, 1888-07-25
NEWS FOR THE wHeELMeN.


Buffalo to Have the Creates Meet Ever
Held In This Country.
The largest bicycle tournament of the sea-
son win, in all probability, be that held in
Buffalo OF Sept. 4 to 8. An international
fair will be in progress at that time, and the
Fair association has decided to give a worlds
tournament for wheelmen also. They are
making more liberal arrangements than nave
ever been provided in any similar affair that
has taken place in this country. The track
will be built regardless OF expense. 1t will
DO one-half mile round, fifty feet wide on the
homestretch, twenty feet wide on the back
stretch and thirty feet wide in all other por-
lions. The backstretch will form an oval,
the homestretch will be straight and the ends
will be parts Of a circle of 600 feet diameter.
The whole track will be a dead level, and the
grand stand will seat 10000 people.
The prizes offered by the association are
on a more liberal scale than have ever been
competed for in America. They amount
to over 5000 In cash, with an extra $500 for
anybody who will break a record. With
this incentive, and with a track equal to any
in the world, IL not better than any, there Is
an excellent prospect for record smashing.
The Buffalo Bicycle club have induced the
New York State Division of the League
of American Wheelmen to hold their an
nual meet and parade in Buffalo ON the
first day of the fair. This will misuse a
very large attendance of wheelmen,
and will also increase the champion
ship contests until they exceed the mum
Der ever held at one tournament There will
be the three and five mile races for the cham
pionship Of the state, and the three and the
ten mile bicycle championships of the United
States, and also the five mile tricycle. cham
pionship of the United States. These, with
the grand sweepstakes race for the profes-
sional championship of the world, will draw
together the most noted wheelmen of the
day. There will also be races at all distances
from one to ten miles.
Among them win be Richard Howell, the
champion OF England, and who is called the
king OF the Wheel;n William A. Rowe, the
champion of the United States and holder of
all Of the worlds records from one to twenty
Ave miles, will be present. William Woodside,
the champion of Ireland, and ]. Dubois, the
champion of France, will compete. Other
noted riders who will enter are: s.. G.. Whit
taker, II. G.. Croker, Robert Nelson, Fred
Foster, John s. Prince and Thomas Midgely.
MI. X. Temple, of Chicago, the acknowl-
edged champion trick rider of the world, will
exhibit his skill. Thomas Stevens will be
present with the wheel on which he made his
famous three years trip around the world.
Col Pope, of Boston, win exhibit several
III JUL bldptu lhhCHlueS inhu nave eeD
invented In Europe and America and bought
by him as curiosities. Many of them are ut
terly impracticable for use, but are interest
ing because of the ingenuity displayed in
their invention.
All of the latest novelties in bicycles will
be shown There will be tandems with only
two wheels, bicycles so constructed that
ladies can ride them, bicycles and tricycles
run by steam and electricity, postman's tri-
cycles, military cycles, and safety wheels for
the old, the young, the sick and the crippled.
This will be the first International tourna-
ment since the one held at Springfield,
Mass, in 1888, and which was attended by
$4,000 people.
The management of the Buffalo tourna-
ment has been placed in the hands of Mr..
Henry p. Quicker, formerly of Springfield,
Mass. He is one of the best known wheel
men in the country, was president of the
Springfield club for five years, and has had
more experience in the management of tour
naments than any man in America. Buffalo
has fifty miles of asphalt pavements that will
delight the wheelmen from cities where paw
ing blocks are used. The grounds of the Fair
association comprise about ninety acres in a
locality that is conveniently reached from all
parts of the city.