The times., 1899-05-28

Tom Eek is promoting races under sane
! tion Of the C. w. A, Of Canada at Toronto
Charlie Mccarthy, of St, Louis, and
Charles Church, of Philadelphia, meet
prominent Canadians at the first meet
Church and Mcleod have been matched
for this meet.
In the mile handicap professional at Chi
cago May 80. under the auspices of the
Chicago Cycling Club, the prizes are $50,
SIS. $3.50, and 50. and another professional
race is for Is per cent of the gross gate re-
ceipts. Riders under the n. C. A. in the
sprint ranks refuse to ride on percentage
basis.
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and
Nebraska meet promoters will apply to the
N. C. A. shortly for the creation of a new
division. with the accompanying board of
officers to include these States. District
has eight States, and Chairman George
Greenburg reports the work very heavy at
this time and before the opening of the
racing season. The new division will make
the sixth division with representatives on
the national board, the union having an
other.
Ell Winesett. the former champion of the
Northwest. lately rode in L. A. W. RACES
at Atlanta. Winesett is the father-in-law
of Robert Walthour. the Southern cham
pion, whose wife is the daughter of Mrs.
Winesett.
Eddie Bald is still undetermined regard
ing his meet for Decoration Day. The
Bison will undoubtedly get up in handi-
cap race on that day to start his racing
season. The contest will prove try-out.
and will determine largely the plans OF
Bald for June.
Baltimore will give meet each week
during the season. Sprint races will alter
nate with paced races. The opening meet
Friday evening, which Is the racing night
at the Baltimore Colosseum, will be fol-
lowed by a middle distance race between
Kimble and Moran, and the following
week the sprinters will again have an in
ming. This will be the night of June 8.
The riders will go down from Ambrose
Park Friday morning and leave Baltimore
in sleeper right after the races, arriving
at Ambrose for the New York Circuit
meet Saturday. June 10.
Earl Kiser has regained the famous
Kangaroo sprint of 1897. His superior
work at Washington Wednesday last
proved the claims of the Dayton Demon,
who has held all along that he would be
back again this year. The sprint that
made him famous in 1897 won him the
third-mile handicap. in which he shot
around the outside of the field.
For the first time In his life, Owen Kim
BILE was passed in the stretch by a man.
This was at Washington in the third-inile
handicap and Kiser turned the trick with
Stevens. Kimble claims to have never
been passed in the stretch after having
rounded away for home at the upper turn
in the lead.
John Chapman and Tom Barnaby are at
Seattle. where they will shortly take part
in some races. Chapman says that Barna-
by has settled there in good position,
and that he will shortly start East. Both
have given up their idea of going to
Australia, for which place they intended
shipping before the mast.
The Princeton team. Captain Ripley
Bonner, and Beaham, will train for the
intercollegiate championships, on the
Washington track, leaving for New York
a few days previous to the day of the race
June g. Captain Ripley gave an indication
of his form when he won the quarter mile
open race at Washington over Hauseman,
Schofield and other good ones, last We'd
nesday He got out in front at the outset
and won through the best of riding.
Officials OF the rival organizations in the
fight for control OF the cycle sport are
would not cause such an opinion to be
formed. These men of prominence in the
cycling world meet. and it is probably a
fact that on both sides there is a feeling
similar to that which impressed Captain
Philip when, during the Spanish War, he
said to his sailors at the battle off Santa
go: Don't cheer. boys: they're dying"
Both sides are seemingly very confident
Floyd Mcfarland will limit his middle
distance racing to one month during the
season. He will not make business of
that class Of sport. as he believes that
there is more money to be gained in regu-
lar competition in sprint races. McFar
land says that he has agreed only to take
on races in July and that he has set his
figure with some of the promoters. They
must show me money" said he. The pro-
posed race against Harry Elkes at Wal
than June II will not be ridden. as on
that day the Californian will compete in
the Atlantic Sweepstakes Handicap, the
first prize for which is $500.
owen Kimble and A. C. Moran will be
matched this week for a ten-mie paced
race at the Baltimore Colosseum, TO take
place next Friday night This VIII inau-
gurate Kimble's entry into the ranks of
| the middle distance men. He may take
| on other contests during the season ar ten
| to fifteen miles. Gardiner refuses to en-
| ter middle distance competition until late
| in June anyway. He also has received
| number of fiattering offers.
Hardy Downing is plucky. With his
| broken collar bone. which has been set
three times now in three days. he says that
| he will be again In training within two
weeks. Just as soon as it is possible to
take his arm out of a sling he will start
work again. favoring the broken bone as
much as possible until it is mended. Down
| ing expects to be racing again within three
weeks. He is taking the best of care OF
himself and does not believe the three
weeks of rest Will throw him very far back
| in his conditioning.
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