The times., 1899-05-14

season In 1897 he had Fred Loughead,
winner of the one-quarter and ole-mile
national championships. and last season
Mcfarland and Stevens. winners of the
mile and cne-third mile championships.
This year Juth counts upon winning at
least two Of the big championships with
Mcfarland and Stevens, who promise to
ride faster than ever.
Arthur Gardiner has been appointed the
representative of the racing men upon
the District e Board OF Control, compris-
ing Ohio, Michigan. Indiana, Kentucky.
Wisconsin. Illinois. Minnesota. Iowa, and
Missouri
Followers of cycle racing may enjoy four
days of racing a week on a circuit CON-
prising the three New York tracks. and
Baltimore and Washington tracks, and
either Newark or Flushing for Sunday.
Eddie McDuffee is booking himself for
an active season. His first appearance
will be at Philadelphia, May 27, then at
New Bedford June 10, New York June IT,
and thence westward to Chicago. The
BostoIian has a new pacing machine of
the motor variety. .as
Major Taylor will be paced by steam
this season. Manager Sager has arranged
for two steam pacing machines which are
guaranteed to go to 1;20 for the mile. He
says that it will be impossible to shake
Taylor, and Mr.. Munger believes that
1:20 will not be fast enough. Taylor will
probably not go for records until later in
the season. He had been scheduled to so
this month at Woodside Park. where he
cut the mile record last fall to 1:31 As.
to start training with a big gear, then
come down. While others thought him
upon a small gear at Louisville. Cooper
was following this principle, ''As you
come down TO sprinting on a small gear
your wind is better and you gain the
speedy motion from which you again rise
TO the larger gear" he said. From 80 to
1G0 will be the gears used this season, 1
believe Things are different nov. II is
not the last eighth that wins the race, but
the last third or half mile. The half at
Springfield in 0:54 2-5 is in evidence of
what l say"
Tom Eek is in all sorts of trouble now
adays, and he and Johnson have sepa-
rated. The white-haired veteran is in St
Louis, from which place he wired the pro-
fessionals at Fountain Ferry, asking them
TO compete at st. Louis May IA. and guar
anteeing them expenses and so on. No
reply was given him, as the racing men
cared TO take no chances. Johnson is go
ing out for himself, he says, this season.
and intends to make the season a SUCCESS
working on his own hook. He has never
done anything alone before. but says he
must do so this time.
L. D. Cabanne, the St Louis rider, says
that he Will promote big race meet in
st. Louis this season, at which the grand
prize will be $500 to first in an invitation
race. Mr.. and Mrs. Cabanne intend to give
to the prominent men what they style ian
outlaw dinner" which will be very elab-
crate affair. This will be given prior TO
the opening of the grand circuit, sched-
uled for St. Louis. but now doubtful. owing
to the tearing up of the Old Sportsman's
Park track. The Pastime track may go
II. c. ~, however.
1t is rumored in ST. Louis that Charlie
Mccarthy intends to cross to Europe this
fall to compete there during the fall and
during next season. McCarthy's preten-
uons in a racing way cause a smile among
the regular circuit men, for they say he
has never won very much in good COM
pany, having been kept alive and before
the public by the booming of local ad-
mirer who wanted to make him winner,
but seldom succeeded.
With the gloves or with the fCi.s. on the
cycle track or in the water. in the gym
nasium or in a row boat, as a shooter o.
runner. Cabanne. the st. Louis cyclist, ex-
GELS all his fellow racing men of the
cycle path and others, too. as his record
will show. The cyclists had come to the
opinion that there was nothing 'Cabbie"
could not do. but of late they have learned
that he cannot bowl. On the ten p n alley
he is the poorest of the bunch. and in the
training camps the riders take revenge for
lickings in other ways by walloping him
with the big balls and ten pins. But Ca
banne says that he will one day excel. and
he is going about the trying at once.
In the multi-cycle handicap at Ambrose
Park, May 20, the list is complete with the
exception of a quad team, of which Kim
bic. Freeman. Mertens. and Kiser. or
Johnnie johnson. may be members. There
have entered Mcfarland, Stevens. and
Downing on a triplet. Henshaw, Kent
Caldwell, Pierce and Furman on a quint,
the Butler brothers on tandem, and Har-
ry Elkcs on a single.
A bad cold threw Earl Kiscr back In his
training the last few days a. Louisville.
but on Saturday afternoon he first made
one of his sensational sprints which in
1891 became known as the kangaroo
sprints. The bunch of fifteen riders had
been tearing round the track with no regu-
larity in their gait, and suddenly all broke
into a sprint. Kiser was on Mertens' rear
wheel at the rear, when he jumped up past
the line and dropped into that famous lope.
His trainer jumped out of his chair at the
track side in the greatest enthusiasm, and
old timers at the track became Just as
enthusiastic as they watched the oid-time
sprint again. 1t was with this Jump that
Kiser beat Bald and Cooper so frequently
in 81, and with which he won the 81 900
race at Buffalo for Tom Eek
When Orlando Stevens starts for n ride
nowadays Bully" his bull TERROR mas
cot, goes along perched upon his back.
The knowing dog jumps to the position
without an invitation. She lands on his
back while he is travelling at fair speed
and throwing her front legs around the
neck of the sprinter holds on with a death
grip. her face beside his and funny ex-
preston on her countenance. Stevens has
lately taught Bully" the cake walk and
to jump over a stick while walking on her
hind legs, and believes her today to be the
wisest dog in creation. She is the pet of
the entire circuit party. for many of whom
she will go through number OF her tricks
yet she recognizes but one master.
Chicago will have three Grand Circuit
meets this season on the new track To be