The times., 1899-07-30
proved both to be in deadly earnest. The
race will be grand one.

proved both to be in deadly earnest. The
race will be grand one.
There are problems to solve during the
present racing season. As racing affairs
become more settled when the great meets
at Montreal and Boston have been dis
posed of and when the racing men have
settled down for their long journey
through the country to the close of the
season, number OF vexed questions will
have been solved, perhaps, and perhaps
rot. Among the most difficult of these
solutions will be that of team work For
years team work has been the bane of ex-
istence with every chairman of racing
board 1t being manifestly unfair for two
riders to work together against one rider
in a race, although in this work no fouls
may be committed, team work must be con-
sidered unfair at all times. Being unfair
the controlling body in the sport must. if
possible, put stop to it.
Team work is OF so many varieties, is
so altogether untraceable, although il may
be seen by any experienced eye, that in
justice is more likely to be done than
otherwise. Because two riders seemingly
ride together, because one rider PAGES
another to the front of field, there may
yet have been no collusion, and the act may
be entirely innocent In handicap racing,
where men bunch quickly and perhaps
form in two punches far apart, there can
be no question but that team work is moe
often beneficial than otherwise. In this in
stance a man may pace the entire back
bunch for lap after lap and thus sacrifice
his own chances that his mate may be in
at the death.
Reports of the return to the path Of
prominent racing men are a feature of
every racing season or late there have
been the reports of the return OF Walter
Sanger, VIII Taxis, Harry Wheeler, Fred
Loughead, and many others, while Arthur
| Zimmerman has actually returned. in a
way. Rarely does a racing man ever re-
tire permanently from the racing path. His
| retirement may be announced. and in all
| good faith he may really believe that the
racing path will never again see him, but
the retirement does not go when once the
! fever attacks him at the outset of an
1 other racing season. He fights it off day
! by day; some of his friends aid him, while
others work upon his feelings to such an
| extent that more often than otherwise he
yields and is again announced as can
didate for championship honors.
But he is not for all that. He trains
| hard and believes himself that the chances
are first-class. His dreams are of victory
| and return to the oldtime paths as one
| OF the champions, one of the leaders. He
| decides to takee on a match race or two
Just as try-out, and generally is whipped
| That may or may not settle his ambition
and, if not, he continues for a time and
then drops from sight. Sanger, Taxis,
| Wheeler, and Loughead doubtless long for
the life OF the circuit for a brief time
| as did Cabanne. the st. Louis Adonis who
came East, TO remain and fight il out for
| the season Cabanne did not qualify in a
| single instance, and, being possessed of a
large fortune, decided that hunting in the
| wilds OF Montana was more to his liking
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board OF control of the National Cycling
Association and confirmation is being
sought before final action is taken in re-
gard to a number of the prominent ANA
teurs who are charged with actions hardly
fitting with their amateur status.
Il am only trying TO catch one or two of
them" said Chairman Batchelder, land
when do prove the charges there will be
a suspension. Under the National Cycling
Association you know the rider takes a
rest for some time. He is not dumped into
the professional ranks, but is ordered out
OF races for perhaps thirty days, perhaps
much longer, according to his offence"
Just what the charges have been is not
4 known definitely, but as has been the case
since the earliest days of cycle racing, the
amateurs have taken advantage of a little
leeway, that is all. Hardly a professional
on the track today but in his time was an
amateur, and nine-tenths OF the riders were
thrown professional by the L. A W. with
out punishment. With such rulings the
riders hardly cared, for they merely hung
to their amateur status as long as possi-
bic. 1t has been suggested that the anna
teurs of the present time do not realize
that at any time their careers on the path
may be cut short altogether. Providing
this is the case the example which the
chairman intends to make of the few he Is
now tracking will have a most beneficial
effect. well-known race promoter lately
| said: Il cannot secure - for the reason
that he wants extra inducements to ride
now that he is considered a star" The
amateur class today in the Metropolitan dis.
trict Is the best ever known. Frank Kre-
mer, w. A. Rutz, E. C. Hausman. Georg.
II. Collett, W. T. Nye, jr., w. f. Wahren-
berger. George Schreiber, P. G.. Van Cott
are all we'll known and there is much spec.
ulation as 10 the probable candidates for the
cfficial axe