The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
THE STATE L. A. w. MEET
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVENT
COMPLETE AT TERRE HAUTE.
Reasons Why indianapolis Should
Have the 1898 Meet-CycIe
- News of Interest.

"All roads lead to Terre Haute," says a
little pamphlet which the Wabash Cycling
Club Of that city has prepared TO advertise
the division meet to be held there Aug. 10
and II. This is probably true so far as
the wheelmen Of Indiana are concerned, for
there is great expectation among them of
the trip to the Prairie City, and it is PROB
able that they will land in Terre Haute by
the thousands for he big meet. That
''there'H be a hot time in the old town"
goes without saying, for there is the nat
ural energy in Indiana's two hundred
thousand wheeimen to generate a large
amount of warm enthusiasm in such an
Undertaking the state bicycle meet,
where all the state championships and the
leading races Of the season will be run off.
The Wabash Cycle Club is in charge of af-
fairs at Terre Haute, and all the arrange
ments for the entertainment of the visitors
have been perfected in the usual high
class style for which Terre Haute is we'll
known. The programme for the occasion
includes a reception at the rooms of the
Wabash Cycling Club. to be held Monday
night, Aug. g. This is a day before the
meet really begins, but, as all the wheel
men who go to Terre Haute with the nu-
merous tours" and most of them who go
by rail will be on hand, it is safe to pre-
sumo that this club will have the largest
gathering it ever entertained. On the morn
ing of Tuesday will occur the prize parade,
in which all wheelmen are invited to join.
The prizes for this are elaborate. They are
donated by business houses, and are for
the best decorations, handsomest dressed,
etc, wheelmen. On Tuesday afternoon
there will occur the first of the races, and
that night all wheelmen are invited to at
tend a performance at the Casino, Terre
Haute's summer theater, to which league
tickets will admit all persons. On Wednes-
day morning the visitors will be entertained
by a ride over the city awheel, and in the
afternoon the races will be concluded. The
meet will close with the business meeting
of the division during the evening. The
race programme for the two days is as fol-
lows:
Tuesday, Aug. 10-One-mile. novice; one
quarter mile state championship; one-mile,
professional; one and one-eighth miles, am
ateur handicap; one-half mile, state cham
pion3hip; five and one-fourth miles, profess
sional handicap; one-half-mile. open, anna
teur; two-Inile, state championship.
Wednesday,, Aug. II : One-third-mile,
state championship; one-half- mile, profess
sional; two-and-one-fourth-mil amateur
handicap; one-mile, state championship;
two and one-fourth mile, professional han
Olcdps On6-HllIe open, One-nal1-
mile open, amateur; five-mile, state cham
pionship.
In all the amateur races the first prizes
are articles of value to the full limit al
lowed by the rules of the l.. A. W.-$35-and
the second and third prizes are we'll worth
the winning. The cash prizes for the pro-
fessional events are $780, SIS and $40. For
the championship events are offered gold,
silver and bronze medals. In the two-and-
a-quarter-mile professional handicap there
are four prizes the first of which is a hun
dred-dollar Outing racer. The other prizes
are $25 $40 and So in gold
All the railroads leading into Terre
Haute have made a special low rate for
the round trip. Within radius of hun
dred miles of that city the rate is one
fare for the round trip. From other points
within the State the rate is one and a third
fares. Wheelmen of this city who do not
care to ride over on their wheels are talk
ing of running a special train, to leave
here Monday afternoon over the Vandalia.