The Jersey City news., 1901-08-05

point each for the two beaten riders IN
the grand semi-finals
Within another week or two after tine
roughing it, on the circuit commences
to tell on the physical condition of the
men, the changes will come fast and furi-
Gus. Men who are in good positions now
will under the punishment of two or three
weeks on the circuit drop to very near
the bottom of the list, not that they are
inferior riders, but because they cannot
stand the wear and tear occasioned by
travelling from town to town each night,
eating different food, drinking different
water. and sleeping some nights on the
railroad train-tonight on a boat and to-
morrow night none at all.
A successful field meeting and outing
was held at Laurel Hill on Saturday at
the grounds of the Greater New York
Irish Athletic Association, Celtic Park,
by the Royal Arcanum Wheelmen of
Manhattan. The chief honors of the day
on the track fell to W. Frank, the crack
indoor rider of the Eighth Regiment
Athletic Association. who won the five
mile handicap, was second in the one
mile open scratch contest and was first
in the five-minute slow riding competition
Summary
One-mile race, scratch-won by Thos
j. Hall, Century Road Club; w. Frank,
Eighth Regiment A. A, second; d.
Palmer, Greater New York Wheelmen,
third Time. minutes SO seconds.
Five-minute Slow Race-won by W.
FRANK; DR.. F. Rice, Royal Arcanum
Wheelmen. second; ]. Achorn, Royal Ar
canum Wheelmen, third. Time minutes
Three-mile Royal Arcanum Handicap
Won by F. Peterson, 60 yards; J. Achorn,
scratch, second; H. Beck, 12O yards, third
Time, minutes % seconds.
Five-mile Open. scratch-Won by w
Frank. t. J. Hall, second; T. ]. McKen-
zie, Century r. c., third Time, IA min
utes 45 seconds
The weather caused a postponement Of
the racing at Vailsburg yesterday The
programme was held over until next Sun
day.
On the Vailsburg board track Saturday
aIterfooR Frank Kramer won, in an en-
citinG bicycle race, the national champion
ship for the half mile. In the final heat
ne outgeneraled Major Taylor. beating
him out by about half a wheels length.
TIE race was ridden in preliminary
heats, semi-finals, grand semi-finals and
a final. In the semi-finals John f. Fish
er of Chicago won the first heat, the Ma.
Jor following him across the tape and
Kramer took the second heat, with Tom
Cooper, the old time champion, a close
second. Taylor beat out Fisher IN the
first heat of the grand semi-finals, and
Kramer did tie same with Cooper in the
second heat
For the first lap and q half IN the final
Taylor and his rival for championship
honors indulged in a game OF jockeying
Part of the way it was slow race their
wheels at times coming to an actual
standstill as they tried to outwit each
other for position. AT length Taylor got
where ne wanted and the sprint began.
When, however, he attempted to pass on
the homestretch and do little pacing on
his own hook be found himself up against
almost as tough proposition as if he
had undertaken to overhaul a streak of
lightning. 1t was the swiftest sprint ever
seen on the Vailsburg track and the
crowd of spectators gave vent to deafen-
ing cheers as the two flyers shot across
the tape. Kramer in the lead.
There was also a race for the State
championship-one mile, amateur Tom
Firth of Harrison won, with Teddy Bill
lington of Vailsburg a good second. Firth
also distinguished himself by riding off
with the laurels in an interesting ten
mile motor-paced contest with P. G. Van
Cott of New York.
r. NJ. Alexander, of Hartford of old
time Irving Millburn fame, captured
first prize in a one-mile PRO" with u
handicap of 100 yards.
T. ]. Gascoyne, Englands champion,
looked like a winner up to the last few
laps of the five-mile pro- handicap, but
dropped back to third place at the finish.
w. S. Fem of Waterbury finishing first
and Floyd MacFarland of San Jose sec
ond. The summarizes
+Half-Mile National Championship-Fi
heat-Won by liver Lawson of Salt Lake
City; Tom Cooper of Detroit. second.
Kramer of East Orange, Lester Wilson of
Pitteburg, second Time-1.26 1-5 Third
heat-Won by John T. Fisher of Chicago;
F. A. MacFarland of San Jose, second.
Time-1.12 Fourth heat-Won by Owen
Kimble of Louisville; Major Taylor, OF
Worcester, second. Tfme-L20. Semi
finals-First heat-Won by Fisher; Taylor,
second Time-1.16. Second heat-Won by
Kramer; Cooper, second. Time-1.30 As.
Grand Semi -Finals-First heat-Won by
Taylor; Fisher, second. Time-2.13. Sec
ond heat-Won by Kramer; Cooper sec
ond. Time-S.SL Final heat-Won by
Kramer; Taylor, second Time-3.12.
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