Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CARD ARRANGED FOR
 OPENING MOTORCYCLE MEET.
o. V. PendIeton at the Helm Asair
 This Year.


 The first motorcycle races of the 1916 season are set for May S0th on the half mile track at the Norwich Fairgrounds. which is to be put in apple pie order smooth and fast, for the best speeding the Connecticut Amusement association has ever pro- vloed for the ten thousand or more lovers of this kind of sport in East ern Connecticut and Southern Rhode Island. The huge crowds of May 30 ana July 4th, last year are bound to be duplicated, and all the fast riders of 1874 and 1915 with several new ones arc to be on hand. The going ought to be more exciting than at any of the previous meets.
 c. V. Pendleton, Jr., who had charge of all the 1913. 1914, and 1915 meets, will be at the helm again this year. He is the recognized authority on this kind of sport in this part of the country and he never fails to dig up a long list of fast performers on his favorite mount when, as in bygone seasons, he goes out on the road to personally solicit the entries He will visit Springfield, Hartford, Worcester, Providence. Boston, and other cities where the motorcycling interest is strong and where there are plenty of crack men at all the distances.
 The following card has been ar ranged for the meet:
 Five-mile professional, 30.50 cubic inch class, $20. $1O. $5.
 Five-mile novice. 5000 cubic inch class. for stock machines, three priz- es to the total value of $25
 Ten-mile professional 30.50 cubic Inch class, $25, $15. $10.
 Three-mile professional 61.0O cubic Inch class. side car race, $10, $5.
 Fifteen-mile professional S0.50 cu- bic inch class, $40, $20, $10.
 EAINro-v1ofIn inch class for men an any two pro 1esional 3O.5O cubic inch classes that have not won prize is $15, $10 and All entries close with MT. Pendle- ton at 35 Broadway, Norwich, Conn, Wednesday,, May 18th, at D. m No deviation from this rule will be made by the management. All subsequent entries are post" and will command double the amount of the regular en- try fee all post" entries close thir- ey minutes before the race is called The right to reject any entry is re- served by the management
 The Connecticut Amusement asso- citation become a member of the Federation of American Motorcyclists last year. and all its meets are held in Federation sanction.
 Tubbs band will furnish music There will be a short concert on the
 
 the grounds. The first race will bC called at 2 o'clock on the dot. The pro. Bramme generally takes at least two hours. There won't be dull moment all the afternoon.
 Mir. Pendleton said yesterday that he would be in a day or two able tC say just what men may be expected at Norwich. Everybody wants tC see the Springfield flyers. Teddy Carroll nd Fred Nixon, who ar, beautiful riders beautifully matched get together again.
 The last time Carroll beat Nixol on a nose in the final of the T mil, open; and Wild Bill Burdick," tn, local man who has long been kncwl to motorcycle fame in Norwich. VII llmantic, and Rockville, was not S, very far behind. Wild Bill' finall, got Carroll's scalp in an open race a Norwich last September. His par tisans are confident he can do tn trick again. The side car race, pu on for the first time last year is ol the card again. It is a novelty tha takes well. If the day is all righ climatically there will be another tel thousand crowd at the Fairground the afternoon of Memorial day Mi Pendleton is not yet ready to give ou the full list of officials, but he vii as usual be the referee and starte and William w. Beckwith, the old time megaphone man will be the an nouncer.