The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-29

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About twenty of the racing men are
working daily down at the old race
track and getting into good trim for
the contests on Decoration Day. The
new track will soon be finished, the
surfacing is about all done. Work
on the grand stand has begun and will
be rushed as fast as possible.
Thorald Jensen is the most wonder
full rider on the track. Great things
! are expected of him this season. He
| has the right kind of stuff in him for
a racer.
Holger Jensen has greatly improved.
He is training carefully and bids fair
to take the lead among the younger
riders this year. George Weller is also
riding we'll and looks the picture of
! health.
1t is wonderful to note the improve
ment in Fred Mays performances.
Fred will be a class A man and stands
a good show of leading in his class.
Joe Beck, Royle and Hyde are daily
seen on the training track and are get
ting into fine form.
It is thought by some that the racing
men generally are training little too
hard for so early in the season. If some
Of them don't ease off a little they may
be sorry before the season is over.
Charley Evans has sufficiently recov-
cred from the effects of his accident
to be able to resume training.
schefski has trained so faithfully
that he is in about the best condition
of any of the racing men.
A large number of the wheelmen are
training for the road race on Decora-
ton Day. There will be a time prize
for the best time made by novice. also
prizes for the fastest time.
The great hundred mile relay race,
which was run April It'll. between San
Francisco and Oakland. Cal. in ten
relays, six club teams contesting. seems
to have been a Rambler event. The
first message was delivered to Mayor
Davie. of Oakland. by a Rambler rider
Wilbur ]. Edwards another Rambler
rider, rode the fastest relay, 2S.N. ana
of the four men finishing. three rode
Ramblers and G. and ]. tires.
Charley Evans has received his
Monarch racer. 1t is a beautiful wheel,
built specially for him. and embodies
a number of improvements suggested
by himself.
Langton does his training at the old
Agricultural park. He is improving
wonderfully and shows up finely.
Tom White and Oscar Johnson. en-
ployees of White & Sons Company,
rode one mile match race on Thurs
day at Agricultural park. The stake
Johnson won in 2:40. and Tom paid the
piper.
Hassard is doing good work and
shows a decided Improvement over last
year.
Conibear and Thatcher are working
with the rest of the racers and get
ting into excellent form.
Conibear received his Smalley racer
the other day. Thatcher will ride
Stearns.
Frank Croker and Sperry Larson are
training for the road race on Decora-
ton Day.
Down at the five-lap track one wit
nesses a scene of activity these fine after
moons that would enthuse an anchorite.
Twenty or more stalwart. brown as ber-
ries. athletes are faithfully at work
building up good wind and firm muscles
against the time when they will compete
in the grand races of the year. Never
before has such interest been shown Ev-
cry day dozens Of wheelmen ride down to
watch the men on the track and a fine
sight it is. Athleticism is becoming more
and more a feature of American life, and
ii is making our men and women more
alert. healthier, stronger. The bicycle IS
now recognized as a means toward gain
ing all three conditions, and this. with its
use as a vehicle, has brought about its
rage.
The advantages of our natural gas have
attracted the notice of a great bicycle
maker, and it is now almost assured that
the makers of the celebrated 'kearney
bicycles will locates factory here IN
time for the next seasons trade. Natural
gas is an important factor in manufac-
turing bicycles, greatly reducing the cost
of forging, brazing, Furnishing and finish
ing. and for use in the enamelling ovens,
and the fact that it is available here has
been the moving cause to induce the loca-
ton OF this factory as it will be of many
others.
COSillldH Will dl4lNS HSit ilCAl NSNhs
finishing his long ride from Woodstock,
Ohio. He will train the "Stearns-Smal-
ley team for the seasons work, which
assures that the riders on this team will
be in the very pink of condition. He
was joined at Omaha by Mr.. and Mrs
McIllrath, the wheel correspondents of
the great Inter Ocean of Chicago who
are now well started on their journey
around the world on their bicycles. The
Denver wheel clubs are preparing an oya-
ton for the travellers. and our local
wheelmen are moving toward giving them
a cordial reception on their arrival here.
Cushman writes from Lincoln that
through Iowa it rained constantly, and
the roads were indescribabl bly, bad, COM
polling him to ride long stretches on the
cross-ties of the railroads He says the
roads through Nebraska are in fine condi-
ton, and they will now make long rides
as they expect to arrive at Salt Lake by
May 3.
Complaints are being. received daily at
this Office CT the way drivers of vehicles
are "hogging'' the whole road when ap-
preaching wheelmen. Several accidents
have occurred in consequence, breaking
the wheels and injuring the riders. 1t
hardly seems credible that the driver of
a buggy or wagon could be guilty of such
conduct. All wheelman desires in pass
Ing is about two feet of the road, and
common courtesy should entitle him to
that Unless the practice of compelling
the wheelman to turn out and give up all
the right of way is stopped. some one
will be fatally injured, and then the