The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-24
THE CHICAGO B|CYCNSTS
Viii Contest for a Handsome Trophy
to be Made in This City.
IT WILL BE A SILVER PUNCH BOWL
yhe Gorham Manufacturing Company
Awarded the Contract Against Ihir-
teen Compe titors-The Design-other
sporting News of General Interest.

The Gorbam Manufacturing company
of this city received the contract for the
trophy to be competed for at Chicago by
the champion bicyclists OF the world.
There were thirteen competitors in the
race TO win the contract. The finest de
signers aud silversmiths In the country
submitted models for approval. but mons
of them equalled the elegant design sent
from the Gorham works. The trophy is
40 cost 81 900. TO be made OF sterling sill
Ver with an ebony base, and will be prob
ably the largest aud most expensive
prize ever given to the winner OF a
bicycle race.
The great event for which the prize is
designed is TO take place at Chicago this
summer while the fair Is In full blast.
IL is held under the auspices OF the
League of American wheelmen. II. Z.
RAYMOND, chairman Of the l.. A. w. rae
ing committee, will have charge, and 1t
is his intention, as well as hat OF the big
bicycle association, TO make the event
the grandest one in the history OF the
American wheeling.
The international trophy event is to be
contested only by champions. There are
some twenty champion cyclists IL the
world, and all are expected TO work TO
win the prize. Thus the event will be a
race royal, aud one probably untqualled
in every respect in the annals OF bicycle
racing.
A Punch Bowl.
The model submitted to the committee
by the Gorhams is tha, of a punch bowl
standing on six-inch high ebony base,
surmounted by the form OF Fame. stand
ing on "a globe. and holding outstretche1
in one hand a wreath: The trophy VIII
take the form of Grecian urn. and the
Grecian style of art a exemplihed by the
acantnus will be followed throughout
The height Of the work will be about
twenty seven inches. The globe upon
which Fame stands Is engraved with a
map OF the world, and around it are
grouped the flags of the nations. The
arms of the urn are formed OF acanthus
leaves, aud from each Is extended n
wreath OF t!4e same design. On one arm
is the head of Bacchus; on tie other,
the head of Mercury. Directly under
each arm is an American eagle, with the
American shield on its breast. On the
front and center of the urn is winged
sphere. on which is engraved one Of the
hemispheres. On the rear and center is
III other winged sphere, upon which will
be engraved the we'll known L. A. w.
emblem. Extending from each sphere
are graceful loops and folds of acanthus.
A perfect figure of a racing wheelman,
mounted on pneumatic bicycle, waiting
for the word To start, adorns the bottom
OF the trophy. Space has been reserved
for the name of the winner.
Altogether the work is on the most
classical and artistic plan, and is a great
triumph for the skillful designers aud
artists connected with the Gorhams
Especially in the arms of the urn, having
as handles the heads OF Bacchns aad
Mercury, aud the dainty and exquisiie g
feminine form of Fame riding the globe
with a laurel wreath in her hand. is the
skill of the designer displayed TO the
best advantage.