Evening star., 1898-10-04
LEADING RACERS TO COMPETE.
Crack Riders to Participate In TOmOr-
rows Meeting.

Despite the announcement made in the
official bulletin of Albert Mott, the chair
man of the racing board of the League OF
American Wheelmen, the crack riders OF
the national circuit, the managers of the
local track of the park and the officials of
the meet, another of the sO-called outlaw
race meets will be held tomorrow after
noon at the local track. 1t will be the
original national circuit date, and the lead
ing bicycle racers will compete The fines
imposed by Mr. Mott for the last meet ag-
gregate in value $3.50.
At 3 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon the sec
ond meet will be started. A total of fif-
teen events has been arranged for the pro-
gram, which will be run off in quick sue
cession. Anticipating a large crowd, spe-
cial provisions have been made with the
railroad company to have a special line OF
cars run to the park and return. At the
present calculation the meet will result In
three hours of solid sport, which will be
of the most exciting nature. owing to the
fact that several of the races will mean
big money for the winners. The first
championship race under the new circuit
will be run at this meet with a sixty-point
first and other points in proportion The
winner of this race will practically win the
national championship for the season. and
to the riders themselves this will be
the practical deciding event Of the year.
The events, prizes and entries follow:
pionshp. This event is one of the six big
scores championships of 1898; winner re-
ccives sixty points in the championship
score; second man, forty; third man,
thirty: fourth man. twenty, and fifth man,
ten points The score of the leaders at
present is as follows: Bald, 155 points;
Taylor, 1i3 points; Mcfarland, lbs; kimb-e
H.: Cooper, 1o6: Gardiner, 1O2: Freeman.
Il, and Stevens, g. Entries. Eddie c. Bald,
Buffalo, NJ Y: Orlando L. Stevens, OF
tumwa, Iowa; Harry Terrll. San Francis
co. Cal; Eddie Walsh. Boston, Mass; w.
F. Throop, Washington, d. c.: Arthur Car
Ohio; f. S. Aker, Philadelphia, Pa Fred
Sims, Washington. d. c.: A. c. Moran,
Washington, d. c.; Major Taylor. Roches-
ter, N. Y; owen Kimble, Louisville, KY:
Or. y. l. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio; W. f.
Becker, Minneapolis, Mimi: Floyd McFar-
land, San Jose, Cal: Tom Cooper Detroit,
Mich; Jay Eaton. Elizabeth N j.; III. r.
Steenson, Minneapolis, MINI.
second race. one-mle class race nrofes-
si"Eal open to riders who have not scored
over thirty points in the national champion
strip table Two in each heat and the third
in the fastest heat to qualify for the final
Entries-W. Fred. Sims, Washington. D.
c.: A. C. Moran. Was hington, D. G.; w. F.
Throop, Washington, ID. c.; H. r. Steen-
son, Minneapolis. Mimi; Otto Maya, Erie
Pa; w. E. Becker, Minneapolis Mimi: j.
f. Walsh, Boston, Mass; DR.. A. l. Brown
Cleveland Ohio; Jay Eaton, Elizabeth, N
j.; Harry Terrill. San Francisco, Cal; E.
>. AKef, fnllddeipnla, Pa
Fourth event, one -mile-handicap prof es-
SIGNAL, five men in each heat to qualify
Entries-Eddie Bald, Buffalo; Arthur Gar
diner Chicago; Floyd Mcfarland, San Jose:
o. l.. Stevens, Ottumwa Iowa; Earl Kisar,
Dayton, Ohio: Harry Terril San Francisco:
jay Eaton, Elizabeth, n. j.; Otto Maya
Erie, Pa. H. r. Steenson, Minne apolis
MINI; w. +. Throop, Washington D. c.;
Maj. Taylor, Rochester, n. Y; owen s.
Kimbe Louisville; Tom Cooper, Detroit;
Fred. Sims, Washington; DIR. A. l. Brown,
Cleveland. f. S. Aker, Philadelphia Eddie
Walsh, Boston; w. E. Becker, Minneapolis;
A. c. Moran, Washington, d. c.
Fourth event, one-mile, amateur, for
championship of the District of Columbia.
Entries-W. H. Harrington, w. w. Pittman,
c. l.. Miller, Otis l.. Miller, Z. ]. Miller,
John Hill.
The quarter-mile national championship
will be run in four heats and final, with
a first prize of $50; second, $50; third, SO.
The one-mile class race will be run in two
heats and final, the first prize being $50;
second. SD; third, SO. The one-mile handi-
cap will be run in two heats, with an ell
trance fee of s3 for each man and a purse
of 800 given by the Park Bicycle Club, the
purse to be divided 10, 80, 20 and 10 per
cent. The one-mle District championship
amateur. will be run in one heat with a
SO gold medal as the prize.