The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-23


One ofthe Great Events !of the Bicycle
Year-Leading all New England-SOme
Of the Famous Teams and Riders Conn
ing from all Parts Of the Country.
The Wheel clubs race meet next
Thursday, in preparation for which the
managers have been at work since
April, will with fair weather be an
event that will rank in its line with
the Valley Fair another demonstration
of how Bratteboro can do things.
There has been nothing in New Eng
land thus far that could touch it.
Springfield alone probably will, but
that is three days affair. The en-
tries will not be complete until to-
morrow, but there is already big list
of them, insuring a far more interest
ing one than last year, successful and
creditable as that was. 4 scheme is
now working by telegraph that may
land the fastest Glass b man in the
world here it will be decided to
morrow. The cream of the Glass A
men in New England and eastern New
York are certainly coming, and the
Corning, Columbia, Stearns, Barnes
and Lowell Glass Il teams, two men
each, are on the lists for sure, with Il
number of New York and New Eng
land Class B men who are not attached
to any team. Some of the teams have
to jump from Michigan to get here,
and they refuse tempting offers to
spend next week ia Canada but they
come because theyfeeognize tho fact
that the BrattleboFD races are to be
one of the big events in the bicycle
world this year.
In fact all the fast men are coming
the good racers are 10 be here The
boys have had extraordinary good fort
une in securing the Glass Il teams, for
they rarely appear outside the National
Circuit. Ii takes nerve to run these
Glass h races with such big prizes,
but Brattleboro wants the best and she
is going to have it.
The village viii don its holiday attire
for the day, and from morning until
night. as will be seen by the Official
program below, it is TO be an interest
ing one.
The meet has been widely and tho
advertised and great crowd
is certain:
There are 10 be seven races, four in
Glass 4. and three in Glass B, and
state and track, records VIII be es
Some ofthe Men Who Will lie Here.
In Glass b The Columbia team consisting of
W r Sims of Washington, G, and Ray Mae
Donald of Y.
The Barnes tram c0nsstsng OF J II Allen of
Springfield Mass and J Fred Barry OF syracuse,
\ Y. Allen holds the present track record of
:. g 20 yards.
The Lovel teamconslsting the local faydriie
Nat Bntler and his hro,ier Tom.
The stearns team " ssiual entries TO come
In Saturday.
Other men are j II Fitzgerald, / mile Cham.
pon OF New Hampshire, Harry Hall, Concord,
\ III, Jack WeltergIecn aud Billy Peuigrew
from Boston and Eddie McDuifee, Buffers old
rival and one of the fastest road riders IN
AMERICA
In Glass A Ed Nelson, Springfield Mass, III.
Davey, of Greenfield Mass,u Newton, stafford
springs, Ct.J Walch Barre { ! Lewis North
hampton, H., =. Walton, Boston. Mass, A. r.
Fuller, OF Maiden, Mass, =. Barron stowe,
Mass, who holds a nntnber of
lass A, worlds records, l.. NJ. Blake |
keene. \. H.. r. I. Elmer, Chicopee, Mass, q.
A. McEdward, Springfield. Mass, j. j. Casey |
and II. A. Adams, the Worcester, Mass, ri |
sals and many others of less note among the |
ocal men entered are Irwin Combs the V. w. G.. |
rack. Combs is riding fast on the road but has |
lone no track work this year, \. J. fillion |
Frank Flagg, Ed. Henson sanford Thomas, |
,uilford, J.. {. Roeder No. Iiinsdale, and q. !
Z. Robinson, IIinsdalc y II.