Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-23
LATE RECORD MAKING
listers Recent Attempt the Topic
in Cycling Circles.
An EFFORT MADE TO BEAT HIN
The Coming Contest Between Mes
senger Boys.
LUCK OF LOCAL RACERS.

LUCK OF LOCAL RACERS.
Record making and record breaking seems
to be the order Of the day in local bicycle
circles just now. and while SO much interest
in such affairs Is being manifested, little at
tention is being paid to regular club runs.
and the good weather Is slipping by and the
good roads are not being enjoyed to any
great extent. The twenty-four- hour cham
pionship contest, heretofore mentioned In
The Star. is still under fire. but whether or
not the record Of J. J. Fister OF the George
town Club IL an honest one will probably be
Of importance but a short while. as sever
al more riders will make the trial. and the
$50 mile record will undoubtedly be beaten.
Mr.. John c. Wood Of the Washington
Road Club made all arrangements to start
on the twenty-four- hour journey at O'Clock
this afternoon. and next week wahl will
confident that he will record fully 800 miles
when he makes his next attempt.
While these wheelmen are struggling for
the glory Of holding the record others are
looking on the affair DIS being extremely
amusing.
After ALL" remarked one of the oldest
and best riders in the city, what 10 to be
gained by such q record? When the bicy-
Gle was invented II was supposed to be
for the pleasure of riders and not an in
strument to extinguish life and break down
the system by hard riding. such AZ q twen-
ty-four-hour record breaking trip must be.
Instead OF taking pleasant rides through
the country. enjoying the fresh air and
benefiting their health. they are riding in
the night air at a break speed. over
heating themselves and rendering them
n n NJ fplr
Then, too. the manner in which the rec
ords are being made IL questionable In
the first place the exact distance Of the
road should be known and timers repre-
senttng different interests should be on
hand. Even then in the excitement and
confusion q mistake is possible and such
mistakes always benent the rider. II there
Is to be genuine test Of the question why
does not the rider start from . given point
and ride to q point. say two hundred miles
distant and then return as far as he can
before the expiration Of his time? In that
way ne could register at the other end of
the route and could have two or three rid
ers stationed on the road to ride over the
last nifty miles stretch or less and then no
one could question the correctness Of the
record. Until that IL done there will always
be some doubt about records made over q
short stretch because OF Its good condition
for riding"
Among the Racers.
While certain number Of wheelmen are
interested In the twenty -four-hour record,
many others are paying attention to track
racing. and some good prizes have been
captured during the week. and the racers
have also been beaten.
Al Norfolk. Va, on Monday the bicycle
CLUB OF that city gave series OF interest
Ing events. and among those who partici-
pated from this city were Clapp and
Robertson Of the Arlington Wheeimep and
Sims. Schade and Cause Of the Washing
Irh In
prizes. Robertson two second prizes. Sims
two third prizes and Cause one third prize
Fred Schade although q member of the
warrington Road Club. resides at Hern-
oon. Va. ana being resident Of the state
he was eligible In the state championship.
In the one-mile and three-mile champion
SHIPS ne crossed the tape first, and in ad-
dition to winning these events he was
awarded time medal for having made the
fastest time during the meet.
When the fast rtders attended the Balti-
more meet Wednesday and Thursday they
found themselves In fast company and did
not rare % WELL Zimmerman was the only
missing link In the first days events, the
!ateness OF the trains being responsible for
his absence.
Among the Washington riders who par
c: E: Cause A. c. Moran and W. ]. Espey
OF the Washington Road Club; Hardy
Pritchard OF the Georgetown Cycle Club:
w. T. Robertson. e. c. Bowen and E. E.
OA0bP Va hAS hIhhStOn w neelmen, HOWARD
Rhine Of the Singer Road Club; w, F. Sims
Of the Y. n. c. A.
In the heat races the wheelmen did web.
as most of them were able to qualify in the
n sa put when the finals were ridden they
Tailed to secure q place in any event.
Hardy Pritchard rode in the one-mile
novice and secured second place.
In the second days races there was a
large crowd In attendance because it had
been announced that Zimmerman would
Inquire In the events. but early in the day
he met with a ElishGp ana the result was
that he hod to give up his wheel. Although
the audience was disappointed there were
some fast exhibitions and the best men won
The Washington riders repeated their good
riding OF the day before. and secured places
In the finals but the company was too fast
for them and they failed to cross the tame
nrst In any event. Claro ami Cause we're
the only ones to carry OF prizes, each Sc
curing the third honor in an event.
The meet proved 4 success in every mar
ticular.
Some weeks ago 1t was announced that
the Washington Road Club would probabl
give . race meet on the Y. NJ. c. 4. track
but owing to the inability Of the club to
get suitable prizes the idea has been aban.
doned. and the local wheelmen who have
been winning prizes in other cities will DER.
maps not return the compliment to their
friends.
Messenger Boys to Race,
There Will be one race meet here this sea-
son. however. and although the races NAV
not record Zimmerman's or Johnson's time
the affair will be interesting as wen
as amusing. Saturday afternoon Of next
week is the time fixed on for the event
and although the program has not yet been
completed 1t IL likely that there will be in
dividuel races. team race and a relay
The riders are all boys under eighteen wears
old and they comprise portions of the p,e.-
senser service Of The Evening Star and
The Evening News 'N
Some days ago q challenge was sent from
the latter paper and the acceptance of the
terms of the challenge were Complied with
oy the recipients Of It The names and ages
Of the riders are:
The Evening Star team:
larry risk; .......................... Is years
A So0oeh. .-..'................. Is years.
..-........................ Is years.
r. DuInans..-...-.... Is years.
u; CfIrson, ...;..-.................. Is years.