The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-23

mass Of bruises and contusions. I. for
the first time and last time. up to dat
In my life, l had to limp from the rack
and give up the race
o. MY other bad falls have all occurred
was training at Saratoga on a @" fw %Iii9
track in the Casino. How it happened I
nave never been quite able to tell, but nv
wHeeI went from under me and | was shot
occasion did not hurt me at all It simply
upset my stomach that l was unable TO
E.. This is one Of the worst features of bad
ian. bruises l can get over, and cuts can
o o PiaStered up SO that can afford to laugh
IS 700 much for me- 1t is a falling that it
IS impossible to recover from in a hurry NV
trainer always has heavy task before him
wren II happens. 1t seems to turn my inside
completely around in sympathy with the taII.
ana makes me sick 50 that l cannot put on
my best speed.
A few days before one of my races with
t Shase had most peculiar fall. While
pending over the handle bars and speeding
I lor all l was worth l turned the wheel in
soine way ana went up into the air, turning
complete somersault and landing on nv
Ieet, not bit the worse for my experience.
:! cannot recall that l have ever duplicated
this feat in all my tumbling eXperience
came through it without a scratch but "a
usuaI my stomach was somewhat shaken up.
Another fearful fall that . had was in
boSton on the 10th Of June last. 1t was the
night before my race with Duffy, and | was
framing hard and riding my best on a track
one-thlrd OF mile in length. l was being
paced by a sextette. and having got in be-
hlnd II, was feeling like riding the race of
my NE AT that time we had Whooped IN
Ghe speed until the wheels must have been
1ylng around the track at a 1853 clip. Sud
uehly the spokes OF one of the sextette's
whee4s, which had been carelessly left loose
came out without a seconds warning the
whole machine went to pieces and the track
was tuI OF riders and WhiZZng wheels
"hYTrlng around with all the wild abandon
ment or machinery deprived suddenly of its
tul stew whfrled at my 1:55 speed, and
there never was such a fearful mix-up az
was TO be seen a moment later.
How any of us ever got out of il alive
is mystery to be accounted for on the
principle referred to before that some SUPER
natural power watches over the fallen wheel
man We were helpless to get up, so much
mixed was the ruck, until our trainers rushed
up and separated the wheels from the man
1t is bad enough to be mixed up in a heap
OF collapsed single wheels, but to be in the
middle OF a seXtette of riders and beneath
machine with six wheels that revolve like
things OF life long after the motive power has
ceased 10 connect with them, is no joke
1t didn't prevent my racing the next day,
however, and although Duffy led me for the
first twelve miles, l managed at the end Of
mat distance to overcome my soreness from
the fall Of the previous day, and had the race
won at the end of fifteen miles.
During the time l was training for the
race with Lesne, at Springfield, Mass.
had a bad fall. 1t was caused this time by
ing up, an unforeseen accident that resulted
in the inevitable collapse and the grand
tangle Of legs and wheels. In some of these
practice spins IT must be borne in mind that
l ride at a faster gait than during a race,
as the runs are of short duration, and l go