The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-23

The L. A. w. Meet Club has placed the
matter of furnishing the attractions for the
big vaudeville entertainment at English's
Opera House on Wednesday evening of the
meet week in the hands of Dickson & Tai
bolt. The price to be paid the managers
for the entertainment is large one, but
they stake their reputation on the quality
of it. The press banquet on Tuesday night
will be held at the Grand Hotel. and here
also affairs will be conducted on a liberal
scale j. j. Appel, chairman of the decora-
tons committee, has decided to urge all
business men of the city to decorate their
places of business during the meet week
The executive committee has Endorsed the
plan of the excursion over the L., D. & w
to the Shades of Death" AS the crowd
will be large one, it has been decided to
arrange it in two sections. The first will
be unloaded at Milligan, from which point
they will ride to the Shades of Death on
their wheels, taking lunch at Bloomingdale
Glens. The second section will leave the
train at Marshall and will also ride awheei
to the Glens for dinner.
A peculiar state of affairs exists over the
fact that the heads of two committees, both
working to make the meet a success, are
each wishing for different things. Horace
hard at work arranging for the new cycle
path to Millersville, is daily praying for
rain, without which the path cannot be
rolled properly, while the executive commit
tee. with a view to having the approaches
to Newly Oval in good shape for the meet
are hoping just as hard that the rain will
not come to stop the work of paving Cen
trail avenue.
1nI1 ic 10 ,;+I,
the Board of Regents of the soldiers and
sailors monument to decorate the scaffoid-
ing on the monument during the meet as
IN its present condition the general effect of
the monument is spoiled. During the meet
the pleasure and convenience of the women
night the reception at the Statehouse will
De largely given over to them Wednesday
evening the entertainment at Englishs OPP
era House viii be almost altogether for
their amusement, the entire lower part of
the mouse being reserved for them and their
house. w S on Thu TSa night
House to which the women will haze full
entree; the Country Club, on Friday morn
ing, will serve a breakfast to them while a
special run to Millersville is arranged for
Thursday morning.
During the meet the Broad Ripple Rapid
Transit Company has placed Broad Ripple
Park for one afternoon at the disposal of
the visiting wheelmen, furnishing free the
dancing pavilion and an entire orchestra.
expense
fund of the meet. The afternoon. which is
to be chosen later. will be in the nature of
festival, at which the club expects to
carry on matters with a lavish hand
On Friday night, when the middle dis
lance races are run, there will be five
mile PACED match race between Harry Glib
son, who has challenged any amateur in the
country, and some man yet to be decided
on. Each rider will be limited to twelve
pacemakerS. GibSoE'S outfit will include
quad, two triplets and tandem This race
will be one of the big features of the meet.
The first entry to be received from any
rider was sent in yesterday by Tom Cooper
proposes to leave town with something be-
side empty hands Among other prominent
riders who yesterday announced their in
tention OF appearing al the big meet are
Taylore, the fast French rider and Eddie
McDuffie, who has so far set the pace for
all the fast ones In addition to this MA
Jor Taylor, the crack colored rider will
also be here, contrary to first expectations.
Chairman Mott, of the L. A. w. racing
board, yesterday issued the following bull
letin, which tends to make clear the re-
qufrements Of amateurs desiring to contest
in the national championship at the In
dianapollS meet: Correspondence showing
national amateur championship, all anna
tours are notified that they are eligible for
these races at the national meet art Indi-
annapolis, and do not require travelling per-
mitS.
There is some talk now of making an ad-
ditonal feature to the race programme of
triplet race. There has always been dis
pute among the racing men as to which is
the fastest, the tandem or triplet and
straight triplet races might prove decidedly
interesting This, If held will be on the
hight of the middle distance race.