Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-26
BICYCLING. TALK WITH
 BILLY PENN.
While in Hartford Yester- day He Had a Chat With the courant Writ er-Expects Work.

Hartford, Feb 26,--W. $. Fenn, for merly of Waterbury, the former anna l teur champion bicyclist and for the 1 past few years one of the speediest of the professionals, was in the city yes terday and talked about his plans for the coming season. Last year Fenn teamed with Kramer and the stoc.Sy little rider pulled the champion to vic tory. Fenn and his wife have been ! staying all winter at his home ill Bris- tol. 1Ae says he will make his home in Newark at the close Of next season s races as he expects to do his training there and he will do considerable rid ing at the Vailsburg track.
 The crack riders home in Bristol is about 21a miles from the village, and he says that he got all the exercise he needed this winter by. walking back and forth. Before he entered the pro- fessional ranks he trained during the winter at the anvil at his fathers blacksmith shop and in this way de- ve1oped the big muscles which were the .enyy of the riders who were not fortunate enough to have fathers WHO were horseshoers. Fenn is the strong est rider in the country to-day and he does not regret his early blacksmith ing. He said he felt better this win ter than he ever did before, as the cold weather agreed with him.
 He has campaigned in the south dur ing the winter, but is not enthusiastic over the racing theres Last winter he was on the Florida east coast, where h.s wife has a cottage. He saia the pleasure seekers down there went principally to enjoy the climate and the surroundings and going to tne races was side issue.
 This winter he has not done any riding and he will not begin training for about three weeks, when he will go to Newark. He said he did not know whether team work would be in vogue this season or not. but he was opposed to it and thought a rider would do better if he hustled. for him self.
 Mr Fenn said he believed tha+ the National Cycling association acted wisely in putting .tself on record against paced racing and particularly motor pacing. The association this year will favor sprint racing and work toward the elimination of the paced race on the ground that it does not give d IdIT I6SL Ol tic dUllliy VI IhC ItGSI D and destroys their vitality for g series Of races during tbe season,
 A letter from Frank l.. Cramer, the champion, was received yesterday bv Mir Fenn. The champion wrote as fol lows:
 tEast Orange, N. sJ., Feb 23.
 "Friend Bill; I attended the annual meeting of the N c. A. to-day and from what heard think the game will be a great deal better the coming season than last year. Vailsbu~g is going 'to run, beginning April with an all amateur caru and starting with the pros on the 10th. New Haven in- tends running once a. week, as loas also Revere Beach. There will be four races a week besides the other tracks that run a meet now and then.
 eWhen the grand stand at Nailsburg went down in the fire. my room went with it, and I will have to build new room. As scon as the roads will per 1 nit am going to start training.
 Tom Butler and Jed Newkirk are l going to start at the same time I do. Let me, know when you are going to start training and where. Yours truly, FRANK l.. KRAMER