The San Francisco call., 1899-02-10
MICHAEL SHOWS
HIS WONDERFUL
BURST OF SPEED
Easily Rides a Mile at
a l:55 Clip.
PACED BY A MOTOR CYCLE
MILLER RIDES THE DISTANCE
UNPACED IN 2:o4.
PACED BY A MOTOR CYCLE
"Big Bill" Furman of Los Angeles
Has Arrived and Will Turn
Professional-Fritz Lacey
With Him.

'T believe this to be the fastest indoor
track of it's size ever constructed in the
world" remarked diminutive Jimmy
Michael, the middle-distance champion of
the world as he dismounted from his
wheel after a two-mile spin, around the
eight-lap board surface just completed in
the Mechanics Pavilion yesterday. after
noon.
Michael, in the presence of fully 500 on
lockers, had just finished two miles at a
1:55 clip, paced by Henri Fournier's Won
derful gasoline racer. 1t was a marvel
Gus, hair-raising performance, and hun
dred watches were held on the welsh
Rarebit' as he "tacked on behind the
wizard Frenchman, after riding couple
of laps to warm up, and set out to try
his speed on the track to determine
whether he might reasonably expect to be
successful in his trial against the worlds
fve-mile record at the opening OF the
meet tomorrow night.
F. Ed Spooner, the well-known Eastern
newspaper man, Jack McGlynn of the
olympic Club, and K. A. Smyth, of1c1al
Handicapped of the Pacific Coast, took
the time from the tape, so its accuracy
is guaranteed.
Fournier had been using the track for
couple Of hours before Michael f h,cane came
racer had during that time tackled on be-
hind him. .Fournier was running. his ma
chine chine .5, at about 2:19 clip, and for some some
vile and the other six-day man followed
behind him, at what they termed "a COM
is pace aof for f them what t
must they do when riding hard. is the
question the onlookers asked themselves.
ridden an unpaced mile in 2:O4. which is
better than the Coast record. The men
with. their big-geared machines. most of
which run up to 116 or 120, seemed to be
going SLOWLY hOwaVpr
swiftly moving piston rod and the rapid
"choo, choo, choo," emitted from Four
After the long-distance riders had had
their exercise, the sprinters were given a
change to ride. behind Henri. Mcfarland
the rst Ones out ahr rapdy followed by
Jay king" Eaton, Teddy Goodman, Har-
ry Gibson and Harry Elkes. Shortly aft
Frtz haeeg who had p arrived fom Ios
Angeles but a few hours before. They
have been training down there for this
professional. and nd Fur Furman says he Is GO
ing to turn PRO" at once, as he needs
the money. Russ, Bozio, Kragness and
tried out during the day and showed
splendid speed.
The performance of the afternoon, how
ever, was MichaePs try-out for two miles.
Little Jimmy has been doing much quiet
training in the park on his wheel and
many is the would-be racer who has
tackled on to this dminutive sprinter out
there. thinking he was only boy and cas-
lily left behind, only to soon see the form
of the supposed boy vanish rapidly in the
distance as he pedaled out of sight at a
two-minute clip.
After encrcling the track couple of
times to get warmed up the 'Rarebit
caught the rear wheel of Fourniers ma
chine and they were soon flashing around
the track SO fast that a man standing in
the center and turning his head to follow
them could not keep in one position more
than second.
Fournier's pacing machine is so ar
ranged that he can set it at given speed
and it will keep 1t up for miles at time.
Thus it was an easy matter for him to
set the register at '1:55" per mile, and it