The sun., 1897-01-31
VIEWS OF THE wHEELMEN.
ELconn nrRIyG THE PAST rE<R.

.Sorded ample oppcrtuntios IN tn's 0o"n-
".d abroad last year to win prizes ana re-
VI, cords. The great NUMBER OF race mee"
wi .n.bed ali the riders In ootn eisssesto
.orop.,s and provided opportunities ior ne"
eonp o',,,o, figures. While . number OF new
eomp,.S S,v, been created. the fractional differ
re'o'n -. times made In 90. as compared with
enee ~ ,sar. is 30 small - to denote that
tne nep.s,,d table are now placed At standard
tne Iii require considerable time and
~s.,om.usliy fast riders to siter.
pn I.,,,y Roard OF the l.. A. W. In les 1uris-
- o,., the racing interests Of this country
.sI... .pecial surveillance over record trials
petltive tlmes While some astonishing
-.,e alleged to have been made during
.o, and credited to well-known ridera,
.-,clns offclals In . great many cases have
a, "a exclude them from the League record
table. S T. a.. $4,000. .-
law complicated affair. and will likely Be
,...d mi, spring. as the number OF records
-. claimed. and tho variety and distances and
.S.,,se,.ion, under which they are accom-
.,,,,.d make II almost impossible to discover
~, 1, the fastest rider OF the year. Thomas
coo,.r Clinton Coulter. aud Arthur Gardiner
..cr,,nll,hed some excellent performances
during 90.
.,.,,,l p.eemaklug. In August last Z. E. An
..,,op ot ST, Louis rode . mile on . board track,
s.hIra I. locomotive Ia l minute , seconds.
TN. ,ri.l took place at oldenburg. Ill. but
.,op,ed no special attention. As with such pace-
u.lInriti. conceded tha. well-known ridsrs
ran establish much better time.
rb.p,eed professional records all show remark
.M, M,improv.ment. WV. Hamilton's records OF
bslS second. for two-thirds OF = mile and l
uioute 30 is seconds for tho mile, made At
Co,onado Cal. In March last being among the
,,o., conspicuous. The figures established by
Peter B.rlo in sos have long stood ~ records.
In pecembe 'D5. Berlo rode thrse-ouarters Of
,mte,n / minute II seconds three miles in 5
minutes so As seconds; four miles In minutes
40 seconds and miles In o minutes 81 2-5
,,eopd. At Louisville in Novem Der. 'eo. Berlo
,Ods two miles in minutes 43 LIS seconds
The Racing Board has recently credited the
tro.,hlrd. OF a mile paced com petition record
o,lmlnute 81 lis seconds to Clinton Coulter
az Denver; tie two-m mile competition paced
record OF minutes Is seconds to Thomas Coop
or; the nve-mils professional Tying start IN
paced record Of IL minutes 42 seconds to Henry
Brads OF Memphis, and the nfty- mile profss-
ronsl dying start unpaced record Of 2:le;3 TO
John Lawson OF Minneapolis. On Dec. 3 Ar
thur Gardiner rode q quarter mile at Denver In
% l.5 seconds and half mile In minute hat
Otto Zeiger. Jr.. Is credited with riding ~
ing quarter-mile. unpaced. on June 8, last sea-
son at Laredo. Tex. In 2s 2-5 seconds At the
Coror ado track In California. W. W. Hamilton
rode third OF a mile. unpaced. with nv ing
star. In a is seconds. while Clinton Coulter.
the Deaver speed merchant, covered the mile
without paeemakers, but with . flying start, in
inipute 50 lis seconds at Denver last fall.
Competition professional records are held at .
premium. From a standing start +. Z. schef-
,s rode one-thIrd OF . mile In As seconds at
ssuua Monica Cal. on Feb. 90. 1896. and in
Jane Ottu Zelgler, Jr.. coursed . half mile in
pinute I-5 seconds At New Orleans. At the
hter city. on June ~. Arthur Gardiner. the
Iiion In = minutes 10 As seconds. This record
ss lowered at san Francisco In November by
u,rs ) is sesonds. The three. -four. and i've
mile paced .tanding start composition records
are held by Walter Foster OF San Francisco. the
rr'pectlre times being minutes I second.
miSuiss +-5 seconds, and IL minutss II <-S
seconds.
Tha tandem fring start paced record Of
by Crook. Ant Weinlx at Louisville In 'p5 still
.i.at.. Las, year rerrill and r:ylo, rode half
| which has since vithstood all tho attempts Of
American rtters. Ia May last At the San jose
nrv agrFes for the tandem nyins start unpeesd
record rs follows:
| rhre-Gaarters. minute as as ssconds: oas mils,
sseon =. thr-. nll,. minutes 10 ssconds; four
@ .'t ia 70 nile. a iss,.. nSs t; + .s Sau'''
New agures were established for the six-day
race In the contest held at Madison square
Gardsn last Deesmbes. Teddy Hale. . forsig gnsr.
rode l.0lO mile and laps. The previous rec
or! inr six day, vas l.5U0 miles and lap By
Albert Sdock " Chicago.
aea " record riding during MS .oiourn in thi.
eonnlri AZ Memphis on Nov. 81 he succeehed
y creating ne~ nEIres for the American one,
hoir record. He covered within the hour 20
mIss I.2S5 yards. against % miles 1880 yards.
The amateur riders have placed q very
eredltAhle record list to their credit, but the
9ahrter-miIe time ot "a rs seconds. made by
~, IN John.on, paced with lying start. In '03,
spIl stands, and Arthur Porter's records OF
"a 20 seconds for one-third OF mile aud %
seconds Tor tae haIf.nle, made in '0i. are stiil
"a Ihe rrcnru lists. Amos Is. Hughes OF Dcnve
tained into quite record rider last year In the
amateur class. He claims the two thirds OF q
sl.e. ml.e. nying start paced record. minute II Is
wc'hls' The ihr-s-Qua-ter.. i minute ~ 4-5
seconds; the mile, minute ~ is sccnnds, and
sn,,nr r Two n,les minutes 80 3-S seconds. made
vac eirlsown: amateur records. made In Jack
"h''Ie' Fla, during last July:
ons. ssrrs,ins nyns start paced minutes 30 t5 SEQ
ssosi, s.s ssysn nis, IS mnute. 2os ADS ei:6.
~ ~ inmates " s.ronis nine miles, 10 mi utea
".<coAd' ten miles, 20 ninut 81 J'5 seconds
pasiEg 1895 Harry Clark OF Denver estab-
HylHt hlhrl uNpnCel records Tor the hall
mIie ~ 90 seconds, the mile In minutes I-5
sscIohds. anf two miles In 4 minutes 3S 3-5 .ec-
Suas which are yet uncovered. Last year A.
eimons reduced the flying quarter unpaced
tu ,oa, 70 % LEO seconds, and the third Of mils
" ~ DO seconds
me composition records In the amateur class
S.neteu Ilttle change until late in the season
ank NJ Desmond Jr., OF Denver, on Aug.
%Iseied the one-mile mark In this class to 2
.laNs seconds, but other times obtained
ns,t mt recognition at the hands OF the l. A. W
U phtl late In tho fall "
some NJ the amateur records recently &C.
.pea oy tho Racing Board are a. follows:
bish mis- unpaccd flying start against time % ~
ra.tnr,h hssckenherzer Denver. cot, Nov. Ia. lSvo.
TIM ~ H,e nles unpRcrd. tying start, Azains
Sovla i;,Eo' ,Eo' by A l.! Hackenbcrgsr, Denver, Col.
p.Tp'e' unpaced, nyins start azainst time, by O. q
AZ o. A. A. Tracey, y, T. O'Srtll Phiiade phia Pa.
h7s.' W. pnr mite, goo; miles. 4:l7 10;
Nli - mies, -. miles, lO357I.5: o mi les
iO;ia mie', "a - l,3; miles IA AZ 3b; miles
hls. % 10 miles, ~ ~ Los IL miles Sl:2s: 1.
IS miIs' '9i miles 2s'O2 10; II miles. 81 1T IS
GOissSS IS a1l3, 10 mt es, s5;ls +.bi II miles
N i., ~ ~ n1'et, 30 2D25, ~ miles ~ "a 2-6; q
W.; 81 D.; q miles 5s so a6; rs miles
Rar a,ssinh ~ nWe', l3TjbA yards unpaced, nyinl
Grae.S HHhs Nme in one hour by %. q. Perrie, 4. A
Twg , w. =. Nelll Pniiadelp Pa, Aug n, 1900
ton 70 t"rhu. .nNe miles. standing start competi
Ssnt ySp'I amateur Forest II. Wilson. Chicago
for nt.. I"n miles i:l3I5 three miles, a :2s ao
lg;s % - -, nye niles, 1913 2.b, iIK miles
T3I 20 seven miles, i5OI as; eight mile
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