The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-04-30

81. am going to show this to President Nc
Kinley and see if he will not send me to
West Point
Gluckman left San Francisco early In
January with one of the regiments, the
First New York. and in the Metropolis
Joined the Fourth Regulars en- route to
Manila on the Grant His uncle caught
him and sent him back to home and moth
er at San Francisco. En- route to the
coast the wheelmen found him aboard the
! train and made much of him. Waller, es
pecially, took liking to the lad and made
/ him his mascot. Gluckman then said that
| he would run away to Manila at the first
opportunity and when he failed to show up
at the six-day race the cyclists naturally
conjectured that he had started his long
/ trip. The news that he had been injured
in battle proved the truth of his declara-
! ton made to them regarding his being able
i to fight. Gluckman was manly little fell
| low. dressed in full soldier uniform and
was a soldier every inch of him. His I'M
Gle is the New York representative of the
San Francisco Examiner" and a member
of the Bay City Wheelmen, San Francis
cos most prominent cycling club.
To Gather in the Money.
| With twenty racing men punched at one
track there is much of interest in the con-
versation when the wheat is garnered from
the chaff. Il and Stevie are going to
| gather in the money this year." said Me-
Farland. I'VE were the largest winners
last year as team, and '99 is going to be
a fine year with plenty OF large purses.
Had l known that the season opened
as early as May 20 my training would
have been started earlier" said A. C. Mer-
| tens. the ex-fve-mile champion. but In
| this fine weather / guess l will be in
shape"
| Il took tonic all winter" said Kiser.
! and my appetite is SO big nov naturally,
I and SO increased by hard training. that l
am eating altogether too much. I've got
to see a doctor and gain relief from con-
stipation, which has lately troubled me-
Il was never as pure an amateur as the
racing board would have liked" said
| Charlie Porter, OF Detroit, now turned pro,
| but / was far more an amateur in 9S
than in 81. My breaking the rules was
not very serious, but a man can hardly
think without breaking amateur rules OF
the League OF American Wheelmen. -
Porter will ride l.. A. W. this year at the
| Ravenswood track
Just cut out that talk of a race between
the has beens,'" said Mcfarland
They're dead and gone now and in good
positions. We're the men that are doing
the hard work, and the money is ours
They'll not train and just ride to pull
down the dough-"
Major Taylor is friend of mine He's
black, but that makes no difference TO me, >
said Kimble. the Kentuckian. land l DOM
believe that all this talk about my being
afraid of him is his doing. I'm not. and
he knows it, but we can't meet until the
/. c. A. does something and that's set
tied. l beat him the last time we got TO.
Rether"
Real training starts next Sunday a
Fountain Ferry. While the work of tbs
past two weeks has been of interest from
one standpoint, it is the sprinting tina
proves up the men. Slogging daily in thei
four TO five suits of heavy clothing swath
ed from head TO foot in these to brini
about copious sweating, the times mad'
have been really phenomenal. The har'
work and sweating has reduced flesh
though, and today there is but one of thu
men who has not lost weight. Coope
added three pounds, and Kimble reduced
weight twenty, while Mcfarland cam
down twelve. Both Kimble and McFar
land hope to lose much more. the forme
being now at 1870 and Mcfarland at 163
Just the twenty pounds which he has los
lighter than last seasons riding weight.
Kiser Downing, and Stevens are from
three TO six pounds lighter. When the!
strip down to regulation racing togs mex
. 1
time in sprints. All claim to be going sec
onds faster now than last year at the sam
time and they were then preparing for tn
opening of the circuit May Z, whereas, tn
!. opening this season is May 90. BY May
. this year, they count upon being in shap
for a move on to Washington for the fin
ishing touches in company of Bald, Zm
norman Fourier VINO, it is reported
. will be found training there shortly.
Unpaced Records Rroisrn.
. All previous records for unpaced ridin
: were broken today by the six riders OF tn
fast squad training on Fountain Ferr
: Park. This shot at the record mark o
1851 IS made by Bald. Stevens, Cooper
: Mcfarland, Freeman. and Kimble in
work out at Philadelphia July 2 last, i
the centre of the season, when all were i
.. prime condition, was taken just previou
to starting sprint work. So rapidly ha
: the men rounded into shape that an at
. tempt scheduled for Sunday next wa
!. made three days early and was successful
! inasmuch as As seconds lower time wa
] made without trouble. The record is no
. an official record, but merely what tn
!. men style a workout record. The rider
!. lined up in order and the man setting
! sixth dropp EEK along the pole to tn
, rear and Each Of the six men Sc
. just six .cFariand pulling the line Il
: to the tape and dropping back to take tn
last stretch.
! Cooper and Kiser having trained but tie
. days, were doubtful about staying, we
! both hold to the close. Cooper's first sixt
: of the mile was made in 10 seconds
Downing followed with one in 10 2-4 sec
] onds, Stevens did it in 10 2-5 seconds. max
. ing the half mile in 81 As seconds; Kise
/. followed with a sixth in 10 2-5 seconds
: Kimble did his in 10 35 seconds. and Nc
Farland went out for the finish at racin
. speed and did 1t in II 4-5 seconds, pulling
the mile down to 1:54 3-5. second and
. fifth under the official unpaced mile mar
! and nearly three seconds faster than wa
! ever made before in training. The re
. markable feature of this ride is the fac
. that ii was made so very early In the sea
son and before the riders had even starte
: sprinting. All of the six men finished Il