New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-03
CYCLING.
OPENING OF THE sIx-DAY RACE.

rAy1oRr AND EIKEs TO MEET To-NIGHr-T"o
NEW RACING TRACKS TO BE BUILT HERE
COMING CYCLE SHOW.
Thu managers Of the six-day bicycle race which
begins a few minutes after midnight on Monday
,rorn,nr were greatly pleased yesterday by receV-
ting the entry of Joseph Rice. Of Wkesoarre. Penn
who made such a game fight against Miiier' 'ne
winner OF last years race.
In the wear before Rice made his first appear
arc IA ,nb, he Gnished second to Teddy Hale
There is little doubt that Rce nad naJ Hale That
year he would have beaten the latter easily: hice
Is plucky. has great endurance ana II ver felt
Seiter IN his lie. and that the who beat him
will know that they have had race.
A,thouch the s,x-day yace does not begin untii
Monday morning. the indoor racing season wiz
open tonight with number OF short sprint races
and g paced race between Harry EiKes' Oh car"
toca and Edouard Taylore. Of France. ms iaoo
should prove an interesting one. judging from me
s,and,,e and reputation Of the men. Flkes Is lle
holder Of the worlds hour reGoro ai sn-int races
such good as GardneT Goolerfb , Ha Is ad-
Kimble are entered. while Eddie MeD s ,nofor
verso no seS nv Fournier and Ricard. who
brought the machine 10 this country lroi" f'"'ON
=, Woe r.,or.ed Yesterday from an authoritative
source that there would be two new bicycle TRACKS
harlt in this city next season. one OF lle "a''
II IS said will be in tho Borough OF MAMMA '.
r,hue the exact location OF the other has ho' yer
,.ar dac.ded on This news coming at TINS ui'io'
,us, as the fight for tho control OF cyc'e RACINE
"a fairly on between the League or American
Uheelrnen and the recently formed American n"O
tho Cyclists Union is deemed Significant py 'hoSo
~ have followed the subject closely man WEI,
nm IN the League of American W heeiiiiei no in
SSPat,t clearly meant that the League had no m
tantio, Of giving up the control OF racing ieA'
wear Sterling Elliott 10 the contraI! NJ. 10 nder
Ing The new tracks, he declared Wouiu 20 oIrnan
~ control Of the League of American w me-
and would be run in Opposition 70 ne h nc Ameri1
Pssch and other tracks controlled o.! tiie 80
can Cycle Racing Association. he lur go
tbar The track which VIII be buiit IN a ar
,an Prrough would be at least SIX SECONDS
than the Manhattan BCacn rack S tobipd the new
To- be an abundance of capital pehhd 'iio saiS
track project. Work on the frst one II 10 o
Will he begun early IN the spring
According TO an announcement mado yes'e'uA'
nv the promoters Of the coming cycle show IN 'his
ci,v the show Will be local in character ana II -
understood that nearly all the local deaieis 'aSo
nromsed 10 exhibit. The show VIII not De "eiu III INC
interests OF joboers and manufacturers soely. pu'
,ha oaranount object will he to give the pubic an
opnortuniiy 10 the latest ana most mp ~.
Wares OF all the local dealers under one roo, NE
TiIl save The prospective buyers mucn uoucie litie
and expense in going from one sore 10 b iyIe of
fore they make up thelr minus aS W '440 9''' "
wheel or fixture they want , c...-o, ro,oca
tThe show will be held IN the Grand Celltldi tdIaDc
srom March % 10 April !. One hundred anu iortS
Elk spaces 10 be provided for exhlDlois' Isi5e
nom 81 square feet down 10 sixty-seven IN aoul-
.ion there will 100 spaces averaging nnety square
feet in size. The floor plan has ALREADY oeeh pre-
pared.