The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-02

but nevertheless he managed to win the
mile championship at Springfield in 2m.
% 3-5s., defeating Berlo and Zimmerman
in one of the finest races ever witnessed.
At New Haven, Sept. 8, Windle rode a
! splendid mile, again doing I'm. % S-5s.
through big field of starters and riding
! the last quarter of mile alone.
| The first sensation of the season was W.
! F. Murphy's mile at New Haven in 2m 26s.
! Aug. IS, at Springfield, the same rider did
| I'm. 451Ss. for three-fourths and Pm. % Pos.
| for the mile.
Three men have succeeded in lowering
the record for the flying quarter, that
| honor now being shared by Zimmerman,
who accomplished 80 as seconds at Spring
| field, Sept 6, and G. NJ. Worden and
| Schoefer, of the NJ A. c., who equaled
| the performance on the following day.
! At the Springfield meeting held in Sep
| TENDER many wonderful performances
were accomplished. Undoubtedly the
most remarkable was Zimmerman's half
| mile in I'm. ass, which he rode on Sept.
10. This broke the worlds record, the
previous best being I'm. 3-5s., by +. J.
Osmond, of England. Sept. Q, p. J.
/ Berlo established a new mile record Of
Pm. Is 1-5s. His time for three-quarters,
which was I'm. 42s., equals the worlds rec
ord Another wonderful performance was
A. B. Rich's mile in 2m 1888. G. N. Wor-
den broke the two mile record, his time be-
ing SIN. ass.
At the Peoria meeting W. +. Murphy
broke Worden's record, creating a new one
of Am. SO 3-5s., and Zimmerman broke the
three, four and five mile records, his time
being I'm. 40 2-5s., ION. 27s. and I'm.
81 4-5s., respectively. G. w. Dorntage, Of
Buffalo, wound up the meeting by max
ing a string Of new records from six
to twenty miles, his time for the latter
distance being 53m. Sc 2-5s. The previous
record was 5Sm. 20s, by J. w. Rowe.
Sept. %, at Peoria, Zimmerman won
the mile race in Pm. 2l4s., W. F. Murphy
being second in 2m. q Ass. This Is the
fastest time ever accomplished in a race.
At Springfield Oct. 9, in trial against
time, A. B. Rich succeeded in breaking the
worlds two mile record of Am. COS. by just
y second, but his claim to the honor was
short lived, for on the following day G. E.
Taylor, of Harvard did Am. IS Ass. Oct.
IL Windle, in an attempt to beat the
worlds record for a mile, succeeded in
doing the distance in the wonderful time
of Pm. los. This was fitting wind up of
a remarkable season. On the same day II.
c. Tyler is credited with having beaten
Zimmerman's half mile record of I'm.
4 IS. and establishing the new one of
I'm. 6s.
The tandem records have been altered
repeatedly during the season. Sept. s
Messrs. Banker and Brinker rode quar-
ter in 81 2-5 seconds and three-quarters Of
4 mile in I'm. 81 l-5s., both new records.
Sept. 10, Messrs. Draper and Deyler again
altered the figures for three-quarters, do
ing the distance in I'm. 49 3-5s. Sept. IL,
Banker and Brinker made new records for
one and two miles, riding the respective
distances in 2n. q 1-5s. and SIN. 3-5s. at
Peoria, Sept. 81, the mile record was again
broken. Messrs. Zimmerman and Murphy
succeeding in altering the figures to Pm.
81 1-5s.
Some remarkable performances have
also been accomplished during the season
in England and France. In May q race
from Bordeaux to Paris, distance of S5S
miles, took place. g. p. Mills was the
winner, his time being och. 34m. The first
four men TO finish were Englishmen. The
first Erenchman was Jiel Laval. He COW
cred the distance in Sch. 15m. In Septem-
Der another race from Paris to Brest, dis
lance AS miles, was held. This race was
confined to FrenChmen, the winner being
NJ Terront. His time was 54h Som.
Sept. 25, 7. A Edge rode from London to
Edinburgh, 397 miles, in Ssh. 44ISm- June
II. r. l. Eide made a new fifty mile road
record Of 2h Pam. AS. June Is, NJ A Hol-
bein broke the 100 mile tricycle. road rec
ord. his time being On. 5m. 26S- July IL,
p c. Twentyman rode 1871 miles on the
road in u hours. The same day F. s. Os-
mond rode a mile in the extraordinary
time OF Pm. los. July IA, r l. Eide made
new records from four TO siXty-three miles,
covering - miles |. S95 yards in l hour, ~
miles 40 yards in . hours and 6S miles 80
yards in hours
July Is. F. J. Osmond broke all records
from two to twenty-:eur miles riding
% miles 1859 yards in the hour. and
twenty-four miles in In. 4os. On the
same day q. Smith broke the twelve hour
road record, establishing a new one OF lsl
miles Sept. l6, K L. Eide made new rec
ords from "a TO ls) miles, his time for the
latter distance being Oh. Sim. 4 ass. Oct
5, I. ID. Fletcher broke the half mile record,
doing I'm. 2-5S. Oct. s, l. Newland al
tered Ede's figures from "a 70 100 miles,
making a new record of 5h som u 2-5s.
for the century. Sept. Il, on grass track
four laps TO the mile, f. f. Sharp rode
mile in Pm. IS As, and Fl. J. Howard ten
miles in 2Su. 9 4-5S ThsAa narfaEso anoAs