New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
CYCLING.
LINTON BREAKS RECORDS.
THE TIME FOR EIGHTEEN. NINETEEN
AND TWENTY MILES LOWERED.

TITUS DEFEATED BY THE wEIsHMAN IN NE
MARxAsr.E coNrHSsr-soME FINE sPRINTINa
IN THE sHoRT-DIsTANCE RACES
vb.n the three thousand spectators who at
tended the seventeenth annual race meet OF the
tr,nss County Wheelmen at Manhattan Beach yes
,erdav left the track Mt o'clock last night. they
were Thoroughly tired out and hungry. The popu-
lar Brooklyn club had arranged one OF the MOST
attractive programmes of the season ana as t"eie
were no other race meets In the district ana the
professional baseball teams were in the West
rcord- breaking attendance was expected IN this
tho noennbers Of the club and their friends were
sad,v disanno,nted The racing. however. was INST
class and some OF the best nnlsnes ol '"S ''
were made in the sprint races
Tho ,wentv-mile paced race between Fred j.
Titus Of this city, and Thomas Linton OF "a'es'
was a disappointment, although Linton to's ia ."
form and broke the worlds record for the distance
s,ul q was more OF ar exhibition than race iol
Titus was clearly OF the contest Deiore nan
the distance had been covered Linton won as il'
nIeased by nearly a mile In 1858 40 Inc oes' pr
,ou. record was that made by McDuhee' @Ho'
linton nassed the worlds record at the eieh'ee'i'
mile and It vas announced that he wouln 90"
,i,ue IN and atternpt to heat the hour RECORD. "e
onlookers by this time were 40 hungry tha' w,
did not care what happened. ana sat Oa0" ~ ~
seats prepared for further torture -,
When Linton flashed over the wire hhis"''e ''
twenty miles the pistol WAS Hl'" M" -
ot,erpt to beat the hour record. He eVioent'' nav
ro, heen informed that effort was 10 oe n'"'7
against the record or II he had been intorn'eo ~
misunderstood his instructions the co"u'''''
were ideal for the trials. as not breath Va ~ ~
blowing and as the man from Wales was "e'
eigbtoen seconds ahead OF the record AT the emu :"
,he twentieth mile his chances for MAKING ne"
eg,,res for tho hour we're considered excellent IN
addition his pacing was about as well handIeo rs
has been seen this year.
The sprint races finished nj DID 3 H. N
,,s. as tho multicyces were being brought on 'ne
,rac, for the long race the storm broke. For Two
hours the spectators waited for IT TO cease anu
finally the sun came out again II was heaiy ''-'
when the pistol cracked sending TITUS anu H'''o
off after dollars and racing fame
Neither man showed disposition To set 'ne p"'e
AT the start, and as a result the hrst "',o w
rather slow and the onlookers Kissed. IN the SCI
ond Ian rintons pacemakers began 10 set uIeu
o. the oaAng tactics and sprnted ahead Illus
machine did the same. and at the END o. the Nt''
mile Linton led by about three yards. "hlch ne IN
creased 20 yards In the second mile. FROM '''''
po,nt 10 the end Linton gained steadily. Al y.
miles he had ead OF loo yards. which ne lhcreaSe
% a Pull Ian on the twelfth mile TITUS hau Gun
siderable trouble with his PAGERS and at one tie ne
left hts pacing crew and tackled on behhd h'"'o'
He however could not hold the winners pace Iol
he quickly dropped behind and was apparently gao
when one O, his crews came along ana p'ckeu MI"
IN The time FOR each mile and the old record are
az follows: