Evening star., 1902-05-07
Wa1thour'S Profits.

Bobbie Walthour profited by his racing
in Atlanta clearing up nearly $1,000. With
the other icing men there was little profit
and sometimes loss inasn1uch as in At
lanta it was found useless to do other than
promote races around Walthour, the local
favorite, who raced all corners in weekly
events, and incidentally won, except in his
first race which brought loss largely
through accident.
Resulting from the great season will be
a new eight-lap Out-of-door track, which
will be opened September Is next for run
of two months, and which will be conducted
four months a season altogether, two
months in April and May each year. The
dangerous but fast ten-lap narrow indoor
track will come up Immediately. Fortu-
nately. there have been no fatalities to
record in connection with it. Manager
Prince constructed the best track ever
built with narrow a radius-ninety-siX
feet-and the fact that indoor records have
been hammered down and down is indica-
ton of the speed of the track and the craft
Of the builder.
Atlanta will hereafter be one of the BAN
ner race-promoting points of the country,
just as 1t was all of that and more back in
81 and 9S. The game has been clean above
all else, and it has drawn the very best
at every race meet. The best class of peo-
pie has invariably bought up the house for
each meet. long lines Of carriages being
seen in waiting at each race meet. Motor
upon its old footing.
One thousand dollars would not tempt
Bobbie Walthour to take part in a race
on Sunday. Walthour was lately asked
whether he would ride in the Sunday race
meets this season at Jersey City and gave
an unequivocal reply which he said was
final.
VIII c. Stinson will ride at Providence
on May 80. probably against Bouhours. the
French rider, who is to come to this coun-
try with De Guichard, young rider of
sixteen years Of age who is hailed a
wonder and whose appearance resembles
Willie Fem In numerous ways.
Arthur Irwin expects to have his new
seven lap track at Atlantic City ready
this month. when the riders will be able
to find training quarters there. 1t Is
thought that this will be very popular
finishing track and that a majority of the
Mr.. Irwin will open about May 20 and will
run weekly until the middle Of June, then
tri-weekly. and In July and August the
track will be operated nightly. In this
event over seventy-fve race meets will be
given during the season at the one track.
Bennie Munroe took on a great deal of
weight during the winter after going
through three six-day races successfully.
Munroe is now at work reducing his flesh
and is riding from fifty to seventy five miles
daily unpaced. He will ride his first paced
race about May 80 when, his enthusiastic
hackers believe. he will be ready to take his
place as one of the topnotch riders Of the
season. Munroe was a recerd-breaker last
year and one of the cleverest followers Of
pace ever seen in 1901, and with the natu-
raj improvement brought about by his hard
winters work he will show vast improve
ment this season.
bic Walthour. their idol of idols, was once
a messenger boy carrying messages on
wheel Atlanta has a myriad of messenger
boys all anxious to emulate Bobbie.