Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-16
WITH THE WHEELMEN.

Harry Bikes is to become New Yorker at once His father, generally known in the racing field as Pop Bikes. has decided to move the entire family from Glens Falls and take a permanent abode in that city. Harry has decided to refuse the offers he received to go to Europe, as he be- lieves that there will be more money for him in racing here this year.
 There is no truth in the report that Jimmy Michael and Harry Bikes are to be team mates this year, with Pop" Bikes as their manager. Pop" himself is the authority for the denial The report was caused, he explains, by the fact that he has engaged Ambrose park for a meet there on Decoration day, and in order to be certain of hay ing some match for his son Harry, he had Michael sign q contract agreeing to race Bikes there on that day. Be yond that there is nothing arranged between them. Michael is his own manager and Pop Bikes will manage Harry.
 Late, cable advices from Berlin are to the effect that Major Taylor did not win in his first European race. His victory on April ] 1 over Arend and Ellegard and others was signal one, but that was not the date of his first appearance. He rode in three-cor- nered match race against Arend and Ellegard on Easter Monday, April 8. and was defeated by both. According to the account, the result of this race was anticipated. The cold weather prevailing had prevented Taylor from doing the proper amount of training, and he knew that he was not in proper trim for the race; and he said on leay- ing Paris that heswas going to certain deefat He must have worked hard in the two days intervening between Mon day and Thursday In order to spread eagle his field as he did on his second appearance, and beat Arend by twen- ty lengths.
 President Earl Riser, of the Ameri- can Racing Cyclists union, is taking a mail vote of the members of the ex- ecutive committee of that body In re- gard to Nat Butler, who is under life suspension. Butler had the individual promises of members of the committee that they would vote in his favor, and on these matched himself against big Caldwell, at Brockton, April 19. The N. c. A. will allow Butler to ride as soon as the Riders union acts favor l ably upon his case.
 Pat Sheehan, manager of the new Providence Coliseum and of Will Stin- | son, the one hour world s record holder, 1 is willing to match Stinson against any rider for $500 side and for the best purse offered for the contest.
 ". A. Rutz, New Haven; I. c. Per l ry, Chicopee Falls, and R. NJ. Alex ander, Hartford, have been matched for fifteen mile paced race at the l Springfield Coliseum May 30. Perry and Alexander are former amateurs. Harry Bikes, the middle distance l champion of the world, has taken a l love to snakes as pets and now carries
 with him constantly a little Florida l snake which he brought north with 1 him from training quarters. Bikes has l his pet in box and frequently takes it out to wind it about his fingers. | While South botho Hikes and Michael
 spent much time with a snake charm
 CT near Panama Park. They handled 1 rattIers under instructions and are re- poraed to have. become quite expert. Jimmy Michael told a friend shortly after his return that he came very
 near retiring from the track when in Florida. He had gone hunting with
 Elkes and the pair were watching fSr
 a shot at some ducks and jumping
 across a little creek Michael leaped oyer but sprang back. He was star
 tied to find that a huge moccasin
 snake was just at the edge of the bank on which he had jumped and that l it's head, held foot out of water, was the log he had supposedly struck with I his foot. Some of the riders from the
 south said that Michael was scared white.