The morning call., 1894-10-17
The San Jose Boy Goes a Mile
Under 1:50.
PACED BY THE TANDEM FLYERS
1t Was a Wonderful Performance
and the Blcy yCIistS Went Wild
With Delight.

This wonderful feat WAS eciipsed ID
this city to-day when Otto Ziegler,
member of the Rambler team, COW
cred the mile in 1850, clipping nearly
full second off the worlds record.
AS a matter OF fact be did ride the mile iii
fraction over :49, but as one OF tie sew
eral watches made it i 80 fat the judges
placed the official time at that figure. This
mile of young Z egler's is the fastest ever
run on a bicycle. 1t was made with flr-
ing start, and he was paced by tandem
teams-one taking him TO the three-eighlhs,
another TO the fve-eighths and the ihlId
pacing him 10 the outcome.
When johnson made his wonderful
record and set the worlds mark at l 30 SO
it was under he same conditions. ana
after days and days of repeated trials ana
failures, owing TO poor pacing. un1aVOi-
able weather and other annoyances and
distractions, such as all bicyciSs have
to contend with who are bent on record
breaking. Johnson, however, had an ad-
vantage over ZIegler-tbat OF experienced
tandem riders for pacemakers, while to
the young men who paced Z'egltr the dou-
bic wheel is a new thing. The only ex-
perence they have had in tandem riding
is that gained since their arrival in this
city, less than two weeks ago. Therefore
the record made by ZIeger to-day does
credit alike to himself and his pacemakers.
No prettier work was ever done on any
track than the Rambler team did to-day
over the Agricultural Park course.
1t was a typical Sacramento autumn
day. The sky was without cloud and
the temperature just warm enough TO en-
able the riders 10 put forth their best en-
erges. The mercury stood at Sc degrees
in the shade. There was ligh. breeze
from the northwest. and this, it was
feared, would not allow of record break
ing speed. but Ziegler was in fne form and
determined to make the effort. II success
ful be would in few hours become IA
nous the world over. and if he failed he
could try again another day.
The riding was done under the super
vision of the Sacramento Athletic Clubs
wheelmen and under the rules of the
Lengue Of American Wheelmep, which
makes it the offic al record. The judges
were Ii. A. Moore. a. W. Williams and
| II. E. McCrea. Timers-C. Patlen, Fl.
r. Blair aud George Kneier. Referee
| w. A. Hubert. S.arter-L. S. Upson
Uc NFlO w Oiio abo La
| Smith and Osen, Delmas and Hamlin.
There were quite a number of specta-
| tors present when the riders appeared on
the track and went their warming-up
mile They came up for the word under
splendid headway. aUd as the pst ]
cracked the tandem men were almost fly
| ing, with Zeigler's wheel almost touching
theirs. The quarter was made in q sec
onds, but the pickup of the second tandem
was poorly done, and just before the half
was reached the men all slowed up. AS il
was, the time to the half was but 56 2-5
seconds.
The men logged home from that point,
and after a rundown and a short breath
| ing spell they again appeared. Again the
! start was a fine one, aud when the quarter
was passed in 26 3-5 seconds the specta-
tors, who had held their breaths almos,
from the start, breataed freely.
Hell do it, sure" cried several expert
enced wheeleien.
Look at the little demon CO." yelled
another, "GOod-by. Mr.. Johnson"
The pickup by the second tandem team
was beautifully done. Not fraction of g
second was lost and away sped the pace
makers with Ziegler so close up on then
that they looked like triplet team.
The half-mile post was passed in the
phenomenaiy fast time of SO 3-5 seconds
Around the turn the wheelmen fairly flew
looking like three orange-coored ball.
rolling beyond the low inside fence Nea]
the three-quarter pole Dslmas and HamlI
were getting under way and by the tins
the others came up they were at their fui
speed. This was another perfect pickup
and the wbeelmen at the score were fairly
trem bling with excitement and enthu
siasm as the watches ticked off / :23
Ziegler still had q So seconds in which
TO equal } Johnson's record, and there wa
no reason TO fear he would not beat ii, fol
the fresh tandem riders were bringing him
down the course at a tremendous rate O
speed. When within about sixty yards Of
the wire Ziegler. who had been riding al
most on TOD of his fresh and speedy pace
makers, could wait no longer, and shootins
out to one side he flew past them anC
passed under the wire, as already stated
in fraction under 80.
Then there was excitement among tn,
wheelmen. They shouted. threw their hat
in the air, and acted like lot of boys a
play. When the pnk-cheeked San Jos,
/ D0y-LltpleT Is Hue more IAN q D0y-Te
turned to the score there was rush mad,
for him, and he was almost smothered will
the embraces of his fellow wheelmeD
Two OF the RambIers lifted him eff hi
wheel and upon their shoulders an,
carried him to his dressing-room. whert
for the next half bour he was beseged
with congratulations.
There is no doubt that he could hav,
lowered the record fully two seconds NOR
had the pacemakers been able TO lead him
The only other event of the day was L
S. Upson's paced mile, flying start, whicl
he M ade in 2:O6h. The best previous coas
record was 2:15 made last year by Ed
wards 10 this city. Upson is in class A
and his pacemskers, Beeler and Deedmai
and McCrea and O'Neil, had had no prac
tice ON tandem wheels.
Tomorrow Edwards OF the Ram BILE
Ieam will go against the worlds mil
record of 1:57 3-5, standing start, made b,
II. G. Tyler at Waltham, Mass. on Angus
8 last.
SHE STEERS WE'LL.