The times., 1898-07-31
WHEELING NOTES.

What will Bald do at the national meet?
Bald is always a favorite. and unless he
accomplishes something il will be a dis
appointment to his friends all over the
country. His form is not good at present.
He is generally close up if not in front.
A. G. Batchelder, former New York
Handicapped, says that Bald has now APP
peared three times at Manhattan Beach
without winning and the enthusiasts are
casting about for new idol. Bald. as his
friends well know, Is basing more hopes
for renewal of his popularity at Indian
apolis than in the everyday racing on
the national meet, where the points will
count heavily in the score. However,
his friends do not believe that he should
be more confident of success at Indian
apolis than in the everyday racing on
the national circuit. Bald" says Batcn-
elder. must appreciate that a man can
not be a champion and live the life of
man about town"
Bald Gardiner and Cooper have given
the New York World their opinion OF the
present championship point system, as
far as the internationRl meet Is concern
ed. Bald says 1t SATISFIES him. but Gardi-
ner and Cooper declaf4that they do not
believe a man who has failed 20 qualify
for championship race up to the time
of the national meet should be allowed to
start in the championships there. They
say if he does start ii will be to help
some one else.
Stevens, who finished first in the third
of mile national championship al Man
haitian last Saturday has started in but
four championship races this season. OF
in
and third in another, a. remarkable record
Stevens and Mcfarland have found the
racing game more profitable this year
than any OF the other professional cracks
except Arthur Gardiner who leads In the
championship struggle.
Jaap Eden. the well-known European
racing man, sailed from New York for
| home. Eden IS a far better man than his
riding in this country showed. and he had
everything to contend with from the time
he landed. The collapse Of the National
Cycledrome left him without available
funds. and so he made a break for the
| fatherland
| Teddy Edwards Is still riding a hundred
| miles a day on his original chainIess
wheel. After finishing his 2Ooth centu-
| ry at Chicago he VIII visit other West
| ern cities. He expects TO be at Indian
apolis during the league meet in August
| A recent article in the London Athletic
News shows which way the wind blow:
with reference to paced riding in Eng.
land. 1t says: "Platt-Betts has given an
/ other proof. and a convincing one. too
/ of what a real good man he is. On Tues
i day, though he had only just returned
| from Glasgow, he had go for the un
! paced mile and after covering the frs
4 quarter in OPT 2-5 created a new string
| of records up to the mile, covering tht
fun distance in 2:05 1-5. This is dreadfullS
j slow compared with the paced mile, -bu
the difference between the two time:
affords speaking testimony as TO III,
artificial character of paced records. T,
put it plainly, the latter are a perfec
i farce in every respect. made but for tbs
i purposes of advertisement 1t woulC
4 seem from this that the English public
has discarded paced competition. Thi
may be the beginning of the end of paced
! racing. There is no doubt that a rae,
i paced with multicycles does not show
/ anything great in the man following, blu
Is simply an exhibition of pacing teams
4 The spectacular feature is the magne
! for the public, and it is but a question
| of few seasons when the maintenance
of expensive pacing teams will be thin.
| or the past, just as in England Refer
4 ring to the fifty kilometer paced race be
tween Cordang and Champion and tn
| little fellow against Lesna and Huret tn
| same writer says: The fact that Cham
! pion since he was SO well beaten by Cor
Il dang, has defeated Lesna and Huret in /:
| nifty kilometer race, makes the long g-dis
/ tance champions present form decided,
smart. But long-distance riding nova
days is not a contest between those VIII
are supposed to be the chief parties con
cerned, but between the PAGERS"