The herald., 1893-09-29
THE WHEELMEN BUSY
SOME GOSSIP ABOUT THE EVENTS
AND RIDERS. 91s
Three roams in tho Twenty-Five Mile
Eaos--Ali Well Matched
Entries In the Other
Evsntss

Some swift speeding iH being done on
wheels at Athletic park. The trainers
of the hicyclist5 are putting in their
best work preparatory to seeing their
subjects Slaughtered or come off victori-
ous at the end of the division meet in
this city next Saturday, Monday and
Tuesday.
A large number Of wheelmen are seen
daily on the track wheeling themselves
round and round on their iron steeds,
working faithfully and steady under
their course of hard labor, and giving
every possible evidence of being in for
"blood."
A casual observer wandering through
the dressing rooms is struck with feel
ing akin TO astonisment and fear as he
gazes upon many athletic forms
stretched limp upon numerous slabs un-
dergoing heroic treatment at the hands
OF their trainers, which would put the
Hammam-Swiss movement and Turkish
bath bastinRdo far in background as re-
gerds severity, bat which Southern Cal
ifornia bicyclists seem to delight in.
The muscles and joints OF each COM
petitor are carefully examined and
rubbed, as all depends on the staying
powers OF the athlete, and locker OH
who has ever read of the old games OF
Rome imagines that the Olympian ath-
leteH underwent for their sports could
not be much worse than that which
present day;cyelistgu n
The team rriers ATe doing ahe'hardest
work. There will be>ouly thee 'ts1 msin
the rs mile race, the prize for which Ia a
$3.50 silver cup. The Los Angeles Wheel
mons club, the East Side Cycling club
and the Riverside whcelmen will zach
send team upon the track.
Among the three teams the honors
are about equally divided. 1t is indeed
hard matter to pick the winning team.
Fox is the fastest man OF the orange
center team, Jen kins leads the Los An
geles wheelmen's host and Burke may
be said to the .'swift" of the East Side
team. There ia no great difference in
the speed OF the riders.
Individually, the riders are in the
best of condition. Fox Gays he never
felt better. Burke says the same and
Jenkins is supposed togo upon the track
feeling like boy who has rcfrnined
from eating green apples for year.
Houston. Jay, Cromwell and Nc
Laughlin, OF the East Side team, are
riding well, while Kitchen is said to
strike pedalistic move that. will on
next Tuesday surprise even his most in
innate friends.
Trainer Poole of the Riverside team
10 thoroughly convinced that his sex
tette OF orange eaters are winners.
Next to Fox the other five riders
scramble among themselves for tho
honor of being called the Rwiftest. When
Castleman 10 thoroughly awakened--in
the usual acceptance OF the term-he 10
not verv slow.
Shoemaker--everybod knows how he
can ride. He can cover 25 miles easier
than he can one mile--if he had to spurt
the entire mile.
Jimmie Cowan has another surprise
in etore for somebody, for he ie riding
finely. 4s
Herb McCrea, the "funny' man Of
the team. is right in line.
G. Smith will surprise somebody
probably the timera-when he goes upon
the track.
Gatensbury and Holbronk are dom
some exceptionally good work u. II
team OF the Los Angeles wheelmeil.
They are ably Nssstsd by Stephenson,
Spier, Jenkins and Pete Abel. who, by
the way bears a most appropriate coEno-
men. Etch OF the riders are known to
be in good condition.
The one mile open event, for which
grand upright piano is offered, will be
one of the principal events OF the meet
1t is entered by all the riders mentioned
above, and includes alao j. Phil perci-
val. B. II. Ballantine of Santa Barbara.
e. E. Russell and Will S. Ruby OF River
side. Mr.. Percival is doing some of the
beet riding be ever did in his life and
may carry away the piano. Ballantine
says he has already inquired the freight
rates for piano from here to his
home.