The sun., 1898-11-21
CYCLING.

The National Cycle Board of Trade has
passed out OF existence.
The mad rush of outlaw riders to get
back into the l.. A. W. has not set in as
yet.
A meeting OF the Eastern creditors of
Senator" Morgan will probably be held
soon in Boston.
Every inch cf space in the Stanley
Cycle Show in London was sold weeks
before the doors were opened.
For publication with a claimed Cir
culation of rs, 600 the L. 4. W. Bulletin
is a very dyspeptic- looking sheet these
days.
Ii the efforts to suppress the New York
six day race prove Intellectual, it is
planned to hold Il similar race in Boston's s
projected indoor track.
The standard horsepower tor the
French gasoline trlcycIes is II, which
will carry 2O0-pound rider on a level
from 70 to 30 miles an hour.
Clem Turvile, the popular Philadel-
pha bicycle racer, will try his hand at
long-distance racing in the coming
six.day grind at Madison Square
Ga den.
Up to date it does not look as if the
chairman of the Racing Board would buy
herself many seaskin sacques with the
tines paid by outlaw riders.
Henri Fournier, the French racing
man and automobiles, is training with
Ed ward Taylor at Berkeley Oval. Four.
nler will enter the outlaw sprnts, and
has sent to Paris for another gasoline
tandem for pacing purposes.
Joycaux, Michael and Hale arrived
Saturday on the Paris with Jim" Ken
nedy.
Eddie McDuliie will winter at Jackson
vile, and while there Will try for all the
records which Taylor has appropriated.
He believes he vii be able to DO this
without difficulty, and is making extern
sive preparations. The track at Jackson
vile is one of the best in America, be.
ing one-t.,ird mile, well banked and
built of cement.
Tom Linton made nearly $1,000 dur
ing his brief visit to this country. Word
has been received that his plan is to
make return visit next spring, accom-
panied by j. W. Stokes, the wel-known
English racer.
The PAGER, the trotter and the running
horse now being left far behind by
speedy cyclists III record trials, the loco
motive is faster only than the cyclists.
1t is understood that one of the maxers
is to place on the market wheel for '09
which will be named the Mile-a- Minute,
and, although many will smile at this,
The speed is not beyond question by any
means.
Major Taylor, through his manager,
Ward, has issued challenge to Eddie
McDufiie, the middle. distance champion
and former holder of the worlds one
niie record, in which he states that he
IS willing to wager any part Of 81 600
hat he can defeat McDuttie in series of
)ne-mile races, best two III three heats,
with flying or standing start.
A Chicago manufacturer made during
he year $4,000 bicycles, and of that
lumber not per cent. are left. The
maker alluded to is admittedly, in the
rade, the largest producer in the coun-
ry. The significance OF this statement,
which is amply proven, is in relation to
he question of how much cycle riding
las increased. Last year the same con-
ern made $1,000 bicycles and had II
Yer cent. left on its hands. These are
igures that corroborate the general state.
nents of makers and dealers to the effect
hat although they have made less
money they lave sold more wheels.
For man 40 years old who has raced
teadily for years now, Frank Waller is
wonderful exempliticatlon OF the bene-
its Of outdoor living and OF steady, con-
istent training. Waller was 81 when in
S92 he rode 1854 miles in "a hours, low
ring the worlds record. He was 40 this
,ear when he rode 1868 in "a hours on
he road and 494 miles in "a hours in
on the track, giving "a
nile handicap to a youngster and doing
he last mile In l.52. Waller LAS ridden
q every six.dsy race open to him dur
ng his scareer, and ie training over the