The herald., 1897-12-27

such an event here. It was once an
nounced that Terrell would go against
the horse, and that he would bet $500
on his ability to win, but at the last mo-
ment he refused to race, saying that he
had an engagement in the north that
would prevent his coming here for that
purpose. Tracy Hall arranged the
match with Palmer. The horse will be
hitched to sulky, and the pace will be
made as hot as possible throughout the
entire five miles. r. D. Black, man
ager of the park, has offered purse of
500, of which $25 goes to the loser. The
betting will be on the wheelman, as he
is known to be a good long distance
man.
AS result Of his wonderful ride In the
recent six days race in New York. Mil
Ter won bride. It Is said that he en-
tered the race against the wishes Of a
Chicago young woman, to whom he had
been very attentive for months. His
method Of proposing to her was to make
their marriage conditional upon his
winning the race. He won, and his
first action after the finish was to tele-
graph her the result, and claim the prom
ised hand. The marriage will take
place next month. With his winnings
Miller will fit up neat little home in
Chicago.
Reports from the east indicate that
Isaac B. Potter will in all probability be
the next president of the League of
American wheelmen. He is sure Of 217
votes which are more than enough to
elect him at the st. Louis convention.
The delegations of New York, Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and Rhode Island are
solid for Potter If Potter is elected it
will be- it is said, in the face Of bitter op-
position from his own delegation.
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Conditions for the match race be-
tween Bald and Michael have been
agreed to by both parties. This race
will be really for the American cham
pionship, and will be the first in which
these two kings Of the racing game have
been pitted against each other without
other riders being entered. The condi-
tions are as follows: The race to be
mile heats, best two In three. Each rider
W W SAASAIiCA W CA6uI p1Cc1ldhcIS, 10
be named before the start; corners and
positions to be decided by toss; Albert
Mott to appoint the referee. Race to
take place Saturday, January Sth next,
in Madison Square garden. Each rider
to follow his own pace only, and not to
follow his opponents rear wheel.
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Professor Peter Herzog, principal of
the Blair school in st. Louis, is authority
for the statement that "the introduction
Of the bicycle has had telling effect
upon the consumption Of cigarettes by
schoolboys." He says that instead of
seeing boys standing around corners,
and in empty lots smoking cigarettes.
you see them out riding their bicycles,
where they have no desire to smoke.
1t is estimated that the Batchelder-
Brady-Powers-Kennedy combination
made $4,000 each out of the six-day race.
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/ Thomas Stevens. naturalized Ameri-
can, born in England. is said to have
been first to wheel around the world.
TIe started east from San Francisco In
1884 on fifty-inch ordinary, and landed
there in 1887. He was stoned. fired at,
starved. imprisoned and generally mall
treated.
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During the last season not single
English amateur path record for the
safety was disturbed, while the profess
sional times. with the exception of the
standing. quarter and the half-mile,
made by Platt-Betts and johnson, re-
spectively, have been beaten.