The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-25
CYCLE RELAY RACE
rrfveen This City and Tacoma
on May l.
soak,sc FOR GOOD ROADS.
=, Pubsic school Baaebau LAa4uo
$3.50 Getting Interesting-Maay
rusrsss In the Gueas Contest.

-. oueer City Cycle Club h BOOMING.
Arnberx take great interest In road
- and good roads. Racing n coming
- Last Sunday between twenty and
sssvsx vheesnen started out from the city
- a o'clock in the morning. Lieut. Esary
S.Sine. ard made q run around the head
- ~ bsy 20 West Seattle. After a short
s - fbsy returned home, arriving q short
5 - sfter O'Clock
& - ,cadr were In fine condition, after ieav-
- - Grant street bridge. Among those
- nade the run were Capt r. r. Fred
- Iseut. James D. Esary. o. p. Beet,e,
r 4 Chadwick. Walter l. Camp. William
800. G. o. Dignan. r. ~ robes. A. u.
G11nnerfsne. r. w HurIburt, n. W,
G.1rbf. Harry Leland. George Luther. r.
= pavnA. b. schoenfeid. r. A. schoen-
- p. p spelger. Waiter Spencer, W. b.
~ John Wheeler. CiAud Wales. Harry
Gsssoa. Steve Carman.
- club met last Wednesday evening.
4 ~ di6 not come 10 conclusion regarding
6 esruanent quarters. The COMMITTEES hav-
- ~ matter Ia charge was granted more
7 -. Petitions will be circulated asking
~ ne county prisoners be put to work
- - county roads. II In thought that n
- york Ii started In King county and
s1rAe6 20 the line II will be taken IN nv
5Ieree county and finished TO Tacoma.
- Wfeeimen think that a. long A. the
2 r1raty has q large number Of men in the
] Ss1nty fail who are well fed but employed
Srlncipaiiy In killing time playing cards
~ conducting a kangaroo court. II would
~ b. out Of place TO have them do a little
~ fIat would be benefit to the county
Il hxEe a. well as wheelmen.
4 challenge has been sent 10 the Tacoma
r.xh % q
- Tacoma 10 Seattle. II the challenge
+ accepted the route VIII be divided into
earhf relays OF Ave miles each.
A impression has gone forth that any
8el1st ceases to Be sn amateur after
11nfl l&s. By riding IN q race. upon any
- Of bicycle offered for sale or manu-
hcfured In any factory store or other
1oes Of business IN which ne is employed
= any capacity whatever. Chairman Cid
=. o. the L. A. W. racing board. SAYS
~ there is no such rule In the racing
Suias and It Is not intended there shall be
- year Continuing. he says:
dcsuse r OF the amateur rule In the L.
Nv. constitution provides that any rae
q man employed In cycle establishments
~. By vote OF the racing board. be
nferred 10 the professional ranks.
4kh~1o>s not mean that the board will
re Wholesale transfers OF such EN-
nwl4 but that II may use
a liscfefion In transferring rae
~ employees against whom it
- - impossible to obtain other EVIL
- ard by whom the board may be-
~ Nat advantages are received con-
80 y the spirit Of the amateur delini-
aspect promoters and managers OF
01U md college track teams win please
u11e following: Every year about this
- - various colleges and schools be-
- = develop racing men to represent
- u the inter olleglate and inter-
Dotic outdoor games II Is cus.oma-
u4un on one or more trials to pick out
- Racing throughout the United
- b governed by the l.. A. W., and
- 4 = ". requires that every track
~ - m1ctioned. A man competing In
- sln1edoned event Is liable to suspen-
GIeA
'Nev, young men in particular may not
~ BAtther they are suspended or not.
ut they are sure to find somebody at the
~ meet from some other college who
toss care. and will not allow them to ride
uniT suspension. The trouble occurs
esefy year. when by a little caution II
- - prevented.
ememher that every race on a track.
one event or more. must be sane
uened II you are to have any trials,
- Tor sanction every time. For open
nfes fee Is charged. but no fee Is re-
euifed FOR closed club or school events:
NJ "a al cases send for sanction. and
We your men from suspension. which In
- o. more cases last year affected the
mnding Of the school in points won at
- championship meeting"