The times., 1897-03-28

| running horses, but iii $50 he entered ffa
! siX-day race at Minneapolis, MINI, and
won the worlds championship against a
| big field, and covering 923 miles, 100
yards.
In March. Of the same year, he raced
/ Noodade for the worlds championship
and won it, making l,O091-2 miles,
! breaking the worlds record of | .DOT
miles. He was the first man in America
! TO cover more than 900 miles in six
! days
Among his other performances was a
siX-day match against Prince, for 81 900,
which he lost by fourteen miles: an eight
hour per-day race at Minneapolis in which
he won second place: a triangular l42-
hour race, which he won, doing lfO5
| miles beating the worlds record, and
| in $50, al Madison Square Garden, he
won the worlds championship making
1900 miles, lap. which was recently
broken by Hale and half dozen other
riders. In this race SChock made ,Te6
miles, against his old record. With the
one exception OF the race here in Dc
cenlber, he has never failed to win a
place, and he has competed in thirty
four. He looks to be. and SAYS he is.
In perfect trim for the coming race
John Lawson, the rosy-cheeked rider
from Chicago, and formerly long-distance
champion of his native country, Sweden,
will be the great favorite u the race
Has generous action in slowing I'D for
competitors who had fallen By the way-
side won him many friends during the
December race here, and his modest, un-
assuming demeanor kept them. His ability
on racing skates is also of high order.
and his recent performances are fresh In
the minds OF local skaters. He has been
niCknaHIed the Terrible Swede'' on ac-
count Of his facial contortions when pass
ing a competitor in race Otherwise he
is genial, mild-tempered young man
He IS only twenty-three years of age and
native OF NOrTkoping, Sweden. He won
his novice racein 1887 in his native cOun- |
try, riding a mile in 500 upon an ordinary. |
The fastest mile he ever rode in his own |
country was 2:O7, made in 1892 He |
achieved distinction in the race around |
Malaria Lake. great event in Sweden,
the circumference of which is thirty-six
Swedish miles, one OF which is equivalent
to nearly seven of our miles. His time was
chine. sesred to nfty-six. This was in !
husband to Germany, the end to end Of
Sweden, q distance of ! .632 miles, Eng
Iish, in fourteen days twelve hours. In
1894 be went over the same course on a
better machine, one geared to sixty and
covered it in eight days and thirteen
hours, which is still record. From 1887
to 1894 he won total of liz prizes for
bicycling, skating and running, there being
thirtysiX medals IN the lot.
He won fourth place in the previous -ace
here. and in the Chicago race he also won
,he fourth prize.
Pete Golden another one of the en-
ries, is the famous iong-distance runner
md pedestrian, lie commenced his career
IS haif-miie amateur sprinter and be-
ore his entry into professional ranks he |
von fully 90 medals. He made the five
nile record of 26 minutes 80 seconds which
TODD for many years. In a six-day foot
ace at PittSburg he beat Noremac. the fa-
louS EngliShman, making 416 miles At
IadiSon Square Garden, in 1894, he came
ut third in the first long-distance cvcle
ace 1t was a twenty-four hour event.