The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-26
JAcKSoNWLLEs TOURNAMENT.
BICYCLE RACES THAT PROMISE TO
BE FAST AND EXCITING.

BE FAST AND EXCITING
The Florida Wheelmen TO Have n
Grand bicycle Meet at Jackson
willie TO-mOrrovy-The Event of the
Day the Ffve-MIIe Match Race BE-
tween Young Adams of Jackson
willie and Mr.. HuGstetIer OF Or
InndO - Adams Has a Bad FAN
While reimbursement 10 Rep
resent Savannah.
The meet Of the Jacksonville OFla.)
Wheelmen tomorrow at that city prom
ises to be one of the most attractive
events Of the cycling season in the south.
and second only TO the successful meet
held by the same club July 4. Then the
club could not get very low railroad rates
and the attendance was slighter on that
account But this time the railroads
agreed on special low rates from all sec
lions Of Florida and Georgia, and very
likely the attendance will be heavy.
The Savannah riders will be well repre-
sented by a good delegation. which will
go down to see the sports, though r. V.
Connerat will be the only rider to enter
the races. He will be in three events-tne
one mile open, three mile handicap and
two mile lap race. He will also aid in
pacing in the nve mile match race.
The events viii be as follows:
One mile novice race
Five mile contest between G. n. Adams
| of Jacksonville and w. j. Huffstetler of
| Orlando. Prize for this is gold watch
chain inlaid with three diamonds, offered
/ by the Jacksonville Wheelmen.
One mile 2.40 class Three priZpS
Running broad jump. Two prizes.
one mile race for boys under II years
| of age. Three prizes.
One mile open. Three prizes.
One hundred yards dash, foot race. Two
/ prizes.
One mile three-minute class. Three
| prizes.
Running high jump. Two prizes.
Three mile handicap. Three prizes.
Half-mile bicycle race for boys under Is
years of age. Two prizes.
Pole vaulting. Two prizes.
Two mile lap race. Two prizes.
Consolation race Three prizes.
An illuminated bicycle parade will be
/ held this evening. Prizes for best indi-
/ vidual design in trimming of bicycle in the
parade will be offered. Parade will DE
headed by the Fifth Battalion Band of
| Tampa.
The Brunswick, Ca, wheeImen will
send large delegation and many riders.
! Columbia, 5. c., has also two riders
there with a tandem. They will do the
pacing in the match race and in the open
| events
The event Of the meet will be the
| match race between G. N. Adams of
Jacksonville and w. 1. Hunstetler of Or
| lando, the former IS years of age, and
the latter 20. Both are in good condi-
| ton and will make a fast race. Young
Adams had a severe fall Thursday while
training, falling and severely scraping
and skinning his right leg from the
ankle to the thigh. The plucky rider
| kept on training all the week, and 1t
is not thought that he will be any the
worse for it tomorrow. The interest in
this race extends all over the state, and
the friends of both riders are working
hard for their men. Adams is well
known in Savannah and in this section,
| as he has raced here for several sum-
mers. He has beaten Isaac Baird of
Charleston three out of FIVE races, and
he holds the southern championship, won
at Charlotte, N. c.. in May last.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
railway offers the low excursion rate
of $500 for the round trip from savan-
nah. The Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad also extends low rates.
The midsummer meet of the Massachu-
sets division was somewhat of a novel
ty this year. 1t was held on the shore
Of Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, and
partook of the nature of camp. The
attendance was not large, Boston having
the largest contingent about fifty. Road
and path races and various other games
were the chief forms of amusement.
After helping Rivierre put up a new
twenty-foT hour record at Bordeaux
Michael attacked the hour record He
was stopped at half time by a violent
storm, but, nevertheless, clipped every
record from 10 to n kilometers He also
lowered Barden's ten-mile record by q
seconds. his time being 2O15 As.
Harris, the English pro, has been dis
abled by a somewhat unusual accident
While riding in street clothes on a tan
dem, his trousers caught in the chair
and badly mangled foot resulted. Tough
trousers those!
The English amateur half-mile record
has been lowered to So AS seconds, by f
w, Chinn on the Wood Green track
Chairman Gideon, of the League O
| American Wheelmen racing board
has ordered Marion Black tn.
Fort Wayne crack, to return al
prizes which he has won in Clas,
A races this season. Black last year com
peted as a b man, but was never formal,
transferred by the racing board. Thi
year he has been riding as an A man
winning among other events, two Indian;
state championships.
After ride do not Immediately take
bath; better rest and cool off at leas
fifteen minutes. Then battle, and afte
doing so lie down, covering yourself III
with something light and warm. Wheel
women will find the foregoing particular!
applicable to their needs.
Belgian wheelmen are not only taxed
but they must also carry with them at al
times their tax receipt, so as to be abb
to show same to any enquiring official
An observant riding academy instructo
declares that few persons have legs o
equal length, and that lack of knowledg
of this fact often initiates against per
feet running wheel
According to the belief of the profes
sional, when 1t comes to prizes, dolla
in the pocket is worth two in the diamond
paper rim, to supercede the presen
wooden rim, is among the 1896 novelties.
The Germans still cling tenaciously to tn
high wheel. At the annual meet of tn
German Radfahrer Bund at Munich, Aug