Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-10
SOLO sY ALL DRUGGISTS,

IL DRUGGISTS.
 of the bell for the last lap they were travelling abreast Kramer gained the lead and they went the last lap with Fenn riding on the outside trying to pass. Ten feet from the tape Fenn made noble jump and nearly gained the race. As it was, Kramer won by less than three feet.
 In the final Cooper made a much bet ter race of it against Kramer than was expected. Taking the lead from the first Cooper held Kramer behind him, both going at a fair clip until toward the end of the third lap. Kramer did very hard piece of sprinting to get to the front, but once there he opened q gap and won by four lengths, sitting up. Cooper gave up when Kramer passed him and opened up the gap.
 The greatest excitement prevailed when the greatest ride of the night was made in the third heat of the one-mile professional handicap. Then it was that the almost deafening applause demonstrated how keenly the Garden crowds appreciate good work. Fenn won the heat from scratch by full length and a half, establishing a new record indoors and tying the best out door record for one mile in competition.
 Mcfarland and Lawson the scratch men in the preceding heats, had both been shut out, Mcfarland because he was not fit and Lawson because he started his final sprint too late. Fenn passed Gascoyne, the twenty-yard man, in the first lap and caught the bunch in the second lap. He went to the front in the bell lap and won with speed to spar. It was the second bfok- en record of the evening, but by far the more popular one, as it was more spectacular. In the final heat Fenn, although he failed to get in the money, lowered his own new record of l min ute 57 4-5 seconds to 1 minute 57 2-o seconds. Wilson won this race by three lengths and Fenn was fifth
 Washington. Aug 1O.-Will Stinson, holder of the worlds bicycle record for one hour, slipped two-fifths of a second from the worlds one-mile record last night at. the Coliseum track. He in ished the last mile of a twenty-mile contest with Archie McEachern in 1:36 2-5, against a: former record or 1 .36 Az. The race with McEachern was exciting for ten miles, until the latfe,.,s motor broke. Stinson was win hing at the. time but ran away from McEaehern afterward, tapping the lat fer just before the close of the race.
 prevalence. Aug 1U.-At the Coll sarm last night Bobby Walthour de feated Moran in the twenty-five mile motor-paced race by four laps. Moran made a poor pickup on the first start and Walthour was nearly half Tap ahead when s.Dutch'' Walter, on Morans pacing machine, pulled hls lever the wrong way and the motor slowed up. The men were called back and wrangle ensued. Walthour in sisting on d half lap lead i'll q fresh start and Waller refusing to make such an allowance Walthour finally agreed to a new start on even terms and both men made good pick-ups. The south erner took the lead and never was in danger. New state records were made for all miles from eight to twenty-five inclusive Walthour also made a
 
 total time being 3S minutes seconds.
 Buffalo, Aug 10.-An excellent pro- gram greeted the Pan-American exhi- bition. visitors on the fifth day of the national amateur bicycle meet of the N. c. A. The feature was the defeat, his first on the Stadium track, of Mar GUS Hurley of the N. Y. A. O., in the five-mile national amateur champion ship. The trick was performed by T J. Grady of Chicopee, Mass Hurley re- mained in fourth place with Grady close to his rear wheel. Entering the last turn Grady spurted and gained q lead, but failed, the men finishing al- most even across the tape. The semi finals of the two-mile national anna teur championship were won by Grady, Mcconnell. Hurley and Hoffman The grand semi final will be run tomorrow. The one-half mile amateur handicap was divided into four fast fields. The only scratch man. to qualify was War ren Zurbrick of Buffalo, but he was not in it in the final. the race being taken by William Morton of Toronto with a handicap of 80 yards 1t was a close and exciting finish. Walter Smith of New York rode five miles in S.3O, the wind being too strong for rec ord-breaking. Marcus Hurley will ride in the handicaps to-day, it being the first time he has been induced to enter such races. A large crowd witnessed the sport.