The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22
WILL RAGE A CENTURY.
THREE STRONG MINNESOTA RID
ERS WILL SPEED THE NORTH
FIELD COURSE TODAY
THEY WILL TRY TO BEAT 6:1o
1t Is Hoped to Lower Dan Car
michaeTs Record Made Over
the Same Track
in 1897.

Three of the fastest and strongest pro-
| fessional road riders in the Twin Cities
| will start out over the Mortified CEN
fury course this morning to break the
course record, as well as to determine
| the state 10Omile championship. Tom
Bird, A. A. Moe. and A. w. Calender
will leave the corner Of Seventh and st.
Peter streets this morning at o'clock
and attempt to lower the course record
established by Dan Carmichael three
years ago, when he covered the 100 miles
in hours and 10 minutes. The North
| field course is punctuated very fire.
quently with large hills, and the ride.
barring accident, will determine the rel
! ative prowess of the three starters.
| A. A Hanson sent word yesterday that
! he would not enter the race, as he could
afford to take no chances so near to the
| date of his ride to establish a new 1000
mile worlds record.
! Hanson, by the way, is training con-
scientiously for his 1,OOO-mile record
against time. Every night he rides over
| the 'Tonka-Snelling course, and he is re-
ported to, be in prime condition. Be
! tween now and the date set for his start
Hanson will train down considerably,
and his trainer, Anton Johnson, asserts
that Hanson IS in condition to make the
ride of his life.
The standing of the contestants in the
Century Road Club mileage competition
is as follows; First, James McIlrath;
second, A. H. Moore; third, L. F. Lii
coin; fourth, d. E. McLennan; fifth, W.
| R. S. Schwartz; sixth, A. Freeman; sew
erth, A. A. Hanson; eighth, H. E.
Young; ninth, E. Wedin; tenth, B. Hee-
ger; eleventh, C. H. Tasker Lincoln,
McLennan, Hanson and Taswer are the
only Minneapolis riders in the list. The
others live in ST. Paul.
Owing to the abandonment of the
| Twin City League no races will be held
! at Lexington Park today. Plans are be-
ing made to pull of series Of events
next Sunday.
| From the money accounted for by the
| st. Paul Cycle Path association and the
| estimated number of wheels in the city,
| it is quite evident that the proportion of
! Wheelmen who possess tags is a ratio of
| about 10 to l. In all, $3.50 has been col
| lected from the wheelmen Minneapolis,
! through the operation of the new ordi-
nance licensing wheelmen has collected
| since May l, $11 ,000 and a great deal
more is in sight, as those who do not
display tags are kept off the paths by
! special police.
| Following A. A. Hanson's 1OOO-mile
trial, A. w. Calender will in all proba-
biltty go after the national 100-mile rec
| ord.
The state cyclists convention, which
was to be held in the Twin Cities during
state fair week, will undoubtedly be post
poned indefinitely.
Ernest F. Smith, of the Minneapolis AS
ISOLATED Wheelmen, who has given the
matter the closest attention, has conclud-
tune Mr. Smith has received advices
matter, and has learned that, while the
wheelmen of the state are greatly inter-
ested in the matter, many do not feel that
they can attend the convention because
Of the business conditions resulting from
the crop situation. They have also given
so much time and money to improving
cycling conditions in their localities that
1t would be considerable sacrifice to
come to the Twin Cities on this mission
in September.
Archie Matheis says:
Speaking of cycle paths; well, you
should see the wheels that go about this
city without cycle path tags. In the
Northern Pacific building there were on
Friday ninety-tWo wheels in the cycle
racks, and ten had cycle path tags. At
| FarWell Ozmun, Kirk & Co., out of forty
two wheels four had tags. In the Endicott