Salt Lake Herald | 1899-05-21 | Page 1 | Ready for the Bicyclists

READY fOR IE BICYCLISTS NATIONAL CYCLING ASSOCIATION ASSOCIA-TION OPENS RACING SEASON Big Attendance In South Brooklyn N Y In Spite of Cold Wave Features Fea-tures of the Day New York May OThe National Cycling association opened the racing season today with a meet at Ambrose park South Brooklyn The attendance was excellent in spite of the cold wind that swept across the park The big race of the day was the Great Wild West handicap of one mile for professionals It was run In three heats and four prizes were offered The final prize of 200 was won by W H Hicks of Brooklyn Harry Elkes being one of thosa defeated in the final round SUMMARY Ambrose dash professional half mile Won by H B Freeman Portland Ore H D Elkes Glenns Falls N Y second F A McFarland San Jose Cal third Tom Cooper Detroit fourth Times 110 25 Great Wild West handicap mile professional pro-fessional Won by W H Hides jr Brooklyn 160 yards F A McFarland San Jose Cal scratch second E H Kiser Dayton O 20 yards third Harry Downing San Jose Cal 60 yards and Bob Walthour Atlanta 60 ards crossed the line together mal ing a double fourth Time 210 23 Mile exhibition paced by Henry Four ajar covered by II D Elkes in 137 23 Multicycle invitation professional two miles Won by Harry Elkes ISO ards W B SImms of Washington and A C Moran of Washington tandem tan-dem 100 yards second Harry Caldwell Cald-well Oscar Hedstrom Burns W D Freeman Bob Walthour on a quint scratch third Time315 Special consolation race half mile Won by A C Moran Washington F B Kent Waltham Mass second 0 S Kimble Louisville Ky third Time 112 45