Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-03
WITH THE WHEELMEN.
Racing on Many Tracks Yesterday and
 Saturday.

hdCllS on Many IfackS 1eSLeTuay duu
 Saturday.
 Jerseyites, those around Newark at least, seem to beiWell cycle crazed,1 ,1for yesterday there was another raoord- breaking crowd of fS, 900 present at the races on the Vailsburg track The six events were enthusiastically received. The batch of Westerners, Mcfarland, Freeman and Cooper, have aroused 3 rivalry against them on the part of the Eastern professionals that is becoming bitter. Tn the quarter-mile professional it looked as if there was team work be- tween Fisher and Kramer, Fisher mak- ing pace for the Orange rider and the pair trying to pocket Mcfarland and Freeman Fisher finished third in the final, but the referee, Wallace Merri- hew, disqualified him for not riding the race out. Fisher had been warned by the referee in one of the trial heats against playing q game with Kramer. Tn the five-nlila professional Kramer. was forced off the track and to speeta- tors in the stand it looked as if one of the riders had done it Intentionally. The referee, however, did not see any thing wrong. Mcfarland made q hard race for it, leading to within thirty yards of the finish, when Freeman came from behind and beat him by q length. The times for both the profes- sional events were very fast and close to recard figures. Such fast going so early in the year indicates that the men are i'll fine form and that the new track is fast. The amateur races also were close, the best one being that between the representatives of the three cities, New York, Brooklyn and Newark Ill this q pacemaker was used to the bell. lap, from which the boys sprinted it out. Schlee, the hardy road plugger who won second time prize in the IT, vington MillbuIn the other day, proved himself a sprinter and captured the race by winning two of the three heats. Summarizes:
 The original program will be carried out at the Nelodrome tonight, the star attraction of which is the match race series between ". s. Fem and JsS Jacobson.I These boys, both consid- cred the fastest professionals in the country at the hardest of all races, the unlimited pursuit. will fight it out i'll q contest of this description for purse of $250, $100 of which has been posted as side bet by Fenn and S100 by Ja- cobson. The other race between the men will be for one mile, single paced, and while the time will not put the rec ord in danger the finish will undoubt- edIy be fast enough to bring the spec tators to their feet. Tn the event of each man winning one race q deciding heat will be necessary to settle the series, and this will be selected by the toss of q coin, the winner to choose the style and distance. Both Fem and Jacobson are riding fast, in superb shape and confident of winning one race each, and the probabilities point to the necessity of q third and de cisive heat for the purse. The winner, by the way, is to. take all and the in- centiye is thus doubly great for each man to put forth his finest talents in the art of putting wings to the in- clined oval.-Hartford Globe.
 Springfield Mass, June 3.-The opening for the season of the Coliseum bicycle track was held Saturday af- ternoon with an attendance of 1,500 l The fifteen-miIe three-cornered race between Perry of Chicopee. Alexander of Hartford and Rutz of New Haven was won by Perry in fast time. All though there were six motors at the track all of them caused trouble with the exception of one. and Perry hap pened to be behind this. He defeated Rutz by four laps, while Alexander did not finish, as he was left without pace after the third mile. Perry will ride Caldwell June 13