The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-16
CYCLING.

Higher gears are becoming almost as
much OF fad with women as with men.
. Earl kiser claims to be a cousin of the
Spanish vessel. That's nothing, for
Tom Cooper knows man who used to
go to school with brother of Admiral
Dewey.
Last year Jimmy Michael rode a total
of 29l miles in races at an average speed
of about LIS per mile.
On bright May morning it is far
better for the business man, shop-girl or
the student on his or her way to school
to ride bicycle than to go there in a
crowded street car.
EWhen climbing steep hills slow pace
at first is advisable. He who speeds too
fast will soon regret bis haste. which
invariably makes waste. A very little
practice will enable the novice to do
wonders in hill climbing.
The man who brags that ne never had
puncture always rides over tack
within the next 10 minutes, and some
kind friend fixes it for him.
Cyclists should wear shoes with soles
OF average thickness Thin-soled shoes
causes numbness of the feet, and should
not be worn, especially on long rides.
The Willow Grove track, which won
renown through its connection with last
seasons great national meet of the L. A.
w., will be formally opened to the public
for the season Of 1898 on May %, when
J. Frank Starbuck, Americas middle
distance champion, will meet the famous
little French flyer, Edouard Taylor
Five-mile exhibition, by Jimmy
Michael, paced by two quads and tan
dem, on Saturday, will run in the fol-
lowing time One mile, ! minute SO %
seconds; two miles, 3 minutes 80 1-5 Sec
onds; three miles, ) minutes 90 2-5 sec
onds; four miles, 7 minutes SO 2-5 Sec
onds; five miles, 8 minutes IS seconds.
Tom Linton is still at Charles River
Park training for the racing season and
riding miles at an average of I'm. 46s. for
ten miles at clip. The National Track
Team Association crew of pacemakers
will pace him during the racing season
and it will be difficult for them to shake
him if he keeps his speed.
Eddie McDuffie defeated Fred Titus in
the hollowest fashion at Charles River
Park Saturday afternoon in the fifteen
mile paced race and incidentally clipped
Is seconds off the worlds record for
the distance in competition made by
Jimmy Michael in his race with Star
buck at Manhattan Beach July 3, 1897.
William ''Pluggy'' Martin, who won
the first international six-day bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden in 1891,
has returned from Australia, where he
has been riding for several years, and
has taken quarters at Ambrose Park,
New York.
Tom Butler, the sprinter, and Clinton
Coulter, the unpaced rider of the Ma
tional Track Team Association, arrived
in New York, Friday, preparatory to
opening the season at Ambrose Park
next Saturday. Butler is riding in his
old form and will do fast work on the
circuit this year, where he will meet
Cooper, Kiser and others. Coulter will
also follow the circnit and will meet
Karl Kaser, Frank Starbuck, A. G.
Mertens and other unpaced riders dur
ing the season.
A new cycling star shot across the
armament Saturday. 1t was Harry
Freeman of Portland, Oregon, who beat
the foreign talent to standstill both in
the race for the income cup and the mile
professional.
Zimmerman is not riding up to ex-
pectations in his races in Mexico, and
the chances are that the great ex-cham-
pion will not be seen in competition
events on the national circuit as was
expected.