The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-05
several policemen were on the grounds
they did not have much TO do.
Races at Riverside,

several policemen were on the grounds
they did not have much TO do.
Races at Riverside.
The Fourth OF July races at South
Riverside park yesterday afternoon were
pulled of with an enormous crowd Of
spectators filing the center Of the field
and the track also. Notwithstanding the
apparent conglomeration OF humanity
that insisted on camping on the track.
the races were voted worth seeing. Most
OF the crowd stayed till the last The
races were made more exciting by the
wheel riders running into other vehicles
on the track. Guy Furnish was thrown
from his wheel at the beginning of the
hve-mile race and had 10 be immersed
in the river before he was revived. The
extent OF his injuries, which were re-
ported down town as fatal. may be
judged from the fact that this same
young man subsequently won the most
interesting race of the afternoon.
Furnish won the pursuit race. and
when he passed the last man his en-
thusiastic admirers lifted him on their
shoulders and carried him down the
length of the track. while the crowd that
lined the course and pressed out TO get
a better look at the hero of the Occa-
sion shouted loud their praises to him.
: bicycle was the first prize. Bert Rec
sing won the second prize in this race
The event was a race in which five riders
in this case were equally distanced
around the track and all started at the
same moment. When the nan following
overtakes the man ahead Of him and
passes him that man must drop out. The
last man on the track wins the race.
1t was exciting from the crack OF the
pistol till a shout from the crowd an
nounced that Furnish had passed Rec
sing They had ridden eight miles in q
minutes. and. considering the blockaded
course and the strong wind. it was not
bad tine. The starters in this race were
Guy Furnish. Bert Reesing. William Mar
tinson. Heron McCartln and Clarence
Burrows.
The next race in point OF interest was
the 5f-yard dash by not icSs taan city
boys. ranging in age from ; 10 y years.
and Of every color. A colored boy named
James Harvey won this by three feet.
and is now the proud possessor of a new
pair of shoes.
It was great race. Imagine 100 little
feet patting down the dust and as many
arms waving right and left with half as
many mouths wide open all come tum-
bling over each other down the track.
and you have the race of yesterday.
Bert Reesing made good record. win
ming several Of the bicycle races. The
five-mile race was won by him in 15:2slz.
There was only one at the finish in the
race with him and this was Heron Nc
Cartin. who, although a lap behind, got
second prize. This was the race in which
the riders struck distractions along the
way and dropped out of the race An
other race won by Reesing was a one
mile. Burrows came in second.
The haIf-mile pony race was not slow in
taking with the spectators. and was the
only race in which the track was cleared
u any decent width.
The starters were Percy Hibbard, who
won the event; Ed Rinel, second; Morti-
mer Hilford. George Hin and James Har-
vey third.
A hundred-yard dash was struck off by
Emmett RnI and Oscar Lightner. the
former winning in 10 S-5 seconds. The
sack race created some amusement and
was won by Steven Beason. Chester Lam
bert coming in second.
The judges. who were picked extern
poraneously and deserve praise for their
good and fair decisions. We're W. II.
Tucker and y B. Westcott and C. A.
Wilson.