Evening star., 1898-09-20

duit road, and will begin at o'clock D. m.
All Of the events will be run off in daylight,
and no more night races will be held this
year.
Tie first event on the program will be
one-mile novice for amateur aspirants for
horcrs on the track. The prize will be
the usual gold medal, the value of which
Is placed at SO. Despite the lateness of
the issuance Of the entry blank, 1t Is ex-
pected that good field Of riders will start
in this race. In fact, it is thought that
this event will have to be run in two heats
The second ev .nt will be a one-mile hand
leap amateur. the prizes for which will
aggregate $50. The first prize will value
$15; the second. $40, and the third, S. The
last meet held at the park on Labor day
witnessed a race of this class in which
there We're something like twenty-five
starters, embracing nearly all Of the anna
terrs in the city.
one OF the features Of the meet will be
heat race for professional riders. The
distance will be only two-thirds of a mile,
which practically means that the entire
distance will be continuous sprint
The first prize will be $40 in cash: the sec
ond, $40, and the third, So; total of $50 in
cash for the event. This race will be run
on the order of the recent tandem heat
race. which proved so Interesting. 1t will
be the first time this season that a single
pursuit race has been held. Enough heats
Will be run until some one rider wins two
heats, and he will be declared the winner
OF the contest. In view of the fact that
all of the professional riders now in town
are evenly matched the race ought to be
a close OLE and take fully four or five
heats, possibly more, before decision can
be reached.
The main feature of the race will be the
match race between Moran and Wilson.
Ihls race will be run in two or three heats
no time limit being placed on each heat
This is done to avoid any dissatisfaction
that may arise. According to the terms
OF the agreement of the race the winner
Will be the rider who leads in two of the
three heats. While it is possible thut only
TWO heats will be necessary to determine
the winner, yet it is extremely likely that
all three heats will be necessary to ascer-
tain the rider entitled to the honor of win
ming
The heats will be for two-thirds of a mile
each. Pace will be furnished each rider.
either by tandem or triplet. Only one
machine will be used for each man. or two
In the race. Moran will most likely have
Schade, Mueller and Steenson to pace him
along, while Wilson will undoubtedly have
french, Counselman and Greer to help him
out The contestants themselves are re-
garded as nearly equal in point of speed
qualities, while the pacing teams that are
gwen above are nearly evenly matched, all
of which will tend to make the affair all
the more close and exciting The pacing
outht will carry the man to the last twelfth
of a mile, and from this distance the riders
Will sprint to the tape, the best man win
of determining the riding abilities of both
men, and the arrangements have been
made ahead of time to prevent any confu-
sion or misunderstanding arising over the
outcome of the match event. The race is a
direct outcome of the recent Sims. Schade
match, the chance of bringing these two
together again being regarded as almost
hopeless.
Edward S. Byrnes, the captain of the
Century Cycle Club, has resigned his posi-
tion in the club, much to the regret of the
other members. Ever since the organiZa-
ton of the club some two or three years
ago he has held the office of captain Dur
ing the absence of Charles H. Coons, the
president of the club, from the citv Can
tain Byrnes has been acting state centurion
for the Century Road Club of America He
has also sent in his resignation to that
office. He leaves both offices for business
res sons only.
An attempt is being made to have the
quarter-mile national championship trans
fcrred from Baltimore to this city, giving
to the monumental city the two-mile ma
for Washington. The circuit meet will be
in this city on October 8, and at Baltimore
a few days earlier. In the scoring table the
race given to this city has only six points
for the winner, while the Baltimore quar-
ter-mile has a sixty point first and the
other points in proportion. The Baltimore
race will be run at the Colosseum track a
siX-lap affair, and the start for the quar-
ter will be on a steep turn, making it i'm
possible to start four men abreast. If the
race can be transferred to this city it will
have the effect of drawing the largest
number of contestants ever known at
local circuit meet, all of the crack rid
ers exec ceedingly anxious to increase
their scores and only a limited number of
circuit dates yet remain before the season
closes