The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-30
big list of trick-riding applicants and entirely
dispense with that feature.

big list of trick-riding applicants and entirely
dispense with that feature
The full programme, with the order IN
which the races will be run off, follows:
First Day
Two-mile handicap, professional.
One-mile championship, amateur.
One-quarter-mile championship, professional.
Two-mile handicap, amateur.
One-mile championship, professional.
One-third mile. open, amateur.
One-mile, 2:05 class, professional.
Second Day
One-half- mile championship, professional.
One-mile handicap amateur.
One-mile, open, professional.
Two-mile championship, amateur.
One-mile handicap, professional
Five-mile championship, professional.
The trial heats will be run of In the
mornings, beginning at $50. the semi-fnals
and finals to be reserved for the afternoons
at o'clock.
The racing men will be interested to leaal
that the accommodations provided for them
at the Willow Grove track, where the ma
tional- championships of the l.. A. w. Will
be decided on Aug. and T. will pc all tnat
the most exacting of them could ask TOT.
Additional facilities for the comfort OF the
men have been added to the already COM
plete training quarters until Willow Grove
is probably better provided In this respect
than any other bicycle track In the coun-
try. Plentifuly supplied with toilet rooms,
shower baths, lockers Zone to each man,
and unusual precautions to be taken that
the riders valuabss are safe), airy and light
Ghey are also fitted out completely with
electric lamps, the quarters are in add1-
ton, roomy enough to allow each rider, anna
teur and professional, to have a cot to HIM
self. One immense room will contain &C
commodations for upwards of 100 men, while
several smaller rooms, which will be devot-
ed to the uses of the larger teams travelling
with the circuit, will comfortably accommo-
date the crackajacks and all their rubbers:
There are large hotels and any number of
boarding houses within five minutes walk
of the training quarters for those Of the Wis
iting racing men who may prefer to remain
near the track during the week previous to
the meet, when the cream of the amateur
and professional racers Of the country Will
gather there to indulge in preparatory work
for the great events. In this connection the
race meet committee has decided to appoint
separate training hours during the mornings
and afternoons for the professionals and
that have marred the preparatory work In
previous years and temporarily ecipsed
many IL bright racing star.
The work of improving the track is now
in progress. Although less than year old,
and never in proper condition for the making
of fast time, the mile was made upon it
last season in 2:04 and a fraction, the sur
face at the time being decidedly soft; in
deed, poor time at Willow Grove has been
an exception, which argues well for the
lines upon which the track is built. The
management will spend a large amount CT
money in placing upon it a surface which,
while possessing all the advantage of asphalt,
will have none of its disadvantages, and that
good time may characterize the two days
racing they propose to spare no expense in
making any improvement which may be
suggested by the competent track builder
who has charge of the work. By the first
week of August next the Willow Grove
track will be one of the fastest three-lap
ovals in the country.