imun fught.
TERESA FALCIOLAS SENSA
TIONAL ADVENTURE.
aa lUiua peasant
E«y a ith an estraor
_ adteaturr Kf»r hrr home. ta
the * lilacs of Qua ram. a an* nestle* la
a apatons* railry a a high aad wooded
aad there it has been hrr
•tooa ta pa t*« or three tim a «t«k
lor the purpose of colie. nog Urea ootl
Ta hrtas Ihl* wood doaa Irua the
piartpttoa* acNutUia to h«r cottage
mm pane aa arduoas task. Therefore
the seat u Sows by amaas of a struag
metal wire atretehed from the valley
«* to the mouataia top
A fea days ago *h# aad her two lit
tle daughters aotewdnd the muuatata.
*»d after cathenac three goodly
l uarfecs of wood prepared to aead them
doara Just, however, aa the aMrthrr
had faoteaed the first buadle to thr
wire aad had taaa«hed It <m Its down
ward none, her wedding nag bream*
“aught ta the rope with whir* the bun
die waa tied, aad la a flash she wti
amed <4 her feet aad swept down
•ato the railry. Half paralysed with
fear, her iMtle dawghters watched her
•a she spad from their sight with
saucing swtftaeas. aad thru they ran
tows tae mowatala. fully espwtiag to
■ad her dead at the rad of the wire.
Aad their fear was pane Natural,
to* the moaataia top from shah
their mother had beea tora l> too yards
tome the Valley. Fortunately. their
l*tf proved to be grcaaflt** They '
found thrlr mother entirely uninjured.
Vet. aalrarukiNia Indeed waa it that her 1
Bltion. His more intimate friends
stopped tins and inquired bow tbs
wonderful change had come about. Mr.
Sagar said that he was cured through
the Influence of Christian science. He
says that nine years ago. while living
in Boston, he was attacked with mus
cular rheumatism. He was left in an
almost helpless condition, and his
physicians declared that his affliction
was incurable. Five years ago he ar
rived In Nashua. He says that he has
been treated by a woman Christian
scientist from Lowell, and that as a
result of this treatment he has been
cured He attends the Christian sci
ence meetings, and will join a church
if one is organized in Nashua, which
is expected.
ATTACK BY AN EAGLE.
>■ IS* Up h •■<! Sot Near a
SmI.
Most readers must have felt doubts
as to the stories of eagles attacking
men. even when their nests were being
robbed, says the CornhilL But an in
stance of such an attack, made in the
open and not near a nest, occurred to
Mr. Turner-Turner, a well-known
sportsman and amateur fur-hunter in
British Columbia. During an expedi
tion in North British Columbia he had
be-n trying unsuccessfully to get a
shot at a band of caribou. Seeing an
eagle in the distance, he stood still to
watch it. as he had not seen one in
th- neighborhood where he was shoot
ing The ground was covered with
mx inches of .-now. except on the sum
mi’s of the mountains, where it w-as
deeper." write* Mr. Turner-Turner,
and I wa.- therefore a conspicuous ob
j**-t Presently I was surprised to see
how close the bird was approaching,
but concluded that it must have mis
taken me standing still for a stump,
and would immediately discover Its
error. It never deviated from its
TEMESA FAUIOLAS AEK1AL FLIGHT.
Hf» n* M rr—fan d out at her at the
«a< of har perllwn dearest It wuaM
hare hues If her fall had aut been
hurt i a an «he a a* fwarhtap the earth
hr souse frlewdly' fcrsarh** The boa
far at maud. too. war ta woe awasurr
« hula art ■grum the shark.
SLAVERY IN SOUTH AMERICA.
•f IMIM
T he ladias# uf 'the isteetor uS South
I it lira are today radanap the tw*f
ran at slavery ta IU mam odious funa
aad yearly a RMilt.tt.ade of vu-tiat* uf
the oppressor* preed aad heart itae**
pertofc faMerahty la the raatfa uf the
rwbber fcuater» Tfc- -u liti *ii u? tue»
thdftas slate* to sad alswet beruad to
arrlpfloa... They are wbtaiawd ta two
war*. hr rind—«w tmd by irwhery
Parties at store basin. penetrate the
forest. at the tatenur aad ittak the
wild ladiaas ta their riilap** aad but*,
kiltoap the farther* aad a**hen» aad
« any tap the' child era a a ay with them,
la ether yltiii ladtaae who are setoi
rttiilaed are ladwred to Pate their
elate.
The laws at (he toad are dendedty
apaioet the prank* at atorery. hat
thte prohibit** Id of ho eSart la the
™*e distort. where rubber to path
may well he said that the
every Snap af rahher Milk nudiap
_
< •>Jr*« or hanged It* j»osition. except
to drop it* leg* slightly when about
ten yards off and in line with my head.
These it quickly drew up again, flying
!;r.—t!y at my face, which so took me
uf -urprine as to leave me hardly time
to throw up my rifle as a guard, and to
ware my life hand. This caused the
--agie to pa»* above me with the rush
of a dozen rockets l'p to this time
’he thought of harming the bird never
* *rred to me. But I then faced
a.-jut and fired at my retreating foe.
1 hen. with a rapid wheel. It turned
i r * renew the attack, this time making
an undoubted and intentional swoop at
ruy head, m which It would have been
*u< ■ eaaful had I not suddenly ducked.
It a as not a common bald eagle, but.
as I afterward learned, a mountain or
I goblcn eagle.**
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
K«i Tk«M 1‘rltMm r*rspr.l from X*
'*'*• Hreuel by Oregon.
I he Oregon has landed at Manila two
men who relate a story of unusual
trials and suffering while on board tbe
t rdaaota. Tbe two men. Benjamin J.
Green, coxswain, and George M. Pow
er*. first-class apprentice, were the sole
survivor* of that luckless American
gunboat. The Urdsnota. wifh a crew
of twelve men. was engaged in patrol
;ag the rivers and creeks at the north
r*d of Manila hay toward Bacolor.
While taking soundings near Orani she
got aground on a sand bank Tbe na
tives seat word of her plight to the
j troops at Orani. and before the crew
could float her an insurgent force ar
rived and opened fire on them, wound
ing moat of the crew at the first volley.
L*ewt. Wood, who was in command,
was wounded in three places. Tbe
Leu’enant ordered a gig lowered, but
it was riddled while being let down,
and Lieut. Wood died while being lifted
*»• The few survivors were easily over
powered. A few days later, when the
Oregon was seen approaching, the men
made a daah for liberty, but were re
captured and sentenced to death. The
ex-cutloo was to take place at day
light, but in the night they managed
to escape into the forest. Hearing pur
•oer* Green and Powers climbed Into
a tree and hid in the dense foliage.
What became of the other three is not
known. Next morning the Filipinos
wore gone and the men cam* down.
After traveling two days without food
they reached the const and were taken
oo board the Oregon.
Wb*r* n w*. w s»4.
Mc8 witters—“No, 1 don't want th4
encyclopaedia. * Agent — “Do you
know anyone around here who
might V MeSwltters—“The man next
door. He's one of thoee fellows who
know It *11-"—Syracuse Herald.
4
A MADMAN’S CRIME.
HORRIBLE DEED OF AN IOWA
PHYSICIAN.
Fttndlili Doinsr of a Maniac — A Child
Cruelly Murdered by a Tromlnent
Docior in the Credence of tbe 1)U
%-acted 1'arenta
It would seem that the gamut of
crime had been run and every chord
of human agony had been struck long
ago; that the possibilities of tragic
originality had been exhausted and
that all the variations of occurrences
that have the power to shock and hor
rify had been touched. The devilish
ingenuity of brutalized depravity and
blood lust has given various forms of
death and has invented infernal in
strumentalities for its use. But de
moniac frenzy is responsible for a
deed in which the heart sickening el
ements have few parallels in the his
tory of tragic events.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wearley of
Hampton, Iowa, were the parents of a
beautiful babe, 10 months old'. The
parents worshiped the child almost to
idolatry. It was the mother’s life.
Her whole soul was wrapped up in the
little one. and it was watched with
anxious solicitude lest it should be
taken and the home be left desolate.
One day the child showed symptoms
of slight ailment. In alarm at the
trivial indisposition, the parents took
the babe to the office of Dr. Hobson,
DK APPLEBY.
the family physician, at Bristow, a
neighboring village. Dr. Hobson was
called away before he could attend to
the child, but Dr. G. W. Appleby, who
had been visiting Dr. Hobson, offered
to make the examination. Dr. Apple
by had been the leading physician in
that section for several years, and as
Mr. and Mrs. Wearley were acquainted
with his professional standing, they
raised no objection to his proposi
1 tion.
No sooner had Dr. Appleby taken
j the child on his lap than he began to
toss It about and handle it roughly.
The mother protested indignantly, but
the physician paid no attention, and
his actions became more lncompre
■ hensible and his abuse of the infant
: became more unfeeling.
The now thoroughly frightened
woman implored the physician to de
sist and restore the child to her arms, j
but without avail. The man was deaf :
alike to the mother’s entreaties and !
to the father’s stern commands. He !
gave the babe a rough shake. It cried
. out in pain, and the parents sprang |
forward to rescue it. Springing to hisfi
i feet, as if beside himself with''rage,
the physician grasped the infant by ;
its throat, and. holding it at arm’s j
length, shook it violently. The par
ents seized the physician, but he shook i
; them otT. and as he turned upon them j
I they were horrified to see that he was
stark mad. his eyes blazing with the
; fires of frenzy. With a maniacal
laugh, the madman placed his thumbs j
under the child's chin, and pressing '
his hands on the top of its head, he
crushed the little face into a shapeless
mass of flesh and bone. Blood gushed
from the child’s nose, ears and mouth,
and it was still.
Frozen with horror, the parents for
a moment were powerless to move.
Then with inarticulate cries they
rushed upon Appleby;but, yelling like
a fiend, the madman grasped the
child by one foot, and swinging the
quivering body around his head he
fought them off. Almost crazed by
grief and horror. Mrs. Wearley shriek
ed again and again. Her mind was
giving way under the awful shock.
The father groaned in agony of spirit,
not daring to provoke the madman
to dash the child to pieces. Yelling
and dancing about, the madman con
tinued to sweep the body in wide cir
cles through the air before the faces
of the stricken parents.
Finally, attracted by the woman's
cries, several men rushed into the
room and after a desperate struggle
overpowered Dr. Appleby and wrested
the lifeless form from his grasp.
Divorced In Record Time.
A divorce In seven minutes is the
world’s record and Colorado as the
scene of It has eclipsed the pace of all
the other states of the union. The
South Dakota record is sixteen min
utes. The fast-time divorce case here
was instituted in Ouray county. The
grounds for divorce were desertion,
r.on-support and cruelty. A jury was
drawn, two witnesses were sworn and
examined, the jury retired and re
turned with a verdict—all in a space
of seven minutes from the time the
case was called for trial on the docket.
Oat of Mad Hours to Matrimony.
John Coffee, a grocer of Chicago,
has just married his cashier, Miss
Alice O’Reagan, after outwitting plans
of bis mother to hav£ him declared in
sane. Mrs. Lardner, Coffee’s mother,
disliked her son’s sweetheart, and, it
is asserted, schemed to get control of
his property. She had him taken in
custody and removed to the detention
hospital on an insanity writ. When
the case came before Judge Carter,
Coffee had no difficulty in proving his
sanity.
9 .___
Front and Back.
Housewife—Why do you consider
yourself deserving? Sandy Pikes—I
wus at de front, ma’am. Housewife
(after dinner)—You axe not deceiving
me? Were*you really at the front?
Sandy Pikes—I wouldn’t deceive you,
mum. I wus at de front, but de door
wus locked. Dat’s why I cum aroun*
to de kitchen.—New York World.
HIS LIBRARY TELLS THE TALE.
Rogue Who Made Kveryone Think He'
Was Irreproachable.
The library of William Young of
Philadelphia, which was recently sold
at auction, was another illustration of
the fact that what a man knows about
his best friend is little after all. To all I
appearances William Young wjs a re
spectable, mediocre man. w’*s jogged
along on a moderate income. He was
commonplace and middle class. He
lived in contentment with his wife and
children .at Glenolden, where he was
respected. He was one of the main
stays of the church he attended. He
was so devout that ne was not content
with going to church twice Sunday,
but went Friday night as well. His
private life w'as above reproach. His
business, like himself, was common
place and respectable. It was real
estate. He was prosperous and regard
ed as a substantial business man. He
was trusted by shrewd, men, who be
lieved implicitly in his honor. His
face and manner inspired confidence.
He had a certain pleasing frankness
about him that attracted. He never
said or did anything unusual to the
knowledge of his most intimate friend.
Even his name was commonplace.
July 5 William Young disappeared as
if the earth had opened and swallowed
him. instantly closing and obliterating
every trace. He left his wife and chil
dren with $3. When the affairs of
William Young were examined it was
found that he had appropriated other
people’s money to the amount of $51.
000, and was a forger as well as a thief.
The friends who had visited his home
observed that ho had a library of about
300 volumes. When his estate was sold
it was discovered that he had a library
containing more than 1.200 volumes,
which he had left concealed in his
attic. His library showed the real Wil
liam Young, not the respectable, medi
ocre William Young that the neighbors
saw in his pew each Sunday, but the
William Young whose thoughts and
tastes ran to vice and wild adventure.
He left orders for such books at the
book stores, where he was a frequent j
visitor. And the mild, inoffensive real i
testate dealer who came down on the
cars each morning and returned at 0
at night with the regularity of clock
work. spent his evenings and his Sun
day after church in reading bloody
tales of the border and Indian mas
sacres.—New York Telegraph.
SON FOUND AFTERMANY YEARS
IIukIkidiI Disappears with Child and Wlf*
Kecovers th« Lad.
Mrs. Patrick Conway of Hustonville.
Ky., has * returned from Dublin. Ire
land. with her only son. from whom I
she had been separated sixteen years. j
He was taken away from her by her
husband, who parted from her because
of their religious differences. He con- I
cealed his own and the child’s wherea
bouts for fourteen years, and when !
Mrs. Conway at last learned that the
boy was in a school near Dublin, she
also learned that her husband was
dead. To get possession of the boy it
was necessary to obtain the assistance
of Ambassador Choate. Patrick Con
way was a young tailor who settled in
Hustonville several years before the I
war and made a fortune in business.
He married Miss Annie Bradley, a ;
member of one of the best families in j
that locality, by whom he had six chil
dren. The mother was a Protestant,
and brought up her children. Conway i
was a Catholic, and wished his chil- !
dren to belong to his church. He moved I
to Springfield, where they were placed
in Catholic school*. Conway disap- I
peared with the youngest child, David,
sixteen years ago. He left his wife well j
provided for, but without any clue to i
hi* whereabouts. Mrs. Conway heard j
a year ago that her husband had died j
in Dublin, and she left two months ago
to recover her boy. Ambassador j
Choate and Consul Jefferson were ap- ;
pealed to, and aided her in getting pos- j
session of the lad. His father left Da
vid 16.000, which will be turned over to I
Mrs. Conway, who has been made his I
guardian.
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Married In a Tree.
There recently took place near j
Louisville, Ky., a wedding which was j
as startling as any one could wish.
It seems that the bride had peculiar
notions about weddings, and she had
made up her mind to have her mar
riage different from the ordinary cere
monial. There were to be no attend
ants except the maid of honor, the
bride’s sister, and at the appointed ,
hour the family congregated about a
large, gnarled tree, the oldest growing j
on the country place where the at i
fresco service was to take place. At ,
the same time the bride and groom,
maid of honor and clergyman came
out from the house, and when they j
reached the tree they climbed it, and |
the ceremony was performed amidst |
the foliage of the lower branches.
Iturglar Alarm Prored Death of Him.
N. K. Goss, a merchant of Eden
burg, Ohio, was murdered by burglars.
Owing to frequent losses through bur
glary, Goss had his place of business
fitted up with an electric burglar
alarm, which was connected with his
house. Hearing the alarm, Goss hast
ily dressed, secured the assistance of
a neighbor, and went to the store. Goss
entered while the neighbor guarded the
alley in the rear. A volley of revolver
shots greeted the proprietor, and he
fell, mortally wounded. The burglars,
three in number, rushed through the
front entrance and escaped.
■———■—— —
Murderer Captured by a Rn»e.
By writing to him to return to Suf
folk, Va., and elope with her. Miss
Isabel Turner. ^20 years old, brought
about the capture of her father’s slay
er A. C. Gillingham who has been at
large since the date of the crime late
in December. Gillingham Vrho was
considered Miss Turner’s social infe
rior, was her suitor, and because his
love was scorned he shot the girl’s rich
father in the dark.
Dtod as She Had Predicted.
A curious instance of the prevision
of death is that of Mrs. Sarah P. Ros
ser of West Eaton, Pa. She had been
sick for several months, and Sunday,
while surrounded by relatives and
friends, she startled them by saying
that she would die that night at 10
o’clock. They laughed at her fears,
but nevertheless shA died at the
moment she predicted.
GENERAL SPORTING.
CURRENT EVENTS IN VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS.
Th« BfcCoy-Chnynski Fluke Another
Blow to Boxing — Joe Choynskl Hat
Fought Some (iood Battles—Beck Ol
sen. the Danish Champion Wrestler.
Poor Jake Virtue.
"I have witnessed many a pathetic
case of broken down gladiators, halt,
spavined and charley-horsed, making
a blind and painful stagger for their
salary when they were really tit can
didates for a hospital or a sanitarium,
but the sad case of Virtue, the first
baseman, will never vanish from* my
memory,” remarked Secretary Pulliam
recently. “When Virtue was released
■ by Tebeau from the Cleveland team.
Manager Jack McCloskey, of the Col
onels. began negotiations for him to
cover first bdse for us. We were in
need of a first baseman at the time,
and while Virtue w’as 20 or 30 points
short of the .300 mark as a batsman, he
was one of the best fielding first base
men in the league, and the most avail
able man to us, as we thought. He
accepted our terms, and we sent him
$400 advance money in the fall. When
■' 1 I
greatest “in and outer" In the ring.
It was only a few years ago that he
fought Bob Fitzsimmons to a draw
in five rounds in Boston and would
have won but for his hotheadedness.
He defeated Joe Goddard twice in Aus
tralia and laid George Godfry out in
this country.
Wrestling has been somewhat on the
decline of late, not but we have had
enough of "Terrible Turks." "Terrible
Greeks," etc., but there have been few
bona fide matches. With the ad
vent of a number of foreign experts
to this country this sport ought to en
joy a boom. Several important wrest
ling events are scheduled for the near
future. One of the best of the for
eigners is Beck Olsen, the Danish
champion, who is booked for an en
gagement with Ernest Roeber, Grae
co-Roman champion of America. As
Olsen is declared to be a good one and
has a fine record behind him a match
between him and Roeber for suprem
acy ought to prove a drawing card.
I>«*uiocr»t Will Siart
It is now practically assured that the
English Derby of 1900 will not be
marred by a protest. Word comes
from England that Lord William
Beresford’s Democrat, an American
bred youngster, by Sensation- Equal
ity, and first favored for England’s
~ - DEMOCRAT.
he reported for spring practice I no
ticed a change for the worse in the
physical appearance of the man. He
was thin. pale, wrinkled, and halting
in his gait. I asked him if he was sick,
and he acknowledged that he wasn’t
feeling quite chipper, but would be as
fresh as a daisy in a few days. He
showed up for practice on the follow
ing day, and then we discovered we
had a cripple on our hands. His right
arm hung limp by his side, and he
tossed the ball around the infield with
a snap of the wrist, failing to raise his
arm. Dr. Stockey, who was then the
president of the club, was In the
grandstand watching the boys at
morning practice. ‘Who in heaven's
name is that man at first base? He
has all the action—or rather the lack
of action—of a paralytic.’ said the doc
tor, who ordered Virtue off the field
and examined him. and. found that the
poor fellow was indeed a victim or
paralysis. We shipped Virtue back to
Philadelphia, and the last I heard or
him was last summer when I read of
his being mixed up in a railroad ac
cident.”
, When “Me” Wes New.
It is not generally known, but it is
a fact, nevertheless, that Charley
Nichols, the famous Boston twirler,
was turned down twice, and that in his
native city, Kansas City, too. Here
is the way Nichols tells it: "I was
dropped twice in Kansas City, and that
when I was pitching winning ball. In
1887 Jimmy Manning engaged me for
his Western League team. I had to
fairly get down on my knees and beg
for a trial. It was granted me and 1
pitched five games, winning them all.
But this was not enough and Man
ning refused to take me away on the
initial trip. He, instead gave me my
release. I went down to Memphis,
and played with Harry Vaughn and the
late John Ewing until that team went
up. Then Manning hired me for his
Kansas City Blues. I pitched twen
ty games for his team, winning eight
een of them, but yet I was turned
down a second time.”
Another Blow to Boxing.
The late McCoy-Choynski fiasco did
much to injure boxing in New York
V N
BECK OLSEN.
city and has furnished additional ar
gument to the anti-Horton law agita
tors for the repeal of that measure.
Old-time ring-goers deplored the fact
that Choynski had been robbed of
victory through the unfortunate mis
takes of the referee and the time
keeper—the one for giving the “Kid”
more than ten seconds to come to in
the second round and the other for
cutting the round short by forty sec
onds. Choynski is thirty-one years
old. He has met Corbett four times
and although defeated each time gave
Jim a hard tussle for twenty-seven
rounds in one of the encounters. In a
give and take fight Choynski is hard
to beat when at his best, which ap
pears to be at present. He is tbe
classic event, will be allowed to start,
despite the fact that he is a gelding.
Up to the present no objection has
been lodged against Democrat starting
because he is a gelding. The condi
tions of the race stipulate for “colts
and fillies.” Because Democrat is a
gelding it was thought sufficient
grounds in some quarters to raise the
cry that he was ineligible to start. Pri
vate inquiries of the owners of horses
entered against Democrat show that
they do not intend to protest against
his eligibility. So the men now betting
on him will get a “run for their
money.”
The one point against Democrat’s
eligibility to start is the one of **Was
he eligible at the time of entry?” If
he was not he is positively net elig
ible to. start at the time the race is
called. The dictionary definition of
a colt is “a young horse.” Democrat
is not “a young horse” in the full
sense of the meaning. He is a gelding.
Now, as a gelding, was he eligible?
On this hook hangs the protest. In
j the United States Democrat's eligibil
i ity would be unquestioned, because
i the rules of racing say “a horse in
| eludes mare, gelding. colt and
filly.” Democrat is now an even favo
rite in the betting with Forfarshire,
his rival of last season. In the opin
ions of such good judges as Tod Sloan
and Charles Dwyer, Forfarshire is the
better colt. Both have said that For
j farshire would have beaten Democrat
easily both times they met but for be
ing in a bad pocket from which he
could never get out till near'tha fin
ish. Whether this opinion will be j
sustained time alone can tell.
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Going to Defeat.
Four champions have gone to defeat
inside the past eight months. On
June 9, 1S99, Bob Fitzsimmons was
knocked out in the eleventh round by
Jim Jeffries at Coney island. Septem
ber 12, Pedlar Palmer fell before Terry
McGovern in one round at Tuckahoe,
N. Y. This fight was said to be for the
bantam-weight championship. Frank
Erne won the light-weight champion- I
ship from “Kid” Lavigne, July 3, and
Jan. 9. 1900. George Dixon surrendered
the title of feather-weight champion
to the bantam king. Terry McGovern.
Other Sporting Matter*.
After thirteen years of hostility and
warfare, which operated to the detri
ment of each other and to the trotting
horse interests, representatives of the |
National Trotting Association and of |
the American Trotting Association
have signed a treaty of peace which
virtually reunites the two rival organ
izations, and makes them to all intents
and purposes one association, with two
central offices and two sets of officials.
A feature of the Paris exposition j
will be the international rowing |
events. Several American amateur
oarsmen will be entered for the differ
ent aquatic contests. It is probable
that Edward Hanlan Ten Eyck of Wor
cester. Mass., who won the diamond
sculls at Henley last year against some
of the best amateur oarsmen in the
world, will represent the American
National Association of Amateur Oars
men In the International singles.
Arthur W. Ross, the Irvington-Mil
burn hero of last year, who sailed for
Europe January 31, to follow the mid
dle distance racing game, is bound to
be popular abroad. Little Ross has
been styled the Modern Michael. By
his performances he is tipped to tpp
the heap. Ross is small, game and
closely resembles Michael. There are
those who tip him to take Europe by
storm and to win ultimately the mid
dle distance championship of the
world.
Eighty per cent of the coat of the
world’s governments is caused by wars
—past, present and prospective.
NOTES OF THE WHEEL
4
MATTERS of INTEREST to dev
otees OF THE BICYCLE.
rut season in (»«rm»ny — Many
Develop Few Cood M»n - Foreigner.
Win Big Portion of Money — 1“
kaU< r** iJind.
During the past year 235 race meets
were held in Germany, as against 236
the year before. Notwithstanding this
almost equal number of meets, there
were fewer events of importance by far
than in 1898. There is some specula
tion in the kaiser’s realm as to tho
cause of this. Since the beginning of
the season many tracks offered somo
attractive prizes. Some persons as
sert that the public has grown tired
of the racing game, while others at
tribute the decadence to a scarcity or
good racing talent. The latter claim,
seems to have some foundation, as,
with the exception of Huber and Paul
Albert, the amateur, none of the coun
try's racing men can take rank with
the first-class riders of other Euro
pean countries. ^ The feature of the
year in Germany was the general in
troduction of mechanical pacing. 1 his
met with great success and thirty-five
races for motocycles and motor tan
dems were promoted by twenty-six
tracks. No races whatever were paced
by multicycle man power.
The prizes were very small last year,
good men like A rend. Huber and Ver
heyen riding for $15 and $20 firsts, (
while Banker and Protin and others of
their class, who a* few years ago would
not ride for prizes less than $80 to $100,
rode during 1899 for prizes of $20 to
$30. Whereas in 1897 the total amount
of prizes put up for professionals was
$40,720, and in 1898 was $58,018, only
$37,700 w-as paid in prizes to the cash
riders the past year. Walters, the En
glish middle distance man, wron $2,950
in Germany during the past season;
Bouhours, of France, was the second
largest foreign winner, having $1,900
to his credit; Edouard Taylor cap
tured $727 in prizes; Chase, of Eng
land, won $656; Jacquelin. of Frame.
$655; Champion. $652; Broka, of Bel«
j gium. about $500. and George Banker,
i of America. $334. against Tom Linton's
I $278. Of the German riders, Huber.
I with twenty-seven first to his credit,
i won $2,207; Verheyen is second with,
j $1,701; Seidl third with $1,386; Koech
' er, fourth with $1,125, and W’illy Arend.
j former world’s champion, captured
only $1,358.
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Kramer to Kemaio.
Frank L. Kramer, national N. C. A.
j amateur champion for 1899, has de
FRANK KRAMER.
eided not to go to France for the inter
national races next summer but will
remain at home, where, by turning
professional he would stand a good
chance of becoming one of the leading
men of the season.
Wheeling In Denver.
While other clubs are disbanding
&nu reorganizing, it is refreshing to
learn that ttye Denver Wheel club In
tends to add another story to Its club
house. Plans will be drawn at once,
and the work will be completed in the
early summer. With this addition,
which will be devoted to sleeping
rooms and giving space for the taking
up of branches of sport not now In
cluded In the gymnasium, the club offi
cers intend to add to the facilities of
the building. The receipts for the year
were $21,932 and the expenses, includ
ing the payment of some old accounts,
fell short of that sum by $663. Tho
track account, owing to the total ab
sence of interest in bicycle racing and
two expensive meets, was a dead loss.
After III* AokbiI Meeting.
Now that it is a practical certainty
that the coming national meet of the
A. W. can be held in Milwaukee
next August, local members of that
organization are making ready to for
mulate plans. Chief Consul Marshall
of the Wisconsin division and Secre
tary-Treasurer F. G. Cramer are of the
opinion that if the L. A. W. drops the
supervision of racing and leaves that
branch to the N. C. A. a meet could
be held in Milwaukee with some cer
tainty of success. The Citizens* league
says that it is ready to be of any help
it can. and if it is decided definitely
to hold the meet there will begin or
ganizing the local members and stir
ring up enthusiasm at once.
• ~
Chari** .larrot Her*.
Charles Jarrott. the motor-champion
of England, has arrived in the United
CHARLES JARROTT.
?tate* on the Oceanic. He wishes to
meet an American motor cyclist in a
match race for a side bat of $5,000.
