Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-03
Philadelphia Makes Preparation to
Entertain 5000 Wheelmen.
INTERESTING PROGRAM ARRANGED
District Contingent VIII Leave the
City This Afternoon.
WILL HAVE A SPECIAL TRAIN
,ecial Dispateh TO The Evening Star. +.

Special Dispatch to The Evening STAR
PHILADELPHIA, August 3-The eigh-
teenth national meet of the League OF
American Wheelr.en will be held in this
city the last four days of the present week.
Fully 1900 out-of-town wheelmen are ex-
pected to take advantage of the low rail-
road rates secured by the transportation
committee to visit Philadelphia. The meet
is being managed by the Associated Cy-
cling Clubs of Philadelphia. composed Ct
twenty of the leading organizations CT
wheelmen in the city. Preparations for
tie great assembly have been In progress
fer the past three months, and as a result
of the hard work of the various subcom-
mittees, under the direction of the execu-
tive committee, all the preliminares have
been arranged and everything is ready for
the reception and entertainment of the
league hordes. the vanguard of whom have
eady arrived, the Associated Cycling
Clubs of New Jersey, 800 strong, having
reached here awheel from Newark last
evening, whence they started at o'clock
yesterday morning. Chairmen Rush of the
entertainment and reception committee AMI
Street Of the hotel and accommodations
committee have so disposed their forces
as to handle the incoming visitors with the
slightest possible delay. Members of the
first named committee will be stationed at
the principal depcts to direct all incomers
~ headquarters, WHICH Will ne Ut the
Arena, Broad and Cherry streets, where
visitors will find an information bureau,
through the medium of which they may be
directed to their respective hotels.
Races on Friday md Saturday.
The races are to be held On Friday and
Saturday, August 6 and Z, on the new
third-of-a-mile board track at Willow
Grove. which already has half a dozen
state records to it's credit. The well-ar-
ranged program provides for seven events
each day, the preliminaries to be run off
in the mornings, beginning at o'clock, and
the finals in the afternoon at O'Clock. On
Friday will be decided the one-mile pre-
fessional championship of the United
States, the decision of which event will
bring to light the best man in the country
at the distance On Saturday the event par
excellence will be the 500 professional mile
open, for which the flower of American
professionalism has entered The numerous
amateur championships will be character
lied by bitter struggles between the cham
piCns of the different states, many of whom
have already arrived in the city. where
they will put in the first part of the week
preparing for the momentOus event.
Entries for the races, which closed with
the last mail yesterday, indicate that the
fields In both the amateur and professional
events will be representative in every sense
of the word, including, as they do, the best
men In their respective classes In the coun-
try.
Some of the Entries.
Among the well-known professionals
whose entries were received up to.9 o'clock
yesterday morning were: H. r. Steenson
of Dayton Ohio; E. s. Acker, Philadelphia;
Teddy Goodman, New York; Major Tay-
ior. the colored rider. of Cambridgeport,
Mass; Chas A. Church, Philadelphia;
Re bert P. McCurdy, Philadelphia: Clarence
Bower, Riverton, N. j.; Fred. Titus, New
York; w. l.. Becker, Indianapolis. Ind, last
years five-mile champion; Howard p.
Mcsher, Boston, Mass; Watson Coleman,
Ont; ]. W. Judge. New York; Tom Mon
arch Cooper. Detroit, Mich; Frank J.
Jenny, Utica, n. Y; Walter Dickerson. Fal-
myra. NJ; Homer Fairmon. Chicago. ILL.,;
]. W. Parsons, Australia; w. w. Ham
iton, Denver, Col; Walter Sanger, Mil
waukee. Wis; J. C. Tinkhorn. Grand
Rapids, Mich. and many others. Among
be mentioned W. G. Douglass, Phil
adelphia; w. A. Lantz, Harrisburg;
j. E. Piper. Westerly, r. l.; Ray Dawson,
Bocnton, n. j.; Walter Roome. Belmar, n
J.: W. H. lie Compile, Baltimore. Md; AL
bert j. Murphy. Baltimore, Md; J. A.
Powell, New York; Ellery NJ. Blake. keene,
NJ H.: H. w. Middendorn, Louisville, Ky:
"Chub'' Nelson, Springfield. Mass; W. +.
Tenzler, Broad Brook. Conn; c. c. Fulton
Schwartz, Philadelphia: f. W. Peabody.
Chicago ILL.,; Fred. r. Hattersby, st. Louis.
Mo-: Charles w. Kirk. Sinking Springs. Pa. !;
Edward Llewellyn. Chicago: Chas. M: Ertz.
New York, Charles B. Parker. Baltimore:
A. L. Lady Harrisburg; Felix l.. Cast, st.
Louis, Mo-; j ]. r. Howard. ST. Louis. Mo-;
Dan Dougherty. ST. Louis. Mo-; F. j. Cos
teno, ST. LOUIS, Mo-; Walter c: Price.
Stamford, Conn; E. d. Stevens. Buffalo, N
y; John Zimmerman. Philadelphia; Paul
]. McLain, PIttsburg; Fred. J. Morse. Chi
cage: r. l.. French. Baltimore; E. s.
Youse. Reading. Pa; w. Terrence, New
York; Charles Muss. Milwaukee. Wis: A.
NJ Zimbrick. Rochester. N. Y; Ed A. Du-
vail. Washington, d. c.; W. A. La Duy.
Cold Spring, n. Y; VIM. H. Fearing. New
York; Fred. Schade. Herndon Va; =; N.
delphia; B. T. Allen. Bath Beach. N. y;
E. s. Gee, Washington, D. c.; A. c. Moran.
Washington, ID. c., and many others Of
lesser prominence.
Free Souvenir Program.
The souvenir program of the meet. which
will be distributed free to all league men,
bers is a triumph of Typography and the
illustrators art. 1t is comprehensivel2x1O
publics ton Of 90 pages. printed on heavy
calendered paper and with a handsomely
embossed cover. 1t Is profusely illustra ted,
containing half-tones of all the principal
cycling club houses in the city, views OF
.'beauty spots in Paramount Park and
along the Wissahickon: of Philadelphia 8
principal buildings. including the railroad
stations and city hall; portraits Of L. A.
w. and Pennsylvania division officials, and
OF the members Oh tne Sdrlous CoHuht-
| tees managing the meet. etc, etc. One fea-
| ture of the souvenir which will be OF in
| terest to visitors especially Is the descrip-
| tive matter relative to philadelphia"
| Paramount Park and THE Trades.
which was especially written by d. r.
| Perkinpine chairman of the souvenir pro-
gram committee. and articles on THE
Pennsylvania Division" by Samuel A.
Boyle chief consul: THE Racing Man,"
by Albert Mott. chairman Of the national
racing board; 1.-The Why of IT, by Sterling
Elliott, editor of the L. A. w. Bulletin;
Road Improvements" by Isaac B. Potter.
president Of the League of American
Wheelmen; philadelphia Awheel" by Ar
thur H. MacOwen. editor Of American Cy-
| cling. etc.
The District Of Columbia division dele
CATION will leave the city this evening at
$50 o'clock, taking a special train over
| the Pennsylvania railroad. The train will
carry the chief consul and other officials