The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-25
THE CYCLE MEET TONIGHT
Race Between Titus and Star
buck the Feature.
FULL PROGRAM OF EVENTS
The Tandem Heat Race Is Expected
to Prove Exceedingly Interesting
and the Sims Boys VIII he Com
PEELED to Ride Hard to Win
Good Railroad Facilities Assured.

The fifteenth race meet scheduled by
The management OF the Park Bicycle Club
will be held this evening at the Park
track. on the Conduit Road, and will re-
suit in some interesting races. While the
program only embraces four events, there
will probably be six races. including the
unlimited pursuit match race between
Fred Titus, of New York, and Frank Star
buck, of Philadelphia. The length of
this race is quite uncertain. 1t may last
for twelve minutes, and then again 1t
might last for three-quarters of an hour
or more The great probability is that it
will last for fully half an hour.
The races will start at $50 o'clock, the
usual time, and the electric lights will
furnish an abundance of illumination for
all of the contests. The service for lights
has been considerably improved, and
there will be no cause for complaint In
addition to this the car service will be of
good order, and those who desire to reach
the park will find a quick and effective
means of so doing, with the same ar
rangements afforded for a return to the
city after the meet.
Perhaps the greatest interest is cen
tered in the match pursuit race between
Titus and Starbuck. This will be the
event OF the evening. There is more ri
valry on the track between the two riders
than one would imagine, and good race
will result Both men are about evenly
matched and each feels confident of win
ming. One or the other is sure TO be dis
appointed, as both cannot win. Titus has
perhaps the best chance of winning on
account of his specially of unpaced work,
but if he wins he will have to ride for it.
The race promises to resolve itself into
a contest of endurance. While IL may be
won in less than five miles, there is just
as much probability that It will last for
fifteen.
Both Titus and Starbuck are expected
to arrive in the city this morning. De-
spite the fact that last Saturday, with
100 yards handicap, Starbuck was de-
feated by Titus in a ten-mile handicap
race. held at the Tioga track, Philadel-
phia. it is not regarded as any conclu-
siye showing that the Philadelphia will
be defeated in the pursuit race of this
evening. Neither is ii a fact that be-
cause Titus won the Quill Wheelmen
81, 600 handicap race last year and now
holds the five-mile unpaced exhibition
and competition records, as well as the
ten-mile unpaced exhibition record, that
he will be able TO win the event this
evening. Starbuck is regarded by many
as the equal of Titus, no matter in what
style of riding.
While this race will be the feature OF
the evening there are several other in
teresting events on the program, none
the least of which is the tandem heat
race. This race will be divided into an
unlimited number of heats, each one
mile in distance. The team which first
succeeds in winning two heats will be
declared the winner of the race. 1t is
likely that Titus and Starbuck will dou-
BILE up for the occasion and ride in the
race in the hoperof defeating the Sims
brothers. who so badly defeated them
at the races last week in Baltimore.
Glenn and Charles Turville the fast Phil
adelphia team, will come, with the
avowed intention of defeating the Sims
bows. 1t will be the first appearance of
Fred and Billie Sims on a tandem in this
city. In Philadelphia they are regarded
as a crack tandem team, and have man.
aged to defeat everything they went