The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-01

OF control feels chary about solving.
Marcus Hurley competed in the heats
Of one of the championship races at
Hartford, but before the final could be
run Il rained On the postponed date
| Hurley was sick and could not ride. He
I claims the fourth position il the race,
which gives him one point. Without
that point he Is tied with E. F Root,
/ of Winchester
While at his home in Atlanta, Bobbie
/ Walthour issued a challenge TO any
! man 20 ride him an hour race at the
/ Pittsburg track for $1,000 a side. F. Ed
/ Spooner, OF behalf of Bonnie MLlroe.
accepted the def. and will find no diff
/ Guilty in securing the race in September.
/ Harry Elkes may be left without
/ pacing machine for the balance OF the
/ season, since Fixes broke With his man
ager, F l. Howe, and WalthOur, under
/ the same manager, cannot use his belt
lire machine. WalthouT demands the
! Fixes machine for his own use the bal
ance Of the season. and Elkes, who in
/ tended to rent this motor, finds himself
out in the cold. Walthour threatens 10
leave Mr.. Howe unless given the Elkes
motor
Plugger Bill" Martin and Frank
! BeaUchamp the Australian pair, sail for
| home on September % from San Fran
cisco Martin viii ride behind pace for
1 the balance Of his stay in this country
end IS anxious 10 meet Harry Elkes-
| Kennedy and Powers have received so
many applications for permission to
start In the six-day race OF next win
ter that some viii have to be rejected
The 81, GOO sweepstakes two-mile handi-
ZAP at the VaHsburg track VIII be run
On two Saturday afternoons. The heats
will be run September Is and the semi
finals and final on September 20.
Charlie HadaeId was given an indef-
mite suspension for his action at Asbury
Park in pulling Fem from his ~Aeel.
/ King had an ear torn of, Bowler had
his thumb split. and Fem lost a great
| deal Of skin, while others were seriously
/ injured,
Mcfarland and Freeman viii stick
/ closely to the sprints for the balance Of
/ the season FTceman's pacing motor has
! teeu turned over 10 Champion. since the
rev motor frame made 10 the order o.
/ Champion Was too cumbersome TO be
J
ployed
Much TO the surprise of the sprinters.
/ Tom Cooper kept his word and made no
/ effort TO enter the field of sprint racing
/ this season. Cooper retired worth $780,
/ COO. and IS now driving a sixty horse
power automobile and living in plenty.
/ Albert Champion the FTenchman. Will
not attempt 20 ride in France this sea
SON Champion evaded army duty at
{ home and cannot secure permission TO
return there 20 race. He would be la
/ bic for three years OF army service
should he be caught on French soil,
| Jimmy Michael viii not come to
America this season. Michael intended
to take a run over to this country and
ride one race at each OF the coliseum
/ tracks The midget was slow to get
into condition. so was forced to post
pone his debut in France for "A couple
of weeks
/ Bobbie Walthour does not intend to
accept the offer of $1,000 from France.
but will ride a few more races in the
East and then race in Atlanta once each
week until the close of the season.
Joe Nelson holds the record for the
fastest mile Of the year, minute II
seconds-the eighth mile in his race
against Butler a Pittsburg recently.
/ Nelson averaged ! minute 1885 seconds
| for the first eight miles against that
rider. His first Eve miles averaged l
minute 10 rs seconds.