New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-06
CYCLING.
,,,culEL WINS A GREAT RACE
,roN HEATEN TO A sTANDsTILL IN A
prcoRD- BREAKING CONTEST

PACE SET BY HIM IN THE
EARLY FART OF THE RACE.
,..,. "JImmy" Michael the Welsh midget
..ous, celebrated Labor Day by winning back
c'o =, hts lcures which he has los. this season.
SOM and defeated Tom" Linton. also Of Wales.
h' ~. Manhattan Beach track yesterday after
and defeated him easily. in an hours paced
w. wv =, was a splendid contest for the first thir
- MILES all records going by the board from the
oord 70 and including the thirteenth mile. After
-, 4, was merely procession for the midget.
ho Won at the Hnlsh rs he pleased by nearly three
niles.
.,.c. which Is supposed to ne swept by ocean
-. N witness the battle between Linton and
su..oe, and incidentally 10 gather I'm some Of
so.s cream hreezcs They saw Linton taken into
=, M he has no. been taken IN before In many
aav hi, they did not gather in many breezes. II
Is ho, everywhere Yesterday. and II was nearly
" .,rod and whitening near the ocean as It was
r,,bsr inland. Humidity wns monarch OF all, and
-. ,be spectators forgot for a moment the heat
IN the fercest part or the race they paul up ioi
,bsir foolishness later on
y,,,,o Michael. who has been called the physical
-, q, the age" did much Yesterday 70 win
49,, tho title Of cycle king. which has been drift
49,, ehou, in a rather haphazard fashion for the
,os, ot the present season. Michael has met re-
orsee this season. but when the test came In an
hour race he back his laurels at one sweep
y,,rv the campaign this season all Of the records
80 ~ the little fellow have been beaten by other
49, To.day Michael does not hold record he
.",.sr IN. one mile and the thirty-three miles ex-
amt the twelve and thirteen mile records ana
those ne captured yesterday.
MORE BRAINS NEEDED IN THE BUSINESS.
Ths race showed also that In contests OF this
Ia needed
ocars are sometimes troublesome customers. but In
Arranging paced contests and bringing them 10
successful conclusion more than one head Is re-
ou,red 10 carry out the scheme successfully IN
rsc, the racing promoters have found out that So
many heads are required that they are ABOUT READY
to give W the game and 10 turn their attention 10
something else II was remarked after the race
vesterday by those who had seen the dusky cham
MON TAYLOR lower the colors OF Michael week be-
to,e ,ba. "You can beat Michael occasionally. but
YOU can't beat Shafer." They referred 10 Michaers
manager who is sometimes termed "FoNey ouina
shsfer. Just before the MchaelTaylor race Shaier
and Michael had a difference. and Shafer packed
his grin and went westward He came back as ne
saws 10 find Michael eleven pounds over weight
and ready to race Taylor.
Thar h,s old trainer took hold of Michael, and
when the midget went 10 the starting point yes
,erdav he weighed just ninety-nine pounds or fully
-, mounds less than when he faced Taylor. some
Thought that he looked drawn and thin but those
Who have made a study Of physical training hun'-
ed M those who know something ABOUT such 'hihss
IN the stands and offered TO wager them doiars 10
cep,s ,ha, Linton would he beaten. But strange
as II NAV seem. considering that so much he''ihs
had been done on the two previous races ps'"e'"
these TWO men. practically no betting was done al
ON yesterday shofer said that he had a little
money lof, n wager on Michael. but as far as
known he did not place any Of 1t.
MCHAELs LUCKY TALIsMAN
When the men tossed for positions Michael Sc
cured the south pacing-camp and Linton secuFea
the one al the head Of the homestretch' M'chae'
weigh, was ANNOUNCED 70 be 30 pounds ana mat OF
Linton l25 pounds. The midget rooe "hee.
geared TO 1l2 and Linton was satisfied WIN one %
i04 Just before the was started letter i'oi"
two nttle girls was handed 10 Michael A ioui'
leaf clover was incio.ed. and the writer's said they
we're two l,te girls who had found the clover sun
day and that they had sent II TO Michael hoping
that he would win the race. Michaei lock Nne
tarsman and pinned II on his racing snirt IL Ger
tainlv was not A har5inrer ot ilfortune, even II IL
did not bring any good luck
Linton's manager had counted upon making the
mace so fast in the first few miles that Linton
would get such 2 lead that Michael would throw up
the spongo The plans were well laid. but when
the real rub came Il was Linton himself VINO couid
not stand the pace and Michael az the end was rid
ing as he pleased. with Linton dead 10 the world
nearly three miles in the rear. Michaei appar-
emily finished fresh and strong, as most easy WIN
ners de- but In reality he was pretty tired man
not as weary as WAS Linton for the victor had
success to keep him up while the vanquished
hears the Kisses Of thu multitude, and his only
reward is few paltry dollars. about enough 70
pay OF mis- pacem1kers and buy cot for the
night
The purge was 800 OF which 81 800 went 10 the
1rhn sides
OF the track with TIE idea of doing away with
3oekeying and trickery. The new method served
one purpose only II kert the men ri1ng IKE
fury for dozen miles. Then Michael overlook
and passed Linton. ond the race was over 10 all
!nten.s and purposes All records were broken
from the second 20 and including the thirteenth
mile After that .he pace slackened. Michael had
taken the lead and II was seen that Linton had
broken himself down trying TO set pace which he
thought his rival could not follow. Michael showed
splendid generalship. and kept along at a steady
pace. Linton was never more than 80 yards
ahead OF Michael That was in the seventh mile.
From that point on Michael began to reduce the
lead OF his rival lie reduced II 10 fifty yards In
the ninth mile In ihe tenth he had cut II down 10
thirty yards and in the eleventh Linton was only
twenty yards 70 rhe good. In the twelfth mile
Michael ahead Of his falferlng rival as II the
heavier from Wales going TO sleep. In
the thirteenth mile Michael wns 100 yards ahead OF
Linton. and the good as over
All through the race Linton had been taking the
hyees, interest in looking at things around him,
and particularly in keeping track of where his 1T
lie rva and what he was doing. Michael,
Meanwhile was plugging along with HIS bend well
over his handle bars intent only upon the rear tire
o. the pacing machine IN front Of him. From his
actions one would have thought that he did not
NOV Linton in the race. His features were
mnovable and when ne passed Linton
hs face did not show the slightest sign of emo
o'h He there for one purpose-to cover the
Greatest number Of miles possible for him 10 cover
given time Whatever anybody else thought
va not concern him particle.
A HEART BREAKING PACE.
u Is probably good thing for both the riders
sIS the pacemakcrs that the killing pace WIS not
s'p up after the thirteenth mile. 1t IL douoful
now much longer Michael could have stood II. His