Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

| circuit. while in Michigan. His success at
| hrst was phenomenal, but two months
| work played him out and but for his train
| ers he would have returned home.
According to the report. Tom and Nat
Butler. the speedy riders of Boston. will not
| stand cent of expense for themselves,
although they are aware that they stand
an excellent chance of winning enough
| money when racing on their own hook 1t
was on this account that they did not join
| the southern circuit. not having been signed
| by any manufactures
Tom Eek announces that he will send Earl
Kiser. the star man of his team. against
| all short distance records this season. The
only question is whether his protege will
be able to do this
Eddie Bald recently rode the fastest mile
| Of this year at the Fountain Ferry tack. in
competition with McKeon, MAYA and
Stewart. The distance was covered in 2:06.
The only race that Frank Starbuck won
on the southern circuit was the consola-
ton event at Montgomery.
While he has not as yet announced it,
Dave Shafer. the trainer Of Little Michael.
intends sending his man for records of all
sorts this year, extending up to the CEN
fury mark.
w. E. Becker, who a short time ago es-
tablished an indoor five-mile record at San
Francisco. claims to have had big sum
offered him to start the ball rolling for
refused. He does not think that the re-
bellion will amount to much
Tom Eek Is now getting his Spalding
| racing team in condition at Hot Springs.
Ark. Eek is a great believer in baths and
he thinks what his men going through
at Hot Springs will put them in fine con-
dition for the campaign. Most of the work
is now done on the road. Eek seems to
think that the construction of a track at
the place would be the only training point
| for early spring.
match race between Orlando Stevens
and Frank Starbuck is now talked Of The
series will be held on May 81, at Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. Both men were formerly
residents of Iowa.
In winning the recent ten-mile race with
Floyd Mcfarland, Little Michael estab-
lished five other paced competition, worlds
records. besides breaking the ten-mile
worlds record. His records are as follows
Three miles, 5.54 2-5 six miles, 200 As;
seven miles, 14:04 LIS: eight miles, 1895
80; nine miles, 1905 is, and ten miles,
a0.12.
Up to short time ago the winnings of
Jay Eaton the indoor king. for this season
alone. were 81 400, of which amount 1856
| was won at the Mardi Gras meet in New
Orleans last February.
Wallie Sanger has accepted the challenge
of o. B. Hachenberger to ride an unpaceG
race at Denver, Col. June 90 the contest
ants to start from opposite sides of the
track A purse of $500 is offered by Den
yer club. and each of the racers will post
d SlInlldT amount Sanger States tHdt ne
will remain in Denver after the race until
he lowers the worlds record for the I'M
paced mile. now held by Clint Coulter.
The trainer of Little Michael offers to
back his man against any rider in the
world for any race above one mile and
under the hour in which pacing will be
permitted.
Florence will train w. E. Becker this
season, and he announces that his man is
now in good shape, ready for fast sea-
son, and perfectly able to show his friends
that he did not win the championship last
season on a f1uke.
Eddie Bald left Louisville Tuesday, went
to Buffalo on visit to his parents. and
will participate in the Manhattan Beach
races this afternoon. He will race at Bos-
ton the 31st instant.
The trip to California by Starbuck was
not success, and neither was his work
on the southern circuit, both failures be-
ing due to heavy cold contracted indoors.
During the week Tom Eek sent check
for 800 to Chairman Mott to cover his
share of the damage awarded to the Port
land, Me-. Cycle Club through the failure
Of the trainer and John 8. johnson to ap-
pear at a meet for which the latter was
entered.
The defeat of Owen Kimble in the match
race with Eddie Bald was not a surprise
to those who knew both men, The only
wonder is that Kimble managed to win one
Of the heats.
Louis Callahan of Buffalo, N. Y, Is en-
deavoring to arrange with an eastern man.
ufacturer to duplicate Andersons per-
Torrance behind a locomotive, the Buffalo
rider agreeing to lower Anderson's great
record of / :'3 made last summer. Callahan
and Teddy Goodman of New York have
| been matched for a series Of races for a
side bet Of $3.50 each.
A. ]. Henley, a prominent wheelman OF
Kansas City. rode across the ties on tina
railway bridge over the Missouri river
recently. The bridge is half mile long,
and the undertaking extremely dangerous.
but both wheel and wheelman came off
successfully.
Tom Cooper in 1894 wobbled SO badly.
especially at the finish of race, that eX
perts predicted he would never amount to
much. 1t seems as though the experts
were wrong.