The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-18
THE FLYING WHEEL
Worlds Half-Mile and Fiye-Mile
Records Broken.
WORLDS TRoTTlNo TIME LOWER
Aifx's Three Heats ~ Terrs Hauts
Better Thsn Observation-Disclosures
ead Brisaeni. Race To-day.

bkSNkA AaR ia grand stan1
crowded With 1000 spectators. beautiful
weather and . perfect track we're The con-
datsons 1T the second days racing Of the
League Of American Wheelmsas toarna-
meni here today. The audience was well
pleased with the good exhibition By the
crack riders and appiauded them heartily.
The record breaking vas continued from
Yesterday, aud today the records were
lowered by margins which lett no doubt as
TO their genuineness. The programme
sas carried out To perfection, and only one
race, the last on the card, had any had
feature This was the one-mile open. class
y. In which j. 5. Johnson appeared for the
FIRST time during the meet
The most interest conferred IN the two
mile championship. the third on the pro-
gramme. and the way the record as low
cred shows what q magnificent race il was.
Zeigier, the Californian, vas given an
ovation At the close. Western men had
more luck today. and the California racers
and their friends are iabilant tonight over
the performances OF Zeigler and Wells.
The sport vas started by the half-mile
handicap. class b, which had ten starters.
Wells, Of California. with a handicap of
forty yards. took the lead in the home
stretch and won by wheel from Grath,
OF 81. Louis. who had fifty yards. Wells
time. :55i.. clips three-fifihs of all pre-
vious records. Bald, of Buffalo, scratch,
time Loo. worlds record.
The mile open. class A, had q field of
eleven riders. Anderson, of Illinois, set
hot pace after the first lap and held his
lead till well into the home stretch on the
last lap. when he was passed by Gardner.
also an Illinois man, and Callahan, of
Buffalo.
The big race of the day was the next on
the card. A new pacemaker was put in OF
every lap and instructed to make it
lively one. That they did IL can be told
by the fact that the rec ord was lowered
D rs seconds. The pacemakers were Ger
wing and l.. G. Johnson. At the one-iniie
point Titus. of New York. had the lead,
with Bad, Of Buffalo. and Zeigler. of Cali
fornia, close up. AT mile and q third
the pace was 30 hot that the field began to
string out, and the famous Sanger was
seen laboring hard, almost in the rear.
lie dropped out entirely in the last lap.
At the beginning of the last lap the field
was scattered q quarter OF a mile, and
most OF the riders quit exhausted. l.. C.
Johnson was pacing with C. NJ. Murphy.
of Brooklyn. next and Zeigler coming up
fast, followed by Titus. Up the back
stretch Zsigler headed both Murphy and
the pacemaker and won by 100 feet, while
Murphy was the same distance ahead of
Titus. Zeigier was the only man who
seemed 10 have any wind left at the finish.
The race caused the greatest enthusiasm,
Zeigler being great fayorite here The
bicyciists went nearly wild over the lower
ing OF the worlds record by nearly eight
seconds Murphy might have done better
had he not made his race so early In the
game.
The mile. Western championship, was
won by Wells. OF California The five-miie
handicap, class A, had.a big field, owing
to the fact that the trials were crowded out
in the morning, and twenty-seycn men
started. kruetz. of Denver, with 500
yard handicap. won: Maxwell, of VIM
field. Kan. second. go yards. and b. Bird,
of IT. Paul, scratch, third. Birds time,
1910, lowers the record by IS seconds
The mile. open. class b. had field of
big racers, but was declared off after going
over IL twice. on account of not coming
within the time limit.
III. III. Maddox. OF Asbury Park, went
against the worlds unpaced record Of
2;ii IL with flying start. and made
2:io Is. Quarters. 81 As, .0314, $50 as.
and the mile in 2:i0 is. Summaries:
Half mile handicap. class &c. s. Wells.
California. 10 yards. won: 4. A. Grath. St.
Louis, 81 yards. second; 9. r. Coulter
Toledo. ~ yards. third; f. c. Bald. Buff
falo, scratch, fourth. Bald's time, loo.
worlds record.
Mile, open, class A. Gardiner, Chi
cago. Son. l.. A. Callahan, Buffalo, sec
ond. +. +. Anderson, Roodhouse, ILL.,.
third. Time. 2:35 S.
Two miles, national championship
Otto Zsigier. San Jose. won; c. NJ. MUIR
phv, Brooklyn, second: +. j. Titus, New
York. third. Time, AL Is
Two-mile lap, class A Gardiner. Chi
cage, won; L. A. Callahan, Buffalo. sec
ond; c. w. Davis. Chicago. third. Time
SOL 10
Mile. Western championship, open to
riders west of the Mississippi--C s. Wells
san Francisco. won. l.. u. cahanne. 81.
Louis. second; Walter Foster. S.n Fran
cisco third. Time, as
One-third mile. open. class B--Ravmond
| Mcdonald, New York, won, Otto Zsigler.
san Jose, second, w. w. Taxis. Phtladel-
phia, third. Time "a
klve-niIe handicap class An. NJ
kreuiz, Denver, so yards, won. O. A
Maxwell, Winfield. Kan. 30 Yards. sec
ond. d. Bird, 81 Pau, scratch, third.
Time, i2:l5; worlds record.