The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-07
WORLDS CHAMPION BlcYoLI5r
John S. Prince wants TO Race IN
waco.

John S. Prince w ants " haeS III
waco.
John S. Prince, the worlds
champion bicycllst, IS 81 the Hotel
Royal, coming from San Antonio
last night.
Mr.. Prince is anxious to get up
race in Wsco with either horses
or men, and, if arrangements can
be made, viii lay a plank bicycle
track at his own expense. lie has
recently raced at g alveston, Hous.
ton and San Antonio, running TWEEN
ty.mile races at each place two
horses going against him, making
relay at the end of each mile, one
jockey riding. AT Galveston MIR.
Prince had an accident tina. nearly
knocked him out. An excited
taoker of horse pitted against
him got on the track when relay
change was made and Prince struck
him. This was at the end of the
seventh mile, and the bicy ist was
thrown against a telegraph pole,
the wind being knocked out of him
for two minutes. The horses
gained these two minutes on him,
but Prince caught them at the IF,
teenth mile. passing them at seven
teen miles and winning the twenty
in tifty.three minutes, twenty-six
seconds
Mr.. Price las been riding against
horses in Cuba and Flori5a
duriog the past winter, leaving his
home in Omaha last \ )vember. Ga
his vay down he beat "Silvert-
horn celebrated trotting horse,
at the Piedmont fair, Atlanta, Ga
the time being 2:29. lie also beat
two horses in twenty mile trotting
race at Macon. He was beaten a.
Jacksonville, Fla, in five mile
race with a horse, He won q. Tampa
and at Y Dor City, racing against a
Mexican at that place. He won at
Key West and then went to Cuba,
where he won in twenty mile race
at the Alan adeias park, Havana. lie
laid sixfoot plank track there, the
horses TAX ny the turf. Mr.. Prince
also won spirited race at Ma.
tauzas and then came back to
Florida, racing at Port Tampa, at
X issimee, where he made a ten
mile race against trotter, and at
Orlando, where he was defeated by
a running horse. He was also de-
feated twice in a running race at st.
Augustine. He won ten mile trot.
ting race at Mobile and New Or
leans, from which place he came to
Texas.
Mr.. Prince was born in Birming-
ham, Eng, nearly .hirty.three years
ago, but has been living in Omaha
about five years. He distinguished
himself on the wheel at Il winning
the English championship at 10,
beating Jack Keen, of London,
Fred Cooper, Of Sheffield, and Rich
ard Howell, of Northampton.
He won the great handicaps at
Whitsuntide, Bank Holiday and
Christmas. The Wolverhampton
handicap is to athletes what the
derby is to the turf.
MIR. Prince has won 81 medals
and 10 cups. At Springfield, Mass
in 1854, he won the championship
of the world, the time being 2:29,
on an old high wheel. AT Minneapo.
lis he made ,o43 miles in ~ hours,
being out of the saddle only six
minutes, winning the lace 2s miles
ahead of his competitor, Shock.
the German champion. This beat
AL the worlds long distance rides.
Mr.. Prince is jovia, Jolly Eng-
lishman, with we'll knit, compact
frame, Of medium height. He is
rugged and tough, and is fine
specimen of young manhood to look
upon. His present racing weight
is l72 pounds, his lung expansion
is 81 inches, chest As inches; his
thigh measurement being 25 inches,
the ca 10 He never makes long
tours, but husbands his energies for
great racing events. His wheel is
a safety Fowler, twenty-three
pounds, geared up to u inches, rid
ing With six inch crank and full
racing tires.
MIR. Prince would like to remain
in Waco sometime if series of