The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-24
READY FOR TO-DAY'S RACES
Great Lantern Parade Given by the
Wheelmen Last Evening.
Kindls Again Breaks the Worlds Record for
q Quarter Of q Mile-Struggle for
the Championship.

S hortly before 8 o'clock last night Ohio
street, between Pennsylvania and Ala
bama. presented the appearance of q sea
of Chinese lanterns on wheels. The scene
was novel and beautiful and attracted o
large crowd of people. For q quarter OF
an hour before the wheelmen formed in
line for the great lantern parade the streets
were so crowded with bicycles, buggIes.
men. women and boys that street-car
traffic was suspended. All the while Capt.
Fisher. who had the parade in charge, as
sisted by Messrs. Clemens, Simpson. Hall,
Spears and Cameron, was kept busy in
structing the boys and arranging the line
of march. :
About ten minutes before 8 the process
sion began. and the route which was men,
toned in yesterdays Journal was followed.
with but slight variation. When the line
reached Washington street there was such
q mass of people that o stop or two was
occasioned. Many exclamations of sur
prise and admiration came from
the crowd as the wheelmen
passed down Pennsylvania street. All
sorts Of decorations were seen. Upon some
OF he wheels were q half dozen or more
Chinese lanterns. arranged In the form OF
O cross. with flags and colOred bunting In
profusiOn. A few presented the appear
every case the riders moved along with ap-
parently as much ease as IL they had been
stationed on four wheels instead of two.
"fGovERNoR" o'MALLEY's CAR.
One outfit. which perhaps attracted
more attention than any other, was that in
the form of q car about six feet in length
and nearly ten feet In height On the sides
of the car vas the inscription, in
large gold letters: Governor O'Malley's
Athletic Club. Roby, Ind. Bill Nye Brown"
The rioer was Will II. Brown. q young
man who evidently know what would at
tract the attention of the crowd.
After going down Virginia avenue as far
as the fountain. the parade came back.
oircled around the Statehouse, and went
north IN Pennsylvania street as
far as Fourteenth street and down on
Broad wav. 1t was about $50 o'clock when
the riders wheeled up TO the ZIgzag CLUB
rooms. The exact number In line was not
known. but a estimated all the way from
three to i've hundred. There were so many
outsiders on wheels that it was hard to de.
termine at times who were q part or the
parade.
The prizes were awarded shortly after
the parade was finished. Two gold medals
were offered for the first and second prizes,
and four bicy Gle locks for the third prize.
The recipients of the prizes from the first to
the fourth In their order were Messrs.
Gardner. Pritchard. Ribble and
Freeman. The judges were Robert
Hicks. Ollie Carter, Frank Day and
George Dickson. No accidents of o serious
nature were reported by those IN the
parade. Many OF the riders, however, COM
planned of being molested q great lea by
mischievous small boys along the line of
march who insisted In grabbing at the
Chinese lanterns. In many cases the
lanterns were so shaken about that they
annnhf tIra md hnrnAh Snnnn hnua
not the only ones who insisted on lnterfer-
ing with the march. Many grown young
men amused themselves by throwing stones
at the riders. When the procession reached
the viaduct on Virginia avenue o crowd OF
negroes interfered TO such an extent that
the prospects for q time were favorable
for . general fight. The intruders were
finally driven of without any serious con-
sequences. In the trouble Captain Fisher
was hit on the arm by q stone. but the in
jury was not serious. Besides these inter-
ferences. Ii was very difficult at times for
the procession to make its way through the
ever. the parade was considered q great
success.
A WORLDS RECORD BROKEN.
The local managers are very enthusiastic
over the races which will occur at the fair
grounds this afternoon. The interest
which the people took in the parade last
night indicates q large attendarc CO at the
races.
Visiting wheelmen continued to arrive
yesterday. fifty or more coming from Cleve-
land and Chicago. A large number of the
visitors and local wheelmen were at the
fair grounds yesterday afternoon, In q
RWEii nS1s and race f. between e ryl M. t ":
former made g quarter in 2e AS.
with Tyler q close second. This is better
than the worlds record by One-fifth Of q
second. Windle says that If the wind is
prepared to Lowers the worlds record
in q mile heat. Zimmerman also
ran q mile yesterday afternoon in
2:10. Just to get warmed up. HIS record
wheeImen who are attracting a good deal
of attention are Sidney Black, of Cleve-
land. and Daniel Canary. of New York.
These are the trick riders. They will per-
form some astonishing and interes ting
feate this afternoon.
The race which Is looked rwa ard 80 with
the most interest Is the one mile open race
for the interuational championship. Thirty
one OF the worlds famous wheelmen are en-
tered in this race. including Zimmerman.
Windle. Bliss. Meintjes and others. There
Ia a great dealo favorable comment among
the visiting wheeimen regarding the prizes
offered In this race. The first prize is q
gold cup In different colors. bearing the
emblem of the Zigzag Club set with dia-
monds. The second prize Is regarded as an
extraordinarily valuable one, being an
upright piano.. which will be given by ID.
II. Baldwin X Co. The third prize is q
road cart. offered by II. L. Hearsey IL
Co.. aud the fourth o roll-top
desk. by Hay * Willis. Diamond
studs will be given by the Zigzag Club to
the man leading at first. second and third
quarters. The races will begin promptly
at 2 o'clock. as there are twelve In all, and
the entire afternoon will be required.
To-night at TOmlinson Hall there will be
o social entertainment. at which Mayor
Sullivan will be present and make q
speech. The lower floor of the hall will be
occupied by gentlemen alone. the gallery
being reserved for ladies.