Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-17
THE NIAGARA FALLS TRACK.

the silent steed, and it makes a better
persistently. at any rate. Ask one of these
bicyclists where he is going 10 spend the
last week in August this year and the
chances are that he will say promptly; AT
Niagara Falls" II he is a fast man. one
who has a record, il he is what the wheel.
men call a crack" there's no need of ask
ing him the question. The answer can be
taken for granted.
There have been big gatherings Of wheel
men before this, but never such a one rs
will lie seen AT the Falls on Aug. %, ~ and
q. Ii is expected that 5000 Of the l4,000
members Of the League OF American Wheel.
men will be there in all the glory OF gay
uniforms and highly polished wheels. This
is to he a meet not a meeting" which
Is quite a different matter so far AS the L.
A. w. vocabulary 5 concerned. A meet
Is for racing. a love feast. and a general
jollification. A meeting is for the trans
action Of bushes, and, with the exception
OF a slight chance in the constitution, no
business is to be done at Niagara Falls.
OF coNrse the races will be the feature Of
the meet" Far the first time national
championship races are TO be run of.
Heretofore Tom, Dick and Harry were
privileged to compete in these champion
ship races. According to the new racing
rules only the cream Of the cream, so to
speak, will appear on the track during the
nine championship races which will con-
stltute the greatest bicycling event ever
held in this country. Those who are sue
cassful in the club championship races will
meet and contest for state championships,
and the winners OF these will meet to set
tie the district championships.
At the last business meeting Of the L. A.
W, the country was divided into seven Of
these racing districts, each comprising
from two to ten states, and the following
l. A. W. national championships have
been established by the board Of managers:
One mile, two mile and five mile ''or
binary" bicycle; one mile. two mile and
five mile safety" bicycle, and one mile.
two mile and three mile tandem safety.
The champion and second man in these
races will be sent, expenses paid, from each
OF the seven districts, making fourteen
crack contestants in each Of the nine
championship races to be run at the Falls.
Gold medals struck from dies in the pos
session OF the league will be awarded to
the victors. In addition to these cham
pionship races there will he fourteen
others Of various kinds, for which trophies
win be awarded the winners.
The greatest interest centers in the one-
mile ordinary race, which takes place
the second day and in which Will WAdle
aud Arthur Lumsden will try conclusions.
Windle, who halls from Milbury, Mass,
hasn't been beaten in three years. His adj
mirers believe him iDvincible. His record
Of a mile in 23l 3-j was only beaten by
Rowe before the latter became n profes-
sional. Rowe succeeded In making a mile
in 2.23 As. Arthur Lumsden is Chlcago's
cycling hero-the undisputed champion Of
the west, Never before, perhaps, was so
much interest displayed in an event Of this
kind as has been shown in the coming con
test between representatives of the east
and the west.
II looks now as IL every star Of the first
and second magnitudes in the American
wheeling armament was preparing to
shine with especial brilliance upon the
coming ''meet'-such men rs the Banker
brothers and Will Campbell, who were
tfalueu ~ tnt berktIty -Atnletlc clup OF
New York city; Van Wagner, Of Provi-
denoe, who is renowned for fast time in
twenty-five and fifty mile races; futile. Of
Chicago, "A new western crack who Is on
the road to fame; Van Sicklen, Of Chicago,
an old timer who has been racing since the
year ! OF bicycle races, and who has
been on the track longer than any other
amateur; Brinker and Milley, OF Buffalo
not Dan Milley, who used TO he champion
OF western New York in the early days Of
bicycling, but his younger brother, who
with his partner has made remarkable
time on the tandem safety; Bert Myers, Of
Peoria; w. S. Thorne, Barrett, flaming.
A. W. Rich. w. r. Gossler and L. L. Clark.
Hoyland Smith will be on hand too.
This remarkable young mamie Is only
10 years old-is Q IT,, 8 In. high and
weighs just 10 pounds. They said he
wasn't in 1t" when he first appeared on
The race track. But he was--and the
others were not. Some foreign talent will
be present also. Laurie, the greatest safety
rider I'm England. Ia now i'm the United