Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-15

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The Omaha Wheel club will give a grand
smoker and musicale the evening OF
the 2lst. Guests and. hosts, will appear in
Worlds fair costumes. Arch musical pro-
gram has been prepared dna a general good
time will be guaranteed to all who attend.
Kansas City cyclists held a very success.
ful tournament on the l4h and 18th INST,
netting several hundred dollars. The
Athletic track, on which the races we're run,
is one of the fastest in the west.
Many local cyclists remember Charlie
Ashinger, the "Oklahomap Cyclone" who
has ridden many bicycle races in the Coli
scum during its palmicst' days. Charles
friends and acquaintance will be pleased TO
read the following extract from a Chicago
cycling paper. Charlie Asninger, the
professional racing man. will soon be
racing altogether AID settle down
as a well-lo-do farmer at Oklahoma
City. In the days when the Oklahoma
country was about To be opened to colonial
tion Ashinger was q familiar figure on its
borders. He was then following sprinting
as q profession when he was not teaching
school. While loaiing on the border of the
promised land he trained hard aud was in the
pink OF condition for the great rush, with the
result that he far outstripped all competi-
tors, reaching the location on which Okla
homa City now stands in time to select 100
acres of the finest land in the country. He
afterwards found that two ''sooners'' had
lain in the WOODS, and when the rush came
emerged as the holders of that particular
piece of land. A fourth claimant appeared
later, who had come from the border. Ash
niger filed his claim and so did the others.
All built houses, one on each side. and all
began cultivating the property. Ashinger
went into one court after another, knocked
the highest court in the country, with "a
good show of knocking out the third claim
ant. The property has increased in value to
100000, and Is on the outskirts of the pros
porous city of Oklahoma
If the first annual reunion of the inter
state wheelmen was a success, the second
annual was one OF greater magnitude. Last
Sunday was the day appointed for the re-
union and Blair the place of meeting. The
management of the affair was put into the
hands of committees from the Omaha Wheel
club, Tourist Wheelmen, Omaha, and the
Ganymede Wheel club of Council Bluffs. To
say that the committees DISCHARGED their
duties in a satisfactory manner Is not giving
them merit by one.half The reunion could
not have been placed in more able hands.
Captains Conradt, Potter and Williamson
added laurels to their already glorious
wreaths, but the crowd of merry wheelmen
who attended it was a. big One, and an en-
thusiastic one, one of those kind that go out
to enjoy themselves and succeed, there
were at least 100 cyclists on the ground at
any time. The first delegation left the
Omaha Wheel club house on Chicago street
at s O'Clock, sixty strong, under the guidauce
of the club captains. The ride up was a
dandy, the day was beautiful and the roads
in fine condition. Following the main body
came smaller squads from Omaha, Council
Bluffs, Herman. Craig and neighborlng
places. The cyclists of Blair had prepared
the grove for the visiting wheelmen, and
the visitors took possession of it lmmedi-
atelv. Neat crimson badges were dis
tributed to nll, which was all the card that
was necessary. Everybody, shook hands and
became acquainted. A nice lunch was
spread at noon, watermelons We're abundant
and much relished. Theresvas plenty to eat
ond drink aud fun for every one. A program
of games had been Arranged for the after
noon, and went off with sagusto peculiar to
everything attempted byea body of wheel
men. The rope club" was organized after
dinner, and became a popular organization,
to Judge from the number who wore the
clubs insignia. lilly Urlau and A.
II. Perrigo acted as masters of the
ropes ends at the initiation ceremonies.
The game of base ball between crack players
from Nebraska and Iowa cyclists was II
corker and resulted in a victory for the
Nebraska boys by a score of 9 to B. lilly
Urlau and Harry Smith formed the battery
for the Nebraskas, while D.. p. Hughey and
Howard Hattenhauer performed a like
service for Iowa. Ed, Prugh distinguished
himself By knocking out a home run for his
side, while Urlau, Patterson, Perrigo and
| WA luu SttStlCo VI tob piUbSb
balls. For low Etnyre, Hughey, Pullman
and Bixby did the grand stand catches, but
to no avail. Captain Cox wears the medal
a large one of leather-as a trophy of his
teams prowess. The sack races, three
legged races, bicycle races and contest for
homeliest men were features and enjoyed by
all, the winners of each receiving a fine
large leather medal. Many of the wheel
men remained until the S:l5 train, returning
to Omaha by that means. Others journeyed as
they came-by wheel. The Mandolin club was
in attendance, and delighted the wheelmen
with splendid selections. Policemen ca were
as numerous as stars and kept excellent order.
The police were all enthusiastic cyclists and
clubmen. George Waldron took half Il dozen
snap shots at the crowd before it broke up
and any wheelman can secure a fine picture
of the groups by addressing him. The sec.
ond annual was a grand success in every
sense of the word, and will be remembered
as one of the features of the '93 cycling
season.