Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01

will decrease the weight Of the wheel eight
pounds. He reckons the buoyancy Of the
tire at one ounce to every cubic foot OF
hydrogen 1t contains. less the weight Of the
preston to get enough of the gas into the
two tires to lift 1t eight pounds worth
when in use. It would be interesting to
know Just what chemical action there
material Of the tire. Should there be no
deterioration OF the tires the hydrogen
might prove to be serviceable. especially
for racers and those who believe In sacri-
ficing everything for lightness.
b. e. Anderson. a st. Louis professional,
plans to make trial next Sunday Of ten
mile run behind a steam engine It is pro-
posed to build board track between the
rails for II Is purpose and to have loco
motive with ono car attached do the pace
making: The rear OF the car will be
boarded up to within half an inch of the
rails with fiange projecting on either
size SO as to shield the rider as completely
as possible from the air and to give him
Almost perfect vacuum i'll which to- ride
ne board track will be painted black with
white line In the center as a guide An
oerson proposes to ride a special wheel
eeared to no. He says he has studied the
matter Tor two years. and feels confident Of
success. with no fear of bodily injury. Last
year ne rode mile behind a quad in
iol. The idea of riding behind an engine
~ not novel. as 1t was proposed last year
oy charles M. Murphy of Brooklyn. who
abandoned the scheme when he departed
for Europe
One OF the matters to be discussed nv the
racing board of the league at the Louis
vile meet will be the proposition to dis
courage record-buying on certain makes of
wheels. whose manufacturers 1t is claim
ed. are deliberately purchasing this sort of
they have already thrown out several rec
ords made on certain wheel now under
suspicion. and the board proposes to make
J.. very expensive business to buy records
III Inns Iasnion 1t Is suggested that this
particular firm be expelled from tho cvcJc
board of trade. The process az described
by Chairman Gideon. is to present a new
"Eeei 10 promising young rider accom-
panied perhaps by sum Of money and al
ways by the services of a paid trainer.
The local wheelmen will probably give
Schade. the Washington amateur who ha a
been breaking records and winning nr,zas
right and left in the south, q rousing well
come when he returns from his successful
TRIP. He is now regarded as one of the
most promising Of this country's voIno
riders. and his performances have ali in.
dicated that he Is steadily on the upgrade
without any signs Of a break.
A tandem team Of Utica, N Y. recentlv
challenged Hedstrom and Henshaw to meet
them In one mile match race AS He'd
strom Will cease riding next week, Barbeau
ana HenshaW have decided to accept the
chailenge. The race will take place at
Utica on August Z. and will be run under
205 time limit.
"A; W. w. Evans. the New Jersey cyclist,
Will make an attempt to lower the worlds
record for 800 miles over the New Bruins
WICK course on August 10. The present
record is 12h. 20m. Evans believes that he
can lower the existing figures by more than
an hour. Five days later Evans will en-
deavor to break the twenty-four hour rec
ord. The record Is PIT miles,
A feature OF the big race meet to be
held In Buffalo. N. Y. on August g. Z, and
g.. VIII be a mile invitation race for purse
Of $3.50