The morning times., 1896-03-19

| of lesser appurtenance that is conducive
10 greater enjoyment of wheeling, such
| as suits, shoes, divided skirts, bloomerS
| lamps, whis ties, bells, pumps, repa ir
| apparatus, new saddle and tire inYen-
| tions, some electrical illumina ting at
! tachments not in general use, aud every
thing possible 10 think OF is there, and SO
arranged, with combination OF attract
| iveness and intelligence, that the spectator
may easily comprehend the IDEAS and be
charmed with them.
Then there are some oddities and eX.
| pensive fancies. There is a pyramidal
| bicycle, as well as folding one; duplex
| wheel mounted with n maxim pid-f firing
| gun, duplex arranged for Il lady and
| gentleman TO ride side by side, triplet,
and what caught the feminine gaze, and
| became veritable cynosures, were two
| Tiffanys, trimmed up with silver and
| goldrepousse and arabesque, with studdingS
OF diamonds, cos ting young fortunes
each.
The general electric display augments
| the brilliance OF the scene. Some fanciful
and gorgeous effects are conspicuous at
various points throughout the hall. One
man said it could be called either a
bicycle or an electric show.
SOUVENIRS ARE PLENTIFUL.
Souvenirs, souvenirs everywhere. Walk
half way around the hall and ii is possible
to be heap more fantasticany decorated
than any far eastern potentate ever
dreamed OF being, with buttons, badges,
and brasses Of cute design and tassels
telling tales OF tires and things.
You viii find that if you never conned
1t before that you are far up on wheel
phraseology and you can come out either
q pronounced bike critic or a very confused
mortal. For they go there to talk
shop, those wheel devotees, and so every
body does or is a monument of solitude.
A special musical program each night
is an addition that is highly appreciated,
but the management says that in order that
the general inquiry may have a widely
diffused answer, there viii be no dancing
But he cranks-mind you, they call them
selves that--don't care for that, and they
all, or al least n great many who talked
TO The Times, congratulated the Washing
ton Road Club and Manager Buckley on
the beauty and vastness of the exposition,
and they do not hesitate to say that il
merited all the patronage it was receiving.
There was to have been a half mile race
last night in the locker annex at the east
eud of the ball-and no one should think
he has seen all the show without going
Into The aDneX-but it was postponed until
tonight. Instead of il there were given
exhibitions of fancy riding by the Powers
brothers and an exhibition half mile race
on home trainers by President Robertson
and II. G. Greer.
The po ostponed contest that starts
tonight is exciting great anticipatory
interest. 1t is 10 be a half mile handicap,
open TO all amateurs. The prize is to
be announced later. The entries are
G. ]. Baur, l.. Brown, J. Z. Bschoff, p.
p. Patrick, Fl. Fiske, c. E. Cause, II. 6.
Greer, R. Jose, William Jose, A. W.
Leeke, F. II. Moore, W. L. Prince, II.
Prtchard, c. d. Quin, George f. Smith,
F. a. L. Schade, W. T. Robertson, C. I.
Ronsavie, a.. F. Seamark, H. R. Stocks,
Paul von Boeckman and j. c. Clemmons
The entries close this afternoon at
O'Clock, and Others will join issues by
that time.
The race tomorrow night will be the
first heats of the mile handiCaps, and the
finals of the halfmile races.
Other races start every night, not night
session without a race or a part of one.
Among them are to be a mile handicap
for amateurs, starts tomorrow night; five
minute time record race for all amateurs;
championship special race, haf-mile boys
race, messenger boys record race, and
the same quarter-mile slow race; a little
girls quarter-mile race, all for prizes, and
others.
The cycle show was constructed on a
plan to be in notable excess of any similar
exhibition ever given on the western hemi-
sphere, from the standpoint of variety of
exhibits. That being the object, victory
perches on the waving banners of its pro-
motors. For ten days Washington is to
be treated to this greatest Of its kind.