Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-18

handicaps in the half and two mile raC,S. but he won with ease and always Ss,.rlle,i to have something left up his sleevr' for an emerSeucy. Such old time riders aS E,ps and AshinEer were badly OutclAS~s,i, and the only rider who seemed a worthy Op;N, neut for Wheeler was Berlo. the swift I,,s tonian.
 At Brooklyn July and s the hand;cspS were raised 90 that Wheeler had less chance. but he manased to take both scratch events and S2So the first day and two rstceS and S-sI the second Wheeler seems thoroughly aI home at any distance from a quarter vt mile To 10 miles, and his speed. pluck and endurance are remarkable considering h,s tender years and com pAratively short e\ perience.
 Wheeler was born in New Orleans and when only IL was so bent upon a life on the ocean wave that his father sent him to >ca on United States training ship Ctue years service convinced Wheeler that d lSndSman . life WAS gOll enough for him. He next took to bicychnS and before he had been a racing man & year he had de feated such world famous amateurs SS Zimmerman and Johnson. When Wheeler defeated Zimmerman at Savannah last April. it was said that Zimmerman allowed himself to be beaten because Wheeler was his friend, but any rider who knows "Zimmy" also knows that he never gives a race to friend or foe, but always rides tO win
 From his showing at the cash prize races Wheeler seems 10 have every scratch event on the entire circuit at his merry, and he will doubtless win nearly every one ot them If he remains in condition and if Zimmtr- man. Windle, Taylor and the English cracks, Harris and SchOfeld. do not turn professionals and com pete against him. The ease with which Wheeler has beaten Bcr,o and DprntGe. both first class amateurs un- til recently, indicates that he would un- douhtedly get A sharv ot the money even If pitted against Zimmerman. Wiudle and Harris
 A novel feature of the cash cycle rlcc> is the fact that in all scratch events the wheelmen move down la the tape abreast, like the horses in running race, and take a flying start. This new mcJh,i k a great improvement upon the old standing start. IL adds dash and vim to the race. the rllvrS get away gracefully and with perfect tIir neSS, and there iS none Of the Aw AwIui wabblinE and EiSEagEinE that have alwSy = made the standing start ludicrnu> and Scu erally objectionable. In the opinion ot all riders who have seen the fyinS start the l l. \. w. will do well Ia adopt it. There iS A new 2S mile recorl holder. and his name is W. E Hurlburt. He k a ps, | truit boy. and be made the new rrc,or,i ar the recent road race of the '. NJ (. A Cycle club at DeIrOir. The rrcorl, hour l4 minutes, was held by F. IL Hrrrivk W hO was a contestant against Hur,hUrt A&G l finished in hour V minutes 59 SS >src-lS. while HurIburt' time was hour II minutes and a9 seconds As the men We're only thrve ffths of 8 second apart at the end of the =, miles the finish was a very exciting Vuc, and honorS were almost even hctwevn the two hardy riders
 Walter C. SAnSrr's rtcent mile in min uteS IL SS seconds in eOmpetitiOn indicates that the young Milwaukee rider may sur prise some of the fast amateurs who foudly consider themselves his superior b~.fory the season is over. While abrostd SAnGcr Lt, feAtsd Harris, who Is cOnSidertI the l,->t man in England. lowered the English tuilr competition record to minutes lO 25 sJc onds and won the kings prize in Brussels.
 A rcent sensation among the whcvlmvu was the suspension of John =, Johu>ou one of the swiftSst amateurs Cu thr track | today Johnson WAS chArlsvd with hviuE a professional. but the l. A w racing b>NAr,I after considering his case. removed the slIs