The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-07
BICYCLE RACES.
Saturdays Meet Will Be Introduced by
a Big Lantern Parade Tonight.
Entries Are Many.

This evening the Green Ridge wheel
men will conduct Il big lantern parade
which will be participated In by all the
local wheel clubs and many visiting
organizations. A general invitation
has been extended to all cyclists.
whether members of clubs or not, 10
take part. Both ladies and gentlemen
arr. included in this Invitation.
A prize will be given to the best APP
pearing club and to the best trimmed
wheel in line. The unattached wheel
men will be marshalled by members Of
the Green Ridge wheelmen and are re-
guested to form ON Washington ave-
nue.. bet'sken Pine and Gibson street,
at 7:3O O'Clock. Ladies and their es-
corts will form on Pine street between
Washington and Adams avenues. fac
ing west. The parade will start at y
O'Clock, as follows: Mounted police.
Lawrence band. visiting clubs, local
clubs lady cyclers. unattached Wheel
men.
The route will he down Washington
to Spruce, to Penn. to Lackawanna, to
Adams, to Spruce. to jefferson. to Pine.
to Adams. to l.ackawanna, to Wypm-
ing. to Linden, to Washington, to
Spruce, to Adams. to Linden, to Wash
ington. to Green Ridge. The judges
will be stationed at the Scranton Bicy-
Gle club house and view the parad"
when ON its way to Green Ridge street
The Lawrence band will give Il concert
at the club house of the Green Ridge
wheemen after the parade. They viii
m lsn IiSs.tirS.. mn "a th,. Sat
urday afternoon
The celebrated black and white
Barnes tandem team will be- here t.
pace the races. This team consists
Of negro called "Rastus," who sits
in front and guides the tandem and
a white man in the rear. The front
part of the tandem is enameled black
and the rear part white. to correspond
with the color of the rider They are
considered to be the fastest in the coun-
try and can ride "A mile away below
two minutes j. Il. cOrser will make
special attempt to lower the half
mile state record and Miles Gibbons
will give an exhibition of trick anl
fancy riding. c. W. krick, the fastest
rider i'm the state. will be here.
The races will begin promptly at
80 The admission will be % cents.
RIDERS AND EVENTS.
Forty-eight riders have entered for
the eight events. in which the prizes
are diamonds.
j. b. Corser, the Allentown rider viii
make an attempt to lower the paced
half-mile amateur state record of
1Ol 2-5. nov held by Douglas of Phil
adelphia. He will he paced by Keller
and Gregory on a tandem. II Corser
succeeds in lowering the record he will
be given "a special diamond prize.
Following Is list of the events:
1-One mile novice.
2-Une-half mile open; first heat.
3--One-half mile open; second heat.
4-One-half mile open; third heat.
5--One mile open; first heat.
G-One mile open: second heat
| zone mile open; third heat.
S-One-half mile boys race.
9-Onc-half mile open: final.
1V-One mile open final
ll-Fancy trick riding by j. Myles Glib
bons.
| l2-Two-mile lap race.
l3-One mile championship of Lackawanna
county.
| 1l--One mile handicap.
i5-One-ha mile exhibition by J. 4. Cor
ser.
| li-Trck riding, J. Myles Gibbons.
l7--Two-mile handicap.
Following is a list Of the riders who
| have entered. numbered as they will b..
| on the track:
| 1-Earl Kinch. Binghamton. y. Y.
2-Oscar Oswald. Scranton.
| 3-R. V. White Scranton.
| 4-E. a. Nought, Scranton.
| 5-Bert Fish, Binghamton. y. Y.
| Cd. n. Harry, Berwick, Pa.
/ 7-R. A. Gregory. Scranton.
| S-B f. Keller. Scranton.
| 9-E. l.. Van Valkenberg. Pittston, Pa.
1O-C. A. White. Scranton.
| 1l-Stanley Reiheimer Wilkes-Barre.
| l2-Henry Keil. Miners Mills.
13-Charles Marion. Scranton.
| 1i-William Dunn. Scranton.
&c. Kaufman. Binghamton, N. Y.
| lG-R. S. Kicker. Bnghamton. n. Y.
| IA. +. Dinenderfer. Binghamton. n. Y.
1s-Wlliam McMichael Berwick, Pa.
l9-H. b. Ketcham. Binghamton, n. Y.
20-S. G. Pethero. Ashley, Pa.
22-Andrew Zeamont. Avoca. Pa.
23-Lewis Il. Osborne, Binghamton. n. Y.
&C. W. Krick. Reading. Pa.
| 25-r. Van Alstyne, Binghamton. n. Y.
2G-M. S. Harvey. Binghamton, n. Y.
27-E s. YOuse. Reading, Pa.
2S-W. J. Jones. Binghamton. n. Y.
81. ]. Weber Pittston. Pa.
30-J. G. Henderson, Lewistown Pa.
| 3l-R. l.. Arner, Allentown, Pa.
81. Rems. Allentown. Pa.
| 33-H. A. Westcott. Scranton.
3i-S. X. Tutzman. Reading. Pa.
| 35-Earl Bovee. BinghamtOn. n. Y.
| 36-P. T.. Gstalder, Williamspert. Pa.
37-Ray Grouse. Allentown, Pa.