The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-13
ON THE BUFFALO STADIUM.
Motor Tandem Clips Record for
Mile on Eight-Lap Track.


BUFFALO. n. Y, Aug. 12-The inter-
national grand circuit meet of the Ma
tional Cycling association was continued
in the Stadium at the Pan-American
grounds today, the programme being di-
Vided between professionals and anna
teurs. The professional events were the
quarter-mile state championship and the
two-mile handicap. Four preliminary
heats and two semi final of the quarter
mile We're run off today, Kramer, Law
son, Taylor and Freeman qualifying for
the grand semi-finaIs. Sidney Jenkins
and 7. j. Gascoyne the English riders
failed to get places in their trial heats.
In the two-rnile handicap for the Iro-
quois purse of $780, three trial heats We're
finished in slow time
The sensations of the day began when
the trials for records were started. Hen
shaw and Hedstrom, of Springfield, who
established a new track record Of 1:20 %
in the second heat of the two-uile motor
tandem race, decided to go after the
world record, and they succeeded in
clipping 4-5 seconds oft the best former
mark, covering the eight laps in lis 2-5
the fastest mile ever ridden on an eight
lap track
G. w. Butler, of Buffalo, went after
the aute-bicycle record, held by Cham
p1on, but his machine gave out in the
NTH mile His time was 6:1s for
four miles, Joe Fulton. of Springfield
Mass, went after the ffve-mfIe amateur
record, motor paced. He succeeded in
lowering the records for two and three
miles. established by Walter Smith; the
four miles, established by Dalke and the
five miles, made by Nelson at VafIIsbure
on Saturday. Nelson's record was BIB IL
and the speedy Springfield boy covered
the distance in SOP Is. FuIton's gIory
was short lived, for Walter Smith came
out half an hour later and again estab-
lished new marks for the four and i've
miles. his time being 6:17 and 7:53, re-
Spectively.
Summaries
Quarter-mile dash, amateur. first two
IN each heat to qualify for semi-finaIs-
First heat, P. w. Brown PittsbtIrer -yyr0Y, !.
Lace Downing, San Jose, cal
second. Time, IS 1-5 seconds. Second
heat, F. S. Hoffman, Butte. Mont won
Warren Zurbrick, Buffalo, second. Time,
Quarter-mile, circuit championship. pro-
fessionals, first two to qualify for grand
senI-fnals = First seu1i-finals, Frank
L; kramer won, 1ver Lawson second
Time, 81 % seconds. Second semi
hnals, Major Taylor won, H B. Free
man second. Time, 80 IS seconds.
Ten-mtle motor tandem, trial heats of
Buffalo, won; Vetter and NewlxirIx BIJfo'
falo, second. Time, 2: AS % Second heat
Henshaw and Hedstron Springfield
Mass, wen; Scherrer and Gaudette, Bal
1:20 20, track record
Two-mile professional, Iroquois handi-
cap, hrSt four men to qualify for semi
finals, first heat-Frank Kramer fFaS+
Al IL
der, Hartford, Conn. $50 yards), second !:
Lester wilson, Pittsburg go yarcs). third.
Tom Cooper, Detroit go YARDS, fourth
Time, Is 80. Seeont heat, Charles MIss
Milwaukee (240 YARDS. won: Major Tgv3
lor (scratch). second; Iver Lawson. BIZ
falo eco yards), third; f. A Mcfarland
San Jose eco yards), fourth Time, 4:I5'
Third heat, W. s. Fem, Waterbury,
Conn. (scratch), won; ]. T. Fisher. Chi
cago f30 yards, second; H 3. Freeman.
Portland 60 yards, third; A Ruiz. New
Haven Q50 YARDS, fourth. Time, 4:35
Motor bicycle record, f1ve-mile ride-Bv
G W. Butler, record by championship %;
Buffers time for four miles, CHS
Exhibition training ride, motor-paced-
Harry D. Fixes, Of GIens Falls. Time.
7:21.
Amateur, motor7paced, for fve-nlile
record-By Joe Fulton, of Sprinsfeld.
Mass. Record, S:13 To; holder, Joe Nell
son; Fulton's time, S:02 1-5
Five-mile ride for amateur record-By
Walter Smith, paced by motor tandem.
Motor tandem record, sos Is; holder
Fulton; Smiths time, 7:5S
Motor tandem ride for record-by Hen
shaw and Hedstrom. Record. 20 az.
Henshaw and Hedstrom, time, is %: bv
quarters, 10 40, :39 20, so, 1l8 20.