The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-26
Talk OF THE NHEELMIN
NOT MUCH HOPE FOR BOARD
TRACK AT LEXINGTON
PARK
TOM BIRD IS AFTER A RECORD
Today He lis EndeavOring to Break
the st. PauI-MinnetOnka Rec
Ord-WiII he Paced
by Tandems.

NO little interest has been aroused in
the minds Of local wheelmen Of late re.
garding the track at Lexington park. the
question is being repeatedly asked. will:
there be q board track put in there next
year The demand for the board track
Is very strong, but there are other elc-
ments which would be very essential be
fore such track could, with wisdom, be
constructed that are lacking.
e. B. Smith, who owns the park, was
asked yesterday by a G o b reporter il
lie had intended equipping the park with
such a track for next year. Mr.. Smith
replied that be had not taken the mat.
ter into serious consideration simply for
the reason that at the present there is
nothing to warrant the construction o.
the track. The patronage Of the present
track by wheeimen in the past had beci,
good, but the patronage of the seating
capacity of the park had been extremely
poor, and for this reason Mr.. Smith doe,
not feel justified in pursuing any plans
for the erection of a wooden track,
Since the wheelmcn seem to have failec
in, getting up any very considerable meet
here this summer, there is q very lively
sentiment in favor of arranging for the
biggest meet ever held in this city for
the next year at the state fair, It If
believed that with the combined efforts
of the Twin City wheelmen, aided by the
cooperation OF outside towns, "a meet
could be arranged that would be q grand
success and please and pay everybody
concerned.
st. Paul wheelmen and skaters are
talking among themselves Of occurring
the annual Western championship of tho
National Amateur Skating association for
this city during the coming winter. The
expense attached to such an undertaking
would not be heavy. and with com.
bined effort the event could be secured
they believe. This estimated expense
would be about $l5U. The confess was
held at Como last winter un6er the aus
pices of the Commercial club, and was
a very marked success.
Tom Bird will 60 after The ST. taul
Tonka course record today He started
at this morning. He expects 10 COM
plete the century by 9:45, and break tie
record of John Larson, who mace lUl
miles N four hours and fifty-four min,
utes Bird Will start from the checking
elevator at the foot of st. Feter anu Sew
enth streets.
of The best tandem teams in the Twin Cit,
les to pace him in this race. Kellogg
and Henze will take him as far as lake
Calhoun, where John Larson and Al Cal
ander v i'll meet hirl ana accompany him
as far as Lake Minnetonka, the Q the
Price team, OF Minneapolis, relieve the
Larson team and go with Bird to Cal
houn, from which place Kellogg and
Henze take him back to this city. o..
I a 0i,.d
McCullom take Bird to Lake Calhoun, the
Price team to Minnetonka, and Larson
and Calander return him to Calhoun,
where Bird and McCullom will meet him
and escort him hack to ST. Paul. The
finish viii be at Rice park.
Bird rides a wheel with IA tires. He
expected his 223 tires to arrive, but they
failed to do Sc
There is from ten to twenty rods OF
very bad road near Calhoun lake and
Bird is liable to lose some good time in
getting over this strip, although he be-
ieves that even with this handicap he
can take the record. If he breaks the
record he intends to go after the ma
tional.
There will be number CT century runs
on the 'Tonka course today. w. r.
Schwartz and c. T. Distler are among
those who will make it.
The Laurel club wheels 1t down to
Mortified today.
The New York State division of the
L. A. w. has prepared a road book of
western New York that fills a long felt
want. In view of the unavoidable delay
attending the issue of the book, correc-
tons have been made to the maps and
known errors eliminated from time to
time. The aim has been to prepare
book upon which the members of the
league can rely for authenticity.
Edwin A. Quick, local consul of the
L. A. w. at Yonkers, N. Y, makes a
suggestion that all the applications and