The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-10
AFTER 5OO.M|LE RECORD
JAMES M,ILRATH WILL START TO-
MORROW TO CLIP OFF THE
STATE RECORD
BILL AT LEXINGTON TODAY
There Are Several Lively Contests
Scheduled for This After
nOOn's Sport
There.

James McIlrath will start out tomorrow
to break the state quint record, five CEN
turies in succession. Mrs McIlrath dis
tinguished herself last year by riding the
distance in fifty-eight hours, being the
first woman in the world to complete
quint' century.
A A Hanson, the Minneapolis rain
maker. holds a record of forty-eight
hours, and A. w. Calender, of Minneap-
oils, broke the worlds record last sum-
mer, but his feat has been bettered since,
and the record as it now stands is very
close to forty hours
If Mr.. McIlrath succeeds in breaking the
state record it will be quite a feat, as he
is not claSsed as a racing man and the
best records are held by professional rid
ers. Mr. McIlrath leads the Minnesota
road riders and will attempt to establish
a new mark. He will keep the cycle
paths on the outskirts Of the city warm
the first part of the week.
The races to be held at Lexington park,
commencing at o'clock this afternoon,
promise to be interesting. The entries in
the different events are as follows:
Two mile open, amateur-W alter Gran-
I quist, Ben Erickson, VIII Callander, Rich
ard Broadbent, j. T. Wagner, Royal BLY,,
Thomas Clement, Minneapolis; George
Sudheimer, Ed Sudheimer, John Korlatn,
s. A La Borre, Harry Barnum, st. Paul.
One mile handicap, professionals. =.
Mertens, B. B. Bird, Charles Hofer,
scratch; Andrew Bergeson, . yards; j. j.
! Schwartz, rs yards; A. j. McCullom. 1GO
yards; Joe Buhman, 125 yards.
Three mile handicap, amateur-Walter
Granquist, George Sudheimer, scratch; !;
Ben Erickson, Ed Sudheimer, 25 yards;
| s. A. La Borre, 70 yards; j. d. Pollock,
Frank Wallberg, 100 yards; Richard
Broadbent. 125 yards; ]. T: Wagner, 15O
! IT'S yards; Royal BLY,, 200 yards; Thomas
| Clements, 225 yards.
This programme will be followed by a
| five mile match race between Al w. Cal
lander of Minneapolis, and B. B. Bird,
| of st. Paul, which will be paced by tan
dems.
week on her way to Winnipeg, where she
| is to participate in a twelve-hour race.
| Miss CLAW has been riding at Nashville,
Tenn, but comes direct from Chicago.
The Minneapolis city council has voted
to spend $1,000 on additional cycle paths
within the next fortnight This is di-
rect result of the new ordinance which re
quires every wheelman who uses the path
| to pay fee
| Yesterday afternoon rain did but little
damage to the cycle paths, with the pos
| sible exception Of the White Bear path
near Lake PhaIen. Several large herds
| of cows are pastured in that vicinity, and
| while intended as a cycle path. 1t is quite
as frequently used as COW path. and di-
rectly after a rain the effect is not very
beneficial.
| While the race programme for Milwau-
kee L. A. w. meet states that races will
only be held in the evening at the eXposi-
ton building, the racing committee an
nounces that owing to the large number
of entries which will undoubtedly be
made, it will be necessary to run the
heats in the morning. the semi-fnals ir
the afternoon and finals in the evening.