The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-02-10

j IDS. This man is one Of the most mug.
i. emily muscled young athletes that it
is possible to imagine. His leg develope-
ment is something wonderful, and he can
sit squarely in his saddle and push a high
gear without any of that waste energy
noticeable in many smaller men. The en-
tire crew is made up as follows:
Captain and sieersman, randall: seat .,
Robbins; seat 3. Staver; seat 4. Winsett;
scat ., Dow; seat 6, Hatton. Dad Gleezen
thinks that the yellow boys will be able to
do some fast time on the big machine by
next Sunday.
The new surface that the Southern Pa
cfic Company is putting on the track a
Santa Monica promises TO be a great speed
producer. The natural cement of the
roads around Monovia has been drawn
on, and a mating of this material, well
sifted, is now being laid down. When
freshly watered and rolled it has the APP
pearance of smooth mortar and is remark
ably cohsive in quality. A full section
gang is hard at work putting on the twenty
four carloads of matera, necessary 10 sur
face the track, and Capt. Steere says that
it will be ready for use by Wednesday
morning, and then il will only be a ques-
ton of time when the surface will be
worked down sufficiently for the track
against time that the Steam's team will
make.
Perhaps it would be only fair to say some
doings of the Steam's team at Santa Moni-
ca.
H. L. G leezen, the subject of the picture
that accompanies this sketch, was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to this
country when he was seven years Old. Mr.
Gleezen is one of the famous trainers of
the country, being a member OF the orig
Iinal Dirty "Dozen,'' as the great bicycle
trainers were called. His work is notice
able more particularly for his cleanliness
as compared TO that of so many others who
apparently deem it necessary to adoDt
,jockeying tactics to arrive at the necessary
result. With his men he is at all times
easy and pleasant, not apparently believ-
ing that it is necessary to make tue I'M
fortunate racing mans life burden to
him in order to get the necessary amount
of work out of him. His training methods
are easy and directly to the point. depend
ing more upon system than any alleged
secret method. His work speaks for
itself, the number of successful
men he has handled going to
show more truly the benefit of the system
that he has adopted than anything else. 1t
was under his careful guidance that Titus
made the phenomenal hour ride, that at
that time startled the cycling world. MIR.
Gleezen was called upon with few hours
notice 10 take charge of this trial and to
provide the necessary pacemakecs. HAY
ing selected his men, Titus was sent away
watches clicked the hour he had. thanks
to the careful handling and pacamaking
that was then revelation, covered 26
miles and 1859 yards in 60 minutes. Mr.,
GleeZan brought out Earl Kiser, who has
become so thoroughly identified with his
manager that he is vetter known through
out the whole country as Dads KIDD
MIR. Gleezen 10 now at SANTA Monica,
where he has full charge of the Stearns
record-breaklng team, consisting OF thirty
members. He has been with his present
employers, the Stearns Manufacturing
company, Syracuse. n. y, since 1892, 4.
longer time than any othe.' trainer has
been employed by any one house, and
which in itself speaks we'll for tho esteem
in which he is held by his employers. He
has absolute charge of the men that he is
handling, and nothing is done by his EN-.
ployers without first consulting him. At
the present timo his men are beginning
their hard work, and when the time cor,es
for them to try for records that now exist,
there is little doubt that under Dads
leadership the Stearns team will do what
they did before-hold all the records in
sight. To show how complete will he the
trials that these men will make, Mr.. Glozen
will have for pace-making machines one
twelve-seated machine, two six-seaters, one
Suadruplet, two triplets and ten tandems.
such an array OF pace-maling machines
has never before been gathered together
by any one team.