The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-29

A races except one, which will be class B.
Inc programme is as follows:
ist.-One Mile Open.
Edrst Pr re. .....'. .... Handsome Medal
2d.-Half-miie Handicap.
FIRST Prize ..-......... Pair Gold Gun Buttons
Second Prize ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sweater
8d;-Half-Mile, Bows Under is Years. ''''
S E FTize .'''....'......-...B Bicycle Lamp
4ih-Hait Mile Open. bicycle Bell
E s, 6r BE Filled Watch
5th@onc Mile Open, class E S. Suit
T Ilst LIE ne $3.50. ,'.......... DIAMOND Pin
second Prize. ........... 80. Calendar Watch
First Prize .......... Silver Plated Pitcher
second Prize. ....................R Racing Shoes
7th.-Quarter Mile open >0--'09
First Prize. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Diamond Pin
second Prize. -........'....... Gold Shirt Studs
6th-John S. johnson Win Ride for One Mile
Track Record.
9th.-Two Mile Handicap. ''-0 0'p
lrst FElze .-.,......-.... Gold Filled Watch
Second Prize .......... Diamond Collar Button
Some of the crack riders of the country
will be here. j. S. Johnson, who has been
training mere for tine last mouth, Fay iior,
Murphy, Dawson, and Hyslop, the Cana
dian champion, all of whom are in Tom
Eck's string of racing men, will ride
The race committee has also received
assurances of entries from Augusta
Charleston, Columbia and Jacksonville
All of the favOrite Savannah riders,
Osborne, Wilson, Groth, Leopold and
Connerat, will be in the race. A good
deal of interest centers in the men who
are now training here.
Taylor is % years old and has Just
passed his examination at college in
Philadelphia as physician and dentist,
and this season will, in all probability, be
his last on the track He has been and
is now one of the Leading lights among
the fast racing men, and on several occa-
sions has had some of the worlds records
to his credit. When Willie Wyndle held
the record of 2;15 for the mile, Taylor
surprised the cycling world by reducing
1t to 2:OS seconds, and later on made the
worlds record at that time of 2:07. Tay-
lor has won many races, and has always
been considered one of the hardest men
to defeat on the American track
Murphy, of New York, is also a rider
of note and has won some of the greatest
road races run in America, notably the
time prize in the great Milburn, n. j.,
race when over $50 men started. Murphy
has more than distinguished himself on
the track, and at the first part of last sea-
son was a dangerous man in any race. He
has ridden some fast miles and is a game
handicap rider. This is his first season
south and he says the climate agrees
with him and he expects to ride faster
this year thad ever. Tom Eek thinks
well of Murphy and says he will give a
good account of himself in the races
north, May 30.
Dawson is only IS years old, tan and
sinewy. He came out in his first race
last year, and closed the season with
number of firsts TO his credit, among the
fastest amateurs in his state ana New
York. In fact, he did so well that his
father, who is a wealthy real estate
dealer, closed a deal last winter with
Eek to take his son and see if
he would develop into one of
the top notchers. Eek believes
young Dawson will be the fastest class
A man in the east He is a graceful and
quick pedaler, and can go all the way. He
is quiet and unasSuming and attends
strictly to his work, which is one of the
things that pertain to the making of
world-beater.
johnson is too well known to cycling
men and to admirers of the sport to need
any introduction. He has been making
some fast time on the track, and
recently rode a half mile in 1:02. The
next day he made quarter
mile in twenty-eight seconds, and to-day
will try for a better record. Eek will
leave to-day at noon for Syracuse, n. Y,
where he will have charge of the track
for the Spring meet on May y. This
morning he will have his string of men
out from g. 30 until II o'clock, and in that
time johnson will make go for a record.
The outlook for the meet is very bright.
A special cheap rate of fare to the track
has been arranged by the Electric rail
way. Chairman Mercer, of the race com
mittee, is giving close attention to the de-
tails of the meet programme, which is
good one, and will bring out some fine
racing.