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’ • I wI * * ^ ^ f 1/:TtfE WINNER.CYCLE CONTESTIGreat Run from Coluinbus*- to Queen City ,Hr! Contention for Commer-| cial Gazette’s TropfcsUCincinnatians Win, with Mid-• dletown's Close Up.V^VA «JL Utg llAUV:though some one in the town had recently be.en 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 all over the walk arid Zimmy gatherer them up with his front tire. = Several more minutes were consumed in ropalrmg, before he oould proceed for the fourth time. All went well until reaching Carthage, when in crossing the electric rail, he got a fall that damaged his pants in a place that would prohibit Him from going in society, unless he turned his face toward the wall, and his pants the other way. Gathering himself tog either 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 happened him. f VALONG THE ROUTE.Great Interest aalt;l Entknsiasm Muni-$ -V'SP' V; J?’ . !jt , • Jt'fettted at Every Point.Special Dispatch to Commercial Oazette.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 hen®. 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 tor the purpose. ;The riders came into tffe city on EastVIIJ V/VUtlB UU. ACUI OV*corporation line a minute before 11 o’lt; and was taken in charge by«two of Dayton Club’s best wheelmen. At actly 11 o’clock he passed the acc station, corner of Keower and Vi streets. Ho was to all appearancej “fresh as a daisy,” and pushed his et hard* Striking the asphalt pavem Hall fairly flew. He made a mile In city in less than three minutes. Thro out the route he was loudly cheerelt; 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 CoIuie | Twelve minutes laJter No. 9, S. E. \ man, of the Racycle Club, shot past scoring station in Charge of two 1 wheelmen, as well as a representadv the Middletown Club. One minute 1 he was followed by No. 8, William ] rig, also of 'the Middletown Club. Nc Robert Dennis, passed tihe station aft 3 Five minutes later No. 7, J. A. Kilgou the Middletown Club, came up and pa the station. His condition was nor good as the previous riders, and the e tators predicted that he had over wo himself 4n the beginning, and wwuid last much longer. At the Washini street bridge Kilgour “gave up the ghlt; and was conducted to the Dayton Bic Clulb. He says that he kept up with to wltJMn a few miles of Dayton, and he could have gone further, but tha could not have finisihed the race, cord mg! y dropped out and was enterta at the club during the afternoon. No Thomas M. Higgins, of the CSncm Club, passed lt;the racing station at 1 and was followed at 11:22 by E. M. J merman, No. 20. ~ 5*$The last rider to pass the station.Hall Leads the Victorslt;! aC* Gallant Race.In Which All Riders Prove' Game Competitors ■-•M—Resum© of th« Run,- Incidents and Accidents V • By the Way. • ’ORDER AND fl«! OF THE FIXIKH.(tlo.J At 8*. 1^1.-EARHi) ______At 4:50 P.M.fejrd—SMITH (Cin.).„.„......At ft:I« lt;*.M.Ion t i li — II !(«lt;«I N (f'lii.).____At 5:13 P.M.Fifth—ZIMMERMAN (tin.)..At 5.17 P.M.Klxth-IVOKHAM (Hac.).,......At 5:19 P.M.ftev«n(li-.IHNMs (Hme.) .... At 5:30 P.M.for permitting a postponement of •: the race to another date, and a telegram was sent to Columbus authorizing the contesting c}uiis to decide by a majority votewhether they would make the race then or at jpsne other time. J• The Columbus wheel Club concluded not to makef 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. | *The contest for the palm of victory was, therefore, 1 limited to the Cincinnati Bicycle Cl*ib and to the Racycle Club ofMiddletown* Ip- *■ t-fThe riders to whom the Cincinnati Club assigned .the duty of upholding Its reputation and the renown of the Queen Citycyclers were: j' *W. A. HALL.JOHN M. SMITH.m.E. M. ZIMMERMAN.W. A. THOMAS.• The riders entered by t]were; JfE ;i; .R. DENNIS. a ' . J.S. E. NORMAN. •WILLIAM FARIG..1 KILGOURS. 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 sort, | but went Into the contest| with a*igrit land vim that won the admiration of all connected with the affair, and who felt thatI it Vi A \JM ri /^1 rwf A ttt A tVl d t rtl D C2/T\ A V* t c? —.(j !^k l.ntmSi'Ii £bem«? mr«T[n '■THE CjIRLS WENT OUT TO MEET THEM.sentf-tives 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 theft***!**mighty 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 windows of the buildings along the route.As the front rider naeesd under theHALLMONUMENT
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, May 24, 1896
Page 1
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Cincinnati A.
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