The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-05

BICYCLE RACES.
Third Race Meet at the Lake and Driving
Park This Afternoon.

All arrangements have been completed
by the Virginia Wheel Club for their
grand race meet this afternoon and NOR
day afternoon at the Lake and Driving
Park.
The bicycle carnival was opened last
evening by a decorated lantern parade,
which was participated in by nearly one
hundred riders. The bicycles were eXcep-
tonally artistically decorated. The pa
rade was reviewed ut market square,
where the judges for the occasion. Mr.
and Mrs. JOS. Coke, were stationed
From Market Square, the route as pub
lished i'll yesterdays Times was resumed.
and on arriving at the Terry building,
where the parade disbanded, the honors
of the evening were awarded John NJ.
Waggoner, of this city, whose wheel was
beautifully decorated in different colored
paper and lanterns and mounted in front
of him were his two small children.
Special mention should be made of the
decoration of the wheel of II. III. Baugh-
man, and the costume worn by him, he
proving strong competitor with Mr..
Waggoner for the honors. The prize,
kodak camera, will be awarded Mr.. Wag-
goner at the race track this afternoon
just prior to the races The presentation
will be made by Edward w. Robertson,
on behalf of the Virginia Wheel Club. In
every respect the parade was Il success
and reflects credit upon the participants.
One of the striking features of the parade
was the costume worn by A. II. Day.
The races will begin promptly Mt $3.50
p. III. and the programme for this after
noon will be as follows: First, one mile
novice, Roanoke riders; second, half mile
open; bird, one mile, lawyers; fourth,
one mile, Roanoke riders; fifth, half mile,
boys under II. Roanoke riders; sixth,
fourth mile, Roanoke riders; seventh, five
mile open. The names of the riders and
their respective positions on the track in
the different races were drawn for last
night and are given on the programme.
The meet is held under the sanction of
the Il. n. w. racing board and l.. \. w.
racing rules will govern. There are quite
number of entries from other cities of
riders who hold fast records, but from
the good showing made by the home
riders in training and trial heats, it is
doubtful if great many of the honors
will 90 to the visitors. The track is in
excellent condition and fast time may be
expected.
The officials for the two days are rs fol-
lows: Referee, II. l.. Cheatham; judges,
T. III. Bransfvrd, f. w. Robertson and
Roy b. Smith, timers, Geo. w. Ramsey,
A. r.. Bowdre and Il. S. Green; clerk of
the course and assistant clerk Of vne
course, r. Frank Taylor and Ar5cin Neal,
respectively; starter, j. r. Flippo. Mr..
Cheatla'D, the referee for this occasion,
has been specially appointed by Geo. d.
Gideon, chairman of the l.. a. w. racing
board for this district. The committee
on transportation have provided ample
street car accommodations for conveying
the crowd to and from the track
This meet has been organized by few
of Roanoke's enthusiasts on cycling and
considerable expense has been incurred
The boys depend largely on the patronage
of the Roonoke people in the way of at
tendance in order to defray at least por-
ton of the expenses.