Evening star., 1897-03-20
ANOTHER Slx-DAY RACE

Washington Is to have another six-day
race. but unlike the race at the opening
of the year 1t will be a go-as-you-please
race. This will mean much more riding
than in an "hour race" and the men will
nave an abundance of time in which to
roll up new record fer the time, which
includes the entire week. 1t will be vir-
tually continuous ride for 142 hours. The
last race was ccepted proof that six
day eight-hour race is not a paying ven
ture. This not only applies to Washington.
but to number Of other cities. Charley
Ashlnger Is authority for the statement
that IN hour race'' is never a successful
venture, from financial point of view. 1t
Is believed that the Washington public will
thoroughly appreciate a continuous race
which can be viewed at any hour of the
day or night during the week.
The race will be held during the week
or March Is. and continue until April B.
1t will be held at Convention Hail. and
Will be under the management of Mr.
David Towers, who managed the last race
Very few persons outside of the scorers
and other officials will probably be present
at the start The contestants will enter
on their long journey few minutes after
~ o'clock Monday morning. March %
The closing gun will be fired a few min
utes after 10 o'clock on the evening of
April 3. A sanction for the race has al
ready been filed. and the official permis-
sion for the holding Of the affair is ex-
pected to arrive some time during the
week.
The full list Of contestants for the race
VIII not be known until some time next
Week probably day or SO before the
start. One of those certain Is Fred Schin-
neer, who won the race last month at
chicago. covering 1.7SS miles in the 142
hours. He is expected to arrive in the
rible Swede, VINO finished fourth in the
iast race In this city. and who finished
fourth at the Chicago race. with / .7U7 miles
10 MS credit will also complete. He is
for the event. 1t is hardly likely that
Teddy Hale will enter. Louis Grimm.
the weil-known long-distance racer and
holder of the American twenty-four-
ent He was in the recent six-day race
at Ptttsburg. and finished second, with
LA miles and four laps. This race was
Eeid around the middle of February. and
1t was alleged that Gimm had been
orugged. 1t was a six-day, twelve-hour
race. and was won by Frank Waller. who
rode l.218 miles and one lap. Waller. II
Will be remembered. won the race in this
city, and 1t is thought that he will return,
Charley Ashtnger. who finished third In the
last race at Convention Hall. and who also
finished third at the Chicago race with
i.f2I miles to his credit, will undoubtedly
be back. A. A. Hanson. the st. Paul
crack. Is also expected to be a contestant
All OF the old riders of the six-day race
IN this city are calculated to be present.
with the exception Of Ed. Plummer's string
OF English riders. Harry Maddox. Fred
Forster. Albert Shock and Frank Albert are
an expected. While no limit has as yet
been placed on the number of entries the
NUMBER OF contestants will probably be
limited to about twenty-five OF thirty.
ine entire Convention Hall will be used for
-. ,ne race. Ihe Old twelve lap track will not
be put In place again. The ice surface has
oeen removed. and the whole floor cleared.
The new track will extend from the south
wall OF the large building clear to the
oaicony on the north side. This will make
an eight or nine-lap track to the mile. one
OF the largest indoor tracks ever erected in
tnis country. 1t will be built after the
manner OF the previous track In the same
p piace. me work OF construction will be
pegun as soon as possible next week. The
National Guard will use the hall for drill
ing purposes Monday and Tuesday even
ings. Bright and early Wednesday morn
tns IN larse force OF carpenters will be put
TO to work constructing the track on scien-
tinc principles. under competent directors.
An immense amount of lumber will be re-
quired. -"
many times greater than the average nor.
son would suppose. The preliminary work
IN tSeii represents a small-sized fortune
TO say nothing of the cost of operating
the race during the week. Three different
sets OIL scorers will be employed in addi
tlon 10 the other officials that will be need
ca al the race, the numerous employes and
tne pands that will furnish music for the
south side of the building and will he n
Tremendous AFFAIR, with the names of the
cohtestaHts in such large letters as to he
eu NJ q. tne iarthermost end of the hall
PLATFORM will be erected In the center ~
tns track. upon which trick riding will he
d feature The race will end in time for
NUMBER Of short races on Saturday et,an
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