Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-30
BICYCLE TRAINING.
,Uzhe Wise Cyclist Is Now ON dale
Track and Road
The appearance of thcsCy cIist a surer
Sign OF spring Than the Coming
,of the Flowers-Tbe Opening
OF the "Circuit Races"
Icopvrlght. 1871 /.


a surer Sign of spring than the
flowers that.b bloom is activity ofrcycle
racing men as they take their daily
spins on the boulevards, cycle paths and
race tracks. They are out in swarms
early in the spring, although the actual
racing season does not commence until
the latter part of May, at the earliest.
The racing man knows the advantages
Of facing Tho starter in good condition.
and although if he is wise he has kept
himself in good condition all thewinter
| by octive gymnasium training, he pc
gins early to work on mis- wheel
America leads the world in cOrnpetl-
ton riders During Che past three years.
cycle racing has grown as no other
sport has ever before been l<uGgn to,
4 and the reports that ere issued weekly
! from the headquarters of the racing
board Of tho League OF American wheel
/ men, the organization chat assumes abb
solrde control of all track racing. shows
that the meets scheduled for this year
viii exceed in number those of any
previous yemr, and hast year there were
more than for the two previous years
fcombincd. This is ample refutauon OF
the oft-reDeated statement that cycle
racing is ON tlhe wane. On July OF
last year there were 11Osanctiuns grant
! ed for track races, the largest member
ever issued in one day in the history OF
cycle racing. This did not include the
road races zvhicth are Gpeld annually in
all parts Of the country, as the i. A. w.
/ 4 T., Foc Il RAJ
There are now, according TO the re-
port. Submitted to the last national as
Ieemhlv Of the'14 A. w .ymore than 1,5OO
professional racing men, duly 1aHgis-
-tsred ia the ofIies of the'chairnan, while
each week sees an additional batch or
amateurs transferred to the RANKS OF
,fLe money t'cIrasers.'' The l.. a. w. rec
ornizes only tsvo classessof racing men,
the ama&eur and the professional. The
anatenr SIS not permitted to race for a
prize of.s higher value THAN $35, while
the professional races for cash without
restrictions as To the value. The anna
4 teur cannot have mis- expenses paid by
/ outside parties, while the professional
I is .grantetI>0arte 9|ta niche with reference
(. to expenses and receives "a liberal sal
airy.
iWhHe the ''5ates'' for the forthco1n-
Il ing circuit races have nottas yet been
4 allotted, the chairman announces thai
{ the first one will probably I've held May
| az atoCharloste, n. c. A meet at Jack
sonviile. 'Fla., will follow, and then 8
/ "trip through the sonth, taking in Sa'
| wannsh, Augusta, Macon, Charleston
1 Ntilantaa Memphis, Nashville, GBTming-
4 ham, Chattanooga, Louisville and
A thnnce west. From that poSDS the rae
II ing men viii SLOWLY make their way
4 ieaS5t, Joining at Philadelphia Sm IN ugust
\ where the annual meet,ef the iLNsague o.
.American Wheelmen will be ld~en. a
ttihiS point and tame the natiOlBaG cham
pionships of the season will beSgiven
Snd ii is here the interest an ra1SiESs cen
eTs each season.
The national champions for t9se pas
W var SCe' Tom Cooper, of De&roit lMis'h.