Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-21
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WhispcrinGs of the Wheel.
Ono week from tomorrow evening the doors
OF Omaha's third annual cycle show will be
thrown open to the public. There will BIO
over 300 wheels upon the floor for its In
s%pection, besides numerous tires. saddles and
other sundries and accessory exhibits. A
force OF carpenters and electrical engineers
Will be put to work tomorrow morning to
transform the mammoth building on Fiji
teenth and Howard sticets, in which the
show is to be held, into an electrical palace.
The dealers who attended the big Chicago
show had n chance to inspect the magnifl-
cent electrical displays and, therefore, gain
many new ideas. which they will undoubt-
eddy put into effect at the coming local show,
and the public may look forward to the
most beautiful electrical display ever held in
this city. Each incoming train for the past
ten days has been bringing new wheels into
the city for the different dealers and the
past week especially has been a busy ono
with them in getting the wheels ready for
tho show. Among the many special attrac-
tons that are to be offered to the public
perhaps the siX-day race, one and a half
hours each day upon home trainers, is the
most noteworthy. 1t will be held upon the
third floor Of the big building, and as some
of Nehraska's fastest men have entered. an
interesting race may be expected. Another
special feature will be the poster show.
which will be In charge of MIR. Huston, a
dooaI poster cVllettor, VINO mas upwarus OIL
lection will he exhibited, besides hundreds
of others that have been coming in for the
past month. Another feature will be the
ana Natbcson two IocoI coiohritios Tho
monsgnmcnt bos also enpoccd nno of tbo
finest orcbostras in The civ and thr musical
program will be worth the price of admis-
sion alone. Many OF the local wheel clubs
spectal club nights for them and on The fol-
having evenings the different cIuhs viii ha
honorcd. Monday evening Tou,ist Wheel
club; Tuesday, League OF American Wheel
men night; Wednesday, Turner Wheel club
and Thurston Rifle Wheel club: Thursday
evening, Omaha Wheel club and ladies'
night; Friday evening, Union Pacific and
Omaha Guards Wheel cubs; Saturday even
ing, grand rally of all the wheellnen in the
city. Rates Of one and one-third fare have
been made by the different railroads from
points in the vicinity of Omaha and a large
attendance from adjoining states is expected.
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+. Howard futile of Syracuse. n. Y, W.. O
Taylor of Topeka. Kan, and Pete Doyle OF
statesmen, are in the city and will doubtless
remain Until after the local show.
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Jolly Bob Carr. formerly located in tbis
city, but now on the road for a large Chi
cago cycle concern. was in the city renew
ing acuuaintances with the BOYS last week.
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The Omaha wheel cIuh Tburston piaes
sition from a local trust company to build
them a mammoth club house and armory
with apartments for each club and a large
drill hall for the two military companies.
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The siX-day go-as-you-please bicycle race
which opened at TatterstalIs in Chicago last
evening gives promise of being the greatest
long distance race ever held in this country.
There are thirty riders in the race. and
nearly all Of them have national regulations
I,lle. the Irish champion. who won the big
siX-day race recently held at Madison Square
New York. The track Is nine laps
to the mile. and being one of the finest small
tracks ever constructed in this country, some
riding NAV be expected. What
promises to be a novelty is a series of motor
cycle races each evening during the week.
The automobiles will occupy a specially con-
be used by the bicycle racers. There will
also be short distance races each evening.
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