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PACER INSTEAD OF AUTOMOBILESan Francisco. May 13.—Just to prove to Tex Rickard and others who a r* concerned regarding his safety for the next two n onths that an automobile Is not the only means of travel. Jack Johnson Is doing some of his speeding along the park boulevards behind Little Dick, a local pacer, who ' has been loaned to him for the occasion by one of his friends The idea { came to the fighter when one of the newspaper photographers saw the rig j in tront of the training quarters and suggested that l»e would like a picture ot soJohnson agreed to the picture idea, and aftei that was over remarked that j he would like to take a turn up the ; load.“Go ahead.” said the owner, who is a Johnson admirer, **and you can have him out here even* morning or afternoon if you want.”The rides will not be that frequent, but Jack ha» declared his intention of going out behind the sidewheeler three, times a week at the very least.I ”1 want to tell you. Mr. Rickard.” he said to Tex when the latter was warning the negro not to be so careless, that’s all a mistake about my being reckless. I know what this fight means to me, and when I am training for a fight there is no one more careful than I am. Of course. I am going tc ride around in my machine because it is a pleasure, but there will be noch-j ing reckless about my driving, andyou will have no reason to be worried over me ** ■ ■ -The routine of a twelve-mite grindalong the road* in the forenoon may not be palling on Johnson, but it has been sufficiently monotonous for the fighter to change his route. This morning, for example, he took Barney Furey with him over an entirely new course, and one in which there are far more hills than In the old course.“For one thing. 1 wanted a change,” said Johnson in explaining the new program: ”and for another. I wanted to test my wind thoroughly. The hills gave me that chance, and now I am sure of my condition. My wind was the one thing that I had an idea might need nursing, but I came back to the quarters after a twelve-mile trip without blowing In the least.”About the noon hour Johnfr^n took a nap, and late in the afternoon, about 4 o'clock, he played baseball for the edification of the crowd that had gathered to aee what he looked like.
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Salt Lake City Herald
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sat, May 14, 1910
Page 16
Full Page
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