Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-05
LABOR DAY EVENTS
Afternoon Programs at Vari-
GUS Pleasure Resorts.
GOOD RACING TIM E
BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES AND
AUTOMOBILES RESPECTIVELY.
The Windup Of the Carpenters Picnic
at River View-Results of
Competitions.

The afternoon events of the Central La
Dor Unions Labor day program at Ben
ming yesterday made up in attractiveness
for the annoyance caused by the tardy
starting of the celebration. The afternoon
events consisted of races for bicycles, mo-
torcycles and automobiles with a base
ball game and long dancing program at
the finish. No attempt was made to lower
time records with the fast-going motors,
but some good time was made and the
races were thoroughly enjoyed by the
large crowd that filled the grand stand.
The manner in which the program was car
| ried out and the dispatch with which all the
| races were run were features of the day.
There was no delay between events and the
crowd was never given time.to lose patience
or interest. Major Richard Sylvester had
direction of affairs. and he had an able
assistant In Mr. Royce Hough. The
judges were Messrs. N. C. Sprague, George
II. McCurdy and Albert F. Ferguson.
Messrs. Thomas F. Rice. w. c. Thaoher,
Rudolph Hose clerk of the course, as
the watches and timed the events, and Mr..
Randolph Hose was clerk of the course, as
sisted by Mr. B. c. Washington. jr. The
umpres were Messrs. Otto jacob, Arthur
E. H. Middleton. r. Emmett O'Brien and
c. NJ Lewis, and Mr.. N. H. Clark marked
the scores.
Policeman in Bicycle Race.
The first event in the afternoon was BIZ
cycle race for members of the police force.
The race was run off in three heats and be-
cause of the heavness of the track the dis
lance was reduced from one mile to half a
mile. The first heat was run in 1.34. A. E.
Brown. A. c. Lynn and J. G. Dunn qualified
in the order named The second heat was
started immediately a
8. Hughlett came first, clipping down the
time of the first heat by three seconds. J..
w. Green. an added starter. and c. S. Bode
qualified in this heat. According to the
fastest heat and two in the other heat were
permitted to ride the finals. This cut out
Dunn, who had finished third in the sIowest
heat The final was run off in l29 Brown
coming first. BOde second and Lynn third.
The prizes were silver cups donated by
Gen. Harries, d. n. Walford and Commits
sicner West, respectively. They We're pre-
sented Immediately after the finals by
Major Sylvester who made short speech
to the winners.
The motorcycle race was probably the
most exciting event on the program. There
We're four entries, all mounted on the same
style of machine. The distance was three
miles and the time of the winner 537 Pat
Throop, riding for Charles E. Miller & Co.,
came in first, with W. T. Campbell on his
own machine, second, and Ernest Taft rid
Five in Automobile List.
There We're five automobile events How
ard A. Rhine, driving a Yale car for the
Haynes Automobile Company, won three
of them and made the fastest time of the
day, doing a mile in one of the events in
1.58. The first event was a three-mile race
for machines of the gasoline type listing at
5000 or less, with regular road eouipment
rho
Evening Star cup, and the second prize a
cup donated by the Abn.r & Drury Brew
ing Company. There were but three en-
trants. Rhine won, his time being 6 min
utes and 3 seconds; C. L. Miller, driving a
Cadillac for c. w. Benson, was second and
j. B. Martin. driving q Mitchell machine
for ]. B. Maxwell was third.
The second event was fivemile race fol-
gasoline cars listing at 81 $50 less, and
brought out the same contestants and cars
who finished in the same order. The time
for the five miles was 10 minutes 81 10 sec
Onds The first prize in this event was
the Goldenburg cup, and the second prize
a cup presented by the Ford Automobile
Company.
Gasoline Machines
The third event was a fve-mile race witt
gasoline machines listing at $1,000 or less
The cars were all Franklin machines. ]
w. Boyd drove his own and finished
| first In IL minutes Al % seconds. F. S
Bliven was second, and FRED Hart third
both driving for the Columbia Automobile
| Company.
The fourth event was three miles fol
steam cars with added starter to th'
| published entries. The machines We're al
| of the Stanley type, and the race was fin
| ished in 6 minutes and 80 seconds. Th'
| prizes were, first, r. Harris & Co. cup; sec
| ond. Merchants and Mechanics Bank cup
| Mr.. French driving r. E. Heaters car. won
| F. S. Cahill. in his own car, came second
| and Robinson, driving Mr.. Engle's machine
| came third.
| In the fifth and last regular event there
were five starters In free-fOrall five-milt
race. ]. W. Deneale and Howard A. Rhine
| entered their machines at the post. The
prizes were, first, a cup donated by the
Peoples Savings Bank, and second, the
Goldsmchmidt cup. Rhine won in 8 min
utes, AN seconds. Deneale was SECOND
and Hart was third.
Exhibition Ride
AS an added event, Jack Rags rode al
exhibition mile on a bicycle against DIR
Klobdans one-horsepower machine. The
race was dead heat. The days program
of sports was brought to an end with &