The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-28
MONDAYS RACE MEET
EVENTS At THE BUSINESS MEMS
DRIVING PARK PROMISE MUCH.
More than Fifty Starters Announced
High-schOOI Field Day-The
New Cycle Track.

The race meet to be given Monday at the
Business Mems Driving Park promises to
be the most interesting event of the kind
ever seen in Indianapolis. IT will include
track races, trick riding and the Indiana
Memorial day road race. Chairman Erdel-
meyer feels some disappointment because of
the few entries that have come in for the
road race from out-of-town people and also
at the small number of entries compared
with last year and the year before. But
it is fact that the war or something else
has caused decided falling off of entries
in all the big road races of the country.
The Irvington-Milburn race. the leading one
in the world of it's kind has been declared
off entirely and track races have been SUBJ
stituted. The Chicago Associated Cycling
Clubs race is short two hundred entries as
compared with last year
The entries in the race here compare
favorably in number with those of the other
big road races of this season. There will be
over fifty starters. The entries do not close
until this evening and there are already
nearly fifty entries. The last day always
brings in big batch. The combination of
the road race with the track races this year
seems to meet with general approval and
big crowd is expected to witness the races.
The programme is as follows
l. One-half mile. open; amateur First
prize diamond ring; second prize, kodak
and fishing rod; third prize, pair trousers.
2. One mile, OPEN amateur FIRST prize;
diamond ring; second prize KODAK; third
prize s. merchandise order.
3. Start of the road race.
4. Trick riding.
6. Five-mile team race. Prize, the Bruins
wick Tire Companys trophy.
The road race will start and finish before
he md or nd a
can see it with comfort The riders will go
east around the track and out of the park
through the Thirtieth-street gate. The
course will then be as follows: West on
Thirtieth street to Meridian, north to Thir-
ty-eighth street. west to Illinois. north to
Broad Ripple, east to the Nora road, south
to the fair grounds west on Thirty-eighth
street to Meridian street. south to Thir-
tieth street. east to the, Thirtieth-street
place of starting. There are forty-two
prizes for this event, now to be seen in the
bicycles q Stems and a Cleveland the win
ner of first place to take his choice. if there
be any choice. The first time prize is Il
Waverley wheel. The following entries have
meyer for the road race:
Indianapolis-'Doc" Sampell. Harry Van
W. Dietz, Thomas II. Cory. Will Bryan, G.
F. Kerr George Harris. c. M. Walick,
Lamar whitloek;. William Kempe Hal H.
Marion Adams Shelton Margason, o. f..
Andrews. Frank Steele, Charles A. Bates,
Frank McWalters one legged. Harry Graft,
Bert Byers, William r. Watson, Ed Steele
DOC" Tacoma.
Wabash-Reece Deal.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Surendoef, A. G.
TrackoWski.
Eden-Jesse Gipe.
MaXwell-W A. Martin.
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Paire.
Noblesville-O. A. Edwards
Zionsvile-Omer L. Stultz.
The team race will be an interesting
event. 1t is between teams representing the
Indianapolis L. A. W. Club and the Ridicu-
lous Club. The formers team is composed
of George Ruschmann, Matt Paxton and
Roy Larue. The Ridiculous riders will be
Carl Fisher. F. Ellis Hunter and o. r. Lowe.
The races will begin at $50 O'Clock Monday
morning. The road race will probably begin
by 10 o'clock and the entire programme con-
cluded by 1880 o'clock.