The times., 1898-09-05
PARK CYCLE CLUB MEET
Full Program Of Events at
the Conduit Track.
SIMS AND SCHADE TO RACE
Much Interest Centers In the Two
Mile Handicap for the Arlington
VIII BE the Australian Tandem
Pursuit-Races Begin at O'Clock.

The Labor Day race meet of the Park
Bicycle Club will be held this afternoon
at the board track on the Conduit Road
near the District line, and some unusually
good sport in this respect is promised
The first race will start at o'clock
sharp, the others following in rapid sue
cession, insuring several hours OF inter-
esting, exciting and good bicycle racing.
with heart-breaking finishes. The pro-
gram for the afternoon, while embracing
six different races, will have over double
that number of events, on account of the
heats and finals that will have to be run.
There will be three features at the meet,
which include the two mile handicap race
for members of the Arlington wheelmen
only, on the result depending the title
of club champion; the invitation Austria
liam pursuit race for professional tandem
teams: and the match race between w.
Fred Sims and Fred A. l.. Schade the
two rivals. In addition to these races
there will be a one-mile novice for anna
teurs and a one-niile handicap for riders
of the same class. For the professionals
the only race will be a one mile open, an
event that is always interesting and ex-
citing.
The two-nile handicap for the members
of the Arlington Wheelmen will draw out
the friends of the organization in goodly
numbers The winner of this race will
enjoy the title Of club champion, and the
fastest riders of the club have entered
to win the race While there are over a
dozen men entered 1t was expected that
the list of entrants would amount 10 fully
twenty-five, the membership of the club
being something like seventy-five or eigh-
ty riders. Bob Stone has not entered. He
has just returned to the city from peas
ant vacation and is not in much condi-
ton for hard riding. Louis Smith, the
member of the club team who recently
finished first in the race for club champi-
onship of the city, recently held at the
Park track, is one of the entrants, and
John Walker, another member of the
same team, is another contestant for this
afternoons race Capt. z. j. Murphy is
another entrant, and so is Pop Davi-
son.
The novelty of a tandem pursuit race
is entirely interesting and exciting, and
will be appreciated. The affair will be on
the lines of the Australian pursuit race,
and six teams will start, eacn team being
equally distant from each other The
ride will continue until only one team re-
mains on the track, and that the winning
team. AS soon as one tandem catches
up TO another team, the latter will have
to drop out. thus diminishing the number
of contestants in the race. Judging by
the relative merits of the teams entered,
or rather invited, for the race this after
noon, the event ought to last somewhere
near ten miles though 1t is quite hard 10
approximate the distance of a race of this
sort.
Of the six teams entered, four will be
composed of local men, mostly members
OF the Eclipse team. Steenson and Throop
will ride together for the first time, while
E. L. Wilson and A. C. Moran will form
another team. Lee Counselman and r. L.
French make team that is quite fast.
while II. Z. Greer and c.. j. Mueller will
also enter and compete. The two kraem-
er boys have come down from Philadel-
phia to ride in this race. They are from
Chicago, and form speedy team. Le-
Compile and Wedekind. the champion
team of Baltimore, will be over to COM
pete. Both of these teams are expected
to arrive in town about noon today, or
shortly afterwards.
The Sims-Schade match race will be the
principal event on the program TO many
of the spectators, who are aware of the
great rivalry that exists between the
two. The program calls for three heats,
of one mile in length, for this race. but
ii may be that only two heats will be
necessary to determine the winner. The
same rider may finish in the lead twice
in succession. though this appears to be
hardly probable. There is a good deal OF
money up on the result of this event, both
riders having plenty of admirers ready
TO substantially back the courage of their
convictions. Both men are in fine condi-
ton, and have trained faithfully for
nearly two weeks past for the race this
afternoon. The heats viii be paced by
triplets, and in order to prevent loafing,
time limit of two minutes has been