The evening times., 1898-08-01

directly the Wheelmen OF lnolap3pQfls III
entertaining the wheeimen Of the conn-
try. Indianapolis Is backing both to win
and the larger the delegations from each
city the better the members of the '9S
Meet Club will feel The Boston club
has stolen q march son their Buffalo
brethren by electing the members of the
Indianapolis Meet Club honorary mem-
befs Of their organization.
Special attention will be paid to the re-
ceptfon and entertainment Of the visiting
newspaper men during the week Of the
national meet On Tuesday evening. Au-
gust 8. the Meet Club will give banquet
to the members Of the press at the Grand
Hotel. This Is the hostlery presided over
by Mayor Taggart and he has promised
a feed and good time which will meet
with the approval Of every visiting news
paper man. There will also be a special
entertainment for the press on Saturday
night under the management of A. o.
Royse one OF the original Indianapolis
boomers at Philadelphia Sunday follow
ing the meet the press representatives
will be invited to take the trip to Bloom
ingdale Glens and the Shades Of Death.
two famous Indiana resorts which for
picturesqueness cannot be excelled west
Of the Alleghanies or east of the Rockies
The press committee Of the '9S Meet
Club will establish downtown head
quarters during the week of the meet
for the accommodation of the visiting
newspaper men. A large room. conven-
lent to the telegraph Offices. has been Sc
cured. In 1t will be placed tables and
chairs. writing materials and typewrit-
ers. representative OF the press COM
mittee will each day cover the tours and
runs and the entertainment features of
the program. These will be briefed and
duplicate copies left on each table 1t Is
thought that this will greatly facilitate
the visiting newspaper men In covering
: the meet. as most Of their time will be
taken up at the track.
Those who contemplate visiting Indian
apOlis during the week Of the meet are
urged to bring their wheels with them.
1t will be impossible to fully appreciate
what the '9S Meet Club has done In the
way Of entertainment unless the visitors
have their wheels with them. One Of the
distinct features Of the Meet Club pro-
gram are the tours and runs. and those
who come to Indianapolis for that week
and do not take part in some of these
! runs. or make trips over the cycle paths.
will return home without appreciating
| what has been done for their enjoyment.
The Meet Club urges most strongly that
every visitor come equipped with a
mount. Ample facilities have been made
! for taking care of wheels. and they will
| be essential to the pleasurers of the meet
| Eddie McDuffee and Tom Linton will
probably be the contestants in the big mid
dle-distance race which will take place
| Friday night. August r. Herbert Foltz.
chairman of the race committee, has been
in correspondence with all of the big mid
| dle-distance riders. and now believes that
these will be the two men who will race
at the national meet
Preparations have been made at In
dianapolis to take care Of the biggest
crowd that ever attended a national meet
Advices received from many Of the lead
ing cities would indicate that the wheel
men will descend on the Hoosier metropo-
lis in droves. There Is plenty of room for
all. and the members OF the Meet Club
feel that every wheelman or wheelwomar
will be repaid by attending the '9S meet
| The national championship races this
| year will occupy three days and one night
| beginning on Wednesday morning On
| Friday night there will be big middle
distance race. the first Of the kind ever
run at a national meet The program Is
! decidedly novel. There will be multiplet
/ handicaps, tandem races, pursuit races.
| and In fact. all Of the novelties which
! have been introduced into the racing
| game this season.
Six events will be run each day. and
| the program will undoubtedly attract all
of the crack racing men of the country
whoar riding in form at that time. The
prize list is in itself an inducemen: suffi-
ciently large to draw the racing men to
Indianapolis. In none of the professional
events Is the first money less than $3.50
AS an added attraction there will be on
the second day the great American Ham
dicap for a purse of $l.0aO. of which 500
will be distributed in the trials of semi
finals. The distance is two miles, and II
is believed that this race will bring to-
gether the greatest field of riders that
ever contested on any track. The Anna
teur National Championship for the year
Will be decided at the meet. According
to Chairman Motifs racing rules for this
season the men who finish first and sec
ond in the four amateur championships
one-quarter. one-half two-miie and five
| mile events-qualify for the Amateur Ma
tional Championship Zone mile). which
will be run on the last day. and the win
ner of this race will be the amateur cham
pion of '9S. There is also a race open to
the winners of the State mile champions
ships.
What promises to be one of the creates;
bicycle races ever run in this country
will be the two-mile multiplet handicap
which will be contested for on the first
day. August 10. 1t is proposed to bring to-
gether all the different classes of ma
chimes. from the wheel to the sextuplet
, and handicap them In two-mile race
1t will be the greatest event of that char
acter ever run on any track.
The national championships will be
practically decided at the National Meet
/ this year. as the winner of each of them
will be credited with sixty points: where
as. on the circuit. the first in national
| championships is credited with only six