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HARD TlflES!
Many of the manufacturers of light-weight bicycles are now compelled to enlarge their repair shops, which the trade journals report as follows: "The Litewate & Faultey Company are building an extensive addition to their factory, and expect to double their pay roll this fall."
The UNION CYCLE MFG. CO. can barely find work for two mechanics in their repair department. What better testimonial to the strength and durability of UNION bicycles can be asked than this?
A $150 Union P. D. Q. is a Bargain
because repairs will cost you next to nothing. Remember this and do not let a low-priced wheel tempt you from your better judgment.
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Boston. Springfield. Philadelphia. Chicago.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
MENTION THE BEARINGS
DO NOT FAIL
To Examine the STERLING in Detail.
IT HAS NO SUPERIOR IN QUALITY AND WORKMANSHIP.
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CONVERTIBLE PEDALS.
WE MANUFACTURE THE BEST
REPAIR OUTFIT
in the country. It contains twice the amount of material furnished in any other. The case is soft black leather, fits the pocket nicely, and. makes an excellent cyclists' pocket-book after the repair kit is used up. In fact, the case alone is worth the price charged.
REPAIR OUTFIT.
PRICE 50 CENTS.
LIBERAL
DISCOUNT TO
THE TRADE.
STERLING FOOT PUMP.
MANUFACTURED FOR THE TRADE.
CYCLISTS' CLOTHING, SHOES, AND SUNDRIES OF ALL KINDS.
STOKES MFG. CO., 293 Wabash Av
BRANCHES:
DENVER, niLWAUKEE.
Factory: 236-238-240 Carroll Ave., CHICAGO.
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Victor
have turned up in the wilds of China, after having covered
2,250 miles in the Empire and suffered many attacks from the natives, in several instances barely escaping destruction.
Lenz writes from Yun-nan, the most south westerly province of China, as follows:
" Yunanfu is the farthest I shall be from home. When I start on west of here it will be on the other half of the world.
" I have been gone just a year from home; to here I have covered awheel and afoot, in America, Japan, and China, 8,592 miles; and crossed the Pacific and Yellow seas by steamer, over 6,000 miles of water.
"The hardest part of the journey around the world is almost over, and the Victor Pneumatic Tire has proved a blessing."
Another Straw showing why " Victors Lead The World."
OVERMAN WHEEL CO.
Boston. Washington.
Denver. San Francisco.
MENTION THE BEARINGS
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Gentlemen:
The Waverley Scorcher that I purchased from your agents at Lima, Ohio, four months ago has proved itself to be satisfactory in every respect. I am traveling for a New York house, and use my wheel for that purpose, and make on an average from sixty to one hundred miles per day, and never experienced any trouble nor spent a cent for repairs. And for easy riding and comfort the Waverley can not be beat.
Yours sincerely, MORGAN L. WILLIAMS.
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The above testimonial is one of several hundred that have come to us, entirely un- solicited, from riders we never heard of before.
To Ride a Waverley Is To Love It.
We have testimonials from two hundred dealers, every one of whom says the Waver- ley is the best machine ever offered at the price. We also have twice as many testimonials from everyday riders who never tire of singing praises as to the light- ness and strength, easy running qualities, and speed of this justly famous mount. All of which go to show that
THE ONLY STANDARD BICYCLE IN AHERICA
At a Moderate Price is the
WAVERLEY
It is the only machine that is and will remain at a standard medium price in America. Every WAVERLEY sold this year brought $100. They are still bringing $100, while other makes, reduced from $150, will not sell beside them at $85. Sell WAVERLEYS and make a profit. Sold direct to retailers. Catalogue and terms.
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Patent Pneumatic Tires
ARE THE FASTEST ON EARTH! READ NOT WHAT WE SAY BUT WHAT WE PROVE!
Records of 1892 are being supplanted by speedier ones in 1893.
Bert Harding L. D. Munger Chas. Kindervatter C. A. Urban
Otto Neuman
E. C. Johnson Chas. Kindervatter
M. Nelson Martin Nessel G. L. Emerson P. Casse
H. B. Renshaw
M. A. Hickman C. E. Tudor
H. H. Wylie
Emil Ulbrecht A. L. Leonhardt John Clark Frank Waller
C. H. Peck J. F. Reitzner E. M. Spike H. H. Wylie G. Meirstein
A. L. Leonhardt Frank Waller
1893
I May 30 May 30
May 30
May 30 May 30
May 30
May 30
June 13 June 16
June 27
July 4
July 4
July 4 J July 4 July 15
July 15 July 22
Forest Park Road Race
12-Mile Handicap Road Race Wab. C. C, Terre Haute, Ind
Winona, Minn.
Highland Park Races, Detroit
Waldo Park Road Race, Kan- sas City, Mo.
Pullman Race
Pelican City Club Road Race, New Orleans
Denver Road Race
Alabama State Championship Hanauer Road Race
New York to Chicago
Waukesha - Milwaukee Road Race
Indianapolis
Poorman Road Race Waukesha-Milwaukee Road
Race Newark to Princeton Sioux City to Chicago.
Lake View Course Hilsendegen Road Race
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Imperial
Arrow
King of Scorchers
Raleigh
Sterling Special
King of Scorchers King of Scorchers
24-lb. March, Wood Rims
Fowler
22-lb. James
Arrow
Sterling Special
Birmingham Scorcher Sunol
Sterling Special
Special Stephens Special Arrow
James James
Eagle-Attair Sterling Special Sterling Special
Stephens Arrow
£ Morgan & Wright Racing Tires. Roads heavy — full of holes from recent rains.
[ State Records.
Ridden from scratch. Michigan State Records. Ridden from scratch. Best time ever made west of Mississippi River; course all hills.
Morgan & Wright Racing Tires.
Casse is a youth of 14 years, his time is State
Record. Morgan & Wright Road Tires. Won $750
piano from 158 starters. Strong head
wind. Morgan & Wright Tires. Morgan & Wright Tires.
Morgan & Wright Racing Tires. Not even a puncture.
) Morgan & Wright Racing Tires.
[ Ulbrecht's time is best record for
) course by 1 : 56. Breaking the competition record for
this distance. Won 4th time prize in addition to 1st place. Second time prize. Morgan & Wright Racing Tires. "Same old racing tires." Meirstein is a youth of 15.
Breaking Record for distance. Breaking all Road Records from 15 to 25 Miles.
AND THERE YOU ARE! ONLY A FEW AT THAT!
First on the Track! First on the Road! First in the Hearts of the Wheelmen!
Keep in the procession. Be in the lead. Emulate Wylie, Waller, Peck, Leonhardt, and all the sturdy riders who know and appreciate the
best; and, knowing such, ride
THE TIRE OF THE ERA!
That which is the most SERVICEABLE; that which causes you NO TROUBLE; that which is REASONABLE IN COST IS THE BEST !
MORGAN & WRIGHT Patent Pneumatic Tires ARE WHAT YOU WANT!
See mat our firm name is in raised letters on the side of tire wfyen. Buying. Catalog gives a world of information.
MORGAN & WRIGHT, west Sftim CHICAGO, ILL.
MENTION THE BEARINGS
"When Ignorance Is Bliss, lis Folly To Be Wise."
BUT IT IS FOLLY TO BE IGNORANT OF OUR
BIG CUT PRICE SALE OF BICYCLES
WHEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF IT WOULD SAVE YOU SO MUCH HARD CASH.
Here are the Prices that start the Perspiration on our Competitors :
No. 1 Ramblers, $1.00 per pound.
$150.00 New '93 Smalleys, Scorcher, $87.50
$150.00 New '93 Smalleys, Light Roadster, $85.00
$150.00 New '92 Smalleys, Weight 36 pounds,.. .$69.00
$150.00 New Model B Sylphs, $62.50
$150.00 New '93 Monarchs, $69.00
$150.00 Argyles (Our Own Goods),. . \ $75.00
$150.00 Phcenix, $69.00
$150.00 Kenwoods, Quadrant Frame, $67.50
$135.00 Coventry Crosses, $39 00
Ames & Frost's Safeties, $30.00
).00 Nonpareils, $19.00
SEND $5.00 TO COVER EXPRESS CHARGES.
We Have the Goods. We Hake the Prices. We do the Business.
SEND TO US FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
The C. H. Schub Cycle House,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
108-110 Dearborn, Cor, Washington, and 469 West Madison.
Mention Tki Bi»bino».
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Do you want the agency for a line of good sellers? If so, buy the
FALCONS
Prices from $50 to $115, with Pneumatic Tires,
Correspondence solicited. Good, live agents wanted in all unoccu- pied territory.
We will be ready to deliver wheels and arrange territory for 1894 early in the season.
Our line is second to none, either in style, quality of material, or workmanship:
AddreSs THE YOST MFG. CO.,
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Yost Station, Toledo, Ohio.
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WESTERN WHEEL WORKS, Manufacturers, Chicago
1893. JUNO No. 2. $90.00.
BLACKHAWK L. R. $135.00. 28-inch 'Wheels. Pneumatic Tires.
CRESCENT No. 2. $100.00. 30-lnch Wheels. Pneumatic Tires.
JUNO No. 2. $90 00.
28-inch 'Wheels Pneumatic Tires
ROB ROY No 4. $85.00. 28-lnch 'Wheels Pneumatic Tires.
ROB ROT No. 2. $65.00. 26-inch 'Wheels. Pneumatic Tires.
ESCORT No. 2. $100.00. 30-lnch Wheels Pneumatio Tires.
COMBINATION JUNIOR No. 4. $60.00. "26-lnoh Wheels. Pneumatic Tires.
Western Wheel Works Pneumatic Tires— Resilient and Hard to Puncture.
CINCH No. 2. $50.00. 24-inch Wheels. Pneumatio Tires.
PET. $20.00. 20 Inch Wheels. Cushion Tires.
COMBINATION JUNIOR No. 2. $50.00 24-lnoh Wheels. Pneumatic Tires.
Office and Factory : Wells, Schiller, Siegel Sts. and North Park Ave., CHICAGO, men™* the beards. Eastern Agents, R. L. COLEMAN, Co., New York.
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Liqht Roadster
Standard High Grade Maintained.
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Bidwell No. 2
Greyhound, Wizard
Tires.
$85.00 = 5 $85.00
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Hulbert Bros. & Co.,
MENTION THE BEARINGS
26 West 23d St., NEW YORK.
The palher Tire
Another World's Record
Broken.
WALTER C. SANGER, at Milwaukee, July 29, in one-mile handicap, beats his old record of 2:14 4-5, by 5 seconds, covering mile in 2:09 4-5 on The Telegram.
combination: A FAST WHEEL,
A FASTER MAN, and
THE FASTEST TIRE ON EARTH
CAN NOT BE BEATEN
A Letter from P. J. BERLO, Rider and flanufacturer:
The Columbia Rubber Works Co., Boston, July 26th, 1893.
New York, N. Y. Gentlemen:
It having recently been stated in the cycle journals that I ride a certain make of bicycle and owe my success to the mount, I wish to state that I owe the defeat of others to the Palmer Racing Tire, and honestly believe the same to be faster than any tire I have yet applied to any wheel I have ever ridden; and you are at liberty to use this testimonial in any manner you see fit. Sincerely yours,
(Signed) P. J. BERLO.
No use talking, we've got it sure. " Time will tell the tale, and the tail will finally wag the dog."
B. R GOODRICH CO.,
General Licensees and Hanufacturers, AKRON, OHIO.
COLUMBIA RUBBER WORKS CO., Agents, 159 Lake Street. Chicago, and 65 Reade Street. New York.
The
ALREADY HAS THE
Unqualified Indorsement V Leading Cycle Makers,
Their failure to accept the broad and sweeping challenge we have offered is the strongest recommendation that could be given, and speaks volumes in praise and respect for our new discovery.
THE REVOLUTION IS SWEEPING
We are redeeming every promise and claim we ever made.
SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.
INCORPORATED 1873. CAPITAL $500,000.
St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co,
MENTION THE BEARINGS ST. LiOUlO, IVI O ■
Have you exarr?ioe<J our latest Repair Tire?
THE DEERHOUND PNEUMATIC
Is an inner tube tire so constructed that in case of puncture that you can not mend, slit it open, thus making an outer casing for the inner tube to be inserted. WITH EACH PAIR OF TIRES WE GIVE AN EXTRA INNER TUBE FREE, so that the rider can have A TIRE JUST AS GOOD AS NEW WITHOUT ANY EXTRA EXPENSE. THE VALVE is simple and self-closing.
Price per pair, Wlt^7^l5«rd $12.00
For any of the following sizes :
26, 28, and 38 x 1 1-2 in. 26, 28, 30, and 32 x 1 3-4 in. 26, 28 and 30 x 2 in.
If your dealer does not have them, we will ship on receipt of price.
naoufactursrs also of the POPULAR LACE TIRE, tbe ACA\E PNEUA\ATIC.
"WRITE TJS BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDERS ELSEWHERE.
CHICAGO TIP <&, TIRE C9,
2 «nt,on the beanos 152-154 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
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The Triangle as a Track Racer
WINS EVERYTHING.
We are not novices in the art of building track racers. True, we have not made many, as our time has been occupied in filling orders for our renowned light roadsters, but we can make them to the satisfaction of such redoubtable riders as E. C Johnson and
C. M. MURPHY
both of whom claim it to be the fastest wheel they have ridden. Did you hear of Charley Murphy's performances at Cleveland, June 17? No? Well, he made ducks and drakes of Zimmerman's one- mile track
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RECORD
beating it by 2 2-5 seconds. Please notice we do not loan or make presents. Every machine is made for sale, and we can't make them fast enough to fill orders, so if you are desirous of being mounted on this fine wheel, you must order at once from
THE PEERLESS MFG. COMPANY cleveumd ohio
ONE OP THE FINEST!
" One of the finest wheels on the track- last evening was the
Halliflay-TeinDlB Scorcner
on which Clyde Quimby won the two-third- mile race in the remarkably quick time of 1 min. 40 2-5 sec. The weight of the wheel is twenty-seven pounds — six pounds heavier than the one ridden by Low. It was kindly loaned by H. Malke, of Wheeling, who came up to attend the races. It is the same wheel on which Mr. Malke won the fifteen-mile road race at Wheeling on July 4th, winning a $150 bicycle."
... Manufactured by
AVARION CYCLE Co.
. . . Sold in Chicago by
RALPH TEAVPLE
158 Twenty-Second St., CHICAGO.
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CLEVELAND BICYCLES
FIRST in TIRES! FIRST in BEARINGS!
FIRST in the HEARTS of ALL CYCLISTS who have tried them.
ONCE RIDDEN, ALWAYS RIDDEN.
NO HAULING the INNER TUBE through the rim,
but simply removing: the OUTER COVER,
and there it is.
CLEVELAND RIM
Simplest and most perfect device
for fastening the tire in
the rim.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
H.A.LOZIER &C2
CLEVELAND, OHI°.
MENTION THE BEARINGS
BAILEY MANUFACTURING C2
MAKERS OF THE
STRICTLY HIGH-GRADE BICYCLES.
Well Constructed.
Strong.
Well Finished.
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Stylish. Handsome.
Light Running.
IT RECEIVES THE ENTHUSIASTIC COMMENPATION OF ALL WHO RIDE IT. SIMPLE CHANGE OF SPEED.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
Mention Tbe Bearings.
BAILEY MANUFACTURING CO, 270 S. Canal St., Chicago.
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DUKE. 30-inch Wheels. Pneumatic Tfrea. $100.00
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PRINCE. 26-lnch "Whteels. Pneumatic Ttres. $70.00
DUCHESS. 28-inch Wheels.
Pneumatic Tires. $90.00
PRINCESS. 26-inch Wheels.
Pneumatic Tires. $65.00
PEER. 25-inch Wheels. Cushion Tires. $25.00
PLYING JIB. 22-inch Wheels. Solid Tires. $20.00 and $15.00
1 CCATUCDQTnMC J? Of) Office and Works, 16th and Clark Sts. and Armour Ave.
, Retail Store, 282 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III.
MENTION THE BEARINGS
AGENTS GET OUR PRICES
CENTRAL CYCLE MFG. CO
INEDIANAI=>OI_IS, 'UNTO.
THE CENTRAL
STRONGEST FRAME DOUBLE FRAME LIGHT^FRAME BEAUTIFUL FRAME ATTRACTIVE FRAME EASY TO SELL EASY TO BUY EASY TO RIDE TRY IT
.tiEST LINES BEST FINISH BEST MATERIAL BEST WORKMANSHIP BEST AGENTS BEST RIDERS BEST PRICES BEST VALUE FOR THE MONET
"A THINC WHICH PLEASES IS ALREADY HALF SOLD'
WE GUARANTEE THEM
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A flountain Road Race
Paul Nelson of Pittsburg, Pa., riding
29-pound Road Scorcher and starting from Scratch won
First Time Prize
In Brownsville, Pa., 12-Mile Road Race on National Pike. Both rider and wheel finished in
good shape despite the mountainous course.
The Proof of the Wheel is the Riding.
WILSON, nYERS & CO., Makers of Liberty Cycles,
55 LIBERTY STREET, N. Y. TAYLOR CYCLE CO., 270-272 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Retail Department: 1786 Broadway, N. Y.
General "Western Jobbing Representatives.
MENTION THE BEARINGS
WE FORGOT
What? Why to change our ad. We have been kept so exceptionally busy filling orders, that selling more was secondary. We are daily in receipt of testimonials. The tenor of some of them is:
Easiest Riding.
Better Hill Climber and Coaster.
Most Elastic.
Most Graceful.
Less Fatiguing
in long or short rides, etc., than any other wheel manufactured.
We boast of being the only manufacturers of 1893 bicycles who claim to have no complaint of frame straining, breaking, or giving way in our light machines. Weights from 24 to 40 pounds.
Write for Catalogue and mention this paper.
rices $100 to $140.
A\etropolit&p Cycle Co., Re&dipq, P&.
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the BEST WHEEL ON EARTH
Tie Derby lor '93
Morgan & Wright Pneumatic, - $150.
DETAIL — Frame, Derby pattern, double throughout from continuous seamless steel tub- ing; 9inchHead; Wheel Base, J 4 inches; Wheels, 30 inches; Tool Steel Bearings; Mannesmann's Spiral Fibre Steel Tubing; Gearing, 67 and 63 inches; Bound Cranks, 6H and 7 Inch throw; Humber Chain, Garford Saddles. Drop Forging throughout.
We nave the best and most simple spokes made; they can be replaced by the rider with- out removing the tire, and are fully explained and illustrated in our catalogue, also tangent spokes.
For beauty and simplicity there Is no equal. For service none can be made better.
Send for Catalogue. Responsible Agents Wanted.
Model C, Weight, 30 pounds.
ACENT3 FOR DERBY CYCLES.
•CHCLKNBURG CYCLE CO., Detroit, Mich. Agents for Michigan. <SEO. V. L.UTZ * SON, Buffalo, N T. NOVELTY CARRIAGE WORKS, Rochester, N. Y. THE H. H. KIFrK O . Ne-w York City. FISHEB OOVENUB COMPANY, Marshalltown, lows. R. W TINE. Albany N. Y. W. A, MKEKEB. Troy, N. Y V H, BROADBKNT & CO.. 'Utiiut. N. Y.
LOWBY HARDWARE CO., Atlanta, Ga. Agents for Georgia. E. B. '(RAM, Wllllamsport, Pa. Agent for Northern Pennsylvania. WEBB SAFE & LOCK CO., Portland, Ore. For Ore., Wash., Idaho ASHLAND CYCLE CO., 6»i W. Madison St., Chicago. For Cook Co. JOHN MEUNIER GUN CO., Milwaukee. Wis.
DERBY CYCLE CO.
161, 162 & 163 South Canal Street
CHICAGO.
NOW BICYCLF. ROUSE. Minneapolis, Minn.
MENTION THE BEARINGS
The Hackney Roadster.
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT
MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION.
— Guaranteed in Every Particular —
ate
DOUBLE
DIAMOND FRAME
THROUGHOUT.
Handsome!
Strong!
Durable!
SPECIAL
ATTENTION PAID
TO BEARINGS
PRICE •1SO.OO
THE HACKNEY BICYCLE CO.,
47 E. Prospect Street. CLEVELAND, OHIO.
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25= Mile Competition Record
LOWERED TO 1 HR. 6 MIN. 10 SEC.
By Frank Waller
on :an
In the
HILSENDEGEN ROAD RACE.
At
Detroit, June 22d.
All the road cracks — McDuffee, Gary, Van Wagoner, Hurlburt, Herrick, Nessel, and Ulbricht —
.BEATEN BY OVER SIX MINUTES.
Waller had 30 seconds handicap, made his own pace and cut the record 5 minutes. At the same time he lowered all records from 15 to 25 miles. This is record for track or road in competition.
3-Mile Competition Record lowered to X min. 31 sec.
Also by FRANK WALLER at Indianapolis, Ind., July 5th. Also many other records.
WATCH US, PLEASE. BETTER RIDE AN ARROW.
CENTURY CYCLE MFG. CO, .nd.anapolis, .nd:
MENTION THC BEARINGS
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ELLIPTIC "
Rockford, III,., Jan. 16, 1893 Fbbepobt Bicycle Manufacturing Co., Freeport, 111. Dear Sirs: — Having given the Elliptic a good fair test over all kinds of roads and in general use about the city, I want to say that it is the finest wheel I have ever been on. I have ridden a wheel geared to 67i inches all one season and would recommend it " very " highly to any one wishing a fine easy running, high grade wheel and I will be glad to give any one such information as is in my power regarding the Elliptic either as a road wheel or racer. Yours very truly,
J. H. ARMITAGE.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 2, 1893. Freeport Bicycle Manufacturing Co., Freeport, 111. Gentlemen : — Your Elliptic Sprocket si bound to come into general use on chain safety bicycles. Few can see by looking at it the great advantage gained in power and speed over the round sprocket and others can only be convinced by giving it a trial for a reasonable length of time. I have used mine for the past five months constantly and find it to be all you claim for it. Yours respectfully,
P. BERGERSEN
Freeport Bicycle Manufacturing Co., Freeport, 111. Clinton, Ia., Jan. 10, 1893.
Gentlemen: — Allow me to compliment you on the El^ptic bicycle you are sending out. For a Scorcher wheel I do not think it has an equal as the design is perfect and the mechanical part is as good as any we have ever sold or seen. I was in Chicago at the time of the Pullman road race and did not see a single wheel that I would trade my Elliptic for. " Is there any advantage in the Elliptical sprocket wheel?" is often asked me and I say "yes." I have been riding one now for two months, geared to 60 and have never rode any wheel geared to 54 that run as easy, also the wheel is so easily controlled that I ride it more than half the time hands off. To try one is to be convinced that it i8 the best, the easiest, and we think the future will prove it the fastest wheel made. We wish you success with them and think they are worthv of it.
Yours truly, H. D. BADER.
Manager Bicycle Dept., C. E. Armstrong & Co.
I have been riding your wheel geared to 60 and my sentiments are exactly as Mr. Bader's.
ED. M. HIGHLANDS, Capt. Clinton Co. Cyclers.
THE ELLIPTIC WAS THE FIRST BICYCLE TO BE RIDDEN A MILE IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES.
Elliptigs world's records ir'^T^iiii^i^iiilHI^'^T;;;;;;;;;;;^-^^
The "ELLIPTIC" embodies the highest degree of inventive and mechanical excellence, ae It* superiority on both track and road has fully demonstrated. Manufactured by
FREEPORT BICYCLE MFG. CO., Freeport, Ills.
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It is quite customary for bicycle manufacturers to claim that their particular machines are "Best and Fastest," whether they have been in the business one year or ten, or whether their wheels have ever won a race or not. We realized this fact when, at the beginning of the season, we predicted that the RAMBLER would be the most popular wheel on the market, would " win races " and "break records."
Our expectations have been more than realized, for this has been distinctly "A RAMBLER YEAR." As for our " rosy hued" prophecy we ask our friends to judge.
LIST OF RECORDS BROKEN ON RAMBLERS
Since September Last:
District of Columbia, one mile, competition, on No 3
Colorado State one mile, " "
Pacific Coast one mile " "
Baltimore to Washington, on
Pacific Coast 25 mile road competition, on
'• " " " " " 2nd time, on...
" " " " '" " 3rd time, on. ..
" " 10 " " " on
American 25 mile road competition on
" 20 " " " "
15 " Grand Rapids course, 18 mile road competition, on. Pacific Coast one mile competition, 2nd time, on
" " " " " 3rd time, on
World's 26 mile road competition, on
" 25 "
Pacific Coast one-half mile competition, on
Minnesota State " " " "
Michigan " one " " "
Mexican three-quarter " " "
More Records Broken on 6. & J. Pnenmatic Tires
Fitted to Other Machines.
San Francisco to New York, by F. S. Beedleson, the one-legged rider. Minnesota State one mile competition.
German and Austrian 65 kilometres.
75
'• " " 80
" " " 80.466 " (50miles.)
85
" 90
95 "
" " " 100
15
" " " 3hourrecord 100 " (150 miles.)
Minnesota State one quarter mile.
World's six mile trotting record, sulky fitted with G. & J. Tires.
Record: The only Pneumatic Tire which went through the great Vienna to Berlin race without a puncture or burst.
PRIZES W03ST O^T RAMBLERS
Since September, 1892:
159 firsts. 112 seconds.
54 thirds. 12 fourths.
21 first time. 9 second time.
Prizes Won on Ramblers in One Day only — July 4th.
50 firsts. 41 seconds.
17 thirds. 3 fourths.
3 first time. 1 second time.
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Tbe Ipterp&tiop&l A\eei...
"All out for the mile novice. Come, come, you bluders, come out.
"Hurry up. Jump up. We are waiting for you.. You needn't think you are crack -a-jacks to keep us waiting like those top raters do. Come on, come on."
So Clerk of the Course William Montague Perrett opened the great international meet last Monday morning. William Montague knows his business and makes the riders attend to theirs. Llewellyn W. Conkling has the art of starting reduced to a science, and with these two to attend to the active part of the work, and Chairman Raymond as referee, and the members of his board as judges, the races at the great meet were run off in apple-pie order. No hitch, no delay. There was not a man entered of enough importance to wait for.
Everybody was there — everybody that is anybody — for who would stay away when Chicago had invited the world. The weather had been ordered especially fine and far exceeded expectations.
And the races — Well, such an aggregation of racing talent has never before been seen. There was not a man absent whose presence could add a whit to the interest in the programme. The only drawbacks to the perfect enjoyment of the meet were the inevitable accidents that almost invariably attend a big meet. That the great Sanger should be the one to suffer in the first and worst spill was lamentably unfortunate. The meetings of him and Zimmerman were looked for by the public as the great events of the meet. However, the racing was at no stage tame. Johnson, Tyler, and Windle proved themselves fit to compete with Zimmerman and occasionally give him a beating. The handicapping was great, the finishes almost always close, and the times made were phenomenal.
The various entertainments were attended by such crowds as never before were seen at a league meet and every one was satisfied and happy.
MONDAY.
The new track was formally dedicated today and baptized in the blood of the redoubtable W. C. Sanger, A. E. Lumsden, and several others. It was also the place where Willie Windle and Harry Tyler gave Zim more than he could attend to, and raced across the tape ahead of the champion in the mile open.
Start of One-Mile Novice, August 7.
The preliminary heats in the morning were more interesting than they usually are and were the cause of the audience being deprived of seeing one of the stars of the meet. It was in the second heat of the third-mile open and Sanger, Lumsden, Tyler, Davis, Githens, Banker, E. C. Johnson, and A. P. Babcock were just going into the lower turn when Babcock fell, bringing down with him Sanger, Lumsden, Banker, and Johnson. Lumsden
was thrown over the bank, striking a 2 x 5 scantling on the way and breaking it off. The men were picked up and it was found that Sanger's bruises would lay him up for two or three days, but his trainer gave him hopes of being able to race on the two last days of the meet. Lumsden was bruised considerably and will not ride. Zimmerman had no difficulty in qualifying in all of his heats.
"Windle Beats Zimmerman. The most interesting race of the day was the mile open. The first heat
Rhodes. Davis. Taylor. Windle. Smith. Tyler. Zimmerman. Start Final Heat of One-Third-Mile Open, August 7.
brought out Taylor, Windle, Smith, Tuttle, Bliss, and Rhodes. The pace was a loaf until the middle of the last lap, when Rhodes started the sprint. He was caught on the turn by Taylor, who won the heat easily, Windle second, Rhodes third, and Smith fourth, in 2:59. The second heat had Zimmerman, Tyler, Githens, Gary, C. T. Nelson, Dirnberger, and Sercombe in it and it was won by Tyler, Zimmerman riding into second place easily, seemingly content to qualify.
The final heat will long be remembered by all who saw it, for it was then that Windle turned the tables on the man who was first able to lower his colors and take from him the proud title of champion. Windle, Zimmer- man. Rhodes, Hoyland Smith, Githens, Dirnberger, Taylor, and Tyler lined up for the coming struggle. Windle's face was set, and one observing wheelman said, "Watch Windle." Zimmerman helped set pace for a third and then Tyler took it to the last lap. It was an exciting sight to see them come grandly around the last turn into the home stretch. They were almost even, with Zimmerman riding in about the middle and Windle a little behind but coming up on the outside. Coming down the stretch Windle made a mighty effort and fairly tore down the track. The others were going for all there was in them, but the Milbury lad went faster. Inch by inch he gradually caught Zimmerman', and although the champion worked hard he could not hold Windle and the latter' crossed the tape fully two feet fo the good. Tyler gave a jump right at the tape' and beat Zimmerman out for second place, Taylor was a good fourth. The crowd was disappointed when it was announced that the time limit of 2:40 had been exceeded by 5 2-5 seconds and the race was ordered run over. The last quarter was ridden in :29 4-5.
Zim Wins the Run >ver.
There was a wicked smile playing around Zimmerman's lips when he came out again and Windle would have been given a nice reception, but he followed his invariable rule, never to ride in a run-over and came out in
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citizen's clothes. Tyler and Rhodes followed suit. Zimmerman won this with ease, looking around at Taylor, who was a yard or so behind. Smith was third and Githens fourth.
The Novice a Loaf.
The final heat of the mile novice was a loaf and should have been won by Van Boeckman, who sprinted on the second lap, thinking it was the last. He stopped then, and the others went by him. Brandenberg won by yards.
The half-mile Illinois division championship brought out Tuttle, Bode, Davis, Githens, and Knisley. It was a foregone conclusion that Tuttle would win, as he had stated that if he could win the championships of his native state he would be satisfied. The giant had no trouble in beating the others out, leaving Githens and Knisley to fight it out for second place, the Chicago Club man winning at the tape.
A Battle of the Giants.
George Taylor made a dangerous cut in front of Cy Davis at the start of the final heat of the third-mile open, and was nearly thrown. This was a battle of the giants. Nearly all of the stars were in it. Zimmerman had the pole, with Tyler, Smith, Windle, Taylor, Davis, Rhodes, and Githens
Githens. Kennedy" Bliss' Rhodes. Tuttle. Knisley. Start of Two-MilejTeam Race, August 8.
lined across the track. It was the crack's first appearance in the afternoon, and the audience was wild. The sun shone over the top of the grand stand and lighted up Zimmerman's face. There was a satisfied look upon it as he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd. Taylor immediately took the pace and set it hot down the back stretch, with Zim in hot pursuit. He was overhauled in the home stretch and Zimmerman won sitting up, with Tyler second, and Taylor third., Windle was hopelessly out of it, coming in next to last.
Zim Makes a Past Half.
The odds were too great for Zimmerman to overcome in the final heat of the half-mile handicap. With such a good man as A. I. Brown, of Cleve- land, on the forty-five-yard mark, the scratch man had a hard row to hoe. Brown made a phenomenal sprint at the finish, winning easily from Paul Grosch. Zim could do no better than fourth, although the finish was so close that it looked as if he had finished second. His time was 1:03. He rode on the outside most of the way.
Gus Steele, of Chicago, won a very pretty race when he captured the two-mile 5:50 class from such cracks as Crooks and Warren. E. A. Nelson started in this race, but fell at the beginning of the third lap. He lodged a protest against Crooks, but it was not allowed. Steele rode a waiting race and beat them all out in the sprint.
Bliss, coached by Herrick, won by inches from Knisley in the two-mile Illinois division championship. Knisley set the pace on the last lap and looked a winner when the men came into the home stretch, but the little man in pink was too much for him.
If Bode had taken his share of the pace in the final of the five-mile handicap he might have won the race. He caught Ulbricht and Steele, and the three were nearly half a lap ahead of Hyslop, Crooks, Murphy, and Clark. This lead they could have held, but Bode wouldn't help pace, and they were caught at the fourth mile. In the driving finish Clark won, with Bode second, Crooks third, and Murphy, the former king of handicap riders, a bad fourth.
Good Trick Riding.
Sandwiched in between the races were Maltby and Kaufmann, who showed the crowd what could be done on a bicycle. Maltby 's tricks on a safety were not so well received as Kaufmann's neat work on the ordinary.
It was announced to the press that the Racing Board had investigated C. M. Murphy's case, and had declared him a professional.
Summary.
One-mile novice, first heat, eight starters. — P. Von Boeckman, Chicago, first; G. E. Bicker, Chicago, second; F. M. Prencil, Chicago, third. Time, 2:34 8-5.
Second heat, eight starters. — J. I. Brandenberg, Chicago, first; L. 0. Wilcoxon, Chicago, second; A. V. Jackson, Chicago, third. Time, 2:441-5.
Final heat, seven starters. — J. I. Brandenberg, first; A. V. Jackson, second; F.M. Prencil, third; F. B. Wakefield, fourth; J. Hrach, fifth. Time, 3:00 1-5. Won asily.
Half-mile Illinois division championship, five starters. — F. H. Tuttle, first; H. A. Githens, second; C. T. Knislev, third; Fred Nessel, fourth; E. C. Bode, fifth. Time, 1:22.
Third-mile open, first heat, eight starters. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; Hoy- land Smith, second; G. F. Taylor, third; W. A. Rhodes, fourth. Time, :44 3-5. Zim worked from almost outside position to the pole, and led from the quarter home and won easily, doing the last quarter in :30 3-5.
Second heat, ten starters. — H. C. Tyler, first; W. W. Windle, second; C. W. Davis, third; H. A. Githens, fourth. Time, :46. The men were closely bunched going into the lower turn, and A. P. Babcock, of Springfield, ran into Banker, who in turn ran into Sanger, who fell, bringing these two as well as A. E. Lumsden and E. C. Johnson, of Cleveland, down with him. All the men were badly bruised, Sanger the worst.
Final heat, eight starters. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; H. C. Tyler, second; G. F. Taylor, third; H. Smith, fourth; W. A. Rhodes, fifth; C. W. Davis, sixth; W. W. Windle, seventh; H. A. Githens, eighth. Time, :43 4-5.
Half-mile handicap, first heat, seven starters. — A. I.Brown, 45 yards, first; M. H. Burt, Wichita, 55 yards, second; A. L. Leonhardt, Chicago, 55 yards, third. Time, 1:04; last quarter, :31 4-5.
Second heat, six starters.— Paul Grosch, 50 yards, first; A. W.Warren, Hartford, 30 yards, second; W. F. Murphy, 30 yards, third. Time, 1:04.
Third heat, five starters. — A. T. Crooks, Buffalo, 25 yards, first; Con Baker, Columbus, 45 yards, second; M. Nelson, Chicago, 60 yards, third. Time, 1:05 4-5.
Fourth heat. — J. I. Brandenberg, Chicago, 65 yards, first; H. Smith, 30 yards, second; C. H. Peck, Chicago, 50 yards, third. Time, 1:05 2-5.
Fifth heat, nine starters. — A. A. Zimmerman, scratch, first; G. L. Gary, 15 yards, second; E. C. Johnson, Cleveland, 45 yards, third. Time, 1:04.
Sixth heat, six starters. — E. A. Nelson, Springfield, 25 yards, first; M. Dirnberger, Buffalo, 35 yards, second; C. W. Davis, Chicago, 20 yards, third. Time, 1:05.
Final heat, thirteen starters. — A. I. Brown, first; Paul Grosch, second; A. T. Crooks, third; A. A. Zimmerman, fourth; M. Dirnberger, fifth. Time, 1:02 2-5; Zim- merman's time, 1:03; last quarter, :30 3-5.
Two-mile 5:50 class, first heat, six starters. — M. H. Burt, first; A. W. Warren, second; M. Nelson, third; W. B. Inks, fourth. Time, 5:50 2-5.
Second heat, ten starters. — P. Grosch, first; E. A. Nelson, second; Gus Steele, Chicago, third; Isaac Baird, Charleston, fourth. Time, 6:11 3-5; last quarter, :30 3-5,
Third heat. — A. T. Crooks, first; E. L. Blauvelt, second; T. J. Byrne, Chicago, third; C. T.Nelson, Springfield, fourth. Time, 6:07 3-5.
Final heat, nine starters. — Gus Steele, first; A. W.Warren, second; Paul Grosch, third; A. T. Crooks, fourth; E. L. Blauvelt, fifth; M. H. Burt, sixth. Time, 5:15 4-5; last quarter, :30 1-5.
One-mile open, first heat. — G. F. Taylor, first; W. W. Windle, second; W. A. Rhodes, third; H. Smith, fourth; J. P. Bliss, fifth. Time, 2:59 1-5.
Second heat. — H. C. Tyler, first; A A. Zimmerman, second; H. A. Githens, third; G. L. Gary, fourth. Time, 2:31 2-5.
Final heat. — W. W. Windle, first; H. C. Tyler, second; A. A. Zimmerman, third; G. F. Taylor, fourth; H. Smith, fifth; H. A. Githens, sixth; W. A. Rhodes, seventh. Time, 2:45 2-5; last quarter, :29 4-5. No race.
One-mile open, run over. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; G. F. Taylor, second; Hoy- land Smith, third; H. A. Githens, fourth; M. Dirnberger, fifth. Time, 2:38 1-5.
Two-mile Illinois division championship, five starters. — J. P. Bliss, first; C. T. Knisley, second; E. C. Bode, third; F. Nessel, fourth; H. A. Githens, fifth. Time, 5:30.
Five-mile handicap, first heat, fifteen starters. — After the men had gone four miles all had dropped out but the following eight, who qualified without finishing: M. Nessel, W. Hyslop, A. T. Crooks, E. Ulbricht, W. F. Murphy, G. E. Bicker, E. C Bode, and O. F. Erickson.
Bode. Githens. Emerson. Tuttle. Bliss. Knisley.
Start ok One-Mh-f. Illinois Division Championship, August 8.
Second heat, fourteen starters. — Gus Steele, 500 yards, first; C. H. Peck, 350 yards, second; J. D. Adams, 500 yards, third; Con Baker. 350 yards, fourth; F. M. Prencil, 500 yards, fifth: M. II. Burt, 450 yards, .sixth: J. Hrack, 500 yards, seventh; Isaac Baird, 200 yards, eighth. Time, 13:46 4-5.
Final heat.— J. P. Clark, first; E. C. Bode, second; A. T. Crooks, third; Gus Steele, fourth; W. F. Murphy, fifth; W. Hyslop, sixth. Time, 12:28 2-5.
TUESDAY.
Zimmerman and Johnson met today for the first time, and the former demonstrated in a very convincing way that the western wonder was not in the same class with him — in short distance races at any rate. This was not the only feature of the second day's races, for Tyler set up a track record that would have been the world's record a couple of weeks ago.
The crowd in the afternoon numbered about 3,000 and was very demon- strative. The weather was almost perfect, a hot sun beating down on the track and but little wind stirring. Sanger, was]' not able to mount, but L. S
Meintjes, the South African, and John S. Johnson made their appearance for the first time during the meet. The quarter-mile open was watched for with great interest, as it would bring Zimmerman and Johnson together for the first time.
Johnson Runs Third. Johnson had been saving himself for the event. Zim let Taylor beat him in his heat; Johnson beat the others easily, while Herbie Githens got the jump in his heat and was never headed. The final brought out Zimmerman, Taylor, Johnson, Githens, and E. C. Johnson. At the crack of the pistol Zimmerman jumped out and shot two lengths ahead of the others. All of them got down to work immediately and the five took the first turn in fine style, Zimmerman leading, Taylor next at the pole, with Johnnie Johnson struggling to pass him. Zim commenced to forge ahead and came into the finish a good two lengths ahead. Johnson ran wide and rode nearly on the outside of the track. The Manasquan man glanced around and then came on grandly. The field resembled a flock of geese, Zimmerman with that small head of his wagging like an old gander's and watching the others.
. C. Johnson. Zimmerman. Githens.
Start of Final Heat of Quarter- Mile Open, August 8.
J. S. Johnson.
Taylor.
With one supreme effort he pulled away and dashed across the tape a good fifteen yards ahead of Taylor, who beat Johnson out by ten yards. The quarter was done within two-fifths of a second of record, Elliott's chrono- graph catching it at :30 30-60. This was the result of the first meeting between the eastern and western cracks.
Track Records Made.
Johnson started to make a record for the track in the second heat of the mile handicap. Starting from the twenty-yard mark he tried hard to catch his field, but the rubber on his right pedal broke at a critical moment and retarded his speed. He caught the tail end of the bunch on the last turn and started to plow his way through. His efforts were in vain for he failed to qualify, finishing fourth. The timers caught his time to his mark. It was 2:18 3-5.
Tyler made a vigorous kick because Handicapper Miles had given him twenty yards over Zimmerman. In his heat he went back to scratch and announced that he would go for record. He caught Lumsden and paced by him, and overhauled the bunch on the second turn around. He waited a bit, and when he started again the others were strung out some distance ahead. Kennedy made a desperate finish and crossed the tape a foot ahead of Tyler and Lumsden, who were tied for second place. Hoyland Smith was but several hair lengths behind the others. Time, 2:13 3-5.
The record did not stand long, for Tyler again took a crack at it in the final in the afternoon. He lowered it to 2:11 2-5, and if Banker had not slowed him somewhat Sanger's 2:09 4-5 would have been placed on the shelf. At the jump he caught Lumsden, Meintjes, and Banker, and the quartette started in active search of the others. In the final rush they couldn't get through and Dirnberger won a fine race from W. F. Murphy.
A Vexed Question Settled.
There has been considerable rivalry between the Chicago and Illinois clubs and it was all settled in the two-mile team race. The Springfield (Mass.) B. C. team was also entered, but E. A. Nelson's injuries crippled it and it stayed out. Bliss, Tuttle, and Githens represented the C. C. C, while Knisley, Rhodes, and Kennedy rode for the Illinois. Bliss scored the first lap and on the next Rhodes laid back and then sprinted by the others on the back stretch. He gained a big lead and kept it until the tape was crossed. His trick availed him but little, as he played himself out and brought up the rear for the rest of the way. Kennedy pushed Tuttle hard on the third lap and crossed the tape second. The Illinois men gave out before the end and Githens, Bliss, and Tuttle finished neck and neck. Score: 76 to 53 in favor of the three C's. Tuttle scored the largest number of points, with Bliss second, and Githens third.
A team race will be run under special rules on Friday, in which the New York Athletic Club, the Springfield B. C, the Chicago C. C, the Illinois C. C, and teams from Hartford and Buffalo will be represented. This will be a hot race, as it will bring all the cracks together. Meintjes First Appearance.
L. S. Meintjes made his bow to the American public in the sixth heat of the two-third mile handicap. Mr. Miles had kindly allowed him forty yards and he took it. He is a slow starter, but once under way he does not let any grass grow under his wheels. Riding easily he caught his men one by one and immediately took the pace. He showed himself to be a poor finisher, being beaten at the tape by Paul Grosch and W. F. Murphy. He next came out in the mile handicap. He repeated his performance and caught up easily. Bliss gave up in the final sprint and A. I. Brown romped in first, just ahead of Meintjes. The South African finished in the ruck in the final. The general opinion of him was that he is a good man against the watch, but lacks the necessary sprint at the finish. He rides easily and has a graceful movement. He will be dangerous in the sixty-mile cham- pionship.
Division Championships.
The one-mile Illinois division championship was a loaf, and although it was run twice the referee called it no race. It was a struggle between Tuttle and Bliss and the latter proved victorious both times, although pushed hard by Johnson's stable companion.
Rhodes did not deserve to win the five-mile championship, as he would not do his share of the donkey work. Knisley did the most of it, as Rhodes refused to set pace for more than one lap. Keator dropped out at two miles. Rhodes ran in an easy winner, Bode second, and Knisley a bad third. The time, 13:24 2-5, was not bad.
Summary:
Two-third mile handicap, first heat, six starters. — C. W. Davis, 40 yards, first; T. J. Byrne, 85 yards, second; G. L. Emerson, 60 yards, third; F. Waller, 80 yards, fourth. Time, 1:28.
Second heat, ten starters. — E. C. Bode, 65 yards, first; E. C. Johnson, 65 yards, second; A. N. French, 50 yards, third; J. P. Clark, 50 yards, fourth; C. F. Alsop, 95 yards, fifth. Time, 1:26 3-5.
Third heat, seven starters.— A. T. Crooks, 30 yards, first; H. Smith,; 50 yards, second; A. D. Kennedy, 75 yards, third; M. Nelson, 80 yards, fourth. Time, 1:26 2-5.
Fourth heat, nine starters. — A, I. Brown, 65 yards, first; W. W. Windk, 15 yards, second; J. P. Bliss, 30 yards, third; Con Baker, fourth; G. A. Banker, 35-yards, fifth. Time, 1:27 2-5.
Fifth heat, ten starters.— W. L. Swendeman, 90 yards, first; E. L. Blauvelt, 50 yards, second; C. T. Knisley, 60 yards, third; Isaac Baird, fourth. Time, 1:27 2-5.
Sixth heat, ten starters.— P. Grosch, 70 yards, first; W. F. Murphy, 50 yards, second; L. S. Meintjes, 40 yards, third. Time, 1:26 3-5.
Final heat, thirteen starters.— W. F. Murphy, first; A. I. Brown, second; Paul Grosch, third; H. Smith, fourth. Time, 1:23 1-5.
One-mile 3-minute class, thirteen starters.— W. A. Thompson, first; A. Longley, second; E. P. Richardson, third; F. M. Preucil, fourth; L. O. Wilcoxon, fifth; James Levy, sixth. Time, 2:38 2-5.
Second heat, fourteen starters.— P. Van Boeckman, first; J. I. Brandenberg, second; M. Nelson, third; F. Miller, fourth; J. W. Adams, fifth; C. E. Parkes, sixth. Time, 2:37 2-5.
Final heat. — J. I. Brandenberg, first; M. Nelson, second; E. P. Richardson, third. Levy finished third, but was disqualified for stealing on the pistol at the start. Time, 2:52.
One-mile handicap, first heat.— A. I. Brown, 85 yards, first; L. S. Meintjes, 40 yards, second; J. P. Clark, 70 yards, third; T. J. Byrne, 140 yards, fourth. Time, 2:17 2-5.
Second heat, eleven starters.— W. L. Swendeman, 140 yards, first; W. F. Murphy, 60 yards, second; A. Longley, 135 yards, third; J. S. Johnson, 20 yards, fourth; W. L. Darmer, fifth. Time, 2:15. Johnson's time for the full mile was 2:18 3-5.
Third heat, seven starters.— Con Baker, 95 yards, first; L. O. Wilcoxon, 150 yards, second; E. P. Richardson, 130 yards, third; M. Nessel, 140 yards, fourth; A. T. . Crooks, 40 yards, fifth. Time, 2:15 2-5.
Fourth heat, ten starters.— A. D. Kennedy, 110 yards, first; H. C. Tyler and A. E. Lumsden tied for the second; H. Smith, fourth. Time, 2:13 3-5. Tyler's time from scratch, 2:13 4-5.
Fifth heat, ten starters.— G. A. Banker,- 50 yards, first; A. L. Baker, 120 yards, second; E. L. Blauvelt, 75 yards, third; F. Miller, 150 yards, fourth. Time, 2:15 4-5.
Sixth heat, six starters.— A. W. Warren, 60 yards, first; M. Dirnberger, 75 yards, second; P. H. Sercombe, 100 yards, third; R. M. Tidd, 160 yards, fourth. Time, 2:20 1-5.
Final heat, thirteen starters.— M. Dirnberger, first; W. F. Murphy, second; H. C. Tyler, third; A. E. Lumsden, fourth; A. W. Warrerr, fifth. Time, 2:11 1-5. Tyler's time, 2:11 2-5.
One-mile Illinois division championship, six starters; time limit, 2:40.— J. P. Bliss, first; F. H. Tuttle, second; E. C. Bode, third; C. T. Knisley, fourth. Time, 2:49. No race.
Run-over.— J. P. Bliss, first; E. C. Bode, second; F. H. Tuttle, third; G. L. Emer- son, fourth. Time, 2:57. Race declared off.
Quarter-mile scratch, first heat, four starters.— G. F. Taylor, first; A. A. Zimmer- man, second; A. W. Warren, third; Hoyland Smith, fourth. Time, :33 1-5.
Second heat, five starters.— J. S. Johnson, first; A. E. Lumsden, second; E. C. Bode, third; G. L. Gary, fourth; C. W. Davis, fifth. Time. :34.
Third heat, six starters.— H. A. Githens, first; E. C. Johnson, second; W. Hyslop, third; W. F. Murphy, fourth. Time, :33 3-5.
Final heat.— A. A. Zimmerman, first; G. F. Taylor, second; J. S.Johnson, third; H. A. Githens, fourth; E. C. Johnson, fifth. Time, :30 2-5.
Two-mile team race.— Chicago C. C, 76 points, first; Illinois C. C, 53 points, second. Time, 5:28 2-5.
Five-mile Illinois division championship, four starters.— W. A. Rhodes, first; E. C. Bode, second; C. T. Knisley, third. Time, 13:24 2-5.
Two-mile lap race.— A. A. Zimmerman, 17 points, first: G. L. Gary, 12 points, second; H. Smith, 5 points, third. Time, 5:37 4-5,
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WHERE ARE THE CHAMPIONS?
Well, well, the international championships are on, but America seems to have almost a complete monopoly of the champions. England, after all her activity in organizing the International Cyclists' Association, has but a single representative here, Osmond; and he rides avowedly that the union which he represents may have a chance to participate in the profits that may arise from the meet; a chance which, by the way, is very remote. The promoters of the meet, in their anxiety to do everything in the best possible style, have been more than lavish in their expenditures, and it is doubtful whether there will be any balance on the right side of the ledger at the close of the meet.
The Mexican champion came, and after seeing the riders with whom he would have to compete, silently packed his grip and as silently stole away. He did not even wait to see the preliminary heats of the first day. The sight of the men was enough for him. The Italian champion, who was reported on his way to Chicago, has failed to materialize. The South African cham- pion is here to ride; but he does not represent a country which is a member of the International Cyclists' Association, and this leaves the Canadian champion as the only fair representative of the foreign countries and a member of the International Cyclists' Association to compete at the meet. Expl; nations from those who were so ready to assist in promoting the asso- ciation and so ready with their promise of support are now in order.
Has England no riders? If she has none who could hope to defeat the American champions, she might at least have had the courtesy to send us one representative rider and pay his expenses to show that she at least realizes the importance of the occasion and to show her good-will. But there is the rub. Her good-will, we fear, is lacking. Her action in this case is quite on par with her treatment of Zimmerman. We regret that such is the case, for we feel that there is no just cause for it. However, America certainly has enough riders of her own to do without foreigners, and if the latter see fit to ignore the first championships, the sooner we are done with them the better.
The International Association has proven a great fizzle, but none of the blame can be laid at the doors of those who undertook the most onerous duties in connection with the first annual meet. As a national meet of the League of American Wheelmen the Chicago affair is a great and glorious success.
ELECT THE RACING BOARD.
In view of the fact that members of the league will insist on acting the part of politicians, and that the president has unlimited power in the appoint- ment trf officials, one of whom, at least, is as important as the president himself; that the governing of racing is an entirely separate and distinct department and one in which the great membership of the league at large takes more interest than all the rest put together, it seems that the present manner of appointing the Racing Board is not a good one. We have no criticisms to make of the present board. Indeed, it is a long time since we have had one as good.
If there were no Racing Board to appoint, aspiring candidates for the presidency would have less "patronage" to dispose of, and that of itself would be a good thing." The members would elect their own candidates to he board and would hold them responsible for the strict carrying out of
their duties. The offices of the members of the Racing Board are certainly of no less importance than those of the vice-presidents, the secretary, and the treasurer, and we see no reason why they should not be elected in a similar manner.
The best plan that could be adopted would be .to have the country divided by the constitution into four or six districts, each of which should elect one member to the board to serve with a chairman who should be elected in the same manner as the president, from no particular district.
We recommend the idea to the consideration of the thinking membership of the league.
GIVE US PACEMAKERS.
The slow time in which some of the heats in the most important races are run goes to show that something more is needed to insure fast racing than the mere placing of time limits on the races. The mile open the first day, in which Windle won the final heat in a fraction over 2:45, and which was declared no race because the time limit of 2:40 was not reached, is a good example of what injury the laziness, or whatever you may call it, of the racing men works. When the race was called to be run over, both Windle and Tyler failed to ride again. It has always been the Millbury lad's practice to refuse to ride a race over when the time limit was not reached. The men in riding the race knew very well that they were not riding inside of the limit, and risked their chance for the prize when they refused to set a hotter pace. The question now arises whether the English system of using pacemakers in important races is not one worthy of at least a trial. It is certain that something must be done if it is desired to keep public interest in racing up to concert pitch.
WHAT THE PUBLIC LIKES.
We can not but admire the sportsmanlike manner in which Zimmerman conducts himself at the various race meetings. As great a reputation as he has, he, unlike many a man with less at stake, does not hesitate to get out and ride in any and all races, whether in the very best of form or not. At the international meet he avowed his intention, before the first race was called, of getting out and riding in as many races as he was capable of each day, and manfully he has fulfilled his promise. It is conduct like this that makes a man stand high in public favor, and the warm reception which the Jerseyman was given shows in what high public favor he is held.
STRAY SHOTS.
Ought to have the Pros Here.
It seems a pity that we are not to have the pick of the French riders here. They are professionals, to be sure, but that is nothing. It would do no harm to run amateurs and professionals together once a year so long as they did not ride for money prizes. What the cycling world wants to know is, Who is the world's fastest rider.
Conditional License Condemned. With few exceptions the British cyclingpress have roundly condemned conditional license. The whole matter is summed up by saying that if a man is not an amateur he should have no license at all; and if he is, there is no reason why he should have any conditions attached to it. The tone of the press indicates that if conditional license can not be done away with in any other way, that it will have to go along with those who invented it.
French Racing: "Women.
Are we about to have woman enter actively into racing? She has tried nearly all of the other professions and is seemingly never content. In France she is making a bold bid for support, and several of the French papers are organizing "ladies' bicycle races," while numbers of French- women are about to go against the watch at the Buffalo track.
AVe Have Never Found it so.
Cycling, our bright English contemporary, in its latest issue to hand, propounds the question at the head of one of its editorials, which we have not found time to read, "Is Cycling Injurious to the Nerves?" To tell the truth we have not found it half as much so as some of its conditional license supporting competitors. No, Cycling gives its readers what they want to read in readable form.
Wliat is the Reason Why?
One of the strangest things in this life is the amount of confidence that the promateur has in his friends and men who are not his friends. What is more wonderful still, is the scarcity of cases in which that confidence is mis- placed, [f Chairman Raymond of the Racing Board could hear a tithe of the things that prominent racing men say to acquaintances in one day, he would have enough work on his hands to keep him busy for months.
How Sliorland Got His License.
A French paper says the following was softly whispered around Heme Hill lately: It will | be ^[remembered thatfwhen the 24-hour race was
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announced, Shorland said he would not compete in this race and declared he would not race this year, but quietly went into training. Some journals said Shorland could not get a license. A member of the Humber Co., where Shorland is employed, said to him: "If the N. C. U. refuse to give you a license if you ride the Humber machine, tell them you will sue them for 810 000 damages and we will pay the expenses of the suit." Were the N. C. U. afraid they would lose the suit? Shorland received his license and that is the reason his license is No. 5,364, one of the last issued.
Good for Madame Kuntz.
Cycling is progressing well in Algiers. A stone-throwing Arab was recently well punched by Madame Kuntz, the wife of a well-known mechanic in the Rue Constantine, just as he was about to shy stones at a group of wheelmen, among whom was Mr. Kuntz. — Wheeling.
It is refreshing to learn that cycling is progressing in the out-of-the-way corners of the globe, and doubly refreshing to learn that its advocates have the active support of their spouses. It seems a little odd, however, to hear our e. c. speak of Madame and Mister Kuntz.
Yust like Yonny Yohnson.
Jaap Eden was a champion skater and a Dutchman, and now he is a champion bicycle rider and a Dutchman. He has been cycle racing but a little while, but roundly defeated Scheltema-Beduin, the erstwhile one-mile champion of England and Holland, and Rademacher, last year's Dutch champion, in both the recent Dutch championships.
It is an established fact that skating and cycle riding exercise the same muscles and there is no reason why, if good skaters should make good
WHAT RAYMOND THINKS.
He Says the Absence of Representatives of Countries in International Association is Scandalous— Don't Like the "Bulletin" Contract— Zim and the N. C. U.
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"Good-morning, Mr. Raymond," said a Bearings representative.
"Good-morning."
"What do you think of the foreign representation at the meet? '
"I think it is scandalous," said Mr. Raymond, "that the countries repre- sented in the International Cyclists' Union are so poorly represented. The only foreign countries represented at all are Canada, England, and South Africa, and the last named is not a member of the union. Air. Osmond, who will represent England, only does so because, without having a representa- tive here, they would be unable to participate in any profits that might accrue from the meet.
"Yes. I think it is scandalous. As a matter of courtesy alone, I expected that the principal countries in the union would be represented, even if they sent men who could ride no better than a 3-minute gait."
"Are there any new developments in the case of Zimmerman and the N.'C. U.?"
"No. As soon as there are any developments, I will make them public, _ for I feel that this is a case in which every cyclist is interested, and think that it is my duty to keep nothing back, whatever phase affairs may assume."
"Is the stand that you have taken in this matter final and irrevocable?"
"Yes. We have fairly defined our position and there will be no devia- tion from it and no backing down. In writing my letter to the N. C. U. I tried to make it as dignified as possible, while giving the union to under-
Group of Racing Men Taken at Detroit, August 2.
bicycle riders, why good bicycle riders should not make good skaters. It is now in order for Sanger, Zimmerman, and other shining lights in the cycling world to turn their attention to skating and become champions at the winter sport.
BROKE THE HOUR RECORD.
G. E. Osmond, a brother of the great Frederick J., has turned up as a record breaker. On August 2, at Heme Hill, he lowered the hour record to 1:00:04, taking three-quarters of a minute off the time recently made by L. S. Meintjes. Osmond is six feet one and a half inches tall, and weighs 160 pounds. He is twenty-two years of age.
The Columbia's Relay a Failure.
The attempt of the Columbia Wheelmen to run a relay ra:e over the Elgin-Aurora course in five hours flat was a failure, owing to some of the riders failing to show up The relay started at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, Fred Nessel taking the first relay. He rode the five miles in less than 14 minutes. Charles Holtz rode a double relay and was laid up at St. Charles, sick from the effects of his ride. G, S. Olson, Holtz' relief, made a good ride, his five miles being done in 14 minutes. Aurora was reached at 1:20 p. m., 1 hour late. J. Schneider rode a double relay. McMahon had to ride fifteen miles and should have been relieved by J. A. Erickson. The latter failed to show up and the ride was abandoned. Another attempt will be made in two weeks.
Fairchild's Good Performance.
C. M. Fairchild, of Chicago, rode four centuries in three days, — to St Louis, 352 miles, in 56 hours; and 48 miles over the Manchester road in 5 hours. The C. R. C. say he can have but three bars, as these were not four continuous rides.
stand thoroughly that with American affairs they have nothing whatever to do, and that we will brook no interference with our riders by any one outside of America."
"I understand, Mr. Raymond," said The Bearings man, "that Eng- land delegated a certain Doctor Barrett to represent her at the m£et. Is this true?"
"Yes," said Mr. Raymond, "but Doctor Barrett has been a resident of this country for some time, and did not come to me as a rider, but merely to represent England and take charge of her share of any profits that might be made at the meet. He was very promptly informed that as England was not sending any riders, it was not necessary for her to have any representative, as she could not participate in any of the profits; if, indeed, there were any to divide. Doctor Barrett seemed very much sur- prised at our action, but it was the only course we saw open to us, and it is since then that Osmond has entered and avowed his intention to race. This, of course, will give England's representative an opportunity to help divide the spoils. Under the circumstances, I would a great deal rather Osmond would not ride at all. Their action is certainly not at all becoming."
"What can you tell me about Murphy's suspension?"
"Nothing, I am sorry to say. You know that we poor members of the Racing Board have our mouths padlocked."
"Isn't this rather annoying, Mr. Raymond?"
"Yes it is, very, and I think it is a shame; but so long as the contract with the Bulletin remains in force, I will be obliged to do my best not to violate any of its conditions. We have already been notified that we are violating the contract and have sent for a bill of particulars — the charges as to what we have done to violate the obnoxious contract."
"Well, Mr. Raymond, there is no padlock on Mr. Murphy's mouth, is there?"
"No," said Mr. Raymond laughingly, "the league cannot influence Mr. Murphy much more."
riORE OF THE GREAT flEET.
WEDNESDAY.
Finer weather could not have been made to order, and today was but a repetition of the others. It was hot, but a cooling breeze kept the 3,000 odd people in good humor, and made them ready to applaud any good per- formances; and they had plenty of chances to do so.
Walter Sanger, stiff and sore from his fall on Monday, sat in the grand stand and saw Zimmerman, his rival, ride rings around Johnson in the quarter-mile championship and the third-mile open, and then saw the clever little western rider turn the tables and beat Zim in the five-mile championship. This last was the best race of the meet, for there it was that a world's competition record went, and Johnson won his greatest victory. Zimmerman, Johnson, Gary, Knisley, Tuttle, Githens, Munger, and Steenson came out and Munger at once took the pace, making it quite warm. Zim rode next to last, with Johnson in a good position. The first mile was done in 2:31. At the second mile Knisley took the pace and
Johnson was given an ovation similar to the one Githens received last year when he beat Sanger at Parkside, and the crowd howled for Johnson, and would not be satisfied until he came out and rode around the track. Joe McDermott brought out Zimmerman's wheel and showed the audience that the tire was soft, and ascribed his charge's defeat to this. Zimmerman, however, never said a word, taking his defeat in the usual way. The Ordinary Race.
After the five-mile race, probably the next best was the one-mile ordinary- race. It was certainly laughable and just caught the fancy of every one. It was probably the last appearance on the track of the good old ordinary and the Star, and two of the men who rode were best fitted to ring down the cur- tain on the old timers. Zimmerman, who first became known to fame on a Pony Star, came out with a huge smile and a seventy-two-pound machine, closely followed by W. F. Murphy, once the best handicap rider in an ordi- nary race. They mounted and posed for a picture. Zim's legs were up around his ears and Murphy looked half afraid. Suddenly Zimmerman threw back his head and commenced to laugh, Murphy followed suit, and
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pulled away from the bunch, but Zimmerman brought them up. This distance was negotiated in 5:07 1-5. Munger dropped a lap and then took the pace and at three miles the watches said 7:37 2-5. Knisley's willing- ness to do "donkey" work gave him a world's record, for he was pacing when the four-mile post was passed, and the former figures of 10:13 2-5, made by Munger at Evansville, Ind., last year were cut to 10:13 1-5, and Knisley gets the record.
When the men were informed that they were inside of record, they immediately warmed the pace, Zimmerman letting out, with Johnson on his back wheel. The latter was playing for position. Into the home stretch they came, and Zimmerman commenced his sprint. The western wonder bent his back and worked as he never worked before. Gradually he crept up on Zimmerman, and inch by inch began to forge ahead, and when within three yards of the tape he was two feet ahead. Zim knew he was beaten, and sat up, following Johnson home three feet in the rear. Zimmerman's face expressed surprise and disappointment when he sat up, and more than one remarked it. The time for the five miles was 12:41, the previous record being 12:36 3-5, made by Lumsden at Evansville.
soon every one was shouting with laughter. Just as the pistol was about to be fired O. Neiswonger, of Oran, O., came out with a pneumatic-tired front driver. Zim and Murphy looked scared, but stuck to their machines. Murphy set the pace at a wobble, with Zimmerman struggling along behind and the front driver several yards in the rear. On the third lap Zim played for position and passed Murphy just rounding into the home stretch. Here Neiswonger made his effort and tried to run in ahead, but those long legs of Zimmerman's had not forgotten their cunning, and taking short quick strokes Zimmerman shot across the tape the ordinary champion of the United States, Neiswonger second, and Murphy a bad third. Zimmerman would not have had the proud title had not some person maliciously stuck a pin into the front tire of the front driver, letting all the air out. Fast Time in the Handicaps. That the Chicago track is fast no one can deny when they hear the times made in the handicap races. There is not a single loaf. At pistol- shot every one is digging for all he is worth and there is never a let up until the tape is crossed. A. T. Crooks is proving himself to be a phenomenal handicap rider, always running one, two, or three. In the first heat of the
mile handicap Meintjes and Bliss were the back-mark men and soon had the bunch. Leonhardt fell, but escaped uninjured. In the sprint home Tuttle beat the South African out handily.
Johnson and Taylor were on scratch in the second heat and the latter got right down to business and opened a gap between himself and Johnson that Johnnie had hard work to close. They rode too hard and when they had caught the tail end of the crowd on the last lap they were exhausted and gave up the struggle.
Osmond was down for scratch in the third heat, and the crowd was dis- appointed when he didn't get up. Crooks was on the fifty-yard mark and had no trouble in winning out. Hoyland Smith captured the fourth heat
Finish of the One-Mile Ordinary Championship, August 9.
easily from A.I. Brown, and S. H. Ellithorpe annexed the fifth heat, in 2:10 4-5. Sercombe was the winner of the next one.
The final was the finest handicap race yet seen and the fastest.' A. T. Crooks, on the fifty-yard mark, was the virtual scratch man, with a field of twelve strung out 100 yards ahead. He did good head work, and. caught the leaders on the last turn. He came up on the outside and won easily in 2:07 1-5, which is remarkable for a handicap race. Quarter-Mile Championship.
Zimmerman had no trouble in beating Tuttle, Banker, and Gary out in his heat of the quarter-mile national championship, but Tyler did not have so easy a time in disposing of Johnson, who pushed the Springfield man right to the tape. The final brought out Zimmerman, Johnson, Tyler, and Tuttle. Zim had the pole, with Tohnson on the outside. It is needless to say that the race was not a loaf. Johnson came into the stretch last and made a fine sprint, nipping Tyler near the tape. -Zimmerman won, with three feet to spare, in :31 2-5. Tuttle was well up. Johnson made the fastest eighth, but was in too poor a position to push Zimmerman hard. Another Defeat for Johnson.
Although Johnson had the pole in the first heat of the third-mile open he did not get his legs quick enough, and Zimmerman and Taylor both beat him out. The last quarter was done in :30 3-5. Harry Tyler did better than this in the next heat, for he made the third in :42, the last quarter being done in :27 4-5. Johnson was sixth from the pole in the final, but at the start he dropped back and cut over to the pole right behind Zimmer- man. Rounding fnto the stretch, Taylor and Tyler nearly came together, and Taylor gave up. This destroyed Tyler's stride, but he quickly regained it, although too late to beat Zimmerman, who won easily. Johnson was third. The Ust quarter was done in :28 4-5.
Bliss' Presence of Mind.
There was nothing remarkable in the preliminary heats of the two-mile handicap save Hoyland Smith's fine sprint into fourth place in the third heat. In the final, had it not been for the rare presence of mind of J. P. Bliss there would have been a general fall and many w-' uld have been injured. The bunch had been caught, when Bliss' handle-bar came loose and his wheel began to wobble. "Look out!" he cried, and reached down and grabbed his fork crown with his left hand. He slowed down and A. W. Warren was the only one to fall. If Bliss had not been quick to act the whole bunch would have gone.
This was not the only fall in this heat. In the rush for home Branden- berg wobbled and touched W. F. Murphy, who was coming up on the out- side. Both went down, Murphy striking the fence on his way over the bank. His ankle was sprained and he sustained a severe bruise on the temple. He will not ride again this week.
Sanger Will Not Ride.
Professor Culver stated today that Sanger had received internal injuries and would not be able to ride again for two weeks. It would be folly for Sanger to get up in the condition he now is. He walks with a perceptible limp and carefully holds his head to one side. He wanted to ride in the international races, but gave it up on the advice of his trainer.
It was announced that Osmond would ride Saturday in the mile international.
Summary:
One-mile novice, seven starters. — G. E. Bicker, first; L. O. Wilcoxon, second; C. T. Klugsted, third; E. C. Adams, fourth. Time, 2:42 4-5.
One-mile handicap, first heat, ten starters. — F. H. Tuttle, 70 yards, first; L. S.
Meintjes, 55 yards, second; J. P. Bliss, 50 yards, third; J. P. Clark, 75 yards, fourth Time; 2:12 3-5.
Second heat, seven starters. — W. L. Darmer, 180 yards, first; W. L. Swendeman, 175 yards, second; W. F. Murphy, 60 yards, third; E. C. Bode, 95 yards, fourth. Time, 2:13 2-5.
Third heat, ten starters. — A. T. Crooks, 50 yards, first; Conn Baker, 100 yards, second; W. H. Mullikin, 70 yards, third; G. L. Emerson, 80 yards, fourth; C. V. Dasey, 110 yards, fifth. Time, 2:12.
Fourth heat, eleven starters. — Hoyland Smith, 80 yards, first; A. I. Brown, 90 yards, second; A. N. French, 80 yards, third; A. E. Lumsden, 45 yards, fourth. Time, 2:14 2-5.
Fifth heat, six starters.— G. H. Ellithorpe, 150 yards, first; A. L. Baker, 130 yards, second; Frank Waller, 140 yards, third; G. L. Gary, 55 yards, fourth. Time, 2:10 4-5.
Sixth heat, eight starters. — P. H. Sercombe, 120 yards, first; A. W. Warren, 65 yards, second; E. L. Blauvelt, 85 yards, third; M. Dirnberger, 70 yards, fourth. Time, 2:13 2-5.
Final heat, thirteen starters.— A. T. Crooks, first; G. H. Ellithorpe, second; L. S. Meintjes, third; H. Smith, fourth; W. L. Darmer, fifth. Time, 2:07 1-5.
Quarter-mile national championship, first heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; F. H. Tuttle, second; G. A. Banker, third; G. L. Gary, fourth. Time, :32.
Second heat.— H. C. Tyler, first; J. S. Johnson, second; W. F. Murphy, third. Time, :32 1-5.
Final heat.— A. A. Zimmerman, firsts J. S. Johnson, second; H. C, Tyler, third;
F. H. Tuttle,' fourth. Time, :31 2-5.
Two-mile handicap, first heat, seven starters.— L. S. Meintjes, 100 yards, first; J. P. Bliss, 400 yards, second; E. C. Bode, 180 yards, third; W. F. Murphy, 120 yards, fourth; F. H. Tuttle, 140 yards, fifth. Time, 4:55.
Second heat, fifteen starters. — A. E. Lumsden, 80 yards, first; A. T. Crooks, 90 yards, second; L. W. Campbell, 320 yards, third;_W. M. Burt,- fourth. Time, 4:39 3-5.
Third heat, twelve starters.^-J. I. Brandenberg, 27 yards, first; Frank Waller, 280 yards, second; A. L. Baker, 250 yards, third;" W. E. Barnum, 290 yards, fourth. Time, 4:39 2-5.
Fourth heat, twelve starters. — A. D, Kennedy, 210 yards, first; M. Dirnberger, 160 yards, second; P. H.. Sercombe, 230 yards, third; A. W. "Warren, 120 yards, fourth. Time, 4:34 2-5.
Final heat, fifteen starters.— A. T. Crooks, first; A. D. Kennedy, second; L. W. Campbell, third; A. E. Lumsden, fourth; E. C. Bode, fifth. Time, 4:33 3-5.
Third-mile open, first heat.— A. A. Zimmerman, first; G. F. Taylor, second; J. S. Johnson, third; E. C. Bode, fourth; W. H. Mullikin, fifth. Time, :45 1-5; last quar- ter, :30 3-5.
Second heat.— H. C.Tyler, first; Paul Grosch, second; G. L. Gary, third; H. A. Githens, fourth; G. L. Emerson, fifth. Time, :42; last quarter, :27 4-5.
Final heat. — A. A. Zimmermau, first; H. C. Tyler, second; J. S. Johnson, third;
G. L. Gary, fourth; H. A. Githens, fifth; E. C. Bode, sixth; P. Grosch, seventh. Time, :44 2-5; last quarter, :28 4-5.
One-mile 2:40 class, first heat.— Paul Grosch. first; M. H. Burt, second; M. Nelson, third; W. E. Barnum, fourth. Time, 2:34 4-5.
Second heat, seven starters. — G. L. Emerson, first: T. J. Byrne, second; J. I. Brandenberg, third; L. W. Campbell, fourth. Time, 2:51 3-5.
Third heat, seven starters.— E. L. Blauvelt, first; Gus. Steele, second; A. D. Kennedy, third; F. Nessel, fourth. Time, 2:37 3-5.
Team Race, August 9. Rounding in to the Home Stretch.
Fourth heat, six starters. — R. F. Goetz, first; G. H. Ellithorpe, second; Con Baker, third; E. C. Johnson, fourth. Time, 2:49 3-5.
Final heat. — A. D. Kennedy, first; Gus Steele, second; P. Grosch, third; T. J. Byrne, fourth; Conu Baker, fifth. Time, 2:29 3-5.
One-mile ordinary, national championship. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; O. Neis- wonger, second; W. F. Murphy, third. Time, 3:10.
Five-mile national championship. — J. S. Johnson, first; A. A. Zimmerman, second; F. H. Tuttle, third; H. A. Githens, fourth; G. L. Gary, fifth; H. Smith, sixth. Time, 12:41.
THURSDAY.
The mile open was run in two heats instead of four, and the first heat had Zimmerman, Tuttle, Bliss, Taylor, Bode, Lumsden, and Davis in line. The run was a loaf until the last quarter, Zim set most of the pace and at the bell lap let out, with Bliss at his heels. The last quarter was done in :29, Zim winning by a foot from Bliss; Taylor third, and Lumsden fourth.
The second heat was uninteresting, Johnson, Windle, Gary, Clark
Hyslop, Banker, Dirnberger, Nelson, and Meintjes loafing all the way around. Tyler led on the last lap and was never headed. Johnson came up from a poor position in the rear into fourth place, just enough to qualify, Dirnberger being second, and Windle third. Time, 2:53 3-5. No one made an effort, the cracks being content to qualify. Windle has been ill for two days and ought not to have ridden. The heat and the sprint told on him and he fainted after he crossed the tape and had to be carried to his tent.
Seven started in the first heat of the half-mile 1:20 class. H. R. Steen- son had an easy time of it, and won as he pleased, F. Miller, of Mulberry, Ind., being second, M. Nelson third, and C. H. Peck fourth; the rest nowhere. Time, 1:17 3-5.
Charles Brown, who has been doing good work in the eastern handicaps, made his first appearance and carried off the second heat in fine style. Ellithorpe was second, James Levy third, and Leonhardt fourth. The last
The programme opened with the half-mile national championship. But six got up for the race, Tyler, Lumsden, Tuttle, French, Rhodes, and Gary being the men. Tyler took the pace and got a big lead, which he held until the tape was passed. Lumsden and Tuttle had a battle royal for second place, but the Syracuse man gave up near the tape and Lumsden got it. French was third and Rhodes fourth.
Two more Scalps for Johnson.
Without any rest Tyler got up in the mile open. Zimmerman had qualified, but did not come out. With Tyler were Bliss, Johnson, Taylor, and Dirnberger. A time limit of 2:40 was placed on the event. Bliss was forced to the front, and led for a lap, until Johnson went up to get a position. He fell in behind Tyler. His was a wise move, for on the last lap Tyler struck out for home with Johnson trailing. Like a comet he came around the bend, and Dirnberger made his effort. He shot his bolt too soon, for the two leaders and Taylor, who had also come up, had no trouble in leaving
Start of the One-Mile Ordinary Championship, August 8.
quarter was ridden in :33 and the half in 1:14 2-5. Levy qualified, as this was the fastest heat.
Crooks, Knisley, and Kennedy were the fastest men in the third heat. Crooks was watching Knisley at the finish and Kennedy ran in ahead of him with that peculiar sprint of his. Heywood was fourth. Time, 1:15 1-5.
Paul Grosch won the fourth heat, Clark and Thompson fighting for second. Clark got it, and Thompson didn't qualify. Blauvelt was fourth. Time, 1:15 2-5.
The Quarter-Mile Open.
Hoyland Smith was tired out before the first turn was reached in the first heat of the quarter-mile open, and G. F. Taylor, A. W. Warren, F. H. Tuttle, and W. H. Mullikin finished in the order named, in :33 3-5. Lumsden and Zimmerman were the only ones to get up in the second heat, Johnson not riding. This is the first time that Johnson has failed to come out when pitted against Zimmerman. Time, :32 2-5.
Davis followed Tyler closely across the tape in the third heat in :32 1-5. This was the fastest, and as the second man in the fastest heat qualified, Davis rode in the final in the afternoon. A. I. Brown had a walkover with E. C. Johnson in the fourth heat, winning as he pleased. Time, :33 3-5. The Mile National Championship.
'All out for the mile national," shouted Clerk Perrett, and in response to his call Tuttle, Zimmerman. Taylor, Gary, Munger, Rhodes, and Bliss lined up for the first heat. No one seemed willing to take the pace and Zim and Taylor brought up the rear. Munger, the indefatigable, led at a crawl for two laps. At the bell Zim and Taylor went up and the sprint for a quarter followed, Zim running ahead and winning looking around ; Taylor and Bliss coming in second and third respectively. Time, 2:54. Last quarter, :28 4-5.
Tyler, Dirnberger, and Lumsden were the only ones to come out for the second heat and they qualified without riding.
All of the heats were run off speedily and the preliminaries were over by 11:30, twelve heats being run in an hour.
Just after 1 o'clock a few clouds drew their cooling shades over the blazing sun, and rain was predicted. It was a false alarm, however, for when the bell rang for the half-mile national championship the sky was cloudless and the weather had a distinctly hot flavor. There were about 3,500 people present and the races were good all the way through.
him. Then came the struggle. Johnson turned pale and dug into his pedals. He beat both Tyler and Taylor out by two feet; Tyler was second, Taylor third, Dirnberger fourth, and Bliss fifth. There was a good deal of disappointment expressed when it was found that the time limit had been exceeded by 1 2-5 seconds. The referee would not allow it and ordered it run over.
Before Johnson dismounted, Tom Eck said: "I wish the press would examine the wheels and see if there are any flat tires." This caused a laugh.
The four cracks preferred to stay out of the two-mile national cham- pionship and try for the quarter. So when the former race was called Lumsden, Munger, Knisley, Gary, French, and Smith were the only ones to come out. Knisley's chain broke at the start, and the men were called back. The referee was careful to put a time limit of 5:50 on the event. Knisley immediately started out at a hot clip, and poor Munger had enough before they had gone a lap. Knisley again proved himself a true sportsman, for he did more than his share of pacemaking. The other men did not do their duty, for they let Knisley set every inch of pace until the third turn on the last lap was reached, and then Gary let out. Lumsden was on even terms with him in the stretch, but when within 100 feet of home Gary cut over, and Lumsden had to slacken, giving Gary the race. Hoyland Smith was third, and French fourth. Time, 5:07.
Zim's Phenomenal Sprint.
Although Z.mmerman got off first in the final heat of the quarter, Taylor jumped him and had the lead at the turn. In the middle Zim made a fearful sprint and passed Taylor as if he had been standing still and romped home an easy winner. Taylor was second, and was pushed hard by A. I. Brown. C. W. Davis brought up the rear. Time :31 1-5. Tandem Record Goes.
"Birdie" Munger and Frank Waller were up against Dirnberger and Crooks in the one-mile tandem national championship. The race was a hotly contested one, the former pair setting a hot pace. The sprint started at the beginning of the last lap, but Munger and Waller could not pass the Buffalo team. When the time — 2:20 2-5 — was announced, it was found that the record of 2:26, made at Baltimore last fall by Dorntge and Penseyres had been broken. The last quarter was done in :30 and the mile in 2:20 2-5.
Young Warren, swathed in bandages, on the 120-yard mark, was the virtual scratch man in the first heat of the two-mile handicap. He could
not catch the limit men, and Steenson crossed the tape first. Nessel was second, Wagner third, and Ulbricht fourth. Time, 4:43. Swendeman walked off easily with the second heat. French was second, Davis third and Hyslop fourth. Time, 4:35 3-5. Crooks had a bad fall inthis heat.
The field dropped out one by one in the third heat until only six were left in it. J. P. Clark won out, E. C. Bode second, L. S. Meintjes third, and Tuttle fourth. Time, 4:38. C. T. Nelson and Burt were shut out. E. L. Blauvelt, Gus Steele, Waller, and Bicker qualified in that order in the fourth heat. Time, 4:48. The final heat was hotly contested, but Swende- man won easily, with Waller second.
Zimmerman annexed another championship, and he is now the one- mile champion of the United States. His only competitors were Bliss, Lumsden, and Dirnberger, they being the only ones to come out. Bliss showed a rare turn of speed when he trailed on to Zimmerman and followed the campion home. The two were a dozen lengths ahead of Lumsden and Dirnberger, who finished in the order named.
A. D. Kennedy has the most peculiar sprint of any racing man at the meet. He rides like an ordinary man until the last sprint, and then he sits up, wriggles his shoulders, and his wheel seems to fairly jump along. It fooled Crooks in one of the heats of the half-mile 1:20 class, and came near beating him. As it was the Buffalo man ran in just ahead of Kennedy. Clark, however, was in front of both of them, and won the race. Tyler Gets the Mile Open.
Tyler, Bliss, Taylor, Johnson, and Dirnberger came out for the run-over of the mile open. The men immediately commenced to loaf. Tyler held back to fall in behind and Johnson had done the same thing. They did the standstill until the field threatened to get away from them, and then Tyler gave in.
The race was a miserable loaf until the last lap when Bliss ran up on the bank. The others kept on. Bliss got a good start and went by the bunch like a meteor. He was twenty feet away before Taylor and Tyler could start after him. They didn't catch him until the home si retch was reached when Tyler beat Taylor out, Bliss running in ahead of Dirnberger. Johnson did not finish. He thought that the time limit would be exceeded, so he sat up at the finishing spurt.
Summary.
Half-mile national championship. — H. C. Tyler, first; A. E. Lumsden, second; F. H. Tuttle, third; A. N. French, fourth; W. A. Rhodes, fifth. Time, 1:12 2-5.
One-mile open, first heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; J. P. Bliss, second; G. F. Taylor, third; A. E. Lumsden. fourth. Time, 2:52 3-5.
Second heat. — H. C. Tyler, first; M. Dirnberger, second; W. W. Windle, third; J. S. Johnson, fourth; G. L. Gary, fifth. Time, 2-53 3-5.
Final heat— J. S. Johnson, first; H. C. Tyler, second; G. F. Taylor, third; M. Dirnberger, fourth; J. P. Bliss, fifth. Time, 2:41 2-5; last quarter, :29. No race.
One-mile tandem national championship. — Dirnberger and Crooks, first; Hunger and Waller, second. Time, 2:20 2-5; last quarter, :30.
Two-mile handicap, first heat.— H. R. Steenson, 260 yards, first; M. Nessel, 325 yards, second; F. J. Wagner, 375 yards, third; E. Ulbricht, fourth. Time, 4:43.
Second heat. — W. L. Swendeman, 260 yards, first; A. N. French, 200 yards, second; C. W. Davis, 150 yards, third; W. Hyslop, 150 yards, fourth. Time, 4:35 3-5.
Third heat— J. P. Clark, 165 yards, first; E. C. Bode, 180 yards, second; L. S. Meintjes, 100 yards, third; F. H. Tuttle, 165 yards, fourth. Time, 4:38.
Fourth heat. — E. L. Blauvelt, 180 yards, first; Gus Steele, 225 yards, second;
F. Waller, 290 yards, third; W. E. Barnum, 320 yards, fourth. Time, 4:48 2-5.
Final heat. — W. E. Swendeman, first; F. Waller, second; H. R. Steenson, third; M. Nessel, fourth; F. J. Wagner, fifth. Time, 4:35 1-5.
One-mile national championship, first heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first;
G. F. Taylor, second; J. P. Bliss, third; F H. Tuttle, fourth. Time, 2:54; last quarter, :28 4-5.
Second heat. — H. C. Tyler, A. E. Lumsden, and M. Dirnberger qualified without riding.
Final heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; J. P. Bliss, second; A. E. Lumsden, third; M. F. Dirnberger, fourth. Time, 2:29 3-5.
Half-mile 1:20 class, first heat. — H. R. Steenson, first; F. Miller, second; M.Nelson, third. Time, 1:17 3-5.
Second heat. — Chas. Brown, first; G. H. Ellithorpe, second; Jas. Levy, third. Time, 1:14 2-5; last quarter, :33.
Third heat. — A. D. Kennedy, first; A. T. Crooks, second; C. T. Knisley, third. Time, 1:15 1-5.
Fourth heat. — P. Grosch, first; J. P. Clark, second; W. A. Thomyson, third. Time, 1:15 2-5.
Final heat. — J. P. Clark, first; A. T. Crooks, second; A. D. Kennedy, third; Chas. Brown, fourth.
One-mile open, run-over. — H. C. Tyler, first; G. F. Taylor, 'second; J. P. Bliss, third; M. Dirnberger, fourth. Time, 2:38 3-5.
FRIDAY.
Today, tor the first time in the history of cycling, an international championship was run. It was the 6 miles, 1,190 feet or ten kilometers. Of course A. A. Zimmerman won. Every one expected he would, and would have been surprised if he hadn't, but no one thought that J. P. Bliss would follow Zimmy so closely across the tape, leaving J. S. Johnson struggling along behind.
It was a great race, and the finest yet seen at the meet. Zimmerman, Bliss, Johnson, Bode, and Smith were in to represent America, while Hyslop and Meintjes represented Canada and South Africa respectively. Munger and Knisley were allowed to ride as pacemakers. Knisley immediately took the pace and it was a hot one. The field allowed him to get some thirty yards in front for a lap or so and then closed up on him. The mile was done in 2:27 2-5 and Meintjes took it for one lap. Zimmerman rode right behind Johnson and watched him like a hawk. Evidently the
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Start of the Final Heat of the One-Third Mile Open, August 9.
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Two-mile national championship. — G L. Gary, first; A. E. Lumsden, second; H. Smith, third; A. N. French, fourth. Time, 5:07.
Quarter-mile open, first heat. — G F. Taylor, first; A. W. Warren, second; F. H. Tuttle, third; W. H. Mullikin, fourth. Time, :33 3-5.
Second heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; A. E. Lumsden, second. Time, :32 2-5. Third heat. — H. C. Tyler, first; C. W. Davis, second. Time, :32 1-5.
Fourth heat. — A. I. Brown, first; E. C. Johnson, second. Time, :37 3-5.
Final heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; G. F. Taylor, second; A. I. Brown, third; C. W. Davis, fourth. Time, :33 3-5.
drubbing given him by Johnson in the five-mile championship rankled in his mind and he was determined to get even. The two miles were negotiated in 5:03 2-5 and the three miles in 7:40 2-5. The clip at which the men were going was very close to record, and excitement ran high. Knisley retained his lead and crossed the tape at the fourth mile in 10:12 1-5, smashing his own record by 4-5 of a second. The men heard of it and warmed up a bit. Hyslop made a bid to lead at the five miles to get the record if one was broken. He was called back by the others. Lumsden's five miles was
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safe, however, 12:52 being the time made. Zim began to play for position and excitement ran high. The official figure for six miles was 15:33 3-5.
The men watched each other closely. When the last quarter was reached Johnson had forged to the front, Zimmerman right behind, and Bliss a length and a half behind the Jerseyman. Just at the quarter Johnson jumped and started for home. Zim didn't let grass grow under his wheels, while Bliss stuck like a leech to the two leaders. At the beginning of the stretch Zimmerman was on even terms with Johnson, and Bliss close up. The crowd began to stand up, and the three leaders flashed down the straight. Johnson made a cut and lost ground. Zimmerman kept up his gait, and Bliss got on even terms with Johnson. Zimmerman swept over the tape a winner, Bliss beating Johnson by eight feet and finishing five yards back of Zimmerman. The others were twenty yards to the bad, Smith, Hyslop,
and nearly missed qualifying. As it was he was beaten by Githens and Lumsden, and was pushed so close by Dirnberger that it was thought that he did not qualify. The judges, however, thought that he finished third and gave him that position. In the final Zimmerman did not get up, and Tyler, Githens, Grosch, Lumsden, and Gary fought it out finishing as named. Grosch nearly jouled Githens in the home stretch, and Gary drove Lumsden to the outside on the turn.
It was expected that the two-mile team race would be an exciting one, as teams from the N. Y. A. C, Springfield. Hartford, Buffalo, and Chicago were expected to compete. This would have included all the cracks and would have been a fine race. Zimmerman and Hoyland Smith, represent- ing the N. Y. A. C, were the only ones to show up, and so the race went to them by default.
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Start of the Five-Mile National Championship.
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Meintjes, and Bode finishing in the order named. Time for ten kilometers, 15:56 1-5.
The last quarter was done in :27, equaling Zimmerman's record made last September. Bliss must have broken this record. He was at least three lengths behind Johnson when the sprint was started at the quarter. The Other Events.
The other events seemed tame alongside of the international race, but they were good nevertheless. The preliminary heats did not start until 11:15, as the rain the night before had made the track somewhat soft. The heats of the 2:30 mile were the worst yet seen, the miles being ridden in 3:02^2-4. 3:54 2-5, and 3:07 2-5. Githens won his heat in the three-mile handicap easily, as did Thompson. The other heats were tame.
P. Von Boeckman, who has been trying all the week to win a novice race, had no trouble in doing so today, it being almost a walkover for him. Ellithorpe, from 85 yards, was never headed in the half-mile handicap, beating out Lumsden, Rhodes, and Githens.
The final heat of the one-mile 2:30 class was another disgraceful loaf. It brought out a field of first-class second-raters. Rhodes, Gary, A. 1. Brown, Mullikin, Kennedy, Davis, Clark, Crooks, H. R. Warren, and Tuttle being the men to qualify. Rhodes, who with Knisley has joined the Eck stable, shows improved form, and the way in which he galloped home a -winner demonstrated that all the big fellow needs to be a good 'un is careful coaching. Gary was second, just beating Kennedy out. Time, 2:43 3-5. This was outside of the time limit of 2:40 placed on the race, but it was allowed to stand.
The heats of the half-mile open were made in slow time, the first one, won by Zimmerman, being done in 1 :24 3-5. Rhodes again showed improved form in the second heat, walking in ahead of Tyler, E. A. Nelson, Gary, and Dirnberger. He repeated the performance in the final,- which Zimmerman won by ten lengths, — when he staved off the rush of Lumsden and Tyler and came in second.
Again that peculiar wriggle of Kennedy's came to the front in the final of the three-mile handicap. Hyslop was the back-mark man, with Githens and Thompson at 240 yards, and Kennedy at 245. Thompson's cranks hent at the start and he was soon out of it. Hyslop gave up a fruitless chase at 2 1-3 miles, after Kennedy and Githens had caught the bunch. In the rush home Kennedy forged to the front and beat out Githens, who had started the sprint at the quarter.
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Summary.
Half-mile handicap, first heat. — C. Baker. 50 yards, first: A. T. Crooks, 20 yards, second; C. W. Davis, 30 yards, third; W. H. Mullikin. 35 yards, fourth: W. Hyslop, 40 yards, fifth. Time, 1:03.
Second heat. — G. H. Ellithorpe, 85 yards, first; H. A. Githens. 40 yards, second; E. L. Blauvelt, 45 yards, third; C. T. Heywood, 60 yards, fourth. Time. 1:01 3-5.
Third heat. — P. Grosch, 45 yards, first; \Y . L. Swendeman, 75 yards, second; E. C. Bode, 40 yards, third, M. H. Mayer, 80 yards, fourth. Time, 1:024-5.
Fourth heat. — A. I. Brown, 35 yards, first; F. II. Tuttle. 35 yards, second; M. II. Burt, HO yards, third; F. J. Wagner, 90 yards, fourth. Time. 1:01 4-5.
Fifth heat. — M. Dirnberger, 35 yards, first; L. W. Campbell. 70 yards, second; A. W. Warren, 35 yards, third; P. H. Sercombe, tio varus, fourth. Time, 1:02 2-5.
Sixth heat. — W. A. Rhodes, 35 yards, first; A. E. Lumsden, 25 yards, second; A. X. French, 45 yards, third; W. H. Seaton, 70 yards, fourth; C. E. Parkes, 65 yards, fifth. Time, 1:024-5.
Final heat. — G. II. Ellithorpe. first; C. Baker, second; H. A. Githens. third; A. E. Lumsden, fourth; W. A. Rhodes, fifth. Time, 1:01 3-5.
One-mile 2:30 class, first heat.— F. II. Tuttle. first; W. II. Mullikin. second; A.YY. Warren, third; II. R. Steenson, fourth; C. V. Dasey, fifth, lime. 3:02 2-5.
Second heat.— A. I). Kennedy, first; J. 1". Clark, second; C. W. Davis, third; G. L. Gary, fourth; A. N. French, fifth. Time. 3:54 2-5.
Third heat. — W. A. Rhodes, first: A. I. Brown, second: A. T. Crooks, third; W. Hyslop, fourth; A. L. Baker, fifth. Time, 8:07 2-5.
Final heat.— W. A. Rhodes, first; G. L. Clary, second; A. I). Kennedy, third; J. P. Clark, fourth; A. T. Crooks, fifth; F. II. Tuttle, 'sixth, 'lime. 2:43 3-5.
Ten kilometers international championship. — A. A. Zimmerman, fust; J. P. Bliss, second; J. S. Johnson, third; II. Smith, fourth; W. Hyslop.fifth; F. S. Meintjes. sixth; E. C. Bode, seventh. Time. 15:30 1-5.
I tall mile open, firs', heal.— A. A. Zimmerman, first; A. W. Warren, second; A. E. Lumsden, third; H. R. Steenson. fourth. Time. 1:24 3-5.
Second heat.— W. A. Rhodes, fust; II. C. Tyler, second;!-'. A. Nelson, third; G. L. Gary, fourth; M. Dirnberger, fifth. Time. 1:16 2-5.
Final heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; W. A. Rhodes, second; A. F. lumsden, third; II. C. Tyler, fourth; A. W. Warren, fifth; E. A. Nelson, sixth. Time. 1:08 4-5;, last quarter, :2S 3-5.
Third-mile open, first heat. — H. C. Tyler, first; P. Grosch, second; G. L. Gary third; J. 1'. Bliss, fourth. Time. :Ifi 1-5.
Second heat.— 11. A. Githens, fust; A. E. Lumsden. second; A. A. Zimmerman, third; M. Dirnberger, fourth; E. A. Nelson, fifth, 'lime. W3-5.
Final heat.— II. C. Tyler, first; 11. A. Githens. second; P. Grosch. third; A. E. Lumsden, fourth. Time, :45.
Two-mile team race. — Walkover for the X. Y. A. C.
SATURDAY.
Arthur A. Zimmerman is champion of the world — for short distances, at least. Yesterday he captured the six-mile international, and today the one- mile international was added to his bouquet of championships. If he hasn't won it fairly there is no other way for him to do it, for it was at the great international meet and was open to all comers. If Sanger had not been injured by a fall last Monday the tale might have been different; at least Sanger would have tried hard to make it so. It is to be deplored that the Milwaukean met with the accident, for he is the only man who can make the champion extend himself.
The Mile Championship.
America and Canada were the only countries represented in the one- mile international championship. Up to the last moment Osmond was in doubt as to whether he would ride. He wanted his mother country to get a share of the profits if there were any, but he didn't want to sacrifice his reputation when he knew he was not fit to meet our champions on even terms; so he stayed out. Hyslop represented Canada, while Zimmerman, Bliss, Johnson, Bode, Knisley, and Hoyland Smith rode for the United States. It was a race worth going miles to see and it looked for a time as if Knisley would win it. Right at the crack of the pistol he jumped out and commenced to pedal for dear life. Zimmerman, trailed by Johnson, had slowed up to get near the pole and Hoyland Smith evidently thought that Knisley would soon shoot his bolt and drop back. Soon there was a gap of fifty yards between the leader and the bunch, and for two laps this distance was held. When the bell rang Zim was leading the bunch, with Johnson close to his rear wheel and the others well bunched. Zim looked worried set out to and catch Knisley, whose pace never varied.
The Jerseyman was evidently afraid to start the sprint so far from home, fearing that he would tire himself, and give Johnson a chance to beat him in, and when Hyslop came up and set a rattling pace, Zim was pleased. Knisley was nipped on the last turn, and sat up. Zim didn't, and those long legs of his were making his light racing wheel jump forward at a great pace. Johnson tried hard to hold him, but you might as well try to stop a comet as to head Zim off when he sees the tape, and so Bliss and Johnson were soon left three open lengths behind to fight it out for second place. "Pinky" could not quite make it, and Johnson beat him out. The others had been forgotten in the excitement, but the judges caught Bode, Hyslop and Knisley as fourth, fifth, and_sixth, respectively, Smith ^having dropped
Bliss was right behind him and immediately challenged the Springfield man. Neck and neck they sped along until opposite the training quarters Tyler began to gain a little. Bliss was about to sit up ana follow him in when Tyler slipped a pedal. Bliss gave a tremendous jump and beat his great rival out by three feet, although the momentum of Tyler s wheel nearly landed him a winner. Githens beat Johnson out for third. Johnnie did not ride well in this race, being too far back when the sprint began.
The way the crowd yelled for Bliss showed that the efforts of the Chicago man were appreciated, and Bliss was called to come out. Instead of doing so, Announcer Marion told the audience that Bliss had given the race to Tyler, who would have won it had he not slipped a pedal. The cheers that went up from the 12.000 people must have been heard down town and there were renewed cries for the "pocket Hercules." Finally, after a hard struggle, he was brought out on the shoulders of Lennie and Hanford. He didn't want to come, but had to. Tyler didn't want to take the race, sajing that "all's fair in love and war," but Bliss refused to have it, so Tyler will get a S150 diamond ring.
Bliss Wins the Handicap.
Tyler, on scratch, made a vain effort to catch his field in the final heat of the mile handicap. He tried hard, but when such men as Bliss and Githens are in, it isn't so easy, and so the Springfield man could not do better than finish about ninth. Bliss, from the fifty-yard mark, had no difficulty in staving off the rush of Githens and won as he pleased. Swendeman was third. Davis gave a convulsive wiggle right at the tape and beat Dim- berger out of fourth place.
Little Grosch's efforts to get away from Zimmerman in the final heat of the quarter-mile scratch were laughable. He only made the champion work a little harder. Taylor was second, while Cary and Grosch were tied for third, A. I. Brown being a bad fourth.
Zim Beaten in a Heat.
Lumsden and Johnson both crossed the tape ahead of Zimmerman in the first heat of the two-third mile open, Johnson coming up on the outside while Zim was watching the Chicago man. Zim did not come out for the final, and Tyler, Taylor, Lumsden, and Rhodes fought it out, Tyler setting all the pace and winning easily. Taylor sat up and finished a good second, Lumsden and Rhodes being third and fourth respectively. Time, 1:54 2-5. Githens' record still sate.
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Finish of the Five-Mile National Championship — J. S. Johnson Leading.
out on the last turn. The time, thanks to Knisley's efforts, was 2:22 2-5. Bliss a True Sportsman.
Although the Chicago public has always had a soft spot in its heart for little Bliss, it will now set him up for an idol. A more sportsmanlike action has never been seen on a race track and it is seldom that a man can be found who, when he wins a prize in a big race, from one of the first raters, will voluntarily relinquish it and insist upon its acceptance. This is what Bliss did in the mile invitation race and Tyler was the man he defeated.
Tyler, Tuttle, Bliss, Johnson, Gary, Rhodes, Githens, Grosch, and Steele responded to the invitation to participate, Zimmerman standing down. Tyler much against his will, was forced to take the pace, and as a time limit of 2:40 had been placed on it he livened things up a bit. Tuttle was anxious and at the clang of the bell jumped away and soon had quite a lead. Tyler by hard work brought the field up to him just es he came into the turn.
handicap from the fifteen-yard mark; Githens got a big lead on the bunch, and Con Baker trailed on behind when Githens crossed the tape first. Taylor was a good third. He made the last quarter in :29.
The consolation was won by C. T. Nelson from a field of eight. Tom Haywood caused a laugh by riding in long trousers. He was hindered by this, and finished a bad fourth. Dasey, who should have won, was fifth. Meintjes Wins a Championship.
That a sixty-two mile event should hold such a largp audience to the very end speaks highly of the character of the race. Yet 10,000 people braved a chill north wind and let their suppers grow cold to see L. S. Meintjes, the South African champion, defeat the best of the American long- distance cracks and incidentally break a few records and carry off the ten kilometer championship.
Besides Meintjes, Waller who once held the 24-hour record; Linneman,
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holder of the 100-mile road record; Emil Ulbricht, who has won time medals in innumerable road races; F. A. Foell, who rode thirty-two centuries last year; W. Hyslop, Con Baker, J. P. Clark, M. Dirnberger, E. U. Munger, and Neiswonger started. Pacemaking was allowed and it is certainly a good idea, for the men would have never made any headway against a wind as strong as the one today. The cracks were all billed to act as pacemakers and F. J. Osmond made his bow to the American public as a pacemaker. He took the held the first mile in 2:37 3-5, Linneman trailing him and Meintjes next. Zimmerman came out next and plugged along at a lively clip for two miles when he was relieved by Johnson. Clark got enough at
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fi'-e and one-third miles and Waller and Hyslop began to drop, Dirnberger, Neiswonger, Munger and Foell had dropped before this.
Waller was a disappointment. He was thought to stand an excellent show for first place, but he could not hold the pace and at nine miles the leaders had lapped him, and he soon after quit. Meintjes yelled for more pace at this time and Bliss hit it up lively.
The first American record went at eight miles and Linneman was the man to get it. Meintjes immediately took the next mile, but Linneman got the tenth mile. Tuttle took the pace at the twelfth mile and on his second time around turned his head to look around. Meintjes had to slow and Linneman's front wheel scraped on the African's rear wheel and down went Linneman. He was soon up and after the crowd. Although he was given a pacemaker he could not overcome the lead and quit in disgust at sixteen and one-third miles after being lapped. Linneman was a dangerous man and would have pushed Meintjes hard. The men had been riding inside of record from eight miles, but they slowed somewhat and at twenty miles were just even with Hoyland Smith's record.
From twenty to thirty miles things were quiet, Ulbricht and Meintjes occasionally taking the pace when the pacer slowed them, twenty-three miles four hundred and seventy-three yards were ridden in the first hour. Baker was an unknown quantity and had been making a gallant fight. The pace killed him and he cried enough at 37 1-3 miles.
Meintjes Gets Away From Ulbricht.
There were only Meintjes and Ulbricht left in the race at 40 miles. Osmond had been on several times and always made a hot pace. Ulbricht was commencing to feel tired and Thompson, who was pacing, was urging him to hurry. He slackened a bit to listen to Thompson, and Meintjes took this opportunity to jump him and aided by Blauvelt, who paced more than anyone else, got a big lead, until at the forty-sixth mile he had lapped Ulbricht. *He soon after called for more pace, and at forty-eight miles had made auothtr lap on Ulbricht, who was nearly exhausted. Meintjes' back was getting sore and his legs stiff. He sat up on the home stretch and pedaled with one foot to relieve the aches. Ulbricht was lapped for the fourth time at fifty miles.
In two hours Meintjes covered forty-five miles 1,530 yards and at fifty miles he had broken the world's record, held by Dubois, by 4 4-5 second, an average pace of 2:37 2-5. Ulbricht's fifty was done in 2:14:10 2-5. The wind was getting chilly, and the leader took off his scarf and tied it around his neck. He then called on Osmond for a hotter pace, which was at once set.
Before the end of the race Ulbricht had been lapped seven times, but he was determined to finish. Meintjes finished the race comparatively fresh, outsprinting Blauvelt, his pacemaker.
The crowd immediately made an uproar and threw cushions on the track and many hats were mashed. One fellow was placed under arrest after a struggle. All wanted to get on the track to see Meintjes, hut they were kept back by force as Ulbricht had two miles more to go. He plodded wearily along and finished in 2:52:31 2-5.
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Miles. |
Time. |
Miles, |
Time. |
Miles. |
Time. |
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1 |
2:37 2-5 |
22 |
...56:37 4-5 |
43 |
. 1:52:11 |
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2 |
5:06 |
23 |
. 1:00:18 2-5 |
44 |
_ 1:54:49 3-5 |
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3 |
7:40 2-5 |
24 |
. 1:01:59 2-5 |
45 |
. 1:57:33 2-5 |
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4 |
10:14 4-5 |
25 |
. 1:04:39 3-5 |
46 |
. 2:00.20 |
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5 |
. __. 12:46 |
26. . |
. 1:07:24 1-5 |
47.. |
2:02:59 |
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6 |
15:15 4-5 |
27 |
. 1:09:58 3-5 |
48 |
. 2:05:35 |
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7 |
17:43 3-5 |
28 |
. 1:12:26 1-5 |
49 |
. 2:08:14 4-5 |
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8 |
..20:24 4-5 |
29.... |
_ 1:15:04 2-5 |
50 |
. 2:11:06 4-5 |
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9 |
22:52 4-5 |
30 |
_ 1:17:56 1-5 |
51 |
. 2:13:51 |
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10 |
. ...25:32 |
31 |
. 1:20:37 1-5 |
52 |
. 2:16:37 2-5 |
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11 |
27:55 |
32 33 |
. 1:23:14 2-5 _ 1:25:50 |
53 54 |
. 2:19:21 2-5 |
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12 |
30:29 |
. 2:22:07 2-5 |
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13... |
..32:57 |
34 |
1:28:26 2-5 |
55 |
_ 2:24:59 2-5 |
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14 |
35:412-5 |
35 |
_ 1:31:02 2-5 |
56 |
. 2:27:51 |
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15 |
. . 38:05 4-5 |
36 |
. 1:33:36 4-5 |
57 |
. 2:30:50 2-5 |
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16 |
40:391-5 |
37 |
_ 1:36:14 |
58 |
. 2:33:50 |
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17. _ |
. ... 43:10 3-5 |
38... |
. 1:38:58 3-5 |
59 |
. 2:36:47 4-5 |
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18 |
45:52 3-5 48:31 2-5 |
39 |
1:41.32 2-5 . 1:44:114-5 . 1:46:58 |
60 61 62 |
2:39:47 |
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19 |
40 41 |
2:43:06 2-5 |
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20 |
51:18 2-5 |
_ 2:45:53 |
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21 |
...53:58 |
42 |
. 1:49:39 |
10 kilos |
.2:46:12 3-5 |
The New Records.
As far as known, the only world's record broken was the fifty miles. Hoyland Smith's American records from eight to twenty miles went, and Spooner's from twenty-six to sixty-two met a like fate. Meintjes holds all but the eight and ten mile records, which Linneman gets, Following is a comparison of the old and new American records;
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NEW RECORDS. |
OLD RECORDS. |
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TIME. |
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RIDER. |
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10 15 |
25:32 38:05 3-5 51:18 2-5 1:04:39 3:5 1:17:56 1-5 1:31:02 2-5 1:44:114-5 1:57:33 2-5 2.11:06 4-5 2:20:59 2-5 2:39:47 |
...Linneman Meintjes ._ ..Meintjes . Meintjes Meinties Meintjes Meintjes Meintjes ...Meintjes Meintjes Meintjes |
25:35 2-5 38:46 2-5 51: IS 2-5 1:04:051-5 1-31:41 1:48:54 2:015:07 2:25:30 2:43:56 3:02:33 3:20:45 |
Smith . ... . Smith |
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20 |
Smith |
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25 |
_ Smith |
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30 35 40 45 50 55 60 |
Spooner . ...Spooner Spooner Spooner ..Spooner Spooner Spooner |
Chairman Raymond announced that America had scored twenty-one points and South Africa five in the contest for the Saltonstall trophy.
Sum mar y.
Mile handicap, first heat, seven starters. — W. A. Rhodes, 60 yards, first; H. C. Tyler, scratch, second; A. E. Lumsden. 40 yards, third; C. H. Peck, 115 yards, fourth; Roy Keator, 120 yards, fifth. Time, 2:31 1-5.
Second heat, nine starters. — James Levy, 140 yards, first; C. W. Davis. 65 yards, econd; C. Baker, 85 yards, third; C. V. Dasey, 110 yards, fourth. Time . 2:19 8-5.
Last Lap of the Two-Mile Handicap, August 9— The Field Bunched.
Third heat, five starters.— J. P. Bliss, 50 yards,, first; C. T. Knisley, 90 yards, second; C. T. Nelson. 60 yards, third; J. P. Clark, 65 yards, fourth. Time. 2:17 4-5.
Fourth heat. — \Y. L. Swendeman, 135 yards, first; E. L. Blauvelt, 85 yards, second; E. C. Bode, 85 yards, third; L. \Y. Campbell, 150 yards, fourth. Time. 2:18.
Fifth heat, nine starters.— 11. R. Steenson, 130 yards, first; M. Dirnberger, 65 yards, second; (.his Steele, 1(H) yards, third. Time, 2:23 1-5.
Sixth heal.— II. A. Githens, SO yards, first; E. A. Nelson, 60 yards, second: A. T. Crooks, 35 yards, thirds; W. 1.. Darmer, 140 yards, fourth. Time, 2:17 2-5.
Final heat, eighteen Starters. — J. P. bliss, Erst; II. A. Githens, second; \Y. L. Swendeman. third: C. \Y. Davis, fourth; M. F. Dirnberger, fifth. Time, 2:13 4-5.
rwo-thlrd-mile handicap, nine starters. — C. W. Davis, 50 yards, first; G. F. Taylor, 15 yards, second; \Y. II. Mullikin, 60 yards, third; Con Baker, 55 yards fourth; M. Dirnberger, 50 yards, fifth. Time, 1:32.
Second heal, six starters.— A. I. Brown. 45 yards, first; F. H. Tuttle, 45 yards, second; II. A. Githens, 60 yards, third; A. T. Crooks, 25 yards, fourth. Time. 1:331-5.
Third heat, eleven starters. — C. T. Knisely, 65 yards, first; A. W. Warren, 65 yards, second; W. L. Swendeman. 80 yards, third; E. L. Blauvelt, 65 yards, fourth; L, W. Campbell, 100 yards, fifth. Time, 1:27 4-5.
Fourth heat, ten starters. — H. R. Steenson, 85 yards, first; A. L. Baker, 80 yards, second; J. P. Clark, 45 yards, third; E. C. Bode, 60 yards, fourth. Time, 1:32 3-5.
Fifth heat, four starters. — Gus Steele, 70 yards, first; James Levy, 100 yards, second; W. A. Rhodes, 35 yards, third; H. T. Pyle, 100 yards, fourth, lime, 1:31.
Final heat. — H. A. Githens, first; C. Baker, second; G. F. Taylor, third; W. L. Swendeman, fourth; A. W. Warren, fiftn; E. L. Blauvelt, sixth. Time, 1:26 1-5.
Quarter-mile open. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; G. F. Taylor, second; F. H. Tuttle, third; A. W. Warren, fourth; W. H, Mullikin, fifth. Time, :33 3-5.
Second heat, five starters. — H. C. Tyler, first; G. L. Gary, second; A. E. Lums- den, third. Time, :34.
Third heat, three starters. — H. A. Githens, first; P. Grosch, second; A. I. Brown, third. Time, :35 3-5.
Final heat. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; G. F. Taylor, second; G. L. Gary and Paul Grosch tied for third; A. I. Brown, fifth. Time, :31 2-5.
Two-third mile open, first heat. — A. E. Lumsden, first; J. S. Johnson, second; A. A. Zimmerman, third; E. H. Tuttle, fourth; J. P. Clark, fifth. Time, 1:58.
Second heat. — H. C. Tyler, first; W. A. Rhodes, second; G. F. Taylor, third; H. A. Githens, fourth. Time, 1:56 3-5.
Tyler Is Distinctly Great.
Harry Tyler's riding during the meet has stamped him as second only to Zimmerman and Sanger, if indeed he is second to any one. Always a good rider, he has, under the training of Harry Leeming, developed into a very top-notcher. The only trouble with him is that he can not stand more than two or three races a day, and often three good races are more than he can stand. Nor is he a consistent rider. One day he will ride like wild-fire and give the world's best riders a good shaking up, and the next day not ride better than third or fourth,
Unhappy Murphy.
The most unhappy man at the meet was C. M. Murphy, who was sus- pended a short time ago by the Racing Board on the charge of receiving a $15 check in lieu of a §25 prize which he won at the Philadelphia Cycle Show last winter, in the home trainer race. He was informed that he would be either reinstated or declared a professional in time to allow him
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Who Said a Pneumatic Geared Ordinary Was Coming? — A Surprise in the One-Mile Ordinary Championship.
Final heat. — H. C. Tyler, first; G. F. Taylor, second; A. E. Lumsden, third; W. A. Rhodes, fourth. Time, 1:54 2-5.
One-mile international championship. — A. A. Zimmerman, first; J. S. Johnson, second; J. P. Bliss, third; E. C. Bode, fourth; W. Hyslop, fifth; C. T. Knisley, sixth. Time, 2:27 2-5.
One-mile invitation. — J. P. Bliss, first; H. C. Tyler, second; H. A. Githens, third; J. S. Johnson, fourth; P. Grosch, fifth; F. H. Tuttle, sixth. Time, 2:39 1-5.
One-mile consolation. — C. T. Nelson, first; H. R. Warren, second; James Levy, third; A. T. Heywood, fourth; C. V. Dasey, fifth. Time, 3:07 2-5.
Ten kilometers.— L. S. Meintjes, first; E. Ulbricht, second. Time, 2:46:12 3-5.
NOTES OF THE MEET.
Fred Patee introduced a new fashion by smoking "javarettes."
J. "Pinky" Bliss is the new name given the "pocket Hercules."
The Kansas City men were here vigorously booming their meet on September 1 and 2.
The officials were treated to ice-cream and lemonade on hot days and the mouths of the occupants of the grand stand watered in consequence.
toride in the international races. He was declared a pro. Hence his unhappiness.
It Was Too, Too Bad.
Sanger's mishap in the first race in which he rode makes it utterly impossible to decide finally just how great a rider he is in competition, and the question as to whether he or Zimmerman will wear the laurel is yet to be settled. Whatever the result may be, it is certain that Sanger has a long and successful racing career before him. He has the advantage of Zimmer- man in youth, — being three years the Jerseyman's junior, — and for the next two or three years maybe expected to improve constantly, while Zimmerman will probably ride his best and fastest this year. These being the facts, it is only fair to conclude that, barring some new phenomenon, Sanger will be America's greatest rider for the next two or three years.
Johnny Johnson is so Happy.
Johnson's win in the five-mile national championship was a most popu- lar one, and he got the greatest ovation that had been given to any one up to that time. He came grandly around the lower turn after Zimmerman had started an early sprint, and gaining inch by inch on the long Jerseyman
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nofluVe, all reports to the contrary notwith- standing. The claim that Zimmerman's tire was flat can hardly be considered. It was scarcely as well pumped up as it should have been, but hardly interfered with his riding. The fact of the matter is that Zimmerman had laid out for himself just a little more work than he was capable of doing. His defeat reflects no discredit on him for the man does not live who can win all races all the time.
Eck's face was a study as Johnson came down the home stretch, gaining inch by inch on Zimmerman and finally passing him. As one man put it, "His face got the color of his hair" (silver-haired Eck, he is called, you know). If Eck's face was a study, Joe McDermott's was certainly another. Surprise, disappoint- ment, and chagrin were all depicted there. In his anxiety to find an excuse for Zimmer- man's defeat he hastily exhibited the latter's wheel with its none too well inflated tire, an action that he would hardly have been guilty of had he stopped a moment to think.
Why do They Take such Chances.
Many and many an accident is caused by racing men not seeing to their machines properly before going into a race. One of the most serious spills during the meet was caused by just such carelessness. At the finish of the two-mile handicap on Wednes- day, just as the men were rounding into the ho -ie stretch, well bunched, and every one of them going like wild-fire, J. I. Brandenbeig, who was riding neck and neck with W. F. Murphy, — who had the pole, — found the handle-bars of his machine com- ing loose. His front wheel swerved and threw him into Murphy and both came down. The men who were near them, of course had to slacken their pace and ride wide. Murphy, who had an excellent chance of winning the race, was badly bruised and knocked uncon- scious. Lumsden, who was also a candidate for first place, had his chances ruined by the fall, while the author of the catastrophe escaped with no very serious injuries. Little Bliss also had a similar experience. His handle-bars came loose, but with great presence of mind he yelled to the other competitors to look out and reached down to his front forks and steered with them and sa> ed himself from a nasty fall. A. W. Warren, who was on his back wheel, was not so fortunate, for before he could slacken his speed or turn out he struck Bliss' machine and went head over heels, losing the regulation amount of cuticle in the fall.
Thought he was Going Fast.
"Zimmerman, what did you think of the quarter-mile open, Tuesday."
"Well, I thought I was going pretty fast. Indeed, I tried to."
The official time for this race was given out as :30 2-5, but a number of
competent timers caught the time as :30flat, or a trifle inside, which is equal
to record.
A 1, even if He Does Come from Buffalo.
Austin T. Crooks, of Buffalo, is the pluckiest and best handicap ride- seen for many and many a long day. He has been a greatly underrated
man. His victories in the various handicap races place him way up in the front rank, and it will not be surprising to see him score some records before long at the inter- mediate distances. He is a good, fair rider, as well, and not afraid to do his share, and more than his share, of the work. His record of 2:07 1-5, in the one-mile handicap, on Wednesday, is quite as creditable a performance as Tyler's 2:11 1-5 for the one-mile on the day previous. Crooks and Meintjes were on the same mark and paced alternately. It would be interesting to see Crooks ride from scratch in a well handi- capped race. The one-mile compe- tition record would undoubtedly be placed a notch or two lower than it stands today.
The Coffee-Mill Got There.
The one-mile ordinary championship of America was a most laughable race. Two relics of bygone days were brought on the track. One an old Star, which Zimmy rode, — and which so.ne of his friends scoured the city to. find and the same one, by the way, on which George Curtz, the erstwhile pride of the Illinois Club, used to score his victories, — and an old ordinary, at one time the property of Racing Board Irwin, which W. F. Murphy rode. With these two there rode an unknown, from an unknown town in Ohio, on a spick- and-span, brand-new, geared ordinary, the front tire of which some one had taken the pains to puncture. The spectators laughed and cheered alternately. Zimmy won as usual, but his 3:10 jaunt on the old "coffee- mill" took more out of him than a 2:20 mile on his safetv would have done.
W.J. Edwards, the California champion, tried his luck in a handicap on Tuesday, but his leg is still stiff and he was numbered among the "also ran."
CHICAGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION GETS THE TRACK.
■We have the word of Mr. Harry Cornish that the Chicago Athletic Association has closed a deal with the ball club to get the grounds contain- ing the track on which the international races were run. This will insure a permanent and excellent cycle track for Chicago. The athletic association will lay a quarter-mile running track inside the bicycle track.
WHY WE ARE LATE.
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The Bearings is late this week, the last forms being held till Saturday to give a complete and connected account of the league and international meet. The paper was out at the regular time, and many thousands distrib- uted at the meet early Friday morning with the account of the doings up to Thursday evening, but none were mailed till the account ot the greatest cycle meet on record could be sent out complete. The paper goes into the post-office Sunday morning.
OSMOND BREAKS RECORDS.
London, July 29. — A whole batch of records has been made since I last wrote. On the 20th instant, at Heme Hill, A. J. Ilsley went for W. G. H. Bramson's mile tricycle record, which stood at 2:31 3-5. Ilsley, paced by Lambley and Stroud, succeeded in doing 2:28 2-5. Later in the evening Lewis Stroud rode ten miles on a tricycle in 26:34 4-5, record, notwithstanding that the weather was clamp and chilly. He had plenty of pacers.
Last Wednesday, at Heine Hill, the brothers R. J. and A. F. Ilsley, on a tandem safety, beat the mile record of 2:17 2-5, made by Zimmerman and Bradbury last year, doing the half-mile in 1:062-5, beating the flying quarter time and the three-quarter-mile time. They did the full mile in 2-11 2-5.
On Thursday, at Heme Hill, F. Bramson reduced the flying quarter tricycle record by two-tilth seconds, lowering L. Stroud's :33 to :32 3-5. In the course of an attempt on the 1 hour tandem safety record, the brothers Ilsley made new records from two to six miles, when their machine broke down. Time for six miles, 14:09 4-5. G.E.Osmond then went for the safety hour record, standing at 24 miles 380 yards — made by L. S. Meintjes. Osmond was successful in making new records from three to twenty-five miles, doing the former distance in 7 minutes fiat and the latter in 1:00:04. In the hour he rode twenty-five miles less forty-three yards.
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THE CUCA CUP RACE.
flow Stioi'land Broke the 24-Houi' Record— Detailed Story of the Race — Bidlake Secoiid on a Tricycle*
Herne Hill, July 22. — Thf 24-hour Cuca Cup race has just reached its close, the results being most successful, although Shorland was expected by the best judges to do 432 miles. As it was, he beat the world's record claimed by the Frenchman, Stephane, 418 miles, reached at 7:41 p. m., nearly 20 minutes before the finish. The following lists will place the reader at once in possession of the starters' names and their perform- ances. These men were on the track at the end of the 24 hours:
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NAME. |
CLUB. |
MILES. |
YARDS. |
MACHINE. |
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Norlh Road Club |
426 410 398 388 367 334 318 |
440 1110 310 605 1350 1135 630 |
Safety Tricycle F. D. |
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2. F. T. Bidlake |
North Road Club |
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4. J. H. Cocker |
Safety F. D. |
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6. J. G. Sames... - |
Bath Road Club |
Tricycle Safety |
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These are the men who quit before the 24 hours were oyer:
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NAME. |
CLUB. |
MILES. |
LAPS. |
WHEEL. |
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J. E. L. Bates |
Surrey B. C. . . Nelson Star C. C. |
304 234 228 206 202 202 204 144 118 76 68 |
2 1 5 2 6 6 4 |
Safety |
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Bordesley C. C North Road and Stanley C. C.__ Societe Velocipedique Metro- |
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H. Arnold __ E. Mousset. .__ |
Tricycle Safety |
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J. F. Walsh A. V. Linton .. |
Bath Road Club Cardiff Harlequins C. & F.'C. .. Catford & Mid. Surrey C. C London County C. & A. C. |
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F. T. Bowen Delaney Dods |
Tricycle Safety |
Bidlake's performance carries off the palm for sterling merit. To ride upon a three-wheeler in 24 hours within sixteen miles of the distance covered by the best rider in the world on a safety, is indeed an astounding feat. Both Shorland and Bidlake used Palmer tires, the latter for the whole distance, and the former from 100 miles to the finish.
Immense Enthusiasm Prevailed on the ground both on Friday and Saturday. On Friday night 5,000 persons saw the start and over 1,000 stayed all night. On Saturday, at the finish, there were 15,000 spectators. On Friday evening at 8:30 four brilliant Lucigen lights illuminated the track. Each rider carried a lamp on his machine, showing plainly his number attached thereto. Enormous numbers were also worn on the backs of the riders. The arrangements were admir-
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able in every respect except the working of the score board, which left much to be desired. Pacers were plentiful throughout the race. Stroud, Burns, Ede, Soanes, Ward, Scheltema-Beduin, Fentiman, and many others did splendid service. The pace was fairly warm from the start and Shorland maintained a lead until Linton commenced to hustle him and eventually got right away.
Twenty-one miles 660 yards were ridden in the hour, Shorland leading. Bidlake led the tricyclists, doing 20 miles 510 yards in the first hour. At thirty miles Shorland tried to get away but failed, Linton hanging on like grim death. Hammond's tire burst at 10 o'clock, Hammond falling. At forty-three miles Linton took the lead ahd kept it,
"Worrying Shorland not a Little. Linton did fifty-five miles in 2:33:31 4-5, and sixty in 2:47:20 2-5. At 3 hours Bidlake scored the record for tricycles of 59 miles 215 yards, Linton's
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score being 64 miles 830 yards. At seventy-six and one-half miles Linton shook off Shorland. At eighty miles Linton led in 3:44:19 2-5 and Shorland dismounted, changed his machine, and almost immediately after ran into his pacemaker and fell. Linton was only 15 seconds behind Dance's record at 100 miles. Shorland now made a great effort and from two and one-half laps behind Linton pulled steadily up until at 109 miles 2 1-2 laps he passed Linton amid intense excitement. Then at the one- hundred and twelfth mile Linton croppered, and at 118 miles 4 laps gave up, his machine being injured and he having no one to look after him. Shorland led at 120 miles in 5:51:50 1-5, Hammond being second, two miles behind, and Lacaille, third. Bidlake's one hundred and twentieth mile was reached in 6:18:52 4-5. Hammond fell heavily in his one hundred and sixtieth mile but continued to the end. Bidlake smashed his tricycle later, his tandem pacers breaking down in front of him. He was unhurt and resumed. This was at 10:30 a. m. on Saturday.
At 8 a. m. on Saturday, 12 hours from the start, Shorland's score stood at 233 miles 1,540 yards,
Beating the French "World's Record of Dubois— 230 3-4 miles.
Bidlake beat all tricycle records, he having done, at 8 a. m., 220 miles 1,110 yards. This also beats Shorland's 220 miles 510 yards on a geared ordinary last year.
After a rest Shorland resumed. At midday the scores stood: Shorland, 292; Bidlake. 280; Cocker, 270; Bates, 263; Lacaille, 250.
As the finish approached Shorland woke up amazingly and in the last hour rode over twenty-one miles. He completed 400 miles at 6:45 amid immense cheering. At 7 o'clock he had done 405 miles. Bidlake also did eighteen miles in the last hour.
Shorland finished quite fresh, going at top speed. Sames was merely crawling. Bidlake went well to the last. Lacaille freshened wonderfully toward the finish and dashed along at a brave pace. Cocker and Ham- mond maintained very fair paces. Chereau was merely adding to his score. C. W. Hartung.
The General to the Rear.
General Poorman is not always to the front as a soldier should be. After having solemnly promised Walter Measure and a score of others that he would be on hand at the meet and help celebrate here, he beat an igno- minious retreat at the last minute and disappointed the men who waited for him at the train. We are ashamed of the general.
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MENTION THE BEARINGS.
AN ENGLISH OBJECT LESSON.
Editor The Bearings: The absurd condition of English amateurism is vividly illustrated by Schofield's expulsion. The proved and acknowl- edged facts in his case are: That he is a mechanic, and the son of a mechanic; that he was employed as an apprentice in a bicycle factory; that he paid his own training and racing expenses, and also repaid the com- pany for each day he was absent from his work; that he raced and trained nine weeks in one season; that he was not employed or paid by anybody to race, and nobody paid his expenses, and nobody paid him to ride any par- ticular wheel. He was the best man England had, and the one most likely to win an international championship for the glory of England. He being thrown overboard, England has no cham- pion. Her long and hardly won world's su- premacy is thrown away.
It seems clear that if Schofield had not been a mechanic and the son of a mechanic, but had been a lord's or squire's son, and had trained, raced, and paid his own expenses exactly as he has, not only nine weeks in a season but eighteen weeks, or all the time, he would be declared a pure amateur. If he were a lord's son, he might be so nearly a professional as to have and do no other busi- ness whatever except racing, and he would be a pure amateur! The object of the English rules appears to be to prevent the best men from winning, and to confine amateurism to — not the best racing merit, not the best good of the sport, but certain snob- bish social distinctions.
Shorland narrowly escaped a like fate. He only had a temporary license for one race — the Cuca 24-hour cup race — in which he proved him- self the greatest racer in the world at that distance and time, and England's sole remaining glory. But this very likely seals his fate. He, too, must soon go. He isn't one of the "pure gentlemen," as so- ciety is classed in Eng- land. There is a strain of mechanic blood in his veins.
If Osmond rides for England, he also is guilty of an offense. He is agent for a certain wheel, and he rides that wheel, and any victory he may gain will help the sales of that wheel. In fact, Zimmerman, or Johnson, or Sanger are not more guilty than Osmond— if that is an offense against pure amateurism.
America may take warning from the English situation. Amateurism has been made so ridiculously "pure" in England that it has wrecked her national supremacy in the sport, ruined all present and prospective chances for England to stand at the head of the world in wheel racing, and made her an object of contemptuous ridicule.
If America is to keep her supremacy in this sport, American amateur rules and their enforcement must have for their objects: To promote and encourage the best racing; to keep racing honest and popular; to encourage the best men to become racers and to remain in the amateur lists, by such liberal rules that there will be more honor, and more profit, and also more popularity to be an amateur than to be a professional; to keep the amateur qualifications based upon cycling merit and honest sport, and not
upon social distinctions; to cease pursuing every famous racer with sus- picion and calumny, and, instead of rewarding him with persecution and abuse, crown him with fame and popular applause so long as he races honestly, wins fairly, and gives renown to his country; and make such rules that he can honestly earn a fair compensation for his expense and toil — skill and success.
In short we want to make this the most popular, the most honorable and honest, and the most profitable gentlemen's sport of the world; its rules so 'iberal that the lists shall be freely open to all, poor or rich, with a just promise of both fame and profit for those who achieve great success. Every restriction that contravenes this is injurious, and ought to be abolished ;
and must be, if America is to maintain her supre- macy of the world.
One of the American and English rules that is particularly absurd, and is also dishonest and a fruitful breeder of dis- honesty, is the rule that a racer must not sell or dispose of the prizes he wins. Zimmerman, if he has honestly kept this rule unbroken, must have a room full of old, out-of -style wheels, in- cluding a lot of old ordi- naries, that he has won. All our big racers win wheels that they can not themselves use, that in another year will be out of date. Also a great champion may have watches, rings, and jew- elry all over him, and a house full of pianos, bric- a-brac, and other stuff that he does not want but must not sell. Hence every racer of note is an object of slander, of sus- picion, continually hound- ed by the dogs of dis- honor and calumny.
This rule is dishonest. When a racer fairly wins any prize, he honestly earns it. By both law and morals it is his, just as much as if he had earned it in any other way; his to sell, to give away, to use, or to dis- pose of; his in fee simple and whole. But the rule makes him merely its keeper. Under the rule it is not the property of anybody. It does not belong to either the giver or the winner, or to any- body else. Abolish that absurd rule, and you will abolish by that one stroke half the abuses of the present racing system. More, you will encourage honest racing, and permit honest racers to win honest fame, instead of dishonest suspicion and calumny. Another ridiculous and mischievous rule is that con- cerning the payment of expenses. The only restriction ought to be that a racer shall not hire himself to race, thereby making racing his professional business, and deriving from it an income not dependent upon his winnings only. But whether a manufacturer, or anybody else, pays his training and traveling expenses, or whether he rides one wheel or another, makes no difference in the opinion of the public. Whatever helps the best racers by encouraging them to win by honest and fair racing, and to make great races through severe and expensive training, encourages the sport, and deserves praise instead of blame. After all the outcry about promateurism, it has always appeared to me to be a great good for the sport, provided its abuses are suppressed. I believe so now. I believe that if it were open to the ambition of every promising young racer to win such aid as would pay his expenses and furnish him with skillful training, but would compel him to look solely to his winnings for any profit from racing, it would greatly pro- mote the sport, and insure a large body of the most speedy, skillful, and enduring racers in the world.
One thing is certain, we will not long continue to have great racers unless it pays to become a great racer — pays not only in fame but in propl
erty. The choicest youth of no country will long devote their best years, their early energies, time, toil, and means, at a great expense, to become bicycle champions, if their main reward is abuse, slander, and suspicion, and not a clean, honest fame, and also an honest and reputable profit. Mere notoriety, blackened by all sorts of damnable charges and suspicions, and relieved only by such gains as are abused as disreputable or suspected, is too dear a price to pay for such a pig's-tail whistle.
There has got to be a reform — a great, broad, liberal reform — or else the future of bicycle racing looks dismal, with a strong probability that the cash-prize professional management will gobble control of the sport and its mightiest champions. "President" Bates.
Grand Rapisd, Mich., August 5.
INTERNATIONAL CYCLISTS ASSOCIATION.
Constitution and Racing Rules.
DOINGS IN FRANCE.
Paris, July 28. — Much excitement was created last week at the close of the 6-hour race at the Buffalo track by the action taken by F. Charron, man- ager of the Humber-Paris branch, who came up with an attachment on the wheel Nicodemi had ridden to victory in the race, on the ground that the machine, which was supposed to be a Gladiator, made by Messrs. Aucoc & Darracq, was really a Humber frame, with the name scratched off. Accom- panied by a sheriff's delegate, Charron got hold of the wheel as Nicodemi dismounted, and had it examined at once, showing on the head a stamped number, which he claims he can prove to be one of Humber's series. The frame was sealed and sent in the custody of the authorities, pending a law- suit the Humber people intend to bring against Messrs. Aucoc & Darracq. It is said they will claim 820,000 damages, and the insertion at the defendant's costs, in the cycling papers, of a note stating that all Nicodemi's records were made on a Humber machine.
People are at a loss to guess what made the Gladiator makers, who rank high in the trade, resort to such a trick. It is said that the principals of the firm had no knowledge of it and that Mr. Suberbie, who has taken care of Nicodemi since he has been riding, is responsible for all that happened. This seems to be borne out by the fact that Mr. Suberbie left the firm's employ the next day rather hurriedly, it is said.
The Records. Stephane, once more robbed of the 24-hour championship honors by jolly Frank Shorland, of London, has set his teeth together and says he will go Frank one better. He is now in active training on the road and will take in a 160-mile road race, organized by the Lyons Express, where he will meet Dubois and Nicodemi. This, he says, is just to put a little interest into the drudgery of his training. If fit, he will then go for the 24-hours at the end of August.
Nicodemi, who has been unlucky of late with his records, has gone down to Aries, the home of Allard, the holder of the 100-kilometer road record. On the famous road from Aries to Salon, Nicodemi will try for the 100-kilometer and also for the 12-hour record. He is in fine form at present and should succeed.
Corre, the toughest road rider in France, who was bent on trying for the 1,000-kilometer record, has changed his mind and will get rid of some of the flesh he has taken on since he settled in the trade and secured a store of his own, by getting at once in active training for an attempt at the 24-hour record.
A Match Race. Dubois, of "Jonah" fame, is to run in about a month from now against Fournier — the race to last an hour — for §200 a side. As pacemakers will be allowed and the match is to be run on the Velodrome de la Seine, the hour record may go, Dubois being the present holder of the record, which he took from Fournier.
Dubois' record of 11:43:00 for the distance between Paris and Rouen and back, was beaten yesterday by Alexander, who rode the distance in 11:24:00. Poor old Dubois' string of records begins to thin out, and he also has it in for Shorland, who annexed most of his long-distance records in the Cuca Cup race. But Dubois is as young as ever for everything cycling, and says he will show this newly born baby how his papa can ride and that he can still make a few of them hustle.
The Week's Races. Some very good racing was witnessed at the Buffalo track on Sunday afternoon, when most of the cracks were in attendance.
The mile race was run in four heats, won respectively by Baras, M. Farman, Louvet, and Antony. The final was won by Louvet in splen- did style, beating Baras by a bare length; M. Farman third. The three juniors keep improving all the time and some of the old-timers find their legs grow suddenly lengthier when any of the trio is in the lot. Baras has taken another lease with the speed-merchant, seeming in much better form than a few weeks ago.
The one-kilometer championship of the Amateur Union was then run and fell to Mercier, Jr., beating Danfray, to the general surprise of all.
The thirty-kilometer race, with a time limit of 55 minutes, was won by Fournier, who has recovered his old style and spirit and will be shortly in tip-top condition for his match against Dubois. He beat, by a splendid spurt, Louvet, who was second; M. Farman third, and Antony fourth. Time, 52:25 4-5.
A racing meet was also held at the Buffalo track on Thursday night, the electric light having at last been put in condition. Fournier again showed up splendidly, winning both races in grand styL, with Antony a close second in both cases. Albert G. Roux.
The following are the constitution and racing rules of the International Cyclists' Association, under which the international championships are run. The members of the association are the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Holland, and Belgium:
(a) The International Cyclists' Association of the recognized governing bodies of amateur cycling sport throughout the world, is formed expressly and solely for the holding of the "amateur cycling championships of the world," and for the proper conduct and carrying out thereof.
(b) The unions of all countries shall be eligible to membership in the International Association providing they enforce a strict amateur rule. The board of the International Association, consisting of one delegate from each country that has already joined, to be sole judge whether the amateur rule of any union desiring membership is sufficiently stringent and properly enforced.
(c) Membership in the International Association may be conferred on a resolution to join being duly passed by a two-thirds majority of the execu- tive body of the union in the country desiring membership.
(d) Each union taking part in the International Association shall fur- nish the sum annually voted by the board to cover clerical, postal, and o^her necessary expenses, and shall be responsible for the carrying out of the meetings on the terms of the agreement below, when called upon to do so.
(e) The world's championships shall be open to riders of all classes of single bicycles, and shall be held at the following distances:
1 mile for short-distance championship. 10 kilometers for mid-distance championship.
100 kilometers (with pacemakers for each rider) for long-distance cham- pionship. Also, if possible, a team race of teams of not more than four, over a distance of ten kilometers.
(_/) Only riders are eligible to compete who have won the amateur championships of their . respective countries, or who have been officially chosen by the body ruling the cycling sport in their own country, and who are amateurs according to the following definition:
An amateur is one who has never engaged in, nor assisted in, nor taught any athletic exercise for money, or other remuneration, nor knowingly competed with or against a professional for a prize of any description or in public I except at a meeting specially sanctioned in writing by the union of the country in which he resides l, or who is recognized as an amateur by the ruling body of his country.
(g) The championship meetings shall not be held later than September 30, nor earlier than August 1, of each year, or at such other time as may be decided by the board.
(h) The venue of the meetings shall be changed each year, no country to have the privilege of holding a second meeting until all the countries of the International Association sending competitors have had the opportunity of conducting a meeting. A country that has not sent any competitor for three consecutive years shall be deemed to have forfeited its right to hold a championship meeting of the International Association until the next series.
(£) The places of meeting shall be decided by a majority vote of the International Board.
(J) Each country sending competitors to any one meeting shall be entitled to two official representatives on the board of management of that particular meeting.
(£) The country carrying out each meeting or series of meetings shall take one-half of the net profits, the other half to be divided equally among the other countries sending competitors. In the event of one other country only competing, then the managing union shall take two-thirds- and the other one-third of the profits.
(/) The expenses of the competitors may be paid by the unions of the countries they represent.
(hi) The prizes of the championships shall consist of special gold medals and in the team race of a challenge shield, to be approved by the board, each rider competing also being presented with a silver medal recording his performance.
(«) The races shall in all cases be held on a fair track, which should be at least 400 meters in circumference (measured .30 meters from the inside edge), 7 meters in width, and 1.25 meters in the banking, the choice of the track to rest entirely with the country holding the meeting. The foregoing measurements to be adhered to as far as possible.
(o) All elections and other questions of appeal to the board of the association shall be decided by mail vote to the secretary of the association, who shall communicate result of same to each delegate to the board.
Racing Rules.
The rules under which the meetings shall be conducted are as follows:
1. Unions desirous of sending competitors must notify their intention, together with the names of the competitors, to the honorable secretary of the union managing the meeting, in sufficient time for him to receive the entries not later than seven days prior to the date fixed for holding the meeting.
2. Any dispute which may arise in connection with any of the contests shall, if either of the parties to such dispute so desire, be referred to the board of management of the meeting, whose decision shall be final.
3. No union or governing body in the International Association shall hold, or recognize within its territory, any race which shall be announced as for "the championship of the world," or "a world's championship," other than the races held by instruction and on behalf of the International Associ
ation; and every union in the International Association shall take every step in its power to prevent the holding of any such meeting.
4. Until decided otherwise by the International Board, all world's championships shall be "bicycle races," the definition of a bicycle for such purpose being, "Any two-wheeled one-track machine carrying one rider."
5. Any objection respecting foul riding during a race shall be made in writing to the judge as soon as possible after the race, and shall be considered by the board of management of the meeting at the earliest opportunity. If possible, on the ground.
6. A bell shall be rung before each heat or race, and, after sufficient time has been allowed for competitors to get to the mark, a start shall be effected by the firing of a pistol.
7. Attendants, when pushing off competitors, must keep both feet behind the mark. Should the attendant cross the mark with either foot while starting such competitor, the competitor shall be liable to disqualifi- cation.
8. In starting, the foremost part of the competitor's machine in contact with the ground must be placed on the mark.
9. Should any competitor start before the signal, the men shall be called back, the offending competitor warned by the judge, and should he repeat the offense, he shall be ruled out of the race.
10. As far as possible the times of the programme shall be adhered to, but no race or heat may be started before the stated time except with the consent of all the competitors concerned.
11. Before the race, lots shall be drawn by the competitors for posi- tions, counting from the inside of the track.
12. None but the officials of the meeting, the press, the competitors, and attendants shall be allowed within the inclosure except by special permission of the secretary or referee of the meeting.
13. Competitors and their attendants shall be allowed within the inclosure only during the time between the heats preceding and following that in which they are engaged.
14. Every competitor must wear a scarf of a color or colors distinctive of the country he represents, and also a number corresponding with his number in the programme, the ticket bearing the number being placed on the back of the competitor.
15. Competitors may dismount during a race at their pleasure, and may run with their machines, but they must keep to the extreme outside of the track whenever dismounted.
16. A competitor passing another must always pass on the outside of the track, unless the man who is passed be dismounted, or has retired from the contest; and must be a clear machine's length ahead before taking ground in front of his opponent. The inside man must allow room for his opponent to pass, and any competitor guilty of foul or unfair riding shall be liable to disqualification.
17. If a machine becomes disabled in the course of a race, the rider shall be allowed to use another.
18. The officials shall consist of referee, judges, umpires, starter, time- keeper or timekeepers, clerks of the course, lap-scorers, and the members of the race committee, including the secretary of the meeting.
19. It shall be the duty of the judges to declare the placed men in every heat.
20. It shall be the duty of the referee to instruct the umpires, to act as he may think fit in cases of misconduct by attendants, and to disqualify any competitors who have become liable to disqualification. His decision shall in all cases be final.
21. In starting, the judges shall give their instructions to the com- petitors and attendants, and shall see that the men are placed in position after having caused them to draw lots; and every competitor shall go to the mark so drawn, and any refusing to do so shall be liable to disqualification by the referee.
22. It shall be the duty of the umpires to watch the riding, and to report to the referee any competitor or competitors whose riding they consider unfair.
23. It shall be the duty of the starter, when it has been reported to him by the judges that all the competitors are ready, to see that the timekeeper is warned, and before starting the men to say, "Mount." In a few seconds after to say, "Are you ready?" and, if no reply to the contrary be given, to effect the start by report of a pistol.
24. In case of a fall within twenty-five yards of the start, the competi- tors shall be called back by the starter by the ringing of a bell, and restarted. Any competitor refusing to obey the starter shall _>e at once disqualified by the referee.
25. It shall be the duty of the timekeeper or timekeepers to take the times of the first and second in each race, and such other times as the secre- tary of the meeting may have previously arranged. The timekeepers shall be approved by the unions they represent.
26. It shall be the duty of the clerks of the course to call over the names of the competitors in the dressing-room before the starting of each heat, to ring the bell shortly before the time that each heat should be started, and to see that the competitors have their numbers properly exhibited.
27. It shall be the duty of the lap-scorers to check the number of laps ridden by every competitor, and to give the distance ridden by any com- petitor at any point when requested to do so by timekeeper or judge. In long-distance races a lap-scorer should be provided for every two com- petitors, and an additional one to check the laps of the whole of the riders.
One of them shall be appointed to clearly indicate to the various competi- tors the number of laps they have still to cover, and the same official shall denote the last lap by the ringing of a bell.
28. It shall be the duty of the board of management of the meeting to appoint the officers to conduct generally the business of the meeting and to adjudicate on any points not provided for.
29. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the meeting, under the direction of the board, to see that the various officials are at their respective posts before the first race is started, to provide for any contingency that may arise, and generally to conduct the meeting.
30. The board of management of the meeting reserves the power to postpone all or any of the races in cases where they think it necessary, but in no case shall a race be postponed longer than seven days.
31. The finish of all races shall be judged by the first part of the machine which touches the tape which shall be fastened flat on the ground at the winning-post.
NOTES FROM THE CIRCUIT.
A. J. Nicolet, Sid Black, and Roy Keator paraded Fort Wayne streets on unicycles and aroused the town to a high pitch of excitement.
Bliss beat Lumsden twice at Fort Wayne. These were his first victories over his club mate. Both rode in the same races and neither had the advantage.
Kellar, of South Bend, is an exceedingly unlucky man. In the relay ride he sustained injuries that laid him up a week, and at Fort Wayne he came out of a tumble crippled for some time to come.
Tuesday morning, on the Detroit track, Harry Tyler rode a quarter-mile, flying start, in :26 4-5; and later did :26 1-5 at Springfield, Mass. The pre- vious Sunday he rode a mile unpaced in 2:10 1-5, and a quarter in :27 1-5, all good performances.
McDuffee's heart was broken when he fell and bent his wheel in the Hilsendegen road race. It was the wheel on which he had won many time prizes this year, and he could never seem to get it just right again. He returned home to build another.
"Well," said Papa Sanger, "here is the place for Wallie- to rise or fall, for fifty-three years ago today I had a fall on this very track (Milwaukee), caused by a colt I was training kicking me in the face and breaking my nose." Wallie didn't fall.
When S. A. Miles, handicapper of the Chicago district, was in Detroit at the meet of July 10 and 11, he took pains to give Louis Schimmel some instructions in handicapping which he needed badly. Excellent results were shown at the last meet.
"Birdie" Munger showed absolutely no form at Detroit. He fared miserably in every race. Birdie owns and sails a yacht and this distracts his attention from track work. Success is gained this year only by hard, systematic, painstaking training, which "Birdie" has not had.
Zimmerman gave his field — in the two half-mile handicaps, the first and second day, at Detroit — twenty yards additional handicap and then won. This distance was then added to by his riding wide of the field and cutting to the extreme outside of the fifty-foot track for the last quarter.
Welton Flinn, the old-time Chicago boy, walked away with the first prize in the lantern parade last Monday night at Detroit. His was a great single-masted vessel with outriggers, from which five dozen lanterns were pendent. The parade was around Belle Isle and return, hundreds of wheel- men participating. A suspension bridge rigged up on two tricycles was awarded a special prize.
Leeming was disconsolate the second day at Detroit. After Tyler's fine showing the first day and fine work in practice he looked for a clean sweep; but Tyler did not show up strong in the hard finishes, being among the "also rans" in nearly every instance. There is a good excuse for Tyler, for he has catarrh and it affects his stomach. The second day he was repeatedly sick at his stomach.
Leaves Everything to the Local Board.
Baltimore, Md., August 5. — The conference between the national Racing Board and the Maryland racing board recently, at Brooklyn, was important to the wheelmen of Baltimore. The efforts made by Chief Consul Albert Mott and B. F. Mullikin, president of the racing board, to throw matters pertaining to racing more into the hands of the local board were successful. The national Racing Board, through Chairman H. E. Raymond, has decided that hereafter all matters pertaining to racing in the Maryland division will be left to the division board, and sanction for race meets will only be granted on the recommendation of local officers. This action is directed against race meets which have been held at Bay Ridge and Tolchester and which, it is said, are fixed by the men to suit them- selves, and are run so slow — being a loaf throughout — that it has turned the public against them. Sanction will be refused hereafter except where the officers are satisfied that the tracks are in a fit condition for racing. An application to the national board will be referred back to the local board for recommendation, which, if refused, will in turn be refused by the national board. As for Bay Ridge and Tolchester, no sanction will be granted for race meets to be held at either place, and any meets held at same will be classed as road races; and as the league does not recognize road races, they will count for nought.
HOW SADDLES ARE MADE.
Description of the Garford Plant at Elyria — A. Li. Garford's History —A Typical Self-Made Man— His Staff.
Elyria is a delightful little town on the main line of the Lake Shore road about twenty-six miles west of Cleveland. It is entirely after the modern idea in its conception, abounding in shade trees, while its streets and avenues are all wide and surfaced with unusually good riding material. Cindered sice-paths, built especially for the bicycle, both to Oberlin and Lorain — distanced eight and nine miles respectively — and the fact that the highway to Cleveland is always in ridable conditicn, tend to make Elyria a popular resort for wheelmen. Not the least attractive feature is the excel- lent dinner which mine host Brooks, of "The Andwur," never fails to provide for the hungry cycler.
A number of manufacturing enterprises of national reputation are here located, and among them the famous Garford Mfg. Co., whose saddles of the same name have earned for them- selves a world wide reputation, and are to be found on most high-grade bicycles of American make. Vv e were recently permitted to accept the hospitality of this con- cern, and as little about it, either personal or otherwise, has found its way into the columns of the cycling press, an illustrated descrip- tion will, no doubt, be of interest to our readers.
The main factory in dimensions is 40 x 100 feet, three stories and basement. It is as substantially and prettily built as most brick residences. Its location is admirable, directly along- side the Lake Shore tracks, a spur from which runs to the receiving door in the rear.
The basement is used for heavy machinery, the blacksmith shop, spring formers, etc. The first floor contains the offices, — which are finished in oak throughout, — the tool-room, and the polishing-room. The second floor is given up to nickel plating, buffing, and the leather-room, in which latter the hide is transformed into the per- fect saddle top. The top floor is used for shipping, stock, and assembling. The engine building is separate, and does not show in the cut. The engine is 150 horse-power.
Although this factory has reached this year a capacity of 1,000 saddles per day, this seemingly enormous output has proved inadequate to the demand, and the com- pany are adding another building in the rear, to
which the present leather department will be transferred, and which will provide ample storage accommodation, sadly needed during the past season. The above particulars are somewhat terse, but will serve to give a comprehensive idea of the detailed formation of the only factory perhaps, in the world, built especially and exclusively for the manufacture of cycle seats.
Asked in regard to the proposed novelties for another year, Mr. Garford said that they had been gratified to notice that the demand was again shap- ing itself toward saddles with a spring to them, and that the "A" saddle, commonly known as the Garford I'-spring, was again being ordered in large quantities. The comments of riders, too, have led them to believe that the future is not going to be entirely confined to the scorcher variety of saddle, as it has been this year, and to satisfy this approaching change they will offer a number of novelties, from which they confidently expect gratifying results.
The history of the Garford business is somewhat romantic and not generally familiar to our readers, so that a word here might not be amiss. Mr. Garford, in 1886, was occupied in banking, and several other enter-
F. N. SMITH.
prises of a sedentary character. He had taken up the bicycle as a means of exercise, but was not satisfied with the saddles in use at that period. Naturally of a mechanical turn of mind, he constructed a saddle after his own idea, which he subsequently patented because he was well pleased with it himself, and his friends seemed to be also. This saddle was identi- cal in shape with the safety saddles they now manufacture under the letters "E" and "F," only it was made for the ordinary. Mr. Garford had no inten- tion at that time of engaging in the manufacture of saddles, and offered his patent to one of the largest bicycle manufacturers, who could see nothing in the invention. He then concluded he would make a few saddles for fun in a quiet way. The saddle immediately "caught on," and it was not long before he was compelled to associate with him the present vice-president and secretary and treasurer of the Garford Co.
The growth of the business has been steady from the start, and the Garford Mfg. Co. can now claim, without exaggeration, that they have the largest saddle manufacturing business in the world, and are in a posi- tion to, and do, make and deli"er more saddles than any other concern, not excepting the largest English manufacturers.
We do not exag- gerate when we state that A. L. Garford is one of the most prominent young business men in northern Ohio. He has not yet ?eached the age of thirty-five, yet his name is prominently identified with nearly every enterprise located in Lorain County. Indeed he has not confined his energies to Ohio, but is officially interested in a number of manufacturing concerns of other states, among them the Hunt Mfg. Co., of Westborough, Mass., of which he is president. He is a typical self-made American, and owes the acquisition of a competency to his own endeavors, unaided by any series of fortuitous cir- cumstances. A farmer's son, he entered the employ of the Savings Deposit Bank Co. at an early age, and remained with this institution until he became its cashier and established a reputation, — which ex- tended far beyond the confines of the county, — as an expert banker. A close scrutiny of his record does not develop a single undertaking where he has failed to achieve success, the remarkable career of the Garford saddle being but one of the enterprises he has brought to a happy financial issue.
Personally, Mr. Gar- ford is possessed of a rare geniality, to which conceit or self contemplation is entirely foreign an1 any who are fortunate enough to come in contact with him are very apt to remain his friends permanently. Although his name is familiar to all owners of bicycles, we believe we have the honor of publishing his portrait for the first time.
Herbert S. Follansbee, vice-president of the Garford Co., has been actively associated with them ever since they started. In fact, he personally sold the first invoice of saddles the company made. Mr. Follans- bee is from training a commercial traveler, having served in that capacity for something over ten years with Reed & Barton, the famous silversmiths. As a youngster he was an athlete of no ordinary ability, his mile walking record being 7:30. Like many old travelers, Mr. Follansbee has tired of the road and finds delight in a quiet life with his lamily in Elyria.
F. N. Smith, the secretary and treasurer, is an old devotee of the sport, and a veteran of the I.. A. \Y. for many years. He was manager and cashier of a large manufacturing concern in Elyria, the position being quite similar in its requirements to the one which he is at present occupying. The Garford Co. is represented on the road by Edwin Oliver, who is too well known to both trade and public to need any extended comment at our hands; suffice to say that he has successfully filled every chair in the gift of
H. S. FOLLANSBKE.
cycle manufacturers from the management down, and filled them all well. Parkhurst & Wilkinson, of Chicago, have the exclusive agency of the Garford saddles for all territory west of Elyria. While this house is of lineage most ancient, it is mainly known to the cycling trade through R. B. McMullen, who is confidentially associated with it. Mr. McMullen is a Canadian, but came to this country at an early age and entered the employ of Parkhurst & Wilkinson as an office boy; he has been with them ever since. Their cycle department is purely of his creation and was con-
THE GARFORD PLANT AT ELYRIA.
ceived by him from a sale of raw materials he made several of the earlier manufacturers way back in 1879. This department has grown with the trade until now, when it is safe to say that Parkhurst & Wilkinson do the largest business in raw materials of any concern in the world.
IMPRESSIONS OF AHEVERY-DAY MAN.
Everybody and his wife are attending the international races. The wheelmen have the town. The silver convention has ceased to wade in gore, and although the country is a mighty long way from being saved, the bridles of the street-car horses are not dripping human blood. Just the same the business affairs of this great country are in a bad way, for which no one is to be blamed except our own good selves; and no branch of trade is in worse shape than the bicycle business. McDonald, of New York, wants the manufacturers to formulate a code of ethics or something of that kind, and Kennedy Childs wants a trade association. Both schemes are good, and it is to be hoped that the men most interested will get together during the meet and establish some sort of a platform, which should have a solid foundation. In the present state of affairs it is impossible for any maker to figure with any degree of accuracy as to what he will or may do in the future. It is generally believed throughout the country that the bottom has gone out of the cycle business, and that the best machines will be sold at a very small part of the present prices, during '94. For this reason, if for no other, those makers who have the greatest influence should establish a list price and a set of discounts. Nothing that could be done would have a greater tendency to re-establish confidence than a move of this sort by the prominent makers; and unless it is done there will be a most disastrous smash this fall. The old jealousies and trade shyness must be laid away, and prompt and decisive measures taken. No one knows this better than the bicycle manufacturers, and it is only their own pride and jealousy which has kept them from organizing long ago.
This has been a bad year for those who make and sell bicycles — a most unprecedentedly bad year. It is doubtful if even the greatest and best organized factories have made a manufacturer's profit, and the little ones have not come out even. The dealers have fared worse, and those among them who can worry through these gloomy days will do so on capital other than that supplied by the business; while many have already given up the ghost, and others will very, very shortly. Those of the dealers and those among the makers who manage to last till next season will undoubtedly do better than ever before. Competition will not be as close; new blood will be let into the veins of retail trade; the market will not be so glutted with obsolete and cheap patterns — thanks to the auction houses, which are disposing of thousands of this kind of plunder now. The jobbing (and consequently cutthroat) business will be eliminated on account of the enevitable cut which must come in the retail price, and so the ill wind will have blown good in the end. In the mean time, combine, combine, combine. Not to corner the market, not for speculative purposes, but for protection from the thieves and cutthroats, the auction men and schemers, who have been for years fattening on the inane and suicidal policy which has so long been the disgrace of the cycle business. Get together like honorable busi-
ness men; don't come with suspicion in your hearts and jealousy in your minds; don't have a banquet and a wine drinking contest, but bring your business sense with you, and talk what you think; vote for what you want, and then live up to the platform adopted; it is the only salvation, for just as sure as something of this kind is not done, eighteen months from now will witness the fall of the last bicycle maker in America. Free trade is knocking at our door. Bolav.
PACEMAKWG IDEAS.
If the ingenious gentlemen whose inventiveness runs riot in devising cunning arrangements of automatic pacemaking watches would turn their attention to the practical, they might furnish long-distance men with a really useful article, the need for which has impressed itself upon me during sundry more or less abortive efforts at long-distance training which I have been making lately, says the "Old File," in the Irish Cyclist. There are scarcely ever two men on a path at the same time whose ideas of the pace useful to them for their own purposes coincide; the steady slogger desires to reel off his ten or more miles at a uniform pace; but the shoal of sprinters who swarm over the track sorelv tempt him to hang on for a few laps, with the result that he goes too fast for his distance. His only hope, therefore, lies in a stern resolve to abjure the enticement of a lead, and to adhere to his own pace, regardless of extraneous inducement; and to do this, with the consciousness that he is going at the pace he decided upon, a man requires either a careful and painstaking timekeeper to coach him, or a mechanical adviser in the shape of a handle-bar watch.
Watches on the handle-bar can be made to go with sufficient accuracy for the purpose, if carried in a well-made clip, such as Munn's. Wristlets I bar, not only because the tiny watches they carry can not be read without removing the hand, but also because the strap around the wrist is uncom- fortable. A full-sized watch with second hand is very useful, provided the rider has a good memory for figures and is content to reckon the time out as he goes along, a glance at the seconds hand as he crosses the tape each time enabling him to see whether he is going the right pace. On a track measur- ing three laps and a half to the mile, for instance, he has to recollect that 51 seconds per lap will be just a shade over twenty miles an hour, so that for this rate of speed his laps must be done in :51, 1:42, 2:33, and (the half in :25 1-2) =2:58 1-2, giving a second and a half margin for an occasional slow.
The ideal lap-pacing watch would have two hands only — a center- seconds hand and a lap-recording hand, and would be regulatable at will, so that the rider could set it to complete a circuit of the dial in exactly the time he wished. Thus, for twenty miles an hour he would set the hand to go faster than the usual seconds hand, his seconds hand completing a circuit in 51 seconds; and for a faster rate of speed it would complete a circuit in less time according to the rate it was set for. The other hand would correspond
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to the minute^handjoffan^ordinary^watch.r traveling a'circuit in sixty laps. Such a watch would be useful for the road to a less extent, the seconds hand completing its circuit only once in 3 minutes — or whatever other rate per mile it had been set for.
The idea of a pendulum, to which the rider's feet would keep time, is quite impracticable, since it would require unremitting attention, whereas the racing man needs keep his eyes open, watching ahead and around him, and anything more than a momentary glance at his watch once in every lap is out of the question.
She was Particular.
A Michigan girl recently took a spin on a bicycle and when several miles from town her dress caught in the chain, causing her to make a sudden dismount. She couldn't loosen the garment and had to stay where she was until a wheelman came along. He wanted to cut the dress, but the young woman would not consent, and the rescuer had to ride to town for a wrench to take the chain off. ■• ■ • • • ■
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BALTIMORE RACING.
RECENT BICYCLE PATENTS.
Baltimore, Md., August 5. — The initial tournament of the Associated Cycling Clubs of Baltimore took place today at the Park Cycle Track. The racing was fairly good. Washingtonians carried off the bulk of the prizes. The heats were well contested, but the finals were loafs and complaints were heard on all parts of the ground as to the ordinary riding. The officers should place a time limit upon all races or the track will suffer. Summary:
One-mile novice, first heat. — C. E. Neal, first; H. R. Boarman, second; Paris E. Breugle, third. Time, 2:44 1-5.
Second heat. — C. J. Ronsaville, first; W. J. Espey, second; Geo. F. Dandelet, third. Time, 2:40 2-5.
Final heat. — W. J. Espey, first; C. E. Neal. second; G. F. Dandelet, third. Time, 3:24 3-4.
Quarter-mile open, first heat. — Walter Wilmer, first; Wm. H. Mullikin, second; W. H. Weber, third. Time, :35 4-5.
Second heat. — Wm. F. Sims, first; E. E. Clarjp, second; F. W. Hutchings, third. Time, :35 2-5.
Final heat.— E. E. Clapp, first; Wm. H. Mullikin, second; F. W. Hutchings, third. Time, :33 3-5.
Half-mile state championship. — Walter Wilmer was the only starter and was given the race.
Quarter-mile handicap, final heat. — C. E. Gause, first; J. A. Mead, second; Wm. Holland, third. Time, :33 4-5.
One-mile open. — Bert Morrison, first; H. B. Schumacher, second; H. A. French, third. Time, 2:49 2-5.
Half-mile handicap. — E. E. Clapp, first; W. Wilmer, second; W. F. Sims, third. Time, 1:10 1-5.
One-mile 3-minute class. — H. A. Rhine, first; H. A. French, second; C. J. Ronsaville, third. Time, 2:43 4-5.
One-mile 2:30 class.— F. B. Marriott, first; W. H. Wood, second; J. M. White, third. Time, 2:38 1-5.
Two-mile state championship. — H. B. Schumacher, first; R. H. Carr, second; F. H. Harvey, third. Time, 5:51 4-5.
One-mile handicap. — H. A. Rhine, first; A. Wall, second; R. H. Carr, third. Time, 2:41.
SOLILOQUY OF M'SCOECHER.
To ride, or not to ride — that is the question —
Whether 'twere nobler in the mind to suffer
The taunts and jeers of some outrageous duffer,
Or to go plugging through a sea of loafers,
And having caught them — lead them — to lead, to pace.
To pace! perchance to lose — ah! there's the rub,
For in that losing what reports may rise
That we have shuffled, swindled — sold the race!
First taking odds against our noble selves;
Then waltzing in a miserable third,
Whilst in our inmost heart of hearts we know
We lost the race through magnanimity.
Who would records break?
And groan and sweat around a cinder track,
If to uphold the records one has made
One has to go "all through" in every race,
And be outsprinted in the final rush.
Oh! mindless dolts, who preach but practice not,
Denouncing those who play a winning game,
And doubly damning those who go "all through,"
Say, what's a wretched racing man to do? — Irish Cyclist.
B. Rich, second; C. W. Price, Wheeler, second; C. E. Simons,
Milwaukee is Chilly to the N. C. A.
Milwaukee, Wis., August 5. — There was a small attendance at the initial meet of the cash prize league here today. The Milwaukeans apparently do not care for this kind of racing. Harry Wheeler captured most of the money, although Charles W. Price showed up well. Summary:
One-mile open. — H. C. Wheeler, first; A. B Rich, second; C. W. Dorntge, third; J. C. Fuhrman, fourth.
One-mile novice. — H. Kanaska. first; J. S. Starbuck, second; T. Jonas, third; A. C. Bartlett, fourth.
Half-mile open. — II. C. Wheeler, first; A. third; C. W. Dorntge, fourth.
One-mile handicap. — C. E. Kluge, first; H. C third; C. W. Price, fourth; C. W. Ashinger, fifth.
Two-mile handicap.— C. E. Kluge, first; C. W. Ashinger, second; C. W. Price, third; C. W. Dorntge, fourth; Frank Albert, fifth.
Milwaukee, Wis., August 6. — There was a slim crowd at the N. C, A. races today and the management lost money. Summary:
One-mile open.— H. C. Wheeler, first; C. E. Kluge, second; A. B. Rich, third; C. W. Dorntge, fourth. Time, 2:48 1-5.
One-mile handicap.— C. E. Kluge, 65 yards, first; H. C. Wheeler, scratch, second; C. W. Ashinger, 150 yards, third; C. E. Simons, Chicago, 145 yards, fourth; J. S. Starbuck, Marion, Ind., 80 yards, fifth. Time, 2:37.
Half-mile handicap.— C. E. Simons, 70 yards, first; C. W. Price, Milwaukee, 25 yards, second; C. W. Ashinger, 70 yards, third; C. E. Kluge, 30 yards, fourth; W. F. Stein, Milwaukee, 55 yards, fifth. Time, 1:18.
Five-mile handicap. — J. Starbuck, 350 yards, first; C. W. Dorntge, 150 yards, second; C. E. Kluge, 200 yards, third; C. W. Ashinger, 440 yards, fourth. Time, 14:47 3-4.
One-mile novice, of first and second days. — W. M. Breckenbridge, Minneapolis, first; R. G. Wendiand, Mihvaukee,fsecond. Time, 3:09.
A list of recent patents, reported specially for The Bearings by W. C. Aughinbaugh, patent attorney, Washington, D. C. Copies of these patents may be had of the above named attorney at 25 cents each.
501,054. Driving mechanism for cycles. William W. Cams, Tyrone Pa. Filed August 31, 1892.
501,056. Bicycle. Edwin R. Corbett, New York, N. Y. Filed June 20, 1892.
501,166. Cycle wheel. Jules Roussat, Paris, France. Filed February 18, 1893.
501,230. Bicycle saddle. August Meeky, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed, March 18, 1893.
501,239. Bicycle tire. OttoL. Wullweber, Chicago, 111. Filed Septem- ber 16, 1891.
501,290. Pneumatic tire. Joseph G. Moomy, Erie, Pa. Assignor of one-half to Thomas Brown, same place. Filed March 31, 1893.
501,292. Electric bell. Wilson J. Newman, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Henry E. Baxter and Channing Baxter, same place. Filed, October 28, 1892.
501,374. Ball-bearing. George F. Simonds, Fitchburg, Mass. Filed November 18, 1892.
501,331. Bicycle gear. Ernest H. P. ^aylor, Waterbury, Conn. Filed, January i4, 1893.
501,386. Wheel tire Charles W. Von Houten, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed August 28, 1891.
501,401. Spring holder for vehicle lamps. Carl F. Billig, Alt-Chemnitz, Germany. Filed May 4, 1892.
501,409. Spring rim for wheels. John B. Dunlop, Sr., and John B. Dunlop, Jr., Dublin, Ireland; said Dunlop, Jr., assignor to said Dunlop, Sr. Filen Feburary 9, 1893.
501,454. Safety bicycle. Judson B. Wright, Chicago, 111., assignor of one-half to William B. Moore, same place. Filed August 13, 1892.
Reissue, 11,350, Bicycle seat spring. Henry Bergfels, Newark, N. H. Filed March 8, 1893. Original No. 490,097, dated January 17. 1893.
A Thirty-seven-Pound Tandem.
One of the neatest machines yet seen is the Arrow tandem, a product of the fertile brain of L. D. Munger. The machine weighs thirty-seven pounds and is very stiff and rigid.
Stolen.
A No. 1 spring frame Rambler; number of machine, 3,974. A liberal reward will be paid for any information leading to recovery of machine, and §50 for arrest and conviction of thief, by A. C. Katt, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Legs Were Numbered.
A cut of Herr Fischer, the winner of the great Austro-German race, in one of our transatlantic exchanges, shows that worthy with his number fastened on his leg just below the thigh.
Salt of the Earth.
The salt of the earth — that which is rolled into the ball park track..
Franz Gerger, who rode a machine fitted with G. & J. tires in the great race between Berlin and Vienna, went through the whole ride without punc- ture or change, thus winning the second record prize under the conditions of the race. The distance was covered in 34 hours and 22 minutes.
Zimmerman's unfortunate little affair with the railings at Dublin cost him some front teeth. We often read of racing men "setting their teeth," but somebody else will have to do the job in poor Zim's case. — Cycling.
The astonishment of the old countrywoman who was told that bicycle riding was splendid exercise for the calves was very funny. She could not make out how they could stay on. — Irish Cyclist.
A. J. Watson, five-mile champion of England, says that Sanger is the fastest man ever seen in England; that Sanger would beat Zimmerman at a quarter, but is not invincible at a mile or greater distance.
A race meet will be held at Penn Square driving park, Norristown, Pa., on September 2. This track is a half-mile long and has a hard surface and nice easy grades.
A Buffalo paper in describing a stolen machine says, "It was a new wheel, and the enamel and nickel were shiny and bright."
Cottereau, the Frenchman, has won 222 out of 240 races in which he has started. Seventeen of these were championships.
A Frenchman and his wife recently rode from Nice to [Paris on a quad- ricycle driven by petroleum.
Yelotheraphy isthe latestjnedical term for the'practice of;cycling.
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When a bicycle is offered to you at less than the price at which it is listed, you have no assurance that you are not still paying more than the next purchaser will pay, and more than the actual value of the machine ; while on a strictly one-priced article, every purchaser is sure of buying at the bottom price. This is fair dealing. It is Columbia dealing. Every purchaser of a Columbia bicycle pays the same price for the same machine, and in every Columbia bicycle sold we give full value for the price charged. Every bicycle agent knows that Columbias are not only the best bicycles in the world, but that they are the cheapest in the end; that a Columbia at $150 is more economical to buy than any other machine at any price at which it can be purchased; but as agents can buy every other make of bicycle at from five to thirty per cent, more discount than is allowed on the sale of a Columbia, lower-grade machines are often urged upon the pur- chaser. When an agent tries to sell you any other wheel than a Columbia, is it not because he can make a larger profit on the other? Is he not considering his own interest at his customer's expense? When you buy a bicycle, keep in mind the fact that there is no machine in the world so well built from tire to hub, from handle-bar to pedal, as a Columbia.
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IOO-A\iI* Ro*<l Record by J. W. LINNEf\AN, Orange, N. J., beating the
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WOODEN RIMS.
Wooden rims are coming into fashion. The weight of wheels is being constantly reduced. To reduce weight without impairing the strength of the bicycle, is the great problem that confronts the bicycle maker. In scores of ways has this been done. The twenty-pound racer of today is as strong as the thirty-pound machine of two years ago. Wooden rims are being used to a small extent on racing machines now, but have received little or no attention as being fitted for use on road wheels. On racing wheels the new style rims have proven themselves both stronger and lighter, and, what is more, not so apt to get out of true. If this is so in the case of racing wheels, it should be so in the case of road wheels. It can scarcely be possible that during the short time that wooden rims have been in use their manu- facture has reached a state of even comparative perfection. As made now, however, they have proven their superiority to the steel rim in many ways, and it will, therefore, be a matter of policy for manufacturers to carefully investigate the possibilities of their use. At present they are expensive; but in time, and when their use makes the demand sufficiently great, they should be made as cheaply if not cheaper than steel rims.
Pope and Overman Withdraw.
As a result of John Boyd Thatcher's refusal to remove Irving Miller from the committee to judge the cycle exhibits at the Fair, the Pope Mfg. Co. and the Overman Wheel Co. have withdrawn from competition, and others are threatening to do so. In reply to their letter, Mr. Thatcher sent the following:
To The Bicycle Exhibitors of the United States and Other Countries at the World's Columbian Exposition, Transportation Building, Jackson Park: I am in receipt of your favor of even date protesting against Irving Miller as expert committee to render a technical report to the committee of Group 83.
Mr. Miller is a son of the late Chief Justice Miller of the United States supreme court. Mr, Miller was duly selected as a judge at the World's Columbian Exposition, and it is not, to say the least, respectful to the committee to assume that it would appoint any man whose services would be unjustly detrimental to the interests of all the different exhibitors represented except Gormully & JefTery, of Chicago. This committee has but one purpose, and that is to so administer the departments of awards that just, honest, and complete examinations of exhibits shall be made. It has already been in consultation with Prof. Robert H. Thurston, of Cornell University, who was to be associated with Mr. Miller in his examination of the bicycles and who was to determine the amount of power used in moving a machine and the strength of its mechanical construction. These two men the committee believe to be competent, and no exhibitor need fear any injustice being done to them.
Yours, John Boyd Thatcher,
Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
This was anything but satisfactory to the exhibitors. Pope and Over- man immediately withdrew and the others sent in another letter insisting upon their objections to Mr. Miller. They are now awaiting an answer.
The Union Triplet.
A triplet has been built by the Union Cycle Mfg. Co. upon which they expect the mile record for this style of machine will be reduced to 1:50, with three of the crack riders up. The wheel, complete, weighs sixty-six pounds, and is geared to seventy-seven. The frame is composed of two Union P. D. Q. frames, and the third rider sits on a removable bracket bolted over the rear wheel. That the wheel is unusually fast has been proved by the ease with which it runs away from the best riders in the east. The wheel-base is sixty-two inches, which gives a wonderfully easy riding motion even on the worst of roads. The steering is very easy, notwithstanding the fact that three ordinary riders will put a weight of over 450 pounds upon the machine, which would apparently stiffen it. Airtite Dunlop tires, of the regular road pattern, are used, and regular Union P. D. Q. wheels. The machine has been ridden over all kinds of roads without any evidences of rough usage being in sight.
I Mr. Sager's Novel Century.
S. H. Sager, of the Rich & Sager Co., Rochester, upon a Sylph Scorcher, made a century July 28, carrying with him the whole distance, upon a Beauty child seat, his four year old son, weighing forty pounds. The run was on country roads', from Rochester to Batavia, Le Roy, and Pembroke, almost all of the way up-hill, and a good part of it sandy and rough. The time made was 9:05:00, and the wheel stood it magnificently, as
GOOD TRADE TIPS.
Square nuts. — It is the usual thing for cycle manufacturers to use six- sided bolt heads and nuts; although neat in appearance they soon get rounded by the careless users of the monkey wrench. Square heads are the most serviceable and are better for head clamps and seat-rod adjustments.
Felt washers. — Poor workmanship is often covered up with felt washers to make the bearings as nearly dust-proof as possible. Riders will take their wheels apart to clean them, and often neglect to replace the felts. Closer and more accurate fitting will not require felts to exclude grit.
Chain troubles. — Very few cyclists carry a screw-driver with them now in their tool-bags, and to successfully repair, in a large number of cases, a tire, the rear wheel has