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 a side bet
and the title. The challenge was ac-
copied 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 It the title Of cham
pion Of England.
THEN Jack went transforming. His
L first stop was Paris, and there
he raced the pick of all France, in a
grand event-mile heats and five-milc
/ inal--for the championship Of the
country, and won it. All this riding,
mind you. was on high bicycles. From
| France Jack went to Russia, to Ger
many and TO Ireland. On the "owld
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 aupther 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
| chipes began 20 hear Of an organiza-
| 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
I "A "a 4 ha 1au ~, "a Il
embarked on a ship-=the City Of Mon
treal-that then represented the acme
Of lightning ocean travel craft cal
culated to cross the ocean in fourteen
DAYS. But because Of storms II missed
calculations and was 81 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 big one While he was
picking himself up the rest of the field
got away for a lead OF an eighth of
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 a two-year tour
OF the country, meeting all corners in
races and establishing agencies.
WHILE 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
plonship Of England and at once
came TO America and CHALLENGED Jack.
The challenge was accepted and the
riders met at Sprinsfield, Mass, 10
race for the championship Of the
world. George NJ. Hepdee. 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 al
old Hampton Park in Springfield on
u AllAEt AAbauhGOs AlEL track. ana
again Jack won, retaining his title
and setting a worlds record Of 2:29.
For this feat he received 81, 900 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 "a Dunlap, Of course)
that came to the country He rode
also what was then the highest
geared wheel in America p.
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 70 become
a manager, and in his day has man
aged bicycle riders. wr6stlers, 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.
II He amount Of money that Jack
Prince won as a rider and the
amount that has passed through E's
hands rs a manager s-aE-ers belief
Certainly he won not less than $3.50
600 and Il was probably nearer a
half-mlllion, as rider In one SIX
dry race ~ Minneapolis he took n