Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
The Only Race Meet E,x.a

Inc date OF only one race has as vet heen
settled upon. and that is the meet of the
Washington Road Club which ia scheduled
to come off on Decoration day at the Van
Ness Park. On account of the abundance
OF time in preparing for this event. fhe
tocai ~neelnen may expect to witness one
Gf the best race meets ever held in this
vicinity. The prizes will be good, and tins
Is excellent bait for a field of good ell
trants- The program will be an Immense
aIar' and viii fill up about sixty-four
pages, most Of which will be attractive adj
VertiSementS.
At this meet the one-mle L. A w. cham
pionship of the District will be run In
tnls event good deal of interest will cen
Ter, as from all indications the honor will;
be hotly contested for, and more men will
enter than in any of the previous years
events Tor some time back. The cham
plonshlp was won last Decoration day by
Charles E. Wood, his time being 23I AS
Wood intends to leave the track this wear
the honor will be contested for by a field
Oh new men, among whom are W. T. Rob
ertson, T. N. Mudd, jr., George S. Ball,
George Boyd and George c. Smith with the
probability that more new men will enter.
AS all of the above are good riders an ex-
ceilent, close and exciting race can he
looked Tor. Three years ago. at the meet
OF the Victor Cycle Club, held at the then
Atlantic Park, corner of 18th and U streets
Robertson won the championship by a mag
nlficent squirt on the last lap of a Ioafins
iaCe Inc time was SSo. On account OF
the fact that the race was not advertised
as league championship race which re-
suited in the barring of number of riders
the National League ordered the race to
be run over again. This was never DONE
and soon afterwards the Victor Club be-
came part of the old Georgetown Cycle
Club, which has since passed away.
COlOred Championship.
Another event which will be run at the
Decoration day meet will probably be a
race for the colored championship of the
District w. M. Dewey Is at present the
holder of this honor, but if the race come,
OH he will have plenty of men to race
against. Should this event be placed on the
program it will, without doubt prove 10
be an interesting race.
The next most important event in sight
Is the twenty-mile road race for the club
road supremacy of the District between
teams representing the Arlington Wheel
men and the Washington Road Club. II
Will be remembered that the latter club
challenged the former to a race last fall
A date was agreed upon, but on account OF
the fact that their men were not in cond:-
ton the Arlingtons refused to race rather
than run any risk of being the losers The
club thereby forfeited its right to the
championship, which title it had held for
several wears.
The Washington Road Club, at subse-
quent meeting, refused to accept the cham
pionship without competition, and passed
a resolution declaring the honor to belon,
10 no club, thereby making a match race
necessary for any club to secure the homer
This race will undoubtedly be run Off In
the early spring, and promises to be an In
teresting affair.
Another Road Race,
Another road race, which is placed on the
calendar, will be given by Mr.. Louis B.
Graves Nothing has been done in the ma t.
ter as yet, owing to the earliness of the
season, but it is almost certain that it will
come OFF. The new course of twenty miles
Will be used for the race as Mr. Graves is
among the ranks of those who do not like
the Conduit road for racing purposes.
"A race meet at River View Is another
thing In sight, the Eastern Athletic Club
having such project under considerat ton.
AS the Potomac Wheelmen a good many of
the members OF this club gave several ex-
curslons and race meets at this popular re-
sort, and it is most likely that some time
during this June an excursion and race
meet will be announced. Racing at river