The evening times., 1899-07-17
NOVEL CYCLE RACES.
The EII&es and Fournier Events
Scheduled for Wednesday.

Washington devotees Of the cycle racing
game will be given an opportunity next
Wednesday afternoon 10 witness what Will
in all probability be the finest exhibitions
to which they have ever been treated. L.
D. Lasley, the lessee of the Park Cycle
Track on the Conduit Road, has secured the
services of Elkes and Fourner, the French
Demon, who will come for the express pur-
pose of attempting to lower the one-mile
worlds record sElkes will be paced by the
Frenchmans motor machine with Fournier
and the attempt to lower the record prom
ises to be successful.
The Park track is conceded by racing
men generally 10 be the fastest in the
world, and il is because of that fact that
Fournier and Elkes decided to come here
from New York, where they have had their
| headquarters for the past few months.
Fournier has already appeared in Wash
ington with his motor machine this sea-
son, having given an exhibition mile in
| 81 2-5. Which is considerably below the
worlds record. Since spring he has made
several improvements upon his machine
which is of the quad variety, and he ex-
presses the belief that he can make the
mile tnlS time IN dpOul III iiiecto
| in which he has ridden since leaving
Washington Fournier has succeeded in
nearly reaching the time which he made
here, but none of the tracks on which he
has given exhibitions has been quite suit
able to his style of racing. He was SO
much impressed with the Park track when
ne was here last spring that although his
| trip here will Interfere with his racing
dates in New York and vicinity, he de-
! cided to come again.
Elkes is one of the fastest men on the
| track today and he does not doubt his abl-
| ity to follow the motor at any speed it
may set. The new machine will be ridden
by Fournier, together with three of his
racing team Fourner will steer and
manage the motors. The Frenchman has
| been the most successful track rider who
| has attempted to run against time on
motor cycle His machine is propelled by
steam and has thus far outclassed every
thing. Should the first attempt to lower
| the record prove failure other trials will
| be made.
In addition to the trial for the one-mile
record. Manager Lasley has arranged for a
motor tandem pursuit race, novelty TO
which Washingtonians have not been treat
| ed. Fournier and Henshaw will ride one
| tandem and Steenson and Crooks will ride
| the other The race promises to be far
more interesting and exciting than any
| thing which has yet taken place at the
| track this season. There have already been
| number of tandem pursuit races, in which
amateurs participated and these proved
highly interesting, but this is to be race
| between two professional teams, the men,
bers of which have had years of track ex-
perierxe. The fact that the tandems to be
| used will be equipped with motors makes
| the event all the more interesting, and in
all probability the race will continue for
considerable length of time. 1t promises
| TO last for at least ten miles and Mr.. Las
| ley stated this morning that it was liable
/ to continue for forty. The teams which
| will participate are closely matched and
| their riding in this style of racing has been
without special advantage to either side.
| To fill out the programme two amateur
events will be arranged the distance to be
determined later. Fournier and Elkes no.
| tilted Mr. Lasley of their determination to
| come Saturday, and consequently there has
not been sufficient time in which to COM
plete the card. The greater number of the
| local amateurs are yet in town and there
will be no trouble in getting them to enter
| the events.