The Bearings, Vol 8, No 11
Articles in this issue
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Willie Windle comes within a fifth of a second of J.S. Johnson's horse-paced mile record at Springfield, while Harry Tyler sets new figures for the standing-start mile in 2:00 2/5 and breaks the quarter-mile standing record from 0:30 to 0:29 1/5.
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Tyler lowers Zimmerman's standing quarter-mile record to 29 1/5 seconds at Springfield, giving the track records in all distances from the standing start up to twenty-six miles.
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Clifton S. Merrill, described by The Bearings as the greatest scamp ever to inflict himself on the bicycle business, is arrested in Boston after posing as a military captain and passing bad checks, having previously defrauded numerous bicycle trade firms.
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Zimmerman wins his 100th and 101st first places at a Freehold, New Jersey farewell appearance, demolishing George Banker by 100 yards in the half-mile open to close a season in which he was beaten only seven times in scratch races.
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Nick Kauffmann beats Wilfred Barber for the trick-riding championship at Rochester after five hours and ten sets of tricks, winning 644 points to 636, with Dan Canary present and hinting at a challenge.
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Wilbur F. Edwards reduces the Pacific Coast mile record to 2:15 on October 2 at Sacramento riding a Rambler bicycle.
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The Massachusetts LAW political situation is boiling with J.S. Dean of Bicycling World put forward as chief consul candidate without proper notification to the secretary, triggering controversy over his editorial connections and conduct at the Buffalo convention.