The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
WORLDS CYCLE MEET
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY Avn
CROWD OF PEOPLE AT THE
MONTREAL RACES
EVENTS WERE BETTER RUN

Two Worlds Championships on the
Card - Observation-Disclosures Event
Taken by John A. NeIsoD-,1,;
TayIor Experienced Little Didi-
Guilty In Landing the Mile Pro
fessfOnaI-Summary of Results.
MONTREAL, Aug. 1O.-Another beau
'ilul day and a crowd of 5000 people
greeted the second day of the worlds r
~ cie meet The racing was of a better
ORDER the management giving pacemal-
ers places in the semi-f1nals On account
OF the time occupied in disnoeiroe os a.
ioV-kllometer race, the five-mile amateur
hahdlcap was postponed until tomorrow
"hen 1t will be run off as part of an ex-
ira days race.
mere were two worlds championships
OH inc card, the 100-kilometer race and
the mile professional. The former race
was a gift for the Chicago rider. John A.
Nelson, who had no difficulty in winnine
oeauhg Ben Goodson, the Australian. bv
nearly four miles, and Riddle, of WInni-
peg the only other finisher. bv seven
miles. Cherry, the English champfon
VINO won at Vienna last wear wac
scratched, having injured his leg by run
nlng against the fence yesterday. Mol
son mad much the best of the pace. with
steam motor, triplet and a tandem
ana he evidently had the most experience
IN following pace. Goodson's pacing nv =
triplet and a tandem was not ..ood wbiIo
Riddle practically had no pace at all
MOI or
before many miles had been covered If
was easily seen that records were going
to fall when Nelson rode the first five
miles III 9:3l, ard he kept on reeling off
miles at a two-minute gait until he had
the amateur record in the distance.
TAYLOR'S RACE.
Maj. Taylor had little difficulty in add
ing the mile professional championships
to his latreis. All the preliminary heats
were marked by good finishes, except
that won by Taylor, who easily won. The
most interesting were the third, in which
Nat Butler cleverIy disposed of R. Nc
oartny OF st. Louis, and the fourth I'm
winch Angus Mcleod, the fastest of the
Canadians, disposed of Bowler of Chi
cago, in rafting finish. In the final
Nat Butler took the lead at the start
Major Taylor dropping into last place,
Ihe pace was slow. On the back stretch
III the second round there was some
pretty maneuvering for place, and when
IT was over the Major had dropped into
the position he wanted, second with
Butter leading. The men began riding
at the three-quarters. Mcleod went to
the front with a rush, and attempted to
make a runaway of it, but the others
We're not to be denied, and when they
rounded into the stretch Mcleod was
still leading, with the others well bunch
ed behind him. Half way down the
stretch the Major had the race well in
hand, and a great fight was on between
Tom and Nat Butler ana Mcleod Fifty
feet from the wire Mcleod Wilted under
the terrific pace. while Tom Butler beat
Nat out by half wheel to the wire, the
Major winning by wheel
Moran Of Chegsea, Mass, won the two
mile amateur from Cald1w, the Scotch
man, coming out of the bunch at the
head of the stretch and winning by a
wheel. Peabody got into a pocket on
the turn into the stretch and gave UP
the race. The tandem pursuit race was
easy for the Buffers, Summary:
One one hundred kil2meters lG2 miles 5'3
world-John A. Nelson, Chicago, won
Time, 2:04:13 Is; Ben Goodson, Sydney,
Australia. second; George W. Riddle,
-
ter. Mass, and Lester Wilson, Pittsburg.
also started, but did not finish. Winners
time at end of each i've miles: five
miles, 9:31 ten miles, 1915 2-5; fifteen
miles. 28:12 2-5; twenty niles, 37:55 rs;
twenty-five miles, 1887; thirty miles,
% 2-5; thirty-five miles. 67:16 Is; forty
miles, 1:17:31 1-5; fcrty-five miles
1:28:14 rs; fifty miles, 1926 2-5; fifty-ffve
miles, 1887 80; sixty miles, 1898 Is;
finish, 2:04:13 1-5
Two-mile amateur. final heat-Won by
J. F. Moran, Chelsea, Mass; John Cal
dow, Glasgow, Scotland, second; w. A.
Lasus, Cold Springs, N. Y, third. Time,
1872
One-mile professional championship OF
the World-Final heat. won by Maj Tay-
Ter, Tom Butler second, Nat Butler third,
Angus Mcleod fourth. Time, 2.03.
TwO-mile tandem pursuit race, profess
sional-Nat and Frank Butler won, J. Il.
COlgan. Trenton. N. J., and Charles A.
Church, Philadelphia, second; Charles II.
Mccarthy. st. Louis, and J. b. Bowler,
Chicago, third. Time. 3:51 2-5.