Evening star., 1896-10-23
The Record Race Meet at Athletic
Park Tomorrow.
COLUMBIA'S FIRST FOOT BALL GAME
License Issued for the Meeting at
Benning.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

The record race meet, which will be held
tomorrow at the International Athletic
Park, closing that place for the season.
promises to be one of the best meets. To-
cally, Of the season. 1t Is of a special In
terest from the fact that the record which
will be competed for will be the bone OF
contention of more than one local rider,
anxious to have the honor of holding
local record. One thing which IL worthy
of notice is the fact that the closing meet
will virtually be ladies' meet. La1ies
will be admitted to the grounds and grand
stand free of charge. while the general
be a popular price. an increase heiLg
charged to the grand stand. This 3 quite
certain to draw out a large gathering Of
the ladies.
The entries to the meet closed last even
ing. and there are about forty. The Off
cials are: Referee E. E. Simpson. L. A. W.;
judges, L. B. Graves. w. r. c.; ]. Hart
Britain. c. A. c.: r. NJ. Dobbins. B. w. F.
Frank c. Potts. a. W.; c. B. Wood, w. r.
c.. and Charles B. Grace. E. A. c.; timers,
George Mansfield. E. A. c.: John Werner.
Q: W. and s. w; Stinemetz. c. A. c.: clerk
of the course, William Gettinger; starter,
Prof John Crossley. c. A. c.: scorers,
George w. Boyde. Q. W.: D. L. Sandoe. A.
W.; announcer. w. H. Henshaw. =. W.;
Handicapped. William Jose. w. r. c. The
AVA
lows:
Events and Entries.
First event, one mile novice-First prize.
gold medal; second prize, L. A. w. gold
button, value. $3.50, donated by F. s. Cahill.
Entries-W. H. L. Wolcott. unattached;
Otis H. Miller, unattached: Edward $.
Gee. unattached: Harry Harrington, In
attached: George Daley, unattached; Will
liam Beaumont, unattached.
Third event, one mile open-First prize.
Craig pneumatic saddle, donated by the
Enterprise Cycle Company, and track priv
ilege ticket for 1897, value 81; second prize,
Tally-ho lantern, value S. donated by Cor
mully Jeffery Manufacturing Company:
third prize, pair of s. bicycle shoes, donated
by T. A. Newman. Entries-Paul Won
Boeckman, Q. W.; George Coleman, un-
attached; William Beaumont. unattached: :
F. A L. Schade. G. u: Edward 8. Gee. un-
attached; C. f. Cause. w. r. c.: H. Wood
worth Clum. W. r. c.; Bayard T. Wrenn,
A. W.: E. L. Burton. unattached: E. l..
Wilson. unattached: A. c: Moran. unat-
tached: George E. Smith, w. r. c.
Fifth event. one mile tandem race for
the championship of the District-Prize.
Searchlight lanterns. value s. each. donated
by the Eclipse Bicycle Company and j. J.
1897 to each man of winning team. Entries
George E. Smith and Harry z. Greer w.
r. G.; c. F.. Daley and w. Leneker. un-
attached.
Seventh event, two-thirds Of a mile. open
First prize. SO gold ring, donated by r.
NJ. Dobbins, and X-Ray lantern, value s..
donated by the Eastern Cycle Company:
second prize. g sweater. donated by B. II.
shoes. value 81. donated by Weaver &
Moran: third prize. L. A. w. gold button.
value $50 donated by F. s. CahilI.
Greer, W. r. G.: Paul Won Boeckman. Q.
w: Bayard T. Wrenn A. W.; E. L. Burke.
unattached: E. L. Wilson. unattached; c.
E. Cause. w. r. c.; H. W. Clum. w. r. c.;
William Beaumont, unattached; Geo. Colo
man. unattached: A. c. Moran, unattached; !;
George E. Smith. w. r. c.
Tenth event, mile consolation race.
open to those who have not secured a place
In other races. First prize, Mesinger sad
die. value $50, donated by w. T. and F.
B. Weaver: second prize. electric bell. value
81. donated by Dashington Divine; third
prize. two hand pumps, value 20 cents. no
mated by Acme Cycle Company; special
prize to last man crossing the tape. one
patent oil can and bottle Of Oil. donated by
Mr.. l.. B. Graves Entr.es-Ottis Miller,
unattached; George Coleman, unattached.
The entries to this race will remain open
until the time Of starting.
The second event will be for the third-of-
annie track record. amateur, unpaced, fly
ing start, in which A. c. Moran is the only
man far entered, while the fourth event
is quarter-ulile track record, amateur, un-
paced, with the same entrant. The sixth
event is a two-mle track record. amateur,
unpaced, standing start, In which Bayard
T. Wrenn and A. c. Moran have so far en-
tered. The eighth event is the one-m,le
track record anna teur, unpaced, staining
start. The ninth event is the two-tbirds-of-
annie track record, unpaced, standing
start. in which Paul Won Boeckman, A. C.
Moran. H. w. Clum, E. l.. Burton and sew
eral others, have entered. The eleventh
event is the five-mie track record, stand
ing start, unraced
An extra event on the program will be
ma hot 1Jn sroyfN
and Frank Day. the youngest and l!ehtest
tandem team in the District and Lang
Shearer and Eibert Hebard. Both teams
are in training for the work and will evil
IDENTIFY make a good showing. AS the meet
will be record meet, there will be an op-
portuiaity afforded those who care to es-
tabl:sh records with pacing. All of the
riders, of course, will have 70 furnish their
own PAGERS. H. W. Clum has made appli-
cation to ride for half-mile record, flying
start. paced, and several other riders are
anxious to try for other distances with
pacing.