The herald., 1897-06-14

IL now practically undisputed The
feeble resistance to it In the southern
part of the state is fast disappearing.
The clubs. the tracks and promoters gen.
orally have accepted our jurisdiction.
The riders, therefore, have no alterna-
tive but to compete under our rules and
sanctions.
AS 10 well understood the only point Of
difference between your organization and
ours Is that, as required by local condi
tions, there is no day for which pro-
moters of race meetings may not obtain
sanctions from the California Associ-
ated Cyccsng clubs. These conditions
your organization refused to recognize
and legislate for, and hence the control
Of racing in California has passed from
1t.
The effect of the present attitude of
your organization toward ours is that
the riders Of either body are barred from
the tracks of the other. Should this
position be persisted in we will await
with perfect confidence the verdict of
the cycling world as to this attempt Of
the League Of American Wheelmen to
close SO profitable and attractive field
as California to those interests which
1t processes to foster and advance.
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Two worlds records were broken and a
new American record established at the
Charles river park races at Boston. Earl
Kiser and mate, A. c. Mertins, lowered
the one mile professional tandem COM
petition record held by the Butler
brothers-15 Sc to LBS 2-5. E. M. Blake,
a young flyer in the amateur ranks, from
Keene, N. Y, broke the worlds one
third mile amateur competition record
twice during the afternoon, first in the
trial heat of the one-third mile amateur
and again in the finals. His fret at
tempt resulted in lowering the record for
the distance held by Lacker Of Denver,
Colo, of 43 seconds to AZ 35, and beating
this record in the finals by three-fifths
Of second, making the mark Al AS sec
onds. Nat and Frank Butler went
against the mile paced tandem record
held by English riders, and, although
they did not equal it-1:42 3-5-they ere
Ated a new American record-1:47 2-o.
At the last meeting held by the man
agement of the Seine andBuffalo tracks.
Paris, M. Darracq proposed to furnish
electric pacemaking machines to take
the place of tandems, triplets and quads.
M. Darracq is constructing six machines
for the purpose. Two are now ready to
run and Tom Linton will use them. He
AYERS that he cannot find team fast
enough for him; he also thinks that If
he Is in his present form, and with the
assistance of electric pacemakers, he
will make thirty-five miles an hour.
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The papers of the east are deploring
the decline Of theclub runs, and rightly
asserting that great good for cycling
has been accomplished by these pleasant
trips, says Sporting Life. The club run
has always been a source Of enjoyment
to the various members of these organ
izations, and. although slightly on the
decline Of late years, this season prom
ises to see this institution in great favor.
Every rider should join some club or
body Of wheelmen if only for the pleas
ure of participating in the tours and
trips, which are rarely successful unless
given by some well-organized club with
enough members to guarantee liberal
attendance on such of these excursions
as may be arranged during the riding
season. There are always pretty spots,
and in the summer weather stretches of
| good road which are accessible to the
cyclists even far from the larger cities,
| and the club run can be accredited with
the discovery Of these pleasant haunts.
AS predicted some time ago, says the
San Francisco Chronicle, the racing
situation in California has proved to be
in better condition than anywhere in the
entire country, and the riders who re-
manned here in preference to going east
manifested most commendable fore
thought Since the eastern season
opened Otto Zeigler has more money to
show for his performances than any
other rider in the entire racing game,
save possibly Earl Kiser who is at
present the top-notcher among the east
ern riders. Wells and Mcfarland have
at last found out the error of their ways,
and the former is now headed for Cali
fornia, while the latter Is expected to
follow suit very shortly.
| The racing game in the east is not
what 1t is cracked up to be, the dismal
failure of the heretofore great national
circuit being ample proof Of this, and
the speedy Californians who went east
to follow it find it is nip and tuck to
make both ends meet. Even Peoria,
where one of the largest meets in Amer
lea has been held annually, this year has
dropped out Of the game entirely. Last
season the Peoria meet of three days
proved the sensation of that year in
wheeling circles. How different is the
aspect at present!
In this state, since racing has been
in the hands Of the California Associated
Cycling clubs, interest has never before
beeen so keen, never before have better
crowds attended the meets, nor has the
racing been of such high standard.
Every meet thus far held upon the Cali
fornia circuit has furnished the same
order of sensational racing, and, with
the riders improving every day, it will
undoubtedly continue to be such for
some time to come.
THE PUGILIsTs
The result of the Maher- Sharkey fight