The Bearings, Vol 7, No 25
Articles in this issue
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The Racing Board reinstates both J.S. Johnson and F.H. Tuttle to amateur standing — Johnson by a tied 3-3 vote that favoured reinstatement, Tuttle unanimously — ending their brief suspension.
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A New York daily paper asserts that NCA riders are racing for salaries rather than purses and that Harry Wheeler received $500 to join the organization, charges the paper has not denied or substantiated.
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The NCA's Philadelphia meet at the Tioga Athletic Association draws 1,500 spectators on the first day and 4,500 on the second; Wheeler wins the open events while Meixell, Dorntge, and Rich share in the prize money.
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J.W. Linneman of Buffalo wins the Atalanta Wheelmen's 100-mile road race over the Newark-Princeton course in 5:48:45, breaking the American road record, with seven men beating the previous record of 6:34:59.
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Zimmerman intends to attempt the ten-mile record soon, having covered the distance in 27 minutes against a headwind on a poor track at Asbury Park the previous week.
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L. Stroud wins the fifty-mile English championship and Ilsley takes the Stanley Cup ten-mile championship, regarded as the English ten-mile title, at the same meeting.
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The Bearings rebukes a New York evening paper for a series of shallow and sensational cycling notes, calling the writer a dog that barks continually but never bites, and inviting him to substantiate his vague charges against LAW men.