The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-09


How to Get the State Record.
There will be numerous attempts made
this season by local riders to reduce the
state record of hours and AZ minutes over
the Northf1eld century course. To these
riders the following information will be of
interest:
The Mortified course is the Oldest reg
ularly established century course in the
state, having been adopted in 1892 by the
C. r. c. as the official course for Mime
sofa riders. The road is generally rough
and ''rutty,' and, between st. Paul and
Rosemount (seventeen miles,, quite billy
After passing Rosemount, however, some
good riding is found for several miles,
the hills being few and short and the road
generally in good condition, except just
after a rain.
The hills between Pennington and
Northfield the last sixteen miles of the
journey, are rather long, but with easy
grades, and can be ridden at high speed
by seasoned road riders.
The first record over this course was
made Oct. Is, 1894, by A. A Hanson (the
Rainmaker), of Minneapolis, in hours
and minutes This record stood until
Sept. 10, 1898, when the figures were low
cred by c. H. Vanderhoof, of Minneapolis,
who set the mark at hours and As min
| utes. In less than month, however,
these figures were reduced by Louis Me
derhoffer, also of Minneapolis, who, on
Oct. 2, 1898, established the present state
record of 6 hours and AZ minutes. 1t Is
this last record the Century Road club of
the Minnesota division desire to see
broken, and fine gold medal will be the
| reward Of the first cyclist who succeeds in
the attempt.
In order to obtain a state record over
this course, or any course in Minnesota.
the national road record rules of the c.
r. c. must be followed exactly. and the
| timing and checking must be attended to
with care.
The run is described In detail as ioi-
lows: Start at Tenth street and Park
avenue, Minneapolis, 0hree 1imers) out
Park avenue to Lake street, turn to left
on Lake street and ride to Market house.
st. Paul, via Lake street and Summit
avenue paths. Check at Market house
and proceed to high bridge, via West
Seventh street and Smith avenue; across
nigh bridge and straight ahead until the
Old Dodd road is reached at the end of
the street, turn to right and follow the
telephone poles through Wescott, Rose
mount, Pennington, Castle Rock to
Northheld, checking at Pennington and
at Archer house in Mortified. Return
ing, check at Pennington and high
bridge only, as it will not be necessary
to n
return trip. Riders are expected to take
advantage of this fact as they can cut
out nearly two miles of hard riding by
Keeping straight along Smith avenue
until oakland avenue Is reached Turn
to left and return to Park avenue and
Tenth street, Minneapolis, via Summit and
Lake street paths. Have three timers at
the finish. On record rides pacing is
allowed and riders are recommended TO
take advantage of this fact and have
pacing teams in waiting along the route
A good distribution to make, ii the riders
cycling friends are numerous enough. is
TO nave one team take the rider from the
start to Market house.. another team to
pick him up there and ride tc Weseott.
fresh team to take him to Rosemount.
where third relay of fresh riders should
escort him to point about five miles the
other side of Pennington where the last
"S an piSh HiIil up ana carry MIN to
Nortnheld and return, until the former
pace makers are reached, these riders
having ridden slowly down the line dur
ing the interval to meet the returning
party.
All necessary information in regard to
record-rfding, blanks, ETC., will be
promptly furnished upon application to
either State Centurion Dr. c. FL Hunter.
OF Minneapolis; Archie Matheis 9s East
Sixth street, st. Paul, or James McIlrath,
49 The Buckingham, St. Paul.