The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-11
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men ere all on tho ground this morning
me H"nch hotel was tho heatiuuart ms
Tor the majority of them. and as they
"oN'" about In tho corridors tho bright
uniforms attracted great deal of tt,cn-
uon They had reached the gulf after n
tour of the country. and comlns from ,,ic
lt'o Grandc 10 this city the change WINS
- dcnch.ful ono. Every ono wen, to IN,
track 10 see what condition the new ccmnn,
o'rolo was IN. 50 as tc know how toed,
whcn the time came. and after n hn,r
hundred trunks had been oponcl tho
whcols were srinning
There were whccls of all kinds The
hanhlcr the S,cnrns Syr,cuse aud many
liners one OF the mos; prominent being
ih' Sterling. the bcau;ifui green of TN,
good tires, t you let tho rider Of cuch
wheel tel g. whether hc had ,hc 4;
y; =. la,mSr ar Morgan X wrisht ihe
represented IN the iarecst team OF ra,tu,.
th'N which ever toured The country rArV
nttrlN'l thus morning ana wrrc tho center
o. attraction, each one wearing a blue
sweater across the breast of which w,lr
thr wJrLs IN VIII t. Morgan n Wriph,
NTH =, 'niS team was IN charge OF MIR
man. They arrived from Laredo This il
w largest team that has ever fpllnwca thu
rAtlnmti circuit, and h. claim IL made
! Tor thnt each of It's riurrs is "A " ribs
r,cori holder Tho RACING men are Ar,n,,r
M NM, ni Shie"go, ON. OF the ,pcedost
| california Demon" OF San J,sc pni
',, Of Louisville. Ky ilar,y 9
inmwa Iowa, aud J. II nowlcs of ,hi-
9efe Aii of them atn professional riders
| party, John Wee; Of Chicago ia Moulton
| g. Minneapolis. X y Award of san
rlansisee ma " p. stanton Of Denver,
! IN thr rae ng game
re california slHnts. composed of r.
riii g. $. Wells and iii Winescti an
| have hensed prominently IN tecord w>fN
onfins ne pnM winter srnsou ANA have
u vsar,,n ,"r s"asons inclns WI some
Ihr Snallcy team ~ lSmouiil rd ,s
nomp9sed 2t Frank LYMAN Marion Hlack
james hoach and w T. Crothcrs of san |
I Antonio represent the i,nnrh team
Fl, b, Sleil ng is represented at the, meet |
" ~ Is iugSbrA. irck rider. charles X |
MtNannis Ir.. '-vr.r-old worlds cham- |
ro3n and George Bevecs Of NJ rnao
ayers at The TeNas team. hav. been Win
TN Circuit chasers o,ri Since they en-
' ,ai',.,, ne Sl"tg. w 4 Far<er and /. NJ
nni Man Morriss OF For, Worth aye tho
lliors who CONFUSE thu Hl'nve team rh.y
second professional ana m nrst ANA.
''Hl az san Antonio HuN utgts
amateur At i.tredo. several othcr Te>as
riders viii Jon the team here swelling i,
about fifteen IA number.
a." races ms afternoon worr not ua
",li attended A. tho oNponsa aud ontnr
'flte Of the assoc .aiicn drecry.s. Th.ra
ms m.n great deal Of money expended
~ putting N a track. park and grand
crowded
a silver Gun Naluei at sln. Tho stnriors
WS'rr "a ,pne. 6, y cuImorn. e. Rogers.
ii9ll- Is T. Moore. cone SIT the unca
tor the trs, dnnrler. hui Hot took the
"olk from him the s.cond wa4 ~ mig
r ,,,., ana hsiq + 10 The hnlsh. COM trail
liari r Wa neus mnrie lioli lrn thn
"ih'rs ana Moore game m with , sprrt,
passing core aud Rogers anI Wa .crnnd
oyer me ihpr, Rogers hoinp thirl conc
hWlng wind' = ON the air,t,r Tim 2.ss
j. n" Hsconh 'aer was q mile for ,nnn
va at SI@. thiri rrizr. bat valuoi AT s,
ihrrr Yer. 50 many entities unl = Wa,
n,H,SrntN 10 run the rnco IN fwo h.nts
! ne ntSl tulo" moo a'roNs lbs tap" ia Zach ]
hohl holps qualified 10 START vs. the .inal I
60 nt"st Tho starters IA tho frat lrnt
N N ~ p. Gewgc Macon l.oslie MiiGr
There way considerable lonfinp I'm ih,s
ih'hi, Jhc hrsi tbree-,itnrtrip wup M "A J
tiails lhNp. the fui-h being Morris NIL j
lrr Nichols 'rinc iG1ia
" l;angrilgr. l.. Jlrdsong j y i
Iioacl, Hugo liomheipz. Charles French. :
',o,En hnn,". ih"s mah" q littlr lot
was mado iiovec shot forward ike he e
iiad come out nf z. Gun ana crossed tho :,
rlpso together for the place llofrheipz
heinz gwen second Time 39r. q
ndn ns "g g. wa aed rr9fesS9nal mile ryt
""r" ALSO Too many n TINS 10 run tlr ruce 1,
10 on" mont and the starters for tho "
y 9. Cox, Wlin coburn. Par o',.onr1r II
',t,,liN f41ilt a. burn .i'st, cox second, y
Th@ siar ' Inc IN M. "a Second hon, were y
Vs. Iiowles i. T., SHAW. W r. Tacka- W
Gerry o. .Z,igler. ~ l.. strvo,s ami .tnek "
,oburn. The finish was cobl,rn. stevens. h.
trlpler Time 2.iI.
Tnc rld Ks n the amateur mile who
he 100 heats were then called The start ~,
- for the tinal contest wern Nichols
i y : MINT HonhGnnz French, Royce
N Won by a close finish Bovce not nx- su
r,lns himself At ne tape Miller was n,
IMPRESSION ihai "A time llm!i had been hr
"a on them aud when ne heard tho time 81,
allied as he was c9rn,ug up the stretch
aye zone. ana wnnll have probably wfn. MI
"a kingsbury Of Waco was Tho ncat VIZ
vent on the track. He rode before The ~,
rand stand on his full nickclod 22-pouiid ~,
ieriinR and was Just about to minrnro VI
Is lr.-k riding when Tho rain interf.red 10
he shower lasted about twenty minutes Ia'
nj soon thu hr ght sunshine Of the Juno po,
fiernoon showed through The disappenr- NJ
as Hoo1 condition AS II was before the "a!
ain. Mr., King sbury IL wonderful RIDER
nj Ms fancy work was loudly appIaiidel ai
r. wns one Of the features II the days. op'
port ira
The riders IN the profess onal race were an'
zen called for tho final heat. Xcglor sla
on stevens second, Cox third Time cr'
~. Tho
Charles u. McAJams. Jr., of Fort da,
'orth. the Youngest rider IN the world
ide an exhibition quarter mile In ~ Sec 60,
ldr. ~ was mounted ON a Sterling Inf
-een wheel made expressly for HIM. the =
eight being pounds. He Is little ant
low ;ho
The next race vas two miles for ANA Der
urs. First prize, silver pitcher. s5 gre boz
Vi prize bike gut. 80. ihird prize. pa. r MA
lo"s. S. Entries. George Boyee, croihers nm,
ugh Hohhsinz. Ma, Morris. J. A. Roach exc
my brock. Ioy"e won. making phe- n
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