The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-10
RACES GO OVER AGAIN.
rp.cK so WET THAT MEN
corLDN'T RIDE WITH SAFETY.

-, Re Run Tonight If Weather
uormits-First Heat of Mile Race.
r,naced, Between Lake and Gal
in Run, and Won by Lake in
,.s.-Leander Rode Exhibition
,,iIe Paced by Gus Lawson in L $40.
.n.ctators Given Their Tickets
mack and Invited Out Tonight.
,.teudance "a Little over a ThOus-
and.
last night, for the second time. Jack
p-nce was forced to postpone the BIZ
Gle races at the Coliseum, this time
,..,usa the track was still so wet from
mt rains that it was impossible to
Ike any time on it. and, indeed, al
,rost impossible to ride on it at all
r4tbout endangering the riders. Even
IN nreliminary practice Frank Calvin
= Newark fell three times. and though
10 was not badly hurt received a num-
her of bruises that will make them
,elves felt for a few days.
An Unexpectedly large crowd was
,rssent. and it was so exceptionally
rleasant during the long wait while the
rders tried the track and tinkered with
,re of the motors which wouldn't work,
that Prince determined to give them
sone sort of entertainment, anyway,
and ca the first heat of the mile race,
hest two out of three heats, unpaced,
nv, Johnny Lake, of New York and
Frank Calvin of Newark was run. 1t
vas won by Lake in 2:32.
M course, this time isn't anything
ike the time that the men can make
and do make under favorable circum-
stances but under the existing circum-
stances they didn't dare ride any fast
or The crowd was intensely interest
cd too. in the preliminary spin that
lawson. The Terrible Swede," took on
tba motor, but by far the most inter-
esting event was an exhibition mile
that Leander rode, paced by Lawson on
the motor.
DESPITE the condition of the track
This mile was ridden in something like
40 The spectators appreciated the
efforts for their entertainment and
cbeered Justify both the riders and also
prince when he announced that be-
cause of the unfortunate circum-
stances it would be impossible to carry
out the programme, but that, weather
permitting. the events would be given
Saturday night and that tickets would
be- returned and would be good for
admission at that time.
That the crowd liked the sport, even
though it had seen so little of it, and
that not of the best class, is shown
by the fact that more than one per
son refused to take back his ticket.
saying that he had had his moneys
worth as it was, and was willing to
nav again for another night of it.
Prince was quite well pleased with
the number of spectators that were
present, probably in all little over
thousand Of whom by far the greater
number occupied the grand stand. The
riders, as well as Prince, are satisfied
that the track is going to prove eX-
ceptionally fast and consequently eX-
pect to make a number of new records
for themselves before the season, short
as it will be, is over.
The programme for tonight will be
the same as that advertised for last
night The officials will be: R. V. Con-
nerat, referee; William baltimore, c.
Hamp Leopold and R. R. Oakman,
timers; X. F. Higgins, George w.
Thomas and D. 4. Holland, judges; T.
A Bryson. scorer, and Jack Prince,
starter and manager.