The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-01
THE NATIONAL MEET.
Boston Will Make 1t an Event of Great
Interest This Year.

From the Chicago Journal
AT the previous national meet Of the
l.. A. w, the principal events of the
week has been the national champion
ships, but, as may be seen by the skele-
ton programme that has been outlined
by the executive committee of the 80
Meet club, there are features and at
fractions which will interest those who
are not followers of the racing game.
Perhaps a brief review of the pro-
gramme as outlined will be of inter-
est.
Monday will be devoted to the open
ing of the league headquarters, which
will be established at Mechanics build
ing.
Tuesdays programme will open with
century run over the NewburypOrt
course. The century riders of Boston
have an extensive acquaintance with
various well-known century riders
throughout the country Details will
be made up to form an escort for the
various centuries that are scheduled
during the week, and an effort will be
made to give visiting centurons an
opportunity to reel off centuries over
some of the finest roads in this section
of the country. Those who are anxious
to reel off 100 miles in eight hours will
be furnished pace and company when
ever required. The remainder of the
day will be devoted to short tours in
and round Boston, which may be Sc
lected according to the inclination of
the visitors Those who are fond of the
salt sea air will be afforded an oppor-
tunity to wheel to Nantasket, or along
the North Shore, where they will find
attractions to occupy their attention
and interest. A moonlight run through
the park will be the final feature of
the second day, but it would require
many columns of space to describe the
many attractions which one will have
an opportunity to inspect during the
day.
The racing programme. which COM
mences Wednesday, promises to be one
of the most complete and extensive Of
fer offered at national meet Accord
ing to present plans, the total value of
the prize list will be in the neighbour
hood of $4,000. This amount may be
changed slightly to comply with the
status of middle distance racing at the
time of the national meet. Those in
charge of the racing programme have
under consideration a scheme that will
enable the public to decide who is the
best all-round man. This has been
much discussed question in cycle-rac-
ing circles. and if the idea now under
consideration is followed out, it will
furnish an interesting and exciting con-
test. BY this plan it is proposed to de-
eide the best man at three distances,
which will consist of a 15-mile paced
race, tive-mile pursuit race and one
mile sprint race. The scoring of these
events to be by points. the highest score
in each race to count one for each con-
testant in the race, The second man
to count one less, and so on: 10 to the
first, nine to the second--for example,
if, in the middle distance paced race,
there are eight contestants. and in the
five-mile pursuit race 10, the one mile
II, the first man in each race shall score
as many points as there are contestants
in the race containing the largest num-
her Of entries. The prizes in the paced
race will be $4,000, to be divided as
follows: $3.50 first $3.50 second, $500
third.
For the pursuit race $3.50 first, $3.50
second $3.50 third.
One-mile sprint $3.50 first, $3.50 second
800 third.
In addition to the above prizes there
will be awarded the medals comment
orative of the event, $3.50 to the first,
S150 to the total cash prizes, 81 ESQ. To
this will be added $1.75O. which will be
divided equally among the riders in the
paced event to assist them in defraying
their expenses, attached in connection
with the paced race. This will make
the total cash prize for this event $4,000
Thus by the above plan it is possible
for the man scoring first to win $2,100
second man $1,000, third man $3.50. in
addition to the valua BILE medals and his
share of the slI50 offered towards his
expenses