The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-26
DEATH Turks IN APPLES WILL EDUCATE THE PEOPLE WILL FORNRACG BOARD He MAY BUY CRIN
LOCAL WHEELMEN SEEK MUTUAL
SUPPORT,
Must Have Impartial Oiiicers-Far
Handicaps and Absolute Records of
Track Performances,

There is a movement on foot among
local wheelmen TO torn an assocIa-
tlon which shall in the future control
all the bicycle racing and guarantee
TO ali riders an equal chance to win
in events which they may enter. The
necessity Tor such Il compact at once
became apparent during the meeting
at CyclOmere last Saturday.
There is nothing new in the racing
board scheme. Such associations are
sanctioned and fUstered by the League
of American Wheelmen, under whose
auspices the local race meets are held.
The movement to form such an assu-
citation here is being headed by Emil
Berger, Sylvester's trainer. During
the past two days he has been active
~ circulating Il call for Il meeting OF
wheelnen. which has been signed by
some forty interested persons, ana as
"A result the meeting has been called
to take place at the Chamber of Com
merce tomorrow Wednesday, evening
at 1880 o'clock.
Nearly all of the agents and mana
gers are going into the scheme, and
prominent riders are pleased with the
prospect, as it insures them fair
field and no favor when they meet
their opponents on the track. In the
States the racing boards are some
times so powerful as to control the
tracks as well as the meetings. OF
course, no such power can be granted
to local board. as Cyclomere is the
venture of single individual. VINO
has risked his own capital in the en-
terprise. and has sought no pledges
| or assistance from those interested in
| the sports.
Mr.. Berger has outlined a constiiu-
tion for the proposed association,
which he proposes shall be known as
the Honolulu Racing Association. 1t
provides for the election of a preSi-
dent, vice president, secretary and Il
treasurer. to be elected annually. I'm
der Article the objects of the asso-
citation are set forth as follows:
The board shall have absolute con
troll and its decisions shall be final
in all cases that come under the fol-
lowing headings:
"'ro pass upon the qualifications OF
all officials at "A race meet.
"To pass upon the classification OF
a rider as to his racing status.
TO pass upon all records.
"To govern all road racing
Said prominent agent this morn
ing: This proposition for racing
board is very timely. \ repetition of
last Saturday evenings display of IA
| voritism would soon disgust people
| who enjoy clean, manly sport. but de-
test anything smacking of horse rae
| ing tactics. 1t is only fair to the men
who race. as well as for agents, that
the officials of the meeting be entire
| ly without prejudice. 1t does not re-
! quire an expert wheelman to deter
mine which wheel crosses the tape
first, but it does require man who
is entirely disinterested and who can
keep cool and give fair, manly de-
cision under all conditions.
1T is high time, too, that an ot,i-
cial Handicapped is appointed, man
who will make it his business to keel
record of the performances of al
racing men. With an absolute knowI
edge of what the various men have
done on the track, it is a simple mat
ter to arrange the handicaps in suci
a way that there can be no plausible
objection on the part of either rider
| managers or agents.