The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-24
NOTES OF THE BIG MEET.

L ne baltlmOre & OnlO railroad Is
booming the meet in fine style through
out the West. 1t is flooding that Sec
tion with printed matter describing the
scenery en- route to Philadelphia, and
giving a general outline of the places
of interest here, the meet programme,
etc. The company has arranged for
big excursion from Chicago, for which
tickets will be sold August 2, 3 and 4,
good to return until August 8. Stop
over privileges will be allowed at
Washington, d. c., on the return trip,
within the time limit, and at Deer Park,
Md, the famous mountain resort, as
long as desired. "The wheelmen's
special" will leave the Grand Central
depot, Chicago, Monday, August 2, at
2.3O o'clock, arriving in this city the
following afternoon. Ample facilities
have been made for the safe convey
ance Of wheels and baggage.
Herbert Foltz, of Indianapolis;
George w. Dorntee, of Boston, A. d.
Wait, of Cohoes, N. Y, and Henry S.
Dixon, of Dixon, H., all members of the
National Racing Board, will spend
League Meet Week. in Philadelphia.
They have notified the Executive Com
mittee to that effect. Chairman Mott
will also be here, and 1t is also possible
that Doty, of Colorado, the only men,
ber of the board who has not yet sig
| nifed his intention of coming, will also
| be here. The presence at the coming
meet OF the entire Racing Board is an
evidence of the great interest that is
| being taken in the event in all sections
| Of the country.
|
The remarkable demand for reserved
seats for the national championship
races, which will be held at Willow
Grove, seems destined to result in a
scarcity thereof long before the OPEN
ing day of the meet. Especial care is
being exercised to prevent the tickets
falling into the hands of spectators.
| Applications for seats should be sent
| direct to c. z. Weaver, Eighth and
| Dauphin streets, Philadelphia.
Information has reached League Meet
| headquarters that some persons, evil
IDENTIFY with a desire to relieve the Race
| Meet committee of a portion of it's on
erous burdens, are soliciting prizes in
the name Of the committee. Chairman
Dimon says that no one but the MEM
bers of the race meet committee is au-
thorzed to transact this business, and
that these gentlemen will be drmd with
| proper credentials.
Prof Paul Emo, who will lead the
monster banjo orchestra, whose per-
formance, August 5. in the Arena, will
undoubtedly delight the immense crowd
of visitors who will attend that func-
tion, has had fully $50 men rehearsine
the past month. The professor is ma
turally interested in the success of the
concert, as the majority of the per-
formers are his pupils.
The only feature of the entire enter
tainmen. programme in which every
League member may not take part will
be the Veterans Banquet" To attend
this affair one must have been a mem
ber of the L. A. w. for ten successive
years, and in the entire country there
are but 14OO persons whose member.
ships date back that far.
The Allegheny Cyclers, of Pittsburg
will come TO tine meet on a train o.
Pullmans leaving the Smoky City or
the evening of August 3, and arriving
here early the following morning. They
will be taken in hand by one Of the loca
clubs.
Fred Titus says there is one event OF
the National meet race programm,
which he especially desires to collar
and that Is the five-mile professional
national championship.
Reading, Pa, will be represented a
the meet by party numbering upwart
of one hundred.
Raymond & Whitcomb, the excursion
agents, are arranging a big tour from
New England.