The herald., 1895-12-02
THE WHIRRING WHEEL

To-day the Riverside races com m enCs,
and the entire town is going to see them.
1t is said that all stores will close up for
the afternoon. in order that their propri-
etors may sit on the bleachers and howl
in supreme delight at the finishes. There
are six events on the card, including two
handicaps, . thres. mile in class A and a
one.mils In class B. The handicaps for
these two races as furnished by the court
esq Of H. G. + Smith, the official handi-
ospper for the division, are as follows:
Three milo handicap. class Az. Nc
Failsnd, W: A. Taylor. W: Woman.
scratch; H. Downing, D. +. Whitman. rs
yards; @. Hewitt, II. Crom we'll. so yards;
J. 4. Wing, Ed Watson. 100 yards; 9. b.
Cox. l25 yards; King and Newoomb. 1856
man and Anderson, $50 yards; Russell
and Meyer, 275 yards; Converse and
0rase:. 325 yards.
Ons-miis hancicsp, class BE. G.
Bald, scratch; II. Z. McCrea. Earl K!ser,
80 yards; J.. Randall, W.. Burke. =: IS.
Schmidt, W. Hatton, Robert TerrilI, So
yards; Phil Kitchen, Casey Castleman, J.
NJ. c npbsll, IS yards: +. n. Shefski, 10
yards; f. @. Lacy. lO0 yards.
In the mile open. class b, there is u
handsome diamond. worth $la5, for the
WiuueI " tuko. LUZ WuOtU VIib0 IlSb
ioots ny owe, 800, n pretty good one for
. single days racing.
The Santa Ana meet, which vas a
splendid one from racing standpoint,
proved q loser in the matter of attend
snce. Kiser's win of the mile was a pop
ular one and he broke the coast record of
2:04 made at the the meet in Los Angeles.
kitchin won the thrse-mile handicap by
running away from lay fisld finishing
nearly q sixth OF a mile to the good. He
is suffering from bad swelling Of the
knee and he il; probably not show any
form at Rievrsids or Redlands.
IN Redlsnds meet on Wednesday has
already set that CITY wild. Great and
enthusiastic PREPARATIONS are being made
for the entertain ment Of visitors, a giant
smoker and great banquet being two OF
the events already completed. Upon the
and four in class b. There is milo in
vitation in Glass b, that has prizes aRgre-
eating $500 and the priz, list aitoge .her
amounts to about $3.50 The excellent
track has been worked and scraped until
1t is AZ smooth as floor and phenomenal
time may be looked for.
THE RECORD BREAKERS
Last Saturday there arrived in the city
the Syracuse Record team. There were
seven men IN the party-Dave Shafer, man.
agar; W. " Hamilton, better known as
"Mud Horse" Frank Rigby OF Toledo,
Ohio. and the famous quad team, j. b.
Stone, f. W Swanboorgh, Il. F. Smith
and II b. Conibsr. These men are un-
der the management OF MIR. Dave Shafer,
VINO shares With Tom Eek the honor of
beiug the best trainer in this country.
The whole party went to Santa Menica
yesterday, accompanied by Will Knip-
penburg. John Thay = and few otj:c.s,
under the care of Captain Stsert of tho
Southern Pacific company. The track was
inspected, and Mr.. Shafsr tried the banks
and examined the surface. With porper
treatment. be declares that the track will
hold any gait that man may care to
pedal. while tho quadruplet ard quin.
tuplet will taxe the banks perfectly. He
expressed himself as delighted with the
town and the climate, declaring that it
was a perfectly idea. spot for training.
The whole party returned to Los Angeles
in the morning, and went to Riverside in
the afternoon to inspect the track and
witness today's racing. Dad Glsezon,
the manager of the Stearns team, has al
ready engaged rooms for his team at
Santa Monica, and will 90 fur1records as
national circuit Is over. MI. Shsfer says
that there are two records that he must
get, and these are the one mile flying
start. paced, and the hour record. He
expects the mile to be paced at about
:3S or 1:37.and feels confident that Billy
Hamilton can make thirty miles in the
hour. Hamilton. by the way, uses
92.inch gear in all his practicing. anu in
followine PAGER he puts on 105 inch gear.
Santa Monica will in all probability sse
some riding that has never bssn yet
duplicated on any track in the world.
a RECORD RIDER.
"lit b. RiRby, whose picture is given
hero. is q native of Toledo, o.. He - a
youngster OF 20 and one of the strongest
Yidsrs::on the circuit. His best work was
done on the Canadian circuit. where be
defeated at different times every one that
he met. He was member OF the Stsarns
racing team. but wnen Shafsr decide to
work for records he took Rigby and put
him with Hamilton on the Syracuse rec
ord team. He will be sent for the one
mile worlds record, paced, With a flying |
start. and probably for all distances up
80 fiys miles. Skater, one OF the best
Judges In the world OF the capabilities |
Of . racing man. seems fairly sure that
Rigby will get what he goes after.