The times., 1898-06-26

W. +. Sager member or the famous Siger
and Scarborough tandem team, will enter unpaced
riding this season. Fl II
Tom Butler. of Boston. and Howard Freeman,
OF Oregon, will meet EGa match at Phila-
delphia on July T.
Clinton Coulton believes that he can reduce the
mile unpaced record to T:5f- He will make that
effort when he arrives in Denver
Fred Titus and Joe Yernier. have been matched
to meet in ffteen-rnile paced at Willow
Grove track in Philadelphia on July A.
Jimmy Michael will make his first appearance
in competition this season on July at Boston.
He will meet Eddie McDufic in ffteen-mile
match race
Notwithstanding all the excuses made by the
L. A. w. magnates the membership OF the organi-
zation keeps dropping lower and lower, and the
end is apparently not yet reached.
The tire. although readily replaced. must be
considered a vitality important part of the ma
chine for il it be defective, excellence in the other
parts avails nothing at the moment.
The trade term. ''lady's Wheel intcrferes
what with the living. breathing romance OF fem
mime cycling. However, good many manufac
turers and dealers seem unable to get rid OF it..
On Wednesday June IS. Teddy Edwards
pleted 10000 miles on his ''same chainess wheel.
lie had already ridden the machine 3,i00 miles
when he began his consecutive century riding
January l.
Arthur Zimmerman is out of danger, though
/ the fever has left the champion so weak that he
cannot raise his head from the pillow. He had
intended to go into racing again, but this Illness
Advices from San Francisco state that in
door bicycle tournament is scheduled for next
January. II is announced that among the Incn
who Will compete are Jimmy Michael Fred Titus.
French Taylore. Major Taylor and others OF
like caliber.
Tom Butler stands next to Eddie Bald in the
National Circuit championship race The Bos-
ton lad has won his champion points with regu-
larity since he has been the circuit, and com
petent critics predict that he will stand at the
| top when the season Is ended.
| Cordang, the foreign long g-distance rider,
Gently made an attempt TO reduce the Scotch
hour record of 80 miles COO yards but fell l37
| yards short Of the record. There is talk Of a
twenty hour match race between Cordang and
| Huret to take place next month.
Tom Linton will probably be matched this
week against Paul Bourotte the Frenchman the
race to be run at Philadelphia in a few weeks.
These two men are looked upon as the best OF the
| foreigners in this country. and such an
event would prove one of the best Of the season.
One Of the most sensational races of the season
| ia promised fer the future when Eddie Nc
| DufFee meets famous runner with Ted Soane
| in the saddle. Such a is the tapis
| for an early date, and the Nationaf Track Team
! Association has consented to let McDufee have
| the try.
| Eddie McDuffee now holds more words records
| than any individual rider in the United States
for competitive work. Ills recent ride against
| Major Taylor was one Of the most remarkable
| pieces of competitive work ever seen on an
| American track, and places him far ahead of all
/ rivals.
! Walking is the only method Of locomotion that
may be classed safer than cycling and even
| the pedestrian Is not absolutely sure Of life and
/ limb. Statistics show that the risk taken by the
cyclist does not compare III size with that in
! CURED by the person who ventures forth behind
| a hCrse.
Helen Keller. who. although deaf, dumb, and
| blind, is at the age Of seventeen, well along
| in her college preparatory course, has added eye
| ling to her many accomplishments and in com
pany with her teacher, Miss Sullivan, greatly
enjoys riding on tandem.
| l.. ID. Cabaune, the popular ST. Louis rider, has
! offered TO accept challenge issued on behalf OF
/ Clinton Coulter, fer uRpsced match race The
| race will be run about, August l9 at St Louis.
Dufee will meet the best Western rider in a
! paced match race on the same track
There is use OF bsing q crank on the sub
| ject Of bicycling. The man who talks of his
| wheel continually is almost es much Il a bore
the who Is always telling about his din
| ner. The wheel was primaily designed to lie
! ridden and the dinner 10 be eaten, Either a
| conversational topic, has its limitations.
Joe vernier, the Little Roman" of Phiadel-
phia. is said to be another Michael, back of pace
| Vernier Is new at the game, but follows pace
like a veteran, hugging the rear of the big ma
| chine closely. and changing pacemakers with
| gree as was shown in his race with Taylore
, Jimmy Michael is showing rapid improvement
| in form while training at the Waitham Yelodrome.
He reeled off fIys miles recently IN nine minutes
fiat. This is OF the best trial spins that he
has made this season Although ''the MIDGET
has had couple OF bad tumbles. he has ex-
perienced no serious result from his shakeups.
Clinton Coulter Will be a member Of the West
| ern party 10 be taken out as far as Denver by
| the National Track Team Association. In Denver
! Coulter will probably meet Hamilton and Hach n
| berger. two OF the fastest unpaCed riders in the
| country, while at Minneapolis he viii meet ". f.
| Becker and at Milwaukee he will try conclusions
| with Walter Sanger.
Eddie McDufce holds more competition records
than any other rider in America at the present
| time. He has broken records in every race Of
| the kind except one, that he has started in
| thus far this season. Before the close Of the
season he expects TO secure the mile flying start
! paced record, which he formerly held conjointly
| with Stocks. Of England.
A reason why acetyIene lamps should be carried
on the head Of the machine Is that, owing TO their
| weight they necessarily affect the steering when
| clamped to the forkside The increased liability
| OF the forkside bracket to jar loose under the
weight OF acetyIene lamp and slip down TO the
axle. where it frequently causes very nasty
| header, should also be taken into consideration.
1t is hard to imagine how it would fare with
| cycling rhymesters il it were not for the cor
| responding sounds in pike and bike" Proba-
| bly, - per cent of the present output of the
poetasteTs Ct the wheel contains the combination.
Steel. feel and reel" do regular duty in
consonance with wheel but the first named
association of terminal words is rarely omitted.
Watch an express train rush past, with clouds
OF dust. paper and leaves in its wake and you
pacing machine affords to the racer safely tucked
onto its wheel. TIE rapid passing Of the
racing machine through the air creates a vacuum
in its immediate rear. and the air rushing in 10
fill the void carries the man being paced with it.
Billy" Hamilton. who recently lowered the
mile Unpacod record, will have an opportunity
to ride against of the string of champions
on the team of the National Track Team As
socaton. The man selected for him will he Ed.
die McDuffee, and the will be rui in Denver
carly in August. Fifteen miles viii be the s..
lected distance, and all the West is excited over
the contest.
Considerable rivalry exists between the two
big racing associations, the National Track Team
Association, and the American Cycle Racing As
socation. This is particularly true OF the pacing
teams and the black and pink lads are well
pleased with their decisive victories. The
American Cycle Racing Association has oniy one
victory against the National boys, while the
latter have scored in three races over their op-
ponents.
The Belfast Cycling Journal says: ''E s Ed
wards the 100-miles-a-day celebrity, was at one
time a prominent member cf the Liverpool Cv-
cling Club, and he held the office of captain Of
the now defunct Liverpool Road Cycling Clut
fer some time. When at Liverpool Edwards wa:
| considered a good road rider, and he doubles:
would have made mark before leaving England
but for meeting with bad accident which took
all the go cut of him for long time"
Tom Linton will make an effort to lower tn,
worlds hour record within a few weeks. This
record is that is des;red by the Nationa
Track Team Association, and as Linton the
first rider to make thirty subsequently, thirty
Cnc miles in the hour, he is picked as tho r.dei
to accomplish thirty-thFee miles. An Englis!
exchange, in speaking, Of this matter, state
that with such pacemakeTs as viii be ftlrn shec
Linton by the Nasonal Track Team Association
| the feat will not be :'iffctilt.
The most important race OF the season will b.
the next meeting between Eddie McDuffee anC
Jimmy Michael. Michael is the only rider il
America who has defeated rNcDuffee, and Nc
Duffee will meet the midget this bette