Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05
Joe ChOynski Uses the Wheel for
Training Purposes.
EXPL0DES AN OLD THEORY.
Has Used IIi. bicycle wbiie Training
for siH Years spirited
Hattie OF Tears.

II ever there was an enthusiastic
whcelman that man IL Joe ChoynskL
Morning. noon and night. Joe and his
wheel seem almost inseparablc. a
Jaunt u thirty or forty miles Is looked
upon by him as a mere bagntelle'
Choynski has done q great part of his
training for his coming contest with
Mexican Pete at the Colorado Athlete
association next Friday night. a great
many athletes dn not deem II ndyls-
able 10 use the wheel while training
~ they claim Il makes them slow on
their feet. They argue that Il does
not train the right muscles Of their
lona OF rather atiffcuH the cords aud
when they enter the ring cannot move
about quickly ChoynsM has knocked
this theory into % cooked hat. lie has
used his bicycle while training for six
years and Il as fast AZ ever on his
icct. He cannot notice any difference
Ia that department THAI there was be-
fors he ever rude wheel
There haA been begun In this country
quiet but spirited battle OF gears. BE-
cause u II the worlds legitimate milo
record u likely 20 take n series Of ahoCt
tun'blea and finally lodge FOR period
many pegs below To present stage Tho
record now stands at ! minute "a see.
onda made by Harry" Elkaa In wash
ington. u. g., last week BEFORE the
contemplated onnlaughts upon Il have
been concluded u IA believed that the
mark will have been placed at minute
% seconds, says the New York Herald.
Three rival manufacturers OF bicycles
and gears have employed three OF tho
lnsteHt pace followers on the continent
90 g9 after the record ~ often 40 u u
luaten by other riders. These three men
Will be kept In training throughout tho
remainder ot the racing season FOR this
u.
proournblc Will be at their call By hold
ing the recuri Tor his machine each ot
the three manufacturers hopes 10 prove
that his bicycle. nttcd with his pnrticu.
Jar make Of gear. rs the fastest In tho
The THO OF riders engaged Tor this
record warfare are Harry" Elkcs ot
Glona Falls. n. y; Eddie" McDunio
u Boston ana Major" Taylor. The
last named brought the record down TO
! minute u 80 seconds at Philadelphia
last fan. McDunio atill further lowered
y by two-nftha " a second at Charles
River Park track, Boston, several
weeks ago. and Fixes made an equal
cut In u last week. Taylor rides q
ehalnlcaH wheel. with haif-roller gear,
McDufiic pushes a chninleas machine
with bsNcl gear. while Fixes mount IL
driven By an improved chain gear.
Several days ago Major Taylor waa
hastily sent 10 Ravcnawo0d. H.. with
Instructions TO remain there until he
had ridden under the figures set by
Fixes, With Taylor were scat o steam
motorcycle and a crew Of capable pace
makers. Taylor, II Is said. will not be
permitted 20 appear In competition
again until his mission nj Rayenswood
has been accomplished.
similar instructions have been given
20 Mcpuiiie, and he IL now In training
nm 10 al a
a corps OF assistants and Two steam
motorcycles. McDufile's refusal 10 meet
Tom Linton ia mlddle-dlstance
paced match Is believed 10 be because OF
pcndlng record trials.
Harry" Fixes. outside OF his possible
superior speed, Is thought 20 be better
equipped for record work than either of
nus rivals because Of his possession Of
| Two petroleum motorcycles that have
| never failed 10 respond TO any test Of
endurance 10 which they have yet been
/ put Should his record be beaten he will
Immediately attempt 10 REGAIN Il. either
| on the Walthum tMnsa). Berkeley Oval
| NOV York; or Woodside Park Phlla-
| delphia track.
Tom Linton and Harry Fixes. middle
l Instance champions. respectively, OF
/ Europe and America. have been
] matched for series of races with
| tandem motor pace. the quad OF Harry
Fixes being barred, Tile first viii take
place az Philadelphia on Aug. @: the
second, an hour race. with joe Downcy
as competitor. nj Manhattan Heach
on Aug. ". ana the third, with two 9TH
| er competitors, at Waltham. on Aug.
lb' Linton viii therefore. ride neither
AT Boston nor Montreal. although deslg .
| mated as English representative ia the
International championships.
An English critic has this TO say re-
ghrding NE racing situation on the 9th
| er side OF the Atlantlc Public interest
| IN cycle racing n today almost dend.
TINS II not because people don't like a
good cycle race, hut heoause the tncticg
| pursued on the track are not ALWAYS
above suspicion, and also because pace
making Il killing honest sport. The true
test OF mans capabilities as a rider