Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09

only the amount that is to be actually paid
in cash shall be advertised.
&c. Every entry shall further constitute
an agreement that all persons concerned will
submit all questions and disputes arising out
Of such entry to the authority and judgment
Of the racing board, and will abide by any
ruling upon disputed questions made by said
board.
"s. All entry blanks shall become the
property Of the league. and shall be in charge
OF the official handicappers.
80. Race promoters shall not advertise the
intended presence Of any rider unless an
entry or other notice in writing to that
effect is In their possession, signed by the
rider or his agent.
"a rider may withdraw his entry to any
or all events of a meeting by giving notice
to the promoters not later than one week
prior to the date Of the meeting. In default
Of such notice, or Of a satisfactory and con
elusive explanation Of his failure to compete
in any Of the sven 9 for which e as entered,
he shall be suspended from all track racing
Cor a period to be determined by the chair
man Of the racing board.
40. Any entrant making a false entry shall
be disqualified and debarred from any place
or prize, and will be liable to suspension
from all competition or time trials at the
option Of the racing board.
III. Any ontrant who neglects to give
his legal residence, or who gives other than
his legal residence as such, or who gives any
incorrect or misleading information on his
entry form, shall be considered to have made
a false entry, and will be subject to the
penalty for false entries.
"12. BY violation OF the rules defining his
class an amateur instantly %forfeits his status.
and his subsequent entry TO amateur events
is a false entry, for which due penalty
Is provided"
The rules regarding sanctions have under
gone considerable change. The executive
committee of the league has reduced the fees
adopted at the national assembly for open
meetings. The alterations read:
81. Promoters Of race meets must In all
cases apply to the member of the national
racing board of the district in which the
event or events are to be run for official
sanction. They shall remit with such appli-
cation the sanction fee required by the rules,
viz: for each national circuit meet, $25. For
each open meet or general sanction, from $40
to s.; each additional day, 50; athletic clubs,
If only two events are scheduled, 50; but no
fee shall be charged for a sanction for a
meeting the entries to which are limited to
the members of the school or club holding
the meeting. Closed school and club meets
and l.. A. w. clubs must in all cases obtain
sanction. No fee shall be charged L. A. w
clubs fully complying with the requirements
of the league regarding such clubs.
"2. If it shall appear that there will be q
confiictiCn of dates and interests, the first
application under this rule shall have pre-
cedence to be decided by said member of
the board, and notice of such race meet or
event must be forwarded to the chairman OF
the national racing board by the member In
charge.
"The board reserves the right to waive the
rule regarding the cUfiction Of dates on ma
| tional holidays"
The race meet programs will also be
changed this year as follows:
"2. Programs shall show the address, city
and state of each rider, and shall specify
which pVantg ara for QmatanrS and which
for professionals. o
1.-The prizes apportioned to each event and
the value of each prize shall be stated on
the program.
80. A notice shall appear on the program
to the following effect:
Notice to R~iders-Races on this program
are defined as follows:
"Amateur-Races for which any prize Of
fered does not exceed $35 IN value open to
any amateur, as defued by the L.. A. W.,
resident within this state or within 100
miles of place of meet, or holding a permit
to compete outside of such 100-mile limit.
REPRESENTATIVES with cash prizes or
prizes of greater value than allowed ANA
tours. Riders are cautioned that to ride in
professional races or to violate any clause of
the amateur rule will render them ineligible
to future amateur events.
"a. No further sanctions shall be granted to
any race promoter failing to comply with any
of the above requirements"
The League of American Wheelmen has
been agttating the question of appointing an
official referee to officiate on the national
subject, and the question by a vote of the
board has been decided as follows:
IAN official referee who shall be required
to otiiciate at national circuit meets flor
which proper compensation will be allowed)
may be appointed by the chairman of the
racing board. The chairman, members and
representatives of the national racing board,
and the handicappers in their respective
states shall be e~x-officio official referees
within their respective divisions. When it is
impossible to obtain the services of an
official referee, then the referee may be
named by the member of the racing board in
charge of the district"
The rules relating to the national cham
pionship races this season are:
THE National League of American Wheel
men championship events shall be as fol-
lows: One-quarter, one-third, %one-half, one
mile, two miles and FIVE mile bicycle.
Each League of American Wheelmen di-
vision may contest, under the supervision of
its division racing board, events to be known
as division championships. These may be
corresponding to the national championships,
or otherwise, as each division racing board
may decide.
mo prizes except medals, suitably in
scribed, shall be given to or received by any
cyclist competing in division championship.
Each division racing board shall have en-
tire charge of all matters pertaining to the
running of the championships of its di-
vision. The division championships shall be
contested at such places as the division
racing board may determine. Division cham
pipnships are open to any league members
residing in the division,
THE national championships shall be con-
tested annually between July / and No
vember 10, at such places as the racing
board may determine. National champion
ships are open to all wheelmen residents of
the United States, and the trophies for
national championships shall be medals, to
cost in no case more than $50 per set of
three, gold, silver and bronze, respectively,
to become the property OF the winner and to
be struck from dies owned by the league.
mo city or county championship shall be
granted unless approved by the division
board.
privilege to hold state championships in
states where no division of the league has
been formed may be granted to clubs or
authorized associations, where, the impor-
lance of the meeting is sufficient to warrant
the racing boards sanction"