a sex
tette, two quints, three quads and four
triplets. Earle, the faVOrite, passed
his opponent at the beginning of the
third mile. Bedell cut down his advan-
tage by fifty yards in the following
mile. Bedell gained in the last half
and finally won by about twenty
yards.
Summary:
mterclub team pursuit race, teams of
three men each, won by Greenwich
Wheelmen's team, Dernberger. Nye
and Sullivan; second. Herlem wheel
mems team, Kramer, Lake and Schnei-
der; third, Kings County wheelmen.
Distance 1512 miles; time So min
yates "a So seconds.
IS miles paced amateur race, won by
II. Y. Bedel, Pierce wheelmen; second,
c., T. Earle, Kings County wheelmen.
Winners time 80 minutes % seconds
Earle's time so minutes % % seconds.
One third mile novice, final heat, won
by Walter Smith, Jr., Brooklyn. Time
43 S-5.
One mile open amateur, final heat,
Won by Frank Kramer. Harlem wheel
men; second, w. A Ruiz, New Haven,
Conn; third, George Schofeld, Kings
county wheelmen. Time 2;21 40.
One mile handicap, professional final
heat, won by H. T. Allen, Brooklyn,
160 yards): second, A. c. Mertens, St.
Paul, go YARDS; third, w E. Becker,
Minneapolis, 600 yards). Time 2;O1 As.
One-half mile dash, professional, sin
gle paced, final heat won by E. H.
Kiser, Dayton; second, T. C. Cooper,
Detroit; third, o. S. Kimble, Louisville.
Time IS 40 seconds.