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This Day in Minnesota History

January 25, 1886

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A six-day bicycle race begins at the Washington Avenue Rink in Minneapolis, with some of the best-known professional male bicyclists in the country competing for the prizes of a medal (sponsored by the Minneapolis Tribune and "emblematic of the long distance championship of America") and an "elegant suit of clothes, which will be presented by Oscar the Tailor." Held within the rink, the race is also an endurance test for each participant, who pedals his high wheel bicycle, with a big front wheel and a small rear wheel, around the track for the "largest score" of miles covered. The winner on January 30 is "dark horse" Albert Schock of Chicago with 923 miles and five laps.

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