Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-20
THE ROAD RACE.
The Programme for the Tour of
the WheeImen.
HaberHeld Issues a Challenge to He'll
The Regulars Beaten---Miscellan-
Gus Sporting
The wheel.


GUS Sporting,
The wheel.
THE COMING ROAD RACE AND HILL CLIMB.
The first annual race and hill contest
given By the Wheeling Wheelmen will be
run on the 18th and 18th Of July. The
races will occur on the afternoon OF the
18th and the hill contest on the morning
of the l4th. The affair will be under the
management of Captain Wilbur Wright,
and with the assistance of several commit
tees, the events will be most interesting.
Several of cur merchants and hotel propri-
etors have signi6ed their intention OF CIV
ing prizes, while others viii be given oy the
different manufacturers OF wheels. Inc
contests will be as follows:
Road race, thirty miles long, from City
Hall, Wheeling, to Pennsylvania line, near
West Alexander, and return.
Road race, from the Pennsylvsnis line
to the City Hall, Wheeling, fifteen miles,
the fifteen-mile race to be started ten MIN
utes after the first man Of the thlrty-nile
stretch makes the ifteen-mile turn.
The hill contest is to be held on Fulton
grade.
Prizes will be given to the man making
fastest time.
an these events are open to members OF
the L. A. w. only, and will be run under
the rules of that organization. A circular
will be issued soon setting forth the grace
of the hill and description OF the route OF
the road race, with all hard places de-
scribed in detail. The fifteen miles from
the PENNSYLVANIA line to Wheeling have
been Knocked off in Que hour and twenty
minutes and the round trip, thirty miles, in
three hours and seven minutes, without
dismount. The pike is in the very best
condition audit is likely the above time will
be beaten.
WHEEL NOTES.
Chas. Klieves Joined the L. A. W. last
week.
Klugs, the Star rider, is laid up from q
fall taken at the Lynn races.
DR.. Chas. Z. Mason has replaced the
saddle on his Rapid with No, hIrS-
patrick, which is the tavorite OF them all.
Dent Taylor, the cyclonic bugler OF the
Wheeling Wheelmen, has had his star
newly ensmelsd, and she looks very fresh
A. A. Wheat has sold his Pony Star to
Herbert Nesbitt and ordered 5Oineh
Ridge. Allie, why have you gone back
on the Cofse-Mill2
Charley Goetze has new 81 inch Ex-
pert Columbia. He spends his spare time
in testing the merits OF various brands OF
court plaster and arnica.
John s. Prince won the ten mileprofess-
ionsl race at Lynn, Mass, in thirty minu-
tes, eight and one fifth seconds; Wilson
two.Giths seconds behind.
The American Safeties owned BY Messrs.
Williams and Rose, on the Island, are both
h0rs du combat, the roads IN this section
being too rough for them.
Will Wright has ordered for his own use
q 5l-inch full ensmeled Columbia Light
Roadster, with long cranks, and put up
purposely for hill climbing.
The Pittsburg cyclists are all on the list
for the coming road races and bill contest.
They cav it's worth little work to be en-
tertained by the Wheeling boys.
Henry Somehow has donated beauti-
ful silk umbrella for FIRST prize in the 80
mile race, and q gold bicycle watch
charm for one OF the prizes in the hill con-
test.
RI. Smythe, Jr., color bearer Of the
Wheeling Wheelmeu, has received 49,
inch Special Star and now ts ked siders IN
stead of headers. Bob, what's the matter
with the Fscile2
A prominent horsemsn offered to wager
S25 Friday night, that he could follow and
keep in sight a we'll known cycist in the
coming races from West Alexander to
Wheeling. He caved before the money
was staked. 1t was we'll for the horse.
Boys, get out your wagons, oil them up
and prepare for the greatest contests on
earth, viz : the Wheeling Wheelmen's
races Royal John Stephenson will be here
in all his elongated glory and will bring
the old war horse wheel with him-the IS.
inch Columbia. John, by the wsy, will
soon be sstride a new steed weighing only
thirty.eight pounds-s Columbia Light
Roadster.
In the south window of Henry Some
borne's gents furnishing store may be
seen the colors of the Wheeling Wheel.
men, as adopted for 1886 They are in
the shape of a psnsnt, tipped With gold
fringe, lettered in gold and red, with name
Of club and officers on reverse sides. Blue
and white satin is the goods used and the
whole thing is mounted on a gilded staff
and chsin, making very pretty effect.
The Pope Manufacturing Company has
turnsd out an Expert machine rugged with
the Yost and McCune patent ratchet gear,
The forks have six-inch rake, and the
rear wheel is twenty inches, but otherwise
the parts are these of the Expert. The
gear works on the ratchet principle, and
ihsir seton u very similar 10 that OF the
Star. The Pope Company mas purchased
the right to make high grade machines
under this patent-Pittsburg Referee.
The last word received from Thomas
Stevens, the special correspondent of Out
ing" on his journey around the world BY
wsy of Asia on a bicycle, Was cable dis
patch, dated May Is. announcing his ar
rest. No word has yet been received from
Stevens himself, bqt the following letter
from an agent of the British Telegraph
Company in Tehersn, dated May u throws
some light upon what may be ex.
uected: "Mr. Thomas Stevens has
been stopped BY the authorities on the
Farsar froniiss, SSiah he had reached
via Chair and Birjand. The GoVernor OF
Farrsr had him carefully conducted back
% the Herst frontier. You will remember
Iome time back that / informed you he
lad been refused permission to travel BY
his route, and that he had gone via
siestsn and Belooehistsn. 1t appears now
hat be decided to slip through quietly,
While publicly he proclaimed that he was
,oiug the other way. 1t is quite certain :
hat it will have to be q big obstacle tina:
1ill stop Mr.. Stevens from going ahead. 1t