The Bearings, Vol 12, No 9
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
The Bearings defends its percentage table against rider complaints, noting that those who grumble most are typically men who quit races rather than fight to the tape, while Bald stays atop the thermometer after a strong week.
- p. 1
Cooper wins all five open races he enters at Reading and Cabanne makes his strongest showing since returning from suspension, with the two men now only fractions of a point apart in their climb toward the thermometer's top.
- p. 1
After a bad fall at Reading knocks Murphy senseless, he insists on starting the quarter-mile race to keep his nerve, finishes third, and then withdraws for two weeks with a strained ankle first injured earlier in the season.
- p. 1
The Bearings reports a marked improvement in racing quality since the thermometer was introduced, with riders fighting every finish to the tape rather than quitting when they cannot win, producing tighter and more exciting fields.
- p. 2
The western boom party of thirty to forty riders, trainers, and managers is confirmed to race through Louisville and then head west, with Baltimore knocked off the circuit schedule after the official referee's inflammatory public remarks.
- p. 2
Updated season tables show the Monarch, Columbia, and Spalding teams nearly tied for first in points, with Bald's solo effort accounting for the bulk of Columbia's total while the Monarch pair of Cooper and Bliss rise rapidly.
- p. 1
After weeks in the bulb, Bliss surges up the thermometer by fighting out every finish rather than quitting, a turnaround credited to his finally understanding how points are calculated and what consistent racing demands.