The sun., 1898-06-10
CYCLING.

Announcement has been made OF a
fifteen-mile paced race between Edouard
Taylore and NJ. j. ULeary at Culver
Field, Rochester, Oh June 20. They are
to ride with thirty-two pacemakers.
The many friends of Charlie Church
will learn with pleasure that he is rap
idly recovering from the accident re-
ceived while pacing in the Vernier-
Tavlore race on Decoration Day, and
that he will probably begin training
again today.
More trouble in the air! A New York
dispatch claims that August Lehr, the
German champion, will take legal steps
to try to force settlement with the
Cycledrome. His contract calls for a
ST, 800 guarantee for six weeks in this
country. Of this he will not receive a
penny on account of the release given
him by the Cycledrome. Chairman
Mott will be appealed to as well as the
courts.
O. t. Stevens won the mile open on
Wednes lay in Rochester, the principal
event of the day, defeating Arthur
Gardiner by inches. So close was the
l.
heat, but the doubt was given to
Stevens.
Out at Willow Grove on July Tom
M. Linton, champion of England, will
meet Edouard Taylore, champion of
France, in race of 80 miles, with un-
limited pacemakers.
Sixteen tandem teams will be en-. ployed
for pacing purposes in the l5-rnile match
race between. Johnny Zimmerman of the
Castle Whenlmen, and Frank Frame of
Memphis, Tenn, which will take place
Saturday evening at Woodside Park in
conjunction with the Continental Wheel
mems race meet.
Johnny johnson Sf America, and Karl
Kaser of Switzerland, will probably meet
in tcn-mile match, paced race. at
Woodside Park, on the evening of the
18th of the present month, and Bourotte
of France, and Joe Nernier OF Philadel-,
phia in twenty-mile paced race the
evening of the 18th, three days later.
The winners will be matched to race at a
distance and time to be mutually agreed
upon.
L. o. Mauger, a Quaker City man with
money. posted SO for a match race at
any distance, anywhere, between a crack
Philadelphia quad team he controls, and
any other quad outfit. His challenge was
at once accepted bv the Anglo American
team, composed OF Fulford and
Wheelock OF England, and Blanchard
and Caldwell OF America.
"French" Taylore is going to have an
L. &C IL laS ~ n, nt n
when he races August Mcleod, the Cana
dian long distance man, at ten miles,
paced. Unless Mcleod has shown
wonderful improvement since last winter
ne will be badly beaten.
The first intercitv team race of the sea-
son will take place at the annual race
meet OF the South End Wheelmen on
June IS, on the Tioga track in Philadel-
phia. The officials OF that club have
succeeded in matching Charlie" Church
and j. Frank Starbuck, of Philadelphia,
against eddie" McDuffie and "Nat"
Butler, of Boston. The contest will be
of the pursuit order, and the race will
end when one team closes the half-lap
on the opposing team. The prize is a
purse of $400, the winning team to re-
ceive all the money.
Bicycle racing men hold the view that
second place in a race is considered the
best position to ride until the final sprint.
That this is wise idea is certainly true,
but in the case of an unpaced contest Of
say, over a course OF ten miles, where
lap prizes are offered, a position OF third
or fourth is much preferable. If a rider
tries to keep the second place through
out, he will find it very exhausting to
follow the different spasmodic sprinters
who lay themselves out specially for the
lap prizes.