Arizona republican., 1914-03-29
By the Two Wheeler

After taking a long and ardent glance at the stars and planets and the little hay nebulae that gleamed brightly in the clear, AriZona-li nike sky late last night, l was convinced that it would be proper to say. There will be q motorcycle race at the fair grounds this afternoon
 Then casting a calculating eye over list of entries which was furnished by the acting secretary of the racing committee, I was forced to qualify it, and say that There will be q great and imposing motorcycle race, etc"
 The very latest gossip anybody knows is that Don Johns plus one mysterious Indian rider are here to enter this afternoon shortly before the races are started by Referee John Hohl and Starter Boido. Now, Johns is sort of famous fellow, Icing what you might call a foil for Baker, the Phoenix phavorite. Sometimes Johns foils Baker and sometimes Baker foils Johns. There :s an Indian rider coming from Nev ada" said Hohl to me yesterday. No, l don't know who he is. have just heard that there is large trunk marked Indian Mote cycle" arrived lately from some place in the silver State
 But whoever it may be, he will have to be a rider worthy of the name. for there are real straddlers among those who" First, there is that pair. Johns and Baker Then there is Elliott. Elliott is also an Excelsior; he is the fastest of any of the practicers except Joe OConnell who, many believe. will enter after all. There is one Excelsior dark horse. making s motorcycle mystery in the Big X camp as well as one Tn the Indian tepee.
 There is a determined sort of a preparation going on among the EX celsior riders. Down with the In diani" is the cry If hard work in the shop. on the track, in the pits, can defeat the red wagons this aft ernoon, then those aboriginal two wheelers are doomed to the best basting they have had in many a long racing mile.
 To continue. Chief among the Phoenix riders is Boido Young in years as well as in experience, Loren 70 BOido, son of pr. l.. Boido, of this city, is perhaps the nerviest and lest track racer in the world for his 2ge. He well deserves that proud title of "Arizona's premier boy motor Cyclst." That he will give good account of himself is beyond ques- ton. His fond daddy will be watch ing him from the starters box this afternoon and pulling like a good fellow.
 Ellison Wilson one of the most daring of Phoenix younger men. is another contender to be watched Said Wilson in q regular down and Gp press statement yesterday:
 T do not believe I will win first place. for my machine is not as fast as some of the others. But when get that large gas tank and that oversize oil tank in place, I am goin.. tc start for one hundred miles solid without stop. I don't believe I will have to make a single stop. I vii finish in the money. For it is "Old Blue I'm riding this day and he is good for the distance l have every confidence in my mount
 Harry Crandall. Frank Sellner and Frank Albright are the Merkel team all amateurs. They have excellent long distance machines, and core spondingly good chances of winning Crandall is the only one who has feen seen in practice, and he has been clipping the seconds off tht mile-a- minute mark with regularity and dusty face.
 Doe" Lane, the Harley Davidson man here, has quietly but without much advertisement prepared a ma chine for this race. His chauffeur is not yet entered. Neither is Thor rider, who will have one of the fast entries this afternoon.
 How many stunned necks will re- suit from the 100- mile grind, ordin : ary riders cannot say Only man who has driven racing motorcycle over enough ground to take him from here almost to Globe, can rightly say. But if one circuit of that track at mile in 1:05 can strain chaps shoulders until they feel like lead then those who will ride a hundred times around at even a faster gail