Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-10
Contesting For World S
Championships at Great
Meet in Montreal.
A NEW COMPETITION MARX
Tandem Professionai-Tom summers
gill of England Won Worlds Mile
Championship ip-McCarthy Beats
Taylor in the Half Mile.

Montreal, Aug. 9.-The worlds cycle
championship meet of the International
Cyclists non under the auspices of the
Canadian Wheel Mems Association opened
to-day on the Queens Park track. The
weather was beautiful, fair and not too
warm and there was but slight wind,
not heavy enough to interfere with the
riders. Ten thousand people saw the races
hlling every seat on the grand stand and
hloachers and ovcrfowing the rails aloIg
the track.
There was only one worlds champion
ship event on the days card, that at one
mile and it fell to Tom Summersgils of
the Leeds Athletic club. England, who
wcn it in brusng finish from Earl Pea
Sody of Chicago and John Caldow, the
Scotch champion. OF the other men from
across the water, Cherry Of England was
frozen out at the first trial heat, finishing
second to a local rider named BoiseVert.
The same fate befell George Of South Afri-
ca in the second heat. Godson, the Aus
tralian champion, perished in the second
semi-ilnal, being beaten out by Pea ahody.
Tailla.ldier, the FrenChman, was also left
in the same heat.
The three men in the final made a loaf
Ing race of it, no one desiring to cut out
he pace. Peabody was ir front with SUM
mersgill in second place and CdldoW tcail-
nS. They kept this position until the
back stretch of the last found when Cal
dow moved up and the throo men came
nto the stretch practically abreast. Ths
j. was that SummcrsEll let himself Loose.
lie got a lead of half a lenath and sue
tCcded in holding ii from Peabody who
had about the same the best of Caldow.
who did not finish nearly as stronsly as
he did in the preliminaries.
! The most important professional event
was the half mile. Mccarthy of St Louis
Nat Butler Carman, the canadian rider,
Mccarthy of Toronto. Major Taylor and
Angus Mcleod of Toronto were the six
men who got into the final. There was a
hair rising finish between Mccarthy of St
Louis and Major Taylor. The latter got
/ nto a pocket i'll rounding into the stretch
and though he made a great Su-h, Ic was
beaten cut by Mccarthy. 1t was only a
matter of inches. The decision WAS SC
close that part of the crowd on the
stand back of the wire refused to accept
it, claiming that Taylor had won. The
| inc was ! 90 Ia.
| In the two-mile tandem professional, 2
new worlds competition mark of 3:i1 g.
was made by the Buffers, the previous re-
cord being 4:0l 3-5, made by McDuffee anc
Tyrrcll at Boston. Tho men were paCcc
by triplct, the Buffers coming out oi
the head of the stretch and winning pret
tily from Mccarthy and Bowler, whil'
Taylor and Casey were a wheel back OF
them. The half mile amateur was VOL
prettily by Lister Wilson of PittsburR
who beat out Drury of Montreal hand.y
Cherry, the English champion ran int
the fence and fell in the semi-tinal.
The remaining race of the day, the mil'
novice, went to Bert Dennison Of Toronto
easily the best in the bunch.
The summaries follow
one mile novice-Final heat, Bert Den
nison, Toronto, won; J. Moore, Montreal
second; Byron Brown, Charlottetown
third. Time 2:3l.
one mile amateur championship of th'
wcrld--'inal heat, T. SummersGill, Eng
land, won; Earl Peabody, Chicago, second
John Caldow, Scotland, third. Tim
j;43 %.
Half mile professional-Final heat woi
by c. r. Mccarthy, St. Louis, Major Tay
lor, second; Nat Butler, third. Tim
100 l-5.
Half mile amatour--Final heat won b.
l.. Wilson, Pittsburg, J. DrurN, Montreal
second; p. Goodson, Australia. third
Time los.
Two-mle professional tandem-t'ina
heat won by Butler Brothers; Chas. Nc
Carthy and j. b. Bowler, second; Majo
Taylor and j. j. Casey third. Tim
I3:47 So.