The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-03
THE WHEEL.

cord started TINS morning a.
on a long and tedious ride 1or the
metropolis in an attempt, not only TO
break the record now held oy hiliiSen
but also to outride if possible that
other well known long distance rluea
and present holder of the 100 and ZOo
mile road records. H. P. Searle' VINO
as previously stated in these ais
pa tches, left the corner OF WasnAa8
ton boulevard and Halsted street tnls
city. at 4:30 q. m. for New YORK CITY
in an attempt to lower VOTES record
for that distance. What adds interest,"
to Wolfe's undertaking is the iacG
that his contemplated journey nao
been kept a profound secret until the
very last moment and even then very
few other than certain newspaper
people were made aware Of the under
taking. Searle especially has been IN
total ignorance of the fact OF worries
starting and will only be made aware
of it when he reaches telegraph
station somewhere on the road, where
the Information of his competitor
start has preceded him. Wolfe is very
proud of his former achievement ana
is bound that no man shall wrest from
him his hard earned laurels If he can
help it, whereas Searle VIII he paced
all the way through to New YORK,
Wolfe will start unaccompanied and
will depend upon friends along the
way to gratuitously come to the front
and aid him in the pacing line. he
argues that it will be a great feather
in his cap if he can reach New York
first in this manner, as it will also
detract much from Searle's perform
ance. Searle will also have the aid
of men sent on in advance by train
to look out for his interests. Wolfe
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his idea in starting half an hour
ahead Of Searle was to keep the lat
ter behind him all the way through,
his cardinal object being to arrive at
the great seaboard town far in ad-
vance of his competitor, thus further
detracting from the latter's per-
Torrance There has been consider
able rivalry between these men for
months past and it is safe to say that
when Searle is made aware Of his
rivals appearance in the arena, which
he is supposed to monopolize, entirely
himself, 1t will spur him to greater
efforts and the public may look to
something phenomenal in the line of
long distance bicycling. Wolfe's
greatest forte is going without sleep.
At the time he put the Chicago-New
York record where it Is today, he al
lowed himself only about ten hours
sleep. He is now determined to go
with even less. The first rest he will
take will be at either Cleveland or
Ashtabula, o., a distance of about 500
miles from Chicago. When he reaches
New York state, he will ride to his
destination on the east side of the
Hudson river while Searle will take
the west side. Wolfe claims to have
discovered several advantages on the
east side on previous rides, one of
which is the fact that it is less
mountainous. He was in fine mettle
this morning and said he expected to
lower his former record by many
hours. Just before starting he par
took Of a hearty breakfast of soft
boiled eggs, mutton chops and toast,
washed down with two cups Of steam
ing coffee. He claims that the Chi
cago Chronicle, New York Adver-
tiser and New York World are back
of him in his undertaking. He is
aware that he has a hard job to per-
form as Searle is the only man on
earth he fears in the long distance
line, but feels sanguine that every
thing will come out all right for him
as per his programme. Should rain
not interfere or some unforeseen acct
dent occur, the record will undoubt-
eddy be broken. His wheel is geared
at IS and a fraction.
DENVER, Sept. 20. B. Hacken-
berger won the twenty-five mile
Labor day road race, under the
auspices of the Associated Cycling
club, and beat the worlds record of
1.05:21. His time being 104:47 Hack
enberger is an unattached rider and
had made no record before today.
His handicap was eight minutes and
thirty seconds. w. ". Hamilton was
the only scratch man and he was not
among the first at the finish. The
riders had the benefit Of a high wind
at their backs.
Carroll Goody, eight minute class,
finished second in 1926; H. E. Whit
comb, seven minute class, third in
1O7:5O.
Hamilton, scratch, was sixty-fourth
man at finish but won second time
prize. Time beinglO5:12.
F. d. Fenton of Ogden, five minute
class. finished twentieth. Time
1914.
CHICAGO. Sept. George w
Wolfe, the well known long distance
bicycle rider, and present holder of
the Chicago-New York bicycle re-
cord, started at a. m. on another
ride for the metropolis in an attempt
not only to break the record held by
himself, but to outride, if possible.
the holder of the 100 and the 200 mile
records. H. p. Searle left at 4:3O for
New York in an attempt to lower
Wolfe's record. Searle will be paced
all the way to New York, Wolfe
starts unaccompanied.
BUFFALO, Sept. 2.-Bicycle races
at the Driving park today under the
auspices of the Ramblers' Bicycle
club were attended by thousands of
spectators, interest centering in the
match for $1,000 between Johnson.
Sanger and Tyler, best two in three
heats, distance one mile. After $50
contestants were started in the road
race, the first heat of the match race
was called, which resulted as follows.
Johnson first by about six wards.
Sanger second, Tyler third Time
2:14B. Heavy wind in stretch. Sec
ond heat: Sanger won, twenty
lengths ahead of Johnson: TYLER
third. Time-2:1S
FOREIGN FLASHES.