The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-28
BIKE RACING CARNIVAL
Crack Wheelmen of the Country
to Meet in San Francisco.
SIX-DAY GO AND SPRINTS
jim Corbstt Developed Into Hotel
Magnate-Gossip About Hamburg
and Some OF the Talent From
the Coast Tracks.

The crack wheelmen of the country
Will appear in a six days race to be
started at Mechanics pavilion at San
francisco Feb. u. This date marks
the opening of great carnival of bicy-
Gle racing and it is expected to be the
greatest of the kind ever held Eastern
participants are now en- route to the
coast. A big party of noted scorchers
started from Eastern points the other
DAY. In the party were Frank Waller.
the erratic German flyer. who has recov-
cred from the fit of sulks which impelled
him to renounce racing; Harry Elkes,
the one-hour champion, and his father.
VINO skillful1y looks after his training:
| LOUIS G1mm, winner of the recent "a
hour contest; Fournier, the fiery
| frenchman and his Internal machine,
the petroleum tandem; Burns Pierce.
Eddle Seward, Jay Eaton, Teddy Good
| man, oscar Aaronson, Oscar Julius
Tom Barnaby, Earl Stevens, John Chan
man, Frederick Jurville and his brother
joseph NaWn, Henry Pilkington, LIVER
Lawson, John Lawson and the respect
| I've trainers of the various men. This
| formidable racing contingent was pre-
| ceded by Jimmy Michael and AL Weinig,
| VINO started from New Orleans, and
Charies W.. Miller, six-day champion,
ana MS trainer, John West, from CHI
cago. Eddie Bald is already in San
francisco, and Tom Cooper, Arthur
Gardiner, Owen Kimball and Earl
klser will go direct from their respect
i've homes
The six-day event will be followed by
week of special contests. including
sprint races, middle distance events and
al Irft I,
terprise, engineered by William A,
Brady, whose associates are ]. c. Ken
nedy and P. T. Powers, promises to de-
Velop into a Klondike for contestants
and promoters alike. Already there is
enormous interest in San Francisco and
along the entire coast. Local Wheel
men are lending enthusiastic co-opera-
tlon, and the public is on the qui vive
over a new fad, for professional cycle
racing on the scale proposed is some
thing new in that section of the coun-
try.
IL is the intention of the promoters to
tour the star riders over the Western
circuit after the San Francisco events.
Long distance races have been arranged
IN Los Angeles. San Jose, Portland,
ore; Salt Lake and Denver. In fine
latter city six-day limited honr CON
test Will take place, to be followed in
april by 142-hour race in st. Louis.
grave situation is in process of for
nation at San Francisco. The Ingleside
authorities have paid no attention to the
recent rulings of the Oakland stewards
IN the Myth and Hugh Penny matters.
and the horses are permitted to start
at the Corr1gan track whenever their
owners like. That they should have
seen mt to ignore Oakland is a misfor-
tune When one knows the peculiar tenn
per which prevails at San Francisco.
Two or three times since the two tracks
nave been built the associations have
peen on the verge of internal and dis
astrous warfare. With stubborn Tom
Williams on one side and equally stub
porn Ed Corrigan on the other a slight
dlllefence may at any time preciptate
track troubles. So, says the New York
Telegraph, in view of that, Ingleside's
refusal to recognize Oakland's rulings
Is perllous to racing in the West. They
nave Two beautifully equipped plants,
give the only money really worth trying
for in the winter, and are altogether
desirable fields of operation A quarrel
might mean the death of the sport aft
Frisco. The legislature is even now
threatening things to the track owners
IN the way of prohibitory bills, and lust
as TINS time any sort of wrangle will
CAL down ruin upon Oakland and Ingle-
distance
from the field to tell just why Insleside
should be guilty of business indiscre-
tlon and personal disregard, but the
Frisco situation has danger in it, and
the associations are not so secure as to
altord scrap for any reason, no matter
now strong the provocation may be.
The New York Telegraph prints the
following bit of gossip concerning the
great Hamburg:
A story has been creeping around
town for fortnight that Billy Lake
land would shortly go to England with
Hamburg and two 2-year-olds belong
ing to Marcus Daily. The rumor had its |
origin in an offer which Brodericl1 |
Cloete Of London made to Mr.. DAILY.
Cloete is an active factor in English |
racing affairs. and is a South African
promoter of. wealth. He proposed TO
Mr. DAILY that if he would send the
horse to England he would guarantee
that 20 of the best mares in England
would be sent to Hamburg at so guineas
per mare, and that there would be
cnance for as many as 10 outside mares
TO be sent to the horse. Mr. DAILY had |
the matter under serious consideration
Tor long time. Such chance as that
would never be given to Hamburg in
this country, and the advantage of such
stud season in England would be in
calculaple However, Mr.. Daily finally |
declined the very generous Offer giving
as reason his Discrimination to take
the chance of a transatlantic trip for
the horse. Had Hamburg gone there
ne would not in any event have gone
TO the post. The closing of his career
Of last season was too glorious to per
NIT OF possible dimming by defeat
in England"
James J. Corbett, former champion
heavyweight pugilist, has purchased
The hotel at 1903 Broadway, on the bend
between Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
streets, New York. from Charlie White,
whose name the place bears. The pur-
'hase figure was not given out for pub
ication. The deal has been in progress
or several weeks and Corbett will take
charge on Feb. 1. He will personally
lttend to the direction of the hotel, and
viii make it the headquarters for the
porting fraternity. That Considine and
he pugilist have had a break up is de-
he'd by friends of each Considina will |