The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-14
The Laurel club will have its race meet
ing Friday evening. @i3

ing Friday evening ~ ~
st. Paul people have mot accorded cycle
racing the support they should, and the meet
next Saturday, which will dbrobably be the
last Of the s reese the liberal
foot, and In fair way to- be successful.
to secure date with the1 circuit next season
for this city Unless there las disposition
wheelmen, to support these races 1t would be
folly for few enterprisingIalocal wheeimen
to put up bonus to secureit the races with
out being assured of good patronage.
Guy Torley, -,e popular local trick rider,
will present STE startling new feats awheel
and there will be no long intermissions be-
tween the races, but all will be started
The following is the list Of events and
prizes:
One mile, lap amateur. heats, first and
second man in each heat and third man
in fastest heat to qualify for fnal-Final
heat: First lap. first, merchandise order on
merchandise order on thevBoston. St, Paul
So; final lap. winner, merchandise order on
the Boston, St. Paul, $40.
One mile professional heats, first and sec
ond man in each heat, and third man in
fastest heat to qualify for fnal-First, $40;
second, So; third, 81.
Two mile; team pursuit, amateur, heats,
teams in two fastest heats to qualify for
final; trial heats, one mile-Winning team,
merchandise orders. SIS each.
second, S.; third, g.
Five mile handicap, Observation-Disclosures
orders: First. $40; second, IS; third, S.
Tom Cooper is the next of the cycle racing
stars who will try his hand. or rather his
legs. in Europe. He has now several match
races in foreign chimes under consideration.
and it is reasonably sure next winter will
find him speeding over the French tracks.
Cooper is not the only American rider with
ambition for foreign conquest. The best of
hrOtr ta hi6
country this season, ard the experiment was
disastrous, both for the racing men and the
syndicates that imported them. The Ameri-
cans beat them, and beat them with such
ease that the foreigners promptly lost their
value as attractions to bring out a crowd.
The foreigners have nearly all gone home,
and the promoters are trying to get their
money back in various ways, but the sue
cess of the defenders of native muscle and
courage against the invading champions of
the foreign variety prompts the American
riders to carry the war into the enemy's
country.
w. j. Morgan, best known as. Senator, p"
has been mixed UP with bicycle races since
inhabitant. He has ridden in short-distance
events and in siX-day contests, has trained
racing men, and managed. racing games of
every kind. For these reasons what he says
about the sport as it is today Is worth, read
ing. The Senator" yesterday uttered the
prophecy to a Sun reporter that there would
yet be open betting at cycle races, says the
New York Sum- and declared that he thought
the sport would be better off when this
comes to pass. He thinks the sport can be
kept pure under such conditions. even more
easily than horse racing: For an argumt mt,
Morgan points to the old international tour
nament at Springfield, in 1884, 1885 and 1885,
when high wheels were ased
A good many bicycle accidents reported
this year have largely been due to the care
lessness of some cyclists. There is class
of riders who persist in using their feet as
a brake against the front wheel. This. is a
An up-to- date wheel has very little space
between the tire and the fork crown, and
cyclists often get onec foot Wedged In be-
tween this space and are thus thrown from
their wheels The continual use of this sort
Of foot-brake is also wearing ON the tire.
Cordang, the famous Dutch rider. who holds
the worlds record for twenty-four, hours Is
anxious to come to America to ride Tom Lin
ton fifty miles behind pace. The members Of
the Nat:oral Track Team association are
willing to arrange such a match, and the
Dutchman has been advised to this effect.
All cyclists who have taken long-dis.ance
rides in hot weather know how disagreeable
it is to have gnats and other insects flying
around ones head and getting into the eyes
Accidents may easily be caused by this pest.
An cod invention TO prevent this trouble is a
pair Of eyeglasses, made neither CT glass or
cellu-od but simply Of closely woven net
ting.
combined lock and holder for the wheel
has been invented by Canadian. A steel
plate is attached to wall and supports pair
Of pivoted arms which form a semi-circle at
the outer end large enough to support the
frame, while locking ring slides down the
arms and locks them together.
There is law in France that compels the
wife to get signed certificate from her hus-
band before she is permitted to go touring on
a wheel.
1t is generally permitted that the sprint
rider is not enjoying a profitable season this
Tcar.
There is big demand for American made
wheels in Denmark, in spite Of the efforts
of Danish manufactures to prevent it.