Evening star., 1895-10-17
Arrangements for the Meet,

Arrangements for the Meet.
The officers Of the meet, as settled upon
at meeting Of the Road Club last even
Ing, are as follows: Referee, George W.
Cook; judges. ]. Hart Britain, L. B. Graves
and w. S. Macarthur; timekeepers, John
Woerner, c. E. Miller and William Tappan;
starter, G. L. Palmer; clerk of the course,
A. NJ. Tubman; umpires, j. G. Eggleston,
L. ]. Woodbridge and c. H. Cook; announc-
er, c. E. Cause; Handicapped, William T.
Robertson.
The distances allowed in the handicap
races will not be made public until the day
of the races This work falls upon Mr.
Robertson, who is the official Handicapped
for the League Of American Wheelmen in
the city, and as the races are held under
the rules of the L. A. W.. it becomes his
duty to arrange the matter The programs
for the event will be printed tomorrow and
contain the distances, but they will not be
distributed until the evening of the race.
The Twenty-Mile Road Race.
The twenty-mile road race. which will be
held Monday evening at 3 o'clock, on the
Conduit road. under the auspices of the
Dupont Cycle Club, will have among the
participants some of the speedlest riders
from this city and from Baltimore. Tue
race will be held over the course used for
such distance, the start being at the water
Ing tank at the lower reservoir, and rum
ming to the Anglers Club house, at the
forks of the road above Cabin John bridge,
and return.
morean who made such a splendid showing
in the class b races at Asbury Park this
summer, defeating number of the racing
cracks of the country, is listed for the race.
road race, is another starter. He holds the
record for the course by covering 1t In four
seconds less than one hour. Fred. Sims Is
another of the racers, and he has record
in frQn nyyar far1
minutes. ]. J. Fister, the man who twice
held the American Neutrality-suspicious. road
record, is another. He was in the Higham
road race, and covered the course IN S3.J1
Wrenn, the winner of the twenty-mile race
held last August under the auspices of the
Washington Road Club, has also entered
Ills record is 1.O1.1O.
The handicapping will be done by Mr..
William Jose of the Washington Road CLUB,
and the entries were turned over to him
this morning for action. Mr.. Robertson,
the official Handicapped for the District,
has entered in the race, and that fact bars
him from performing the duties Of his
office. The entries to the race closed last
evening. and this evening meeting Of the
club will be held at 1146 Connecticut ave-
nue. to selec. the officers of the meet and
also to arrange the prizes, which are be-
ing received and which will be received
until Saturday.
There are thirty-ive entries to the race,
as follows: ]. E. Bischoff, w. R. c.; w.
r. Schroyer, unattached; Frank Kieson,
Eastern Cycle Club; James w. Garrison,
unattached; George Calvert, unattached; NJ.
Powers, unattached; William O'Connor, un-
attached; Edward s. Byrnes, unattached; ;
Claude Leatherbury. Tribune Club; H. q.
Greer, w. R. c.; George S. Ball. w. R. c.;
William Woodward, Eastern Cycle Club;
B. F. Grimes, E. c. c.; Howard A. Rhine,
Active Road Club; William T. Robertson,
F. R. c.; George E. Smith, w. R. c.; T. N.
Mudd, Arlington Wheelmen; E. L. Burton,
unattached; C. E. Wood, w. r. c.; Fred
Sims. Columbia Athletic Club; C. E. Cause,
w. r. c.; Howard Hoover unattached; A.
H. Dawson, Arlington Wheelmen; Rich
mond Redington, Dupont Cycle Club; Rob-
ert Brott, d. C. c.; John j. Fister, D. C. c.,
A. W., c. A. c. and Spalding racing team;
B. T. Frenn, A. W.; William H. L. Wal
colt, D. C. c.; c. s. Brush, D. c. c.; R. w.