The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-14
Two MORE CRACKS.
The oyclers Secure Two More Fast
Men for the Races
The NTELLIGENCER RELAY RACE

The NTELLIGENCER RELAY RACE
Which win Be the Feature of the
First Day of tho Meet-A Message
TO 30 Carried From Ptttsbars to
wheeling in ReIayS-Heats VIII Be
Necessary at the Races--AnOtheF
Road Race.
The bicycle meet and races to be
given in Wheeling next week daily
assume greater proportions. YesteF-
day the entries Of two more noted rae
ing men were received, those Of George
@. Smith, who rides under the colors Of
the New York Athletic Club, the same
organization under whose colors the
great Zimmerman rides, and Hoyland
Smith, the fast Boston crack, whose
,colors are those of the Springfield,
.Mass., Bicycle Club. These two entries
were received by telegraph last night
from Joe .McDermott, Zimmerman's
trainer and manager. 1t will be seen
that the open and handicap events will
show up with great field Of starters.
and that Zimmerman will have to
hustle for victory. The array Of fast
men that will line up here next Tues
day afternoon includes such first raters
as Zimmerman, Johnson, Meinties,
Hoyland Smith, George Smith, George
Banker, A. w. French, E O. aud L. y.
Johnston, Nelson, Tudor, Steele, Bern
hart, the Baker brothers and many
others.
In fact the fields In number Of the
races will be go large if all who are en-
tered come trial heats will prob
ably be run Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings. The first five men In each
trial heat will qualify to race in the
final in the afternoon. The trial heats
furnish fully as good sport Us the finals,
and there will no doubt be large crowds
in attendance Tuesday and Wednesday
mornings.
In anticipation OF tho presence of a
number Of ladies here during the meet,
ladies' reception committee has been
appointed, and consists Of Mrs. Frantz
and Mrs. j. A. McGinnis, both wheel
women and members of the l. A. w.
Relay bicycle races have practically
demonstrated the usefulness of the
wheel in carrying long distance mes
sages. over even the average American
roads, and its superiority over the horse
in this respect is manifest. Last sum-
mer it will be remembered, the swiftest
wheelmen along the route between New
York and Chicago, carried message
from General Howard to General Nielsen
A. Miles, at Chicago, in phenomenal
time. During the meeting OF the wheel
men of the state and trt-state radius
here next week, such a race 70 termi-
nate ut Wheeling would be particu-
larly interesting, and the 1NTILLI-
aRScER, as usual, has enterprisingly
come to the front, and such
race has been arranged 10 be
known Us the INTELLIGENcER relay race,
which will be run from Pittsburgh here
on the first day OF the cyclers' meeting.
A message will be delivered into the
hands OF one Of the fastest OF the Smoky
City riders, who will carry 1t five miles
out OF the city, and will then deliver 1t
to another, who will carry it five miles
at the. best pace he can make. There
will be six relays to Washington, Pa,
all the riders being Pittsbnrghers, and
at the latter point the Wheeling riders
will take up the thread and continue it
tothis city. It is expected that the
entire distance, about seventy miles,
can be made under six hours, which
will thoroughly demonstrate to tho
people the practicability OF the cycle as
amessage carrier.
The race will start Monday morning
shortly before noon and will certainly
finish in front Of the INTRLLldENcER
office before 6 p. m. This race will be
the principal feature Of the first day of
the wheelmen's meet, and the finish
will no doubt be witnessed by thou
sands of people.
The Washington Wheeling end of the
relay race will be taken care Of by the
hardest and swiftest of the local Wheel
men, who will no doubt do fully as we'll
as the Pittsburghers who will cover the
route from the Smoky City to Washing
ton. The local riders who have been
selected to carry the message on this
end Of the route, and the length OF their
relays, are as follows:
Oscar I. Smith, Washington to q
point on the national pike, six miles
west, six miles; Will Juergens, from
Smiths stopping point to Claysville,
five miles; Harry Chessell, Of Martins
Ferry, Claysville to West Alexander,
seven miles; Nef Laing, West Alexan-
der to Triadelphia, eight miles; @. W.
Hartman, Triadelphia to foot Of Reeds
Hill, FIVE miles; W. I. Sadler, foot Of
Reeds Hill to INTBLLleENoER Office,
fourteenth street, Wheeling, three and
one-half miles. Total distance, WASH
ington to Wheeling, thirty.four and
one-half miles.
The Pittsburgh Pres Is getting up a
long distance road race, with valuable
prizes, to be run from Buffalo to Pitts
burgh, a distance Of over two hundred
miles, to take place Friday, September
%. The entry fee s., but the railroad
fare of the contestants from Pittsburgh
and hotel bills are paid by the news
paper. There are alarge number Of en-
tries, and 1t is probable that two or
three of tho local riders will contest.
Oscar Smith last night sent in his entry
blank, and hia friends say he will make
good showing in the race.
"The Isle of Champagne"
Saturday night Mr.. Thomas @. Sea.