The evening times., 1895-09-17
RACING MEN GOING WEST
They Will Wind Up the Long Trip
on the Pacific Coast.
Sanger, Titus, Bald, Cooper, Bliss,
Sims and All of the Rest of the
Cracks Preparing for the Start.
Especial TO The Times. }

Philadelphia, Sept. 1.-THE races that
were to have taken place at the Tioga tracl
last night were postponed on account oi
rain.
The racing men who came to the city te
take part in these races win not be pul
out, as they intended to remain here unit
| after Saturday to attend the South Enc
meet. This event Will unQuestionably be
the most important club meet OF the year
Quite a number of Glass b flyers have al
ready made their appearance. Terriil,
the big California giant, and Wells, his
team mate, who also comes from the Pacific
coast, arrived here on Sunday and yester
day ]. p. Blies, the little Chicago flyer,
| who last season broke all the worlds rec
ords and established a new one for Tioga
track, came in with Tom Cooper, the De
troit man, who has proved the great Sur.
prise OF the year.
The professional cracks, Sanger. Tyler,
Wheeler, Coleman, Baker. Starbuck, Eaton
| and others, arrived in town yesterday and
were ready to race last night. but were well
satisfied at the postpOnement. They were
| fatigued by their journey from Boston, but
the postponement will enable them to rest.
| Following the Philadelphia meeting on
| Saturday. the bicycle riders will start on
| the Western trip. II is settled that nearly
all of the riders ranking as leaders in the
bicycle world and many others will take
| part in this trip, and ride 10 the finish uf
The circuit. Bald Caspar, Bliss, Sims
| and Others have made their arrangements s
| TO go. while Murphy, Titus. Maddox and
| Brown are almost sure to follow About
| ten days will probably be spent training
| at the famous Louisville track before the
| two months siege OF constant travelling
| and racing in the far West is begun.
In. the party that will go to the coast
will be John A. johnson and six pace
makers. johnson will go for records at
| San Jose. His quad team will be stecred
by Pat O'Connor. who steered quad for
Mike Dernberger in his mile in As, cut
ting pace for the entire distance. john
son has dates arranged through TO the
coast by way of Texas, and on the coast
to the 1st of January. The Louisville
meet occurs October 2. folio wing which two
days at Nashville and Louisville is another
week of rest. and then ST. Louis October
8: Council Bluffs, October IL and 12;
Lincoln, Neb., the 14th; Omaha the 18th,
and Denver the 17th, 18th and 18th.
Denver will attempt to outdo its great
record of last year. at the coming bicycle
meet. and riders in every part of the country
are now heading toward that town. All
OF the noted riders that do not go as far
as the coast will go to Denver, anyway.
Pueblo, October 90, and Salt Lake City,
October % and 26, Hot Springs, Utah.
the Goth and 30th, close the season east
of the Rockies, and November l the Cali
fornia circuit opens, comprising fifteen
days of racing in one month. For the
month of December races are being. ar
ranged in Arizona. New Mexico and Texas.
these also being on the national circuit.
In Southern Texas many OF the first class
riders will find haven for the winter and
enter the California circuit in the spring.
The party travelling westw ward will have
special car throughout the trip, and as the
best members only of the teams have been
selected the party will be a large family.
Tom Winder, who will arrive here on
Thursday, is making one of the most re-
markable bicycle journeys on record, says
a New York paper. He has undertaken to
ride his wheel or push 1t around the United
States, keeping is nearly as possible to the
coast and international boundary lines,
and to accomplish the circuit in 300 con.
secutive days. The journey is estimated
to be 81 500 miles, obliging him to travel
on an average at least seventy-two miles
a day. He will cross thirty-three States
and Territories in accomplishing his task.
Mr.. winder weighs 25 pounds and is anews-
paper man of Warsaw, Ind.
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with jump at the Springfield meeting
was Little Rigby, OF Toledo, Ohio, Rigby
has been known heretofore as pot
hunter" He was star is this class. With
his partner, Bernhard, he attended many
little meetings in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan
and Illinois last year, and the pair got
away with more than 200 prizes. This
year Rigby went to the Canadian circuit
He did well there, and finally tackled
Springfield.
Including winnings at the Buffalo meet
ing, Bald has taken during this season
% first, IL second and third prizes,
valued at So POS. Cooper has won 25
first, 6 second and third prizes, of the
value of So ,953. Cabanne has won IA first,
8 second and z third prizes. of the value
OF SE,o4O. 1JtuS mas won IiTSt, Z second
and o third prizes, of the value of 81 ,s74.
Murphy has won first, IA second and 4
third prizes, of the value of 81 1853. Gardi-
ner has won IL first, 8 second and third
prizes, of the value of S1,745.
The percentage table of the national
bicycle circuit shows that Fred Sims, of
this city, has started in II races this year.
In these II races he has defeated Sc men,
has been defeated by A men, and has
percentage of $50. Sims has won one
first prize. five second prizes and nine
third prizes, OF the value of $676.
Many bicycle riders claim that circuit
chasing. to them does not pay. Maddox and
Sims are among this number. Maddox has
been laid up the better part Of two seasons
from accidents and sickness, while Sims
.ten-nile race at Manhattan Beach and his
fall at Battle Creek knocked him out OF 4
riding for many good prizes