The record-union., 1897-12-09

record of mile in one minute, New
York City manufacturer has calculated
that TO ride mile in one minute man
would nave to make three revolutions of
MS feet in one second with a 112 gear.
with lo4 gear two and one-half revolu
tons per second would be required,
Whlle with two revolutions per second a
gear of 16S is necessary. Michael,
When riding a mile in two minutes with
loo gear makes 1.23 revolutions a sec
ond With his feet. If a man could move
MS 1eet at rate of one and one-half
revolutions a second for 60 seconds he
would require gear of 224 in order to
cover mile in that time Is this pos
sible?
New York Times: The project, said
TO be entertained by the members of the
National Cycle Track Association, of es-
tablishing racing teams on each of the
hig tracks, although so radical change
that it probably will not be effected
next season. has received much favor
able comment. The Western Wheel
man editorially refers to the project
as follows:
If every city where there is a good BIZ
representing that track, or, rather, car
fylng the name of that city on their rae
ing suits, and ride against teams from
other cities on a regular scheduled cir
cult, and for a championship pennant,
as is the case with baseball, it would not
take very long to arouse the same en-
thusiasm for cycle racing as is evident
| upon the ball field If this were the
fa -ola er;xy in,
the season in any and every city which
cared to enter a league, and every one
of them be made to pay. It would not
| take a large crowd to make cycle rae
ing. under these circumstances pay.
The best riders would be paid by the
| manufacturers of the wheels they ride,
Just as they are now. The managers of
the track could hire the men for their
teams for the season. 1t would not be
necessary to put up prizes A man would
have to win to draw his salary. If his
team won, he would be all right. But
the other team would not be all right
| if they did not win some of the time,
and so the members of it would all ride
as hard as they could. Then every team
would make its opponents do their best
| to win, which is what the public wants.
The spectators care nothing about the
| size of prizes, or whether there is a
! prize offered
The fastest racing men would natu-
rally be placed in league which rep
resented the larger cities, and would
turn out the largest number of specta-
tors They would draw a gate which
would pay their salaries. The men who
were not quite so fast could be placed in
the teams representing smaller cities.
This matter would adjust itself accord
ing to the drawing qualities of the diff
ferent cities. If racing were conducted
| on this plan. it would purify amateur
racing. There would be no prizes Of
fered to race for, and all there would be
left for amateurs to do would be to go
on the track and see who could ride the
fastest, simply for the purpose of set
ting that point and satisfying them
selves on the question of supremacy.
Colleges, also, could have racing teams
they do in baseball
Another matter the adoption of the
Plan might settle would be the negro
question. Major Taylor on the nation
al circuit has met with a world of trou-
bic from the white riders, not as an in
dividual, but because he is a negro. If
instead Of having individual colored rid
ers entered. a eolored team were to ap-
pear, it would be a drawing card at any
meet and few white teams would refuse
to ride aginst it.