The times., 1898-08-08
Both Men Are Reported in Ex-
cellent Condition.
TWENTY PACEMAKERS EACH
The Contest VIII BE Run Under the
French System, Insuring n Lively
Struggle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sent to President Mckinley and
Admiral Cervefa.t

Conduit road. If fHhe weather remains Ia
vorable,. there is every Indication that a
large crowd will 4e in attendance. estab-
fishing record in this respect Michael
is in good condition for the ride, from
! all reports that have been received,
| while Moran is also in excellent shape.
| His trainer has worked him hard for the
coming event-if anything, too hard-but
| by this evening he-is expected TO be per-
! fectly fresh and ready 10 make the race
| of his life.
| The little Welsh midget, whom every
body is anxious to see ride, will not
reach the city until some time this aft
| ernoon. His managers state that he will
arrive about 2:15, leaving Philadelphia on
| the II o'clock train this forenoon When
| he reaches the city he will proceed to the
! Hotel Oxford, where quarters for himself
| and crew have been secured, while his
| heavy pacing machines are being carted
| from the depot to the track by express
wagons. With a brief rest. the midget
| will proceed 10 the park. arriving there
| between and O'Clock, and he will ride
! for five or more miles, training for the
| race before him, Before leaving Phila-
delphia he will visit the Willow Grove
track this morning about S o'clock and
spend several hours on the course.
The entire pacing outfit of the Ameri-
used almost exclusively. Moran will be
brought to this city for the race this
evening. This will mean plenty of quads
and quints. these kinds of machines being
~
paced by several quads and quints. so
that the local public will be treated TO
the sight of an unusually large number
of these monster machines. Under the
terms of the agreement, each rider will
be allowed twenty pacemakers, though
objection will hardly be raised if more
than that number of men are used for
the purpose.
In response to telegram sent TO Phil
adelpha for two quints, which have been
in use at the Willow Grove track, the
management of the Park track received
Friday afternoon one quad and one quint
which will be used in the contest this aft
ernoon. In addition 10 these. quad and
full team will be brought over from Phil
adelphia, while the Park people possess
a quad and three or four triplets. which
can be used for the race. These ma
chimes, If well manned, will afford more
than sufficient pace for the local man.
AS regards pacing, Moran will have much
better crews this evening than he would
have had If the race scheduled for We'd
nesday evening, July 27, had come off.
His hackers have gone to considerable
expense in the matter of getting pace
for him, thus giving him The best pos
sible show for winning.
From PHILADELPHIA the celebrated b b
Stevens, quad team, machine and riders
have been secured which consist, besides
Stevens, of John Zimmerman. Charles
and Clint Turville, Nat Butler and A.
c. Mertens, also from Philadelphia are
expected to be over and help the loca!
man. Wilkinson, LeCompte and Schu-
mate. of Baltimore, have also been en-
gagged TO ride, making total of nine
outside men who will assist. The remain
der of the men are local professionals
mostly members of the Eclipse team who
will be made 10 do yeoman service in the
race. In the first, race, the pacing out
fit of Moran was TO. have consisted of
two quads and four triplets This ev-
ening he will follow one quint, two quads
and two triplets, the makeup of which
compares favorably with the PAGERS OF
Michael, and if Moran can stand the
pace set he will have a good show of dis
tinglishing himself.
His full pacing crews for this even
ing ere rs follows:
Crew No. !. quint-Harry T. Greer.
steersman; William Throop, No 2; Fred
A. L. Schade, No 3; Henry Wilkinson,
No. 4; Robert l.. French, No. 5.
Crew No. q quad-W G. LeCompte.
steersman; Carl ]. Mueller, No. 2: Harry
Schumate. No. 3; Billie Sims, No
Crew No. g. quad-B. B. Stevens steers
man; John Zimmerman, No. 2: Clint Tur-
vile, No. 8; Charles Turville. No. 4
Crew No. 4, triplet-E. l.. Wilson. steers
man; George E. Smith, No, 2; Lee Coun-
selman, No. 3.
Crew No. 5. triplet-W. Fred Sims.
steersman; Bobbie Walthour, No. 2; H
r. Steenson, No. 3. With this makeup
there will be several other local profess
sional riders who will be held in reserve
in the event thar anything should hap
pen to the regular named men, This
is a good scheme and will tend to avoid
delay.
The race will be run under the French
system of racing. lnasmuch as no rider
will be permitted 10 continue the rae.
alone. if the other man meets with a mis-
hap. either TO himself or his wheel Fy
this means the spectators will be enabled
to see race for every ib;t of the distance
up TO ten miles. The contest will no.
Will be an event in watch both N N r'd !.
under the same cord tions. eaca having
an equal chance of winning. The inser-
ton OF this matter was due to the fore
sight of ]. d. Losley, president of the
Park Cycle Club. who isv anxi5us to give
the public a race that is race, with no
possible chance of anyone being dissatfs-
fed because the affair WAS not run off as
S, heduled.
1T is expected by. the et1 arrangement that
ether President Mckinley or Admiral
Cervera. the Spanis h officer, or both. will
be able to attend the rsce
The sprint Tacts whi h will be a pra-
liminary to the big net1 h race tl1.s eve
ming. while only three in number. will he
interesting and promise to result. in good
sport The entries. which were to have
closed last night, fl>ve been held over nm
til today. This had been done in order TO
give the professional mZnbers of the
Michael outfit chance TO enter the
more men who are entered the more in
teresting the races VIII ba. Owing to the
fact that the Midget wifi net reach IN.
city until this afternoon the en.rles VIII
be held owe. rather late
OF the three events cn the program the
invitation pursuit, perhaps better knswa
as the Australian race. for amateurs
only, will undoubtedlls prove a popular
event. There wi1-be sight men start.
each nearly seventy7fye miles apart. and
as the race is one for an unlimited dis
tance, the struggleifor supremacy Will De
eagerly watched. This race will be fit
ting introduction for The Big contest to
follow. Tire one mile handtc-p for anna
telrs will bring eau a 'big Fl I'D of riders.
and the work of the coming crop CT crack