The evening times., 1895-09-14

alleged Job at st. Louis is going on, bu
| that no prizes that they may win shall be
paid until their case is disposed of This
means, of course, that If they are found
guilty they will not receive any prizes
they may win while they are being inves
! tigated.
Starbuck's feat of breaking the five
mile worlds record at Springfield will no
| doubt bring John s. johnson to the front
again. johnson held this record before
| Starbuck got IL. and he is not likely TO Law
down and not try to regain it. Star
bucks work was wonderful. He rode the
| first mile in minutes 5 45 seconds; sec
! ond in 1 minute 50 seconds: third in 2 min
utes l second: fourth In 2 minutes 4 o sec
onds, and closing mile in minutes g 5
| seconds. His time for the three miles was
| . minutes 40 seconds, for the four miles
| 8 minutes 8 35 seconds, and for the five
miles 10 minutes II 15 seconds
Eek is said to.have offered to send John
| son 10 break his famous mile record of
1:35 2-5 at Springfield, provided 81 900
| was given him. but the price was too high
| for the management of the meet. Eek says
] johnson can lower this marx. and when
I the proper inducement is forthcoming he
will do So
work on the bicycle track this year, Bos-
ton paper says: Sims is a strong rider, and
but for the many accidents he las encoun
tered would doubtless have had many vic
tories to his credit. Few persons who saw
his remarkable riding at the ope ming OF the
Manhattan Beach track will never forget
the dogged persistence with which be hung
TO the rear wheel in brea king the worlds
record from three to nine miles,
Yesterday William A. Bochau, of Balti-
more, made an attempt to lower the time
record at Lake Clifton, which ia $50 2-5.
and is now held by Walter L. Eckhart, of
the same city. Bochau failed, the track
being heavy and the wind high, but he went
the route in 2:O4 1-5, which is considered .
fine performance.
The Century Road Club of America has
approved the following claims for records,
which will be Interesting to all bicycle rid
ers in Washington:
George W. Wolfe, of Chicago. Chicago
New York record: time, six days three hours
and forty-five minutes, made July 22 to
20: previous record held by A. E. Smith,
of Chicago: time, six days, three hours and
fifty minutes.
O. T. Earle, of Brooklyn. New York State
five-mi record: time, 12:42, made June
%: previous record held by c. E. Wood;
time, 14:26.
R. p. Searle. Illinois State record, mile
age, for 1894; distance, 1890 miles.
C. A. Westcott, Elgin-Aurora century
course record; time, six hours three min
utes and forty-two seconds, made July 2s;
previous record held by himself; time, six
hours nine minutes and twenty seconds.
L. C. wahl, worlds fifty-mile record;
time, two hours, fifteen minutes, made May
10, 1895: previous record-holder, Linton,
of England; time, 2:27:15; also, Colorado
Springs, Colo, Pueblo record; time, 2:07;
previous holder Kemler, of Asbury Park;
time, 2:30:40, made May 10, 1895.
New York, Sept. AR. p. searles, the
cyclist, of Rockford, H., who left Chicago
Sunday, the 9Th. at 4:15 a. m, arrived at
New York at 1886 this morning. Allowing
time differnce of one hour, be made oil
miles in five days, twenty-five hours, and
twenty minutes
: This puts Searies' ride three hours and
twenty-five minutes ahead of the best
previous record between these two cities.
Birmingham, Sept. 14.-F. Chinn, the b.
cyclIst, to-day rode a mile in one minute and
fifty eight and four fifth seconds.