The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
Harry ELKES DEFEATS GARDINER
At MANHdTTdN beach.

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raced by Motor Mhchihes, the "iehs ans
Roy fih'S""s miie Anc"" III
Snic"Goah hahoic"ppeo ny e
e 'S''e meets q" "'"er "'A''
Harry Fixes Of Glens Falls. who holds the
one-hour worlds record behind pace, defeated
Arthur Gardiner OF Chicago at the Manhattan
Beach track yesterday in twenty-hve-mile
paced race. Fixes won by almost n mile. III
was the first middle-dtstnnce paced race OF the
season in the metropolitan district and tho
first frs, one in which motor cycles have ever been
used in this locality with perfect success. 1t
was :, contest rt,s to the finish and pretty
, ,aeo W watch IL was more lhlr ,.'Iik
than similar events in which mnticyeles
are, are used, used The motor machines sailed around
noise of the exploding naphtha touching the
nerves o, the spectators and causing thrill
that the silent sextets formerly employed did
not create. The motor cycles showed plainly
that thew couI 90 faster than the men, could
give them any pace they wanted. and there
fore it was test of which rider could stand
''e more speed Inc largest crown seen 1T u
meet THIS year attended about i've thousand
being present. The excitement and enthusi
ash, ran n'"n' anu il,uo ~ p''en, wa, ','''
is the style OF racing that the public still de-
oil . - $780,. ,, H. a., .o,,
ony Two motor e'cieS were uSeu III INC rue
other quad" Gardiner had the tandem
and rIlos w. :. c,o,in W, j., 1i,,,i,,,ian ~,
'u -NeS Wv Iuau w.. III 1,r,' y.
Elkess victory, but in justice to Gardiner 1t
must be stated that the latter had the worst of
II in pace In view Of tho fnrt tn,t Elkes,s
machine was OF the 'overhang' type. allowing
the rider to get more shelter he conceded the
~ NV Unn6n, tronei, snit 49, m9 W f.; hainht
and IA inches a"t VIDE. Th f device "'' Vas
hih nnnb 'or ,dh vas ,i hoS
lis machine as closely as could Fixes very
strong wind blew across the track from the
Seavv ara Inc the hicaEGe or e was
further at %fa dsadvantage in using gear too
miRh i3r shGn %imuy any. uarIil n gen enr
muS -; Tm,,e aiA.S ny E "nle VI lhG ua nt
tad nv uetrnlenm that Fonrnis, imnorted
me dne dHau nseu by ElkeS was new, new one
menns ~ m etnrtric snnrk In thfi mschins
III as .nr,,ng Snrnrila On HE onnornnt tha
@ as o ~ IL Is l ~ cue
trat nn b r n '"Ae
ne t h mnt1 W"5 ot' ,"s. ~ cous,.eIa
close clos to Ekess remarHebe word 9?n record
ton With the race was that Fixes rode To- We
tru WV VA rouv , VI 'I
an; stnrted ssainst IN" orders Of his n eT
Gan I6s iniTrv ~ IGL"s wn VI m.e ~
faI durin,, IA ssbIrt r,i,.os ~ ,ha af,arr ~,
Tha tnms FnIIs ho comn ont fnr warnin.
ne WYNN n intI ih nr c'sr out iot @
~ nni' an eNlLpjI'inn ol,n ni"nnu NE, NE trart
f"r tTo t,,I,n, Trla ~ Us bh ~.
stretch the front Wheel rolling &c on ahead h d and
rar. an hi az ~ ~ h ro,y ai
Thc mem stsrte from npSnstte sidas NJ tbe
~ nat,"r ~, tha 10, ava ~, r. a,,i &c e..
ArSt In wns m..rfr M, r,rds nheaS Er ,
NE imI we ne1'S IT f"ta7 FROM
aadnr Ty maarIx thrne pan snV or nhnnt SSs
vorIs GorIinnr was nrst rauvht ma na:.ed
IN The fourth riic In The sr%eI-th Mia b vas
mron nssed mn inc nm Ian nmd iG hn H was Vas
htnt 'Tbe thirH tin,te thnt Frkns %vnrtn%t him
and went abrad was in he tfTennth miIa AZ Ar
nT i ha r 5 was . ?ecSn"s ahean at ten
mii.s GnrIIn ~ was mint rs se rI .I leu
himd and FIkas va within minntn ~ o. =
eec0nTs of thu. record At twenty miles FIkes
was ahead minute IL As seconds and at the the
end Fixes won iy > minutes 3C-5 seconds
mere were no aSciaents, ne fastest mule
w Srcon 3as e'e"'"' rioueh In ! minute Al 20
Tho short races furnished fair sport The
irst srll! Of the day Occurred in the first heat
the Kings County Wheeimcn and Daniel Suli-
S%n Of the Gah went d"Tn on the
the tire and saddle Of SuIIiyan's machine 10
tightly that the tire had to I've DEBATED before
cut The idea Of arransinr race W" Win Cham.
lion hranet name lor tltLc ana giving the
men speeia hannltnns; WI, kramer on scratch
ton. as Kramer has been riding 50 fast
chancH against him with ordinary handcaps
ana the men VINO usuaIS start from scratch
aIt really entltItH 10 some h,IoWnhce wheh
ptteu against thlS ainateur; VINO mas shown
inns nst soou niiuus u l"t pioL'sSioha company.
IioW lnoIoukhIy ne outclassrs the amateur
GROUP was SHOWN ~ us Winning, me specld
race named Tor nm very handily nv four
lengths, the same distance by which he won
the third Of mile OIen.
The Colett tandem handicap race was n
queer event COllett was nor among the start
ers and tho haudcans looked mora iii ~ tha
npnrns that wnnl1 H.. oIInttai In a .,r~, Nil,
rece tLon in N nne-r,iia eraDt ~ poU nn9
noHnst WI "t mn y i'hEtn III Iot Hnlsh.
hrnilei hnu Gihttlher, VINO slhrteu IRON
scsratch. Hhlsnsu lourth, close up, ana undouht-
eddy broke the amateur tandem rocord for
competition. hut their time was not taken
Officially. Summarizes:
- Nla Pa rad R,.. R.binJ Nn+or Cyc,o. W. J.,
Harry Fik,s in + ,rinnt.. 40 - - sernnb 49,
Gardiner second. 90 minutes 3 a. seconds TINE
Inv milrs,I.b4 an. n.Hs > r.. : o. AZ m nc
H:u4 -. loss -: i2:4i So ii: g.; ii - 49,
ls.Sr 4. ru.nI . r. no., = n,,I, n5 "a r,
$50" 2n:6d ai5i ~ s4S a. sf, ~ q;
37:4I ~; 3p4I 90: ii ia -. aS,si ! n, 40
Third OF a Nil, nash Amateur FINAL tou, - -,
nv F Kro,nrT iInrirr, WLsaIm on 7 y R"r 81 w'
n A q s"rnnd' q r EarI E;,rs C6nn;,. ".
tinrd Tiue ~ a. seconds "' ''"'' W.
Kr,nar uanJiran H,lf Mi. Aust,ur- Final no,
won Nv F I Kr,,ner Hnri, ~, "a - Sohr.'i "a. AZ