Show ill 4 I chat her fair GYClfST MCRAEl f vii Ua I lite tI ant Mans ot fho Crack Welsh Wheefman Vol Air His Enormous Prospective Earnings t I cht and His Mefhod of Training I 104 I Sul I jell < ear r Copyright Sl Pill vf 1 Jimmy Michael the wonderful little nn 11 cycle racer U now training faithfully to at Ihe llanhattan JJeach track neur fill I New York for the match contests In toolske eel which he In 1 to take port this season No I rider on the track work harder or mole l Cr conscientiously than does this boy for 1 11 such he la I In fact Many a scorch Cl meeting him rifling along the roads near m 1JI rnIOt ni rn Coney Island going to ant from the In track starts In to give I him a brunt I f 1 II Jul J not recognizing In I the smooth faced lit Ii w tie fellow the greatest distance rllcr cf j VI the dod Michael enjoys tooling these t or fellows He lets them keep In front of 1 I I tt him for a spell and then seemingly I J ijl j g < without effort passes the wondllng Al wheel m an as If lie wite sitting still iJ Tliam fd ttrl t Tho midget Is now engaged to rid f Is nine races during July and August one each Saturday with a guarantee for 31 1 each race of 2 COO from the American I h Cycle Rating I association I These are In I 0 addition to tho three races with KiM 1 which I will I yield at least 12 COO morn to t ttI ls 2 u the little fellow lie has therefore i ten I ontract on hand for tO months worth In the aggregate at least JIoOOO s and his exhibitions during that time I will all be extra money toward paying I the expenses of his pncemuklng team 11 which they will easily cover After his engagements with the Amer f ican Cycle Uaclng association I have been r fulfilled Michael will have two months at the most profitable season of tile nft n g 1 year the months of September and October I Oc-tober still before him Should ho win a majority of the contests and still be champion when September rolls around half ai much again can be added to his earnings over and above what he gets In July I and August This I 1700 will k Q makeya alcrY iaJ WI I make respectable sum for tile little Welshman and his manager as a result of four months earnings of his legTh The men who are to tackle Michael i I during July and August have not all I 1 been selected but Tom Linton and Ed guard Taylore the Frenchman are more i to be among them Michael considers I ct1 these two tM most formidable tncn he 17i will meet this year and says that It he tt r al 1 can i defeat them ho has no fear of bo i Ing worsted byany or the other cracks IngIt H 1 It It I settled however flat the first j man to try his i speed against Michael shall ha McDume tho Boston racing 1f man Michael defeated him tl roe times last year This match Is I to come oft at i the Churlea Illver Park track at Bus ton on July 2 I I The series of races that lies been arranged f ar-ranged between Michael anti Bald Is I to be mile heats best two In three paced j machines t to finish I by any style of machines The first of these contests may be hold before tho one with Mc Duffle In which case It will take place at the Manhattan IKaeh track Michael I Is I very mud Interested in this match I as he has long wanted to try conclusions I conclu-sions with Hold The second heat will probably he decided at lluffalo and Incase jlj In-case a third be nece s iry a place will be ff 1 I selected I for it later on Although as has been elated no i matches have been arranged for Michael II after August he Is I not at all likely to find It difficult to get opponents There are now In America champions from almost al-most elvcry European country where bl cytlln lsln I I vosue and every one of them Is anxious to try his luck against the midget Michael and his manager Dave Shafer are out for the dust anti when challenges como theIr way backed by dollars AM n reasonable guarantee It is I not likely that they 1111 let many plum allr from their grasp h1 fcSoMII 19 Is I Anxious to eng en-g In 1 lots of contests for he Pays the monotony keeping In training uItli out races > IVhnt wears On a man and make him go Mal A man doesnt rallr go stalo sald Michael recent ly In the courro of a conversation I hal with him lie Imply get i tired of tile monotony and thinks he Is I stale When I begin I tn feel that iay I always do training has had effect on me and that I have rounded Into condition An 011 as I start In on a race the excltetmnt carries away every trace or Maleness and fatigue Sometimes when I haw been feeling especially oft color l jut previous to a match the excitement And I tits crowds have combined to take AWAY the IIstlne to such an extent hilt I have not experienced It again for over A week Michael varies his I exercise as much as possible and always does a good deal of walking hcn In training He says that It Is I i splendid exercise and on of tho best for a bicycle racer to Indulge In This jear he has taken to horseback riding on the Orllvelld track und ally Indulges In a gallop on one of the Messrs Dwyers animals It gives film a variety In his work of preparation that Is I very valuable Referring to his ambition to becom a Joke Michael said that he had no intention In-tention of doing very much In that connection con-nection this season In facts he donn yt know whether hc can ever master the art of horseback riding well enough to become 1 a successful jockey He sal tIn t-In answer to my query that he thought the work of n Jockey Nine much easier than that of it professional cyclists You have to train down to weight In both cases he sold and In my pro fcsslon I have to push a wheel geared up to over 100 at a rate fir the distance dis-tance nOr dreame or br n hors whereas the joekoy once he has done the training pm lies but to ride the horso In the race and then only for a short period of time In each race He has to use Judgment In riding but so lave I and besides I lave to keep mi legs going ata high speed besides any other work If Michael own wishes In the Matter mat-ter be allowed Ita Influence there Is I no doubt that aftef this season he will give up the cycle track for the running turf lie thinks that there Is more money to be made hy I a successful Jockey than by a professional cyclist however lucky he may lie and that is I one of the most Potent reasons that have In luenccd him to wish to become a Jockey The luck or Tad Sloan anti soma other well known rider has mad him determined to try his fortune In that line Last year after paying the expenses of his team of 40 pacemakers and de n 5 A 0 h0 I J 9v rn o I MICHAEL CHANCIINO PACE d duellnr Ills Managers share or the winnings win-nings Michael cleared Over 15000 Th lamlng of n successful jockey are n good deal more than this however for he does not have to lay I out of them for Il large team of pacemakers and divide up with n manager Michael de not Speculate or blow In his money but puts It away safely in II bank after Sending some home I to tin old 1 folks In the little ton of Aberdare In Mates At bwansra about 36 miles from hs home Michael won bU first race He snas nn amateur then anti the prize wits a plain toll ring lie always wears that ring In fact ha Is superstitious enough to bollcvo that If he wore to goo go-o a race without It being oJhl I Is Bn er lie would I to mentions the fact however for he U mailer ashamed of the weakness Mlehael thinks he will le Able to ride a higher gear t his year than he did In 1597 and has a wheel keyed up I to 110 which he Is I using In his practlcn at Manhattan Beach This new machine has a 26 Inch wheel In front and one tit 28 Inches behind the Idea In this being that It enables him to crouch lower behind be-hind tho lacing teams ride closer to hem I anti derive greater Lnen from the draft or suction they make Michael lies stipulated that none of his contests this year shall ho ring than 33 mllFH 1 The lye races he thlnlii are very Injurious and he hm decided not to engage In ana aG11ln The lon tone t-one In which he ever tooL pnrt was nIx n-Ix lour I contest at orlr I nskid Michael whether ho considered American racing men tho equal of for elgners and he relllel that on the average av-erage they Were better but that Individually Indi-vidually there were some foreigners letter than any merlcatn He said that he considers English amateur rd I era later than those 01 any 0111ercoon try Wood tracks ore the best for rhclng purposes says Michael becaufo they seem to have more elasticity Blare any other kind One circumstance tjt elves him on advantage over many other riders and especially over foreigners In this country Is that the high tumpera lure Dr our summers never Stigma to affect him In the slightest d crue Ills constitution Is really romaik fJ11I j Is I the Increasing onder or racing men and other followers of wheeling Where this little M pound midget I reta the IFu t gtrimhea I to do Ills morehniv work On the track Ll O TTH1 11INOTON Nw York I business by abolishing the Tcmple cut series The ash prize offers will encourage and foster gambling omethln all hon set lover of the port should try to avoid lam holding the cup In the belief be-lief that It will he hut a short time un UI the League officials will bi I RId to accept an honest trophy to be played for The money principle 18tho I lorot thing that could happen to the natllal game The Schuylkl navy has decided to take no part In the national regatta nt Philadelphia next July Fred Fortmey er secretary or tile National association associa-tion Pays the regatta will not be nhan doned on account of the Schuylklll na I vya action |