The Washington times., 1902-06-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST
IN BICYCLE WORLD
Big Meet Arranged for June
II at Manhattan Eeach.
RECORD CROWD is EXPECTED
Fisher, of Chicago, Will Go Abroad to
Meet the French Riders-Guichard Is
Wonderful Middle Distance Man
Big Team Has Striking Uniforms.

bicycle meet of extraordinary pro-
portions is being arranged by the new
Metropole Cycle Club. of New York
City, for June 81, at Manhattan Beach
The membership of this club is made
up of bicycle tradesmen and old timers
in the game, and they will promote
an affair at Manhattan Beach with all
the best riders in attendance. The
tradesmen have volunteered to take
tickets, some of them as many as | 900
and it is confidently expected that at
least fJ,o00 persons will attend the
meet. Middle-distance and sprint rae
ing will be included in the program.
F. A. Mcfarland, of the Tribune team,
rode against Otto Maya at the Pitts
burg Coliseum OF Decoration Day.
Maya now holds the brassard of the
Charles River Park track. Boston, which
carries with it daily salary of 81.
After finishing the " c. A grand cir
cult this year, John T. Fisher, the Chi
cago member of the Monarch team. will
journey abroad 20 match his sueed
against the sDrinters of the French and
German tracks.
Guichard Is Wonder.
Basil de Guichard, sixteen-year-
old French pace follower. is the latest
foreigner to make bid for American
honor and gold He arrived last month
with Harry Elkes from Paris and rode
his irst race at Boston on Decoration
Day. and was here last Wednesday.
Guichard was born in Denver while his
folks were travelling in this country. but
he only spent the first two months of
his life n America. He is under the
management Of ?. o. Sheehan. who has
for two years been the manager of Will
c. Stinson, of the Rambler team, who
was the Acknowledged middle-distance
champion last year. He is wonderful
middle distance rider.
The serious accidents that have lately
marked the work Of the middle distance
bicycle riders seem to have no effect
upon the men who elect to follow motors
for a livelihood. Many of them are
fatalists in every sense of the word.
Joe Nelson, whose brother Johnnie was
killed at Madison Square Garden last
winter, is reported to have paid little
attention to the death of McEachern or
to the accident to Melting He aspires
cycle racing field. and remarked that
his life's work had been laid down for
him and he would try his best to prove
successful.
Striking Suits.
The big cycle team that will be sup
ported by one of the largest bicycle
OF the country is certain
to attract attention on the tracks this
year, for the members will wear suits
of unique and original design Every
man will wear vertical striped suits of
silk. The stripes will alternate white
and some other color, two inches wide.
and the appearance of a man in such a
suit shows him to be a member of the
team. On the breast and on the back
of the rider will appear the name of the
machine that he rides. with an arrow
running through the letters. Each mem
Der of the team has been fitted out
with two racing wheels and bicycle
trunk which not only holds these ma
chimes, but also all the clothing and
other paraphernalia that he will re-
quire during the cycle racing campaign.