New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
CONSTANT WINS TWICE.
IN MOTORCYCLE RACES
New York Amateur Easily Sta,
in Championship Contests
at Empire CITY,.

John u. Constant, Of New yo-, =,
amateur state motorcycle chamnior 'A'
ceeded I'm retaining two Of his tbron . sue
I'm the annual New York State cbamn n"e'
ship races which We're conduc,ed 49,. ''yI
Riverside Motorcycle Club. under ~ '"7
spices Of the Federation OF Ava az
Motorcyclsts, at the Empire Citv 50
near Yonkers. yesterday. ''
Constant won a bitterly Tough,
for the five-mile honors, but was 60
TO drop out I'm the ten-mile even, 49,,
leading for two miles, owing to his 49,.
becoming jammed. The champ,or -, -.
minated his sparkling performance. -,
victory in. the twenty-five mile cb.n
pionshp, which he won by three-oussrrssinn,.
of a mile. In all three events Cons,.,,
assumed the lead at the start and -,
terrific pace for the field
Two professional races were also m -.
card, one at five and the other a, q,
miles These proved easy for Jobr,v
Cox. a New York rider.
Constant travelled at the rate os rs.,,,
a mile a minute in the long dI,,src,
race, which had a field OF seven star,A,,
He was forced TO push his Indian noanb,,.
to its limit TO cover the route In thu Az.
ceptionally fast time Of 25 minutes s,5
seconds. Robert c. Queen, OF New York
also rode a splendid race finishing ,sc.
ond, one lap, or a mile, In advance a,
John Cronin, Of New York, who was thru
At the start Constant took the lead y.
WIS hard pressed for the first four mile,
but I'm the fifth he gained lead OF forty
yards on Roualet, who was second, with
Queen third. ten yards behind The tine
was minutes 3-5 seconds.
Constant covered the twenty miles IN
% minutes BIS seconds, and had gained
almost three-quarters OF a lap on Queen
who was second, with Cronin more than
half a lap behind. The final Ave mile,
was made interesting by the daring fash.
ion I'm which Constant took the turns
The champion had hard struggle TO
retain the five-mile tide, az Queen forced
him 10 the limit from the start, Con.
slant led for the first mile, but Queen was
leading by half a wheel at the completion
of the next mile. At the third and fourth
miles. Queen and Constant were still run
ming together, but on the final mile Cor.
slant Jumped his rival on the backstrstch
TO win by twenty yards.
The summaries follow:
Five-mile race state championship)-wor
by John L. Constant. Brooklyn. r. c. Qgs,r
New York. second A. ROualet. NeV York
third. Z. J. Ryan. New York, fourth, r
I.yon. Brooklyn. nth. Time. $50 3-j.
Ten-mile race (state championship
By r. &. queen. New York. J. Cronln. Nsg
York. second. a. Roualet, New York, third.
Time OF 3-5.
95-mile rare state championship l-Woi
bv John l.. Constant. Brooklyn. r. C. Queer,
New York. second. j. Cronin. New York
third. Prank Meister. New York. fourth.
T,von. BROOKLYN. 9Th: r. Zukschwerdt New
York, nth Time. . 90 2-j
Flve-mile race tprofesslonall-Won By
J. Cox. New York. j. p. French Brooklyr
second: A. W Hanna. Yonkefs, third; Frara
Hart. New York. fourth Time, Az 3-5
Ten-mile race 6professlonalD-Wo By
] cox. New York F. Hart New York. sse-
ond: J. y French Brooklyn. third Tina
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