Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29

HTCYCLE records " nll sorts ore exc
Is tremcly likely to go by the board
wholesale before the season ls very
much older. Both ln England and On
this eide Of the water organized raids
win be made upon Father Time enc
long. Some time ago u was announced
that the fastest British cyclists would
mako an EFFORT TO rocapturc the many
records which American riders have
taken from them during the past two
years.
No sooner had the Eugllshmcn made
this announcement than the fnstoHt
pcdalors on this side determined 10 kcop
the figures from crossing tho pond 10
possible BY lowering them rtill further
themselves. OF course the greatest anne
billion ~ an cyclists ~ 10 hold The one
mile record.
In past years when nm Cn0rt 10 lower
certain records was determined upon u
was the usual plan 20 walt untl the
fan and thon select some well known
track and establish what was called a
record breaking camp" The rider OF
riders selected Tor the work were put
through moro orr lees severe prellmi-
nary training and then day was
awaited which was considered suitable
for the ride.
This was n very expensive arrange
ment Tor during the whole time ver-
liable army of paccfnnkcrH. trnlnorH.
rubbors and other mon had 10 De- paid.
OF late years since the profit on wheels
has been cut down ao much. mnnufuc-
tuners have not found Il 20 nay 10
maintain largo racing teams, and COM
sequontly the riders generally break
the records nowadays right along whom
ever they have an opportunity during
the regular season.
The introduction Of motor cycles or
Internal machines" as they have apt
~ been dubbed has once again made u
profitable 10 establish record breaking
cnmpe. and u ia very probable that
they will be seen this fan. with the
motor cycles Instead on human bolnra
a. paccmakera the expense IL reduced
10 less than a tenth NJ the original cost.
not only In record breaking work. but
also In paced races OF all descriptions.
Jimmy Michael the welsh Rarcbit,"
when nj the height Of his career ns n
middle distance rider had 90 Of the best
racemnkurn IN the country on his Fai-
MY NlNN anu Wv " was not NJ Nll YIN
usual TO hear the midget call 90 tht
men who were cutting the wind for
him and urge them 10 Increase their
speed Nowadays ono OF the now
quad motor cycles. such ns were nrHi
ufcd In this country 20 pace Harry
Elkca In his 20 mile race against Arthur
Gardiner. win carry along a rider al
amy speed he can follow. Henri Four
nicr. the French cyclisi, knows NOR
about these machines than anybody
now In America. for the best motor cy
olca are those OF French model. though
made In America. Fournicr could rcEu
late the pace Of the machine 10 such
niccty that N he found his man falllni
on even a foot or 20 he would lessen th'
speed Of the machine Just enough Z,
pick him up again or Increase Il 20 th'
riders fun capacity. Fournlor said that
these machines are now In their yory
infancy. but that tho racers are .,
unanimous as 10 their merits that be-
fore the end Of this season there viii
be hundreds ~ them In use. Although
IN some Of tho races that have already
been held tho motor machines hay,
not always proved success, bofor'
long they will have been sO much i'm
proved that brcnkdowna will be rare.
In the past. paced match races htvl
IN many instances been inconcluHiyl
tests ~ the ability N the riders, fol
very often one man has had such a "a
perior pacing team that his opponrn
really had no chance. This very fac