The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-05
cox THE CHAMPION
Defeated Litson in Twenty
five Mile Race.
WIND AGAINST RIDERS
Harry McCartin Wins Out in
Boys Race.

Yesterday afternoon at the fair grounds
Edward Cox won the 25-mile bicycle race
In which he contested with Frank Litson.
The time made was I:2s1s. This race was
for 500 a side and was to decide the
championship for Wichita
Besides this, the winner got 60 per cent
Of the gate receipts and the other 20 per
cent went to the loser
Five hundred people watched this and
the other races and when net noticing
the races diverted themselves with the
usual Fourth of July amusements. In al
the races the time was slow. This was
due 10 the poor condition OF the track.
In starting Ldtson went from the wire
and Cox at the half mile post During
the fourth lap Cox caught dp with Litson
and followed his pace until the seventh
mile, when he too kthe lead.
At the beginning of the eighth mile he
dropped back and then continued 20 fol-
low Litson until the sd, when he struck
q hot pace and finished his twenty-five
miles and a half a few seconds after Lit
son had passed the half mile on his 18th
lap.
Litson ha snot been feeling well for some
days and all during the race was troubled
with cramps
On account Of the high VIM and the
muddy condition o. the track Litson made
his twenty-four miles as follows:
525, GIG, 9:l6, l2:33 1904, 1885. 2233. 25:06,
29:A. 1910. 1920, 1915. A:29, 47:15, 50:441a,
54:27. 5S:1S 61:561z G8: 72.151z, 1885,, 1920,
1929.
All the other races called were more sat
isfactory than the 25-mile. The first was
2 two-mile. open for boys under 16. Hen
" AIcCartin took first place, with Edward
Jones a close second. Time. . minutes,
50 seconds.
The prizes were: first, a So pair of rae
in gtires and the second was a 50 UNI
brella-
The second race was n one-mile spin,
for the colored boys Ed Lawson came
under the wire first with Kelly second.
The time was 1904. BY winning this race
Lawson comes into possession Of a $12
set Of golf clubs and Kelly VIII wear
new hat
The dve-mile open was the next called
took positions under the Wire Resing
made the best start and set the pace FOR
the first mile. Then Grounds, who had
been riding third, pulled UP and took the
lead, setting the pace for the next mile.
Reeves paced the third mile and Taught
the fourth. As they passed under the wire
Tor the fifth lap Taught was first,
Grounds second, Reeves third and Resting
some distance back. He kept after and
succeeded in catching the bunch before
Grounds strted in on the sprint. when he
was again left On the finish Grounds was
well nithe lead. making a record Of 15161a
Reeves and Taught each made a hard
fight for second place. Reeves won out
and VIII get a So pair of tires. while
Grounds. the winner. vii ride a new
wheel.
The fourth event was between Eugene
De Long and Guy Andrews and was
Watched with more interest than any Of
the others.
The first mile was paced by Lawson and
Kelly on a tandem and the second by the
quad. At the finish the quad turned out
and let the riders sprint in. They went
under the wire with De Long half a wheel
length ahead. The time was SOL The
first mile was mace in "a. and the sec
ond in 2:E. Both the boys have made
much better time than this while train
ing. and would have done much better
vest erday but for the faults in the pace