The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-21
Titus TO RACE STARBUCK
The Two Cycle Cracks Will
Meet Thursday Night.
AT THE PARK CLUBS TRACK
The Records of Both the Cinder
Path GIfnts Are ExcelIenf-A Spe-
ciaI Prize Is offered for Record
Breaking f'ime-A Program Full of
Interesting Events.

The entry blanks for the race meet 10
be held next Thursday evening at the
third of a mile board track Of the Park
Bicycle Club. on the Conduit Road, have
made their appearance. The list Of
events, according TO the blank. means an
excellent program from the spectators
point of view. Several Of the events will
be run in heats thus making the sport
all the better, and giving all the riders
an opportunity to distinguish themselves.
This meet was originally announced a.
Wednesday. but il has been changed to
Thursday evening. al the regular time
The event of the evening will be the
pursuit race between Fred Titus, Of New
York city, the unpaced king, and Frank
Starbuek, the fast philadelphia This
race viii be watched with considerable
interest by lovers of bicycling in Phila-
delphia and Baltimore, where both are
well known. II will be their first meet
ing of the season in a pursuit race, and
as both are evenly matched, a long race
may be anticipated A purse of 500 viii
go TO the winner, and, as an additional
incentive for fast time, a special prize
viii be given to the rider who breaks
the unpaced record for five miles, HOS,
now held by Fred Titus. and made July
80 at the Willow Grove track, Philadel-
phia The race will be run on the plan
Of the Australian pursuit race, with the
exception that there win be but two con-
testants. The men will start at opposite
sides of the track. and the race will con-
tine for an unlimited distance. or until
one rider overtakes the other
The race viii mark the first appearance
of Starbuck and the third of Titus in this
city. The latter rider was in this city at
the opening Of last season. He was train
ing in Baltimore, and then riding for the
RacycIe. The year before, Titus. with
Cabanne and Murphy. was suspended for
alleged crooked riding at St. Louis. As
these three were the most prominent
riders that season the suspension caused
a great howl to be raised. Titus appear
ance in this city at the opening of last
season marked his first return to the
track since suspension.
The King of Unpaced Riders
Though not generally known TO the
local public. Titus is benedict. He was
married last year to Edna May. the tall
ented actress. Upon the solicitation of
his wife. Titus was going 10 retire from
the track last fall, but for some reason
he was persuaded 10 remain, and this sea-
son finds him on the track as usdal His
wife IS nog in London. and is making
a decided nit among the Britishers. She
has toured the principal cities of the
British Isles. and from all accounts in
the American theatrical papers she has
been extremely successful at every place
visited. As soon as the national circuit
races are over this season, Titus stated
TO a Times representative he intends 90
ing over to England, remaining with his
wife during the continuance Of her Eu-
ropean triEe
Fred Titus enjoys the reputation of be-
ing the unpaced king, owing to his speed
in riding short middle distances. On July
of this year he rode five miles at the
Willow Grove track, near PHILADELPHIA.
in the fast time of n:06. Twenty-eight
days later, at the same track, he made an
attempt for the ten-mile unpaced record
and succeeded in getting it The first five
miles of the distance ne rode in II :55, and
the second five miles he covered in the
fast time Of Hos, breaking his previous
best record for five miles by full second.
His total time for the ten miles was 2s:O0
fiat There is every chance that this
record will stand for some time, as I'm
paced exhibitions are too hard Cor most
miles, unpaced in competition, is Il:37,