The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-23
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Bicycle Record.


Bicycle Record.
The cold snap which visited England early
this month found the skating community on
the alert, and the sporting budget brought
over by the steamship Etruria gives many in
teresting Items OF the progress made. At the
Metropolitan tournament on Welsh Harp Lake
Heneon, Jan. O. eight experts skated heats in
a quarter OF mile race. +. HAN Of Stratford
won IN 50 As seconds. Twenty mon entered
for the half-mllc race decided over a one
furlong course. Il. c. AvelnR Of Stratiord. the
amateur champion. won in minute ~ 2-5
seconds. and subsequently skated 200 yards
before the wind In ~ LIS seconds Ham GOV.
cred the latter distance In 80 AS seconds. The
National skating Association brought of a
mile race at Lingay Fen. near Cambridge. The
competitors included II. G. AvelinR and a Nor
weglan crack named wilhelm Heine. The
rair met In the final round and the English
man woe by four seconds in minutes ~ 2-5
tlenort skating Club attracted 4,OO0 persons
70 the heart OF the Fen district. challenge
furnished the Incentive All the ZEN experts.
as welihs 4, Norwegian named Lindahl. took
James Smart comfortably by twenty yards
Tho omen iic-and- half course was covered
by the, winner in > minutes 10, seconds.
lindahl made n nvo-mle record f. Norway
two years a GO and MISC defeated Harold Hagen
John Roberts ana T. Diggle. In the course
OF their recent match Mt the Egyptian Hall,
London. PLAYED some extraordinary billiards.
Digglc who had 5000 points start in 2I,OUO
IN, made seventeen threc-fgure breaks. while
itOberts created a sensation by making over
!2rty In ono break DigGls made 20 on
ora Tor the unique performance.
oxford University oarsmen are showing ex-
ceptonal activity for this time OF the yenr ow-
ing to the unusually early date on which the
great annual race wit Cambridge IL likely to
he held. Tho President had n crew OF eight
ailoat for the first time on Jan. ~. and coached
{. VI. ftman resumed the position at stroke
he occupied two years NJ. l.. PilkingtOn pulled
No. ., and j., A. Morrison. Weighing few
pounds less than Iilkington. was in his old
place at No. - The others are all new mon but
they have Leep satisfnctorily tried in the Tub
men are expected to be aiioat ut any moment
when the latest mail left.
Tho naris correspondent OF London Field
achievement Of St6phane. the famous French
-" None Of the many bicycling matches which
have been taking place OF late have created
anything like the interest excited Ivy that de-
cided on, Jan. Z, between St6phane. who won
the race from Bordeaux to Paris about n twelve.
month ago. and Core whoIns may be re-
mem bered, was hcaten by Charles Terront in
a match. OF Loo, kilomctrcs 1925 miles yle-
cided In the vast Gallery OF Machinery. on the
did the $50 miles IN 81 hours and 81 minutes.
the laps being OF 400 metres 10 quarter OF a
mileL
The match on Sunday was decided in an
ether building not 30 large as tho Gallery Of |
:i:I3 metres in circum ference. SO that there |
were 5000 laps instead OF =, 800. and this made |
1t seem probable that the time would not be so
good. St'phAne, however. completed the 900 |
kilometres at a quarter to q sunday afternoon. |
having done the distance In 80 hours % min
Torrance made on q more favorable track by |
nearly "a hours"