The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21
WORLD CYCLING
RECORD BROKEN ( EN-
Ben .Munros Covers Twcnty-six.
and Tllree-quarter Miles
N Hi all IIot,r..

Ben Munroc, 81 Memphis, Tenn, luz,
might made ID new Indoor uipaced record :, q
for one ho,li's riding covering tWenty, ,s,,s
miles and nine laps within the slNly mn
iites. such speed on so small a track !. is
wonderful and Indicates that much 4, !, M u !.
terest s9n Be deSslG beyca
Observation-Disclosures L Richmond began. yes,
aterday at S:SOIIp. Nj, at tic 1s,chinond
A1npiithentre with seven expert IL riders ~
In the ieng md irving e1mpf his Week.
closing at 1880 Saturday night, The he
Interest In Rthe great test Of endurance W NJ !,
and speed promises 40 GROW as me ,, emI !
when heSciose Is reached Saturday night.
night was Witnessed BY probably, Y, . I, :,
ii Whom w hfefasprS ' Contest
Test from start to finish. At times INC
entlnisiusnlgevok seneralsa rni MANI an
Tested Itself wild cheers. MS ,ns,, sW I,os
notably tho lease when q new pacemakel,
trailing along In the rear spuftee'd l sAM ~,
took tho leadainGn fine squirt OF spee 9,t
and as the flying wheels straightened GUY
in their! sinuous speeding course the alT-
$plause increased constantlH
The prize to DO divided among the Win.
&ners is q purse of $1,000 DIVIDED among
first IN s the ss tb
s17o; fourth,126; fifth $50, and sixth. ~;
The races. are under the sanction OF
the National Association ahd ANY ars
Will spin around the track forttwo and a.. a
half hours eachAnight, closing IN n, ~ ire
amendous burst of speed and endurance endurance
Saturday night 4. II 5s ss5 &.
Several Of the riders had to drop out
last night for%repairs to their tires, But
Ter wns the firstlto suffer II elapsed tire
but vas SG{onSwngnf a1Gand
about tho same, but he. too. resumed me
pace bit lat ter. lawson also had TO stop
for repairs to his wheel and Gaiwin vas vas
the next. Nonef of them lost any time
getting back In the race IS, a3
Made Good Record. VII
The great race should have begun al
IS p. NJ. 6but5thes was delayed and
the riders $did.notSget off the shot@unt g
S3l, leaving thenl4t to pedal unit! Ml 10
fill out the two and half hours. Ihelr.
record was a. good one last night, con-
sidering the small track. 1t was at times
full OF 4 excitement for the spectators
as one after.aliother became pacfmakfsr
speed. Whenever Munroes Or Root or
Bardgett, who most frequently assumed
the role of pa cemaker, would shoot out
at an amazing pace with the other six
riders strung out behind the. crowd would!
ell With eight. Fortunatel the skill Of the
riders enable ed them to run through the ne
$eveninef!5wi a spill or q, N ishap OF
any sort! a s5sFE i5}.
8 Root. MunroeS and Bardgett were u p,
tparentlyfthe faYorites with the ScroWd, ana
WlleIl
to take the pace5nlany In the, crowd Ca lied
their names and lrged them although
they We're going the limit of speed on this
track. mother thing that interested
the crowd was the spectacle of the riders
taking nourislimentE at full speed ssi "a
g3A The riders. upon getting off sped along
for five miles, making that distance IN
Just eleven minutes and fifty-three Sec
.onds .23 FifteenInies were reeled off In
just thirty-five minutes and eightee zen SEQ
1onds. The distance made at he end:
of the first llour'swas twent-sixs mi esfanda
nine laps, a new worlds record for In
door unpaced race. with Ben Munroe,s
of Memphis, leading. At the end of the,
second hour he$rfdets had red forty
seven miles and four laps. and at the
close the score ST TODD a;fif ty-seY miles
and one lap for Il hei two a nd IA half hours
The riders at the close appeared to pc
going almost as well as at the start,
though the distances covered shows tn At
the. first hour was easil the fastest of,
the evening. sHg K 4 q.
. Following the two and a half hours of.
the siX-da race q pursuit race was run.
by Ollie Hope, of Richmond. and Henry
Larson, x of n wa TX. The race was for
seventeen laps, or4a8trifle more than q
mile andEa half.E Hope winning In four
minutes thrt-tWo seconds.
4 Then came the exhibition Of rno tor cycl,
ing by William Saunders. OF 73 oston, md
this proved the most exciting event of
the evening The mile was made in3 one
minute and forty-one seconds. according
to the time announcer. The nufflns
mo tor wtizzed ;aroundSthe track SC. ra pid-t
liz a t times that It was 5di ficul + for the
eye to follow the rider and his machine: