The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-12
RACE MEET TOMORROW.
Coulter Wishes to Race "Major'' Taylor
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 The formal opening of the new quar- ters of the New Haven Cycling club at 1856 Orange street, formerly Veru hall, will take place tonight. This club, which was started in the spring, an in- opportune time, has rapidly increased in membership aud now has on it's membership roll all the best riders in the city. It has also large number of prominent merchants as members. With the opening of permanent winter quarters no doubt large number of new members will be added. At S:15 a business meeting will be held, and at its conclusion "Rube" Shields, the "hayseed" cyclist, with his partner, George Phillips, alias Cousin Will," who does everything imaginable upon a wheel, will give an exhibition. "Cou- sin Will' is without doubt the best trick rider in the country, and ''Rube" or Will" as he is called cannot be beaten in his part of country jay. They will be at the races at Elm City Park tomorrow and should not be missed.
 Clinton B. Coulter the unpaced champion of the world, and who rides against Albatross, the "Guideless Wonder at Elm City Park to-morrow, has accepted Major Taylor's open challenge to ride any man any distance. Clinton wishes to ride the Major" five miles unpaced for $250 a side, the race to take place tomorrow at Elm City Park. The Major will arrive to-mor- row morning. .-.....-
 There was a big sale of reserved seat tickets Saturday. It behooves all to secure their seats in advance, as there will only be limited number of these tickets sold.
 Ertz and Cramer will be here to-mor- row to try conclusions with Collett and Hausman and the rest of the fast rid- CTS.
 Rutz and Wheeler are training hard for the races tomorrow. They will try hard to beat their rivals, Collett and Hausman, in the one mile tandem han dicap. These riders wish to have the honor of being the fastest tandem team in the country, which Collett and Haus- man now hold. It will be hot race.
 IIe plOIGSSlOlldl races VIII De uOlly contested. Eddie Bald wants to win both events, but he will have other crack riders equally as good, including Tom Cooper, Major" Taylor, Nat But Ter Mcfarland, Arthur Gardiner, ''Plugger" Martin and others, against him. Records will surely be broken to- morrow.
 One hundred and fifty dollars cash is the first prize in the one mile open, pro- fessional at Elm City Park tomorrow. All the Pros" have their eye on this lump sum.
 The races will start at p. m. sharp, when the trial heats will be raced. The finals in the professional classes will not be run until 80 o'clock, so that all who cannot be on hand before that time can see the best riders in the country.
 F. B. Boyette of Chicago, the Trans Mississippi official photographer, will be in town tomorrow and attend the races at Elm City Park in the afternoon. He takes photographs of all the principal events and uses GoertZ world-f famous lenses and Seed plates, acknowledged to be the best extant
 James J. Carr and John s. Johnson, both from Worcester and professional riders, have both been suspended and fined $100 each for loafing tactics at the Springfield bicycle meet on Labor day. Neither man had entered for to-mor- rows races here.