The times., 1898-10-04

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has been brought mp several times, and
| the color line has excited a good deal of
| feeling, being voted down at a national
| assembly meeting for all time to come,
SO it Is said. =. 1T
In the standing of the crack riders
there are five risk men who could have
been selected, all white riders, who, by
winning the sixty-paint race at Balti-
more Saturday. could have been crowned
the King of the year. The question Is
asked why did not the chairman of
the racing board get his emissaries to
approach one of these?" There is Floyd
Mcfarland, the lanky Californian, with
Us points in theE table, who with sixty
points additional, would have been placed
away ahead of Bald, who stands first
with 155 points. and Major Taylor who
stands second with 143 points. Kimble,
with 112 points; Cooper, with JOG, and
Gardiner, with 102 points, could each have
been selected, and by winning would
have come out on top of the present
leaders. Yet none of these riders were
considered, and only Major Taylor asked
to desert.
AS the League circuit practically ends
with Baltimore the race meet held there
Saturday, and as Eddie Bald is at the
top of the table II will be somewhat hu-
initiating TO the chairman of the racing
boaiu " udiliS MIN as the hlHS Oh tlie
year. This honor is not sought after by
Bald. 1t might be stated. If he gets a I'll
tie at all he wants one to which there is
some honor attached. All of the crack
riders are in the new union. There Is alb
solutely no chance in the world of any
low men in the table coming up to the
leaders, unless the chairman of the rae
Ing board determines TO hold number of
other race meets and give them all
oh 1Cs.1
ers. Such a step on the part of the enc
my is highly probable With five or six
more circuit meets and sixty point first
II is possible for some minor rider to
come TO the fore and exceed the score OF
Bald. 1t must be borne in mind that
MIR. Mott will not count any more scores
for the leaders, from this time on as
they are regarded as outlaws. Ii Is not
within his power TO take away single
one of their scores If no other remedy
remains for him ii is likely that he will
make an attempt to sweep their names
from the list on account of fragrant vio-
lations of the rules. though such high
handed proceeding is not regarded as
possible. This Is the status at present
In the meantime preparations are being
rushed for the meet Wednesday evening
at the Park track. This meet will have
quarter mile national championship race
with Sixty, forty, thirty, twenty ana ten
points II Bald wins he will practically
be sure of the championship for the year.
If on the other hand Major Taylor wins
there will be a lively hustling for posi-
tions. The race Wednesday Is regarded
as the deciding event of the circuit and
the riders are particularly interested in
the outcome II is possible that neither
Bald nor Taylor will win, but some of
the other riders. in which event there will
~ an all around chance.
The one-mile amateur race, for the Dis
trfct championship. promises TO be inter-
esting from the fact that all Of the anna
teurs entering are liable 10 be suspended,
and having no organization behind them
are apt TO suffer. So far about eight am
-ateurs have entered, and more are ex-
pected. Those who enter have sort Of
mutual understanding that their interest
on the race track will be looked after.