Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-20
HE RODE THIRTY MILES
IVER LAWSON AND TOMMY HALL
FOR MAY 80.
Test Of the Fifty New Kitson Lights
Shows Them in Working
Order.


northeast. tomorrow night, has Viewed thu
| local disc and pronounces 1t one Of the
BEST II not the very best, in the country.
| The little midget has also tested its quail
ties for speed, and says there Is nothing like
it. In fact, he expects that records will
be passed up in order on the bowl this sea-
| son. He declared that he could not be too
high in his praise Of the surface. and said
he would like to come to Washington late r
| on for the purpose Of establishing record
for the track.
After setting up his motors yesterday
morning Fem mounted his wheel and rode
| a few miles over the boards as a limb ring
up and then went after the rattl .rs for a
| distance of fifteen miles In the morning and
| like session in the afternoon. The t!y-
| out was splendid The diminutive nutmeger
| cut out pace that was truly remark
| able He followed the single motor, behind
| which Joe Nelson, the brother Of the Ia
mented Johnny Nelson. has been doing all
| his fast spring work For the journey.
morning and afternoon. Fem rode unier q
| 1.35 clip for each mile.
Pink of Condition.
Throughout the pace he was never once
tired and showed himself to be In the pink
| Of condition. His motorman tried repeat
eddy to shake the little fellow. but to no
| purpose, duO just " SIlOW lHe peobtC wiz
occupied seats In the stands that there was
a whole lot more speed In reserve Fem cut
out f; ON behind the protection Of the ample
| back of the motorman and sprintad out
| enead of the motor. He performed this
| feat three or four times in both workouts.
In the face of the terrific speed that the
| motor was setting for him this performance
| was wonderful, and shows the remarkable
powers the young blacksmith possesses.
A thing that few riders essay Is dropping
way to the rear of the motor and then try
| to pick up the pace again. Few men have
| ever been able to accomplish this trick. yet
| Fem repeatedly did it yesterday. Here
again was shown his great reserve and
sprinting qualities, which will count for
| much In the game he will have to go up
against tomorrow night when he meets
Freeman.
| Mile after mile the herculean midget
reeled off, increasing his speed each mile
| until 1t seemed that he would never tire OF
| the game. His splendid work Is the re-
| suit Of his perfect physical condition. Fem
| was never known to train for race. While
other men were abstaining from all the
good things of this world, Will was enjoy
| ing them In the years that he has followed
| the racing game with the result that his
! condition was never what it should have
| been And yet in the face Of those condi-
| tions his riding has equaled that of any
| other rider in the game But this year no
man has been more careful for physical
| condition and the result is that Fem is
| sound in every way, and is bound to land
| a winner in nearly all the races he enters,
| barring accidents, of course. If he main
| tains his present pace there is no telling
| where he will finish among the great rae
| ers this season.
Fenn's Advice.
| Fem was much moved when questioned
about the recent death of Archie Nc
| Eachern. The little fellow said that there
was no more dangerous game today than
| fn1In u-irc hn rt1 xr,la
mounts a saddle and lacks his wheel to the
motor, takes his life in his hands and has
| death riding on his seat with him. The
| game is constantly attended by fatal acct
| dents that cannot be foreseen. A bursting
| tire, a broken chain, a loosening nut or
| rvet, a stearsman losing his head any one
of which occurring will almost always re-
| suit In severe accident and many times
| prove fatal. The greatest possible atten-
| ton to the most minute details of a motor
| cannot avert these dangers and a rider who
| pulls through safely without accident con-
| siders himself fortunate. Still Fem does
not fear the constant menace. He says that
| he Is always on the qui vive of expectancy
| and is prepared for almost any accident
| and ready to pull up clear of his motor
and hopes by this means to avoid any fatal
| accidents.
Fem and his manager, F. Ed Spooner,
! with his pacing outfit, left Washington last
! night for Baltimore. where Fem will ride
his first race behind the motors. He is
|
| in a ten-mile heat race in that city to-
| night. In Leander the midget has worthy
! opponent. one who will force him to ex-
tend himself to win. In point of stature
| the two riders size up as the giant and the
| llliputlan. Leander is undoubtedly the
largest rider in the game, being over six
feet tall and weighing over 200 pounds,
while Fem has to climb onto his wheel with
| step-ladder though he is beautifully pro-
| portioned and has play of muscles that is
| a feast to watch.
Leander's Race Here.
| Leander, whom Fem meets tonight in
| Baltimore is the rider who is scheduled to
give Nat. Butler. the Chelsea, Mass, rider,
a gruelling on the local track the night of
| May 49, Nat Butler. the brother of the once
famous Splinter, Tom Butler, of the good
old days has been putting 1t all over the
best riders of the country, having won
| the golden wheel competition race on the
Charles river track at Cambridge on the
night Of Patriots day in which Albert
Champion the Speedy Frenchman was n
competitor. and has also defeated Bobby
Walthour two out Of three races thus far
When these two riders come together
| there'H be something doing
For the card of Memorial night. May 80,
| no better man could have been secured than
| Iver Lawson, the Terrible Swede" who
will race Tommy Hall, the English Jimmy
Michael ON that night Lawson is the same
| speedy Splinter who returned to America
| last July from successful tour Of Aus
| tralia and rode the fastest kind of sprint
| races until the close Of the season He made
| them all look like counterfeit money as
soon as he got his remarkable sprint work
| ing. Had he Joined the ranks earlier in
| the month there isn't doubt but that he
would have won the N. c. A. sprinting
championship. He has the longest sprint
| of anybody in the business, and In his pace
| following he has shown powers of endur-
ance truly remarkable.
Tommy Hall, the plucky little Engiishman
| who so closely resembles Jimmy Michael in
| every way, has been hard at work on the
| Woodland track in Philadelphia since he
| left Washington and today is in fine con-
| dition. Watches held ON his work during
| the past week have caught him Keeling off
| the miles under a minute-and-a-half gait
! He Is making good every prediction by his
| managers and is sure to be prominent
| contestant in the racing Of the season A
| clash between Lawson and him will be
| one worth going miles to see.
Tested the Lights.
Manager Osgood made trial of his new
| Kitson lights at the track last night and
| ia 1Ond n praiSe of them There ora Aftx,