The Wheel and cycling trade review . i-ner, Philadelphia (115 yards); 2, Henael (20); 3,Vernier (40); 4, Douglass (scratch).. Time, 2:14. UNCLE EPH AND THE RACER. Be a real amachoor an yoll be a curiosity. Yesterday is a telescope yo shud use inlookin at dar finishes of toe morrer. Improvements ar sumfin dat yo doan wanton yo bysickle till yo see some other fellerwid it. Lost opportunities to win ah baskets obgold an glory wid de handles gone. Toe meny ob yo settle yor entrance fees,jes laik clock-wurk—tick, tick, tick. Some of yo blieve civility is furnishinan udder man a soft place toe fall
The Wheel and cycling trade review . i-ner, Philadelphia (115 yards); 2, Henael (20); 3,Vernier (40); 4, Douglass (scratch).. Time, 2:14. UNCLE EPH AND THE RACER. Be a real amachoor an yoll be a curiosity. Yesterday is a telescope yo shud use inlookin at dar finishes of toe morrer. Improvements ar sumfin dat yo doan wanton yo bysickle till yo see some other fellerwid it. Lost opportunities to win ah baskets obgold an glory wid de handles gone. Toe meny ob yo settle yor entrance fees,jes laik clock-wurk—tick, tick, tick. Some of yo blieve civility is furnishinan udder man a soft place toe fall wen yoelbow him on de track. When old hard luck kaint hab his waybout de men whos racin agin yo, he gener-ally manages toe hab a han in pickin outde jedges. KNOWS WHEN HE IS WELL OFF. Platt-Betts, whose winnings so far this sea-son foot up pleasant figures close to$15,000, denies he will come to America. Un-der such circumstances, the gentleman withthe double-lettered, hyphenated name wouldbe a fool if he did come to this KEENE-LY CONTESTED Were the Circuit Races in This Thriving New Hampshire Town-Tom Butler Adds to His Bank Roll. Keene, N. H., Sept. 9.—Of late years Keenehas proven itself a good bicycle town, thetournaments of the Monadnock Cycle Clubbeing the thermometer by which the good-ness has been gauged. A crowd of some 2,500 attended to-daysmeet, which, while fair, wasnt quite; as largeas it should have been, considering that bothTom Butler, the pride of all New-England,and Ellery M. Blake, a home boy, who has de-veloped remarkable form, were among thecontestants. They both starred in their re-spective classes. Butler competed in the three professionalevents. He won the two scratch races insplendid style, catching the pacemakers inboth instances, and disposing of Gardiner,who hotly disputed him in the mile in the finaljump. Butler also started in the mile handi-cap. He qualified in his heat, rode a third ofa mile in the final and then quit, leaving Hoy I
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