The record-union., 1896-03-29

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The request made by T. w. Eek of the
Racing Board for the privilege of taking
two amateurs to Europe with him has
been rebuked by Chairman Gideon
81 hear you have got bicycle suit
"Yes, the dealer sued me for the bal
ance on my Wheel
Stella: You ask if it is correct for a
paper to say that in ''peddling the
rider must do so-and-so No; bicyclists
are not all peddleIs, although one BIZ
cycle editor has often referred to them
as SUCH When on the wheel they have
to do some pedaling, however.
The "Up-to-Date Cycling Record
Book of the League of American
Wheelmen for 1896 is a publication
which every cycling man will appreci-
ate This handy and useful little vol
ume is of vest-pocket size, printed on
| fine paper bound in leatherette cover,
and, in addition to all the correct rec
ords made by amateurs and profession
dis, COIldlnS CPdSCS " NOhiPiiO
the records to date. Without one of
these books at a race meet you are at q
loss to know how near the rider came to
record time. 1t also contains the names
of the officers of the l.. A. W., how to
become member, and rules for anna
teurs, professionals and road record
riders Half-tone cuts of the leading
record holders embellish this book.
Price of book, 10 cents. 1t is published
| by Emil Grossman & Co., Cleveland,
| O., and the price per copy is cents.
Athletics.
| The American athletes from Princeton
| College and the Boston Athletic Asso-
citation, who will represent the United
States in the Olympia games, to be held
| in the Stadium at Athens, Greece, be-
ginning April 9Th and continuing for
ten days, are as follows: The team of
Tigers consists of Robert Garret who
will compete in the shot-putting and
quoit-throwing events; A. c. Tyler, the
vaulter; F. A. Lane and Fl. B. Jameson,
| both of whom have distinguished
themselves on the cinder path in sprint
runs, the former particularly having
an enviable reputation for 100 yards.
They will be accompanied by Mr.. Nor
ris, who will act as their manager, while
Mr.. Garret is the Captain of the team.
| The Boston Athletic Association has
secured probably the strongest team
that the Hub" can produce. Burke is
| an all-around man, with records of
| 10 1-5 for the hundred" % % for the
300, 80 2-5 for 800 yards, 40 seconds for
one-quarter mile and / minute 13 %
seconds for 600 yards. Arthur Blake,
who has been entered in the thirty-mile
run, will also be a competitor in the
1000 and 800 meters runs, is one of
Boston's most speedy men for distance,
| his indoor record for one mile being
4:39A.
| Ellery H. Clark stands among the
best high jumpers in this country. He
| is a student at Harvard University, and
his record for the above sport is five
| feet ten and five-eighth inches. He also
| has a record of thirty-nine feet for the
sixteen-pound shot, twenty-one feet ten
| inches in the broad jump and has
thrown the sixteen-pound hammer 123
feet, and also holds a record for the
| 120-yard hurdle race over ten flights of
three feet six inches, of IL 20 seconds.
| J. P. Curtis the fourth man of the
team, is a good all-around athlete.
John Graham accompanies the Bos-
tonians as manager.
| The revival of these athletic games in
a city which in past ages was renowned
| for the excellence of sports developing
Drawn and muscle bids fair to be the
most important event in amateur iath-
letics in the history of the sport.
|
| L. S. Upson, who returned this week
from a visit to Nevada City and Grass
Valley, states that new athletic club
was recently organized in Grass Val
ley, with a membership of nearly 200
Professor Barr, who was formerly in
struetor in the Sacramento Athletic
Club, has been engaged to teach the
club members. He is also instructor in
the Nevada City Athletic Club.
| Gun and Rod.
The State law provides that the trout
season shall open on the 1st of April,
but as the law still permits County Su-
pervisors to shorten the open season, 1t
has been done in some counties.
For instance, while the sportsmen OF
Nevada County are preparing to whip
the brooks on the 1st of April, those
of Ell Dorado County, adjoining, must
wait two months longer, or until the
1st of June, the Supervisors having re-
stricted the open season.
Ordinarily there is very little good
trout fishing by the 1st of April, owing
10 the high water and sediment in the
mountain streams, as the snow is al
ways melting freely about that time
1t would not be a bad idea for the Leg
Iislature to so amend the law as to have
the open season begin on the 1st OF
May, and make it apply to all counties
|
The annual camp stew of the Grass
Valley Sportsmen's Club is a great
event. 1t was inaugurated several
years ago, and SO popular has it be-
come that it is no longer mere local
event. Year by year the list of guests
from abroad has increased, until now
the camp stew has become a reunion
of sportsmen from many parts of the
State-almost as much so as the fielG
trials.
The Grass Valley club wisely selected
for this event the opening of the dove
shooting season, July 1st, for camI
in the woods can better be enjoyed dur
ing the summer than in the quail-shoot
iEg season in winter. The club is al
ready making arrangements for its