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THE WINNER.CYCLE CONTESTIGreat Run from Colninbusto Queen CityIn Contention for Commercial Gazette’s Trophy.though some one in the town had recently been house cleaning, and some of the female members of the household had thrown a superfluous box of tacks at the ash barrel; at any’ rate they were strewn ell over the walk and ZLnuny gatherer them up with his front tire. * Several more minutes were consumed in repairing, before he could proceed for the fourth time. All went well until reactiing Carthage, when in crossing the electric rail, he got a fall that damaged hls pants In a place that would prohibit Mm from going in society, unless he turned his face toward the wall, and his pants the other way. Gathering himself together he proceeded on In the even tenor of his way, finishing in a position that assured the Cincinnati club of the first prize, and Zimmy was happy as though nothing had*!i Ha* H/: } ^5*-. T 5, Wfchappened him.ALONG THE ROUTE.id Entlinsiasm* ■ Mr]Every Point.Special Dispatch to Commercial Gazette.SPRINGFIELD, O., May 23.—The great Commercial Gazette road race, from Columbus to Cincinnati, has been a topic of great interest among the wheelmen of the city for the past week, and most of them were on hand this morning to see the racers pass through the city. The interest, however, was not confined solely to the wheelmen, and the race was witnessed by thousands of people here. High street, where the riders passed from one end of the city to the other, was crowded from 9 o’clock until the men had passed. Notwithstanding the crowd in the center of the city the way was kept clear for the racers, as Chief of Police Van Tassell had thoughtfully assigned a number of officers pose. ,The ridters came into tlfe city on Eastcorporation line a minute before 11 o'c and was taken in charge by*two of Dayton Club’s best wheelmen. At actly 11 o’clock he passed the see station, corner of Keower and V) streets. Ho was to all appearance) “fresh as a daisy,” and pushed his ei hard. Striking the asphalt pavemHall fairly flew. He made a mile Incity in less than three minutes. Thro out the route he was loudly cheeret the spectators, who were filled with miration over his fresh appearance evident powers of endurance. At the ner of Third and Ludlow streets stopped for a moment, took a drink was rubbed down. Two minutes 1 he was again astride his wheel and I good condition as when he left ColuraTwelve minutes laiter No. 9, S. E. i man, of the Racycle Club*, shot past scoring station in charge of two 1 wheelmen, as well as a representatlv the Middletown Club. One minute ] he wes followed by No. 8, William 1 rig, also of (the Middletown Club. Nc Robert Dennis, passed bhe station at 1 FTve minutes later No. 7, J. A. Kilgou the Middletown Club, came up and pa the station. His condition was noriy W.1 J/good os the previous riders, and the 6tabors predicted that he had overwo himself in the beginning, and wwuid last much longer. At the Washlm street bridge Kilgour “gave up the ghlt; and was conducted to the Dayton Bic Club. He says that he kept up with to witJbin a few miles of Dayton, and he could have gone further, but tha could not have finished the race. coTdmgly dropped out and was enterta at the club during the afternoon. Nc Thomas M. Higgins, of the Cincm Club, passed the racing station at 1and was followed at 11:32 by E. M. \merman, No. 20.The last rider to pass the stationvr**' Jwa 5 i tvof theCincinnatians Win, with Middletown’s Close Up.mmmHall Leads the Victors afor permitting a postponementrace to another date, and a telegram waa sent to Columbus authorizing the contesting dubs to decide by a majority vote whether they would make the race thenor at some other time. ^ jThe Columbus wheel Club concluded notto make the run under the circumstances, but the boys from Cincinnati and from Middletown had gone up for a race and. meant to have it, and. so they did. The Crescent Wheel Club, of Cincinnati, had been entered for the race,but did not start. IGallant Race,The contest for the palm of victory was, therefore, limited to the Cincinnati Bicycle Cl|ib and to the Racycle Club ofMiddletowni.The riders to whom the Cincinnati ClubIn Which All Riders ProveiGame Competitors.Beau mo of thn Run, NotingIncidents and AccidentsBy the Way.assigned the duty of u tatton and the renown cyclers were:W. A. HALL.JOHN M. SMITH.1C. HIOetNS.^*,E. M. ZIMMERMAN W. A. THOMAS.The riders entered bs' (j (tbit t*J i . •• ;».ORDER A51D TIME OE THE FINISH.FJraf—HALL (fin,) .............At 4:13s P.M.•ecMd-rAKIG (Hoc.) ~..Jkt 4:59 P.M.tiirti—SMITH (C'ln.At 5:10 I*. M.1 ourtfti HIGGKNN ( in At 5:13 P.M.MTftb—ZIMMERMAN (On.).. At 5.17 P.M.Six Hi—-NORMAN (Bae.i.w At 5:19 P.M.firv«nlli lllN.Ms (Kmc.) .... At 5:30 P.M.• .9 .... i «m*IfcivK; '-'lOiifcji rp-^r n^i -ii•'V •we re;R. DENNTS. jfe • . j.S. E. NORMAN.WILLIAM FARIG.J. KILGOUR. Hfe' 1 S. E. TOWNSEND. jThe Racycle Club is one of fthe younger cycle organizations, and has hardly had the opportunity for systematic practice possessed by the older and longer established clubs. Its riders, however, did not stop at considerations of this Bort, but went into the contest with a (grit and vim that won the admiration of all connected with the affair, and who felt thatTHE CjIRLS WENT OUT TO MEET THEMV*. ^ TUTU A A1 rvf A nr n - m a A Q ~'Sk rtliS v’ A T* t C2 -.sent^Hves of the other clubs from the several cities throughout the State began to arrive in the city and at once made their way to the Commercial Gazette office to learn what they could regarding the race and to prepare for theQ I tf A t ^ A wji A AtiH 'CMmi ah Affmighty shout arose from the throats of the several thousand persons which was taken up and re-echoed by the persons who occupied positions in the window's of the buildings along the route.As the front rider pas as d under the JHALLMONUMENT.'-It“
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, May 24, 1896
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