The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-04
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ChIeagp-rhey ffili toinaatp Take fRfti
In the IptprnRtlaRnlp Championship Con,
tests 20 80 Hsil q ceAHessien Wlt1I thp
WoFll's TAR.
CHICAGO, IlLS Jan, Most Of the
noted whselmsnol sheYpgldi II y sS,
pected, viii attend the international
championship contesta which are TO
lake place during tile Worlds FalEsea-
son. McGladdety, Mccormick and
Mecreedy, Of Ireland, HsFFls and schoT
FIELD, Of England Yogt and Lecaille, Of
Scotland, oaptpot Italy, and LahF, Of
Germany, are all mentioned as pFoba'
BILE contestants, These same contests,
and the regulations as 10 distance, kind
Of track, and conditions Of entry, are
the chief subject 81 discussion mopg
local bieYclIsEs, Though arrangements
are assuming definite shape, they are by
no means complete,
lis known, however, that the dis
tances are 10 be one mile, 10 kilometeFs
and 100 kilometeEs, Approximately Q
kllonoter Is fiyeleighthA Of q mile.
Probably the track will be a circuit
Of half q mile. Certainly u VIII 20
located within the South Side ball park,
II may be made Of cement maybe not,
But whatever material the track u
constructed the wheelmepot this city,
through It's repreaept atlYes, are pledged
10 provide that which shall be demte,n'
strated 70 be the fastest surface IN the
world,
Now az 10 makers amateurs II is at
length as good as settled that they shall
be eligible 70 competition, a special
dispensation willsppt themlon an equal
footing with pure amateurs II II shall
become necessary, There 10 provision
for it But whenone peuaes to con,
slider that next years champions arc
likely to be wholly recruited from the
ranks OF the men who now hold such
honors, and that those are makers men,
itlooks like borrowing trouble TO set
about discovering a way to qualify them
for such an occasion, This statement
is made upon the common assutn nslon
that the two classes will race together
in this country tor the championships,
when It will inevitably result that the
genuine amateur willesncculnb. Eng
land will hardly send makers amateurs
here,
Englishmen propose to distinguish
between amateurs and makers anna.
tours by a system OF licenses. The men
who race for pianos houses and lots
etc., will be in one class and the men
who ride for medals and the Ike In tho
other. The moment man in the
latter class races Tor q prize above a cer-
tain value he becomes q makera' ANA
teur. France has an. amateur associa-
ton with q membership OF over 900.
Both classes were recognized at the
recent London meeting.
lp addition to their champions, each
country will likely send a contingent OF
racing men to travel on the grand cir
cult which Will Immediately follow the
Fair.tournament. England will send
young Harris, the Leicester lad who
reeled OF the fastest English mile, put
ting the figures down to 2:12 2-5. Ac-
COmpanying him In all probability will
DO schoheld, the man whom Diamond at
ono time considered quite good enough
to beat Zimmerman when ewas abroad.
1t generally believed that schofeld is
much superior man to Harris. Eng
land will also contribute the services Of
Stroud, Edwards and one or two others
Unknown ability Possibly Shorthand,
the wonderful long distance rider, and
James and Holbeih and some other cele-
DRAFTED men win also make the journey.
Ireland will unquestionably send Me.
Greedy, McGladdery, McC ormick, Kill
kelly and perhaps one Of the Du eros
boys. Scotland has q couple OF good
men in Yogt and Iecaille the formero Of
whom has suddenly risen TO a point of
disttnction on the track, and the latter
OF whom standsas the best long dis
lance track and road manin his coun.
try. Anderson, McLaren and Faulder-
stone are three other men who may be
expected to put imam appearance. Hol-
land has two good racing men in Kon-
ing and scheltema-B eduin. In Italy Is
a man called o9ntu, who, though he
he has never done anything extraordin-
arY is neverthelessguite a factorin the
racing world. Germany has a good
man in August Lair, who won the one
mile championship in England two sea-
sons ago by defeating Herbert synyer.
In Australia is q man called Busst
whose future is predetermined. He has
2 considerable turn OF speed, and is
known to be improving all the time.
Up in Canada Is w ellis, the man who
trailed Zimmermann in all the events
Of the last season in which they were
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