St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-15
B. B. BIRD WINS The RACE
TWENTY-FIVE NILES IN HOUR, III
MINUTES, rs SECONDS
WHEELED BY THE ST. pAULITE
Great Day for the BicycIists at
Lake Como - Crack Chicago
a Wheelnen Try the Boulevard
"A Few Bad FaIIs-Good Work
by Other Riders. = Track
Rather Sandy.

The third annual twenty-fve-mile
road race of the st. Paul Cycle club was
held at Lake Como at p. m. yesterday.
The event was witnessed by an inn
mense crowd, which manifested much
interest. There were forty entries. B.
B. Bird, the champion rider. won the
race from scratch. in hour "A minutes
and 25 seconds. There were. among the
entries, wheelmen from Minneapolis,
Duluth, st. Cloud, Winona. Chicago and
ST. Paul. The Morgan and Wright rae
ing team from Chicago was considered
very "crack." and is made up of Arthur
Gardner, Joseph Shelton, II. Van Her
lex and W. De Cardy. The score card
at the finish showed the following:
@Flrst place was won by n. G. Ewing,
Minneapolis, in 1:22:33; second place
by August Mertens, st. Paul, i'll l:15:15.
which ties him with De Cardy, of Chi
cago. who made the same time. Mer-
tens started from the five, and De
CardY from the four-minute mark
Third place was won by Nick Stetfas. of
Winona. in 1:19:20. Fourth place was
taken by L. ID. Farley, of st. Paul. in
1:22 80. Fifth place was made by
Maurice DugaD, of st. Paul, in 1:20 :52.
Sixth place was taken by James Frs
kline, of st. Paul, in 1:20:50. Seventh
place was taken by Gebhard BOhn, of
ST. Paul.in 1:23 30. Eighth place went to
Guy G. Webb, of Minneapolis. who made
1 hour % minutes and 81 seconds. Ninth
place was won by l.. A. Travis, of st.
Paul, in hour 18 minutes and Is Sec
ouds. Tenth place went to w. De
Cardy, OF Chicago. who made the stretch
in hour Is minutes and Is seconds.
Eleventh place was won by [. Dugan,
st. Paul, in hour 16 minutes and Is
seconds; in the seventh lap he had
severe fall, caused by colliding with the
wheel of another rider. Twelfth place
was won by James McDiarmid, of st.
Paul, in l hour, 16 minutes and 16 see
onds. Thirteenth place, +. &. Villa, of
Winora, in l hour "a minutes and %
seconds. Fourteenth place, by b. B.
hour Il minutes and 25 seconds. Fif-
teenth place, Charles Hoffer. st. Paul.
winner of the frs: time prize
at Lake Harriet, on Memorial day, in
hour. IL minutes and Is seconds. Six
teenth place, won by Joseph Shelton,
Chicago. in hour, Is minutes and 56
seconds. Seventeenth place, by Will
lam j.. Martin, st. Paul, In ] hour, II
minutes and II seconds. Eighteenth
place, won by 81. Van Herik, Chicago.
in hour. 16 minutes aid seconds.
Nineteenth place, won by Tom Bird, of
st. Paul, winner of second time prize.
in hour. IA minutes, 81 seconds.
There were quite number Of bad
falls on account of short turns aud
sandy spots in the track. E. M. Mellen.
of Duluth, was sure winner of good
place, but owing to three bad falls fell
out of the race.
There were three time prizes and fif.
teen place prizes hung up. which will
be distributed to winners at the club
room of the St. Paul Cycle club next
Saturday. July 81. The prizes comprise
jewelry and miscellaneous articles to
the value of $3.50.
The distance around Lake Como is
two and three -sixteenths miles, so that
to make the full twenty-five miles each
player was necessitated to make eleven
and two-thirds laps. Owing to wind
and sand the time was not quite as good
as would have been made under more
favorable circumstances.