The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
CYCLISTS At LEXINGTON
TWIN CITY BICYCLE RACING
LEAGUE HAVE THE PARK En-
CLUSIVELY TODAY
FINE PROGRAMME RE.
All Records Are Threatened-Lextnw
ton MOguI Handicap II Feature
Other Notes of the Path
and Wheel.

The bicycle races to be run at LeXfng-
ton park this afternoon under the au
spices of the Twin City Bicycle Racing
league will be the best and at the same
time the most unique that has ever been
seen in the Northwest. There will be
five regular race events, but aside from
this there will be attempts at state track
records. The programme will, however,
close with a race the equal of which has
not been witnessed for many years. 1t
will be a handicap race between seven
riders of the old school on the high wheel.
This race has been placed at the last as
it il, quite certain that the riders will
tear the track all to pieces and it will
! hardly be in shape for other events.
The regular programme is as follows:
| One mile novice-Adoiph Iverson. w. f
Hence, Frank n. Neiderhofer, Boyd Hart
| zell, c. Guam, James McIlrath. William
| Carlson, F.. A, Mills. Andrew Miller, A.
n. .Jorgenson, John j. M. Patterson, G. F..
Dr1stler, !. robertson.
| One mile open, professional-Charles
Hofer Einar Lee, A. j. McCullom, Louis
| N;ederhofer, Joe Buhman.
i Three mile tandem. handicap, anna teur-
| George Sudheimer. ]. D. Pullock, scratch;
| e. z. kellogg, William Henze, fifty yards
! Richard Broadbent. VIII Callander, 100
| yards; Thomas Sudheimer. Paul Mayer,
| $50 yards; Elvin j. Doe. Adolph Iverson,
200 yards; James McIlrath, Boyd Hartzell.
| $50 yards.
Two mile tandem match professional,
starting from different points Of the track
| -Einar Lee. Louis Niederhofer, Charles
Hofer. Joe Buhman; Tom L. Bird A. J..
McCullom.
Five mile handicap amateur-Walter
| Granqust. Minneapolis; George Sudheim-
er, St. Paul, scratch; Ed Sudheimer. St.
Paul, fifty yards; e; p. Kellogg, 81. Paul.
100 yards: j. D. PulIoclI. st. Paul, l25
yards; Richard Broadbent, Minneapolis,
$50 yards: VIII Callander. Minneapolis,
175 yards; Paul Mayer, st. Paul, 200 yards;
| Adolph IVerson, Excelsior, ElVin ]. Doe,
| Minneapolis, 225 yards; Thomas Sudheim-
| er, St Paul. $50 yards; w. z. Hence. ST.
Paul 275 yards; Frank Niederhofer. c.
| Guam, MINNEAPOLIS. Boyd Hartzell, st.
apolis, James McIlrath, st. Paul, 375
yards; F. y. Mills, ST. Paul. 400 yards;
| Andrew Miller. St Paul, 425 yards; A. y.
| Jorgenson St Paul $50 yards: j. ]. NJ.
Patterson, st. Paul 800 yards
The wheelmen declare the Lexington
| track WAS never faster and they expect
/ to lower some prominent records if the
! wind is not too greatly against them. As
| the wheelmen will have the park to
| themselves for the day, there being no
! game OF ball there, 1t is expected that the
/ crowd at this series of events will eX-
| coed any that has been seen there for
| some time.
/
Following the above programme will
| occur the Lexington Mogul handicap,
! which is calculated to be the prize win
| ner of the season in the cycling line.
There will be eight and perhaps nine
! riders in this race, and they will all be
! mounted on old style high wheelers.
! Two of the old liners are of the vintage
! of So and are to be ridden by two OF
! the oldest veterans in the city. These
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! wheel and tip the beams each at about
seventy-five pounds. They will not be al
| lowed to go on the track until all the
| other races have been finished, for after
they have spun around a few times the
track will be finished.
| A. A. Hansen, long distance rider,
| telephoned Tom Bird yesterday, that lie
wished to enter the old style race and
| would be over this afternoon to mount
one of the old wheels. Mr.. Hansen has
spent the week at Minnetonka, recuperat-
ing from the attack induced by his at
tempt at the 1,00O-mile ride a week ago.
He has recovered from the effects of be-
ing overheated on the trip and has gained
two pounds of flesh during the week
NJ c. Backenstoss, the New York
| wheelman who, with a friend, passed
through this city month ago en- route
to Seattle, has reached his destination.
covering the 1856 miles in eighty-one and
a half days. TIE rider did not have q
single puncture on the entire trip, the
only trouble occurring being at Helena,
when it became necessary to change the
rear tire On account of a blowout The
front tire is still being used, notwith-
standing the fact that 1t has covered a
distance of 1870 miles.
One week from today there Will be
some interesting cycling. Tom Bird in
tends to make a break for the ST. Paul
Tonka course on that day and there will
be other good feats arranged later The
record which Mr.. Bird covets is now held
at 4:54 by John Larson, %ho won it from
D. F. Carmichael. loMerNg Mr. Car
| michaers record almost NJ = Ut. 1t was