The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-10

e. bicycle racer. arrived On the Ealta
wzilA yesterday afternoon from san
Francisco. his coming Was unexpected
ard When he reached home his parents
we're treated 10 = genuine surprise. He
l. 8 picture % health. and we're II not
for h.s rfxht arm. which Was broken in
ire suash-up Tuesday Might March 30
al an indoor race II san Francisco he
would be In condition 70 jain the Morgan
& wraEas team, OF which ne has been a
member.
Dow i know, As the holder OF the Vel
oarome shield. ard Ii winning this hon
or be established the Pacific coast record
for an unpace6 nile, Els. Dow FIRST won
the TeioSro-ne from W e. Becker. OF
Minneapolis. the aws-In4le national cham
pion. He was them challenged b. y.
Whitman. OF LIS Angeles, who defeated
him Dow was persistent. ard went az
ter whiamans scalp. February -. and
rsgafned bis lost laurels after = hotiy con-
tested race. The NeioorODe racs Is an
unpsaed mile. the riders starting on op-
pcsite sides OF the track. Dow says that
II Is the hardest kind OF race. and those
who know anything about such matters
viii agree with hiEA. There Is vast diff
ference between setting your own pace.
and Judging H. than following In behind
d tandem and waiting for the final sprint
on the home stretch The fastest mile
Dow ever made IN Seattle, paced. in CON-
petition vas sI44.
pow's experience in San Francisco and
other California cities has not been a
success from 4 financial standpoint but
when everything IS taken into considera-
t4on he has made d better showing than
even he expected himself What Dow
needed was experience IN m cling matters
and he got Ii down in California Some
people have an idea that II man is
strong. healthy and plucky he can 90 out
and stand a good show OF winning in a
race with old-tlmsrs. That Is = silly no.
ton. There are a thousand and one points
connected with racing. and IL you are not
as sharp as the other man. and Just as
wise or the points IL the game, you VIII
De 'Jockeyed."
II have learned thing or two about
racing that I didn't know before" said
Dow. These things are hard TO explain
TO the general public, and / had rather not
talk about them"
Dow has been racing against the fast
est men In the United States. barring Ed
die Bald, Tom Cooper, John Johnson and
Nat Butler. No mention Is made Of Zim-
norman because he has retired, an IN
defeated champion. Dow says IN regard
10 the racers that he ran against In Cali
fofnia last winter: They are the fastest
in the world, and don't know which Is
.
indoor king; Fred Loughead. the Canadian
champion; Charles Wells. OF San Fran
cisco; Floyd McF &rlane, OF San Jose and
olandsr Stevens, Of Ottnmwa. la"
Dow did not succeed In winning a race
from these men. but beat every one of
them In some one heat. lie qualified IN
all Of his races, which means 8 great deal
As TO speed. he IS up IN the bunch. and
with moro experience viii undoubtedly
make any OF them look 10 their laurels
i think viii be able TO race again in
about eight weeks" said Dow, land shall
confne myself this year to the Pacific
Northwest circuit. I do not experience
any trouble from my arm now, and IL is
getting along nicely. The injury was ac-
eidental. aud do not want any one to
blame 'Bob' Terrell In the least We
were making the home stretch In the mile
open at the Mechanics pavilion March 3d.
al terrific pace. MCFarlane was slightly
Ia the lead; I was a close second. with
Clarence Davis. of San jose, and Bob
Terrell well up In tire bunch. The track
is narrow. and when Davis wavered he
struck TerreIEs wheel. Terrell went
down. and when I tried 20 get ont 10 one
side l went into the railing and broke the
bone Of my right arm just where Ii enters
the socket at the shoulder. When / was
at Portland II was my collar bone on the
same side that was broken. have had
no trouble from the old injury"
Dow said that California was a wonder
ful place for beautiful bicycle roads and
paths, and that the yelodrome track was
an ideal one for racing. II Is made OF
Washington pine cut in long strips IL
inches square. Is twenty-five feet wide
and banked M nine feet.
In speaking OF the Lake Washington b.
cycle path ana the Seattle-Tacoma toll
road. Dow expressed himself as greatly
pleased TO hear that the work was being
pushed. While IN San Francisco he read
several accounts OF both paths.
Dow LEFT Seattle October II, 1876. and
after living In California six months does
not hesitate TO pronounce II the best place
on earth 20 train aud 10 learn the fine
points OF racing.