The herald., 1894-04-23
.NoNG THE wHEELMEN.

AAONG sTHE NHEEIMhN.
The Riverside wheelmen are thus en-
Enthusiastically spoken of by the Enter
prise Of that city:
"The Wheelmen's club OF this city
begins to show renewed life after sea-
son of quiet. Tbs club has already set
| on foot project to bring about relay
race between San Diego and Los An
geles, and now there IL a proposition
under discussion to have club team
take part in the 25.mile team race,
which will fake place during the wheel.
men Q tournanfsnt in San Diego the latter
part of next month.
"L. W. Fox, who belongs to the local
club, but who is now in Los Angeles,
has written the club that he thinks it
would be q good idea for the club to
enter team for the race in question,
and Mr.. Fox offers to make one OF the
team. The race 10 for beautiful aud
vain able cur md the -Rjyarslde " heal
viii only determine to do so. Each
team to take part in the race is to be
made up OF four riders, and the River
side club could send q winning team
down to the tournament in the persona
OF l.. w. Fox, Casey Castleman, Herb
MeCrea and Carson Shoemaker. These
four men are probably the fastest com
bination in Southern California, and
they are certainly the apeediest four be-
Longing to any single club. The ques-
tion whether team will be entered or
not Will be decided by the club shortly"
Now that it ia settled that Zimmer-
man will 90 to France to race aa a pro-
fessional, the champions own views ss
to his future are apropos.
think ~ Qa;d Iinn
will be able to ride as fast, ii not faster.
than ever before, this season. Last year
Was i'll and in no condition to race,
yet l won over 100 races from the men
who are now seeking mpionship lau.
rels. When 90 to France | will get in
the best possible ,conditicn-an do nv
utmost to carrN the tStsrs and Stripes to
the front IN every race in which L take
part. George Banker will go abroad as
my racing companion, and, with
Wheeler, we will train together. You
can look for big things from Wheeler ii
he can be got in any kind OF shape"
VI. +. Dirn berger. the crack wheel
man, will be in San Francisco in q dsy
or two. He and j. 7. Bliss will com.
mence racing April Goth, at the fair,
and from thai date until May 18th they
will participate in the big meets on the
Pacific coast. They ara both in good
condition and expect to lower consider
ably their last years records.
SWORD COMBAT,
Every body knows Charles Mesdows.
otherwise known as Arizona Charlie.
He gained many friends while here
year ago with his wild west show. Well.
Charlie has taken new departure. and
has challenged E. N. Jennings for a
mounted sword contest, to take place at
San Jose on April 29th. Arizona Charlie
has $500 which he will plank on his
ability to defeat the captain II we
mistake not, Captain" Jennings is we'll
known in Los Angeles, whose fencing
qualities are highly spoken OF. Meadows |
has won several sword fights in New
Mexico and is the champion eff the |
southwest. Jennings holds the worlds |
record.
JACKSON Is COMING.
"Parson" Davies writes that Peter
Jackson will pay a flying visit to San
Francisco about the third week in NAV.
Davies is disgruntled over the poor pros
poets OF the Oorbett. Jackson light tax.
log place within reasonable time.
lie Gays; ut looks as if Corbett is
waiting until Potter is old enough to play
Uncle Tom without making up for the
part before tackling him.
Pony" Moore, father iH-law of
Charles Mitchell, has purchased "rhe
Rose" road-house recently run bv
Frank Slavin. Mitchell will manage
the place and cater to the numerous
lighters now in Great Britain. Mitchell
has recently declared bis intention never
g again enter the prize rlng. He saws
that Corbett is the greatest pugilist that
sver etepped over q rope, end predicts
hat Jackson will be an Easy mark Tor
The chamniOn if thav rnaat