Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-13
TER STATE MEET.
ENTRIES FOR TIE HANDICAP RACES CLOSED
LAST NIGHT.
Fair Weather All That is Needed Now 10 Insure
Success-Ths Street Demonstration
and Committees.

Yesterday was the closing day for en-
tries to handicap races run in connec-
ton with the first annual meet OF the
West Virginia division of the Leagne OF
the American Wheelmen, and number
were received by the chairman OF the
race committee during the day, includ-
ing E. G. and L. c. Johnson, the fast
Cleveland riders, who have entered all
events on both days. The entries OF
George and Arthur Banker, Of Pitts
burg, were also received last night, and
a number OF others. Several are ex-
pected in this mornings mails, and the
boys are confident that there will be
from seventy to eighty contestants In
the cycle races. The Steubenville
boys had not entered up TO last night,
but their blanks are expected to be on
hand this morning.
All arrangements are about COM
pleted now, and all that remains Is for
the weather clerk to furnish the town
with q nice assortment of Old Sors rays
on next Tuesday aud Wednesday; abe
cyclers will do the rest. The interest
of the people of the community to see
Zimmerman and the other cracks is on
the increase, and the probabilities are
that there will be an immense crowd at
the State Fair grounds on Tuesday
afternoon. Zimmerman and his trainer
have made arrangements for quarters
at the Mcclure, and also number OF
other visiting racing men.
The programme for the two days
races, which was edited and arranged
by Mr.. r. NJ. Archer, Is artistic In its
typographical makeup, aud compre-
hensive, and interesting in its contests.
The programme for the second day In
cludes a street demonstration at 9:30 a.
~, which will be participated in by
several hundred wheemen, and will be
something new to the people OF Wheel
ing and visitors. The wheelmen
will be photographed after the
parade by Sykes, the operator at
O'Neill's studio. At noon Mayor Cald-
we'll will deliver an address OF welcome.
The races will take place at the Fair
Grounds in the afternoon, and there
will be band concert by Meyers Band
at the Mcclure House on the evening OF
each day.
On the third day the visiting and
local wheelmen will make "scorcher"
run to Martins Ferry, Bridgeport and
Beilaire. The races will occupy the
afternoon, and there will probably be
an entertainment at the Opera House
In the evening.
Following are the officers OF the pa
rade on Tuesday morning: Grand Mar
shall, A. R. Darragh, OF Pittsburg; Chief
of Staff, w. Il. Sadler,s Of this city;
Aides, George Hall, Wellsville, o.; John
B. Griffith, SteubenVille, o.; John w.
Ensign, Huntingdon; Henry Gruber,
Wheeling; Edward Kelly, Parkersburg;
Henry Mahlke, Wheeling; Fred ii.
Scott, Charleston; Percy Gath, GAINESVILLE,
o.; A. Schaffer, Morgantown. The
line OF march will be as follows: Form
on public square and move north on
Chapline to Fourteenth, to Market, to
Tenth, across bridge to Island, on sew
eral Island streets, back over bridge to
Main, to Twenty-sixth, TO Chapline, TO
Twentieth, to Market, to Twelfth and
dsband.
In addition to the Committee hereto
fore published, the following persons
have been made honorary members OF
the Press COMMITTEES: Will 5. Faris, of
the lntetli9encer; Il. V. Ankle, of the
REGISTER; w. w. Whtmyer, OF the
NelpS; Fred. Colmar, Of the Stats
ZeitltnQ.