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Show New Course Expected to Enable Riders to Break Existing Records. With the observance of National Bicycle week all over the United States, May ?, to May ' 1 0, the enthusiasm which is being manifested indicates that this will bo the best year for bicycle racing since Vhe early days of bicycling about 1S97. The Memorial day road race is creating more interest tills year than ever before. The beys who always long for tills bis annual event, and who always take special ncl'ht in this kind of sport, are training dniiy for the run. The new com-se seems to meet with the approval of almost all the riders. It is rcf,n rcd as les dangerous than i lie old roue, as there is less peril of being run down by speeding autos. 'i 'he p.-Mv rowse, between Murray r.nd Sail Lake, has- been measured, and the u jiMin'e is just Ihree-tentbs of a mile shorter than the Lagoon course. One biy advantage of the now course Is that it ha a doubled, paved road all the way, with the exception of the start and finish, whi:-h is about a mile. This will be at Ninth South and .Main p rets. There feems In be much rivalry among the riders, ;u;d from ?lt indications when the fhnt of The :-tarier's gun gi ves Hie word to go, there Is no question That tin.-, race will be the fastest fifteen-mile road race rvor held in this stale.. K. 1 i. Hen gi en, who is jiromoting the rafi', has just reeoi-cd the N. C. A. s-i notion no-tion for l be con tot. The prize list v. ill consist of from lorty to lorty-five prizes. I j i : 1 1 y lilanks niay l.-e h p 1 from any oi tho bicycle dca;ois. and any amateur be twr'ui th-',aire of 1 v i d 100 y...-urs of .ge will no eligible to compete. |