Evening star., 1897-03-27
PERSONAL PARAGRAP H S

Clinton r. Coulter started his racing |
career at a small town in Nebraska in 1924. |
He left his home at Mansfield, Ohio, in |
company with trick riding companion, |
for tour across the country. He entered |
the meet while his journey, and. |
greatly to his surprise. won nearly all of |
the best prizes. This so encouraged him |
that he continued on the track.
George H. Orr will be the president Of the |
Canadian Wheelmen's Association for the |
ensuing year. He had no opposition for
the office.
Tom Eek does not seem to fear sus-
pension by the racing board on account CT
his failure to pay the 500 damages to the
promoters of the race meet at Portland,
Ne. last fall.
Joseph l.. Yost. the well-known member
of the Yost Manufacturing Company. has
received the democratic nomination for the
mayoralty of Toledo, Ohio.
Robert Holm chief consul of the Mis-
souri, division of the League of American
Wheelmen. characterizes the talk OF seces
sion of his division from the league pure
nonsense, and in no wise coming from the
representative wheelmen.
r. c. Bald will have no team mate this
season, being accompanied by Rastus of
the Barnes black and white" tandem
team.
| Lehr, the German champion, is training
| in Paris, and will remain in that city until
| the summer tracks open.
! Zimmerman does not seem to think that
| racing will be divorced from the league. and
he advises racing men to keep ont of the
game, for they will be the Ones who Will
suffer from its failure.
Otto Zieger the third-mile open,
| professional, at San Francisco recently, de-
| feating Fred. Loughead and several other
| cracks. The time for the race was o.4 A..
At the same meet Loushead Won the
mile open in us 1-5, triplet furnishing
pace.
| A siX-hour amateur race at Coiumbus,
| Ohio, was won by young Murphy, who
| rode 122 miles and laps.
| c. NJ Smith of San Jose, Cal, is out for
the mile record for one minute, paced by a
| locomotive. He proposes to have a board
! track, laid on a straight and level stretch
| of the Southern Pacific railroad, between
| San Jose and San Francisco. The railroad
| people enter into the scheme with much
| earnestness.
| Asa Windle comes out with the an
| nouncement that he will not follow the cir
cult this season. but will engage in the re-
| tail cycle business. There many, how
ever, who seem to think that it will be
| impossible for good old Ase" to keep away
| from the circuit.
Mike Dirnbcrger. once known as King
! Michael" has just recovered from Sc
| we're attack of scarlet fever at his home in
| Buffalo. There is Nc likelihood of his ap-
pearance on the track this year, his condi-
| ton being almost past reformation.
II. b. Wood of Oberlin. Ohio, who won
the recent six-day eight-hour race at Cleve-
|
| racing. it being his first appearance He
defeated Shock by five laps and Ashnger
| by nearly two miles. Gimm and Waller
| We're in the same race, but dropped ont be-
fore the finish.
| In 2 match race recently held at San Jose
| Cal. between Otto ZieSler and Floyd Nc
Fariand best two out of a series of three
| mile heats, the former succeeded in coming
| out ahead. Ziegler was given the purse of
sl.5oo. each man having bet of $500 to
which the race promoters added another
$500.
Frank Waller the Flying Dutchman." IS
| jest getting in shape again for hard work
His foot has been in extremely bad co,lIi-
ton. and for that reason he was Obliged TO
quit the Cleveland six-day race on the first
day.
| Washington Hesing. the candidate for
mayor of Chicago is popular among the
wheelmen, and is very apt to secure most
of the votes of the cycling fraternity
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois
| state legislature by Representative Shana-
han making it unlawful to conduct six-day
go-as-you-please cycle races. under penalty
OF a fine of not less than s25 or more than
$500 or jail sentence between thirty days
| and one year.
flying start is held by W. A. Scott whose
time for the distance was :55 1-5. The rec
ord was made last month.
| The Mexican hour record was recently
broken by Ralph Cabanas. who succeeded
IN covering 24 miles and 526 meters, equal
| 10 about a third of mile. within the sixty
minutes. The first mile was made in 2:27 Is.
The previous record for the time was y SO
miles. recently made by Federico Trislleros
John S. johnson during his recent severe
sickness lost twenty-eiglt pounds, reducing
MS weight to 14o pounds. The physician
who attended him stated that not ore man
IN ten would have been able to have stood
the siege which Johnson went through
Louis Gimm. the weli-known long-distance
rider. who recently defeated Teddy Hall. in
1oo-mile race, was badly injured in a
spll al the Cleveland six-day race, which
prevented him from finishing In the contest
Lesna. the French rider, now in Australia
! recently succeeded in lowering two records
that were established by Martin, the Amer
lcGn rider. in the antipodes. He rode five
miles In 1o.l1 20 and ten miles in 2',.4t fiat.
, with a standing start, whereas Martin S
records wero made with flying start
J. W. Parsons. the champion of Australia
who it is rumored, will come to this coun-
try, was recently married to a clever ac-
tresS of Adelaide
Martin. who is making such an excellent
showing In Australia, has been deluged
with challenges since he defeated parSons
He has accepted the challenge of Ken
Lewis to ride series of match races OF
, ore fve and ten miles, for a purse of s75O
and side bet of 500 each.
l 1t is stated that Fred j. Titus who was
recently refnstated. and James Michael
the Welsh wonder. will ride a match hour
, race at the Michigan state meet, which
Rapids.
4 Arthur Zimmerman does not appear to be
near as anxious to return to the cycle path
, as mas been reported, and he has practically
declined several tempting offers.
Eddie Bald has announced that he will
not accept challenge from Tom Cooper
because of the challenge of the former is
5 sued last fall to race any man in the world
| Tor 10000. If Cooper desires to meet him
in special race he will have to accept tho
! challenge.
1ver E. Holstad, Dane. and a wealthy
; land owner, near Crookston, Mimi, now re-
tired from cycling, rode a fifty-inch soid
tire ordinary of German manufacture
). from Buda Pesth to Constantinople, and il
1 1898 rode from Alexandria, Egypt to Tan.
/: | gier. Morocco. When he came to this coun.
4 try he rode from New York to his presen,
e home, carrying all his earthly possessions
l | with him.
l Pat. Sheehan, the trainer. thinks he has
n | discovered 'phenom'' in Guy L. Gary OF
Chelsea, Mass. a rider of twenty-one years
-Four years ago he defeated Tyler at the
l | opening of the Waltham track Gary is