The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
NEWS OF THE WnEEEMEN.
TOM COOPER WINS THE BRO RACE At
MANHATTAN BEACH.

Two Amateur Contests-KIscr's Speed
| . Feature-Only Two Thousand People
Witness the Contests by the Sea.
| A programme OF short races. including three
| amateur and two professional events run of at
| Manhattan Beach yesterday by tho Atlantic
Athletic Association demonstrated fully that II is
the paced races with the men following the big
machines that is wanted by the public Although
one Of the races was one-mile championship
| for the pros, and one OF the special events in
| which double the number OF points were scored,
there were less than two thousand persons present
| The double score OF points for the national
cha mpion ship OF the N. c. A. and tho big purse
insured warm contest from tho FIRST heat 10 the
| final Tom Cooper won the decisive heat by a
| couple Of feet from Kiser with Kimblc and
| Stevens less than lengt tn behind. The wedding
out procc as OF the heats brought TO the tape In
the final rs promising bunch az has faced
! starter this year the only one OF tho
cracks missing being Mcfarland. who
was shut on, by running third In his heat
Cooper won the FIRST heat Kiscr the second,
Stevens the third and Kimble the fourth. Subss-
quently the men who ran second In the heats,
! Miller. Eaton Walthour and Sims, rode an extra
heat to qualify 9th man and Sims captured
| this.
In the final W. H Hicks made the pace and car
ried the men strung out for two lapa In the Hrst
| turn OF the last lap Kimble ran out and starting
| from the upper edge OF the track shot ahead In
atsmpt 10 steal away He opened e ap OF eight
| or ten yards but was overha ued in the stretch.
Cooper led when tho break for the tape
was made. with Kiser taking sleigh
ride behind him, but the Dayton hoy
in spite OF this advantage could not
| get up his speed in the style he did in other
heats. Just before the championship race Kscr
| had ridden n har . vi mi lie bap md
while Cooper had quit carly in the race to save
| himself for tho chief event Kisers speed was
| feature all the afternoon as was that Of ramer,
the amateur cham pion. both men being In ex
| ccptonal form.
Next TO the champion ship tho best rnco
on the card was the one mile amateur
handicap which Kramer won by half
length from wahrenbcrger In very fast time.
The third OF mile open for amateurs was won
by Kramer by the same distance but Wahren-
berger and Crooks made 1t beautiful fight all the
| way. WahrenberRer was apparently foulcd
coming up the stretch and quit when few yards
from the tape Summarizes:
| Corbn Handicap. one mile handicap. amateur
| won by Frank Kramer, Harlem Wheelmen. scratch :;
n "" yasds sHs
| Time-z min 10 sec
les ". Dyer: New YORK; b. Whitman, brooklyn, sec
ond VIM saIch. New York. third Tlme-'0s IS
R., i've miles Son
waiihour, so yards. second; John 7 Fisher, 50
| yards third: Fred sims, 90 yards. fourth, Bobby
Thompson: $50 yards, nth Time minutes
Third Of a mile Metropolitan cham onshlp. anna
VIC: ". Crooks, Brooklyn. second j. ii. Hunter.
New York. third Tine,.45i 5 seconds
gnai e., Won Y Tom SeSP S4 Esti Rss, sso%ad
@ m 4td @iSnSS S gscoh& Fred
Tho Richmond County wheclmen held their
old Staten island Athletic Club at West Brig h,on,
yesterday afternoon and II was marked by many
close finishes, The turns OF the track were well
bank cd but there were three spills in the novice
| race None Of the riders was seriously hurt
Two thousand people witnessed the races
one mile ncyce race Final h.a. won by Arthur
ssson ms, hS Asd ss s%t New
s. rrth aS sec On daopp'r Newark
One mile scratch. for the championship Of Rich
s,n fSnH aniEd I'm min
ono- mile match race in heats. between Leroy See
ne NsT Yo5. 4 Co. an and t, LEO , Firth W
as IS seconds second heal won by, See Time a
minutes: ~ 1,s se GO Final heat won by See
Quarter mile obstacle race--Won by W. G. Frank.
Two mile amS!rar, Lake HanaIcap:-Finul hea,
won y John II. Lake SCRATCH H. F yarnsy. New
&c y"d .d %t ts sst"ads
Five Mile Amateur Handicap, 7 TAI Hee:s Miles
h'f Feq y : bIosIyu 20? yslds
J. II, Lake, Por Richmond, scratch third, Time
ana he @ f By The
B s% a and n Mcsher Taps" JOHN " Lake. H.
W. A. Fixes. the father and manager Of Harry
Fixes, has issued a long statement sharply
tpraips 4 tie folds q the l. (: ". and ssyns
ssodns s eS Win Efe He says
times. and as each man has two Victories to his
credit. q deciding race is necessary. The
abatement is accompanied by tho following
Harry Fixes, middle distanc &c champion OF America.
challenges Any rider S In the wo,d TO .sTss
al to 90 ana s 1o @e: .sh ahs 81:
side bet on each race The winner Of the majority Of
champion Of the world. Said challenger VIII allow
81 he
him to " ys H. has 1sF,
the G. board OF Control, and II will be used -
The annual festival and race meet OF the
Union Course Wheelmen was held at Dexter
dance OF the afternoon caused the Committee
70 curtail the racing programme materially.
| summaries:
| Australian Pursuit Raoe--won By Harry Burgess
who caught August wendt at one mile and q half.
| Time, 4 minutes 90 seconds
| One Mile Handicap-won by A. wendt, rs yards;
| Harry burgess scrAtch. second Henry Martin. 100
by John
| Henry Thomas J. osHood second. William r. Nor
| ton third Time minute 81 seconds.
BosroN, Aug. 10.-1he final days racing Of
the L.. A. W. meet at the Charles River Park
this afternoon was fully up to the high stand ard
Of the previous days and close finishes and
| hard fought races were again in evidence. Two
championships In addition to an inter-dlyision
SnateRed another honor from Major Taylor by
stealing march on him IN the final heat q the
when he got hls old time sprint working
an, won out by Il comtGrtabe marsIn.
| veloped into a match between Moran, the
Chelsea crack. and Earl Peabody. the well
frat place through foul committed by Poa.
body, The Judges made the two men ride
another heat. which Moran won by a marxin
| not exceeding three inchns In narne nnish.