The Bearings, Vol 9, No 17
Articles in this issue
- Waltham Surface Laid
Owner William Bradstreet completes the new metalithic cement track surface at Waltham, with turns and home stretch levelled four feet and now as flat as a billiard table; trainers, racers, and even skeptic Billy Cochrane declare it will be the fastest track in the country for the May 30 Decoration Day meet.
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Zimmerman, Crooks, Banker, and Wheeler have settled into Parisian cycling life centred on the Cafe d'Esperance on the Avenue de la Grande Armee, where the girl in bloomers is no longer a novelty and Wheeler is restoring his reputation by beating the best French professionals.
- Waller Stoned by Peasants
Swiss rider Lesna wins the Bordeaux-to-Paris road race in 25 hours 11 minutes, while American Frank Waller falls from fifth place after being stoned by peasants and forced to dismount to protect himself; Harry Wheeler wins the Prix de Ruffec 10,000-metre scratch race separately.
- Pacific Coast Records Broken
The Rambler Pacific Coast team sets six new California records from standing starts at the Midwinter Fair track, including Zeigler's quarter-mile in 30.5 seconds, Wells's half-mile in 1:05.5, and Terrill's five-mile in 12:29 2/5.
- Bliss Suffers a Defeat
At the Midwinter Fair races in San Francisco, Dirnberger crashes with another rider and is cut up, while Bliss runs a dead heat in his heat of the mile open but is beaten in the final by Otto Ziegler in 2:59.5.
- The New York Circuit
New York state's June racing circuit runs from Cohoes on June 2 through Troy, Albany, Oneonta, Ilion, LeRoy, and Rochester to the divisional meet at Lockport June 15-16, with additional meets at Bridgeport and DuBois extending the programme.