Evening star., 1897-05-29
RAcIN CHAT.

race meets. With the section also goes the
regulation that where there are three or
| more heats the winners of the siowest heat
will fail to qualify for the final The only
reQuii emeEt for the enforcement OF this
rev rule is that the matter be printed on
| the entry blank. the same as the othe.
| regular standing form for entry blanks.
which Is designated by the League of
American Wheelmcn. The new notice will
also have to be printed on the score cards
| or program, and then it will be in full
working operation
The advantage OF such a rule was plain
\ ly evident at the opening race meet OF the
| season last Saturday at the international
| Athletic Park. AS usual. the novice race
proved to be the fastest of the day, bar
ring the second run of the final of the miie
| open in which pacing was introduced. The
riders in some of the events rode around
| the track as though they Were asleep. OF
course, the introduction of the new rules
VIII create some kind of co.nmotion among
| the le cal racers. but that will amount to
| very little. The public pays to gooI
| races. and il the prizes are not worth COM
| peting Tor the racer does not have to
| erter the event Manager William Clark
| of the International Park has announced
| to The Star man that he VIII insert the
| new clause or all entry blanks in the fu-
| ture. Before the end of the season the OBJ
| lection to the rule by the riders will have
passed away. and things will be running
| along as smoothly as evef.
| Another thing that is contemplated by
! the arrangement of the park is the chang
| ing of the date of the regular races at the
park. Heretofore all of the meets have
| beer run on Saturday afternoon. 1t is now
contemplated to change the day from the
| close of the week to either Wednesday or
| Thursday. By making this change it Is
calculated the public would be benefited
| much more. large number of people be-
| ing unable to witness the races on Satur-
| day who could attend any other day of the
| week. while good number of racing men
| themselves would be able to participate
| who cannot do at present arrangements.
| The last day Of the week in business cir
| cIes is a day of hustlng. and hence the
| change.
In connection with the matter Of change
| of date 1t might prove of interest to many
| to learn that negotiations are now pending
| and the Electric Park at Baltimore to run
the two tracks in conjunction. BY the
arrangement proposed each track will hald
| a meet every fortnight. That is. IL meet
be held today in this city. next Saturday
| meet would be held in Baltimore. the third
| Saturday again in this city, the fourth In
Baltimore ard SO alternating all through
| the season. This would give the racing
mel of both cities a chance to participate
! in all Of the meets. no dates conflicting.
The arrangements for the same have not
! as yet been completed.
Mr. F. O. Fuller the manager of the
| Electric Park and Exhibition Company OF
| Baltimore. was spectator at the meet
| lost Saturday and was much Interested in
the events, especially the professional
| r"ces He came over in the city with
| Titus and Oldfield and their manager. and
| combined business with pleasure. The
| Decoration dav races at Baltimore Will be
| feld this afternoon. and the manager
| hrt ught over number of entry blanks
| He made a canvass of the local racing
! men. and stated that he was successful i'm
getting twenty-five local men to enter
This being the case the local representa-
| ton will be almost as large as the Balti-
me reans in the race meet. and the out
come of the races will be watched with
interest. All of the local professional men
| have entered in the races. and still larg-
| CT number Of amateurs.
Racing has been brought down to a fine
Science. and while a man NAV have plenty
| of speed 1t does not necessarily follow that
| he will win race. Professionalism in
cycle races is much higher grade than
mateurism. though many do not seem to
think So. 1t requires great headwork to
be successful professional racer. and
many an inferior man has beaten good
sprinter simply by the use of head work
while in the race. Fred Sims. the local
rider. is claimed to be foxy. That is what
Titus said of him. but Titus made no refer
| cnce to himself. He was perhaps the best
prepared man In the race last week with
Oldfield his team mate. Between the
| two, by working the game right they man.
| aged to win the first professional race, sim
| ply by maneuycrS OF their own the other
| riders not catching on to the game until
| too late. In the second professional race
the two visitors did not have so much sue
cess. although they endeavored to work
| the same game. The other riders managed
| to circumvent them. and in the shuttle the
visitors were unable to win the event.
The first race meet of the season proved
interesting from a Judging point of view
as to the relative speed of the different
men. OF course the earliness of the season
may not fnd all of the men in the best NJ
| condition, though the meet was sufficient
to give a good Indication of what the riders
| can do. Fred Sims showed that he had
rot lost all of his speed because of his abb
sence from the track. In a month or so he
| Will undoubtedly be able to hold his own
with any of the racers in the country. Z.
L. Wilson showed up in excellent form.
At the close OF last season he picked up
wonderfully, and the opening of the present
season finds him in even better shape His
most formidable competitor at the meet
was Billie Sims, yet he beat young Sims
out in all of the events. and that, too. on
the hOmestretch. If he continues on at the
same rate it appears to be only question
of a short time when he will be able to
show his rear wheel to Schade in a scratch
race. The races on Monday will prove ad-
ditionally interesting because of the fact
that both men will be entered. and the rela.
tive speed of both judged more accurately.
Young Throop showed up in good form
and before The close of the season he ought
to be in the front rank Clum. who de-
feated Schade at Charlotte. was not In the
best of condition. owing to a fall at Char
lotte. N. c., yet he managed to qualify in
one of the trial heats. Dannemiller. the
boy champion of Ohio. rode in good form
although the young man is too headstrong
and will not listen to the advice of his
trainer.
| study of the summary of the race
meet Of Saturday shows some interesting
things. There were in all thirty-one en-
trants yet nine men captured the thirteen
prizes that were offered OF the prize
winners six were local men and three out.
! siders. Titus carried off a result of his
afternoons work SIS, and this was the
largest sum won by any one rider, repre-.
senting one first and one third. Sims came
next with $40. representing one second and
one third Oldfeld and Church each won
SIS. the latter capturing one first, and the
| former second.
| OF the amateurs Wilson made the best
showing by far, his prize list aggregating
s45. being gold watch and a gold ring,
, | representing two frsts. Billie Sims came
next with an aggregated value of 81. rep
resenting two seconds, the prizes being a
diamond scarf pin and a silver watch with
gold trimmings Little Throop carried OF
a SO prize, a pair of pearl opera glasses