Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-09-26
BICYCLING.
COLORED RIDER CAUSES
TROUBLE AT VAILSBURG

Vailsburg cycle track was like the
performance of a theatrical stock
company in a small city. There were
presentations" to the spectators and
the day altogether was lively one.
Marcus L. Hurley, the Columbia stu
dent, who recently won the worlds
amateur sprinting championship in
London; Iyer Lawson of Salt Lake
| City, winner of the worlds profess
sional short distance honors at the
same meet, and Oscar Goerke of the
| National Athletic club of Brooklyn,
who was also competitor in London
races, were at Vailsburg, Goerke be-
ing the only one to don his racing
| clothes. Kramer said he would not
ride if the same man was referee
4 again, and the management refused
| to be dictated to, and so the cham
/ pion did ont race, nor did Fem, his
team mate. Kramer was brought out
and introduced as the American
/ champion, and then there were cries
for Fem but he had gone home.
i The Donnybrook fair part of the
! program was furnished by Major
/ Taylor Dove, the negro amateur racer:
| He was racing side by side with Rup-
/ precht on the backstretch as the fifth
mile of the ten mile amateur handi-
cap was being finished, when he was
seen to fall after a slight collision
/ with Rupprecht. Dove lay PROSTATE
on the track with his elbows over his
i head to protect him until all of the
competitors had passed him, when he
/ Jumped to his feet and ran back to-
ward the approaching riders. He had
thrown his bicycle to one side, but
was waiting until Rupprecht came
around again, with he avowed 1nten-
ton of pulling him off his machine.
One of the trainers who was on the
backstretch tried to stop Dove, but
the angry negro lodged to one side
and continued to run along the track
Another trainer, f1eeter of foot than
his fellow, tackled Dove in football
style and pulled him off the track to
the grass Enclosure. The pair strug-
gled until two policemen came and
took Dove to the training quarters.
Dove was bleeding from cuts on his
j arms and head and said the trainer
had kicked him in the head after he
had knocked him down. So Dove Sc
cured an iron bar, two feet long and
an inch thick, and announced his In
tention of annihilating the man who
+ had pulled him off the track. Some
one took the iron bar away from him
before he could do any mischief with
it. but he ran into the Enclosure seek
ing the trainer, with two Vailsburg
cops in short winded pursuit. Dove
. ran up to the trainer and began 20
abuse him, but beofre he had time TO
finish his grafton, he was in the
clutches of the policemen. He was
: again taken to the training quarters
and when he refused to be pacified he
was removed to the borough lookup.
i, Half Mile Novice, Handicap-Won
, nv Fred Zapke, New York, So yards
Willard Downs, South Orange, e
wards. second; Herman Schubert
West Hoboken, 80 yards, third. Time
, minute 8 AS seconds.
Quarter Mile Open, Amateur
Won by James Zanes, Newark; Ed
ward Rupprecht, Newark, second
Alfred Ashurst, Newark, third; Mike
, lCoffey, Newark, fourth. Time, 30 4
: seconds.
Ten Mile Handicap, Amateur-Wo1
by Oscar Goerke, Brooklyn, scratch
3 Charles Franks, Newark, 100 Yards
= second: H. M. Kuehne, New York
j third; A. G. Spain, Bloomfield, zO'
1 yards, fourth. Time, - minutes Q
! seconds. Winner of five mile prize
Alfred Ashurst. Newark. Lap prize
: Joseph Rockowitz, New York, first
Ioseph Marnello, Newark, second.
Quarter Mile Handicap, Profession
4 al-Won by William R. Lee New
: York, 85 yards; Carl Limberg, sa,
: Jose, Cal, as yards, second; josef
!. : Fogler, Brooklyn, % yards, third
FLOYD Krebs, Newark, Is yards
2 fourth. Time % 20 seconds.
one Mile Handicap, Professional
Won by Charles Kastendieck, Brooi
lyn, 100 yards; Carl Limberg, sa
Jose, Cal, 40 yards, second; Osca
!; schwab, Greenwich, Conn, 14O yaYi'
y third: Charles Schlee, Newark, Ia
Yards, fourth. Time, ! minute 4
IS seconds. Lap prize winners--Rossi1
e 2, Schwab J.
e Half Mile Consolation, Professions
e Won by Menus IBedell Lynbrool
e John BedelI, Lynbrook, second; r. !
t Root. Boston, third. Time. ] minut
II 8 seconds.