The sun., 1898-06-12
CYCLING.

John S. johnson intends to follow th,
national bicycle circuit again.
Walter Sanger now says he will no
retire from the race track, but will only
ride match races. He mentions Bald
August Lehr, Earl Kiser and Karl Kasel
as the ones he would like to meet.
Jim Corbett, the ex.champion heav,
weight, has applied for registration as
professional racer.
The New York State Circuit meet al
Elmira, Friday, was failure as regards
attendance, and the promoters lost over
$500 OH the meet. About 800 people
attended the races, owing to the rainy
weather.
1T is serious question whether race
promoters and managers" says a fol-
lower of cycling, "will be able to stand
the tremedous strain upon their financial
recources during the present season."
The match race between Starbuck and
Church and Eddie McDuffee and Nat
Butler, to be pulled off as one of the
many attractions of the South End
Wheelmen at their meet on Saturday,
June IS, is attracting considerable at
tention all around because of the promi-
nence of the men and the fact that they
are so evenly matched.
The Yale bicycle team for next year is
to be an entirely separate organization.
1t has up to this time formed part Of
the Yale Athletic Association, but in the
future it will be under separate man
agement and conduct it's own meets.
Eddie McDuffee, on the Berkeley Oval
track, New York, yesterday took liberal
slices off the worlds record for two
miles, which was made by Jimmy
Michael at Philadelphia, May 2S last.
McDuffee also took 6 4-5 seconds off the
three-mile worlds record, held by j.
Platt Belts. of Lon1on--the greatest
record rider of the world previous to the
late onslaughts upon his records by
Michael and McDuffee.
Pleasure Beach track at Bridgep ;rt,
will be the scene of some fast riding
June Is, when the National Circuit meet
is given here. The managemet has Of
fered some excellent prizes, and several
features will be presented. The second
heat of the Coulter-kaser match race
will be run there, and the two unpaced
riders are training harder than ever.
The National Track Team Associations
men are at Boston at present, but Coul-
ter will be detached from the regular
string and sent down to Pleasure Beach
to train.
The match race between "Tom"
Butler of the National Track Team Asso-
citation and H. b. Freeman may be run
July 4th at the National Circuit meet on
the Nailsburg track, which is located at
Newark, N. J. Henshaw and Kant, two
of the fastest tandem men on the string
of the National Track Team Association,
will pace the race.
1t looks as though Michael, Linton,
McDuffee and Taylor in the order
named, are the ones who rank at the
top at middle distance cycle racing.
A movable saddle is among the latest
novel accessories to the bicycle, and it
promises to become popular. The saddle
is divided into two halves cut through
the centre, and each half works lnde-
pendently of the other. The saddle is
made from wire base, which is covered
with separate leather coverings. Each
portion of the wire base is secured to two
sheet steel plates, suspended from the
clamp of the seat post by two swinging
arms.
Eddie McDuffee has the best record
of the season SO far in middle distance
work.