The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-23


drive. In both he got TO the front as
soon as he could and stayed there TO
the end. His riding style is compared
TO that of Tod Sloan. well forward and
IN crouching position on the horses
shoulders. He was highly elated with
ms success, and, after weighing in after
the second race, he remarked, enthus-
iastically, that riding horses beats
riding bicycle"
1t is reported that Charles NJ. Muir
phy' the Brooklyn. y. Y, cyclist, who
roue mile in 81 A. seconds behind a
railway train recently, says he could
not De induced to repeat the ride for
so'oOO Further, that the climb to the
rear platform of the train was not pre-
arranged, but that he decided himself
10 take this method of finishing rather
IMAM pack into the whirlwind at the
rear or the train. FULLERTON and Cum
mihss. who We're crOuChed on the rear
platform, had not planned for sucn a
thlns, said Murphy, although they
uid state that such was the casa.
Just decided n1vsclf that | could max
II, and rode into that train deliberate
~ ana caught hold of them before they
know what / was doing. l threw my
self on my face on the platform % es-
cape the dust, but do not remember
fainting. although they tell me did so.
saved me from certain death, for l
saw death at the finish of the ri le.''
Arthur A. Zimmerman and j.. c.
Bald, the old and new champion Cycle
racers, have been matched to race for
vi 900 purse. The race win be In mile
meats. 1t will take place at Nailburg,
n. j., to-day, July %. The terms of the
match race We're contaminated the 9TH
er day by Fred Vogt, manager of the
board track on which the contest will
be held. Jimmy has been longing
for chance at Bald whom he really
thinks he can defeat.
Two weeks ago Murphy was a crank,
TO Whom the appellatiOn mile min
ute was rough jest to most persons.
! His value as drawing card was about
40 week. His latest appearance was
| at beer garden. To-day he holds one
! end of contract to appear at the Vic
! toria at $500 a week His reward for
riding an exhibition at Ambrose park
| on saturday was between $3.50 and $500,
! figured on a percentage basis. Next
| week he appears at another race meet
| for consideration of 5000. For the
| balance of the season he will probably
be unable to fill all engagements. Fur
! thermore, Murphy has been remuner-
ated by the Long Island railroad at
what was first promised him. The own
ers of the wheel he rode paid him a
! price and an additional bonus because
/ he brought the wheel out without a
scratch. saddle-making concern and
firm of tire manufacturers also hand
! ed up substantial purse. Admirers
! have sent Murphy so many things of
questionable value that his large in
come is being depleted by express
! charges. three-carat diamond stud
| and a gold-plated bicycle are the most
valuable gifts he has received. Within
six weeks Murphy should be able to
show an addition to his bank account
of $4,000 over and above his living ex-
| penses.
| If on your wheel you'd be genteel
| five things observe with care: What
wheel you ride, with whom you ride,
and how and when and where.
| That Detroit man who stole a bicycle
| in order to raise funds with which to
travel to a recruiting station, has been
! told in Judge Chapin's class that the
! penitentiary and not the army needs
his services. He will have five years
in which to learn the lesson.
| There is a general feeling abroad that
| If the League of American Wheelman
/
ergies entirely to touring, good roads
and the advancement of the interests
| of cyClers generally, 1t would not be
! long in getting back its old member
| ship.
Mrs. Irene Bush of New York recent
| ly completed a quadruple century run
| and is the first woman, as far as is
! known, to accomplish the great feat of
riI in y,,iIa Ar 70,
as could be ascertained by her physic-
ian, she suffered no i'll effects from her
| great task.
w. H. Hands of England has reduced
the 1O0-mile road record to 5:2244 He
was officially timed.
Just where racing affairs are in and
around Boston is pretty hard to state
| now. At Charles River park on Satur-
day Burns W. Pierce. who has been
ruled off of all L. A. w. tracks in every
capacity, started off rider, while an
| outlaw otficiated At Waltham. July 8
several amateurs faced Ryan, and the
next day rode in the l.. A. W. meets
Billy Berlo and Harry Curry of the
Eagles rode at Waltham July 3, and
on the morning of July 4 tried out with
! the pure l.. A. W. riders in the Wake
field road race. and then rode n. C. A.
in the afternoon.
The new amateur champion Of Eng
| land is a German born and bred. while
the virtual short distance champion of
| France, the Grand Prix winner, is an
| Italian
The opponents of long Cranks lay
great stress on the fact that they have
not been adopted by racing men. The
reason is obvious A long crank. cou-
pied with high gear, ena bles rider
to swim along at steady pace in
, greater comfort because of the slower
leg motion: but if he wishes to sprint
he soon finds that he cannot move his
! legs rapidly With such a long sweep.
A bicycle tina; has been ridden safely
| two or three months may be taken as
| free from flaws Some care should be
| taken, however. with a new mount. Be
cause. however, parts are inclined tC
loosen. that must not be taken as an in
dication the machine is defective. Many
fork is cracked through the front
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