The sun., 1897-10-31

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can ride in better than 100. Then agair
the trial on Thursday was not a public
one, but was made merely to prove
whether he could follow the pace, and
his public effort will be awaited with in
terest, especially by those who place nc
faith in his last performance. At the
same time, a mile in l.3O under those
conditions is nothing extraordinary, and
it is not unlikely that there will be ar
epidemic of this style of record breaking,
and the long expected minute gait will
be realized.
Among fast times that, are said to have
been ridden by men under similar con.
ditions for the same distance are 80 sec
onds by Barrows, Of Denver-later this
was proved to be untrue; 1.O3 by Ander-
son, paced by locomotive, at st. Louis;
los by Green down the side of a Color
ado mountain; LII by Green and Frs
well, Of Cheyenne City, under similar
conditions; l.19 l-5 by "Bill' Martin,
the old six-day rider, made two months
ago in Australia; 1927 by Erswell; l.35 by
Leonard over the Buffalo course, and
l.35 l-5 by John S. johnson over the
same course. The worlds record for the
mile on track is held jointly by f. A.
McDuffee, made at Philadelphia on
Thursday, and J. W. Stocks, of London,
and stand at 1.35 2-5.
indianapolis is now pretty safe for the
big '9S meet of the L. A. W., if the an
nouncement just made by Chief Consul
O'Brien, Of the Nebraska division, goes
for anything. 1t reads as follows: "To
all delegates sof the national assembly:
l beg to hereby advise you that Omaha
has withdrawn her application for the
national meet for 1898, and l wish to re-
lease all who pledged their support to
Omaha. Thanking you all for your kind
support, remain, yours fraternally."
Bourillon, the celebrated French pro-
fessional, is without doubt the most sue
cessful cycle rider of the current year.
During the past season he has won
$1,000 francs ($lo,O00) in prizes alone,
which, added to the high retaining fees
for machine and tyres, certainly makes
very handsome years salary. He has
met and defeated every short distance
crack of note on the other side, and
placed several rich champions to his
credit. He has now retired for the year,
and is resting at his home in the south
of France, enjoying the fruits of his
good fortune.
Eddie Bald and Fred Longhead con-
cluded their one-mile match race at the
Coliseum track in Memphis, Tenn, night
of October 10. Bald, who won the first
heat on the preceding night, taking the
second and deciding heat in 2 minutes
and 81 seconds.
Chicago boasts Of one of the youngest
cyclists in the world. He is Master Les
lie Arthur Dittman. The little fellow is
only little over three years of age, yet
he rides and manipulates the wheel like
veteran, never dismounting on crowded
thoroughfares. He began to ride when
he was two years old. Leslie rides a
twelye-inch frame. Y
Irving Harrison, street light inspector
of Hackensack, N. j., rides wheel
from sixty to eighty-one miles daily. He
carries with him twenty-five foot lad
der, and has mileage since January
of $1,000 miles. He is 30 years old and
very muscular.
Great Britain is fast becoming coun-
try of cyclists. Every one from the
royal family down has taken to wheel
ng. Great Britain has spent $3.50, ,00O,-
600 on 10000 miles of road, and has
5000 miles of street which have cost
$500, 100000. In all Great Britain has
spent $3.50, 100000 on $4,000 miles of
roads and streets. Perhaps this accounts
for the growth of wheeling.
Eddie McDuftie, the fast Boston rider,
who held the worlds record for one
mile for two days this summer, is going
to make an onslaught on all the records,
from one mile up, in very short time.
He is now at Willow Grove track, near
with pacing outfit of big
machines, consisting of six tandems,
light triplets, six quads, eight quintup-
ets, eight sextets and the famous ten
seated machine, called the duoceptulet.
IN the party there are 1853 riders to
nan these big machines and small
II. Ward, Of Wilmington, defeated
lever "Kid' Merrith, of Brooklyn, in ..
tx rounds in the Tuxedo A. G., of Ches- :
er, last evening. ,,
Frank Waller is back in the ring with ,
challenge. He has an aspiration to f
vim II twenty-four hour paced race. In
communication to the New York Jour-
lal he says: II wish to challenge any
nan in the world to twenty-four hour :,
'accd race for the championship OF the
class. The race is to take !