The Bearings, Vol 11, No 25
Articles in this issue
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A race meet in St. Louis organized for employees of the defunct Pastime Club sees multiple Missouri state records broken, with Maxwell lowering the paced mile record to 1:58 and Eugene Devoy cutting the half-mile state record to 1:01.5.
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Reddy Maxwell attacks the paced mile state record of 2:02, riding it in 1:58 to set a new Missouri mark, while Joe Howard also betters his own Class A record with a 2:03.5 clocking.
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Four club road races are held in Chicago on Saturday, with wins spread across different clubs including the Lake View, Calumets, Columbia Wheelmen, and Aeolus CC, plus record attempts at the Garfield Park loop.
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The Terrible Swede Lawson attempts a fifty-mile road record at Garfield Park behind tandem pacers, completing the distance in 2:05:05 after recovering from a collision with the pacing tandem at the twenty-eighth mile.
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San Francisco correspondent reports on the success of the LAW meet at San Jose, noting Charley Wells's impressive form and his upcoming trip to Salt Lake City, as well as the state's move to use prison labor for road improvement.
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Rain disrupts the Narragansett Wheelmen's meet at Hills Grove, Rhode Island, forcing postponement of the state championship mile while three lesser events are completed in slow times.
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Wisconsin racing news covers two-day meets at Wausau and Columbus plus a Saturday meet at Cedarburg, with A.M. Chandler of Waupaca setting a new state paced mile record of 2:11.5.
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Milwaukee correspondent hints at a new cycling venture being planned by E.J. Pennington, the motor-cycle inventor, details of which are expected to emerge soon.