The herald., 1895-11-09
CYCLING NEWS OF THE Day
Cooper and Murphy Join the
Citrus WheeImen
MANY BEAUTIFUL DIAMONDS
Hung Up as Prizes for the National
Circuit Meet
Great Preparations Being Made to Entertain
the Visiting Circuit chasers Los An.
geles Athletic Club Field Day

| per for this division. received the follow
ing telegram from Will Khippenberg yes
| terday:
"Mail Cooper and MURPHY notice OF
election to Citrus Wheelmen, signed by
president and secretary. They both ride
for u.s.
The two men referred to, Charles Muir
ply and Tom Cooper, the jollIer, are
about as fast as anything in the Country,
and If the purple OF the Citrus WheeImen
Is not seen in the front rank IN most nj
the races on the southern circuit it won't
be because these men cannot ride. They
were admitted to mem bership at the last
meeting of the club.
On Thursday evening the entire Citrus
club went to the Orpheum ut the invita-
ton of Manager Petrich, who Is mem.
Der of this excellent club. pleasant
evening was passed and vote of thanks
was rendered the gentle manager for his
kindly invitation.
| The Hollenbeck hotel has been selected
as the headquarters for the wheelmen
during the national circuit meet III
Southern California. Special rates have
been arranged for all visiting wheelmen,
and the race committee have engaged tho
parlors If the hotel for their headquarters.
! The race com mittee for the Los Angeles
meeting is made up as follows: Ii. c. F..
Smith, J. S. Thayer. J. a. Kelly, j. W..
| A.Of. DIR. II. Bert Ellis, Phil Lyon, N.
l.. Biehl, will Jenkins and Carl McStay.
| The Of xvfr x fh af ic boi N n don n
by these gentlemen is hardly appre.
ciated. and the responsibility that they
are assuming in the interest OF cycling
| is "a great deal.
The East Side Cycling club ara arrans-
! ing for the entertainment of the visiting
| wheelmen on their arrival in Los An
| geles, A committee has be.n appointed
to arrange for special features and to in.
| wife the cooperation OF thu other local
organizations in this mattel. The com.
mittee consists of u. G. McGarvin. chair
man; w. w. Welr W T. Forsythe, Ted
Cook and l.. c. Wills. The committee
have already laid plans for sreat
smoker to be given on one OF the nights
| OF the races, and other forms OF enter
tainment will be perfected.
| There will be a meeting of the Citrus
Wheelmen this afternoon at o'clock for
the purpose OF perfecting the various
| plans for the entertainment Ut the circuit
cbasers on their arrival. The com mittee
on entertainment consists of the follow
ing gentlemen: Dr.. H. Bert Ellis. DIR.
T.. G. Manning. J. W. A. OFF. L. w. Kin
sey, George Seymour. Henry Hazard
Joseph Petr CHI, U. r. Patterson and M.
A. Baker. The committee will have par
lors in the Hollenbeck during the races
and are preparing to entertain lavishly.
The season will be opened with giant
smoker and vaudeville entsrtainment at
Elks' hall, to which will be invited all
clubs. wheelmen and their friends. The
invitations for the evening will he ISIS ued
shortly. Many other features will be car
| ried out, but az yet the committee have
not fully decided upon any special one.
| : A letter has been Ieceiyed from Phil
| Kitchen, who is training at Santa Monica
| for the coming National meet. With him
are Fritz Lacy. Will Burke, Horace Slater
and a youngster from Phoenix Arizona,
named Long. The party have taken
cottage and are playing at bachelors ex-
lstence, and q right merry time they are
| having as far as IS consistent with rigor-
| Gus training that they are now going
through. Among otner things Kitchin
says:
| by Tar the speediest man here at present.
| He has improved wonderfully the past
week. Burke is not in very good fettle.
| but l think by the time of the National
meet the eastern men will not run away
| from him. Slater is not riding his best
yet by a good deal. but I think he will
| Young Long of Phoenix, a class A man,
| is here also and seems to have a very
! speedy pair OF legs. Tbs track is very
| good but for day or two after the rain
| was tIife heavy. We rode very fast
two miles yesterday, afternoon altsrnat-
ingly very strong at the finish"
These men may be looked after ct the
race meet, for they are liable to leave
| notice of their presence on the fastest
men that they have to ride against.
| The prize list for the three days meet
| ing of the National circuit chasers will
| be out today and will al once be distrib-
| uted through all the surrounding coun.
try. 1t is bv far the largest and richest
| prize list thas has ever been given in
! California for like event. The prizes
! are all diamonds, and as may be seen
they are not of the Seeding variety. be-
| ing all stones OF good value. i he COM
plete list of events and prizes with the
value attached is as follows:
| GLASS A.
| One mile novice-F st. gold medal, $40
second. silver medal. SIS.
One mile post-First. solitaire diamond
ring, $25; second. solitaire diamond ring,
$25; third, solitaire diamond ring, $25
! fourth, solitaire diamond ring. $25.
! One mile municipalities, solitaire dia-
mond ring, $25; second, l4-karat so:lo
geld ring, SIS; third, solitaire diamond
locket. $40.
One mile record-First, solitaire dia-
mond ring, $50.
lwo.m,le baptist, solitaire diamond
! ring, $3.50; second, solitaire diamond
ring $50.
| Fivr-mile handicap - First, solitaire
diamond ring, $40; se,ond, solitaire
diamond ring, SIS; third, shotgun, $l7.
One mile winners-F First, solitaire dia.
mond ring, $40; second. SAPPHIRE and dia-
mond pin, SIS.
| CLASS B.