The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09
tvcI ERS' COMING CARNIVAL.
ms PREPARING FOR THE PYTH-
IAN WEEK PARADE.

-. FILLED With Riders-The
.ine Cracks Putting In Hard
ii. nj the Track-MOvements of
10 FAST Riders-Savannah Wheel
want More Paved Roads.
vas to have been a meeting of
IN.idents and captains of the cycle
- If the city at Knights Of Pythias
,,s+ night to arrange for the bicycle
i''l al To be held the night of May 10,
ling TO g misunderstanding the rep
..otives of some Of the clubs failed
a,tend and the meeting was postponed
,.tu Wednesday night.
A.. Of the clubs will make a thorough
Ass of their members by that time
new members will be brought in Most
.har will have formulated their own
&c and the meeting Wednesday night
r he for the purpose of making concert
s,lans and arranging details for the pag-
81 cant
The wheelmen are taking lively inter
.st in the proposed carnival and the indi-
cations are that it will be big thing
sor,e of the clubs are preparing to decor
no and dress on an elaborate scale, and
very club will TRIP to Guido the others in
q noint of numbers and appearance.
Nearly every club in the city will en-
n deavor to turn out the largest number
Il and with this object in view unattached
ybeelmen are being buttonholed by the
members of the various clubs to join them.
II Clubs that compete for the prize which is
offered for the largest turnout, will be al
lowed to ride only bonafide members of
II the club.
III II is understood that some of the bicy-
cle dealers intend to contribute to the dec
Grating of the riders and wheels Of some
/ ~ the clubs, especially those which adj
vertise their wheels.
FL There will be some handsome costumes
sn6 eorgeously Illuminated wheels in
line. and if the efforts of the committee
in charge are rewarded the carnival will
be the biggest thing of its kind ever seen
in the south.
Savannah wheelmen certainly take al
vantage of the fine roads around the city
If makes people feel as if they are on Bun
street to ride out Waters or Estil avenue
on fine AFTERNOONS so crowded are the
roads. and a stranger might think a bicy-
Gle carnival was in procession, so nume!-
Gus are lights at night A favorite ride
is out the Thunderbolt road to Waters
q road to the end, and return through ES-
ill avenue and the White Bluff road.
The weather for riding during the past
week has been perfect, and the streets and
and roads were crowded with riders in
new spring suits.
If the new road to Thunderbolt is built
the cup of the wheelmen will be about
filed The present road to Thunderoolt
now is one of the worst. 1t being the only
a road that leads to a resort, with the ex-
ception of the White Bluff road, which lie
used very little, the other side of the rail-
road crossing, it would be much used II
there were good road. The additional
fact of there being a toll, though it is
small one, lessons the numbers of riders.
The fast men who are still at the track
have taken advantage of the good wealth
er during the past week and have been
working hard. Ray Mcdonald is working
off his overweight and every day feels bet
ter and rides more. He is plugging away
like a good one and expects to be able to
start out in about a month. Mcdonald,
when he came here was in very bad riding
shape. caused by a season of high living,
and it will take him some time to work
out.
Becker, the Minneapolis crack, is i'm
proving every day, and is already in good
( shape. Becker is a very fast man and looks
every inch a rider. He expects to have
good season and will start out at the
Jacksonville races this week.
Eaton, Steenson, Newhouse and Jack,
the latest arrivals at the camp have been
riding for over month and only need to
keep in condition until the opening of the
national circuit. They have all entered the
Jacksonville races.
Tom cooper left here last week with his
trainer, Mother Webb, for Louisville,
and he gave it out that his object was to
meet Eddie Bald and endeavor to close
the details for the much discussed match
race between these two kings of the
wheel. Cooper claims that Bald is trying
10 squeeze out of the match, and Bald
sends word out from Louisville that
Cooper intends to funk. Both men express
themselves confident of their ability to
outride the other and, as there are several
handsome purses offered by some of the
large tracks for the race. there is no
reason why 1t should not come Off unless
one of the riders should back down. The
discussion as to who is entitled to the
title of champion of America, Bald or
Cooper, has become a national one with
wheelmen, and there is widespread inter-
match. Cooper is undoubtedly in
prime condition. Webb, his trainer, said
before he left. that Cooper was riding bet
ter than he ever was, and If he did not
beat the Buffalo lad, he would have no
kick coming.
CHARLEY Murphy left here Tuesday night
ana arrived in New York Friday. He will
continue training at the Manhattan Beach
track IN New York, and will probably en-
Ter the races of the Quill Club Wheelmens
meet al this track May %. Murphy
form is not good, and II looks as If the
ohe-tme crack-a-jaok was a past num-
ger. His physical condition is not good.
ana ne has throat trouble. which is both
srlng him great deal 1t was noticed in
ms work here that he did not ride with
mat old-time dash and vim that once char
acterized the Brooklyn boy. and he will
son.
hId Wheeler, once the idol OF the cy-
racing world, and a great favorite in
SaN5hnah, is training at South Orange,
~ o. but his racing days are over.
LlalIy was a good fellow, and loved TO