Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-26
THE NEW BOARD TRACK

The past week has brought with 1t fur
ther action on the part of the Park Cycle
Club The plans of the new board track
were perfected last Monday, the good
points obtained from the inspection and
examination of the Willow Grove track at
Philadelphia being retained and several
unique features being added by the en-
gineer in charge of the construction. Every
source of information was exhausted to OBJ
tain points to make the local track a
record one.
Proposals were called for during the
week and the contract for constructing the
course will probably be signed Monday or
Tuesday. The specifications call for the
commencement of the work by April 1. A
slight delay will be caused at first by a
change in making the floor boards two
inches wide instead of three inches. This
will necessitate getting the wood properly
trimmed to the required width in Georgia,
as there is none to be obtained in the city.
In the meantime, however, the frame work
and foundation stills and posts will be set
and the force of workingmen increased as
soon as the flooring arrives.
The track, when completed will be thirty
feet wide on the home stretch, and grad
uate to sixteen on the curves. The curves
will be banked to seven feet in the sixteen
feet width, so as to allow the fast machines
of the National Cycle Track Association,
which will be here during the season, to
go mile in as high as 100 These bank
ings will be made to hold a 2l5 gait Stills
will be laid longitudinaily on framework,
with joists across these every sixteen
inches. On the joists the flooring will be
laid. and a solid structure will be formed.
The surface on the stretches will be dressed
smooth, while on the curves the lumber
will be undressed. to assist the wheel in
holding. The specifications call for bids to
contemplate the very best lumber obtain
able, and give the engineer in charge, Mr..
r. II. Stier, absolute power to reject any
material not conforming to that descrip-
tion. The plans of the new track can be
seen at the Office of Mr.. Stier, 931 ID street.
Clinton r. Coulter, who is to represent
the National Track Association team in all
unpaced work this year, is one of the most
remarkable unpaced riders in the country
his worlds record. made two years ago at
Denver, still remains untouched. 1t was
ridden in 1.59 30, and no less than fifty at
temptS have been made since that time to
break this record, but without avail Coul-
ter was one of the secessionists in Cali
fornia the beginning of last year but was
reinstated by the racing board and has,
since that time, been one of the strongest
supporters of the l.. A. w. and its admir-
able control of racing
Eddie McDuffee, who is to ride under the
colors OF the National Track Association
this year. is one of the greatest racers the
world has ever seen. In his last trial
against time for the worlds mile record
which he made at Philadelphia. last fall,
ne rode three separate miles within fifteen
minutes of each other, and each one was
within few fifths of a second of the
worlds record. now held by Stocks His
last effort resulted in LBS %, tying the
record of Stocks This is feat that has
never been performed by any other rider
in the world. and in training at Charles
River Park track in Cambridge he is show
ing better form than he displayed at any
time during the last year.
When the entire National Track Associa-
tion team is seen on the track in uniform
1t Will be sight that has never before
been witnessed on race track in this
country. The uniforms will be of blue, and
there VIII be, including trainers and helpers
over fifty men. making a small sized army'
All representatives of this association when
on the track will be in uniform, and the
national Track Association team will be
easily distinguished thereby