The times., 1899-08-10
AT THE WORLDS MEET.
Slow Time Made by the Cyclists at
Montreal.

Montreal, Aug. 9.-Nearly ten thousand
persons assembled at the Queens Park
track this evening to witness the opening
events in the worlds championships The
day was an ideal one and the races were
run off in excellent order. The board track
was in fair condition, but the time made
in the various events was very slow To-
days racing was the best proof that the
meet would have been much greater sue
cess from a racing point had some of the
crack N. c. A. riders been present. Major
Taylor was the only one of the riders who
showed anything like good form today and
he lost the half-Inile professional by an un-
fortunate error. The one-mile amateur
championship of the world was run off in
nine preliminary heats and Tom Summers
gill, of Leeds. England; A. Sheriff.. OF
Brantford, Ontario: Ben Goodson, Austria
liza; A. Trillandier, France; Earl Peabody;
Chicago; Fred T. Hopes, Des Moines;
George W. Riddle, Winnipeg, and John
Caldow, Glasgow. Scotland, qualified to
start in the semi finals
The semifnals left only Summersgill,
Peabody and Caldow, and there was an
exciting race between the American,
English and Scotch representatives in the
final. There was good deal of jockey
Ing dI lie 6tdAlr ItdDOuy Hudily TAKING LIE
lead. This position was Kept until the
third and final lap, when the riders took
a squirt and there was an exciting finish
Peabody. who made splendid try for the
race kept the lead until near the finish
when he was passed by Summersgill, the
English champion. whose time was 5 :43 2-5
The half-mile professional was the most
exciting race of the day, and the result
gave rise to good deal of bad feeling On
IL .
were evidently under the impression that
Major Taylor. the famous colored cyclist.
had fairly won the race. The race was
run off in heats and Major Taylor, G. r.
Mccarthy, of st. Louis; Nat Butler, of
Cambridge. Mass; Angus Mcleod, of To-
ronto; Herman Carman, of Morrisburg
Ontario, and T. B. Mccarthy, of Toronto,
qualified for the final. When near the
finish the major got pocketed, but he
got clear, and putting on a tremendous
gait closed up with Mccarthy, who was in
the lead 1t was almost a dead heat at the
finish between Taylor and Mccarthy. Tay-
lor had the speed and there is no doubt
he would have won the race had he not got
pocketed 1t was only question of few
inches at the finish, but the judges gave
the race to Mccarthy. Their decision was
most unpopular and created an outburst of
Kisses from the spectators.
In the half mile amateur there were
six preliminary heats. In the semi finals
J. #. Moran, of Chelsea, Mass; Ben Good
son. of Australia; George R. Leander, of
Chicago; James Drury Montreal; Lester
Wilson, of Pittsburg, and A. Sheriff.. of
Brantford, Ont. qualified. In the first
heat OF the serni-fnals, Cherry, the Eng
lish champion, in rushing up the track
IAN into one of the posts and was thrown
over the fence and caught on some barbed
wire. which inflicted terrible cash in his
leg. Cherry was taken off the track and
medical attention given him. Later he was
removed to the hospital and it is said he
will not be able to race again this season.
The final half mile was won by Lester Will
son. of Pittsburg, in 1:08: James Drury.
Montreal. second, and Ben Goodson Au-
stralia, third.
In the two mile tandem, professional.
Nat and Frank Butler, of Cambridge,
Mass, broke the worlds record of 4:01 3-5
made by McDufie and Terrell the Buffers
covering the distance in 3:47 3-5. Joseph
B. Bowler, of Chicago, and Charles Mes
Carthy, of st. Louis, took second place,
and Major Taylor and j. J. Casey. OF
Toronto were third.