The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-30
ROAD RACE YESTERDAY.
All Riders But One Disqualified BY
Referee n. c. Munger
As THEY FAILED TO TURN PROPERLY.


The bicycle road race. which was got.
sen up uadcr the direction OF Roy Spore.
assisted by local wheemen, took place
yesterday afternoon on the Houston
Heights boulevard. There were not SO
many present as attended the race on the
Harrisburg road rocently. but tho race
was seen TO better advantage The audi
enco Was enabled to see the start tho
mon when the race had been throe miles
run. and the finish.
There is trouble regarding the dis,ribn-
tion OF prizes, AS under an error all
riders were disqualified except r. n.
Swearingen who was awarded both first
.inc al u iirSt place prize ~ the refer Z,
MT, n. &. Munger
rhe course a. mapped out was a start
from Fitth avenue on the Houston
dit.on, and turn az the drug store, back
over the boulevard to Houston Heights
hotcl, turn ana rcraco he route 20 The
s.2tug point u distance OF seven nil
altogether. Judges were sent to the
hrunAcf ADDITION turn to see that tho
sueu turned properly, hut the Judges
made mistake. and instead of STATION
tnG themselves ri the drug store, lhty
stopped before they reached ihat, bust
moss house. None of the riders mad been
over the course except Sporc and Swear
ingcn. ana they we're the only ones to
turn at thc dru; store. the others Turning
a. tie point whore TIE Judges stood, as
they We're directed 20 10 by the & ntlomcn
IN authority. Wnen this VAS ryporioa to
Mr.. Munger. the referee, hc did what was
IN The race cxcont SwcarlOgcn amt Sp0iu
for not making the proper turn. Spurc
made wrong uHrn a the houston
hcigGts hotal, and that disqualified HIM.
so that SNcaringen was the only rid I
who went over the copree properly and
therefore he was legally omitted 20 both
place ana time PRICES However. lie am
noUuccs that he IS willing That the race
hc lln o{er. feeling ma, ny "npone't,s
obey were nislod by no judges "a tho
ErHnacy addition turn, Al what ia G the
race will he run again has not Vet becn
The following were the entries and tho
hAud cdps.
Four ndnutcs-Furniss Averu Woody
Ch0sl,c, SON Bcring.
'hrSo minutes d, II. stursIae, Henry
Dudley.
Two and half minutes-John tlls.
Two minutcs-lI *. Bates.
ono ald a. half minutoS-J, O. Albert
w IT, Galo.
one mmute--w. H. scrusgs.
Scratch-T, 4. Sweaunrtn. Roy Spurc
Dave Hermann. Bismarck hll2er Cap
cuimoTe.
The limit men we've started exactly at
6.llie o'clock. The others left the tapn
l ihcr proper time, the scratch men
grttiug the word exactly -four minutes
to the second, after the nmlt NOM riley
followed the course to Drummer addition
md reiracod the route, passing the au-
liencr AK follows.
Sturgis, Herring and ,aoskc in nine min
Ites. ANcuu ~ nno aud ihtee-qNattcr
minutes. llg ga ten minutes, p1dioN IN
ION and oHo-quartcr minutes, Gale ana
Albert IN ten and a half mlnuica, Sr;rhES
IN eleven and a quarter minutes, Herr
mann and bilXor n >icYcn and three
quarter minutes. Bales, Spure and Sweat
lnGcn n twelve minutes. Cuimor lcft
thr truck.
stWeis finished nrHt, n full hair minute
briorC Hcrinp. Tho finish was exactly
twenty-five aud ht'i miuuics From tho
start of the limit men, and dr StulEls Bui
the word minute uftrr tn" limit men,
IA actual time was 1880 for the seven
miles.
1he following was che orior OF finish
as 10 place; SturEs l}ering, illg. Cho9ke
ii,rmenn GAlo. hllcrt, Dil1cr. Sw"arin-
gcp, Scrusgs Avoriu, Spore, dudley,
ilatcS,
t'nlowIne ie the ruisn in ninutcs us to
tmo: Sfurgis.2i Bcrgln 700, lllE,sl;eo
Chosie. 25;@. llcrmatu. lH35ie; Gale, p go.
Aiuri "l ld. lt'ln.r .1.pps, SWrprlnrou,
2l.29, Serurgs, y .l6. AVeritL p,s2ls Sporc,
1850; Dudley 2l@iis. liatoa came ia he
hind nll Of them.
rrder the first limo pri@e would property
go to- llcrmlnn OF Galvc4tDn had there
been no ridcrs disqualified.