The sun., 1894-08-17
FOUR RECORDS BROKEN,
TTrUs,s GREAT RIDING tT THr Brs
BICYCLE MEET.

ne Breaks the One Mile and Flve Mite tom.
petitve Records -Turnbuu Lowers III.
Mite Novice Record RIchnrdson Rrcnss
Record 10000 Persons see the Races.
DESvER, Col. Aug. i6-Four world record,
broken in one day and Ave other rlu,r nrd ~,
citing races stamp the days sport at tho Up as
OF the national meet the greatest oC tU.-..rd
many other seasons The attcudauvr. tu,. ir..s
the record for the season, over lO.HuU '....s
crowding into the four grand stands. T..Il.
Titus OF the Riverside Whcclmcn. Ncu Nur.
bore away the honorS " the day ana b,ur. aeav
two worlds competitive records, the m 70 and
fve-mle. The most wonderful part W u.c IN.
tire days performance is the hr,aktr.o ot uu.e
two records in scratch races when f.rM,r1y h.
competitive records have been made in ha,lt.
cap events and many seconds faster than scratch
race time.
The mile record was made in the mile o7cn
event, in which the following " wcll. kuuyn rilc-.
who had qualified In the heat uf the morning.
competed Sanger was on the pole. u. H. rroNn
of Cleveland next, and the following in m,
order named: Bald, Titus. Wells OF san Fran.
cisco, Macdonald. Coulter Of Toledo. and tiact,.
The prize was $500 plano. Thcentirc race from
start TO finish reminded one of that piano race
at Minneapolis, because it was so very d difTcrcnt.
Maddox was the pacemakcr for the first Ian. and
followed him at killins pace, Macdonald.
Brown, Foster, Sanger, and Titus following in
the order named, all riding like mad. Murphy,
pace was Just warm. At the half ,he men
punched and Murphy gained
Sanger and Wells were leading, NTH TituA
Ziegler. and Foster neck and neck behind Ttu,
was holding tenaciously to Sangers rear wheel
and could not DO shaken. suddenly Coulter
made break. then Foster did the same, and tie
great finish was on.
Sanger nipped both the sprintcr- and rounded
the last turn a foot TO the good, little wide Of
the pole Titus huggcd the turn close and
sayed to pass Sanger on the pole. This Sanger
would not have and at once closed in on Titus
The two locked handle bars and Sanger elbowcd
Titus over the pole into the sand. Here Titus
ran ten wards and then flew in between Sanger
and fence pole and won by half length
Brown came down the centre and beat Sanger.
IL foot, while Bald pressed close up on Sanger's
pedal Referee Raymond at once disqualified
Titus for. riding inside, Sanger, where he had no
half the latter claiming To have been fOuled hy
Titus on the second turn OF the last lap.
The time 2 10 30, lowers the mile scratch.
race competitive record made by Iimmer,nan
last season nt Indianapolis and also tNo nlils
competitive record OF 2:l1 20 by Sanger ina
handicap last year at Springfield;
The fvc-nile competitive record was !" % 3-5.
made by Titus "a, at .,,i lsfoys,,e la month.
.
iaie. defeating Charley Murphy. Of Brook
Californian, was a close third Here, TOO, pace
makers were employed, the time by mile. being:
2;32 for the fret, :56, two miles; 1:lS, tArrs
The day was warm and pleasant. The high
atmos phere did not bother the men in the least,
and there was little wind.
The mile novice was won by Turnbul Of Den
n Of hdaso rSnE S %
Pacemakers were employ ed In this race also
The fourth record broken was the half milo
ering his own record from :37 90 to 2:35.
The half-mile open national championship
perhaps one Of the most interesting races on
record. Titus and Cabanne worked well TO the
front at the shove Off, and passing the stand the
was in the bunch and was TOO we'll hemmcd in
for his own good. Coulter OF Toledo jumped
past the bunch Oh the last lap and gained a good
Ziegler went after him and Macdonald nabbed
Ziegler just at the turn; These two mites were
Mscd91ald and ziegler and won BY three inehes ih.,
OF the Californian, with Coulter q close fourth.
In the Glass A. Gardner Of Chicago won tho
ers, there being representative from as far East
as Buffalo. Garcner lost the third mile through
%ss y" sao VOC a won TaGk hot Se tne IN
the Glass 2:30 class race.
The heats OF the morning were the greatest
series Of heat races ever run, the last quar-
ters being run in almost record time. Sanger
the third heat OF the mile open, his last
quarter in ~ 2-5, the record being only four
ffths lower. In a fall In the two-miie handicap.
caused by foul riding, Goetz Dodson, Mcclure,
and Hamilton came down, and Goetz Is laid up
for the rest OF the meeting. John :. johnson
was present. Something was wrong with hi,
machine at the start W the mile open and
threw him out OF that, and he was not called. IL
is said. for the half-mile championship. sum
mary:
One Mile, Novice-won by Clyde Tnrnbun penysri
Charles Jacques Chicago, second; l. J. fraln Den
YER third. Time. 2;23S5.
Half Mile, National Championshi nv Y. c.
Bald, Bunalo: Raymond Mcdonald, New York, sec.
ond Otto Zelgler Ir. San Jose, third. Time :0j 5
one Mile, $50 Glass, Glass Avon by Lou's A. Cal
lahan, Buffalo; George D. Heller, salt Lake city
ond; @. A. Maxwell, Winfield. Kan, third. Time
one Mile, open. Clas. B-won by Art Brown Clcve-
land; W. &. Sanger Milwaukee, second, l.. Z. Raid,
Buffalo. third. Time 2:lO J-5.
Half Mile, open. Class Avon by A. Gardner, chit
cago; =, f. Anderson, Eoodhouse H., second, q, A.
Maxwell, Winfield, Mass, third. Time, ltlO.
Two Miles, Handicap, Class B-Von by r. q. Barnett
Lincoln, Neb 100 yards; A. ID. kennedy, Chicago, 80
third. Time, 4:23 20.
onc;:,hiTd Mile, open, Glass Avon by F. 2 Ant.r-
son, ROodhouse lll,; L. II. Keyser, DAYTON, o..
ond; Louis A Callahan, Buffalo, third. Time, ~ 4h.
Five Miles National ChampiOnship-Won by Fred J.
Titus, New York; q. NJ. Murphy, brooklyn, seconds
Otto Zeiger Jr., San Jose, third. Time, l2;l9 l5.