Show TOM Dies om of While Leap jug the Gap Butte Aug Butler known as Volo the Va who does a daredevIl bicycle 1 act of the leap the gap character 1 died at today from the ef of a fall at Helena laSt night I Butler mounted on his wheel flew 4 through midair thirtyfour feeL 4 While In the air he turned slightly 4 and struck the receiving n th s edge being Own to the ground t l I IThe The tragic death of Tom Butler re removes moves one of the must famous fIgures In tim tory of cycle The three Nat and have cut quite a figure among the heavy prize win acm and record breakers on the track Nat Butler first broke Into fence In and it short time his brother Frank appeared on the track a long timo they were practically in as a In 1896 Torn Butler first jumped into prominence and for a shOrt UnI was the talk of the cycling publIc lIe developed remarkable sprinting ability while following the New York state cir cult and was taken to the national cir cult as a member of the famous Yellow Follow team In the first racO ho ran away from such men as Eddie Bald Tom Cooper Arthur Gardner and other sprint cracks of days He his winning streak for a couple of weeks and then went stale but nevertheless he carved a name for himself In cycle his history tory Among the at the local saucer who have raced with Butler and know him well are Hardy Downing Will ter Bardgett Saxon Bowl and Johnny Chapman the city a week ago with the circus Butler mat all of these riders and remarked at the timO that if he did not have such ii good contract with the Barnum Bailey shows ho would quit and racing at the track HO borrowed xi wheel anti after making a afew few turns said It gave him the fever again As it was he near quitting and joIning the riders where chances for forA A long life are |