The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-26
TWENTY-THREE IN TO START.
CONNERY WILL NOT RIDE IN TO-
DAYS ROAD RACE.

The Handicaps Made Up and Every
thing Rcady-The Race to start at
$3.50 O'clock From the Junction of
the Bay street Extension and the
Augusta Road.
From present indications there will be
twenty-three starters in the Memorial day
road race, to be run on the Augusta road
this afternoon. All arrangements have
been completed the handicaps have been
fixed and everything points to a SUGGEST.
full run.
Connery, who would probably have rid
den from the scratch, win not ride, in
view of his temporary suspension by the
chairman of the racing board of the L.
A. W. He received interrogations from
Chairman Mott, inquiring into his ANA
teur standing Several days ago. and they
| have been or will be answered shortly.
The outcome of this case will be awaited
with interest by racing men in Savannah,
as it viii have bearing on the standing
of many of the Savannah riders
w. Edwin Grady, formerly the official
Handicapped of the L. A. w. in Savannah,
declined to do the handicapping, and it
was performed by F. w. Williams, Fred
Myers and Harry Oppenheimer whose
wheels will mostly be ridden In the race.
The entries and their handicaps are as
follows:
Scratch--F. w. williams, w. F. Veigneur,
Devereaux Bacon. ]. w. Newman, Jr., l..
B. Bllingsley, t. F. Morgan and Sig
mund Berg.
one Minute-Peter G. Leist and ]. M.
Wilson.
One and One-half Mlnutes-Yates
Thompson, Jr., NJ r. Thomas, A. D.
Krenson, Frank del Barres and ]. F..
Dillon.
Two Minutes-John Luders, Edward
Wolfe, w. c. Green, Harry Fricke and W.
c. Folger.
Two and One-half Minutes-J. S. Estfl
w. Il. Guerard, Jr., Edward Barrett and
Robert Hunt.
The race will start at $50 o'clock at the
termination of the Bay street extension
where 1t joins the Augusta road. The dis
lance will be five miles, two and half
miles out and return. Judges will be at
both the start and the turn, and the num-
bers of the riders will be checked and
their time taken.
The riders have been requested to be on
hand fifteen minutes before the starting
time. The race will start on time and
there will be no waiting. The officers of
the race are
Judges-Albert Wylly Alvin M. Bell, T.
| e. Theus and w. II. Lyon.
Clerk of Course-A. f. Webb.
Starter-Charles M. Murphy.
Times--J. w. Heffernan and w. g. SUIT
| live.
The point at which the start and finish
will be made will be roped off and the
spectators will be asked not to crowd, as
| the riders will need all the room they can
get. There is also danger accidents. A
| young man was knocked down by rider
| finishing in the Y. NJ. II. A. road race yes
| terday and badly bruised.
There are thirteen prizes and a gold
medal for the time prize. The race has
| aroused a great deal of interest and will
| doubtless be witnessed by large crowd
For those who do not know, the best way
| to reach the starting point will be to go
west on Broughton or Congress streets to
West Broad and out the Bay street extern
sion.
The second annual road race Of the
| Young Mems Hebrew Association wassrun
| on the Louisville road yesterday morning
/ Nose Smith, with q handicap of two and
one-half minutes, won the first prize and
| Sigmund Berg won the time prize. Berg
came in fourth. Herbert Kayton won sec
ond prize, Tracy Epstein third, E. s. Ep-
| stein fifth and Fred Solomon sixth The
race started at the two-mile post, out
| two and one-half miles and return. Quite
a crowd witnessed the race.
The announcement in yesterdays Morn
ing News that the wheemen would have
a parade tomorrow night was we'll re-
| ceived by the bicyclists. Nearly all of the
riders say they will go in the parade, and
| it is expected that there will be over 500
| riders in line.
The members of the string at the track
| were all working yesterday. The boys
will nearly all come in to see the road race
| to-day.
President Boil of the Jacksonville Cycle
| Club was in Savannah yesterday to see
| the racing men and endeavor to have them
| go to Jacksonville on May IA to a circuit
| meet. The national circuit will open at
| Charlotte on May y and win then move
| down to Jacksonville.