The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-16
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
ONLY ONE M0RB LoNG-DLsTAN0B
RAOE FOR MICHAEL.

he VIII Meet the WInnor o. tho btofnuOksNItuo
Match and Then co In Tor short Conteats-
Racing board VIII Consider R-soommenaa-
tions OF Associated Ciubs-Notes ana Routes
Tho announcement that Jimmy Michael has
decided to abandon distance events has created
great surprise. The move Is attributed TO the
expense Of securing pacemakors In big races.
ID. O. Shafor, Michael's manager, sont q tole-
gram to this city yesterday announcing that the
Welsh rider will certainly meet tho winner Of
the Starbuck. Titus match. and that will be his
last long-distanco race. II Michae enters the
sprint events, as Is planned, there IN some spocu-
lation as to how he will faro with such mon as
Bald. Cooper, Loughoad, Kiser, and Mertens.
Michaels manager says:
shave decided to allow Michael to enter
competition races for various reasons, one of
them being the cost of pacemakers for distance
races. Then, he has shown in private trials that
he 10 as fast as any man In America In short
distance races, and he IL ambitious to ride
against tho leading professional sprinters Of this
or any other country. He has abandoned his
120 gear and viii use q wheel geared to 106 In
the future. His trials on this gear have shown
him to be one of the most phenomenal riders Of
the age, contrary to the general belief"
Long-distanco racing has just taken . hold in
this country and riders are reluctant TO see IL
abandoned. A local racing man ventured the
oiio III plbloh 1CbtOEuhys
IT do not think that Michael will give up dis
tance match racing for all time. This 10 his
speciality, and there arc various means to re-
duce the expense OF p~acemaking. Now, in q
match race, say Of twenty miles, each rider will
have eighteen pacemakers, making thirty six
in all. 30 many men are unnecessary. Az Q
matter Of fact, many OF them arc q detriment
to tho ono they are supposed to pace.
My idea Ia that tho number of pacemakers
allowed to each man should DO restricted, az
suggested in o recent issue of THE Bun. Let
riders who care to mako q feature Of match
races select pacing rows ct an agreed figure
and pay thom that amount for all races. MI
chael's expense for pacemakers has been enor-
in every available rider, for fear his rival may
% SiRi%sS viii vii ano oS1 distance s1ins ma match %01 raoins 20 20
languish."
The following clubs have arranged rum for
next Sunday:
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L Lane G; g. IN Map Nh Bssohi Fleetwood W.; Bay
Plainheldi Ascension 9. G, Paterson; castle 4. {. W.,
Eook aSay Beach; Sc. George b, c. Railway, Lin.
81, George W., Montclsir; poscoeel ". Roslyn.-
W. Long Branch; srsyoo. W.. walls, y- stream ! JACK,
sSn VI; TGassrs; Comet w TosseIy,lle! w,iiam.:
Island W. Rockaway Beach; Bushwick- W, Lake
sIsinasiia: Pienesr "a {. T. Soafx ocrsSsa Ss Ssaah MHss rSSti w
B, c. Asbury Park.
County W. Long Branch; Mantle W. Long Branch;
Orange &c. coney Island.
Bicycle riders have a wholesome fear of pune
day trip. and yet few riders carry an equipment
London Truth a new Invention in the way Of q
cssIeh able bar, provides q meenS to carry o BIZ
Hllf tho hnndlA har IA mazda AAfaNhnh1n and Aa--
tains the pump, and this adjustable portion Of the bar
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!, purp g BE- an. ns''d ,n, Win so, 4 pistol s,ss. III, S.ii's;y
tachabie. These handles are stamped with a NUMBER
s SE nA on IS, SO that ss. T msT TT s.IysiI,nG 81 the .n asa,Gs,a6l. Ror
s.9s pa not 1 es s predS Sp 10 III Ts,s Sw wosIS ap 1t ~ tn: .S daII,,
useful arrangement anywhere. as a cyclis. could iiooeRS
up the Landle.bar and feel assured that no one could
use his or her machine without It
The action of the Associated Cycling Clubs of
this Rds,G eit{S in e. eSs93Hm n n hat The National
to- the entrance fees of its members to meets
is indorsed BY, all the clubs maintaining racing
as being over strict, but 1t is expected that this
latest suggestion will be approved. Opposition
to saI select esssiU ISsir es oWn o astSwias T FsSs pIH% osisi.
mates, with the Race mmi OF the Asso-
s els sei {, clubs ,bs but The demand for competent men
compels the officials to select a number Of men
closely identified with L. A. W. racing. The
gives the option OF several.
The idea OF compelling racing men to be regis
and sixty days before they can enter q race win
remedy the practice riders have Of jumping
different tournaments for different orHaniz a.
tons. The Racing Board will consider 0e rec
concentrations.
The members OF tbs bicycle corps of Company
on a trip across country to test the value OF the
nlcysie as an army equipment have mapped out
s%syyitloi Monday: MSsEhsadi Tuesday, shin:
two days; Thursday the return viii be made
along the north shore. reaching, Van Cortlandt
xiii on Saturday and spend Sunday.
Mayor wurster Of Brooklyn is not in favor o,
votoit quick as lightning" He further said
and unjust"
racing presented for the second and last day OF
the National Circuit meet o. the Erie Cycle and
We're ssreH run and a new star iHs oa t GaS' eircSi. mashed aaSsi
into view " c: L. Newton of Thread City. the
handicap. beating Bald; the scratch man in tho
sprint ana he pushed Bald In the mile open as
we'll. Orlando Stevens, tho Iowa sprinter, took
the tiye.miie open race in grand style, Bald
made harder for him by the work OF Newton,
who was assisted, by his team mate, Fred Hoyt
Bald. Mcfarland. and, Stevens started from
scratch in the. two-mile handicap, in which
thirty-two men In all started, with Hicks OF Bay
overlooked by the Handicapped. Bid was un-
willing. TO start, owing TO his wish TO save
hlHiseif for the i've miles. The referee forced
him to go on; In his rush from the start he ran
AWAY from Mcfarland md Inn0hAnI arl 49,,
ing bunch after bunch. his great ride took him
to he front at the mile and one'half; Mcfarland
there. came TO grief. twenty of the thirty.
two Starters came down IN one bunch, the great
est IA! %: modern times. Hicks, the limit MAJ,
was the indirect cause OF tha fall, and the field
foil on top him. His shoulder blade was broken
and his thumb Wa torn from the socket. Bad
wa, sifted back from his front position 10
sixth as the sprint started. oud he worked
through 10 n close second TO New on. In the
ttvc-mile open Gardiner had the pace, but al.
lowed others 10 push him back. Bald went with
him and Was. at his rear wheel when the ieid
slowed in, changing pace. Gardiner fell and
IIAIN