Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15

the champion rider of England, heard
| naturally of his prowess, and chal-
| lenged Prince to race for side bet
and the title. The challenge was aC-
! cepted and the pair Of them raced at
| five miles at Lilly Bridge. London, and
| Prince won. Not satisfied, Keen came
/ back for more. The second race was
| at Leicester, and a third man, named
/ Cooper, entered. Again Jack won the
race, and with II the title OF cham
! pion OF England.
| THEN Jack went transforming. His
/ first stop was Paris, and there
| he raced the pick of all France in a
| grand event-mile heats and flve-milc
| fnal-for the championship Of the
! country, and won it. All this riding.
| mind you. was on high bicycles From
| France Jack went 10 Russia, to Ger
many and to Ireland. On the "ovld
| sod" he took part in the Irish cham
/ pionship, a 50-mile road race, run
| near Dublin, and, as usual, he won.
| Next he went to Scotland, where he
/ added another title to his collection
by trimming the Scottish champion,
Lumsden, at the track at Waverly
| Market,
| a LONG about this time Jack Prince.
"A who had been retained by the
! Humber Company to ride their ma
| chimes, began to hear of an oTganiza-
| ton known as the L. A. W. and that
| II held championships in America He
! did not even know then that L. A. W
| stood for League OF American Wheel
/ men. but Humber was paying the
/ bills, so he sailed for America to
race July 4 for the championship. He
| embarked on a ship--the City OF Mon
| treal-that then represented the acme
| of lightning ocean travel, a craft cal
| culated to cross the ocean in fourteen
days. But because Of storms It missed
| calculations and was p days going
over. The result was that when Jack
| landed he had only three days to pre-
pare for the race to settle the cham
pionship Of America.
He went at once TO Boston where
/ the race was to be held, and limbered
| up as best he could in the brief time
! allotted. Then came the day Of the
| great race-whiCh was six times
| around the Boston Common. Jack
| got away with the bunch and had
! made three laps when the front wheel
| of his old high wheeled boat went
| into little hole In the track--and
| Jack dug up a big one. While he was
| picking himself up the rest of the field
| got away for lead Of an eighth of a
| mile or so. But Jack got up. re-
] mounted. overlook the bunch and won
| the race. and the championship OF
/ America.
About that time Colonel Albert A.
| Pope, then just beginning his strenu-
| Gus reign as the bicycle king. closed a
contract with Jack to ride the Colum-
bia bicycle. This done. the hero Of
this sketch went on two-year tour
OF the country, meeting all corners in
races and establishing agencies.
! WHI all this American barn
storming was going on, Jack
/ Prince was riding no real champions
/ and some great riders were coming
| along in England. Finally one of
| them. Dick Howell, won the cham
/ pionshtp Of England and at once
| came to America and challenged Jack.
/ The challenge was accepted and the
I riders met at Springfield, Mass. 70
| race for the championship OF the
| world. George N. Hendee. now head
/ Of the company which makes the In
/ dian motorcycle. was Jacks assist
/ ant trainer for the event. Jack and
| Howell met before 10000 people at
old Hampton Park in Springfield on
a mile, unbanked. dirt track. and
and setting worlds record Of 2:29
For this feat he received $1,000 and a
medal.
1T was not long after that that the
safety bicycle came in and the
| pneumatic tire, revolutiOnizing the
! bicycle game. Jack had the second
pneumatic tire Ga Dunlap. Of course)
that came 10 the country. He rode
also what was then the highest
! geared wheel in America 70.
For three years Prince held his own
on the safety. And then came Ar
/ thur Zimmerman. who defeated him
and won the title. And that ended
| the racing days of Jack Prince.
From that day on Jacks career has
| been less spectacular though quite as
busy. He gave up riding 20 become
a manager, and in his day has man
| aged bicycle riders, wrestlers, includ-
ing Frank GOtch. fighters. including
! Charley Mitchell; automobile meets.
| aeroplane meets, and now he is at
what he terms the most sensational
game Of them all-bOard racing with
motorcycles.
It HE amount Of money that Jack
L Prince won as a rider and the
amount that has passed through his
hands as a manager staggers belief
] Certainly he won not less than $3.50
900. and Il was probably nearer a
half million. as q rider In one six
day race al Minneapolis he TOOK n