Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-12
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 Two-thirds mile, open lamateur)-- Final heat won by G. Welsing, Har- lem Wheelmen; Charles Kastendieck, Brooklyn, second; W. Courier, New ark, third; time, I'm 5S 3-5s; won by 8 length and half, with three lengths between second and third.
 Motor paced match, in heats-Harry Bikes ys Floyd, MacFarland-F'irs heat. at one mile, won by Bikes by sixty yards; time, I'm Al 2-5s Sec ond heat and match, at three miles, won by Bikes by 100 yards; time, 4m 4Os.
 Five mile handicap (amateur)-Final heat won by F. Wilmington, New York (350 yards); Menus Bedell, Lyn- brook (450 yards), second; H. Welsing, Harlem Wheelmen (scratch), third; G. c. Schreiber, Harlem Wheelmen (scratch), fourth; time, 11m 56s; won by twenty-five yards, with others
 Referee. J. H. Valentine, Knicker- booker A. O.; attendance, 5000.
 Buffalo. Aug 12.-At Saturdays meet of the National Cycling associa- ton, Marcus Hurley of New York lost another national amateur champion ship to T. J. Grady. 1t was at two miles, and Grady was the first to sprint for the tape. He maintained daylight between himself and the New York crack.
 0. S. Henshaw and Oscar Head strom broke the worlds half mile mo- tor tandem record of 40 seconds, doing the distance in 39 1-5 seconds, the first quarter in 20 seconds.
 The race of the day was the twenty mile middle distance motor paced anna teur championship. Walter Smith, K. c. w, Brooklyn, shot to the front and made the first mile in I'm 39 4Js, breaking his record of Inn A 475s., Smith led for three miles and then was seized with cramps.
 Joseph Fulton, also of Brooklyn, then took the lead and maintained it to the end. F. A. Dosgood of Lynn, Mass. finished second.
 The points in the amateur champion ship table are as follows: Marcus Hurley 26, T. J. Grady F, J. II. In- graham, Jr, '; Frank 1T. Denny 6, w. E. Losee 3. E. A. Moofes2 Lace Down. ing 2, F. J. Hoffman 4, l.. E. Mettling 2, Fred Schade 2, Charles Mcconnell 2. and William Morton 1.
 A crowd of more than 5000 persons witnessed at the Yailshurg track Sat urday one of the most desperately con- tested races ever run anywhere. It was an unlimited pursuit contest and in trying to beat one another H. E. Bleecker of Brooklyn and John T. Col! gan of Trenton rode each other into states of complete exhaustion. The race began as an open event, with heats at two miles each, and was work ed out until only four were left for the final. These were Bleeeker, Colgan, H. E. Caldwell and Tom Butler. The final was run ill true Australian style, with the men starting at points equally dis tant from each other on the track and no limit being set, the agreement, be- ing that man was out as soon as overtaken by one from behind him. Caldwell and Butler were put out early and Bleecker and Co1gan then were on opposite sides of the track. They went mile after mile without either being able to gain, so evenly matched in speed, endurance and grit were they. The spectators kept cheering and urg- ing them on and yet it was plain to be seen that the strength of both was rapidly failing.
 At ten miles, the referee, out of sheer pity, called upon them to stop. but the contestants either did not hear or did not understand A courier awheel was. then sent out on the track to ask the men if they were willing to stop and call the race a draw and divide first and second money evenly between them. The courier caught Bleecker first and he agreed to the proposition readily, but went on riding while wait ing to learn if Colgan agreed. Before the courier could reach Colgan the lat ter collapsed and had to be carried from the track. BIeeckeF then made faint sprint and rode far enough to be de clared the winner. but he also had to be assisted to his dressing room.
 The race that was intended to be the feature of the day, the twenty-mile paced match between Monroe and Ross, proved to be too easy for Monroe to be exciting. Ross was allowed to lead by few lengths for eleven miles and then Monroe sailed past him. Monroe won by two and half laps Ross had trouble with his pace, but it was afer Monroe had gained enough of a lead to be the winner. Joe Nelson, a young CT brother of Johnny Nelson, made a new amateur record for five miles be- hind pace by riding the distance in minutes 13 1-4 seconds.
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