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RECREATION. 



Sanger and Titus, sound almost incred- 

 ible. They are the fastest riders in the 

 world. While Titus has made some 

 creditable short-distance records, he is 

 conspicuous chiefly on account of his 

 long-distance work. His performance of 

 26 miles 1,489 yards in the hour was the 

 greatest surprise of the year. When 

 L. S. Meintjes made the record for 

 the hour last year, on the Springfield 

 track, the thousands present little 

 dreamed that from among the impetu- 

 ous American riders would develop one 

 capable of even approaching the record 

 of the South African ; yet Titus has 

 not only lowered the hour record, but has 

 reduced that for every distance above 

 seven miles. 



The accomplishments of the short 

 distance riders are also remarkable. 

 Johnson, Tyler, Bliss, Ziegler and 

 Brown are prominent on the record 

 list. Their speed is astonishing, as is 

 shown by the following table : 



Distance. 



Time. 



Rider. 





\ miles. 



23 sec. 



J. S. Johnson. 



Flying Start. 



1 'i 

 s 



32f" 



" 



14 ti 



1 " 



- -. fcl 



it 



it it 



1 



5 1 i 







2 " 



5 



1 min. uf " 



(C 



tt it 



I " 



1 lk 4 8f " 



H. C. Tyler, 



ti li 



2 " 



4 " 3 " 



(i 



tt ti 



3 " 



6 " 26!" 



J. S. Johnson, 



Standing Start, 



4 " 



8 " 38!" 



" 



tt tt 



5 " 



10 " 48J " 



it 



tt tt 



The above list is not complete, as 

 there is a confusing array of records 

 made under various conditions, but it 

 will give a fair idea of what has been 

 accomplished on the wheel this year. 

 The principal records are given in the 

 table, and they were all made on stan- 

 dard tracks. 



Track work is the most popular 

 feature of our sport, for the public, but 

 of late it has shown great interest in 

 the long distance road events. Enough 

 encouragement has been given to the 

 hardy road riders to make it certain 

 that in the future there will be much 

 prominence attached to their perform- 

 ances. 



The close approach that some of 

 the American long distance riders 

 have made to the performances of 

 famous foreign riders, is a subject for 

 national pride. The accomplishments 

 of Smith, Searle, Stanwood, Wylie and 

 Wolfe, have come in the order of sur- 

 prises and henceforth much attention 



will be paid to their efforts. Indeed, 

 every view of the past season's pro- 

 gress in wheeling is favorable and we 

 shall look forward to the opening of the 

 season of 1895 with great confidence. 



CYCLING NOTES. 



The remarkable records made this 

 year have caused many to doubt the 

 honesty of some of them, and jthe 

 probable result will be the appointment 

 of official timers by the L. A. W. at its 

 next general assembly in February. 



The approach of winter has practi- 

 cally ended the use of the wheel in the 

 northern states, and no one more reluct- 

 antly gave up riding than the hardy long 

 distance road rider. 



Louisville, Ky., now has what is 

 probably the best cycle track in the 

 world, it being a three lap structure, 

 the surface of which is cement. It is 

 expected that many records will be 

 made and broken on it in '95. 



There have been several creditable 

 24-hour performances in the United 

 States this year, but none have equaled 

 Louis Gimm's record of 383% miles. 

 This record, however, is far below the 

 world's record, which stands at 437 

 miles, or thereabouts. 



Miss Annis Porter, of Chicago, rode 

 last month 15 miles at a 3-minute clip, 

 which was too fast for some male riders 

 who attempted to go with her. 



J. F. Gunther, of Chicago, has 85 

 century bars, and gained 35 of them in 

 a remarkable fashion. He rode the 

 3,500 miles in thirty consecutive days, 

 during which he made 1,000 miles in 

 five days. 



Judging from the amount of attention 

 given to the building of wheels for 

 women, the makers anticipate an in- 

 creased demand next year for that style 

 of machine. 



Johnson's straight-away mile started 

 the fever for that style of riding and it 

 is said several such rides will be made 

 in the south during the winter. 



