, 1890-08-20

THE NlAGAEA FALLS TRACK.
the silent steed, and it makes a better
IlAn-when he rides systematically and
persistently, at any rate. Ask one of these
bicyclists where he IL going to spend the
last week in August this year and the
ham are that he will say promptly: AT
-.iagara Falls" II he is n fast man, one
who has a record. IL he is what the wheel.
men call n crack" there's no need OF ask
ing him the question. The answer can be
taken for granted.
There nave been big gatherings Of wheel
men before this, but never such a one az
will be seen at the Falls on Aug. IS, 90 and
%. 1t is expected that 5000 of the 1900
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 be n meet" not n meeting" which
is quite a different matter so far as the l..
A. w. vocabulary Is concerned A meet"
Is for racing, n love feast. and n general
jollihcation. A meeting Is for the trans
action of business, and, with the exception
of n slight change in the constitution, no
business is to be done at Niagara Falls.
OF course the races will be tie feature of
the meet" For the first time national
championship races are to be run of.
Heretofore Tom, Dick n Harry were
privileged 10 compete in these champion
ship races. According 10 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
stitute the greatest bicycling event ever
held in this country. Those who are uc-
ccssful 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
j. A. w. national championships have
been established by the board OF managers:
One mile. two mile and Eve mile "or-
binary" bicycle; one mile, two mile and
Eve mile safety bicycle. and one mile,
two mile and three mile tandem safety.
The champion and second mnn in these
rnces 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 be fourteen
others OF various kinds, for which trophies
will be awarded the winners.
The greatest interest centers in the one
lille ordinary" race, which takes place
the second day and in which VIII Wndle
and Arthur Lumsden will try conclusions.
Windle, who halls from Milbury, Mass,
hasn't been beaten In three years. His ad-
mirers believe him invinciblo. His record
OF a mile in a:31 IS was only beaten by
Rowe before the latter became n profes-
f.onal. Rowe succeeded In making a mile
In 800 As. Arthur Lumsden Is Chicago's
cycling hero-the undisputed champion of
the west. Never before, perhaps, was so
much interest displayed in an event of this
XII as has been shown in the coming con-
test between representatives of the east
and the west.
1t looks now as IL every star of the first
and second magnitudes in the American
wheeling armament was preparing to
s',ine with especial brflliance upon the
,Jming "meet"-such men MS the mi
brothers and VIII Campbell, who were
trained by the Berkeley Athletic club of
New York city; Van Wagner, of Proyi-
nee, who is renowned for fast time In
+; yenty-iye and fifty mile races; futile, of
Ehicago, a new western crack who Is on
lie road to fame; Van Sicklen, of Chicago,
IN old timer who has been racing since the
sar l OF bicycle races, and who has
zen on the track longer han any other
nateur; Brinker and Nilley, of Buffalo
.lot Dan Milley, who used to be 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
i'eoria; w. s. Thorne, Barrett, Tanning.
Nv. Rich, w. F. Gossler and l.. l.. Clark.
Hoyland Smith will be on hand too.
his remarkable young man-he is only
, years old-is @ it., 3 In. high and
seighs just ITO pounds. They said he
sasn't in it" when he first appeared on
40 race track. But he was-and the
theirs were not. Some foreign talent will
- present also. Laurie, the greatest safety
r.der in England, Is now in the United