Evening star., 1901-07-04
TONIGHT's CYCLE RACES.
Excellent Gard of Events Prepared u
the Co1fseum.

An excellent card of races has been ar
ranged for the meet at the Coliseum To-
night The Feature will be the Twenty-Five
mile motor-paced race between Ray Duer
of Buffalo and Oscar Babcock OF Ne"
York, who meet for the first time in mid
dle-distance event In this city. An inter-
esting series of amateur events har also
been planned for the occasion.
Duer and Babcock have been for the past
few days at the local track and have been
doing some fast work behind their motors.
Both men are In the finest condition. They
arrived a few days ago from Manhattan
Beach where they have been in training
for the event tonight. They are also pre-
pairing for the mddle-distance events at
the pan-Ane erican exposition next month,
where they expect to make things livery
for the other middle-distance riders.
Duer is the holder Of the one-hour anna
teur pace record, and defeated all amateurs
Ing '9a but In the earlier part Of 1909 was
thrown in the professional line. Duer and
Sinclair hold the flve-mile motor-paced rec
ord. their time for that distance being 7OS.
riders in this country, and has a standing
offer to ride against any rider in the world
an unlimited pursuit race.
Oscar Babcoek won the b; A. ". chem am
which marked. the sopening Of his riding
career. Since that time he has ridden three
six-day races. the-l being in New York
city, when his partner, Aranson, was car
ried off the track and died from pneumonia
as the result of the terrific pace set in the
six-day race During the. present season
he has been In several sprint races and In
the earlier spring took to following pacing
machine He Is having two fast four-horse
power pacing machines of the latest design
built for his work on the track. He has
been operating pacing machines for the
past two years, and his experience In this
line Will mean number Of new features in
connection with the machine now building.
The agreement of the race tonight Is that
II there Is an accident to men or machines
the race will be stopped for a limit. I'D space
of time and started with the parties at the
points where they were when the accident
occurred so that-the- spectators may have
a race for the entire distance.
The entries in the amateur events include
the following local riders: Novice Craig
Cogswell, ]. w. Allen. w. Bonell, L. Dorr
and F.. F. Rupert; one-mie open. Ray
COgswell. b. L. Wilson. j. o. Bardrofr, A.
{. Moran, Johnny Hill and Clarence Miller;
two-mile handicap. William Waru. Otis MIL
Ter. Clarence Miller. John Hill. A. C. Nor
an, Eugene Gooding. J. o. Bardroff. q. L.
Wilson c. L. Bode and Ray Cogswell
The entries include all of the crack riders
of the District. and in the last two events
the local track records should be broken
The amateurs have been well taken care
OF when IT comes to them. and they will
open the meet with the different races be-
lore the big match race Is announced. The
card for these riders includes a one-mie
novice, one-nile open, two-mile handicap
and police pursuit race. The feature Of
the amateur events will be the mile open
as the interest In this race Is greater than
the others and the rivalry keener All of
the crack riders of the District are entered
notify contested from the time the gun is
fired.