The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-28

GYA I RlsG s Sss i .,
tho weather will he n!l that could DO do
sired for tho trio Of important events
that will come oil tho hrut three days OF
tho week: Circns on Monday. Linsly
field day on Tuesday aud thu INrELL,-
GLNCER bicycle road race on Wednesday.
Decoration Day.
The last Of tho constellation bids fair
to DO the greatest out-of.door athletic
event seon around Wheeling for many
dry. Certain It Is that tho public out.
side OF the wheeling fraternity 10 taking
m intcn8e interest In the outcome OF
the contest Yesterday nearly all OF
the entrants 90 the rnco wcro ont on che
pike getting In o iow final "licks" In
tho way OF training. All tho boyo arc
going fast and perhaps tho record made
ut last years event will be broken.
Entries for the road raco closed al 9
o'clock Saturday evening. Fred UP, Of
Martins Forty, being tho last mar 10
enter. Tho entrants number twenty
three. md include all OF the favorites In
the CONTEXT Of '99. Fifteen arc Hliuel.
ing riders, two from Pittsburgh, two
from Wellsburg. TWO Steubcnvilliane
and one ST. Clasrsville man. 1t 10 more
than probable that every man cuterad
will face the starter Wednesday after
noon, thus making Z field five stronger
than last year. It |, noticeable that In
this race lighter wheels than over be-
fore will BIO uged, tho average weight
being about twonty.sevcn pounds. Tho
gears, too, will he considerably higher.
Sketches OF tho various riders who
will ride in the race arc glven here:
No. IL. b. McNcar, OF Wellaburg,
has ridden n wheel for two years; has
never ridden in 4 road race, but won
second place in q track event in Wheel
in. last September. Weight Of wheel.
IS; gear. &C.
No. 2-H. c. Kennedy, Of Wheeling,
commenced riding the wheel four Year,
aso. IIo was in tho Columbian Fourth
Of July road race in '05, and finished
fourteenth, receiving a four minute
handicap. Weight, SO; gear, 81.
No. 3-Georse X. Tinker Ia the young.
est rider entered, eighteen years old
and q student at Linsly Instituta His
cycling experience dates one yenr ago,
and he has had no racing experience,
though entered in the races Of Liusly
fold day, tomorrow. Weight, %; gear,
90.
No. ANDY Ilorcs, Of Wheeling, is
also n now rider. who amt into tho fold
in '03, and he has no racing experience.
lie will ride wheel geared to GS inches,
weight 80 pounds.
NJ 4 III n Jyor.;,,, - O. TN.t.,
vile, whose solo representative he will
DO, has ridden Eighteen months. Weight
50. gear GS.
No. 6-John [. Klngh orn. OF Wheel
ing; wears tho colors OF the Y. NJ. &. a..
Bicycle Club; commenced riding O
wheel in 1892, aud never Contested in q
race. Weight Is, genr SO.
No. BERT G. Goble. OF Glenshaw, o
suburb Of Pittsburgh, commenced rid
ing in August, 1893. He was one OF the
contestants Ia tho recent Pittsburgh.
Butler road race u by tho Pittsburgh
Press, and made tho distance, 81 miles,
in2:l4:50. Weight 81, gear, 6S.
No. 8AGeoree Helms, Of Stedbenville,
has ridden q wheel live years. but has
done no road racing. Weight Is. gear
Us.
No. CIV. J. Miller, OF Wheeling, has
ridden ono year, but never did auy rae.
ing on track or road. Welght 81, gear
%.
No. l0-Robest J. Murphy Of tho
Century Club. Pittsburgh. p~hrchnaod
his first mount in 1893, and has not
heretofore been an aspirant for road
racing honor,. Weight Is, gear 50.
No. Ill. A. MrGinn!s, Of Wheeling,
commenced riding in 1892. but 80 far as
racing on road or path is concerned, Ia
q novice. His wheel weighs 29i pounds
and will be geared to y inches, tho
highest gear recorded.
No. lo-W. J. Alexander, Of Stcuben.
vile, took his first header in 1899, and
has contested In QUO road race, making
fifteen miles in 90 minutes. Weight
2S, gear 6GS
No. l3-L h Dillon, Of Wheeling,
commenced riding in 1892; has had no
racing experience and will ride O wheel
geared to G3 inches, weight % pounds.
MIR. Dillon docs not fear the conse.
qucnccs OF wearing the number "thir-
teen" OF his back during the race.
No. l4-Alex @. Dodd, OF Wcllsburg,
has ridden for one year. has had no rae
ing experience and will mount a wheel
Geared to Ga inches. weight 90 pounds.
No. l5-John Arbenz, of Wheeling,
has ridden the safety typo Of cycle for
two weeks; in 1883 hp mounted a high
wheel. He has never contested in a
race before. Weight 81. cear 6S.
No. l6-John 6. Gribben, Of Wheel
ing, is another nov rider, having first
mounted 4 wheel last year. When it
CONTEST to racing heis ~anovice. His wheel
weighs q pounds, cc2red to 6S inches.
No. l7-Charlcs X. Strobol, OF Wheel
ing, wears the veterans bar, having
ridden the cyclic since 1888. Though
he is Il good road rider he has never
contested in any race. Weight 80, gear
63.
No. lS-Wll R. Stevenson, Of Wheel.
ing, is another veteran and in the days
OF the "old ordinary" was accounted ono
OF the fastest men Wheeling had on
tho path. lie mounts tho safety for the
first time this season, with gear OF 60
inches. weight IS pounds.
No. l0.-Max. NJ. Mahlke, OF Wheel.
ing, is q well known rider, was the
: winner OF the Columbian Fourth OF
July road race here last year, taking
both first and timo PRICES The dis.
lance, fifteen miles, no made in 81 40.
His wheel weighs 25 pounds. and is
geared to C63 inches.
No. :o.-R. II. Mahlke, Of Wheeling,
was entered IN tho road racs last year
but did not start. He is a fast man on
tho path, holding several OF the West
Virginia state championships. lie will
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