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maltuItUlt;tvtilIKFHiblt;waiuclif ~l M Ml , - ^ — - I II— ■ ■ 1 mm 1-----I—. ■ ■_ _ r r- ^ •ITnrc Ricyctis Mnet. — Our city’s days in the stale bicycle circuit were Monday and Tuesday, The weather was rather cool Monday and had an effect on the attendance which was much smaller than was expected. On Tuesday it was better, but the two days combined, we are told, were not equal to the attendance at the one day meet in the summer. Fear of hippodrotning and loafing races kept many away, and while Tuesday's races were a vast improvement over all others run in this city, there was yet room for vast improvement, and if the improvement don’t come tho riders will race Jwithnut auditors. Referee Sherman, Lew Ron-edict and a number of our level headed bicycling enthusiasts are working hard to eliminate all “monkey work” andgel bicycle racing down to a businessbasis, and it such determined hustlers and lovers of genuine sport don't succeed the case is hopeless. Rut they will succeed, and the sooner the riders “comedown” the better it will be for them.The races of Monday were not, as a whole, satisfactory, because the time was not at all what the various riders were capable of making, so we won’t waste space in giving the names of winners and the time made. Tins Staxdahj) is unalterably opposed tohippodromes.On Tuesday there was a vast improvement, the time limit or pacemakers to each race vastly improving the contests.The 2:40 race was won in 2:424 by Streeter, Oudkirk, second; and Thomas of Cartlmge, Ills., third.Cummings, of Marengo, won the half mile open in 1:14, Merleus, of St. Faul, second; Ingraham, third. The victory of Cummings was very popular. tThe championship of Linn county, for boys under eighteen, was won by Harry White; Willie llamight. second; Howard Cherry, third—time 2:48.The one mile open was won by Repine, of Galesburg. in 2:10; Merteus,second; Ricker,.of Chicago, third. ■*Karl Jackson downed all the visitingUInlintlL15tl\nnvrdIt(1tisf1tc(cracks in the quarter open, winning in j 0:3 k Ingraham, second; Ricker, third, ttCFor the tilth time this seas.m Art Coyle captured the live mile handicap, time 18:00; Ren Miller, second; Harry White, third. The pleasing feature oi this race was the fact that the first live riders finishing were Cedar Ilapius boys who stalled off the crackajacks who came especially to capture this race.The consolation race was taken by Wilson, of Cedar Rapids; Shaw, of Joliet, second; itamser, of Kock Island, til i id.----------..--a »i- *—- — ■WEEKS, DEN LINGER SHOE CO.gives a “Scholar's Companion” free with each pair of school shoes. Get one.
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Cedar Rapids Standard
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 26, 1895
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