The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05

forcing his competitors to sprint to keep
within hailing distance. Rounding the
turn the riders got we'll together and
furnished an exciting sprint to the finish.
McGiever won out handily by one length.
with Upton second and Hengen third.
Time, 2:50 2-5.
The one-mile open professional race
had but four starters, but the riders,
with one exception. kept together to the
finish and made an interesting contest
The starters were Charles Hofer, st.
Paul; D. F. Carmichael, st. Paul; J. F.
Davidson, former champion of Canada,
and o. B. Holton, Larimore, N. D.
Hofer set the pace at the sound of the
pistol and led to the tape the first time
by the judges CarmichaeF trailed him
| in second place, only half wheel be-
hind, with Holten in third place, and
Davidson last With the warning for the
last lap Carmichael shot ahead of Hofer,
and set about killing off his rivals before
| the sprint home. The rivals had some
| thing to say about this, however, and
refused to be shaken off. pedal1ng after
| the lengthy Carmichaef like the wind
The pace told on Davidson by the time
| the home stretch was reached, though,
| and the Canadian champion quit. The
| final sprint was exciting. Carmichael
| maintained the lead until within a few
| yards of the finish, when Hofer shot
| from second place to even terms, and
| then with lowered head plunged forward
| just back of the tape, sufficiently to land
| himself winner by a rim. Holton finish
| ed third, several lengths away. If the
| riders had kept to the top notch through
/ out the race, as they showed themselves
capable of doing, excellent time would
! have been the result, but Fps 2-5 was the
! best they got from the official watches.
QUALIFYING FOR A RACE.
In order to stir up the riders a time
limit of 1:20 was placed on the half mile,
open, amateur event, but in the first heat
the desired result was not effected and
the heat was ridden a second time. In
this trial the riders got down to business
and finished will inside of the limit By
the rule, the first and second man In
each heat and the third rider in the fast
est heat qualified for the final. George
Sudheimer, Harry Perkins c. r. Weldon,
of Madelia, and L. A. Gordon, of Mime
apolis, loafed through the first heat and
immedia tely rode out the second heat.
Sudheimer trailed most of the distance,
while Perkins and Weldon alternated in
the pacemaklng. Ir the sprint down the
stretch, Sudheimer came from third place
with pretty squirt and captured the heat.
Weldon finished second and Perkins third.
Time 1:09!l
The second heat found Ed Sudheimer,
M D. Nicholson, ST Paul; NJ. A. Herring,
ST. Paul, and Tom McGiever pitted
against each other. Profiting by the ex-
perience of the first heat men these riders
set out at lively clip and managed to
get in under the time limit. finishing the
heat in 1:19 is. Nicholson took first place
from Sudheimer in a lively brush down
the stretch, leaving McGiever in third
place, while Herring finished last.
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the spectators saw a pretty race. Per-
kins made the pace at first, but as the
other riders pushed him hard, soon gave
way to Ed Sudheimer, who carried the
bunch right merrily to the quarter. Here
McGiever took whirl at the pacing but
was displaced on entering the stretch by
Perkins. Without wheel length separat-
ing one Of the riders from the other, the
racers came down the stretch like the
wind Perkins fell back when nearly to
the tape, leaving Nicholson, who had
made g fierce ride from last man to Sec
ond place. leading the bunch. George
Sudheimer was pushing Nicholson hard,
however, and with a final burst of speed,
pushed his machine half wheel in front
of the big fellow, winning the heat and
race in the fair time of Ill 1-5. Nichol-
finished second. and Weldon third
The professionals came together again
in the two-mile handicap race and the or
der of finishing for the first wo places.
on their first brush, was reversed. 1t
was practically a race between the
scratch men. Carmichael and Hofer from
the start John Davidson had an allow
ance of 100 yards, but again gave up in
the sprint down the home stretch, after
riding a good race throughout. Holton
went away with sfxty-yard handicap.
Carmichael apparently had confidence In
his bility at the two-mile distance and
took the lead at the start He led over
the tape the first time with Hofer coming
easily close up. Davidson took Holton
over by ten yards on the first lap, but
these two were on even terms from the
finish of the first mile. Starting on the
second mile Hofer and Carmichael went
out after the allowance riders and over
hauled them at the last quarter Flying
into the stretch, Hofer went to the front
and seemed sure winner. He led in all
the way until the race seemed won when
Carmichael, with a sudden burst of
speed, shot in ahead of him by scarcely
a tire and landed the prize. Time 4:5s rs.
FIvE-MILE HANDICAP.
Expectation ran high among cycle
racing enthusiasts when the five-mile.
open, amateur handicap event was an
nounced, and q large bunch of starters
took up their respective positions. They
numbered twenty-eight in all, with Per
kins, George Sudheimer and Ed Sudheim-
er at scratch The others strung out all
the way to the quarter mile post With
the report of the pistol the riders got
under way, resembling series of NOV
ing pictures as they whirled past the
stand. Most Of the allowances differed
but by a few yards and by the end OF
the first mile nearly all of the handicap
riders were strung out one behind the
other, none more than a wheel away
from his nearest rival The scratch men
did not appear to be out to head the al
lowance riders, and rode together like
trio of PAGERS. There was a bad looking
spill In the first bunch on the back
stretch, when five racers went down In
I a scattering dump, but no one was in.
jured. At almost the same spot. while