Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-15
RAcE MEEr LooK LICE A WINNER
Riders and Prizes All Ready for the
Track This Afternoon.

Riders and Prizes All Ready for the
Track This Afternoon.
Providing the weather Is fair today the
matinee races at the Union Driving park.
given under the auspices Of Moore 6 Ellis,
will be the banner bicycle race meet of
the season. Messrs. Ellis and Smith, who
have the meet in charge, have been working
like Trojans to make the meet a success.
The prizes are all ready and will be delivered
to the winners from the judges stand Inn
mediately after each race. The meet has
caused more enthusiasm and interest than
any meet ever given In the city. The entry
list shows the cream of the racing men
of the midwest. This alone promises a
program of sport unexcelled at any meet
heretofore given. The price of admission
has been placed at a low figure and the
grand stand thrown open to all without extra
charge. Bicycles will be checked at the
grounds for a small fee, and the manage
ment will not assume any responsibility for
wheels left Unfortunately about the
grounds.
The management has taken a great deal Of
pains with the program and score card and
has succeeded In producing a souvenir which
will be preserved and not thrown away after
1t has fulfilled its mission. These programs
will be sold at the grand stand for 10 cents
each, which Is two-thirds their actual cost.
Another feature will be introduced at this
meet. The track will be kept free during
and between the races. No one will be
allowed upon the track, except the officials,
riders and trainers, and these must show
track privilege badge. The representatives
of the press will occupy the judges stands.
Several trials at records will be made by
men who have expressed a willingness to go
after time. Messrs. Cannon and Sager
will pace the two mile open, amateur, and
Smith and Louie will pace the five mile
open. AS a number of Council Bluffs boys
are entered for the races, there will be a
general interest on the part of local specta-
tors to see the home boys win. In the
quarter mile race, 1t will be a difficult task
to pick the winners, as all are about evenly
matched. The tandem race will not be
pulled off, as only one team is entered, and
the conditions of the race require three.
The club team race will be a corker, as It
is between the Ganymede Wheel club crack
team and the Tourist Wheelmen team OF
Omaha. This race will be a light from
the pistol shot to the tape. The professional
races will be spirited contests between
some Of the best men in the west. Hackett,
Mccall, Gadke and Lawson are picked for
winners.
The riders will be started in the position
assigned them as their entries were re-
ceived, the pole goes to the man who put in
his entry first, when the entry books were
open. The Tribune triplet will be used in
an exhibition mile, and will be manned by
some of the fastest men, but as 1t requires
considerable practice to run it successfully
1t may not be used in the pacing.
Master George Phillips, the versatile young
Omaha trick rider, will give an exhibition
Of trick riding on a regular roadster ma
chine. This young mans performance is
both marvellous and entertaining. The
entry books closed at noon yesterday, as
advertised. and entries are as follows:
Event No. /, one-fourth mile, open: J. ].
Rigdon, o.. C. Brown, James Mack, Virgil
Hall, Gus Holton. Ed Duquette. H. II. Ross,
4. Fl. Anderson, = L; Potter, r. T. White,
Event No. o: Bert Hackett Iver Gus
taverson, John | awson. Floyd Mccall, King
Denman, Tom Davis, George Kreamer. II.
G. Gadke, Jack CIlley, /. l.. II. Holton. l..
Il; Holton. A. e. Proulx.
Event No 3: Boyne. Hattenhauer, Du-
'tc. Tourist team.
Event No. A.: Gus Louie. w. S. Rigdon,
o. c. Brown, p. D.. Nelson, A. Fl, Ander-
son.
Event No. 3: Boyne, Ellis. o. C. Brown,
Ross, Brewer, White, d. j. Hall, Ralph
Brown.
Event No. G: Abandoned.
Event NO. Z: Hackctt, GuStaverson Law
son, Mccall, Denman, Davis. Kreamer
Gadke, Culley, Hoover, Holton, L. E. Hol.
Event No. s.: Boyne, Ellis, o. C. Brown,
Redmon, Mack, V. Hall, Gus Holton, Ross
Brewer, Potter. Cannon, Sage. ID. j. Hall
A gang of men has been at work on the
track for several days whenever the rain
would permit and 1t is in very good shape.
1t is expected that by this afternoon IL
will be very fast. Races begin at 2:30 p. m.
Dalby's band has been engaged and will
play its best selections.