Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-03
WITH THE WHEELMEN.
Some Notes About the Men Who Do
 the Sprinting.

Boston, July 3.--Albert Champion and Jimmy Moran were the stars of last evening at the opening of the six day golden wheel race on the Charles River track Champion rode over 6S 1-3 miles and defeated Nelson Stinson and Walthour by big margins and showed up as fresh at the end of the second hour as when he started. Mo- ran was only little less than q lap behind the Frenchman, while Nelson and Stinson had fairly ridden them selves out miles before the finish. Nell son was third with 66 miles and TAO yards to his credit. while Stinson fin ished fourth with little over more than 63 1-3 miles. Walthour had trou- ble with his mounts and quit in the forty-fourth. mile. Nelson and Stinson started killing pace from the begin ming, with Walthour pushing them hard at times and finally led for three miles, again giving place to Nelson, trailing at the latter's rear wheel for five more.
 A peculiar question as to what con- stitutes riding with hands off, the wheel was given to Justice Steers in the F'latbush police court few days ago. James Thompson, a colored man of Flatbush, was riding one wheel and leading another. His right hand was on the led wheel, but his left hand was not on the bars of the one he was riding at the time that policeman who was on passing car called to him. Words were exchanged and the wheel man was arrested. Alexander Schwal- bach of the Good Roads association, be- friended Thompson and went to court to intercede for him. Schwalbach con- tended that when the man was riding one wheel and leading another he was to all effects, so far as stability was concerned, on a fourWheeled vehicle and was in no way menacing public safety. He further argued that with one hand on the wheel in tow he was not riding with his s'hands off" Justice Steers said it was a knotty problem, but he released the prisoner.
 Believing that the public cannot re- ceive too much motor-pacing, w. A. Brady has made this branch of the cy- cling sport the principal features in the two meets at Manhattan Beach to- morrow afternoon and night The sue cess that attended the races at the beach on the opening day, when seven started in the paced race, proved the wisdom of the innovation and showed what the public wanted. When the riders left the mark, paced by motors, it was thought the limit had been reached, but eight crack pace followers have sent in their entries for to-mor- rows race. In the afternoon the princi- pal feature will be a one hour paced race, with Harry Bikes, Tom Linton, Arthur Ross, Archie McEachern, Burns Pierce, Fred Hoyt and Watson Cole man as starters. As each rider has two motors in action in case of an ac- cident the scene presented will be one of sixteen noisy machines closely pur- sued by the riders. At night a fifty mile paced race is on the card with Linton, Pierce, McEachern, Hoyt, Ross, Coleman and other riders in the field. The prediction of Pop Bikes that his son Harry would soof recover his strength and stride was verified last Saturday night at Boston, when Bikes beat Jimmy Moran three-quarters of mile in one hour race on an eight-lap track.
 At the close of June John Nelson of the Cleveland racing team led the cir cult riders. His winnings amounted to pretty nearly $5,000. W. c. Stinson was next with about $4, TOO, and Bobby Walthour of the Crescent team third, with about $4,4OO. At this rate these three flyers should quit the season any where from $12,0O0 to $15,OO0 ahead of the game.