The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-26
LIZ nGEECHEE HANDICAP.
-rr,E DEALERS ROAD RACE
ihl EVENT OF NEXT MONTH.

,,vn BE Ridden sHtu rday' A"s' -
49,. ogeeehee Road From the
Bartery Park HiII-seveH-
prizes Ohered-0Ver Forty
"a Far Entered for the
The Entries 10 Close Tues
DAY. Aug. IL
.r...-- event OF next month IS the
r.r5ic.tp. % take place Satur-
,- H. TIE race viii start al
~. ---r the 1905 of Battery park nil
be- ten miles, I'VE miles out ana
r- vll ba ridden under the aus
The savau- 1ah cycle dealers VINO
--- prizes, "a Id have charge Of me
.r-ueuls for the race.
~-- are seventeen prizes Inc time
10. is a gold nyedal, valued at 30 ne
is a DID mccall, valued at $40
vase is a tree-for-aL There Is no
.s fee. TIE purpose Of the promo
.s.-s TO ms Ike the race an event and
...,s-.sh an annual road race in sa-
.,, that VIII bring out the riders or
~ GLASSES. II se entries will close Iues-
o. Ana. ii. ir order to allow the Official
-, amer - arrange the handlcaps.
.,--, lists are in charge of Mr.. q. a.
-,.....s.a5 Jr.- No. 129 Bay street. over
...,r entries llave already been made
4J-t s~,inc- race viii be the first road
that mas been ridden mere IN I'M
Vars The la ST road race was uIluer ne
+ss lf --Ie Savannah w neelhleh >
' IS tine .hite BLUM road. Inc Tune
C1. Iu that D ace was won by Mr. Amen
~ and the first prize by Mr.. i. T.
kIsey. H.. o~-.,ebsa raca will
b. laced On exhibition this week.
T5.ra never was time when the mag
-t-l'a of cyc le racing was 50 apparent
Sad uresent and that the means OF gov
eminent has not kept pace with the
.-0v-rb Is equally evident From a IeeI-
9-,o+ ietbargy on the subject a few weeks
sgo leading dicials have become arOls-
II 81, tbe neces ~ for a radical and Inn
mediate reforms. Additional Oplnlons are
Ie1g rapidly ed and they only increase
fhg certainty oil an ultimate adoption OF
state racing board SUPERVISION. Inc
strongest concentrations are those from
s4.fI1us remote frOm the racing board Gen.
ters. a fact which shows that there IS need
for au enlarged 81 stem. The subject is
sim new and many ideas Will be advanced
before the meeting of the next assembly,
but tie general outlines and the main
object as suggested by the Daily American
Wlee.man are the principal points at the
present time. The question rs now agl-
lated for the first lime, ana as the officials
OF the league are the makers sOf the racing
laws their opinions now re indicative
oil final adoption, and con seQuently are
interesting. NJ. j. Hirsch, chief consul of
Georgia, knows S )meJhing of the needs
for Increased supervision, as he is in a
section of country thar is tut poorly cared
for. lie says on the subject: I'm the
first place, / don think that the l.. A.
w. should attempt to q mtrOl cycle rae
ing. All races should be governed by an
athletic union. 1 think that the league
should give its entire attention to the
protection Of its memb ars and to COOL
roads. i also think OF lat professionals
should be allowed to joiI j, as Their 81 goes
as far as any ones Wha III comes to pro-
Jec-iOn and good roads As to the state
racing boards having control of racing in
their respective states, / must say that |
tlluk that they shOulc B., as j don't think
that seven men can ~ tend to the duties
that the racing comm. ttee has to do. In
the south We have at least ten races that
are unsancuOned TO o ne that is think
that there should be It least five men on
each state racing e. mmittee. ana that
they should divide Z ne state into equal
pei +, aHd slouId VIZ -te each race promo
Ter IN regard 10 san ctiOns. They should
nave power TO transit er, make Suspensions
ana 10 grant sanctiO' IS. L also think that
there should be a national board IN
"HlcH one j)uid appeal to from the de-
eslon Of state D GARD. The growth of
racing demands that something Should be
~. The fact that t}Ae League OF American
Wheelmen is forpee for white riders oniv
mas caused the colcred riders of Washing.
ION VINO are quite, numerous. TO take t5a
lAlllatPe' ana they are now making prem
S 80 ei5 10 entertain colored wheelmen
- OLl on over the country about the latter
part OF next month. There win he a ma
lloAal convention, Il race meet and street
y cle parade, Immediately preceded or
loioWed by the formation Of a national
g TOO ca league Of American wheelmen.
me 4 le fundamental principle will be pre-