The herald., 1896-03-05
The Stearns Racers Will De-
part From Santa Monica
THE TEAMS NEW TRAINER
His Name Is StackpoIe and His Repu.
tsti0n is Great
The Yellow Fellow Aggregation Needs a
Larger Track on Which to Use the
Big Pacing Machines

There are decided changes in the Stearns
camp at Santa Monica. The record break
ing work, which has been rather slack, will
commence at once in earnest, efforts being
made to get ahead of Father Time at the
earliest possible moment.
II. B. Gleezen, the manager of the team,
has hired trainer of national reputation
to put the members of the Stearns aggre-
CATION in order. Arthur j. Stackpoleis the
new trainer and a f1rst-class man he is.
He was the trainer of Arthur Gardiner last
season, when the latter went all through
the Southern circnit, and coming north
literally walked away from the best men
on the national circuit. Gardiner also
held the worlds records for the three.
quarter mile and one mile, made under
Mr.. Stackpole's supervision. From this il
will be seen that the new trainer is a man
competent to do all that is required Of him
in the manufacturing of records.
One thing has been fully demonstrated
here the past week, and that is the impos-
sibiity of driving machine with as large
wheel base as the sextuplet on a third of
mile track, and the cause of this can
readily be seen by anyone who is conver-
SAINT with racing matters. pacing and pace
making machines. All one-third mile
tracks that have been built up 10 The
present time have been banked according
to the curves, with view OF using nothifg
larger than triplet or q quad, and but
very few of these tracks have bsen con-
structed with a view of record work being
done upon them. 1t can readily be seen
that the ratio of the banking of the radius
of the curve must be increased ii! propor-
ton, as the wheel base increases from the
triplet to the sextuplet, and not until this
is done can record time be made on one
third mile tracks by multiple machines as
large as sextuplets.
In consequence of this the whole team
will be moved down to Coronado to the
horse track there. This track has lately
been occupied by the Syracuse record
team, but the latter has now disbanded
owing to various causes, and the track was
about to be torn up by order of David
Shafer, the manager of the defunct aggre-
cation. But this was stopped by order of
Mr.. Il. Ed Spooner, the well-known cycling
correspondent, who is now at San Diego in
the interest of many eastern papers. So
the Coronado track will be used by the
Stearns team for all records, the aggrega-
tion going down to San Diego on Saturday.
No time will be lost, but work will at once
be commenced and records made as fast
as the various men can be conditioned for
them.
John w. Campbell. the Spokane lad, has
been released from the team at his own
request, and went north last night to enter
the indoor races at San Francisco. Howard
Raymond of Portland, Or, has been added
put on the big machine. All the men are
in the best of health and closely approach
ing record-breaking form. 'Big Bill'' RAN
dali has recovered entirely from his nasty
fall of three weeks ago. and 10 riding fast
on a single. He is too valuable to be put
ON nj md dVxyi1l he
to follow pace instead of making it. AS
consequence, Dow, the San Jose lad, will
be put up to steer the great sex.
tuplet, while "Rubber Bill'' Hatton will
captain the crew and hold down the rear
seat. Mr.. E. Ed Spooner. the Bearings
expected from San Diego last night. He
did not arrive and will probably meet the
team at Coronado, where he is having the
track put in shape for the yellow fellows
Mr.. Chapman. the manager of the Pacific
branch of L. G. Stearns & Co., was in Santa
Monica last week, making various arrange
ments necessary for the removal of the
team.
The rain at Santa Monica greatly inn
proved the Southern Pacific bicycle track.
Though the banks were somewhat washed
by the heavy downpour, still the water
packed the surface as nothing else can do,
and with slight amount of work the track
will be very fast. While too small to hold
any such machine as the giant sextuplet,
for single wheels and tandems there is no
faster competition track in the country.
The departure of the Stearns team de-
tracts in no way from this statement. the
sole reason for the leaving of the yellow
fellows being that the multiple machines
are too large to be used successfully on
this track.
The breaking up of the Syracuse team
has caused much comment among cycling
men. The list of records said to be made
on Monday certainly showed that the men
were hard at work, and with such a pace
follower as the time showed Hamilton to
be, there seems no good reason why all
worlds records should not have gone to the
followers of the crimson rim. Various
causes are alleged as a reason for the dis
banding. but nothing satisfactory can be
gathered. Mr.. Spooner, who is now at San
Diego, lacqpicaily wired two words, 'Shafer
busted" but whether that means in team,
purse OF person cannot be ascertained.