The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-12
THE NEWS IN cYcLEDoM.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE COMING
MEET PROGRESSING.

THOMPSON of Jacksonville and n
speedy savannah Rider to BE One
of the Features-NO Lack of En-
tries in All Events-MichaeI Losing
His Prestige as a RecOrd-HO1der,
v. NJ. C. A. Cycle Club to Hold a
Road Race.
The arrangements for the bicycle meet
10 be held at Wheelmens Park next Sat
urday are progressing. The list of prizes
Is nearly completed and it includes some
valuable and useful articles.
Entry blanks have been distributed
among the local riders and patches have
been sent to Atlanta, Augusta, Macon and
Jacksonville. Already many entries have
been received from Savannah and several
have also been received from out-of-town
riders. The entries to the open events will
close Friday at noon, while the entry list
to the class races will close Wednesday at
noon. Entries can be left with Mr.. Fred
Myers, Jr, on Bull street.
The managers have arranged a match
race between Hy Thompson, Jacksonville's
speedy young rider. and one of Savannah's
swiftest amateurs. The race will be for
two miles, without pace, and the riders
will start from opposite sides of the track.
BY his own request the name of the Sa-
vannah rider is withheld for the present.
1t can be said, however, that he is one of,
If not the fastest, amateur in Savannah.
He has been training hard for some time
and is riding well.
Thompson has ridden in Savannah sew
1y "a
at a meet at the Wheelmen's Park but a
couple of weeks later rode poorly in races
held at Thunderbolt. These races. how
ever were ridden on a clay track and
cannot be taken as en- evidence of the boys
best efforts. Thompson is a speedy young
rider who knows how to handle himself,
and the match between the Florida and the
Georgia cracks will be a feature of the
meet
Kinsey, the professional, will try to
break the Southern record for two miles.
He will be paced by two triplet teams. If
the pacing is good, Klnsey ought to make
a good trial, as he is riding in excellent
shape now
L. L. Bright, Macon amateur, who will
ride in several races, will bring down a
fast tandem team, which will ride a half
mile exhibition for the Southern tandem
record.
Another interesting feature of the meet
will be a mile trial race by r. V. Con
nerat, the Savannah amateur. Connerat
will be paced by a triplet ridden by fast
amateurs.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Georgia Regiment have obtained the re-
freshment privileges, and the proceeds of
the sale of refreshments will go toward
buying necessaries for the Georgia volun-
teers.
Nearly everyone, who will go to the
races, will doubtless go out on a wheel,
but the managers are endeavoring to pro-
vide some means for conveying passen-
gers from the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle of Hope Railway to the track.
The track itself is in very good condt
ton The fence and grandstand could be
fixed up some, and if the races given dur
ing the summer are well patronized. it is
likely that some improvements will be
made.
There is a vast amount of racing ma
terial in Savannah just now, the greater
part of which, however, is undeveloped.
Some of the riders in training, and who
will probably enter, are: Penton Connery,
Descomb Wells, D. b. Hull, Jr R. V.
Connerat Clifford Stultz, Eddie Crane ].
M Wilson, Jim Cleary, Suffer- Billy New
man, Harry Raskin, Ed Bacon, Edwin
Wolfe, Herman, Solomon, Folliard, But
ner, Palm and Crovat
Besides Thompson, Wilson of Jackson
vile, who is said to be speedy rider, and
Bright and Hart of Macon are expected to
enter. Hart is the rider who proved such
q surprise at the races held at Thunderbolt
recently. The Savannah riders are anx-
ious to see how the Maconite will ride on
the cement track. They do not expect to
see him hold up the record made at Thun-
derbolt.
Gradually the name of Jimmie Michael
Is disappearing from the lists of records
for different distances made behind pace.
Last winter when tables were made up
showing the records for from one to thirty
three miles the name of the midget cyclst
Inquired alongside the great ma jority of
Them but the record breaking has gone on
this spring while Michael has not been rid
ing, and when he gets on the track again
Jimmy VIII find that he has a lot OF work
cut out for him If he is to regain his pres
tge.
After the recent race between Linton and
Titus, the record table for fifteen miles
showed MichaePs name but four times
In the distances beyond that Michael
holds a larger percentage, but he is far
from holding them all. With the number
of fast middle distance riders now in the
held the Welsh Rarebit'' will have to
come out in great form to properly look
after his laurels, and continue to be star
record holder
The Young Mems Christian Association
Cycle Club will give its first road race Of
the season in the latter part of this month
The arrangements for the race will be
made at meeting of the club to be held
next week. There are a number of fast
riders in this club and the monthly races
held last season were successful in every
way
CINCINNATI STILL LEADING.
But Cleveland and Boston Are Grad