The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-10
DAVIDSON HAS
GREAT RECORD
SPEED KING OF THE
ROLLERS WHO Is APPEARING
IN FARGO HAS A RECORD THAT
is uNEoUALED BY ANY RACER.
MANY RECORDS.

The appearance of Harley Davidson
in Fargo has caused no little stir
among the speed maniacs Of the city
Davidson's record is one that has been
sought for by many sportsmen, but as
yet has no equal on the rollers.
The following is a short history of
Davidson's work:
1SS4-Northwest ice campionship
ST. Paul.
1SS7-Beat Charles Bowman, Mime
apolis, for the state championship, roll
Ter skates, at St. Paul
1SS9-Defeated Lemme Morgan for
the northwest championship, rollers,
at Minneapolis. MINI.
1891-Ten- hour continuous race, St
Paul 127 miles.
Northwest skating ice cham
pionship.
1S92-White Bear lake, won five mile
championship on plain bearing skates
in 1910.
1S93-For winter went east with J..
S. Johnson, Tom Eek as manager,
touring eastern states and all of Can
ada.
1S93-Bicycle novice race at Winona,
and later at Minneapolis, Mimi, won
one half mile open and one two mile
handicaps, defeating j. S, Johnson,
Bye Bliss, Eirenborger, Taylor, Tylor
*1S94-Red Bank, N. j.. ice, made
the following records: 100 yards stand
ing start. 8 seconds; flying start, 100
yards, I seconds; 220 yards, standing,
Is AS seconds; 800 yards, competition,
standing start, % seconds; records
still stand. Also 44O yards, 33 LIS
seconds.
1S94-Bicycle. Started 73 races,
won 46 firsts, 10 seconds, thirds, in
Canada Same year was not permit
ted to compete in Canadian cham
pionships because residence lacked
three days of the required time. Same
year defeated the man who won the
championships every time they met.
1S95-Newburg N. Y, ice Defeated
j. S. Johnson, Joe Donohue, Howard
Mosher, Olaf Rudd, for the amateur
championship quarter mile worlds
competition records, 81 seconds. Won
one half-mil championship and one
mile championship, same season, at
Montreal Won Canadian champion
ship, defeating Nelson, Mccullough,
Baptiste and Johnson.
1S95-Bicycle as Class A amateur,
won fifty five first prizes. At Waltz
am, Mass, broke all Glass A records
from quarter to one-half mile flying
starts. At ST John, N. B., defeated
Nat Butler, national two mile cham
pion, in special race, riding quarter
mile fiat track in 2 minutes and 2
seconds. At Hamilton, Ont, created
the following worlds Glass A records:
Quarter mile, flying start. unplaced,
% 1-5; quarter mile, standing start,
80 seconds; one-third mile, standing
start, 40 seconds; half-mile, flying
start, 50 As seconds; one-half- mile
standing start, So seconds
1896-Bicycle. Quebec, July /, won
the Canadian professional bicycle
championship Won half-mile and
five-mile championships and one milo
open. Same day John Davidson won
the amateur championship OF Canada,
probably the first and last time the
brothers won championship events on
the same day. Later on at Chatam
won twenty mile professional
championship of Canada.
1897-Won Canadian professional
bicycle half-mile championship at
Chatam, Can, and one-mile; toured
the Michigan circuit and stood third
in list of winnings.
1S9s-Won over 100 prizes, Ice and
bicycle.
$1S99--Won worlds indoor one half
mile championship at ST. Louis from
Nelson and Johnson; time, lis. rec
ord mile, 2;S9 stands today.
19O0-Toured country, meeting all
corners on ice. without defeat.
19O1-Won last professional bicycle
championship at Montreal, one-quarter
one half and five miles.
1902-Toured country, meeting all
corners, ice: also 1903 and 1904
%1905-Rollers: Casino rink, Min
neapolis, defeated all corners for six
weeks and finally defeated AL Vein
berg then American champion on roll
lers, in series of races. FIVE one to
five miles, winning all, At Omaha,
Neb., skated five miles in 1875 break
ing all existing worlds records. fiat
track; also skated exhibition ten miles
in 1925, worlds record
Rollers: St. Louis, Mo, met
Albert Cookson, English champion,