The times., 1898-09-01

Although Fred Loughead, the popular
Canadian has announced his retirement
from the track. like all champions, the
germ of the sport is in his system, and
he cannot get rid of it. Recently he
communicated TO a friend in New York
that he would be willing to re-enter the
racing game if a satisfactory proposition
was made TO him. This satisfactory
proposition consisted solely of a contract
that would pay him 10 give up all his
interest in his commercial pursuit in Can
ada, and spend the season sprinting
around the ovals. As yet no ''satisfac-
tory proposition" has been made TO him
nor is it likely that one will. as the manu-
facturers have a tendency this year to
stay out of the racing game entirely.
The 1Oo-kilometer European champion
ship race win be ridden at the Mayence
track on October 2, the cash prizes being
500. s125. SIS and $50 in United States
money. 1t is quite likely that Charles
Miller, the winner of the six-day go-as-
you-please race at Chicago, will enter this
event Miller is also scheduled 10 race
twenty-four hours with Cordang. the
Dutch wonder, who recently broke all pre-
vious records in twenty-fOur hour con-
test. surprising the world.
While the entries for the bicycle races
on Labor Day, next Monday, at the track
of the Park Bicycle Club, closed last
evening. the list will be held over for a
day or so pending the arrival of several
out-of-town entries that are expected.
The program for the occasion represents
the best sprint card that has been ar
ranged for any local meet held this sea-
son. and those who attend are sure of
several hours of excellent sport. There
will be perhaps fifteen events on the pro-
gram. which includes the trial heats and
finals, and each race promises TO be hotly
contested. The Schade-Sims race will
take three heats, or rather three heats
ara scheduled, though only two may be
run. From the present belief IL seems as
though every heat of the three will have
to be ridden to determine the winner The
novice race will have to be run in heats,
and perhaps the one-mile amateur handi-
cap. The mile open professional will have
to be run in heats. Allowing two trials
and a final for each event, making prac-
tically three races, in these three contests
alone there will be nine events. To this
add the three heats of the match race
the handicap race of the Arlington Wheel
men and the tandem pursuit race profess
sonal. there will be five more events.
making total of fourteen events in all.
1t may be necessary to run some of the
races in three heats. which will increase
the number of events.
''Plugger' Bill Martin. an old time rae
ing man, seems to have been rejuvenated
in the racing game. In this country two
years ago he was regarded as ''has
been" He went to Australia, and ser
prised the people there by his fine li6irs,
winning many races. The reports of his
success. which reached America. were
equally as surprising to people here. Get.
ting into trouble with the powers gov
erning racing in Australia, Martin re-
turned to this country His first big vic
tory was the defeat of Harry Elkes in a
fifty-mile paced race at the charlie;
river track. Since then he has been fol-
lowing the national circuit, ami his r,d
ing has been of the highest order. He
has won many races. and has succeeded
in making the leaders hump for houors
Quite contrary to his uSr,aI cuSrnv, he