Oct. Q8 THE SPORTING 11

TIMERS.THE ANTI-TRADE PREJUDICE HOI

AIMED AT THE CLOCK-HOLDER.

Mast E?en the Timer be Free From Trade Taint?-Carrying the Anti- Trade Fad to Its Logical Conclu­ sion and the Result Thereof.

\Ve hold to the opinion that a time­ keeper should not be in the trade, uor in any way commercially interested in the good success or otherwise of any record which he may be called upon to time. Before to-day one hus heard the sneer, "I suppose it was timed by the maker of the machine," and the oppor­ tunity for the innuendo ought not to ex­ ist. If Mr. Colemau were to become manager of a cycle firm he would for­ feit his iudt?i»ejideut position as a time­ keeper, or if the equally ridiculous re­ port about Mr. F. T. Bidlake becoming a director of a tyre company ware true, we should expect that official also to re­ linquish his timing jobs. The question is not wholly one of bona fides, or trust in a man by his committee; the public beyond is involved; their opinion of the matter has to be considered, for the reputation of the association consists in the way in which it is regarded by the public. Suppose that belief in a man as truthful, and possessed of a good watch, were all that is necessary, what should then prevent an official from timing himself? If it is sufficieuty satis­ factory that a man may time a ride in the success of which he is commercially in­ terested, seeing that we believe him to be true and above commercial influ­ ences, what is to prevent our believing him also to be true about himself, as a man wholly alxjve all selfish considera­ tions? Yet the spectacle of, say, Mr. Bidlake timing himself to l>eat the twen­ ty-four hours' tricycle record would be very absurd; it would be a very great straining of our faith in anybody to have to accept such evidence, and if self-timing is out of the question, whero a man only rides for the fun of the thing, how much more should the timing of the victory of one's own, or the fail­ ure of another's machine or tyre, be not desirable? If men may time riders of their own goods, they may time them­ selves, and a priori check themselves, so that there would be no uoed of an K. JR. A. at all, whereas it was in order that road records should be independ­ ently timed and adequately checked that the association was formed. "Bi. News."

BITS OF RACING NEWS. Record breakers whose time Is money

have no difficulty in passing it. Must racers worry over their trials, but

lawyers worry If they haven't any. Crooks, of Buffalo, is at Hartford pre­

paring to take a shy al the record game. Simper's ex-trainer, Culver, Is a spe­

cialist on muscle ai;d how to develop it. Your German racing ciack races In

long stockiugs reaching almost to the knee.

Vancouver has the finest streets for wheeling of any city in the Dominion of Canada.

Talk about your doubtful amateur, he Is the purest of the pure compared with the doubtful oyster.

Predictions arc made in England fhat the next Cuca Cup race will see 5UO miles ridden in the 24 hours.

Tricycles were barred, both In pacing and from erttriug, at llerue Hill .during the recent 12-hour race.

Confidence in pure amateurism has not been lost, though it has. In most in­ stances, been sadly misplaced.

Competition for records has been keener abroad this year among the tire makers than between the makers of bicycles.

You can never tell what germs of speed production may be in a prison convict, lor he isn't allowed to "let himself out."

Charter, Oak track Is to be resurveyert to prevent any question arising regarding Zim's pert ormat < eg in the rccord-breakiug line.

England has a racing man who has been fi rc-cd to give up speed-production owing to the very uuatnletic complaint of gout.

They have thrown me overboard," snid the expelled amateur, "but I've strength enough to swim to the other side."

Johnson Is to be sent for the mile record, so it is said, over the mile, straight­ away course, on the Moi mouth Park race track.

Pinkie" Ktlss has a very suggestive middle name It is J'ye. Racii g has been, pie, indeed, this season for the Chicago midget. It cannot be possible that the present

extreme enthusiasm for racing can much longer exist iu France without a reaction taking place. A portion of the Victoria, U. C., corps

of letter carriers now ride their rounds, mid there is talk of mounting the police on "outside beats."

The quadruplet manned by a competent crew Is a model pacer, affording heaps of shelter, and going at a very steady and even pace ftll through.

"This is the two-hundred dollar dia­ mond ring Jack won at a race meet anil gave me." "Is it? I woudcr what it cost the prize committee."

Record breaking is a very transitory kind of glory, and the bidding for popu­ larity iu this business for such it has become is decidedly keen.

(J. A. Banker and William Murphy were the only two crack riders at the Savannah race meet, Banker winning four firsts autt Murphy five seconds.

.Men who mean to make of racing a business will find that they will get there much miiru quickly by not engaging in any of the ruuun busiLess of racing.

The nine-and-one-hnlf-nille road race, run un Friday from Greentown to Ko- komo, Ind., was made In mud during a min, and won by H. L. Morris in oSui.

Desgrauges, the hope of the supporters of amateurism in France, lias just Joined the professional ranks, and will take part In the championships on Sunday next.

A syndicate of capitalists has been formed in Australia to promote a 24-ht.ur race for $1000 in cash prizes. A rider ought to go a long way for that amount.

The LorfbVvllle crack, Tom Jolteris, is actively training for a long-distunce ride. He may go for another 100-mile record, or he may try for a 24-hour long-distance one. "What do you figure all those prizes

you have won by racing have cost yon';" ' About every bit of belief in there being such a thiug as pure amateurism, I think."

No, "Anxious Inquirer," the Order of Knights of the Golden Eagle Is not a casli- pri/.e organization, though we admit tlie name would raturally cause you to think it was.

The century run of the Boston Press Cycle Club "as a perfect success in every way. Out of the 104 taking part iu the century only 12 njcu failed to pull through on time. A ioca! cynic says the three greatest

lotteries he knows are; Getting married, buying patent leather shoes, and trying to pick a real amateur from out the list of racing man.

The Western rider who was forced to give up racing owing to certain afflictions similar to those borne by Job, says he will re(i«me pot perquibitiug after the boil is over.

England alone persists in measuring her race tracks on a 12-inch basis, despite the fact that American and Continental

measurements are all practically npon an18-inch basis.

Among the most prominent "amatenr" assistants Mm is to have in his go against time are Crook*, Hoylaid Smith, Hay Mc- DoualJ, Bald aud tiie Williams, Murphy and Campbell.

P. J. Powers is conducting negotiations for a horse against a cycle race. All ar­ rangements have uot yet been completed, but the event is expected to be a very exciting one.

Time is money, they say. And it hasbeen noticed that it takes a good deal ofmoney for the manufacturer to get anysort of time out of his wheel when It Isiddeu by an amateur. Lacaille, tho Hying Scotehman, in a

recent 12-hoxir race, was mounted on a machine geared to 80 and fitted with seven- inch cranks, and was beaten out badly at the finish in consequence.

A Western rider named Lyon claims to have ridden 100 miles on the road in less than five hours. We think the gentleman's name expresses exactly what he is doing when he makes such a claim as this.

The little biids which are wont to twit­ ter of racing secrets now all declare that Sauger and Zin merman will be stable mates ' next season. Frank Kowden has been in America lately. See the connection?

At last the inquiry propounded in the Book of Job: "Who hath sent o-ut tin- wild ass free?" may be answered with precision. The originator of the Class li fallacy must shoulder the responsibility.

Records depend upou pacing, pacing re­ quires moil und machines, the combination costs a pot of money. For example, the quadruplet which is to be used iu pacing Zhn next week was bought recently for $500.

There is a great deal of headwork In cycle racing, aud uot the least important Is when to know tliat you are on the mark from which you can do yourself, the hamllcupper, the race and the public justice.

Lumsden, the Scotch professional who rode iu the last six-day race iu Madi­ son Square Garden, in now in Paris. He has challenged the French riders to a 12, 24, 48 aud 72-hours' race at intervals of a week.

"Did you enjoy yourself nt the World's Fair. Mr. ZimsangerV" "Well, candidly, Miss Raymond, I can't say that I did. There was such a heap of things for people i«i i"ii< ft ""-t I didn't attract any at­ tention at all."

ivuuu.-iKa is to go In for speed skating tliis winter, his new trainer believing that the exercise thus gained will be of great advantage to the lad later on, when lie Is made fit for the season's campaign on the race track.

They are advocating all-the-year-round racing at Herne Hill, because the track can so easily be kept in good condition. It will be a case of killing the goose which lays the golden egg if any such thiug is attempted in England.

Dorntge is in hard luck. First he goes off on his own hook and races a horse, gets beaten by the animal and has his license withdrawn by the N. C. A., and now the Sheriff is reported to be iu possession of his Buffalo establishment.

Troy Is in charge of the Raleigh record breakers, and that means that the best man In America is going to see what the best rider in the world can do against tlie best on record figures. If this combination don't win out it will nstonish us.

Bob English aid Fred Woods, two old pros, well k.iowu In America, are now honored citizens of England's trade aris­ tocracy, both men being owners of gin- mills, or, as it Is iu the vernacular of their native land "proprietors of pubs."

The French ha»Te gone racing crazy. Scarf-pins, sleeve-links and watch-charms are now sold in Paris, ornamented with the likenesses of all tho famous French racing meu. Verily, Fame has no more re­ wards it can heap upon your racing hero. L. C. Wnhl, of Washington, yesterday

broke the bicycle record between Bnlti- more and Washington, a distance of 49. miles, making the run iu 2 hours nnd 3'.l minutes. The best previous record wis :f hours and 20 minutes, made by J. C. Wood.

Two old and popular Australian racirg men Tom Busst aud Howard Lewis aie goiug into training this season. There Is little hesitation lii saying that they will make some of the younger colts shift, not only in the championships, but in the Austral.

Spanish ladies are great admirers of wheel raving. "Why, It's almost ns good as a real bull fight," remarked a madonna- faced seuorila at a recent race meet, as the racers came together in a smash that sent more than one of them to the hospital for repairs. To Sehwemmor belongs the unique

linnor of being the first man to ride 21 miles an hour for six consecutive hours, aud he holds records from 110 to ISO miles. IHs form is not good for long distance work, and his dress was quite unsuited for the work.

The pot-hunter is now reaping his har­ vest. All of the principal large meets are c ver, and he is enabled to wander wfiere the pickings will prove best. He regards the small race meets with the same inten­ tions that weary Willie Haggles regards a free lunch route. The winners of a recent Parisian paper-

ehase, on wheels, were decorated with ribbons, and escorted back to town in a kind of triumphal pioeession, during which the onlookers took the affair to be one of those cycling weddings, now so popular In France.

Empress Frederick Is tlie owner of a necklace composed of thirty-two diamonds, which is worth two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Some of our crack ama­ teurs ought to overhaul their treasure boxes and see if they haven't been robbed of some, of their prizes.

"Chappy" Warburton, who was the trainer of Osmond, has cabled an offer to this country to race an unknown English rider any distance, from 10 to 1000 miles, against any American rider for any amount that the latter can command. Now, not altogether, bold American racers.

Starbnck has almost perfect body form for distance riding. His leg work is slow nnd "roady," but if cultivated by some path work at intervals, at the same time bear­ ing in mlad that the human anatomy In­ cludes ai-.kles, It could be developed,' and would be materially useful to the rider. Frank W. Sauger has anrounred that

he ha 1 consummated arrangements for a six days' go-as-you-please bicycle race to be wheeled in the arena of the Madison Square Garden ou geared ordinary bicycles during Christmas week. Foreign riders have been notified and are expected to cu­ ter.

The "Evening Run" remarks: "The de­ moralizing influence cash transactions have bad among amateurs has had no effect upon the members of the Racing Board, who apparently are glad that some one is making money out of a sport which has Iwcome a business that Is, bicycle rac­ ing."

The Newr.rk Wheelmen, a comparative­ ly new bicycle organization, is arranging for a 50-mile relay race between two teams of 10 men each on Saturday afternoon. The start will be from Newark, and, after aolng 25 miles out and back, the finish will be made at Market and liroad streets Newark.

Two German cycling manufacturers got the best of the World's Fair Commission. They secured space on the ground floor of the Liberal Arts Building. The other cy- cle displays are in the gallery. "Ridden by Vauijeyer wheu he defeated Mmn ermuu. the American champion." is the sign ou one German wheel.

True amateur reform, like charity, must begin at home. Once well at home, how will it radiate outward, irrepressible, into all that we touch and handle, speak and work kindling ever new light by In­ calculable ce.ntagi6n, spreading, in geo­ metric ratio, far and wide, doing good wherever it spreads. For tho purpose of comparison, Herne

Hill is to be remeasured ou the eighteen inch line, and it will be Interesting to note the additional distance which, under such a system, would accrue to an Eng­ lish racing man were he treated as Amer­ ican or Continental racing men are in re­ gard to measurements.

"Billy" Martin races on a wheel with one crank made three icches shorter than the other, to accommodate a shortened leg, caused by the Improper healing of a frac­ ture it received only six wteks before he rode and won the six days' race iu New York, in which h-? defeated the best of the long-distance riders. The falling of the chestnut fitly marks

the season of the year when the Racing Board's famous axe falls upon the little racing sinners' necks. We, therefore, wel­ come as an old friend tlie list of iniior racing men who have been forbidden to race for the next 60 days, now that racing is all over for the next 180 days. It is interesting to note that out of

the 99 records, I. e., from T2 to 240, made at the 12-hour race of the London Oouuty Club, at Herue Hill, on Saturday, Linton, the gallant little Welshman, holds 56 'f of them, among which are the 100 iniK s and 20O miles. He got wliat he expressly came down for, and that was the 100. The principal topic that the residents of

the village of Plattsburgh have had to talk about lately has teen the wedding of Harry C. Tyler, the well-known amateur, and Miss Edith M. Thompson, a charming young lady of that place. The event oc­ curred Thursday at Tyler's old home, and both bride aud groom received many con­ gratulations.

Hueman is one of the most promising men iu the N. C. A. He has a dozen points of pose and action, which are open to labor-sating improvement, and yet with all his faults he has shown a good perform­ ance. Heumaa is a man who will have to be reckoned with in the racing of 1MI4, more especially if he is carefully aud prop­ erly handled and trained.

When purs amateurism Is preached of we have grown used to hearing the ath­ lete of Greece and the elder-day quoted as an example of what should be. The voting Greek was taught but three things "to ride, to contest and to tell the truth." The modern athlete is trained to copy but two-thirds of this; he eliminates the last and most important third. A Western racing critic remarks: Next

year I hope to see score cards given away at the entrance of every race meet. It strikes me that it would look better than peddling them, as is now done. They should bo included In the price of admis­ sion. Selling an advertising blanket sheet looks like a catch-penny scheme, and is j scarcely more. It should be stopped.

Records are now I eing claimed by racing shoemakers, cement manufacturers, j lubricating compounders nnd goodness knows only what else besides. Verily, fhe day of the record breaker is bright upon the land, and his chance for glory and gold is greatly Increased thereby. Thrice lucky is he who has speed in his legs, whether his head is an aching void or not!

Kenau. one of the greatest of French philosophers, ouce said: "It is a property of great and holy things always to become grander and purer of themselves." Judged by this standard, amateurism Is neither the great nor the holy thing that some of its high priests would have a doubting world believe, for. surely it has not become either grander or purer of Itself or other­ wise.

"flus" Gnerrero, tho champion 48-hour pedestrian of the world, was arrested Wednesday night iu Boston, charged with stealing a bicycle. Gucrrero's home is in Brth, Me., and about a fortnight ngo he borrowed a bicycle from a dealer there to ride to the Post Office. It is claimed that Gucrrero repainted the machine and brought it to Boston, where he raised $15 on it.

Sangcr has found a game where his weight is as great an advantage to him as It Is a di-triment in racing. He is practic­ ing with Captain Kletzsch's football team at Athletic Park in Milwaukee, and inay take part in some of the match games be­ fore the season Is over. Parker H. Ser- combe Is also likely to join the team. Both men have the elements of good play­ ers in them.

On Minueliaha track, at Minneapolis, on Tuesday. Johnson claims to have lower­ ed H. C. Tyler's world's record for one- third mile standing start of 42 seconds by doing the distance in HO 3-5 seconds. John­ son, Rhodes. Tattle. Kuiseiey, Baker, Sin- sabaurzh. Minor, Hurt, Bird and Dorner left to-night for Independence, Iowa, where they will try to break records ou the kite- shaped track.

Henceforth the Llgne Velocipedlque Beige will recognize amateurs with a license (race for the pleasure of racing only) and amateurs without license (nice for cash). Brother Raymond had better take a leaf out of the Belgian associa­ tion's racing rules, which seem to have provided for the very kind of "amateurs" Mr. Raymond is trying to locate under his Class B hive. At the close of the Ravnnrah races

George Banker made a trial against the record on a four-lap cement track. His time was 2m., 20 l-5s., the best evt r made under such conditions. He 'V".s paced by Murpliy, Williams and Wilson. Of course, Banker will not claim this performance as a "record," because woll. because one of his pacemakers was Charles L. Williams, an N. C. A. rider.

London is to have a new track, which will be half a mile to the lap. and. so far as is known at present, the surface will not be wood, such as Herne Hill, but something entirely novel, in fact, a new material possessinsr curious properties. It is claimed that this surface Is weather­ proof, absolutely non-slipping, elastic find excessively fast. It is not in any way similar to cement.

About two weeks ago all the best ainutenr racing men in Belgium declared themselves professionals and decided to race against the French professionals. Tlds decision was taken because the of­ ficials of the Ligue Velocipedique Beige were making a general clearing out amongst the so-called amateurs, who said that during the whole year they had ehanged their prizes for cash.

The members of the wheeling section of the San Francisco Olympic Club are making active preparations for their 10- mile road race on the San Leandro tri­ angle. It will be held on Sunday, and promises to call out a large array of bi­ cyclists. As it is the first race under the auspices of this section of the chib, and nearly all are novices at road racing, au unusual Interest attaches to the affair.

The Hartford Wheel Club, under whose auspices /iminerman ia to try for the records, is doing everything in its power to help the "Skeeter" come under the marks established by Wiudle and Tyler. The track at Charter Oak Park is being cf.rcfully rolled and worked into condition. A quadruplet was shipped to Hnrtford last week, on whu-n the pacemakers will endeavor to outdo tlie triplet's time in making pace.

French papers have introduced to cy­ cling tlie "ladj- " recoid maker. Advertise­ ments are constantly seen, exploiting tills performance or that performed by Mile. SomelK)dy on Someone & Co.'s make of wheel. The news of this will make some of America's racing heroes quake. What chance has an ordinary man got against a charming woman, when it comes to a ease of bidding for the public's attention? Just none in the world; that's all. A day or two ago a Pittsbnrg business

man informed a local reporter that he was inclined to build a morster rink, and have bicycle races and roller skating contests during the white;*. He has already tried to secure the ground on which to erect the building. This is mentioned to show that this business man lias a very high estimate of the local popularity of bicycle racing, because tlie expenditure which tho carry­ ing into effect of his r'an would entail would l>c very groat indi ed. If one is to believe all the rumors that

are abroad, tandem safeties will play an important part in the racing of 1S!>4, and, really. Judging by tlie recent performances accomplished upou that c',:iss of machine, how can it be wondered at? On solid tires the tandem safety was no good, because of its ploughing tendencies. Buoyed up on iiir, however, all this ploughing is lost, and with three years of improvement in constructional detail now embodied in it, It stands to-day the fastest machine on earth.

An English exchange declares: "So far as endurance goes, Englishmen can lick the Americans into a cocked hut, for there is practically no comparison be­ tween the long distance Limes and road records accomplished by our own repre­ sentatives as against those of the Yankees. 'Sprinting' is the chief characteristic of the United States riders, and until Eng­ lish wheelmen direct more attention to the attainment of speed, they will never hold their own In short distance con­ tests."

Recently, at Antwerp, a Lieutenant Van Herck won a 60-mile road race, given by the Royal Military Cycle Club, under peculiar circumstances. It appears that when, well on his journey a novice crossed his path, and in the Inevitable collision the Lieutenant was thrown with his ma­ chine into the canal which runs alongside of the road. Some bystanders helped him out of the water, aud, smiling atid dripping, he mounted his wheel again and arrived a winner amidst a roar of ap­ plause.

Now cyclists, being recruited from all classes of the community, are neither worse nor better than their fellow-citizens who go afoot. No reasonably man will accuse the large majority of wheelmen of reckless riding. At the sauie time It is impossible not to be awaie painfully aware of the existence of the "scorcher" tho man who. attired in a costume which is of itself an outrage to the oestheUc eye, tears along the roads at a

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FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITIONa*d CydiQg

Under the auspices of the Associated Cycling Clubs, of

Philadelphia, will be held in the First Regiment Armory,

Broad and Callowhill Sts., Philadelphia,

JAN. 15 TO 20, INCLUSIVE, 1894.The successes of the former shows, and the assurances of

support from the trade, warrant us in making the state­

ment that the NATIONAL CYCLE SHOW will far

surpass all previous exhibitions.

For further information and prospectus, address

THOMAS HARE,

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pace at which no other vehicle would be allowed to travel. At a special meeting of the Boston

Press Cycle Club, held last Tuesday even- Ing, it was voted to change the club road race, which is to be held shortly, for members only, to a 10-mile race, instead of 25. This was done to induce a larger number of members to enter nnd show up some of the young and bashful ones. Fisher and Gibson, being great rivals, will probably be put on the same mark, aud a leather medal will bo given to the loser. A $25 gold modal will be offered as a lime prize, and other prizes will be given. An English rider, O. G. Wrldgeway,

has the honor of being the first rider on earth to average inside three minutes per mile for 12 hours ou end; in other words, to ride 20 miles per hour for 12 consecutive hours. To that wiry aud determined youth this honor falls, and, considering the un­ favorable weather, the wind aud rain, and the big field he had to contend with in (lie 12-hour race this record was made in, it may be safely asserted that ho thor­ oughly deserves the encomiums from every quarter which were bestowed on him when he finished. The Charter Oak track is being rapidly

put in shape, aud next week the wheel­ men will ride against some of the lowest figures. The track at the park is already Iu tine shape. It is caked down hard and smooth as a floor, and only nueds surface scraping. The sp.>eders coming to Hurt- ford to train will do much for the wheel- ins; Interests In that city, which is at a low ebb. All attempts will be made under the direction of the Hartford Wheel Club, und members of the club will act as track otliclnls at the trials, thus making all records official.

Wheelmen have been wondering If tbc financial complications involving Henry I-. Saltonstall would affect the thousand-dol­ lar trophy given at the Chicago meet as a perpetual prize, to be competed for in international races Mam.ger W. H. Le Ca- to, of the Gorham Marufacturing Com­ pany, said that the prize was safe in fhe bauds of the wheelmen. It had not been paid for up to a few days before the Chicago races. Then Brayton Saltonstall, a brothiT of Henry L., came forward and pnld for it, and it was turned over to the tournament managers.

There is a prospect of lively times among the lacing men regarding private record trials. A large number of riders object to them as injurious to the legiti­ mate sport. It Is seldom now that racing men p( tempt to break records at tlie tour­ naments They prefer to try fast time in private, with perfect weather condi­ tions and picked -pace-makers. The re­ sult Is that the public are disappointed in the races because of tho time being so slow, and are apt to term them a "ioaf." The time may be slow only in comparison with privately-made records.

William Martin and Frank Albert are riding to Savu mail on their wheels. They started from NeiV York on Thursday at noon, and claim to have ridden the 75 miles intervening between there and Tren­ ton in five hour-3. Each man is monnU'd on a 22-pound pnanmatic, carrying almut 30 pounds of baggage strapped to the ma­ chine. After a short stay in Savannah the men intend resuming their journey across the country, with the City of Mexi­ co as an objective poiut, from where tiicy will ride to Santa Cruz aud take the steamer back to New York. The "scorcher" la nothing but the

blackguard on wheels, the pame In all respects, save In his Increased power for mischief, as we have known him at all times and in all places. Him, like the poor of the Gospel, we have with us always. That being so. respectable wheelmen need not waste their breath in striving to prove that the "scorcher" is non-existent. They will do better to join with every other decent class of the community in endeavor­ ing to curb Lis exuberance, and to obtain the heaviest possible punishment for him upon conviction of misbehavior.

Nightingale, who made his first appear­ ance as a.i N- C. A racer at Manhattan Field in the last meet of the season, rides a wheel built by himself, which weighs but 12 pounds, 2 ounces. This machine lias been ridden over tlie roads of Massa­ chusetts for three months, and shows tuat it will stand up to Its work. Mr. Night­ ingale makes racing machines that weigh 18 pounds all<1 guarantees them. He also makes a very light ladies' roadster. Me Is one of the family of bicycle manufac­ turers who were well and favorably known in Wolverhaiuptjn, England, his former homo. A queer, accident happened to one of

the pace-makers in a recent English road race. During a terrible thunder storm which came on he received a shock from a flash, which sent him head over Heels off bis machine. He was for some minutes completely blinded, and, stumbling about, he weut up to his knees in water In the ditch. On recovering a little he managed to find his machine, and, as he thought, went on toward the town be was pacing to, but he was so completely bewildered by the shock that he rode right back to where lie had ctartvid from before finding out that he was going in the opposite di­ rection. In an effort to regain for England h«r

lost prestige in the world of racing the "Cyclist" has the following to say: "It Is certainly time that the rules aud regti-

for tlie measurement of our cyc£,e

tracks should be reconsidered. So far as the comparison of our own people's per­ formances, both at long and short dis­ tances, with the times and distances claimed for tracks and meu on the Con- tiuent and In America are concerned, we cannot afford to give anything awny, and while American aud Continental paths are measured eighteen inches and more out from the inside edge, the tappage of our tracks should surely be considered ou a similar basis."

Au English exchange makes this very Queer assertion: "Each time Zinimorumn lias met Wheeler (who has now joined the N. ('. A.) the latter was victorious with ease, but he has to do all he knows to got ahead of Schofield. Taking a line through tills form we come parlous near to the conclusion that bad Ziiiiinerman and Scnofleld met iu England in the mile championship, the latter would have swept the board. In that case England would have gone half mad with glee; the sport would have been hugely encouraged, the N. C. U. would have trebled its gate receipts, and America would have been deprived of her victorious crow as well as her indignation at our treatment of Zimniprman, her darling."

"Pop" Worden don't like private rec­ ord-making, nnd Iu an interview regarding this practice unburdened his mind regard­ ing it, as follows: "Tne possibility of a record being broken Is a great drawing card for tournaments," he said, "but these possibilities are reduced almost to noth­ ing litf tliese private trials on spe.-ial tracks, In long-awaited weather, and with every fn'-ility provided to secure speed. Equally fast time cannot be made nt tour- Laments iu the hurry and bustle of the sur­ roundings; Iu fact, the difference is one of many seconds. I btlleve wheelmen arc getting tired of these special records and want to see record-breaking reserved for the building up of the sport, and not for 'the sole glory of this or that individual."

Judging from the following, taken from the last Issue of the "Bl. News," America is shortly to become possessed of a first- class English amateur crack: "There are many who could have been better spared to Cousin Jonathan than Alec Stott. The loss to English cycling caused by his de­ parture to Brooklyn last week Is a loss of a thorough sportsman, an honest rider and one whose carter, iu public oJid private, has won him hosts of friends. At the White Horse Hotel, York, last week, be­ fore a large company. Alderman Sir Joseph Terry presented Mr. Stott with a gold lever half-hunter watch, suitably inscribed, as a memento of the esteem in which he is held by his many friends. During his racing caieer Stott lias won, altogether, 80 prizes, including 44 firsts."

One of the editors of our English con­ temporary, "Sport nnd Play," thus sums up Chairman Raymond, who he saw at Springfield while on a visit there recently: "Ho is slightly built, of medium height, with an eagle beak, and a heavy blonde mustache. He wears a soft brown felt Tiat nnd a pair of race glasses. I was not in­ troduced to Mr. Kirmord, and cannot, therefore, say more than he struck me as an individual who had an excellent opinion of his own abilities. He Is, I should say, a man with a vomer of cleverness, but he lias none of the Lacy Hllller about him. The best notion I can give to Eng­ lishmen of Mr. Uaymond is to compare him with Mr. II. J. Swindley or Mr. C. W. Hartnng, gentlemen, both dandies, both possessed of a good deal of surface polish but no depth."

The threat that the X. C. A. was to be "roasted" by some of the very men who accepted the association's money, wherever they could get a chance to do so, is evidently to be carried out, as we predicted in this colrmn It would be over three weeks ngo. To those who wateu fu­ ture developments the cause of the at­ tack will be made plain. S;rare-liends are being used to produce a stampede of tho association's riders in favor of a scheme which will be presented to them later on. Then we will see the new frieiids of the professional step forward with plan"! for ills welfare and profit, which will end in his new friends making what they can out of him, and then throw him out to do his old familiar act of hustling for him­ self. History will repeat itself in all this, we feel certain.

Talking to a reporter on private-record work, Morgan recently said: "The private record-making business has been overdone. It ought to be abolished by the League of American Wheelmen. There is always fuo suspicion of cn.okedness about these rec­ ords, even the best of them. The squarest way to make all records is in open com­ petition or at public trials iu connection with a regular tournament. This record- breaking in private is only another of the evil results of the paid amateurs. Does any one think that the riders who stay at Springfield day after day trv for records for the glory of it? Their salaries depend on the records tfiey make, and, of course, they have to vide. But just why the League of American Wheelmen should subordinate real racing to the wishes of n few men is not clear to the rank and file."

We can not indorse the idea of pace- making in championship races as advo­ cated by the "Bl. News" in a recent is­ sue. The object of a championship race is, as we understand It,to prove who is the best: man. no matter uuder what conditions flu- race Is run, find it certainly is not de­ sirable that these tests of supremacy for speed and endurance should be buriesmied Uy tlie introduction ou the path of a lot of

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riders who may be more annoyance tlian assistance to many of the competitors. Besides, while trade interests arc so closely associated with the sport, there would always he the danger of one or more prominent riders being more carefully "nursed" and attended to than others, who may be perfect strangers to the gentleman making pace. Let every man ride for himself, and In the manner he thinks best calculated to ensure victory. To the little pramc of anything to beat

America and Frame, now going on in the English wheel papers, "Spurt and Piny" makes the following contribution: "As a rule, our best class of riders do not earnestly turn their attention to the lower­ ing of records until tlie racing season proper is at an end, and the sad autumn winds commence to sigh. Under these cir­ cumstances we do not get the best at­ tainable results, and that, I think, ia why the Americans generally manage to keep slightly ahead of us in the matter of records. Were our speediest speed mer­ chants to sot about the pulverization of records early in the season, when the climatic conditions were most favorable, there Is but little doubt we should be able to hold our own against the very best of the Yankee llycrs. because even now it is only In the short distances where they have the advantage over us." In Henry Knnaska, says the "Kvcnlng

Wisconsin," Milwaukee has a bicycle rider who next year pro'niscs to eclipse the brilliant record of Walter S.-uiger. Al­ though only 16 years of ace his perform­ ances on tho wheel the past season have been phenomenal. The fact that Kanaskfi had no one to train or give him advice is evidence that he is callable of doing much better work when properly handled. Next season he intends to go against all tho records, from a quarter up to one mile, over a half-milo course. He is confident that he can go a mile iu 2.<m. It is his Intention to go to Australia next fall and participate in shine of the big events iu that couulry. Kanaska thinks that Scho- lield is one of the greatest riders in Ameri­ ca, and predicts that he will defeat Wheeler whim they come together in a match race. Tlie .Milwaukee boy will do considerable skating this winter to keep Iu condition.

What Was and What is.In the oldt-n dnys 'twaw A«>h<8 eat

At the UJOUth of a caverp dt*¥J ; K» was lightly clothed and he'd imught to do

lUit lussh the four wiiMis to slfc[>. And whichever the wind he thought should blow

Would he lot jfo Uiose on tta onward wny; But lie held the string iu bis mighty hjtnU.'

Aud by pulled il buck when it ought lo stay.

Tn the modern days 'tis a cyclist witaBy the side of a roadway lone;

He is lightly clothed, for the work he'd do Tn get back the wind that's flown.

Ari'i lie hump** hlinw.'lf while the stink-stuff drie^Tbfn the healing patch ou Its place he'll sel;

But llio wind the tai-k fruiu the bug let outWill ucver again iu this life be iimr.

"Wheeler."

A Pleasing Pastime.Ri'llng over liriupe,-?,

riklnuLshing <!o',\ n the vale, .Spci'ding over ridjK-s,

Flying like the Kale; Whirling through the si.nlight,

\YliizKlnic through the shade At it till the moonlight

Illmiiliuites the glade; CiluiMnjc up a mountain

Ousting down n hill. Resting !iy tlie ftnin; in, ^

Lingering by the rill; Ha-liig till the simsH

Shades o'er in.'iuknvs steal My, trot this is ]>li>a»aat,

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