The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-08
BARNARD STAR or FIRST MEET
Ed Harmer Wins the Kenosha Evening
News Trophy from a-Fast Field of
Local Riders-Big Auto Racers Com
ing to Kenoshas

track Of the new Kenosha Motordrome
company was formally opened with a
motorcycle meet under the auspices OF
the Chicago Motorcycle club. The open
ing card of races made a big hit with
the three thousand people at the track
and it is certain that the game is going
to be popular in Kenosha.
The fact that the recent smashup at
the Hawthorne track in Chicago coup
led with the fact that many of the
riders thought the races had been call
ed off on account Of the continued wet
weather cut materially into the list Of
star riders at the track on Sunday, but
most of the speed boys sent kilograms
declaring their intention to be at the
track on next Sunday. Tt was the first
taste of motorcycle racing for most Of
the people in the crowd and to these
people the absence of some of the fast
riders was not noticed. Freddy Huyck
who is known as the motorcycle cham
pion was in several Of the races and
he divided the applause with Harvey
Barnard of Chicago who signalized his
return to the track after a year s rest
by taking two of the big races of the
day. Barnard was not given first place
in the handicap race, but at that his
speed eclipsed that of any other rider
in the race.
There were a lot of minor stars of
the motorcycle world in the eight races
pulled off during the afternoon and
there were plenty Of thrills notwith-
standing the fact that the entire meet
went off without a single serious &C.
cidemt. In the first race one of the
riders had spill, but he rolled into
the grass at the side of the track with
out any injury whatever and the fact
that he had fallen from his motorcycle
was known to only few people in the
grand stand and about the track,
The interest in the races conferred in
the ten mile events although the five
mile brushes were decidedly interest
ing. In the ten mile open for the
BO:50 class Huyck, the champion, had
1t all his own way, winning from Joe
DeSalvo of Chicago by half a mile. In
The ten mile open for 61:00 cars Bar
nard came into the running and Huyck
led him in just one lap. 1t was great
race between the two nervy riders for
the field was far behind the two aud
mile after mile was reeled off under
the minute mark. The best time was
made by Barnard in the third lap when
he covered the mile in So seconds.
Huyck was only second behind him
all the way and the finish was an ex-
citing one. In the ten mile open handi-
cap the race was given to Wade, but
Barnard had the best of the race with
the handicaps as first announced. Lat
en- however, the judges decided to al
low Wade forty seconds added handicap
and this gave him the race. Huyck
finished bad third in this race.
The most interesting race to the Ke-
nosha people was the fight for the
silver trophy offered as the Kenosha
Evening News trophy. The race was
for ten miles and open only to Keno
sha riders, This was handicap race,
the handicaps being arranged in keep
ing with the power of the cars. O..
w. Kuball had the limit handicap of
two minutes and he held the lead until
the last two laps when Ed. Harmer,
who had started from scratch closed
up the gap and passed him winning the
race by five seconds. Harmer got the
greatest applause of the afternoon when
he carried off the handsome Evening
News trophy.
The card that has been arranged for
next Sunday viii be similar to the one
run off Sunday except that there will
be larger number of starters and it
is probable that there will be several
races over the twenty mile route.
The managers of the motordrome
have announced the first automobile
meet for June is and at that time a
great number of the men who drove
in the races at Indianapolis headed by
Bob Burman, the speed king, will ~be
in-Kenosha and go in the races.
The summaries of the races on Sun
day afternoon follows:
Mile Novice, 30:50 class. 0. w.
Kuball, Kenosha, first; Cyrus Wade,
Milwaukee, second; Frank E. Blank,
Chicago, third. Time 6:43 SIS.
8 Mile Private Owners Stripped
Stock, 30:50 Glass. 0. W. Kuban, first !;
William Walsh, Chicago, second; Elmer
Friels, Rockford, Ill, third. lime
4:10 o,5.
10 Mile Open, Flying Start, $3.50
Glass Fred Huyck, Chicago, first; Joe
DoSalvo Chicago second; William
Wash, Chicago, third Time 1923 As.
Mile Open, Start and Stop
{Novelty). w. j. Hamilton, Kenosha,
first; e w. Fearing, Rockford ILL.,, sec
ond. Time 7;13 10 Ed. Harmer and
@. Wade were disqualified after Har-