The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-14
READY FOR THE BIG RACE.
THE RIDERS ENTERED AND HOW
THEY WILL START.

COnnery, COnnerat and kinsey TO
Go From Scratch-The other Rid
erS Given HnndIcaps Of one 80 Ten
MInutes-Omcers In Charge OF the
COu-sc-RuIes Under Which the
Race VIII BE Run-They VIII All
BE on ut GgIO O'Clock This Even
Ing.
The OFccchee rOad race, which has been
such an interesting topic in cycledom for
several weeks. viii be run on the Ogee-
chez road this afternoon. AL arrange
monts for the race have been completed,
and everything points to a most successful
run
There are siXty-four entries. Il is not
thought that there viii be more than a
dozen Withdrawals at the most. so that
there Will be over fifty starters. Since
the entry list closed the entries have been
in the hands Of the Handicapped, and the
handlcaps are now given FOR the first
time.
The entries and their handicaps are as
follows: Scratch, W. H. Connery. V. II.
Counerat, and 7. L. Kinsey. Jr.
One minute, Milton Clark and Horace
A. Crane. Jr.
Two minutes. Jake Dub. Harry Raskin,
II. Leopold and +. F. Edwards.
Three minutes. o. Thompson. J. J. Nc
Donough, Jr., S. II. Berg, Yates ThOmp-
son, Bal Everett and D. A. Tuberdy.
Four minutes, c. c. Conner. V. S.
Wells. j. 5. Smith. George II. Ellis, J. W.
Newman, Jr, W. H. Gray and Crimson
Five minutes. c. Moehlenbrock, r. ID.
Wells. A. b. Caffman. c. Barber. o. w.
Jackson, Jr.s Steve Harris, Chris Heller,
a. Myerson, c. A. Gradot. W. Adams,
Albert Jones, II. l. Girtman, and w. G..
Turner
Six minutes. G. A. Whitehead. Jr., H.
A. Wenzel, J. ". Wilson, +. r. Gallagher,
G. NJ. Highsmith, II. Fricke Theodore
Morgan, h. A. Usina, W. W. Fretwel
and Dick Green.
seven minutes, John Bell. Swan suli-
van, Robert V. Blum. Dan Holland, j.
McGlashan. NJ. J. Doyle, Jr., James Kel
ley, Charles Wcstcott, Jack D'Antignac,
James Goodman. Kreiger and Hartford.
Eight minutes Oar, Hull and Ninson.
Nine minutes, II. NOnhistnow and Wit
cover.
Ten minutes, Eugene Gilbert. Z. l.
Okarma and l. Silverberg.
The race will start promptly at 9 o'clock.
The ten minute men will push off at that
time and so on down until ten minutes
past 6, when the scratch men will start.
The race will start at the two-mile post
and the run will be to the seven-mile
post and return. There will be a flag at
the turn which the riders will have to 80
round. Judges will be at both the start
and the turn, and the numbers OF the
riders Will be checked and their time
taken.
The riders are urgently requested to be
on hand at not later than $50 o'clock, so
that the race can start on time. Any one
not on hand will be left out.
The officers OF the race viii be:
Judges-Capt. T. 5. Wylly, DR.. W. f.
Drummer, and Messrs. George Cope.
George Van Horne, Albert Wylly and
James Mcintyre.
Tfmers-Messrs. Joseph W. Heffernan
and W. G. Sutllve
Starter-Mr. Charles Saussy.
The race has aroused a great deal of
interest in matters cycling. which have
been rather dormant owing TO the hot
weather, and IL is expected that a large
crowd Will go out to witness the race.
The spectators are requested not to crowd
the road too much at the finish as the
riders need all the room they can get.
The road is in splendid condition but was
a little dusty yesterday afternoon. Most
of the riders were out for their last run
and some surprisingly good times were
made.
This is the first road race Savannah has
had in several years. but il is hoped that
1t viii lead on to others. They would tend
a great deal TO keep the interest in cycling
alive and give the boys who like the road
better than the track a chance TO show
themselves.
There are twenty-seven prizes all of
them handsome and Valua BILE and well
worth riding for. The time prize is a gold
medal valued al $50. and the first prize is a
gold medal valued at Si5