The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-18
MANY TURNED BACK
THREATENING WEATHER PRE-
VENTED RACES AT COLISEUM.
RIDERS WERE IN TRIM.
WALTHoUR AND BUTLER PROVED
A DRAWING CARD.

Only a Few Drops of Rain Fell, But
the Clouds Had an Ugly Look I'm
till Some 1900 Persons Had Been
Turned Back, and Then the Stars
Came Out-WalthOur and Butler
Will Try Again Tomorrow Night.
BurrOs Clipped on Mile in 1 ,:O
and VIII Put His Motor Against
the Terrible Swede as n SpecInT
Card Tomorrow.
Jack Prince was disappointed last
night So were some 1900 people who
were anxious to see Bobby Walthour
and Nat Butler follow motorcycles on
the eight lap track at the coliseum. A
thoroughly saturated atmosphere, a
few drops of rain, with intermissions
of a minute or two, and heavy black
clouds that finally rolled away and re-
vealed bright stars, caused the disap-
pointment.
The night was an exasperating one.
Not a teacup full of water fell during
the evening and yet each moment it
looked as if there would be a deluge.
Hundreds of those who always get to
places and things on time rode to the
coliseum and back again. The track
was damp, Jack WIS expecting rain in
torrents, and he was afraid to risk it.
The announcement was made that the
races will be run tomorrow night if
the weather is fair. The crowded cars
returned TO the city and passed other
crowded cars going to the coliseum.
Crowds Kept Coming.
The procession kept up until nearly
o'clock. Everybody had learned then
that there would be no race, and the
stars began one by one to peep from
behind the ugly looking clouds that
had kept them in obscurity while there
was any possibility of the race being
run. 1t looked as If the elements had
1t in for Prince and had thrown him
down. He refused, however, to have
anything to say against the weather,
although those who were scrambling
to give him their money had horrid
things to say. Jack didn't show his
discontinue and as car after car ar
rived at the Coliseum he pleasantly in
vited the disappointed passengers to
call again Monday evening, and de-
clared his intention in the meantime
of fixing things with the powers that
be in the weather bureau.
WaIthOur Ready.
The little Georgia boy. who holds the
title of champion of the world. was
ready for the fight on wheels with his
Boston rival. Lawson, the Terrible
Swede," was alos prepared to pilot the
Bethesda boy-for let it be known that
Walthour was an inmate of that i'm
the tape first. The
race was to have been the most excit-
ing give thus far and great things were
Uses are made for tomorrow night The
only request Prince makes is that those
who went out last night return with
everybody they know, and, too, their
cousins, and their sisters, and their
aunts. Walthour will jump out behind
the Swede and Butler will follow Bur
ros.
AS an extra attraction a race be-
tween Lawson and Burros has been ar
ranged. Both men know the motor
game and the match cannot help but
be interesting. BurroS handles the
motor in veteran style and clipped off
a mile in 1;20 during the evening Pit
ted against the Swede very fast time
is expected, If the track is in good con-
dition. The riders and their pacemak-
ers will keep themselves timber to-
day and will grind out quite a num-
Der of miles before the match itself
is pulled Off Walthour will make his
on the track on Columbia
racer and is confident of victory.