The evening times., 1895-10-05
AFTER The CYCLE RECORDS
johnson and o'Connor to Attack
Them on Tuesday.
All Previous Class Records,
and He Is Not Done Yet.

Independence, Iowa, Oct. 6.-Champion
Bicycle Rider john 5. Johnson, accompanied
| by byhismanager, Tom Eck, and P at O'C onnor,
Of ireland; Austin Crooks, of Buffalo; W.
| Z. Weinig, of New York, and H. K. Steven
son, of Syracuse, have arrived in the city.
Manager Eek said:
We shall remain until we have captured
all the bicycle records" The contemplated
| records WIN be started for Tuesday next over
| the kite track.
Denver, Colo, Oct. 5.-Harry Clarke. q
| class A rider. rode two miles. unpaced. in
4:3O 40 yesterday beating the class A
record ~ seconds and the class b record 1
| seconds. Clarke's record is official, as
sanction had been granted for the trial.
Bliss, the bicycle rider, got himself dis
liked by the Louisville people during the
recent great meet at the Fountain Ferry
track. Pinkey refused to pay an entrance
lee to the races in which he was advertised
start. and induced several other prominent
riders to do the same thing. Pinkcy
thought be was a great attraction and
that he would not only not be required
to pa the lee, but that he would be pleaded
with to go into the races Pinkey ana his
followers got fooled. The Fountain Ferry
folks told them that II they didn't pay
they couldn't ride and that they could
pack up their traps and move out. Pinkey
paid and SO did the other fellows.
Among the prizes given the circuit riders
at the national meet at Louisville was a
sewing machine, gold-piated bell, a cal
basket and d coiored photograph. Riders
WHO win such prizes are forbidden by the
rules OF the League of American wheelmen
from 6ispos,ng Of them FOR cash or any
other cous,tera tipn statement pnh-
lishcd the other day in The. Times shows
that Bald this year has won prizes OF this
sort to the amount of something over
S3 900, and Cabanne, Cooper. Murphy
and others have each won similar stuff
to the value of more than $1,000. 1t is
ot>hard to see why bicycle riders get into
trouble now and then.
The mile of Anderson, the ST. Louis rider,
at Fountain Ferry, on Wednesday. was a
notable performance, though he did not
succeed in breaking the worlds record.
which was his object. With a flying start
and paced by a tandem, he finished the mile
in 90 2-5. The record of Mike Dirn-
berger, made on the same track last
spring, is As, but he was paced by ''iad:
James F. FACET and Henry Griffin, two
Chicago wheeImen, have arrived at the
exposition at Atlanta, having ridden a
tandem from one city to the other. dis
tance of about coo miles. They Were on
the road two weeks, but claim that their
actual riding time was less than nine and
a half days. They will remain in Atlanta
n week. then ride to New Orleans. then to
Galveston and from there to Dallas. where
they want to see Corbett and Fitzsimmons
fight.
The Kreamer brothers, OF Des Moines,
Kinderwater. OF st. Lous, and number Of
other we'fsnown cl1ss and p riders
of the West. win Join the professional ranks
at the rae. meeting at Jefferson. Iowa,
TO-DAY. John s. johnson. O'Connor and 9TH
er men OF national reputation are ut the
meeting. Kinderwate. beat johnson hand
lily in n race at Sioux CITY last week. BE
is said to be very fast rider.
An organization whIrh is to he known as
the United States Military Wheelnlen has
been set on foot It's aim is to join together
bicycle riders in every section of the Gown
try who have a KNOWLEDGE OF military tao
tics It is In part patriotism that has in
spired the ori-Inators. for they claim that
s,ch men mieht he Of great service 20 the
Government in time OF war. At present re
military cyclists seem to be entirely safe,
as there is nothing that smacSs OF war In
prospect.
Toronto, Ontario. Oct. Sat the Island
track last pioht Angus McLeod. OF SarnIa,
lowered two more Ca ma dian bcvcle records.
He made ha1f mile. flying start. nnpared.
in I :o2 Is, redfcinp the record one-fifth
of a sercnd, and the three miles. paced.
standing start. in 7:nS. beating Hyslop's
record by three seconds.
l.. N weIleston. n Newbnryport. Mass.
bicvclst. rode five miles on his wheel over
a road course yesterday in IL minutes 81
seconds.