The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10
SPEED AT LEXINGTON
FIVE INTERESTING EVENTS WIT
MESSED BY A SMALL CROWD
OF SPECTATORS
NIEDERHoFER A FAvoR1TE
All the Men Riding N. C. A. Races
Have Worked Hard and Pulled Off
Some Very Speedy Features-Ber-
geron and Calender Take Three
Mile Professional Tandem-Spe-
ciaIties Were Good.


A very small crowd witnessed some fast
bicycle events at Lexington park yester-
day afternoon, given under the auspices
of the N. c. A. The programme was de-
serving of better patronage, and 1t Is ap-
propriate that special mention should be
made Of the Wirtensohn brothers and l..
H Fakes, of Minneapolis, and Tom and
Birney Bird, of st. Paul, who have pulled
off the races and paid very liberal prizes
when the crowd has been scarcely large
enough to pay the band.
All the men riding N. c. A. at the races
have worked hard, with the result that
some of the fastest races ever pulled off
in the Northwest have been witnessed at
Lexington park during the last week.
Seven amateur and professional events
will be pulled off this afternoon.
The first race yesterday was one which
excited no end of interest and amuse-
ment. Eight boys lined up at the tape,
all Of them supposed to be under Is years,
for one-mile race for five prizes, all
Juvenile The kids" astonished the au-
dience by covering the mile in 2:3513.
Burt Hangen finished a strong first and
received camera, and Fred Dupont,
Henry Coley, Charles Mousse and E. LIE
Claire finished in the order named and
received a prize each.
Louis Niederhofer was the favorite in
the amateur events, as he carried off
two firsts, defeating Chester Clarkson,
who has been popularity regarded as the
fastest amateur in the state In the ranks
of the n. G. A.
A field of nine lined up for the mile
open. Clarkson, as usual, secured the
pole and set the pace for the first two
laps. On the back stretch Niederhofer
and Clarkson pulled few yards away
from the rest of the bunch and had it
out on the finish. The former led by
length. Ben Erickson finished third.
In the five-mile handicap the scratch
men won hands down. Liberal handi-
caps were given several of the starters,
and the limit man left the 400-yard post.
The field hit up 2:20 clip, which was kept
up pretty well throughout the race. The
limit men caught the main bunch on the
third mile, and for the next mile took 1t
easy. On the last lap the leaders tried
to shake" the field, but all the men
rode strong and the finish was exciting
and exactly duplicated the one-mile open.
Niederhofer, Clarkson and Erickson were
first to cross the tape in order named.
Time, 1892 is.
tandem race. Becker and Johnson start
ed from scratch, Palm and Lee $50 yards,
Bergeson and Calender 125 yards and
McCullum and Bird 30 yards. The race
was fast one, the first two miles being
covered in 2:0S. Becker and Johnson
overhauled Bird and McCullum on the
first mile and rode the second mile to-
gether. They were, however, never able
to head Palm and Lee and Bergeson and
Calender, and at the beginning of the
third mile it was clear that the race lay
between the pacemakers. Calender and
Bergeson won by few feet, after a pref
ty sprint at the finish. Time 6:2S1a
A. Bergeson won the fve-mile profess
sional handicap race from 100 yards.
Einar Lee secured second money and A.
w. Calleader finished a good third. The
scratch men were unable to come any
way near the other riders. Becker broke
his chain early in the race and fell out,
and Birney Bird found the pace pretty
lively and quit. Johnson alone attempted
to catch the others, but was unable to
overcome the handicap unaided. Time,
7:06
The summary of the races is as fol-
lows:
Three Mile Professional Tandem Hand
icap-First, Bergeson and Calender,
125 yards 4,n sec9 s,Ss,l Palm and Lee 1So
Five Mile Amateur Handicap-First,
1: Neiderhofer, scratch; SECOND, Chester
Clarkson, scratch; third. Ben Erickson,
One Mile Open Amateur-First, l..
Niederhofer; second, Chester. GARRISON;
third. Ben Erickson Time: 2;S6 - ,o,
gen; second, Fred Dupont; third, Henry
Coley; fourth, Charles Mousse; fifth. E.
LIE Claire. Time, 2:35 2-5.
son; second, Einar Lee; third, A. w. Cal
lender. Time, 7:06.
Col Ellis has given a good show to
those who have been at the. grounds,
in the performances of Capt. George w.
Clarke, the champion high diver Of the
world, and Harry Fralick, who holds
like record for net diving.