The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1894-10-05
WORLDS RECORDS TO Be BROKEN.
What Coast BicycIists Expect to Do
in Sacramento.
Fast Work Already Done in Their
Practice-Surprises in Store
for Wheelmen.

Ii the weather remains as pleasant Tor
another week as it has been for several
days past there is little hazard in predict
ing that the worlds bicycle records for
various distances will be smashed as fiat
over the Sacramento course-as Flying
Jib, the California horse, yesterday
crushed all harness records by pacing a
mile in Ohio In l:5S4.
When young Zeigler of San Jose went
to Denver a few weeks ago to try his
mettle against the crack bicycle riders OF
the United States he astonished the world
. by cutting down the mile record. Zeig-
Ter is now here, with Edwards, Wells,
Long, Delmas and Foster, and to-mor-
row w. A. TerriII of San Francisco and
Oscar Osen of San Jose will be here, and
1t is their purpose to still lower the
worlds mile, half-mile and other rec
ords, which they feel confident of doing.
These young gentlemen athletes COM
prise what Is known as the Ram bier
Team, and they are all ''hummers' on
! wheels.
! Long and Delmas are single-wheel
riders, but they are now practicing with
tandem machine to enable them to
properly pace the single-wheelers when
ords, which will not be until after q few
| days more hard training and prepal alton
| OF the track, which Is rather 'cuppy"
from constant use by horses.
Yesterday was the third time Long and
| Delmas had ridden together on one wheel,
| and alter q SiX-mlIe continuous ride they
| worked out the last mile In the very fast
time OF 2:ll4, the concluding half being
made IN 574 seconds, which was only 81
! seconds behind the worlds half-nlile rec
ord for any wheel The fact that they
| did this alter going six miles straight.
and without any special effort, gives a
| pretty good line on what they will be
able to do when they shall become accus-
| toned to riding together.
| But this was not all. This pair were
simply pacemakers for Zeigler, Wells and
! Edwards, and these, riding their single
wheels, kept right with the others from
start to finish.
On the preceding day Long and Delmas
| worked out continuous nine-mile
stretch, making the last circle of the
| track, uneven as the latter was, in 2:I9.
| TerrIll and Osen, who are to come to-
morrow, Will also ride tandem and act
as pacemakers for the single-wheel riders.
| The gentlemen, who have all ridden
| over first-class bycicle tracks, are more
than pleased with the Sacramento Agri-
! cultural Park course, and last evening
expressed themselves as being confident
| OF not only lowering the worlds mile
record (hying START 1:54, but of cutting it
down below $50.
Should this be done the event would
! be heralded all over the world, and the
! feat would cause as much of a sensation
IN Europe as on this continent. Sacra-
mentO would at once become famous as
the possessor of the fastest track known.
As evidence of the importance with
which track records are regarded, the
managers OF the Waltham, Mass, track
| have a standing offer of 81 900 to any man
who will lower the worlds bicycle recOrd
! thereon.
The visitors do their training in the
| forenoon and afternoon, commencing at
| 1880 and o'clock, respectively, and all
| who take an interest in bicycling are n
! liberty to go to the Park and see the men
at their practice.
| 1t is their present intention to COM
| mence their record breaking perform
ances one week from to-day, by which
| time they hope to have the portion of the
track used by them in proper condition.
THE LOCAL wHEELIEN.
| The Sacramento Athletic Club Wheel
men met at their clubrooms last night
and elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, J.. 5. Upon; Secretary, Howard II.
| Martin; Captain, George Reedman; First
Lieutenant, W. 5. Harlow; Second Lieu
| tenant, Bart McDonald: Historian, A. F.
! Kleinsorge.
A committee. consisting of L. S. Up
son, Il. Il. McCrea, f.. j. O'NeIll and II
NJ. MOhr was appointed to make arrange
ments for bicycle race meet to be held
on the 18th of this month-one week
from Saturday.
With the talent already here, the COM
mittee feel confident that several of the
worlds present Class b records Will be
broken, while the Athletic Clubs team
expect to lower several of the Pacific
Coast records, as the track is fast, and the
men are in the finest possible condition.