The times., 1898-08-07

Sfxty-nyo ydruS SlaEl-ou-tne scratch man.
Had their sprint work justified 1t they
would have been put badk on the scratch.
The race meet which, will be held to-
morrow afternoon at Frederick, Md, will
hardly be attended by any of the local
riders who are too much interested in
the event in this city in the evening. If
the Michael Moran f3.ce mad not been ar
ranged large delegation of local riders
wiuld have gone to the place The anna
teurs will remain in this city and enter
into the race for them, besides having an
opportunity of seeing the Welsh midget
ride while the professionals will all be
kept in the city to help Moran. If their
services are needed. A good many out
side men win be secured to assist, but all
local professionals who will not be mount
ed will be held to act as reserves in case
their services are needed. Much to the
regret of the Frederick race meet pro-
moters, no Washington men will be able
to attend their meet
The car service which will be given 10
the Park track tomorrow evening will
be in the ntaure of revelation. The
Great Falls Electric Road. anticipating
the handling of a large crowd will have
every facility TO meet the demand. All
of the cars of the road will be brought
into requistsion and a service will i,e
created extending to the track and re-
turn, a ride of about ten or fifteen min
utes each way. II has been arranged
that cars will leave every five minutes,
possibly less. TITS will be done without
interfering with the regular traffic on
the road The railroad officials state
that they can accommodate a crowd of
10000 people. if necessary. and handle
them with promptness and dispatch, not
only In taking them to the park, but in
bringing them TO town. There will be no
unusual delay. AS the handling of the
crowd by he railroad will be matter
of vital Importance, so far as the sue
cess of the race meet tomorrow night
is concerned the management of both
| the track and of Michael have made
careful inquiries on this score, and are
| satisfied with the result
| On account of his wonderful perform
! ances in this city Fred Sims can now be
ranked as one of the leading riders or
the country. Thht the Park track rs
| fast course has been fully demonstrated.
| yet the people do not seem to fully real
| ize that four worlds records have been
| made On this course. two in the amateur
| class and liwo in the professional In
fact, five records for the world have bea1
| made. Wilson as an amateur established
| two records. one for the mile and one for
two miles paced His one-rnIle record
| was broken by A. c. Moran. who was
| also then an amateur To Fred Sims be-
! iorgs the credit of establishing two OF
| the hardest records imaginable. those n
| the competition class. HIS one mile han
! dlcan IN 200 fiat. male July %. was a
wonderful ride. yet Il was net much COM
| pared wsth his ride in the haif-nlile ham
dicap race last Wednezd ayv night. when
| he covered the Distance in 0:55 80.
This is Just one-hfth of a second short
of being two seconds better than the
worlds record. When records are now
broken 1t Is only by hfthb of a second at
a time, and when ssich a feat is accom-
| pRshed as was done by Sims. it is moth
| ing less than remarkable. He is now
cleary entitled to the tttie of handicap
king, yet he wears his honors modestly.
| He Is expected to break, a record in the
two-thirds mile handicap tomorrow even
| ing. Whether he sHcteeds or not depends
| entirely upon his condition That he is
capable of dong this when in good trim
there is hardly any doubt
a good many spectators at the meet
| Wednesday probably wondered why IL
was that A. c. Moran did not participate
| in the sprint races. This was due to the
| fact that his trainer would not permit
| him. In the competitions sprint races he
! would have had but little show and the
| spectators might have formed a poor
| opinion of his ability TO win in the match
| race tomorrow night Moran was seated
in the grandstand, an interested specta-
tor, probably the first time he has occu-
| pied that position this year. There is no
! doubt that he can follow a warm pace, so
| to speak. in the racing yernacular but
| in an uppaced race he could not do much
| If he had entered the sprint race We'd
nesday he might positively have injured
| himself SO far his training for middle
| distance work is concerned and this was
something TO be avoided. And 1t was.
That he will be in perfect form for the
ride of his life tomorrow evening there
| is hardly any doubt. Good care is being
| taken of him. and his arm is in excellent
| condition.
THE top-notch sprinter Of the year is
apt TO be decided at Indianapolis" says
A G. Batchelder. former Handicapped OF
| the New York division. Continuing. he
| said: 'All this talk about the scoring in
the championship events being unfair
and disproportfonate is exaggerated. The
! opponents of the system of increasing
| tenfold the scoring in the championships
! at New'by Oval seem to lose sight of the
| fact that even If the winner does secure
sixty points the second rider obtains for
| ty, and the others in the final in pro
portion Even if rank outsider should
| finish in front in three races and Gardin-
| er, the present leader, should run second
/ the latter would still retain the honors
| As long as there is a national meet, il
should be made the all-important one of
| the circuit. Whether Gardiner will be dis
| lodged next week Is hard to say, but the
| friends of Cooper are very confident
| Bald too. will make the effort for il
| he goes down at Indianapolis his fate for
| the years title is settled And then II
| will be well to keep an eye on that black
streak known the Major While he
| suffers an off day occasionally Taylor
when right possesses a sprint the like
| of which is not equaled by any rider ex-
| cept Gardiner, who, when in front or
with a run from the rear. displays a
| flight that can seldom be beaten. But
strange to say. side by side. the Ma jor
fights better than does the white man.
| A local cycle dealer and a well known
wrheeiman recently in reduced a noVe
theory covering the complaints of vari,
Gus road house propriescrs that despite
the increased number Of wheels, business
of late has not been as good as it was In
| former years. Conduit road hotel keep
ers, especially, said the dealer in ques
tion, complain eff "a fa221I;rg off IN the.1
| TRADE. ami perhaps the reason There anC
1 elsewhere is net SO difficult to fathom as
might be supposed. Tso my mind ths
the number Of money-spending wheelmer
has not increased in proportion to tht
| enlarged number ofsthose who ride Nat
| uraily, man who has paid $3.50 for hi:
machine cannot afford to be as free with
his cash as one who paid S100. There
| was time when man or boy with
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