Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-13
OF INTEREST TO wHEBLMRN
Prospects of Another Ten Mile Race
State Fair Oontests.

State Fair Contests.
A Salem business man, who is also q
wheelman says he has been a champion
Of Cards from the start, but this last
action ofthe management has disgusted
him. He is now a Murphy man and
glad he does not belong to the league.
Another business man says he Is a
friend Of Winters and is willing to put
up $40 prize that Winters can beat
Murphy one mile IN ten.mile race or
run eleven miles to Murphy's ten.
There should be no difficulty in ar.
ranginga perfectly fair and satisfactory
race next time, with the experience
that has been had. No rule can be
shown to barr trailing, although gen.
eral opinion is that there is great ad
vantage Ia it. AS there is no way tC
divide trailing fairly, all will do best to
ride abreast at q proper distance
apart.
! Nothing has so stirred this com
munity of late as the ten.mlle amateur
medal contest on bicycles The public
were about evenly divided on the
merits Of the case until the referees de,
cision In ordering q second contest
after ten minute wait, some
thing that would never be done in q
horse race on such short notice, and
here one of the bicyclsts was mere
boy. 1t has created more sentiment in
favor Of Chester Murphy than any
thing that has yet been done by that
youg man himself. The referee went
just little too far and has given Muir
ply and his friends an immense ad.
vantage. Card and Winters are popu
lar and swift riders and will at the
next race make very pretty show
ing. If all three go, it will be the
prettiest race ever seen on the grounds.
The charge that the races have been
ljockeyed in the interest of the car lines
is trivial one, and the next race will
see q larger crowd than has yet assem-
bled. The referees order in the las,
race, that there should be absolutly nc
loaflng and no trailing, was complied
with by both Winters aud Murphy.
They were neither to loaf or trail or
penalty of being ordered off the track
That complied with, the referee haC
no right to declare 1t no race and ordel
the boys To run it again inside of tel
minutes. That was an outrage and the
public so regards it. If either loated
or trailed, he could have been ordered
off the grounds. But when they came
within ID seconds of low time limit
considering the dusty track and half
mile against heavy wind, there was
no justice in ordering them to run again
1t was beautiful race, fairly run and
honestly won by Murphy in time tina,
Is credit to any amateur. AS neither
trailed or loRfed, and no one claimed
they did, in fairness the referee should
have called it a race and awarded the
medal to Murphy. In the state fair
contests between amateur wheelmen
Portland will be strongly represented
and will come to Salem prepared TO
take all the prizes. With the best time
of our best riders, such as Murphy,
Card, Winters and Steiner, if he
RECEIVERS from his broken collarbone,
still in reserve Salem could give the
metropolis many a surprise. The rider
who has the true scientific theory of
winning ten-mile race should be the
Salem champion on that occasion and
if we have a man who can beat Muir
ply he should be produced and
all the chance in the world
given him to try it. THE JOUR-
NAL does not care who it is. The pub
lie demand fair play, honest racing and
no jockeying on the track or in the
stand.