The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
DRY ROADS TEMPT THEM
MINNESOTA CYCLISTS ARE AFTER
THE LONG DISTANCE
ROAD RECORDS
BIRD WANTS THE CENTURY
He VIII Start Today, and Drain
maker'' Hansen VIII Start on
Thursday Morning for the
1000 Mile Mark

Thursday A. A. Hansen. the long dis
lance rider of Minneapolis, will attempt
to lower the worlds record for 900 miles,
now held by VIII Brown, of New York,
at 83:4:3O.
Hansen will start on his long ride
promptly at a. m, and Will be paced by
relays of the best road riders In the state,
both amateur and professional. The n. G..
A. has issued a permit to it's amateur
members granting them the privilege of
acting as pacemakers for Hansen on this
occasion, without endangering their anna
teur standing. This ruling greatly en-
larges the field from which to select riders
! to accompany Hansen, and the result will
be that his pace will always be fresh
| and selected from the very best road
riders in Minnesota.
Hansen is rider of national reputation
and has been prominently before the
wheeling public for SO many years that
now, whenever "the old man" announces
his intention Of going out for a road rec
ord, he is granted most respectful hear
ing, and the best class of wheelmen in
both cities at once place themselves at
his disposal, ready to render him all pos
6fbe assistance
1.-THE Rain Maker" has a knack of sue
ceeding In his record attempts, as the
walls Of his spacious store in Minneapo-
lis bear ample testimony. Numerous
framed record certificates, commemorate
ing many notable performances on the
road, are arranged in tasteful order and
make a very attractive and unique dis
play. The most elaborate record Is that
granted him last year by the Century
Road Club of America. when he shatter-
ed the worlds 1,00O-mile road record, held
by T. A. Edge. of London, Eng, and re-
duced the time from 105:36:0O to 92:26:0G
This latter figure stood as worlds record
from July to October, 1899, when VIII
Brown, of New York, succeeded in plac-
ing the new mark at S3:04:30, which now
| stands as the worlds record for 1000
miles
AS far back as 1892 Hansen made state
records which still stand. In that year
he rode to Austin and return GA miles,
in less than twenty hours. and in 1893
made his famous ride from st. Paul to
saltwater eighteen miles) in 1890, mount
ed on y-three-pound wheel. In 1894
Hansen first established a road record
between Minneapolis and st. Cloud and
return, covering the distance (1A miles)
in 12:5S:00 The st. Cloud record Is still
held by Hansen, who makes a point each
year of taking his first hard road ride
over this route. He is always accompa-
MED by a large party Of speedy boys"
tIlduy u WHO'LL 1IIlQ DclOI0 tu0 "Trip ID
over that they are not In the Rain
makers" class.
During the season Of 1894 Hansen rode
f1fty-nine centuries and q, 053 miles. Both
records stand today as state century and
mileage records on the books Of the Cen
fury Road Club Of America. His mileage
for that year has not even been approach
ed by any rider In Minnesota since that
date. The worlds boulevard record for
twenty-four hours is held by Hansen, the
distance covered being 375 miles. On this
ride he made the 200 miles in 1049:00, and
was then seven miles ahead of the pre-
vious record, held by Shorthand At
twelve hours he had ridden 2192G miles,
twelve miles ahead of Shorthand. The pre-
vious boulevard record for twenty-four
hours was S67 miles. 1t is stated that
Hansen rode the last mile OF the 375 in
2:17. In a siX-day race at Tattersalls, in
Chicago, in competition with the star
long distance track riders of the world,
Hansen finished we'll up among the lead
ers, and made a showing which stamped
him as one of Americas best riders a.
The following is list of entries for,
the. bicycle races today at Lexington
park:
Two-nile open. amateur-Ed sudheim-
er, J. D. Pollock, Tom McKeever, C. p.
Kellogg, A. Iverson, H. Barnum, E. J.
1oO9, II. v an OdnL.
One-mile open, professionally. Hofer,
J. ]. Schwartz, A. J. McCollum, Joe
Buhman.
Three-mile handicap. amateur-Ed Sud
Thomas McGeever. rs; C. e. Kellogg. 100;
A Iverson, 1875; II. Barnum, $50; E. J.
Boo, IT'S; F. Van SAINT 200.
Half-mile, professional. handicap-C.
Hofer, scratch; J. J. Schwartz, 10; A J.
McCollum, Is: Joe Buhman. 80
1t Is indeed gratifying to see, the In
crease in the sale of cycle path tags"
said Archie Matheis, who is in charge of
the sale of same.
Ing the past two weeks. and while the
sale is not enormous at the same time
it is steady. anu shows there are still
some true ,,..uvtzslen and women.
up to the. present time thirteen peo-
pie have ucen arrested in Minneapolis
for riding on Jne paths without tags,
Those that visit Minneapolis had better
provide themselves with a tag. or ride
in the road when within the limits"
James McIhath has made claims for
records of the St Paul'Tonka course
for double. triplet, quad. quint and six
tuplet centuries, which were received by
Archie Matheis, member of the road
records committee of the G. r. c.. and
sent the records.
The Laurel Cycle club will take spin
to Lake Prairie farm Aug &c Arrange
ments have been made for fine chicken
dinner, served to the party for 80 cents
These runs are certainly the most de-
lighuul runs that were ever 1un out Of
the city.
This morning Tom Bird will make a
second attempt to lower Carmichaels
record Of 6a0 over the Mortified course
Bird will be paced on various sections
Of the road by several of the best tan
dem teams in the Twin Cities. Bid will
be accompanied to Minneapolis and re-
turn by Hofer and McCullom, and the
pace between here and Rosemount will
be set by James McIlrath and j. Korlath
Powers and Hartzell and Henzie and
Kellogg will pull Bird over the remainder
of the course. Bird is confident that he
will succeed in lowering the present fig
ure, and believes that if conditions are
$40.
If successful today he will go after the
Minnetonka course 1O0-miIs record, and
in event of his success he will go after
the national 100-nlile record Bird is rid
ing in excellent form.
Louis Niederhofer and Elmer Lee, both
| of Minneapolis, will ride a. five-1nile
western Racing association. The race
will be strictly a Minneapolis affair that
is, none of the ST Paul riders are to par
ticipate. Twelve Minneapolis riders left
last evening for Brainerd, including near
ly all the Mil City men who have in any
way been conspicuous al Twin City race
meets.