| Show Iii P 1 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 1 N 0 oo 00 S J i Ni t Fight rig h t For f i d I Distance Distarce D i s t dJ lo loI I 0 It t 4 12 r V V I o CYCLING eye L I N NO G I 4 X 2 o t 1 V H It o 0 o CracK Crac Ir Motor 8 o 2 0 i 2 q oo Pace Follower Their Prospects Pr sp oo 10 i io t i I o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 1 II I will bo the middle I distance champion of ot f W 1901 That Is ls clu at present occupying I the attention ot ct the th i 4 F American Amo I World Word orld Last year nr Johnny John l Nelson th I til game r am ne e little Hs edo hailing halfing from Chicago I I was wAi the th h leader In III the tM th thc I c middle distance class Several new I ii r In the th ranks however howe r will make r the problem a n otis ont to solve prominent motor pace follower 1 In the country In hi I now hot on the trail of ot distance und and It IL wilt will not the knowing to see e a Ii goodly Io number ot of long standing records OliO go by hy the thC board before III tore the shuts down In the toll full tollIt It ft Is I a matter for tor a n cycler to Id tor 4 rapture capture r and for tor a 11 long time to hold 4 motor pace Ince ace records ft ii Jimmy Michael tho the Welsh Rabbit I ii was ril for tor more than a year considered In ln Invincible and find tardy rarely met with defeat ox ex except I l ii c t it t through th ough accident 1 deSIre to become u ii I jockey jock t t took him out of ot the gumo l In which ho he 1 was the tho master He lie tried to 10 learn the thet t 1 iI knack of ot riding horses horsell to victory hut but I tRUed failed Dm I Ing Michaels I retirement 1 r speedy Harry flurry Kikes Ike came caine to the toro foro J and 4 ld astonished alt America by his hll hI strength l I and endurance He handily defeated fl t J nil nit comers conier Hikes went ent to Europe rac racing 1 I ing In England France I und Germany I still mUll preserving pre a n clear r table of ot victo victories t I i A rIO ries rl Elk 8 Is riding In great form torm thin I year lr He lie has han lost none ot or old time p I Ii dash and hIN condition Is III I as nil good gool as ns It Itc c I was as when he gathered In the deciding i q tap lap of the last six nix day race In Madison l I i LI LIT T J tl jJ I Itri I tri J I 1 i k 44 I I liT by timer Duster Baton t C H ROBINSON c Harvard freshman t who broke the tho Intercollegiate hot uniting putting record i I Square oa Garden New Nev York Yo Hikes Elker El will willI iy I give rive the other cracks crack a u rub ruh ll i tl I Harry Kikes Elkes Elk s has hils defeated Michael I only once lost December V In New York YorkI I j I Th The Midget waR was not lIot In condition and nd ic another meeting between there two ill ni fliers nil l ft I 4 ers tn en II It awaited with much Interest Int i I Nelson conscious of ot Elkes Kikes aspirations toward acquiring the middle 1 l 1 distance championship and feeling reeling con eonS confident 1 of ot his ability to check cheok 1 has bU though his manager Ed I i I Issued a K I challenge wants unfits to lo tot I t 1 ride a series of ot races meeK against Hikes He Heays HeI I II says ays he will tees race the th Utter latter nl nt every i distance from live mile hoot heat raves to the I kilometer mark with the SO 20 5 mid I ISO SO mile one hour and M MI O mile 11 I Intervening Nolson believes that the lIle Il f premier 11 should be bl the tue all around I champion and not merely the winnie I at t u Ii few If It the great groat pair falls fails to agree acree In III ar u arranging ranging the contests It will be of ot a 11 dispute on the distance Pop HIkes Bikes Harry Ht father and man inan manager I ager holds Hulda that the long lon matches matcher are nrc nr I the tha only on just jutt contests in Ii the middle Is Ise e tane class cIar cIarI I During his hili IS it months montha ot of raring racing Nel Kel Kelson NelIon NelI I t Ji son Ion has hai never been bean known to quibble 1 I over Oer the th terms torms of ot a paced pac ed race exempt pt i when his hi competitor was wu of at minor Irn Im ImI I nce The little liar 1118 won on 4 U Out of ot N M events ent riding at ni every er dir dis distance dirI I tance tence from five P mile heat conte s to III top p J fix Ix day II a matches He lie has haa pedaled pro ted on en 1 cement tracks one ont dAY dy and o all u boards beards tie the next on Ux ix eight lIght ten tn and third of ot ota ofa I II i a mile nii Up hip tricks tracks Of ot the rates tates that thu thuI I I went against him all nil but three IN were ere I accidents r to elf lf or orto orto orI I to his hili pacing machines He lie h has s re remounted r mounted tn after art fT rry ver and fin nn finish I ish hell although iten n N sr l I ton IOn rides more and arul takes lakes lak better care of ot himself lt than thaI any other man In Inthe Inthe Inthe the business buIno Floyd Plod A McFarland of ot San n JOre J lP Cat Cal CatIs CalIs at atIs Is In the tho motor paced game this yeat lie itt Is IN a n fine performer and nn may mn bo ho de do del depended l ert ti lIt lJ to give gle a u good ond of at whenever he rides U In looked on by bt some authoritative cy cycling Cycling Y cling JUI H as 08 a iho the equal of ot Nelson The lanky lorn tin gained his ion Jn In handicap work lie us Is In the tho best all u round per pr performer former In the tho world today In his hili re to wit tnt buttle Mth Nelson In Nw N YorK which ended In a 1 spill necessitating sting tating the tile removal noal to a n hospital gained half halt A n lap lapon lapon lapon on the tha In 11 tho the first two miles nIen It Jt was unfortunate that the contest coutt could not hot bo be finished not th uster 1 a n lIne lino on the merits of or the two speed disburses dl burstra would now nosy b be obtainable entry Into the pedal pushing sphere was wan brought about In tn Inan an nit Interesting manner Ho lie learned loathed to Ido In III order to land a Q mall mail currying carryIng contract Ills dally daily duty wan a round roundtrip trip tell of or more thun 40 O miles 1 of ot California It was wal that the tho foundation tot for ono one ot of tin tim ablest racing cyclists was laid lall soon Boon became cham champion plots pion of ot the coast lie He entered the tho cost cant costIn CRAtIn cantIn In 1890 1891 scoring scaring well In hi the handicaps worMIng such men Inen as na n Eddie IddIe I Bald flaIl champion of ot 1693 1899 Tom Cooper of ot De Do Detroit Detroit troit champion of ot and Earl IarI WIer WIerthe the ChIcago crack At Indianapolis In InUOS 19 the elongated filar tiler carried ort oft the tho mile championship of ot America merI tl A while the tho year following ho lie was credited with winning moro lnora motley money than thun uny any other printer In III the country work last year ear was of ot the highest order Kot ot only did he re id record record cord successive U victories here lint but he lie showed up remarkably well abroad lie He closed cloned the season by b winning with Hikes Kikes the big ble six Ix day team nice ruce In New NewYork Ne NewYork York He lie darted this spring by b cap turning a n mile handicap from scratch at Boston Hoston Host en and corralling a 1 tt 21 mile race fRee at the tho cache meet The next day Me Ic Farland went nt to the famous board boan track trade at lit N J and aud led leel a co to coterie coterie terie tone of top tOl In III a ten tell mile race Additions to 10 the list lilt of ot slices riders r to 10 chaw chase motors tot for coin and are ure Archie Archil McEachem tl the lie Canadian JUd hui my Jay Moran former champion of or Dm tiie I J IA JA IA A W Hobby of Ut Atlanta Nat r linens Hums W Pierre Arthut Arthur tau HOM of ot enal k N J S Jand Sand and Tom Unton the now in America metA who ho has participate In mant mala warm contest Up to tate date With alt all Ms h available taunt the tim mIddle t e game should be Lt very lively Interest a U ato Uto ato to who ho Is the beet tut man will III b br raised railed rall d to 10 a high pitch before the tea saen Ilan in wan Ion wane Manager William A 1 hail a 11 II of or the Mm Mar Italian Reach t w York Vork track intends to a purr JutH f of 01 SIO for tor a m r op n a no nto ato to o all sll of ot three cracks crack during AUK Au a Bobby bb In Is a II i wonderfully fast fait rUler rider Ills His title of ot champion of at the south Is deserved d for fer he ht has defeat d many nt fit the fa t at men W will tl matte wate the th distance light n t a ahot ahot I hot one on Torn Tom ek k the veteran trainer who brought Michael to the th States and discovered diso red Johnny Nei Nelson on pays tays Is la the coming champ hamp tick bun ball n a reputation for tor conservatism I and when tie lie 11 makes mak a about aboul i a there thre It is cur ur to be something i to warrant r n t It ItI I louard J Taire the tM Frenchman new ne In the frilled states U t I under eon con On OnI I tract to the Coliseum Tay Ta lore has hB been b on In this thia country before but hen has never had much success S Ho Ha Holine line hItS ridden some come great races cities but has hall never been able ablo to any of ot the big events or to defeat our best b st per performers pert formers t behind pace W C n has hns made mall an on enviable record since spring He Is another of or tho the middle distance motor pace followers who will make the picking of the Die champion chom lull of ot 1401 SOl Is the holder of ot the tho worlds hour built record For Icor I or a 11 long longtime longtime time thue It was war the ambition of ot numerous 1111 u to cover cOer 40 O miles in CO GO Q minutes It remained 11 for tor to accomplish the feat teat In October 1900 at nt Brockton Drockton Moss Mess he lie pedaled 40 miles O yards within the tue th time limit Stillson defeated Johnny Nel Nelon eI eIson son Hon on and null Jimmy Michael at nt Charles Riv River er park Hoston ton lie He also alao lowered the tho colors of ot Archie McEachem and 11 Hums Burns BurnsW W Pierce the Nova roYa Scotia HOtia fanner tanner In u II 25 5 mile contest The middle distance tanks ranks may hay poul lily lly y be bp swelled relIed by the appearance of the French champion ch Wit Wll lam A Brady is in now negotiating for fop forthe the h Parisians debut In III America although primarily a sprint sprinter er U tJI very Or shifty In long distance match matche e CL I lie He can follow tollow pace perfectly and should bo be a dangerous factor In things over here IIer Jacquelin will wilt probably ably arrive about the 1st lot ot of next month Major Taylor Is III hero here how howand howand howand and another between tho the rivals Is 18 s not Improbable A feature of ot the cycling season sealon Is l the presence of ot tuo tto English champions who left ioU thi chalky cliffs clUb of at Old d Albion In a hunt for tor American con coin COlli How their quest will be re ic remains mains maine to b be seen Thomas Jefferson M and Sydney Jenkins are en enduring lurIng during riders and aud have a goodly share of or speed but nevertheless they the wilt Will find that they are somewhat out of ot their class when they tackle the leading ped pod alers of ot the StAtes Slates E H H if |
