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Race for Messenger Boys
List of Events for the
L.A.W. State Championships on Labor Day
New York Times, August 18, 1896
An additional feature which will add considerably to the general
interest, has been added to the programme of events to be run off at
the annual Fall championship meet of the New York State Division League
of American Wheelmen. It is a race for District Messenger boys. For the
State police championship race there are numerous entries.
The events scheduled are:
Amateur
No. 1 One-mile for Novices – First prize, value $20, second prize,
value $10; third prize, value $5.
No. 2 Quarter-mile State Championship – Prizes, regulation die medals.
No. 3 One-mile Scratch – First prize diamond $35, second prize diamond
$15; third prize diamond $10.
No. 4 One-mile, Messenger
Boys Metropolitan District Championship – First prize value, $20,
second prize, value $10; third prize, value $5.
No. 5 Two-mile State Championship – Prizes, regulation die medals
No. 6 Two-mile, Tandem Championship First prize diamond $20, each;
second prize diamond $10 each; third prize umbrellas value $5 each.
Professional
No. 7 One mile Handicap – First prize $75; second prize $40; third
prize $20
No. 8 One-mile, Police State Championship First prize value $75, each;
second prize value $50 each; third prize value $20 each.
Entries close Monday August 31, with N.R. Macdonald, Secretary Race
Committee Room 1426, 150 Nassau Street, New York City.
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