The times., 1898-10-05
NATIONAL CIRCUIT MEET
First Championship of the
Racing Cyclists Union.
AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM
The Quarter Vile National Contest
Under the New Union, With All the
Cracks of the Country Entered
other Events.

Promptly at o'clock this Afternoon
the second outlaw race meet will be held
at the track of the Park Bicycle Club.
1t win be the second meet in which all
of the crack riders will participate, and
meet which will be far more important
than the events of last Saturday after
noon At that meet the racers simply
rode to give the chairman of the league
racing board an opportunity of seeing
that they mean business, and that the
formation of the American Racing Cy-
clists' Union was an organization that
had come to stay.
The program for this afternoon en-
braces a total of fourteen contests. This
will result in about three solid
hours of racing. AS this is the
first national circuit meet of the
new organization a large attendance
is expected To accommodate all who
may desire special arrangements have
been made with the Great Falls Electric
railroad.
AS this is the first meet it viii also be
the first scene of the running of ma
tional championship race under the new
condition of affairs The distance OF the
event will be a quarter of mile and
every rider has entered. All are anxious
to get a place. The first five men in the
end will be given a score. The first man
will get sixty points and the last man
will register ten points. The second man
will get forty, the third man thirty
points, and the fourth man twenty points
In the other national championship
events the highest score allowed for the
winner is six points, while II graduates
down until the last man gets only one
point Thus it will be seen that the NTH
man in the race today will get more
points than the winner of an ordinary
circuit national championship.
The one-mile handicap, professional,
sweepstakes, will be an exciting contest
With the entrance money and purse
given by the Park Bicycle Club the men
will have to ride hard for victory, Out
side of the national championship race
this event will be the one with the largest
nurse in it that all OF the riders viii be
able to compete for. The one-mile class
race, for those riders who have not scored
thirty points in the championship table
will also be a struggle, with the possl-
bilities of a heart-breaking hnlsh.
The only amateur event on the caro-
| will be the one-mile for the championship
q
little bit afraid about venturing in the
fight. but assurances have been made that
| ,heir interests will be looked after
The events. prizes, and entrants Tor the
meet this afternoon are as toltows'
First eyent-Quarter mile national
| championship; this event is one OF the
| big six-score championships OF 1873; the
| winner receives sixty points In the chan-
pionship score, second forty, third thirty,
| fourth twenty, fifth ten; two IN each neat
| To qualify for semi-inals; two IN eacl
| semi-fnal and third in fastest seiii-i'ldi
| to qualify for the final.
First heat-Entrants: !, Eddie & Bald
| Buffalo. N Y; 2, Orlando Stevens, VI
| tumwa, Iowa: 5. Harry Terrill, San Fran
cisco. Cal; 4, Eddie Walsh, Boston, Mass;
c. w. F. Throop. Washington, D. (
| Second heat-5, Arthur Gardiner chi
cago. Ill; :, Earl I<iser, Dayton, ohio, ).
70. S. Aker. Philadelphia, Pa. g. Fred
| Sims, Washington, d. c.; 10, a. e Moran
| Washington, d. c.
Third heat-13. Major Taylor, Roches-
ter. n. Y; 90 owen Kimble, Louisville,
XIV. - DIR. A. /. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio;
IA w. F. Becker. Minneapolis, MINI.
Fourth heat-15, Floyd Mcfarland San
| lose cal; 10, Tom Cooper, Detroit,
| Mich: II, Jay Eaton, Elizabeth, \. j.;
IS II r. Steenson, Minneapolis, Mimi.
| Eltfn GNENt-E ISA 4iAiSA4' 49,
men riding. two men to qualify.
Sixth event-Second semi-hnal; four
men riding, two to qualify
Seventh eyent-One-mile class race pro-
fessionaI; open to all riders who have
not scored over thirty points in the ma
tional championship tables. Two men in
each heat and third man in fastest heat
to qualify for final.
First heats, Fred Sims, Washington
/
Throop. Washington; 1S III. r. Steenson
MINNEAPOLIS; Mimi; 10. Otto Maya, Erie
Pa: IA w f. Becker Minneapolis, MINI
Eighth event, second heat-4. ]. Eddie
Walsh, Boston, Mass. Il, DR.. A. l
Brown, Cleveland. o.; II, Jay Eaton
Elizabeth, n. j.; g. Harry Terrill, SaI
Francisco, Cal; s, E. S. Aker, Philadel
! phia.
Ninth event final quarter mile nationa
championship-First prize, $50; secon'
prize, $50; third prize, s25. Present scor
of leaders in championship race: Bald
155 points; Taylor, 143 points; Mcfarland
! 12S points; Kimble, 112 points; Cooper, 10
points; Gardiner, 102 points; Freeman 1S
Stevens go. Five men to start.
Tenth event-Final heat in one mil
class race. First prize, $50; second prize
s25; third prize, SO. Five men riding.
Eleventh event-One mile handicaI
professional. sweepstakes; five men j
, each heat to qualify. First heat|, Ed
die Bald (scratch); 5, Arthur Gardine
(scratch): Is, Floyd Mcfarland t20 yards
2. Orlando L. Stevens go yards); s. Harr
, TerriIl $50 yards); 7, Earl Kiser (6O yards
H. Jay Eaton GO yards; Otto Maya 6
yards); H. R. Steenson Q10 YARDS; W.
Throop Gao yards).
Twelfth event-Second heat. Is. Ma1c
TAYLOR. scratch; 90 Owen Kimble,
, yards; IS, Tom Cooper 30 yards; 3, Ere
, Sims, so yards; u, Dr. A. l. Brown,
u Yards: 8. E. S. Aker, 20 yards; 4, Edd
Walsh. so yards; w. E. Becker, 100 yards
A c. Moran, 100 yards.
: Thirteenth event-One-mile amateur
: championship of the District. Prize, go
; medal, valued at s25. Entrants-John Hi
W. H. Harrington. Otis Miller, P.
d Miller and c. l.. Miller. The entries
. this race will be held open until just b
fore starting the event
Fourteenth event-FinaI one-mile hand
: cap. Entry fee to race, So: Park Bicyc
u II Club to add $50. Purse to be divided 40 {
- 20. and 10 per cent among the first fo,
!, men, respectively.
. JUDGE TARVIN WINS.