, 1891-11-27

but nevertheless he managed to win tina
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 2m. 23 3-5s.
through a big field of starters and riding
the last quarter of a mile lone.
The first sensation of the season was w.
+. Murphy's mile at New Haven in 2m. 26s.
Aug. IS, at Springfield, the same rider did
I'm. 45Ifs. for three-fourths and 2m. % 2-6s.
for the mile.
Three men have succeeded in lowering
the record for the flying quarter, that
honor now being shared by Zimmerman,
who accomplished 30 As seconds at Spring
field, Sept. 8, and G. NJ. Worden and
Schefer, OF the NJ. A. c., who equaled
the performance on the following day.
At the Springfield meeting held in Sep
tember many wonderful performances
were accomplished. Undoubtedly the
most remarkable was Zimmerman's half
mile in I'm. 6 4-5s., which he rode on Sept.
10. This broke the worlds record, the
previous best being I'm. z 3-5s., by r. j.
Osmond, Of England. Sept. 2, p. J..
Berlo established a new mile record OF
I'm. IS LIS. His time for thr~ee-quarters,
which was I'm. 42s., equals the worlds rec
ard. Another wonderful performance was
A. B.. Rich's mile in 2m. 1875. G. NJ. Wor-
den broke the two mile record, his time be-
ing bm. Q ass.
At the Peoria meeting W. +. Murphy
broke Worden's record, creating a new one
of Am. 80 3-5s., and Zimmerman broke the
three, four and five mile records. his time
being I'm. 40 2-5s., 1Om. 27s. and 12m.
SO +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. SO 2-5s. The previous
record was 5Sm. EOS, by j. w. Rowe.
Sept. %, at Peoria, Zimmerman won
the mile race in 2m. 2lAs., w. f. Murphy
being second in 2m. 81 45s. This is the
fastest time ever accomplished in a race.
At Springfield Oct. 8, in a trial against
time, A. B. Rich succeeded in breaking the
worlds two mile record of Am. Sos. by Just
u second, but his claim to the honor WAS
short lived, for on the following day G. f..
Taylor, of Harvard, did 4m. As 45s. Oct.
II, Windle, In IN attempt to beat the
worlds record for a mile, succeeded in
doing the distance in the wonderful lime
Of 2m. 15s. This was a fitting wind up of
a remarkable season. On the same day H..
@. Tyler Is credited with having beaten
Zimmerman's half mile record of I'm.
o As. and establishing the new one OF
I'm. Is.
The tandem records have been altered
repeatedly during the season. Sept. 8
Messrs. Banker and Brinker rode a quar-
ter In 81 rs seconds and ~three-quarters of
a mile In I'm. 81 lis, both new records.
Sept. 10, Messrs. Draper and Deyler again
altered the figures for th~ree-quarters, do
ing the distance In I'm. 40 SIS. Sept. IL,
ank and Brinker made new records for
one and two miles, riding the respective
distances in Pm. 81 LIS. and ON. 8 3-5s. At
Peoria, Sept. 81, the mile record was again
broken. Messrs. Zimmerman and Murphy
succeeding in altering the figures to 2m.
"a LBS.
Some remarkable performances have
also been accomplished during the season
In England and France. In May a race
from Bordeaux to Paris, a distance of 1853
miles, took place. G. P. Mills was the
winner, his time being 26h. 34m. The first
four men to finish were Englishmen. The
first Frenchman was Jiel Laval. He Gov
cred the distance in 32h. Ism. In Septem-
Der another race from Paris to Brest, dis
lance 745 miles, was held. This race was
confined to Frenchmen, the winner being
NJ. Terront. His time was ah. Bonn.
Sept. 25. T. A Edge rode from London to
Edinburgh, 1877 miles. in 3sh. 44Km. June
12, R. L.. EIDE made a new fifty mile road
record Of 2h. Pam. As. June 1s, M. A. Hol
bein broke the 100 mile tricycle. road rec,
ord, his time being Oh. 5m. EOS. July IL
p. O. Twentyman rode 1914 miles on the
road in IL hours. The same day +. S. Os
mond rode a mile in the extraordinary
time Of 2m. les. July "a, R L. EIDE mad,
new records from o u to sixty-three miles
covering 70 miles 1895 yards In l hour. 4
miles $50 yards in 9 hours and 69 miles A
yards in 8 hours.
July Is. +. j Osmond broke all record