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142—3 67— 494136— 136 53— 17380741 1JEI BIG SVENINGwlers will the alleys. rs on Tenth d Thu San I “5”, while es meet on se. At the *e Edison’s in ”1” and find Central de mattersIn the evolution of the racing sulky the one-wheel vehicle premises to be t the most interesting development. In Lady Suffolk trotted the firstt iqZZ 4i * mi'e tx ^arnes‘s helow 2:30. She \yas : hitched to a liigh-wheel sulky with a straight iron axle. The seat of her driver was higher than her head and it was mounted on springs. As it was not possible to get a close hitch with a straight axle and an ordinary height ot wheel, the first sulky builders increased the height of the wheel and removed the springs from under the driver’s seat. This change was an improvement, as it also placed the driver where he had better control of liis horse.Arched Axle in Use \When harness racing took root in the vicinity of Boston a carriage builder in that city made a sulky with a steel arched axle. This was the first move toward getting a close hitch in a practical manner. Later on Charles ?Caffrey brought out a sulky with a wooden arched axle. This 4*e4nceiU'.the we.ight. The limit was reached in high-wheel sulky con st rucy op. wlpn Oliver Toomey, of Canal Dover, Ohio, secured a paVnf for a truss axle sulky. It permitted a close hitch and it was also light and rigid.Changes Made in Sulky In the past thirty years many changes have been made in the bicycle sulky. A firm in Illinois monopolized the ^ield for a time with a tubular sulky. It was followed by sulkies of wooden construction. ^ The limit was reached when Faber sent out a 28-pound sulky for Joe Patchein and a few other high-class performers.The manufacturers experimented for some time with wheels and axles of different heights. These permitted such a close hitch that if a horse r^aredMie was apt to go over backward. The sulky to which Alta McDonald raced Major Delmur and the one to which Star Pointer made his record were extreme examples of this type.Finally the manufacturers and drivers decided that the low-wheel sulky, with shafts long enough to give a horse plenty of room, was the.most desirable. Witli\it goes the liability of accidents from a horse putting his foot in the wheel of a competitor. In the liigh-wheel sulky days when anything of that kind occurred, there was a shower of spokes, hut falls were,rare. With the small wheel when there is a mfx-up one or more horses go down, like Dr. White and Emma Harvester did at I^exington. Also as the wheels are now placed, it is an easy matter to block a rival by locking wheels. This is the helper’s best move.Experiments have also been made with disk wheels, but none has been placed on the market. Increased weight is one of the objections urged against them, while others stat*-* that they are unable to find material that is satisfactory on account of the vibration.K ONCOASTice Charlie rnth the Pat-iturn “Hec” net position s coach and Dr. Charles y yesterday me in Stew-to get him le best Ross teur goaler r the offer, •substantial d could not lowing club ise in the ouud doingnytliing but the Toronto lance of him them. Ross e sale of the sked if lie oble and he ative. The le had beenES!avo Nurmi, inner, who ir a winter tracks in st running
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Dec 16, 1924
Page 2
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