Show FIRST TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO National 1 Circuit Races Witnessed By Many Hundreds LOAFING BY PROFESSIONALS I CAUSES HISSING AND HOOTING BY THE AUDIENCE SAN FRANCISCO May 16The first national circuit bicycle races ever run in this city were witnessed by 2500 people peo-ple at the new Central Park sixlap track this afternoon The sport was good especially in the amateur handicap race which was runoff run-off in twelve heats and three semifinals semi-finals The time was fast in every heat much faster than in the professional races In the one mile scratch professional profes-sional there was a loaf in every heat for four laps and a sprint at the finish I This style of racing rcng was very unpopular unpopu-lar with the audience whioh expressed I its disapproval by hissing and hooting the rIder The finishes were however how-ever desDerate and exciting enough I C S Wells the big San Fransicoan took the honors of the day winning the mile scratch professional and beating out the fastest brigade in the mile handicap han-dicap getting third place In the latter lat-ter race Wells and Foster old and bitter bit-ter rivals were on scratch and caught McCrea and Merrill 2f and 60 yards respectively in the first lap Then b gan a loaf the men realizing they could never catch the limit men Jones and Cushing 85 and 60 yards respectively respect-ively and were content t play for third money The finish for third place was far the mare Interesting a i decided in a measure the superiority of Wells over his old rivalFoster The limit men finished half a lap in front of the bunch When the time came Wells used his terrific sprint and won out by half a wheel from Mc Crea who beat Foster a few inches Jones won the race easily from Gushing Gush-ing The one mile scratch professional final had Wells Coulter Davis and Terri a starters The riders took things very easy lnuch t < the disgust of the public for four laps when Wells stole around the bunch and won six inches from Terrill who beat Coulter a wheel Races will be concluded this evening even-ing by eleotric light after which the circuit chasers go to southern California Califor-nia Summaries One mile scratch professional heats First beat Terrill Stayer Campbell Second Wells Osen ThirdDavis Long Fourth Coulter McCrea FinalC S Wells San Francisco won W A Terri San Francisco second sec-ond C R Coulter San Francisco I third Time 238 45 Davis also started I One mile handicap amateur Final Squires 30 won Molt 20 second Wing 40 third Time 215 25 One mile handicap professional Heats First Foster Staver Second Gushing Wells Third Jpnes McCrea FinalA N Jones 60 Sa Francisco Francis-co won R Cushing 85 second C SWells S-Wells scratch third Time 229 Mc Grea and Foster also started THE EVENING PROGRAMME of the national circuit races was a good one and attracted a large crowd The final of the onehalf mile scratch for professionals was won by C S Wells Terrill second McCrea third Time 124 25 One mile scratch amateurWon by Downing Freeman second Gooch third Time 225 45 |