The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-29
FOR A RACE,
Casey and Taylor Will Meet
September s, at
the Oval.

A meeting of interested parties in the
Major Taylor and James J. Casey
match was held yesterday afternoon at
the store of Casey Bros, and it was
agreed that the race be ridden at the
Lake View oval Sept. s. The race viii
be conducted under the management Of
Daniel F. Casey, a brother of James j.
Casey, and will be for a purse of $500,
which will be divided $3.50 for,the win
ner and $50 for the loser. The distance
will be five miles, and it will be pur-
suit race.
1t was agreed to have other events
and conduct a regular race meet under
the sanction of the L. A. w. A L.
mile road race IS talked of, with the
finish on the Lake View oval. The race
will be ridden over the same course as
was the road race of the Y. M. G. A.
some years ago. The remainder of the
program will be another match race be-
tween two amateur riders of note,
Following the match races will be
two one-mile handicap events, one for
amateurs and one for professional rid
ers, in which suitable prizes will be
offered.
1t is figured that the match race will
be the attraction and will be the chief
drawing card. While the men are not
considered equals in the usual mode of
racing, and the Major would undoubt
eddy run away from Casey in the usual
track events, still when it comes to
pursuit racing and on such a track as
the oval there enters an element that
favors Casey. Jimmy Casey is used to
the oval track and has ridden some
very fast races on that cinder path. In
f1 of he hoe NO nl Iva VIC
for foot racing alone, for the redoubta-
BILE Zimmerman in '9S rode mile there
in 227, establishing a record that jim
my Casey broke two years later.
There have been two national meets
of the L. A. w. held at the oval, in
which the old-time cracks participated
in the racing. 1t was at the, latter meet
that Casey placed the record for a mile
at the oval at 2.26 He also won the
| half-mile state championship of the L.
| A. w. that year. He rode against such
| men as Zimmerman and Guy Geary,
and had to ride the entire distance to
win.
| The promoters Of the race meet see
| their way clear to make a decided sue
| cess out of the race meet, and feel that
with two match races of riders Of ma
! tional regulations, a road race and two
| handicap mile races, both amateur and
| PROFESSIONAL, Iney can easily uIdW d
paying crowd to the oval.
| In the big match race both men are
out to win, but there is no feeling be-
| tween the contestants. Taylor went tC
the oval yesterday with Casey and sai6
that he was satisfied to ride there. He
| said that the track is a. great deal bet.
/ ter than some that he has ridden on
and thinks that he can make good
showing on it. He admits that he is
| conceding a good point to Casey when
| he agrees to race him q. pursuit race
and says that he was beaten in the only
pursuit race he has ever ridden. That
| race was with McDuffee at Woodside
park, Philadelphia, last spring.
| The major has no plans for the future
in regard to racing. He left for Charles
River park last evening to resume
| training for his race with Casey. He
says that he has not decided whether
he will ride at Tioga track in Philadel-
i phia, Saturday.