Evening star., 1897-05-31
ON THE ROAD AND TRACK
Making Raid on the Scorchers and
Racers.
Sad Experience of One Who Attempted
Records-Titus' Expectations.

Gently, that had a temporarily beneficial
effect the balance of the day. 1t was all
caused by Policeman Heide of the county
mounted force, who deserves special credit
for his work. A crowd of scorchers came
down the road at a good pace. and did not
slow up when spoken to by the officer. He
jumped on his horse and started after the
flying figures, quickly overhauling them.
When the policeman reached the bunch
there was a lively scramble and scattering.
The riders went in all directions, and, the
policeman pursuing the largest crowd,
oyerhauled two. whom he recognized. They
were forced to stop and were told
to be in the Police Court the next day, the
policeman not caring to take them to the
station house, on account Of the crowded
condition Of the road and the need Of his
presence on the highway at the time. The
two men agreed to be In court the next
day, and. sure enough, they were. The
officer was surprised, and, in consideration
Of their promptness, he pleaded with the
judge, and the light fine of 81 on each was
only imposed.
Another member Of the same group.
whose name could not he ascertained,
while he did not fall within the clutches
of the police. Jared even worse. He picked
up his wheel and started to run, thinking
that the policeman was after him, not stop
ping to reason that the officer could have
rider ran from the road, jumped a fence
and started across the property of Mr..
Baker, who lives in the vicinity. Now, Mr.
Baker owns a rather ferocious dog, and
no sooner had the cyclist started to run
across the property with his wheel than
the dog started after him. There was a
lively tussle between dog and rider. There
were only one or two eyewitnesses, but,
any way, the cyclist succeeded in getting
out of the property, somewhat the worse
for the encounter. He must have been bit
ten rather badly, and his clothes torn in
an unartistic manner, as Mr.. Baker found
several pieces Of knickerbockers on his
property which were covered with blood.
The cycist succeeded in getting away be-
fore any one reached him, and no one
knows who he can be. Should he desire
the missing pieces to mend his knicker-
bockers, Mr.. Baker will be glad to return
them.
E. L. Wilson, the local amateur, cannot
be superstitious. Otherwise he would not
ride under the number he did in the recent
races. He was No. 13 in the list of entrants,
and he carried that number on his back
in all of the races he entered. He won all
of them, whether or not through the infiu-
ence of the number. At any rate 1t can
hardly be doubted that he would not ac-
cept the similar number in another race
meet, his first race Of the season with the
same number proving so auspicious to him.
Barney Oldfield, who was with Titus in
the recent race. and who will be the lat
ter's team mate all during the season, is a
rider eminently fitted for the work. He
is just the kind Of man to help his mate
out in tight race. His reputation Of
never being beaten out at the start for the
pole is an enviable one, and, knowing
this, Titus can safely jump ahead and get
second place. With such pace as a rider
like Oldfield can furnish, his mate has an
excellent chance for winning at the wind
up. Barney claims that there are very
fpw when
he is leading bunch, and If this be true
some credit must be given to George s.
Ball, the local rider, who SO skillfully
jumped in the lead at the second turn in
Oldfield has won a number of good races,
but is now regarded as something of a
back number, when mixing up with what
is termed 'the push.' though his work Of
last week would seem to indicate that he
still has some speed left in him for the
final sprint.
Henry Smith, who, a few Sundays ago,
lowered the Maryland twenty-four-hour
record, placing the figures at 314 miles,
recently went against the seventy-five-
mile record, and succeeding in covering the
distance in 4:17:12k. His average for the
distance would be a fraction less than
eighteen miles an hour. In making the
ride, Smith established records for the state
sfor five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five
and fifty miles, besides a number of inter-
mediate records. There was a strong wind
blowing at the time, so 1t is claimed, other
start was at Burkharts, at Eastern avenue
and North Point roads. From this point
Smith went ten miles to Chase, and return
Ing to the starting point he rode five miles
down the North Point road and repeated
over the whole route until he had covered
seventy-fve miles. The following table
gives the added and the separate times
made In each five miles he rode: