St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-24
PRETTY CALIFORNIAN SHOWED
THE NATIVES A THING OR TWO
LAST NIGHT.
LED D0TTIE BY FIVE YARDS,
NIGHT WENT INTO HIS
TORY.
Apparently Superior to Any Posts,
Pillars, or Rope RaiIings That
Throw Her Down.

Helen Baldwin last night finished the going
for the fourth night of the six-day
bicycle race at the Auditorium with the fin
est exhibition of speeding yet seen in the
race. All was quiet last night until near the
eno' except for an occasional trial of speed
between plucky May Allan and Ida Peterson,
who thought that she might be able to make
up the distance between herself and her ad-
vcrsary who fell the previous night 1t was
in vain, however, and while they alternated
with the lead, Misses Baldwin and Farms
Werth were content to follow their pace,
warm as it sometimes was.
But when the last four minutes of the
nights racing was announced, change came
over the order of things. Miss Farnsworth,
who had been poking along in fourth place
with suggestion of laziness in her supreme
contentment, started for the front. Miss
Baldwin at first manifested not the slightest
concern, but scarcely had the Farnsworth
wheel showed clear space before the Bald
win nose, when the 1.-THE Californian bent
to her work again, and the final dash of
the night was on. All the traditions of
that track were broken with the dizzy pace
that was set the riders sailed around the
corners and we'll up into the slopes, which
proved disastrous to Miss Allan the night
before. Farnsworth was pluckiIy trying to
hold the little lead she had gained, Miss Bald
win as spiritedIy trying to wrest it from her
again. Lap after lap they went. Now Miss
Baldwin thrust her wheel well I'D abreast
OF the Minneapolis girls only to have the
temporary advantage slip away again as Miss
HaTnSWOrth
to her pedals. But little by little the Cali
Iorhlan gained, and after several laps they
had gained upon their competitors a full lap,
with Miss Baldwin almost abreast of her
Wh1lom champion, only a few inches be-
hlnd. Then the pole, instead Of being
distinct advantage to Miss Farnsworth be-
came partial disadvantage because she had
TO look out for the wheels below her as she
passes, beside being careful not to foul her
WCrtnler foe, few inches farther up the
slope. Miss Baldwin was not slow to take
advantage OF this opportunity, and while
MISS Farnsworth was trying to pass the
Wheels without accident, the Californian went
u the top OF the track and pulled away
from her competitor, ''just like she was tied,
as the small boy said at the horse race. Miss
Farnsworth was mad. With more spirit
than she had yet before shown, she pedaled
along and tried to make up the gap which
was approaching three wheel lengths, But
Miss Baldwin was determined that this
time she should hold her lead, and hard as
the Minneapolis girl worked, she could only
watch the Californian's wheel slowly pull
ing away from her UNTIL as they sped across
the tape, Miss Baldwin had clear lead of
rod or so-the largest of any night thus far.
magnificent burst Of speed it had been and
the crowd testified their appreciation in
hearty outburst of applause, perhaps the
most spontaneous that has yet greeted the
fair riders.
The score then was;