The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

and returned north with such glowing ac-
counts Of Savannah that the following
spring the track was visited by another
delegation Of riders
Wheeler's last races as an amateur were
on the Savannah track. He came here
in 1894 TO train for the professional tracks.
and his races in the spring meet of the
Savannah wheelmen that year were his
last in an amateur list.
In the summer of 1894 he followed the
circuit of the cash prize league, and made
monkeys out of all the other riders. win
ming nearly every race in which he was
entered, and carrying off $1,000 in cash
prizes. Since then he has raced very lit
tile in this country but has been in France
and Italy and he has shown his rear wheel
10 many Of the foreign champions.
Charlie Murphy has also been here be-
fore. He was a member of Tom Eek 5
string two years ago, and spent several
weeks at the track with johnson and sew
eral Others OF the Stearns team.
After training here Murphy will leave
Tor California, where he NIA make an at
tempt to go a mile in one minute. The race
against time will be the most unique and
interesting yet run.
The Southern Pacific railroad has agreed
to construct a special board track at Santa
Monica, Cal, parallel with the track, and
Murphy will make three trials on the first
three Sundays in May, paced by a loco
motive. His plan is to have large screw
attached to the rear end of the engine for
the purpose of creating a vacuum with
q. good guide mark in the center to hold
dlls eye. he Will ride directly back of the
locomotive, and will get a quarter OF a
mile in which to start and Slacken, and
this VIII necessitate the construction of a
milo and half track.
Ii Murphy is in good condition and the
engine does its work satisfactorily the
brooklyn boy will come mighty near clip
ping on mile in one minute.
RUPERT IS a member of the Columbia
college team and viii enter the inter-col-
legiate races; he Is an amateur-what
kid" Wheeler calls an angel" Young
Will act as trainer 10 Rupert.
Charles II. Ogden and ID. b. Van Alstyne
OF Binghamton, n. Y, arrived in the city
last week and are stopping at Mrs Ban
mons at Thunderbolt. They will spend five
or six weeks at the track
Besides those already here and on the
way several other big guns are expect
ed here in a. week or two. Walter Sanger,
Conn Baker, Frank Jenny and Fred Vokes,
the latter three of the Orient team, are ali
The Memorial day meet of the Cycle
Club, now that so many big cracks will be
here to enter the races, should be a howl
ing success. Much dissatisfac ton has been
expressed among the local riders at the
list of prizes which We're put up for the
races, the riders claiming that the prizes
were very poor. As they were burned in
the Savannah Grocery Company fire a
new list viii have to be made up. The
managers are now at work on it and an
nounce that the list will be much better
and more valuable than the first.
Many of the local cracks have begun to
Timber up for the meet. There is intense
rivalry among some of them and some
warm races and close finishes are looked
for.
ENTRY blanks have been sent to all the
southern riders, and there will doubtless
be entries from Charleston, Atlanta, Jack,
SonViAe, and other places.
A New RecOrd-Breaker.
Harry D. Elkes. the young bicycle
rider, has within the last four weeks
one, two, three, four, tive and ten miles
but he surprised his most enthusiastic
admirers in Jacksonville Friday and low
cred his own records for three four and
five miles. The reeord-breaking test wa:
made on the Villa Maynard track, anC
was witnessed by a number of persons
All of the rules of the League of Amerl
can Wheelmen relating to record-breaH
ing tests were complied with, and thu
records made have been entered upon off
cial blanks, signed by the judges, timers
referee and witnesses and forwarded L
headquarters of the League of American
Wheelmen. The Times-Uni gives thi
account In the five-mie test Fixes low
cred the record TO II minutes Sc 3-5 seconds
This record was held by II. Clark who
on Nov. p, 1895. in Denver, lowered tn
record 10 II minutes and u seconds. Tn,
test was from a standing start. unpaceG
and against time. The four-mile record
STANDING start, unpaced, against time, wa
also broken. This record was held by II
Clark, who made the four miles, at Den
YER on Nov. p, 1895, in minutes and 4
seconds. This was lowered by Fixes Il
minutes and 81 seconds. The Judge
were the same, and the timers were Johl
~ FramDton, c. II. Saunders and "
Moo. Saunders The three-mile record,
standing start, unpaced, against time
was also lowered by Fixes, who covere,
the distance in minutes and 4 seconds
The record had been held by H. Clark
VINO lowered IL to minutes and Is second
az Denver, on Nov p, 1895. Fixes had. OF
April Z, at Villa Maynard lowered thi
record 10 minutes and Il is seconds
~ nile IN Jacksonville Fixes has lowere,
me worlds records on all events from
!niee-quarters of a mile to ten miles, an,
nne records made by him are as follows
Ihtee-iourths mile, against time. Oh $685.
SiiS mlle, standing, unpaced, O:2l6; NV,
niiiica' STANDING, unpaced. 0:4.39 AS: thre
nthse' standing; unpaced 0.7.O4: fou
nssh!4ng. unpaced, 0al56; ten miles. com
peuuon' O:z5:oS Is. The test yester