Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1894 — WHEELMEN MEET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHEELMEN MEET.

National Racing; Tournament of the L. of A. W. Held in Denver.

HE national racing tournament of the League of American Wheelmen, held in Denver, was inaugurated in rhe presence of lOjOuO people. The first championship race was the half mile. Twelve men st a ted. l aid, the winr.o •, is from Buffalo. The f.tifth

event, the one rbile open,. created the greatest enthusiasm of the day. Sanger toek the lead at the two-thir's and held it until two hundred feet fom the tape. Here Sanger, Titus, Brown and isald were all lapped. Frown finished ahead of Titus and Sanger. The winner is a Cleveland man. In the two mile handicap, Barnett, of Lincoln, Neb., who had a handicap of 1 0 yards, passed the leader of the second mile and won b.- : 0t» feet. In the five mile champion hip. Titus won and beat the world’s record lor fi e miles in competition, making the distance in 12:19 1-5. The previous record was 12-27 2-5. Wonderful rs was the first day’s riding, the second day s races were a total ecli se. Two important records fell the first day and four fell the second day. The day was fine for racing, and the. crowd in a'tmdance large. The high atmosphere had a terrible effect on the men. They gasped for breath when they came off -heir wheals. Western men are a little dr.-appointed that their racers did not win mo.e prizes, but are jubilant over the i»erformanceso' Barnett of Lincoln, Neb., in the two-nrile handicap, and the good showing of kitgler, of California, and the Illinois men. Anderson and Gardner. and also Weiler, of Salt Lake, and Maxwell, of Winfield, Kan.