St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-12
Tony Pastor Gave the Word
That Started the Female
PedalistS.
'Twenty-One Head Of APisto-
cratic Tpotters Sold Under
the Hammer.
Childs Wins the Heavyweight
Championship of Mary
land on a Foul.
Special to the Globe,


New YORK, Feb. ia six days i'll
ternational bicycle race for women, of
eight hour, daily, for the championship
of the world, began this afternoon in
Madison Square garden. The track is
the usual one of eight laps to the mile,
but is not thrown up at the turns, a
fact which initiates against fast time.
The prizes are 40 per cent of the gate
money, divided: 40 per cent OF it to the
winner. 90 per cent to the second. and
the remainder will be given to those
who make more than 400 miles. There
are no huts in the building, the ladies
retiring to their hotels at the end OF
their DAYS task. 1t was the original in
tention to have Miss Sadie Martinez
start the race, but to-day she sent her
regrets. Following is the list OF com
petitors: Miss Hilda Sualler, Miss
Jessie Woods, Miss Kitty Brown.
Miss Jessie Cakes, the English
champion; Miss Elsa Won Blumen, the
American champion; Miss Lula Hart,
Miss Maggie McShane, Miss Matte
Stanley, Miss Helen Baldwin, Miss
Hattie Lewis. Miss Louise Fox, the
Jersey buttercup: Miss Gertrude Fran
KEEL. Miss Louise ArmiandO, the cham
pion of the world: Miss May Allen.
The start was made by Tony Pastor.
Miss Hart next. The start was flying
one, and the others were strung out be-
hind nearly all the way round the
track. Miss Lewis was the first lady to
score lap. The first mile was made
by Miss ArmiandO in $50, Miss Won
Blumen being good second. The
spectacle presented by the gayly dressed
girls as they sped around the immense
hall Was wonderfully picturesque and
animated one. The great interest cen
tiers in Miss Armaindo, who is wonder
among females. She is stout and
wonderfully strong. 1t is said
she can lift 800 pounds, dead
weight. without wearing harness.
The racing begins daily at 8 p. m. and
continues until a. M, with rest from
to p. III. The score made in the first
three hours to-day was Cakes, 81;
Hart. %; Baldwin, 81; Fox, 6; Stanley,
80; Woods, So; Won Blumen. 81; Me
Shane, 25; Lewis. sc. Early i'll the
race Misses McShane, Suallor and
Cakes were hurt by falls and We're
thenceforth at disadvantage. Miss
Fox fell sick and retired from the race.
The score at 10 p. m. was as follows:
Armaindo. 1914; Stanley, 66.3; Baldwin,
"a: Won Blumen, 81; Lewis, Gle;
Woods, 6l.2; Suallor, Sd; Brown, 54.3;
Cakes, 81; Hart, SO; McShane, 45.
About 5000 people were present, i'll
Guiding many sporting men and actors,
conspicuous among them being Fred
erick Gebhardt, Berry Wall, Dominick
Mccartney, Jim Wakeley, Maurice Barry
more, Ed Stokes and Blakeley Hall.
Miss Cakes, the champion of England,
will likely retire. She is suffering from
pains in her side. Shortly before IL
o'clock Miss Armaindo grew weak while
OH the track and fell in the arms of
trainer. She was deathly pale and re-
quested that physician be summoned
for her at once, as she felt that she was
going to die. A doctor was
called Immediately. The woman
had not been well for some
time, and had been unable to eat
for the past few days. AT o'clock the
score stood: Stanley, 102 miles; Bald
win. 90; Wood, 81; Won Blumen, %;
Armaindo, IS; Hart. 62; McShane, 65;
Sualor, S4; Brown, SO; Oates. 60:
Lewis, rs. Miss Armaindo's physician
states thatShe is very sick. but that he
hopes to have her well enough to re-
sumo to morrow. Miss Stanley COM
pleted her Tooth mile at 10 :46, when she
had been 7 n 4fj m 10 sec on the track.