Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-25

member of the Georgetown Cycle Club, Is
row 1T his parents home, 2917 Dumbarton
evenue, and is Oh a rapid road to recovery.
This is gratifying news to his many friends.
1t will be remembered that in the fore part
of last month, while on his wheel, he col
fded with a pedestrian at 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue and fractured his
skull, and for some time afterward his life
was diSpaired of.
Fred Schade has become a member Of the
Carroll Institute, and has gone into training
for the coming season. Most likely he will
ride the coming year under the institute
colors.
There has been a great deal of talk lately
in regard to the respective merits of Bald
and Zimmerman and which Of these two
great riders would be the first to push his
wheel across the winning line were they
ever to meet on the racing path. thinner
man has been considered the king of racing
men for years, and not until the past sea-
son, when Bald so easily distanced every
one, was there any one who was considered
in the same class with him. But now the
followers and admirers Of these respective
champions are pretty evenly divided up.
though it is doubtful if the two men were in
the same class and matched to race against
each other whether the veteran Zimmerman
would be as much of favorite as his new
rival
Representative Guider has introduced a
bill in the New York legislature authorizing
the trustees Of the Brooklyn bridge to make
u
to bicycle riders.
Sarah Bernhard has taken to the use of
wheel, but she does not intend to ride it
In New York, because she is afraid of at
tracing too much attention. She will wait
| until she gets into Canada before enjoying
herself in this wise.
Brig. Gen. Wheaton, in charge Of the De-
partment Of Colorado, has issude orders
calling for stricter observation of the reg
ulations requiring practice reconnaissance
| frequently, going at least ten miles from
| forts in all directions, in which the bicycle
| Is to be used.
| is to open bicycle agency in New York.
petition is being circulated in Pittsburg
asking for the reinstatement of c. NJ. MUIR
ply, the petitioners believing him to be in
nc cent of violating any rules. The ma liter
will be presented to the national assembly
of the league.
A. G. Spalding has announced that he has
| positively decided not to employ a racing
| team this year to follow the national circuit.
Just what Bald will do the coming season
| no on" seems exactly to know. and though 1t
| has been rumored that he has signed with
| several different companies, that he Is going
| abroad and that he intends to turn pro-
fessior al and try their metal the coming
| year, he seems to have been in evidence at
| the Chicago cycle show
| II. f. Raymond, ex-chatrman OF the racing
| board Of the L. A. W., has returned from a
six weeks trip abroad. He visited the Lon
| don and Paris shows. and says that they
are lAslgnlncent as compared with ours.
Arthur Banker, a former well-known rae
| ing man, has retired from the track, and
| opened up in business at Pittsburg. He Is
| building motor cycle which he will have
| on the road this season, and which will
| carry two people at a speed Of fifteen miles
an hour. Electricity Is the motive power. .
Cabanne now claims that he has no inten-
| ton of racing again, but he is still anxious
| to have the suspension ban removed. He is
1 in business in st. Louis and will stick there,
although two cycle firms want to send him
| to France next year.
A. D. Ruff, better known as Pop" Ruff,
| aged sixty-eight, died last week at Owens
vile, KY. He was an enthusiastic rider and
last year made a tour awheel through Vel
| lowstone Park. He came from Canada, was
a bachelor and was quite rich.
Tom Cooper, the phenom of last season,
has started in training for the coming sea-
sons work. Last year his winnings were
| valued at $4,000. though the list value OF
| the same was $1,000. Most likely he will
| ride for the Monarch people this year.
| Nearly 200 professional racing men, train
| ers and PAGERS earn a livelihood through
| winter racing in Paris.
John K. Tomlinson Of Terre Haute has in.
| vented an automatic tire valve. which, he
claims. will initiate a tire as long as the
wheel it is on Is ridden.