The evening times., 1896-03-19
News Of BaId's Suspension Civ
en- 10 the Public Too Soon.
SOLD SOME OF HIS PRIZES
How Miss frankie Nelson Is Regard
ed by a Foreign Sporting Paper.
= Ready to Race Any Fea,ale Rider In
England, France OF Gerni4ny-Ha M
tlton Challenges SANGER

announcement yesterday morning In
paper that Eddie Bald, the Buffalo nyer'
mas been suspended on the eharge OF sell
ing his prizes. Mr.. Gideoh sends his bul-
,etins to various papers, with the pro-
yiso that they shall not be printed until
Friday morning. -
Several papers have at various times
printed valuable news contained in the
bulletins ahead OF time, and Mr.. Gideon
has become very angry, and is trying to
find out a wny to prevent 1t. II the above
charges are proved against him, Eddie
win he placed in the professional ranks.
This will not make much difference to the
flyer, as he had practically announced has
intention OF riding for cash this season in
any case. ".
The action OF the papers who gave this
news away may result In the bulletin ne
ing reserved for the cycling weeklies
alone.
"The American lady champion bicyciist'
Miss Frankie Nelson. winner OF the recent
slx-days' race at Madison Square Garden,
New York. and champion lady rider OF the
United States for over four years, arrived
at Liverpool on Saturday y last, in company
with Mr.. and Mrs. Madden" says the
london Spo rting Life OF recent date.
Miss Nelson, having beaten all the lady
riders in America, has come over 10 TINS
country with view OF racing the lady
champions OF England and France, with the
hope OF retiring TO the land of the Stars
and Stripes champion lady rider OF the
world.
MIR. william Madden is prepared to match
Miss Nelson against any lady rider in Eng
land or France, for any reasonable amount
or Miss Nelson will enter six days race,
limited TO the best riders OF England,
France and Germany. for the worlds
championship. After fortniahts rest Miss
Nelson will go into active training, and be
prcpa red TO race in about months time.
Miss Nelson had many liberal offers before
wing America, one manager offering
her $1,000 to take part In series OF
races in the chief cities OF the United States,
besides the prizes she might win. Miss Nell
son is twenty-four years OF age and five feet
three inches high"
A dispatch from Saratoga says that To-
cal wheelmen are highly enthusiastic over
the pro ject to build a cycle path between
Saratoga and Glens Falls, distance OF
eighteen miles. il Is estimated that the
path will cost from So 900 to 81 500, the ex-
pense to be borne equally by the places
TO be thus connected. A big meeting has
been held In Saratoga. and committees
are at work. IT is believed that Glcnsi
Falls will cooperate readly.,taDd, work
begin on this splcneid- addition. TO north
ern New York's wheeling facilities early
this spring. ic1 ug,
Sd a, sui.
According to n dispatcslfroIh Syracuse,
David 6. Shafer. manager OF W. W. Hamil-
Ton of Denver. who latelyimade record of
1:59 1-5 for the unpaceii mleo has depos-
tied $500 with the Syracuse Standard. ac-
companying a challenge for a series OF three
races with Walter c. Sanger, who disputes
Hamillon's record. The forfeit is to be
considered part OF Il SIDE bet of $1,000
between Mr.. Corcoran, Sangeris manager,
and Mr.. Shafer.
The three races in which Mr.. Shafer
agrees TO match Hamilton against Sanger
are: A one-mile standing start. paced. each
man to furnish his own pacemakers and leach
rider to be at liberty to take advanta ge
of his opponents pacemaking. If he is able
and sees fit TO do so. The next race shall
be one-mlle standing start, unpaced. from
opposite sides OF the track. The third race
shall be for twent y-five or fifty miles,
Sanger to determine the distance to suit
himself and each man to furnish his own
pacemakers.
The following local cycle exhibitions have
been sanctioned by the Cycle Board Of
Trade: Birmingham, Ala, Uocal dealers,,
March Z and 8; Washington Washington
Road Clubhouse. March 1 8 to 2S: Kansas
City, Mo. (Cycle Dealers Associationl,
March 10 and 81; Cincinnati tChester Park
A. c.. March 81 TO %; Minneapolis, April
to IL.
An application has been. received from
The Nashville Coliseum for dates Of April
IS and 1s. This show has not yet been
sanctioned, but as the local board are
In favor 1t is possible that it will be.
Bicyclists of New York and Brooklyn
are interested In movement OF the
church temperance society to erect re-
freshment booths along the routes fire.
quented by cyclists. 1T has been sug-
gested that an experimental KIOSK Dc
erected on the Coney Island road. and an-
other in Riverside Park, New York.
The racing season in Buffalo will be
opened on Memorial Day with a big meet
under the auspices of the Parkside Wheel
ing Club.
A good wheel is fa ithful servant. while
| poor wheel has q wayward will of its
| own.
Peckham in Good Condition.
Hite Peckham, In charge of Trainer Con
nell, spent Tuesday evening in the city
Hite says he is already as hard as rails fol
his go with Raedy on the 31st, and that
| from now until the night OF the fight he viii
have to train against becoming too fine
| or too much on edge.