The times., 1898-10-02

chairman of the racing board and his bet
ter half will prescribe large allopathic
doses to the racing men, in hopes of
bringing them back into the fold The
sheep that remain will not receive much
attention The best of the flock have
strayed from the old pasture into new
fields and will not be tempted forced. or
coerced back TO the old pen again They
have tasted the sweets of liberty. and
yearn for more.
Not only will the riders of the meet
yesterday be suspended, but the officials
will come in for their share of atten-
ton At recent Denver, Colo, Sunday
race meet 200 contestants and officials
have been recommended for suspension.
temporary and permanent What action
will be taken locally remains to be seen
The officials of yesterdays meet who will
suffer are follows: Judges, Frank j.
Wissner Ed. Neumeyer jr. and e, "
Douglass; timers, r. NJ Dobbns, Paul
Won Boeckmann, and e. p. Hough; scor-
ers. A. G. Gensler and Frank 2. Libby;
clerk ofthe course. Rudolph Jose; assist
ant clerk of the course l.. J. Connolly;
umpires, w G. Crowley, John HILL H r.
Stocks. and W. w. Pittman; announcer,
Fred. A. L. Schade; starter. William
Jose; Handicapped. A. G.. Batcheder of
Buffalo. N. Y, and the executive COM
mittee j. d. Lasley chairman, and F. E.
Spooner. secretary. The bulletin of the
chairman of the racing board for next
week will be read with considerable in
terest by the local people.
Despite any action that may be taken
by the league, preparations are being
rushed for the meet next Wednesday
October 5, which was originally scheduled
as a national circuit meet. 1t will be a
circuit meet. but will be an outlaw meet
so far as the League of American Wheel
men is concerned. The circuit of the
meet closed yesterday afternoon with the
affair at the Coliseum track at Balti-
more. From Washington on the original
circuit will be followed. with several new
additions, all which will be under the
auspices of the new union The events
for Wednesday are as follows:
First event. one quarter mile. national
championship, professional with 60. 40 80.
20 and 10 points-Prizes: First, $3.50; sec
ond, $50; third $25
Second event one mile amateur. cham
pionship of the District of Columbia
Prize S25 gold medal.
Third event, one mile, class race open
to those professional riders who have not
scored over 80 points in the national
championship tables-Prizes: First. $50;
second. $40; third, $50.
Fourth race, tWo-thirds of a mile
sweepstakes, professionals fee,
81, with 800 added by the Park Bicycle
Club. Purse to be divided into 20, 80, 20
and 10 per cent.
With these four races there will be sew
eral special contests, making total of
fully twenty events that viii be run off
in the afternoon. All Of the races will be
run under the rules OF the Associated
Cycling Clubs of California, an organiza-
tion which seeded from the league some
time ago because of the difference of
opinion regarding Sunday racing.
That the new organization Is in the
field TO stay is evidenced by the fact that
at the national circuit races Thursday at
Woodside Park only two of the men who
signed the agreement not TO again ride
under the league rules contested. THESE
two men were Canadians and could
hardly be counted as first-class riders
The Woodside meet was in the nature OF
a failure very small attendance being
present. Tim Hurst, the manager Of the
st. Louis baseball club. is also with the
union, and has secured a total of four
dates for the Athletic Park at 81. Louis
for this month, two to be held O"tober
| and g. Immediately after leaving this
city, while two more will be held October
10 tond l6, after trip between to Cape
| Girardeau, for two days of racing. Tim
Hurst announces that he viii give 81, 90
to the prize money for the first two days
Of racing.
The scoring for the national champion
ship viii be the same as heretofore. On
account OF the lateness Of the season, 1t
was deemed inadvisable to make a
change. There are eleven more days of
racing on the CIRCUIT, and out of ten
national championship events there will
| be three in which a sixty point first will
| be allowed On the winning of these will
depend the champion of IS. The other
! seven races will have only six point
| firsts, a big difference The quarter mile
| race Wednesday in this city is pracu-
| cally regarded as the turning point in the
| championship tables. If Bald wins he
| will cinch his hold on the lead, while on
| the other hand If Taylor wins he will
| most likely be able to hold out in The
| lead to the finish For that reason the
| local meet is regarded as all important
! in the eyes of the racers.
| So far as the league action is concerned
| the riders are absolutely counting the re-
| sponse They are now firmly organized,
| and are getting stronger and stronger ev-
cry day. kilograms and letters are be-
| ing received, giving words of encourage
| ment all of which is much appreciated.
| The track owners are with the men, or
| at least majority of them are. A meet
| ing will be held tomorrow evening at the
| Hotel Regent, OF the new union, which
| will be quite important Among other
| things, all of the local professional riders
| will be admitted to membership.
1t is expected by good many that be-
| fore the present crusade is over, the
league will emerge at the tail end, shorn
of much of it's prestige. Not only will it
lose control of professional racing, but
amateur racing as we'll. There are sew
| eral organizations that are ready and
| willing TO assume control OF the sport
and manage it on better lines than the
league has ever done. The wholesale sus-
pension of tracks and racing men, which
has occurred this season, has acted in the
nature of a boomerang to the organiza-
ton and no one is more aware OF TINS
fact than the chairman OF the racing
board With all forces united, solid
impenetrabIe front will be presented that
can only result in the present league sink
ing into obscurity. The organization was
never formed to assume control of rae
ing, but simply to promote the riding OF
bicycles and of touring, and the enact
ment of laws in favor of wheelmen. Rae