The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-20

themselves the question of title to the ma
tional championship for the different dis
tances. The professional championships
will be at quarter, half, one and five
miles, and the one mile race will bring to
light that longed for individual-the milo
champion of the United States. Tho two
amateur championships will be ut n milo
and two miles, and their decisions will
doubtless furnish II repetition of tho Bit
tcrly contested struggles that have charac-
terized these events in former years. In
addition to the championship events there
will be four professional and three anna
teur races-one and two milo handicaps
for each class, milo open and mile (2;0
class for professionals and third milo
open for amateurs. This long programme
WILL in the opinion of the race meet com
mittee, furnish much excitement for tho
crowd, and for that reason it was decided
to turn down the big list of trick riding
applicants, and entirely dispense with
that feature, which has become somewhat
monotonous in recent years.
While the great event of the season will
of course be the Philadelphia meeting, I'M
usual attention is given the various races
making up the national circuit. In the
circuit this year are the chief riders of 1896,
with the exception of Hamilton, Coulter,
Ziegler, Bliss and McCrea. When tho l..
A. W. refused to sanction Sunday racing,
the western states threatened to seccdG
from the national organization, and Cali
fOrnia made good her threat to the oxtcnt
of promoting sunday racing Iiegler,
Coulter and McCrea, who had been on the
national circuit in previous years, were
persuaded to ride in these unsanctioned
races, with the result that they have been
suspended for two years by the racing
board. This will prevent their appearance
on the national circuit, while Hamilton
has retired, as has Bliss. Among the new
men seen on the circuit this year are Mi
chael, the phenomenal Welsh rider; Lesna,
the famous French long distance rider;
Parsons, the Australian who has ridden
in this country before, and number Of
new men VINO have shown remarkable
powers and seem able to hold their own.
The great events stimulate racing in gen
eral and several of the fair sex have shown
phenomenal ability, among whom Lottio
Farnsworth deserves special mention for
both speed and graceful bearing.
Teams have been practically selected
and arrangements have been concluded
for the first great team race of the west
against the east. Tho Charles river park
management in Boston was cunning
enough to see the advantage of such con
test and made an offer of purse Of 81 900,
which the men accepted. Tho pursuit"
plan of IA contest has been adopted, the
teams starting from opposite sides of tho
track. Whichever team is in the lead at
the five miles, whether it with one man in
the lead or ALL will be adjudged the win
ner Of the contest and will receive 60 per
cent Of the purse Of 81 900 which has been
offered The losing team takes the 40 per
cent remaining The contest will take
place at the national circuit meet in Bos-
ton, Aug. %, and will attract national in
terest.
Earl Kiscr, it is authoritativcly an
nounced, will 90 for all the records up to
and including the mile at the close Of the
present season. Kiscr is not a novice at
this style of game, as he spent all of "a
winter in II record breaking camp in Cali
fornia in 1896 kiscr lowered the third
and half mile records at that time with
inferior pacing and with Randall caught
q number of the tandem records.