The Jersey City news., 1902-06-28
Spartan Race at Vailsburg
Tomorrow to Engage the
Star Speed Merchants.
DISRUPTION IN THE RANKS
Over Power Of Motors Gen.
eral Strike Threatened
Events at L. A. w.
National Meet.

What should prove one of the most in
teresting races Of the year is the two
mile open race, which will be run under
the title of the Spartan open at the
Eailsburgh track tomorrow.
All the riders, it has been arranged.
vii lime up in 0 double row at the tape.
AMI. after encireling the track once. the
race will begin. A lap prize Of $10 VII
go 10 the first rider to cross the tape III
each one of the laps. and the i've riders
at the finish VIII split $500. divided on a
liberal basis to the winner. second AMI
third rider as they follow in.
Over thirty first class money chasers
will start in this race. and so hard viii
be the clip set in tile hustle for the SO
lap prizes that predictions have been
freely made that not more than ten riders
out of the big fed viii be left to do bat
tie at the finish. If the contest sett'ss
down to a grim endurance battle. TIE
big. sturdy plugger may show Champion
Kramer across the tape, for, while the
East Orange boy has world Of speesi,
it is yet to be demonstrated that he viii
be able to stand the hard sprints that he
will have to indulge in to keep in thu
front ranks Of the fighting speed mer-
chants.
Indeed, not fe wgood judges have
picked r. NJ. Alexander, the Hartford
cyclist. as the probable winner Of the
race. owing to its exacting conditions
ana Alexander's weT known fondness for
an out-and-out endurance test. Collett-
Fisher. Kimble, Bardgetf and other com
paratiyely light framed riders are hardly
expected to last out the first mile.
Eddie Bald is expected to make
goe showing, by some, on account Of MS
great gameness, but Bald will have ~
show better judgment in racing with his
field than he displayed last Sunday in the
open race. He will have to be the Bald
of two years ago, and then. perhaps, the
Buffalo boy may win.
Iver Lawson. who represented the
National Cycling Association in the
worlds championship meet at Rome.
''Plugger Bill" Martin and Frank Beau
champ. the Australian rider. arrived
yesterday on the steamship Columbia.
Lawson says that in the seTni-hnals in
his race at Rome all the riders went
down, and when he made an effort 10
carry his wheel to the finish line he was
knocked down by the spectators The
Italian rider was carried to the finish
mark.
There is serious division in the ranks
of the pace following riders, their man
ayers and the promoters on the question
of the power of the pacing machines to
be used At the present time It looks as
if there viii be a bitter fight with which
the n. C. A. will have nothing to do The
riders who are using pacing tandems OF
two and three-quarsers and three and
four horse power object to competing
against those who are using motors Of
FIVE, six and eight horse power and are
on strike with signal agreement be-
tween them not 10 compete against the
high-powered pacing machines. Elkes.
Walthour, Nelson, Munroe, Caldwell.
Mclean. Moran and Nat Butler have
bound themselves to the agreement and
all the New England tracks have joined
Them in the issue, excepting those at
Worcester, Springfield, Hartford and
Providence. OF these it is expected that
the first three viii sign the agreement.
It is known that the Providence and
Manhattan Beach lessees will not agree
to the rule and II will develop into \
struggle between the promoters on these
tracks and their teams and the others.
Entries closed today for the first long
distance motor bicycle contest to be run
in this country. anis the run from
Boston to New York. TO be held July
and :, under the auspices of the Metro
pole Cycling Club Stops viii not be
penalized, but no speed GREATER than ff-
teen miles an hour, average. viii be per-
mitted. Observers cannot be carried on
the TWO wheel machines. but there viii
be time checks to be delivered at points
twenty to thirty miles apart along the
route. The start win be made from
Copley Square. Boston, at S o'clock on
the morning of July and the first ma
chine is due to finish at Sixtieth street
and the Bouelvard at ) clock Saturday
night. The overnight stop will be made
at Hartford There we're twenty-three
declared for the run yesterday. Entries
close with E. L. Ferguson, 124 Tribune
Building. New York.
Racing Of the finest kind is assured
for the /. A. w national meet to be
held at Atlantic City from July i6 TO
.uly 20 there will be night racing or
" ednesday Friday and saturday. with
all the fastet amateurs and professionals
as contestants. The races will be held
on the new seven-lan coliseum track that
has been erected by Arthur Irwin. Of
baseball fame. who. by the way. intends
to conduct races at the New Jersey SUM
mer resort every night during July and
August.