The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
PREPARING FOR BIG RAGE
LOCAL, CYCLISTS TRAINING FOR
LAKE COMO CENTURY
ROAD RIDE
RIDERS TO BE WELL CHECKED
Elaborate Precautions VIII BE Ia
ken to Insure fer Every Rider
His Exact POxItiOn-Many
Valuable Prizes.

The leo mile road race to be held on
July 13 at Lake Como is attracting con-
siderable attention among local wheel
men. 1t has been decided by the officers
of the G. r. c. to award thirty prizes.
including at least four bicycles of the
highest grade. The bicycles already Sc
cured are a "Rainmaker," built by A A.
Hansen, the long distance rider Of Min
neapOliS, who has been building high
grade wheels for two seasons; a Racy-
Gle, one of the best known wheels on
the market; the well known Rambler
sold by the Bird Cycle company, and
the popular Libbie wheel. which is bIilt
by the East End Cycle company, St
Paul. In addition to the above wheels,
there VIII be any number of valuable
prizes, including tires, lamps chains.
sweaters. If there are less than thirty
men to finish the remainder of the prizes
viii be divided among the winners so
II will be seen that nearly every rider
completing the race VIII be awarded
prize.
The race will be the greatest cycling
event in the history OF the Northwe It.
and it is stated on gOod authority tadt
several Of ChicagOS crack riders will
send their entries; il tEey do it VIII
make the race more interesting, rs the
Twin Cities have men who viii remind
tie Chicago men that they have been
The officers of the club are striving to
please both riders ami the public, and
intend to have the finish at the op-
posite~side of the lake from the pavilion,
50 that the riders can be plainly seen.
The race IS to be run or the road and
the bicycle path win be used bv the
spectators. This will enable everybody
to view the race without any danger Of
coming in contact with the riders TIE
limit men will start between 1879 and
1 o'clock, SO that the race viii be COM
pleted about 7:30 p. m. The scratch
men will start at o'clock. The handi-
Gaping of the race will be done by Paul
GyIestrom, of Minneapolis. official hand
capp6r OF the National Cycling ass Ccia-
zion, and also chairman OF the roads
record committee Of the Century Road
Club of America.
- The entries close July g. Blanks can
be obtained from any bicycle dealer in
be 8, except to G. r. c. members WHO
VIII pay 81. \ checking system has been
adopted that VIII enable the officials 20
see at any time during the race how a
rider stands and the time of each rider
viii be taken every twenty-five miles
1t has been decided that forty-four
laps is the nearest number for the COM
pletion of the 100 miles. Each rider win
be notified at the end of his forty-thfrd
lap so he VIII know that he only has
once more to go around. The promot-
1ng OF 100 mile race successfully IS a
hard undertaking, and the officials Of
the c. R. c. realize the fact tilst it viii
be death Low to road races In St
Paul if they blunder in the checking of
this race. They are therefore going to
adopt double checking system, and
checkers will be stationed at four places
around the lake so if q rider is missed
b. one checker he VIII be caught by the
next one.
There has never been q road race run
without some trouble about placing the
riders at the finish, but it can be de-
pended upon that every man finishing
in this race will be awarded his exact
place. The committee in Charge are: A.
j. Mace, 7, L. Bird. S. ]. g. DAILY, @
I. Dissler, Sa. Paul; Paul Glyestrom, c. ]
Johnson. A. A. Hanson, Ninneapolis
James Mcllrath, st. Paul. chairman The
officials of the race win be eyDerienend
men. "Arche" McCullum, of St Paul
will be referee. The judges and timers
will be announced later.