Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-15

Whispcrings of the wheel.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9-Mr. ID. j. O'Brien,
703 South Thirteenth Street, Omaha, Neb.-
My Dear Dave: a week ago Omaha was In
it; now she is cut The actions of your dele
gates at Philadelphia were sufficient to Kill
any boom. l saw none of its members per-
sonaly but | am told on good authority that
two Of them were fighting for the leadership
and neither would give in to the other. The
result was that indianapolis owned the
town. ! am also in receipt OF cOmmunl-
cation from my correspondent at chicago,
saying that George c. Seilner is authority
for the statement that Omaha has thrown
up the sponge Taken altogether her chances
have been almost, il not quite, fatally hurt.
Let me know at once what you intend to
do with regard to securing the meet. Yours
truly. GEORGE l.. MCCARTHY,
Editor American Wheelman.
The above letter, which was received by
Chief Consul ID. j. Q'Brien last week. eX-
plains itself. and would indicate that Omaha's
chance for securing the national meet OF
the League of American Wheelm5n for 1898
il very slim, in fact much more so than it
WIS before the delegation, which attended
last weeks big meet from this city for the
express purpose Of bettering Omaha's
chances. left. One would hardly think that
the Omaha '9S National Meet club would
send lot of school boys down
ID Philadelphia, but, as Harry Har-
try remarked to the writer last week,
their actions reminded him of his school
boy days, when nearly every boy in the
school wanted to be captain of the ball nine,
and the ones who could not be captain abso-
luetl refused to play. The Indianapolis
delegation spent its time in making votes
while the Omaha delegations time was
taken up in quarreling among themselves.
However, if Sterling Ellotts plan is fol-
lowed out Omaha may yet get a national
meet. Mr. Elliott was last year the leagues >
oh Of Ia is nm in no
following manner by the Pacemaker: There
is a strong possibility that there will be
held next year two national meets, one in
the east, the other in the west the latter
undoubtedly in Omaha. The plan was sug-
gested by eX-President of the League ELI
oft and met with considerable favor at the
recent national meet. 1t is impossible to
unite the different interests of the League
of American Wheelmen in one annual meet.
II it is held in any one of the extreme
eastern cities the west is not properly rep
| resented; if held in the west the east, which
furnishes large per cent of the member
ship has good reason to complain. So
much for the change suggested by Mr.. Eli
OFT. The Pacemaker believes the western
delegates to the assembly next winter ohould
favor the plan, as it will undoubtedly Sc
cure a good meeting at Omaha while If
there is only one meet it seems almost GER
tain that indianapolis will succeed in Sc
curing the plum, while II two meets are
held Omaha will be successful and Indian
apois Will be compelled to retire in favor of
some city more fayorably situated geograph-
ically."
II Is the writer's opinion that the date and
place of holding the national meet is de-
cided by mail vote each year shortly before
the national assembly meets, and as it would
be necessary for the assembly to pass upon
the matter of holding two meets before it
could be done, the only way that this could
be accomplished in time 10 affect next years
meet would be for President Potter to call
a ppecial meeting of the delegates or post
pOne the mail vote until after the regular
assembly which is to be held at st. Louis,
Mo, the coming February.
Chief Consul o'Brlen. accompanied by his
wife and boy. left for Denver, Colo, Friday
last. Mr. O'Brien expects to be away ten
days or two weeks, during which time he
viii visit Manitou, Colorado Springs and
other Colorado summer resorts.
So far the list of towns which will COM
prise the Nebraska circuit has not been
made public, and unless the state racing
board wishes to have the circuit fiat failure
1t will publish a list Of towns, together
with the dates assigned them and their
prize lists. There is only about two weeks
left until the close OF the Kansas circuit.
and unless the racing men now following
Il have some assurance pretty soon CT there
being a good-sized circuit in this state, with
good prize llctS, lney Will ptslH " lOOh
for other fields. The Wisconsin circuit,
which is in progress now. lasts until the
latter part Of September, and many of the
western racing men are planning on follow
ing it and will do so unless Nebraskas rae
ing board acts quickly
The following is an official list of the
members OF the Nebraska division who
have secured honor medals up TO date: d.
J. O'Brien. Omaha; w. +. Reid, Omaha !;
ID. C. Eldredge, York; W. H. McCord.
| Omaha; W. l.. Hunter, Lincoln; f, w. Fitch,
Omaha; j. W. Veriegg Central City; IL. f.
Sidles, Lincoln; w. II. Kellogg Omaha (;
j. Harry Minds, Omaha; L. 7. Brodstone,
Superior; DIR. f. C. Allen. Beatrice; +. X
Cobb. Geneva; Lacey J. Patterson, Omaha !;
f. j. Ellison. Omaha; Il, X. Pease, FTe-
mont,
Floyd Mccall continues TO get into the
money regularly on the Kansas circuit, and
stands second upon the percentage table
which is headed by Willie Decardy, the
speedy Chicago lad.
Chairman Motifs bulletin this week con-
tains the good news that the Omaha 9S
Meet club has been restored to sanction
privileges, as their track has been removed
| from the blacklist
There is a time for everything: and the
time to attend to cold Is when Il starts.
| Don't wait till you have consumption. but
| prevent It by using One Minute Cough Cure.
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