Evening star., 1897-05-15
PERSONAL PARAGRAP HIS

Floyd Mcfarland. the lanky Californian,
appears to be doing unusually well in the
south, especially when riding the Coli
scum circuit.
Clint r. Coulter is one of the most prom
inent riders who have joined the outlaw
association in California and started in for
Sunday racing.
Owen kinble admits that he has received
an offer to join the American team which
will invade England and the continent this
season. The prospects for the trip are very
aliuring If the Louisville rider will make
certain of his game before leaving this
country.
The proposed match race between Eddie
Bald and Tom Cooper which was to have
come off May 81. appears to be as far off
as ever The race between the two causes
as much talk among the principals and
their friends the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
affair before the decisive battle at Carson
City.
Mayo. who halls from Erie. Pa. is in
training at the Fountain Ferry track and
will probably remain there for a few more
weeks.
The match race between Bald and Kim
hle. which was originally scheduled for
May l. will be run off this afternoon at
the Fountain Ferry track at Louisville.
The statement that Arthur Zimmerman
has been riding on the Manhattan Beach
track lends additional color to the report
that he will appear on the track this
son.
For the five years that he has been on
the track the average number of points
scored by John s. Johnson. according to
races won and places secured, is 147.2. w.
c. Sanger during the same period stands
second with 1918. while J. Ply Bliss is
third with 1O6 points. Ball has been on the
track for four years, and his average for
each year is 1888
Otto Ziegler, Allan Jones. H. E. McCrea
and A. NJ. Boyden. who participated in
the recent Sunday meet at San Francisco,
Cal. have come under the ban of the rae
ing board and their suspension will un-
doubtedly be noted in the next issue of
Chairman Motifs report.
Jay Eaton. who has earned the title of
indoor king is keeping up his reputation
In the south Up to the fore part of this
month he had won nine races nearly
double the number of any other rider
1t is expected that Bald will leave Louis
Vile about May -. He will visit Boston.
enter the mile open. and ride an exhibition
mile at the Charles River track on May 81.
Charles M. Murphy and Tom Cooper,
while riding on the Thunderbolt track near
savannah. Ga. collided with a tandem
recently. The wheels We're wrecked and
While Murphy escaped with few slight
bruises. Cooper was badly cut up and lost
nearly a week.
1t seems though the Bald-Hachen-
berger match race will hardly be brought
to a climax this spring. The men may
possibly come together later in the season.
Charles and Madeline Fitzpatrick. the
and are expected to arrive tomorrow
Charley writes he will bring home with
him the elephan: and medal given him by
President Kruger of the Transvaal re-
public.
Ray Mcdonald says that the report that
he would leave in short time for the old
world is untrue. He is very much put out
over the circulation of the report. He
says he never once thought of going, and
never told any one SO.
Little Michael recently won the ten-mile
match with Floyd Mcfarland for
a purse of $500. on the indoor track at
Memphis. Mcfarland quit after making
three miles. and the Welshman rode the
of Eddie McDiffie. made last September at
Boston. of 20.1S 3-5.
Tom Cooper has telegraphed to his en-
ployers at Chicago that he left Savannah
race. He was the one that backed said
Cooper Will post my money on arrival
at Louisville"
Harley Davidson, the skater and racer,
intends to challenge Michael for series of
three races, one for five miles. second
for one mile. and the distance for the third
race to be decided by toss up.
Walter Foster, the Well-known racer,
was recently married at San Francisco.
William Young, the trainer has been a
as he takes special interest in Ray Daw-
son, the New Jersey champion, who will
ride for Columbia College this year Young
thinks that Dawson will win the long-d
that Powell will be the best man in the
sprints. Columbia ought to win the in
tercollegate championships without much
trouble" said he. RUPERT will not ride
this year. as he is going abroad to spend
his vacation. On his return in June he
may do some racing. McGue. who is train
ing the college men, seems to be giving the
men the right sort of work"