The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13
MATCH RACES ALL THE Go.
,,,vo STILL HANGING OFF ON HIS
CHALLENGE TO ISINSEY.

Tbfs FnlI-The New Machine Test
Cd secretIy-One of Them Ridden
90. 900 Miles without Wear or Adj
iustment.
Match racing is all the talk in cycledom.
7 Kinsey has not received an answer
- his last letter sent to B. F. Mayo, and
.So anal arrangements of the race have
AT been made, but it is more than likely
Not they will be consummated in a day
or two.
As the matter now stands, Mayo will
hove 10 ride or crawfsh. His original
.,.ouenre to Kinsey was accepted and the
rms agreed upon. When Kinsey's ac-
sont,nce reached him he replied asking
.hat several changes be made in the con-
dtions which, naturally, Kinsey would
4 not agree to.
,ravo's action in requesting change in
.to conditions after he had specifically ex-
dressed them in his original challenge was
brassv TO say the least In cycle racing
80 in all other sports, the challenged par
-, has the privilege of naming the prin-
otnal conditions, especially those not stip-
Mated by the challenger.
\ One of Mayo's conditions, that which
stimulates that each man start from OPP
,,osite sides of the track, provided the
race is not paced, would make it simply
race against time, neither one having the
advantage of pace.
In Mavo's first challenge he made the
amount of the purse $50 side. In his let
ter Of acceptance Kinsey offered to double
the amount but Mayo has not evidenced
an inclination to show the color OF MS
money.
argument so far and Mayo has got to race
under the conditions of his original chal-
lenge or go down as gutter.
If the race takes place 1t will be on Oct
2 the date Of the national meet which is
now under arrangement. Coburn and
Wells will pull Kinsey out every day from
now on on a white tandem.
There will be a good many people
around town sadly disappointed if they
are not riding SIS bicycle very soon.
large bicycle house failed recently, and
it is said that is selling wheels in large
lots at SIS apiece. A well known and
reputable gentleman of Savannah upon
learning this went into communication
with the dealers to ascertain the truth
of the rumor. In the meantime he has
been taking the names of all those who
wish $15 wheels, and yesterday, it was
said, that he had $50 orders. He has not
received an answer to his letter yet, and
there are many anxious would-be Cyclists
awaiting it.
If this movement should prove to be
fact, It will have a telling effect on the
bicycle business in Savannah. So far
there has not been a cut in prices except
in the case of one wheel. Coming right
on top of this is the appearance in the
city of a representative of a large western
house, which has also recently gone to
the wall. He has made arrangements
with a local dealer to put 100 wheels on
the market at big cut An Office has
been rented and fitted up and a bill lad
ing for a carload of wheels was seen yes
terday. The wheels are on the way and
will be here in a few days. At what price
! they will be sold could not be learned
but it is said to be ridiculously low.
E. E. Anderson has forsaken his idea of
making another trial behind an engine in
the west. If he ever makes the trial again
it will be in the east, and there is not
much probability of his ever doing this.
Charley Earle of Brooklyn, is working on
scheme to ride a mile in one minute
paced by a trolley car. Anderson deserves
the praise and sympathy of every wheel
man in the country. He showed what ter
rife speed can be attained on the bicycle,
and risked his life in doing it. His reward
was but short lived fame and glory while
he suffered a financial loss on the money
he invested in the project
The trans-continental relay race across
the country from San Francisco to New
York was finished last week. The distance
covered was 1926 miles, and time was 10
days, % minutes and 1-5 seconds. The
last relay from Kings Bridge near New
York city to City hall park was ridden by
the well known racing man, Fred Titus.
The finish was witnessed by a tremendous
crowd which cheered the rider enthusiasts
tically. A grand bicycle pageant will be
given this week to commemorate the re-
lay.
John S. Johnson. the famous crack-a-
Jack who has visited Savannah several
times was quietly married recently to
Miss Knight of Louisville. A number of
the racing men have become benedicts of
late.
An amusing thing about the cycling
generation is the individual pride some ia
Tiers take in their boys. Some of these
paternal progenitors about town are al
ways ready to stake their last dollar on
the ability of their sons to beat the other
what they can do and often save their
lather's from financial loss to say nothing
oil embarrassment and disgust
change in cycle construction almost
as radical and revolutionary as the safe
ey and pneumatic tire is about to be made.
Inc Pope company will put out a chain
less bicyle next year. and two of the mod
els Tor 1897 one for men and one for wo-
ment' will be operated by bevel gears in
stead OF the usual chain and sprocket.
Mechanical engineers outside of the bicycle
trade have long recognized the fact that
d chain and sprocket are theoretically
me poorest method of transmitting power,
ana nave wondered that a further adj
Ydhcement has not been made by those
VINO devote their ingenuity to bicycle per-
Ieeuon in the line of obviating the waste
ol power occurring through this sort of
soaring. Riders have realized il emphat-
really through their trouble with chains
stretching and breaking. rusting from
sahpness. clogging with dust and clink-
Ing ana whizzingly annoyingly. Inventors
nave worked to solve the problem, and, in
ueeu' few bicycles were made on this
nan y, some years since by small concern.
= Hey aid not, however seem to meet with