Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-24
SOME GOOD RACING.
; rffn : AseroLn CONTESTS THIS
WEEK WILL RE EXCITING.
Many PROFESSIONALS TO ENTER.
uowitrcrx, Committee Have worked
hard TO Make the Meet n Success,
and some Record-nreaksns Races
Are projpiscd--Thc Programme.


1t was matter OF much regret that IN
= committee IN charge OF the Howitze
= races had 10 announce postponomcrt
yesterdays events. owing 10 the damag
done their track by the recent rains. IN
races OF. Friday and Saturday of this wee
however. promise to be the best eve
= gut en- track In Virginia, and equal &
Z, amy ever run.
For the first time in the history OF IN
wheel professional races Will be Put OF
a Richmond track. Lieutenant Myers
chairman OF the Race Committee. nat
,sc,oscd a contract with the Eclipse Dicyclt
Racing Team, which embraces some four
teen or fifteen OF the best known profes
siensI racing men in the country. Among
1nein arc Fred Schade, A. c. Moran, Bot
.w.ilhour. L. l.. Wilson, ii. II. Stenson
Carl J. Mueller. r. l.. French. Lee Coun-
selman. and Fred. Slmms, who on last
Monday broke the worlds one-mile handi-
cap record, doing the distance in 1:59 As.
or the race. the Washington Post has the
following to say:
Tho one-mile handicap professional
Tas the fastest competition race for the
Aiasasce that has ever been run in this
city. due TO the great speed OF Tre1.
Simns. There were fourteen men in tho
race. Fred. Simms being scratch. The
next nearest were Billy Simms and Lob
Walthour. on the 1O-yard mark Stoenson
- and Schade were on the 30-yard mark
while Moran was given lead Of 30 yards
with Charles Cause 10 yards ahead Of
them. From the start SimnS sprintcd
from scratch, and soon overlook the lea.
men. He made a magnificent sprint to
s, catch the front bunch, and succeeded,
though in Going so he had 10 ride foi
fully half lap at his hardest speed.
(which practically killed him for further
spTintipg. Just after entering the third
Zap, whllo on the turn, Billy Simms was
Thrown and his wheel wrecked. Steenson,
with q sprint, succeeded In pulling Wal
thour 10 the front. and the Atlanta boy
managed TO hold his own in this sprint,
beating out Wilson by very short dis
tance. Slinms came in close third. The
faime of the race was 1853 3-5. Knowing
that the race would give fast time. the
officials took the time of Simms, and
found 1t to be 80 As, which breaks the
!. record established a few weeks ago at
Baltimore by John S. Johnson, who rode
the distance in 2:0l Is"
A GREAT FAVORITE HERE.
: Fred Schade is a great favorite here and
tn the South. He rode in the Howitzer
races last year in the amateur class, and
..then held the southern championship for
amateur riders. The other riders are
all well-known as professional racers, and
~wnl no doubt be drawing card for the
BowitZer meet.
1t Is quite an enterprise and an out
lay Of much money for the Howitzers TO
get this class Of men to come to Rich
1nond TO race, and they deserve the sup
bort OF tho sport-loving people of the city
70 back them up in placing Richmond in
the circuit with Washington, Baltimore |
philadelphia, and other northern cities,
OF professional races. The prizes Of
Tered by the Howitzers in their Friday /
and saturday races amount to over SEQ |
which is the largest amount ever offered |
at bicycle meet in this State. The |
.handSome prizes offered the amateurs will |
attract many of the fastest riders in this |
and adjoining States. ~
The committee in charge of The evants
nave also arranged TO have a matinee
vaudeville TO entertain the audience be-
1ore and between the races. The pro-
gTamme Will be rendered by one of the
best troups booked here this season. and
Will no doubt help TO swell the crowd
The programme Of races and prizes ia
as follows
pfNlDR1 > RACE1.
FIRST raee-one mile. novice-First
lrlze. gold medal, value SO: second prize,
III q W. bicycle lamp, value 50. donated
by Hankins Il Mahoney; third prize, ster-
ing silver name-plate, value ST.
second race-three-hfths mile. omen
ssirst prize, diamond ring value SIS; Sc
cond prize, gas bicycle lamp value 81.
conated by Helios Carbide Speciality Com
pany; third prize, Plew saddle, value $3.50.
donated by Manufacturers and Mer-
chants Warehouse Company.
Third race-one mile, open--First prize
LADY : gold watch, value $50; second prize,
pair hamseys swinging pedals, with toe
clips, value $50. donated by Ramsey
Swinging Pedal Company; third prize
rubber-neck saddle, value IS. donated by
Bunker Saddle Company.
:. Fourth race-one-fifth mile. open-Ffrst
prize. pair diamond link buttons. valne |
n6: second prize. search-lignt lamp, do
pated by Bridgeport Brass Company. and !
silver name~plate, value s.; third prize
diamond lamp, value So, donated by c. 4, |
Ham Manufacturing Company.
Fifth race-three mile handicap, pro-
'cs slonal--birst prize, cash, So second |
>rize cash, $40; third prize cash, s..
Sixth race-tWo-mile hapdicap-F First |
Prize, solid gold watch. value SIS: second |
,rize, sterling silver shaving cup, value
n5; third prize, Bragger lamp, donated by |
Hitchcock Lamp Company, and Weber | =
cycle foot-pump, donated by Weber
Cycle F'oot-Pump Company, value $3.50; ;
ourth prize. sterling silver name-plate,
'alue 81.
Seventh race-three-ffths mile, profess
against time paced by
riplets.
SATURDAYS PROGRAMME
Saturdays programme will begin with 1
special matinee vaudeville BILL which !
viii be rendered by the following we'll {
.nown entertainers: Post 81 Clinton, &C. !
entric comedy entertainers: Marie Rich
nond, the marvel vocalist. in the unique
echercbe speciality, late OF Hoyts "A
'laek Sheep Company; Cooper e Stew
IT. comedians and voeaiists; Dorothy
brew, In songs and dances and Stanley !
jackson, In high-class comedy sketch
The races and prizes for Saturdays pro- :
ramme are:
First race--one mile, open-First prize,
liver fitting water pitcher, value SEQ; Sc !
ond. prize. gold-plated trump cyclometer, n
alue 81 donated by New England Watch n
company. through c. Lumsden & Son;
bird prize. leader lamp. value $3.50. do
ated by Manhattan Brass Company. :
Second race-three-m handicap, pro- =
.ssiosal- First prize, cash, $25, second Z
rice, cash. $40; third prize. cash. s..
Third race--two-mile la3-First prize 4
Did watch. value $S5; second prize, pair y
erling silver military hair-brushes, value !,
o; third prize, never-out lamp. donated | =
y Rose Manufacturing Company, and
nited States trip cyclometer. donated by
nited States Manufacturing Company. :
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