The sun., 1898-05-28
CYCLlNG.

Jimmy Michael is to go mile behind
electric pacing in New York Monday in
an effort to lower the present mile record
of l.35, held by Platt Belts, the English
rider.
The foreign racing men who did not
get their share of prize money at Blu ffalo
last Saturday are still waiting for it,.
Nothing can be done toward paying
them, however, until the manager of
the National Cycledrome returns from
his Canadian trip with part OF the team,
to sign checks.
Frank Starbuck let up in his training
for his race with Tay lore Yesterday after.
noon, and when he meets the little
Frenclman today lie will be in the best
condition of his life.
The Philadelphia friends of Joe
Vernier are greatly pleased over the con-
dition of the Little Roman Nernier
will meet Edouard Taylore in twenty
mile paced race at Willow Grove on
Monday Decoration Day and the race
gives every promise OF being a spirited
one.
In try-out at Char les River track the
other afternoon Tom Linton, behind the
National Track Team Association pace
makers, rode thirty-one miles in an hour
and two seconds, Eddie McDuffee rode
ten miles in nineteen minutes, making
the last mile in LAO.
Riders of chainless wheels claim that
the chain is always a source of great
veXation ii the rider, through failure to
correctly judge weather conditions, finds
himself forced to ride over miles of coun-
try roads in the rain. The kinked and
knotty power transmitter makes pedal
ing difficult and breakage easy.
The coming international races at
Woodside Park track promises to be the
most interesting ever seen in this part OF
the country. Over 800 entries are on
Tom Eck's list, and especial attractions
will not be lacking.
In New York today Robertson and
Freeman will contend for the second
time for the American brassard. Robert
son complains that he is short of work
and not in fit condition for a hard ride,
and it is believed Freeman will win the
trophy fora second time. If he succeeds
in so doing he will have to meet Tom
Butler in two weeks.
Oil is being poured on the troubled
racing waters of the National Cycle
drome, the greasing material being
chiefly in the. form of United States
currency. Yesterday Gougoltz and
Lamberjack were so tar placated that
they left for Philadelphia to ride there
today and Monday.
Eddie Bald and David Shafer. the
manager OF Mitchael, met in the office of
the American Cycle Racing Association
yesterday in New York in order to con.
summate a match race. They demanded
purse of $1,000 and compared them
selves to prize fighters who have received
such purses. 1t is needless to say that
the representatives of the American AS
sociation would not yield to their re-
quest.
In speaking of the prospects for todays
meet at Woodside Park, Tom Eek stated
this morning that outside OF the flyers
who have arrived in this city from the
recent big meets, the following men are
already in Philadelphia: Mcfarland,
California; Stevens, Iowa; KimbalI, Ken
lucky; Walthour, Georgia; Repine, Ten
nessee; Weinsett, Georgia; Eaton, New
Jersey; Mccarthy, Missouri; Monroe,
Tennessee; ten, Switzerland; McEach-
ern, Canada; Tompson, Canada.
A grand program has been arranged
for the opening of the season out at Viii.
low Grove this afternoon. Besides the
2O.mle Faced race between Frank Star.
buck and Edward Taylore, the cham.
pion of France, the half-mile professional
race should be one of the most exciting
of the many great races held on the
famous board track. In this race are
entered such notable flyers as Major
Taylor, the colored star; Fred Titus
Newhouse, Wemig, Eckhardt, L. G. and
} L. G. johnson, Jefferson and others,