New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-18
SMASHING WORLDS RECORDS
THE MEET OF THE WHEELMEN IN DEN
YER MADE MEMORABLE.

,r,y x.urs COME TO TIE FRONT-FEATs OF
RAID zEIGLER. BIRD AND MADDOX.
D.rver COL. Aug Is.-Three more worlds records
rrore consigned to oblivion at the Natonai race
,oo, ~ the League Of American WheelmeD on the
D.ny.r Wheel Clubs track to-day, despite the TACT
that a smart little breeze was blowing. ruby WV
neople we're present 10 encourage the good "orA
Az was the case yesterday. the recordshash'hs
hogan at the first shot. The half-miie Class B
hardicap was the starter. Eddie Bald, OF Bui-
fao the short distance hero OF yesterday rode the
,,,.st race OF his life from the scratch line. ana
came in fourth In a field OF twelve. passing eisht
men / the last 1oO-yards and placing the worid
h.,fn,ue connpetition record at Just one minute. G.
II Wells of San Francisco. who won the race roue
from the forty-yards mark In % 40 seconds.
Then little eghteen-ycar-old Otto Ieigler. the
.Cautor,,a Damon" captured the two-mile Ma
,,onal cha upionship 4:2 49, nearly seven seconds
better than the best previous time Tor the distance
Coulter l.. c. johnson and Gerwing were caieo III
to requsition emakers In the third race ana
the terrific gait they put up Is responsible Tor the
wonderful time
After this the lve-mile handicap was Called ana
b. +. Bird. Of ST. Paul, a comparatively unknown
Glass A man. came in third with a universal record.
riding from scratch in l215 fiat IT seemed nara 10
realize this wonder and some OF the on!ookihg
"crackcrjacks' tried to convince the Judges that
they must have missed lap somewhere before
they rung the bell But the judges and Referee
Raymond were not TO be intllnidated' ana 'he liz
ures were announced.
NJ. NJ. Krutz. OF Denver got the race from a
Oo-yard start in I1:4s but Bird was there neverthe-
less Then Harry MADDOX the Jersey boy. went for
the unpaced mile record of 2Il 10 Eed by Sanger
q 1850 diamond being held out 10 him as an Induce
mont 10 move along. He struck a beautiful! steady
mace keeping Just abreast of the time at the quar-
ters and running In at the finish just one second
ahead hurting the new mark at 210 10 His first
concentration was a hearty handshake from San
ger himself ~
In the five-nle handicap a disastrous spill &C.
c,,rred in front OF the stand. bringing down four
men and more less seriously inturing ore
The bic Illuminated parade OF cyclers took pace
Tiva thousand wheels in line. The summaries
Of to-day's races follow: $50 g ,,,ou
san Francisco 90 YARDS; Ed Grah. 81 LOUIS ,so
yards) second C. X: Coulter Mansneid ONO , ~
yards third palh Buffalo una 20 s sscaess fourth
caso Louis casha AZ , hp1ac r,s ssco.a a.
Two-miie national championshpIWon, by pr Oso
ZIeg:er. r. San Jose Cal {. n Murphy T pIUoh
ivn second; Fred J. Titus. New-York, third' Time
TTwo-le lap Class AWSn by second a. a e w
Davis chicago. third TmenS sb, 10 by C. g.
wis San Francisco: l.. p: Cabanne. 81 LouE sec
MdiiS; w r. Foster San Francisco. third Time
e% r. rd- mile. OPEN Class B-Won by Raymond Mac Nae
, InrId-"W ewY York: Otto Zegler, San Jose Cal.
sDeonna. ". w. Taxis Philadelphia THIRD. Time
~ r seconliss handicap Class Avon BY n
vrenty Denver 900 YARDS; G. maxwell '" pai
Ran , gnTd' r ssSend 40 3 Brds ms
(scra tho IN" mile. unpaced-Hary II. Maddox. OF
i E1npl psrk. n n J.. Tims-sa0i-A