The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-21
MAY BREAK RECORDS
SPEEDY PROFESSIONAL CIRCUIT
RIDERS WILL BE IN TOWN
THIS MORNING
THE FIELD A VERY FAST ONE


All the fast professional circuit riders
who are to participate in the races at
| Lexington park tomorrow afternoon are
expected to arrive in the city this morn
ing. The Windsor hotel has been desig-
mated by the L. A. w. as the official hotel,
and the wheelmen will rendezvous at that
hosiery while in the city. The Laurel
| Cycle club will tender reception to the
visiting riders Saturday evening at the
! club house.
| Major Taylor's managers have wired
for him to return to the East, and it is
very probable that he will not participate
in the races. However, he will hardly be
missed, as the field which will take part
is the fastest ever seen in the Northwest
| Two of the riders who will appear here
have lowered worlds records within the
| last forty-eight hours. Nat Butler and
Angus Mcleod have both won new laurels
| on the professional L. A. w. circuit, and
the string which is following them are
| equally speedy, and have made some re-
| markable performances on the track dur
ing the last ten days
In both the professional and amateur
events we'll known local men will take
part and this will add greatly to the
interest in the events. Minneapolis is
well represented in the amateur class and
the riders from outside the state come
from many different parts of the country.
Inc track at Lexington park is being
put In excellent condition, and the wealth.
er conditions being favorable and all
things equal 1t is safe to assume that
some records will be broken. E. B.
smith, the owner of the park, has taken
great pains to have the track in shane
ana 1t is now as fast as 1t has ever been.
Inc track has been pronounced bv ex
perts to be one Of the fastest third-7,,iIe
tracks In the United States, and it will be
In good shape for some fast time heinz
made tomorrow
Inc races will be called promptly at 2:3O
p. IN Inc programme will be executed
as exped1uously as possible and there will
be no long waits between the events Tha
!lSt or ohcials has already been published
III the u | b e. A. D. Smith official
handicapped of the L. A W., will act as
starter and the judges list includes
nall dozen well known business men The
race promoters have guaranteed the
prizes ana expenses of the meet, and it
IS IN no sense of the word a monevrnalr
ing scheme. If a financial success the
winning team in the Twin City pursuit
race vii be sent to Boston to Darttcina+o
IN the National circuit races there in
august, as representing the Minnesota d.
VISION OF the League of American Wheel
men.
THE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
is as follows:
One-third mile-Amateur T. Wy
state championship.
One mile open-Professional first heat.
one mile open-Professional second
One mile amata11r NTi,,~o+
L. A. w. state championship.
0 Ine mile open-Professional final heat.
Ihree mile amateur-Minnesota division
l.; A. w. state championship.
National championship : Professional
National championship - Professional
I Three mile mateur-Handicap.
final heat
Exhibition mile.
Two mile team-Pursuit amateur.
Two mile Observation-Disclosures
Seiberts military band will be located
IN the &c, central 1 section of the grand stand
and will give popular programme
In the one-mile professional the en-
tries include some of the fastest men in
the country. The first prize is $50, second
$50 and third SIS. The entries are as fol-
lows:
Nat Butler, Cambridge, Mass; Tom
Butler, Cambridge, Mass; Angus Nc
Leod, Canada; Charles Mccarthy, st.
Louis; Alf Boake, Toronto; Harley DaV-
idson, Toronto; Charles Hofer, st. Paul;
B. B. Bird, st. Paul; Dreher Cleveland
O.; j. ]. Schwartz, st. Paul; Herman
Carmen, Morrisberg, Ont.
In addition to the above there are a
number of additional riders who will
arrive in the city this morning and will
participate in the races In the national
championship contest the entries are the
same as in the one-mile open The race
xxri1I no
the contest around which interest will
center. First prize $3.50. The distance will
be decided today.
The series of amateur races for the
state championship will be run in three
heats, one of one-third mile a second of
one mile and a third of three miles
Three points will be counted for each
| first. two points for each second and
one point for each third The entries are
as follows: George Sudheimer, L Sud
heimer, Paul Mayer, Louis johnson,
Harry Perkins, Louis Niederhofer, Ben
Erickson.
The two-mile handicap professional
will undoubtedly be one of the snappiest
races of the afternoon. In addition to
the crack field of visiting professionals
a number of fast local men are entered.
The first prize is $50, second $50 and third
SIS. The entries are as follows:
Nat Butler, Angus Mcleod, Tom But
ler Charles Mccarthy, ALT Boake, Har-
ley Davidson, Dreher, Herman Carmen.
| Charles Hofer, B. B. Bird, ]. ]. Schwartz,
| ]. A. Neubauer, Einar Lee, H. NJ. Bird,
Joe Buhman, Frank McDaniels, C.
! Holmer A. ]. McCullom.
| Twenty fast amateur riders are entered
in the three-mile amateur handicap race.
The entries are as follows:
! Geo. Sudheimer. st. Paul; Louis Nieder-
| hofer, Minneapolis; Ed Sudheimer, st.
| Paul; c. Clarkson, Minneapolis; Ben
Erickson, Minneapolis; r. Kiesling, Min
| neapolis; Walter Granquist, Minneapolis;
| Hans Jensen, Grettingen, To-; Harry Per-
kins, st. Paul; A. Cummings. Minneap-
| oils ]. D. Ewing, Minneapolis; Louis
| johnson, st. Paul; Paul Mayer, st. Paul;
| Richard Broadbent, Minneapolis; c.. A.
| Cross, Minneapolis; Frank Novotny, St
! Paul; Hans Nicholson, Minneapolis; Sam
| Geeser, st. Paul. Harry Barnum, St
| Paul.
In the team pursuit race preliminary
heats will be run between two teams from
| Minneapolis to determine the team to rep
| resent Minneapolis in the finals. A triplet
ridden by George Sudheimer, Ed Sud
heimer and Harry Perkins will be St
Paurs representatives. The Mime
apolis teams are as follows: L. Nieder-
hofer, Ben Erickson, W. Granquist and
Reed Kiesling. Al Cummings and C.
Clarkson.
The winning team will be sent to Bos-
ton to compete in the national races
there in August to represent the North