The times., 1899-07-02
LARGE CYCLING PRIZES
Pur. @ List Promises to Exceed
That of Last Year.
Indications Point to "A Prosperous
seuson Both for Riders and Track
Owners With Few Exceptions
Meets Held So Far Have Been Sue
ce.sfuI a Philadelphia Carnival

Newark. July lone hundred thousand
dollars will be offered in professional
nurses during the season of 1893. The es-
innate is based upon the declarations OF
the promoters of the country who have
been appealed to by letter and by wire re-
garding their future offerings in this field.
Last year the amount was slightly larger,
and it is not improbable that the total
amount when the season is closed Will he
larger this season, as all promoters could
not be reached while many were nom
committal, owing to the present crisis IN
the sport based upon the question OF con-
troll
Originally May 80 was given as the date
upon which the final question OF control
hinged. The date was extended to July
4. and three days before this line may be
drawn very easily, for all the meets OF i'm
portanee, with nearly or quite $4,000 in the
professional offerings are under the con-
Trol of the n. C. A. In this list is in
eluded Wsltham, Bridgeport, and other
points in Connecticut; Asbury Park, New
ark. and Trenton, n. J., Manhattan Beach,
Philadelphia, Washington, Erie, Pa, BUT
falo. and Kansas City, besides other
towns.
In years gone by the month of July was
a resting time, with few meets and with
ample time for the circuit followers TO pre-
pare for the finishing strokes of the sea-
sons work. July OF '99 will be the first big
month OF the present season, and there
will be little or no resting time given.
while the season will go further into the
fall than it did last year, owing to the de-
pauds upon the management of the sport
for late fall dates in the Western and
Southern country.
During May and June some six thousand
dollars has been given in the professional
races This amount will be doubled with
.n a week. quadrupled before the close of
July. again doubled in August, and in Sep
iember andsoctober the entire amount will
be more than doubled, as the settlement of
the racing problem nears and promoters
and lovers of the sport alike gain full con-
hdence in the controlling body.
All reports TO the contrary notwith-
standing the opening meets of 1899 nave
been uniformly successful and far more Sc
than any report of the opening meets OF
1898 will show. With three exceptions
there have been no failures. OF these
three none has been disastrous TO the
promoters, and all have been easily ac-
counted for by prevailing conditions at the
time. which the promoters could not fore
see in arranging for the meet Several OF
the opening meets have shown larger at
tendsnces than were ever seen at the same
tracks last year in the very height OF the
racing season.
Washington's first meet lost $50 to the
promoters, its second making big money
BaitimoJe's opening meet saw record
breaking attendance OF 4,50O, and succeed
ing meets of lesser Importance have made
money. Newark's meets May 80 and or
Sundays have in every case been money
makers. Asbury Park has been profta-
BILE investment to A. A. Zimmerman, Am
brose Park had $500 people at its opening
Flushing, L. l., made money June g. anc
Berkeley Oval scored a success at its open
ing meet Every meet in Connecticut has
been successful. Waltham opened on Ma,
30 and made money. Fall River made
money on its opening meets. Buffalo's
meets have all been money makers. June
IS showing $500 paid admissions Kansas
City is giving successful meets. Racing il
Chicago thus far is a failure. Wher,
Woodside promoted races for 400 specta-
tors last season, the average this year IL
1000. Woodside had 1900. and Charlie!
River 1900 May 27 and June II, boil
phenomenal attendances.
II Is currently reported in racing circles
that Chairman Gerlach has decided to sus
pend Major Taylor, the great colored rider
for period of ninety days for failure I,
make good his entry at the opening NEE
of the L. A. W. national circuit, held a
indianapolis June % and "a The chair
man feels that he is compelled TO do this
owing TO the present racing situation
which eompels him to uphold the rules o
the L. A. w. no matter how costly 1t ma
be. Taylor being practically the lone sta
in the l. 4. w. armament his failure L
appear and make good his contract couple
with the statement so freely made by IN
l. A. w press committee that the L. A
W. would and the y. C. A. would no
make the riders live up TO contracts
places the racing board in a ticklish posi-
tion, from which their only escape is n
strictest Interpretation of the racing rules
Vice President Foltz. of the l.. A. w
was secretary Of the track association a