Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-15
CURRENT CYCLING CHAT.

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! lance rider OF the country will visit WASH
| fngton next week and will make a 60 at
| the worlds record for one mile. exhibition
professional. Fixes is the boy from Glens
| FANS. n. Y. who was to be a pacemaker
| Tor Jimmy Michael. but whose wonderful
| speed brought him TO the front and made
| him the equal of the Welsh midget His
| attempts at tine record in this city win ia
watched with interest by bicycle people all
over the world. and especially in this coun-
| try.
| The exhibition will come Off yYea,osa.,,
afternoon at 80 O'Clock. and the occasion
| VIII De sort Of motorcycle meet. Fixes
VIII pe paced by one OF the motor quads
| lust buitt and the trial next week viii b,
| the first given TO the machine I'm a contest
| OF the kind 1t has been thoroughly tested
| ana found TO answer all requirements and
| IL the machine is successful similar ouadS
| VIII be built and used for middle distance
| flulng. The machine is built on the nlan
| OF the internal machine" ridden by Arthur
FORMER. the daredevil Frenchman. who
sold the right Of his invention In this coun-
#, try TO New England firm
The quad is what Is known as an over
| hanging machine and has been built for
| speed 1t is claimed to be able "a covar
| mile in 1.20 or better Built on the over
| hanging plan. II Will enable the man fol-
| lowing TO get SO close as to almost touch
| tne rlder on the rear seat II reduces the
| ar pressure 10 a minimum and prevents
| any loss of time Another excellent nd
| vantage of the motor cycle for pace over
human power is that the man behind can
| Keep his one position continuously NOT
| having TO change crews, as would be The
| case with human pace
| Fixes Is exceedingly anxious 10 hold tha
| record Tor the mile. and has made several
| attempts at 1t UP north. but failed on ac-
| count OF the pace not being fast enough
| Inc record at present Is 13l % held by
| Eddie McDuff1e OF Boston. and made only
| snort time ago. Prior to that the rec
ord was held by Major Taylor, the colored
| rider. at l.32, which was made last fail al
| Philadelphia. The difference between the
| TWO records is that McDuffie's record was
| mace with motor cycle pace, while TAYLOR
| made his showing with human pace
| 80 anxious is Elkes to make the record
| mat he comes all the way down TO WASH
| ington Tor the purpose. The local track in
| his opinion is the best that could be select
| ed. There are plenty of fast tracks up
| north, but there are none that measures one
4 third of a mile In circumference The lncal
| track is regarded as being the best adapted
| 10 the exhibition, both for the motor pace
| and the rider himself A telegram was re-
| celved from Fixes yesterday morning an
| rouncing that he would come and make the
! ride.
| He Is reported to be in excellent condi-
| tion. and confident that he can make the
| mile in LIS, and perhaps 1.20 He will not
| De content with one trial. but Will make
| several. He is determined to break the rec
| ord; and IL he does not accomplish this in
| the hrst two or three trials he will make
| successful in the first attempt, he will make
| at least two other trials in the hopes OF
| lowering the record still more. He will
| bring his own pacing crew down with him
| and several of the motor quads, so thai I'm
/ the event an accident should happen 10 one
| ne could use the other.
! This will not be the first visit OF Fixes IN
| this city. He was in Washington last sea-
| son with the Michael outfit and was ready
| TO ride every time the Moran-Michael match
1 W. Caha 1rYla. Il
| When a good day did arrive and Michael
l was reported to be sick in Philadelnbia
| Elkes was substituted for the midget and
! roue against Moran. defeating him in tho
| ten miles. Paced by quints Fixes followed
| his crews magnificently and won The an
| plause of all who witnessed the contest
| Just before his Washington race EIkes
| went against the worlds hour record and
| succeeded in breaking it. riding thirty-tbree
| miles and some yards in the time This
| record still stands though many efforts
nav! nave Deen made to lower it. Since that
| unle Fixes became bright star I'm the mid
/ Ole Instance racing world and TODAY ia
| ranked among the best. In New York he
| Is a great fayorite with the cycle racing
1 public and always draws a good crowd In
| appearance he is very slender. and one
| would hardly imagine he had as much en-
| durance and speed in him as his work
| would indicate.
Washington has had amateur and profess
| slonal Australian pursuit races on singles
and on tandems, but novelty in this line
VIII be motor cycle tandem pursuit race
which will be run in connection with m.
| appearance of Fixes. Steenson and Porter
| on one tandem and Crooks and Schinneer
| on another will be the contestants. The
| TWO teams will start at opposite sides OF
4 the track, and a race of some excitement
can be looked for. While both machines
| VIII be propelled by motors, they are also
| htted with chains and sprockets and the
| the speed Az
Steenson is well known In Washington
ana since adopting the motor cycle he has
| become quite an expert. Porter is a COM
! parauvely unknown man locally but the
| two men form a good tandem team. So
| good are they that Elkes is willing to back
| them against any other motor tandem
| team in the world. and has a standing chal-
| lenge to that effect. The other tandem
| team has plenty of speed. Crooks is well
| known up north. Schinneer is a popular
| Elder OF Chicago. and the survivor of more
| than one six-day continuous race While
| this will be the first motor race of the kind
| ever seen In Washington II is new in every
! section of the country, and so far as known
| only one similar ride Of the kind has ever
| been held, which lasted for some miles.
| The West-Dent race meet for colored rid
ers did not come off Thursday afternoon on
| account of the rain. The event was post
poned until Monday afternoon at the same
| hour. There was fair-sized crowd at the
park on Thursday afternoon. who went out
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| would continue for only short time. but
| in this they were disappointed. The same
| program will be rendered Monday, and a
| number of new entrants will ride, including
| some from Norfolk and Richmond. The
| prizes for some of the events are exception
| ally good.
/ 1t is likely that q half-mile District cham
| pionship will be run off Wednesday after
| noon in connection with the appearance OF
| Elkes. In addition to the championship
| there will be several other amateur races,
| which will be announced this afternoon. 1t
| is the intention of the promoters to run
third, half, mile, two-mile and five-mile
| championships of the District, according to
| the rules of the National Cycling Associa-
| ton. The one-mile championship has al
| ready been run OFF though il is possible
| that il might again be contested this sea-
son. The arranging of the half-mile for
| next week marks the beginning Of the
| championship. practically, and the series
will undoubtedly bring out a good represen-
| tation of local amateurs.
There will be a meeting Monday evening
! of those interested in the Great Falls cycle
path, when plans will be made whereby TO
| raise sufficient funds cOmDeta the