The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-08

up 10 heir expectations. but IA 81
even went far beyond. Seattle Mles
Pile were highly slated at the fact ~ n
Dow won every event In which he I'll ga,
part. and that Bartholomew increased as
reputation as one of the best In the n y
/ cihc Northwest. The regret OF the Icon
was that Esary. of Seattle, met with }psi
accident In his first race which preclsd3 r.
further partcipa ton. The big surprise Nhot
the day came about In the following mdeon
| ner: Heov
Down at the little town of Ansrds{t our
there lives a fellow named A. A. JohnES leat
who Is said 10 work In a shlngle mill Nlsa
appears chat he recently purchased q hAvan
and went down on the beach at Wexps2 eii
10 see If lie could make fast time Mune
races down In that section are all sgrais} tool
away. ana Johnson being a powerful h4sccl
low. surprised the people. When IN v
heard that they were gong 10 have soayH
races up at Seattle he came to the culfyk
clus!on he would come up and try Mel
hand ri II. So last Sunday he Jumped 3the
his wheel and rode ninety-hve miles ov3 All
the hills to Tacoma Along In the aitei left
noon he showed up at the store of Geo1t ala,
NJ. Shredder and asked II they had plaJs,al
where he could wash himself Shreeaasell
looked up at Johnson and while wondel O
ing who this dust-begrmed. green-looksAka
stranger could be, replied: "Cer,alnsda Il
certainly. There's the wash room. Go 3llne
there ana wash yourself Johrset,ha
emerged clean OF face and a. typical u -.
Swede as ever struck Jim HIN for a ''yoal rat
Yesterday morning Johnson showed up X,
Seattle, and wandered out TO the Y. NJ. L.
\. track. The hrst thing he did on tryia W.
TO 60 round the curves was 10 run m1Nh,
the fence three CT four times. Their Nm
sat down ana commenced 10 figure auJsa,
what was wrong. Ills conclusion was thav M,
there was a difference between racing a. ~.
q beach and on a regulation bicycle trlei{.s.,
lie went down town. and failed TO C4.ss
around IN time for the races. Just as ~ -.
of the heats in one OF the frst events Woo,
being called Johnson came rushing in;t ~.
the grounds and asked II he could tat0~Iss
part what Is he?" was the unlverslvvso.
question The terrible swede.'' was N -.
reply. -
''Oh, give ole chance" yelled saa
boys. and so 'tOle" was told to preps1ri
himself for the race. The first thing -
did was TO resolve himself into . 49,
breaker for the gang and Of coursa ~
was beaten in the final squirt. When Y s ~,
evening races were called. the wind h4snu
gone down. and ole" or 1.-The terfss me-
Swede." was right in his element Nv
the z:fo from scratch. and CA
within an ace Of carrying of first homo as
in the five-mie handicap from scrat7"a
Taking It all in all. the development so'
the terrible Swede" was the great h4ve
ture Of the day. 4.ho
This was not the only SURPRISE n.y.
whereas Ell Ganney. OF Seattle, was 4,ao
amateur at the beginning OF the rsr4sas
ne walked home ful-hedged proftI seh
souat Not one In hundred knew wn4sil
had taken place. but Gsfrney did. ana
has come 10 the conclusion that II bY0'
right Gaffney and Fucker had agrees
pace the professionals. and after the ~ r
heat General Counsel Dorr. OF the L. YIN
w. walked UP to Gaffney and taking a7G.c
by the hand said: ALLOW me TO consfafkn
ulate YOU on your entrance TO the W1 r
fesslonal ranks" lehs
''Eh." said Gaifnsy. II did not caHyFuI
your words" IL 7
Dorr repeated the sslutatior and adds1 me