The times., 1898-09-04

several championships. and the third of a
mile worlds amateur paced record es-
tablished last Fall at the Willow Grove
track. the occasion being the national
meet of the League OF the seyenty-three
first prizes that he won last year only
eleven were won in this city. The nearest
man to him was a. c. Moran, with nine
firsts. Schade won forty-one straight
prizes on The Virginia State circuit alone.
riding at Richmond. Petersburg. Norfolk.
Roanoke. Harrisonburg. Staunton and
Portsmouth That he was by far the
speediest rider and best general of all
the local riders, he clearly demonstrated
at Norfolk in September, when he rode in
five open races against Moran, Smith,
Wilson, LeCompte, French and numer-
Gus others winning every event on the
program and ending his days work with
the reduction of the State record. which
for the mile, was held by Sims at 2:15, 10
I:57 80.
His ride in the fve-mile handicap from
scratch at the national circuit meet last
Fall, when he won first place from a
field which he stood off from 80 to 500
yards, was one of the finest and most de-
termined rides ever witnessed locally.
This season, 1885, he again started out in
record-breaking style by winning the in
ter-collegiaue tandem championship at
Berkeley Oval, y. Y. He captured all of
the Virginia State championships at
Staunton, Va, and the one mile cham
pionship of the South at Charlotte, n. c..
from a representative field. Besides he
broke the five-mile worlds amateur com
petition record. starting from scratch and
riding the distance in :43 2-5. Up to the
time of his entrance into the professional
class he scored twenty-five first prizes
His ride in the one mile handicap from
| scratch in 2:oS at the Park track is still
a local amateur record.
In the local amateur percentage table
at the present moment he still heads the
list by a large margin. anG probably in
spite of being in the professional class
will stay in the lead until the end of the
season. Since Schade has been transfer
red to the professional class he seems to
have somewhat lost heart in the cycle
game, and apparently is not training as
| consistently as formerly. He has an
nounced that this will be his last season
on the track his father being opposed to
his riding as a professional, and offering
him a good position on his paper, the
Washington Sentinel Just at present
Schade is, however. training hard for the
ride tomorrow, and from all reports he
should be able to make a good showing
in this contest. His condition is fine and
his friends expect some good work of
him.
Fred Sims's Record.
Fred Sims, the other man in the race,
is perhaps as well known in this city as
Schade, though, perhaps, he does not en-
joy the popularity the latter does This
season he came to the front strong fa-
yorite. This was due more to the fact
that he was riding in magnificent form
than any other one thing. He has lit
orally ridden his way into popularity and
he is content to let his good work spsak
for itself. He does not mind in the
least what the people in the grand
stand think of his performances. and this
independence is not reiished by some.
However, on account of his good work,
ali his faults are overlooked or else for
given. Another thing which seems
strange is that he has gained consid-
erably in popularity since Schade lost
his bunch of golden hair.
While not a native of this city, Sims
has resided here for some years, and
has practically grown up with bicycling
in the town. He first came here some
years ago with his father, who was in
structor in the gymnasium at the Young
Mems Christian Association. located then
on New York Avenue. just west of Four
teenth Street. The father took good care