The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
WORK ON TRACK
ABOUT COMPLETED
The Seating Capacity at Coli
scum to be Enlarged.
RIDERS ARRIVE TOMORROW
In the Middle Distance Contest the Men
VIII be Paced by Their Own Mo-
tor Tandems and Fight
Out Every Lap
RIDERS ARRIVE TOMORROW

All day yesterday carpenters were busy
Strengthening the Coliseum track, increas-
ing the banking and installing new seating
capacity for 500 more people than the pres
ent stands will accommodate. The work
will be continued until tonight, and by to-
morrow everything will be in readiness for
day and Wednesday nights, when all the
national cracks will appear, In addition to
the celebrated motor tandems which will
he used to pace the men in the middle dis
lance races and in the match races be-
tween the three motors. In this contest the
machines will be turned loose, with instruc-
tons to their riders to turn on all the cleo
trio and gasoline power, besides the valua-
BILE human aid the riders give.
One of the Big Races
On the first night Charles w. Miller, the
long distance champion of the world and
the hero of all the big six day races, will
be matched against Pierce and Waller.
Pierce is the twenty-four champion, while
Waller is the champion of Germany The
men will ride twenty-mile race, paced by
the motors. In these races each contestant
has his own pace-making machine, and
away from his competitors. 1t will be OBJ
served that such race is very different
from the ordinary sprint racing in which
the men loaf for seven-eighths of the dis
lance and then give one lap sprint.
sprint All the Way
The long distance men fight out every
inch of the way, and put up wonderful ex-
hibitions of daring and endurance In fact,
they are nothing more than mere automa-
tons trained to follow the daredevil pac-
ing machines Lap after lap the men work
to get around each other, and the audience
rs on its feet almost constantly, yelling like
mad, little realizing the great danger the
men are in. In the east the people will
have nothing but the motor-paced races,
and turn out in tens of thousands to cheer
the men on A pursuit race will be put on
between Jay Eaton, the indoor king, and
Stafford, the great Boston rider These
men are two of the best pursuit men in
the business and will put up an exciting
race. In the professional mile handicap
Eaton will be on scratch with Miller; Pierce
at ten yards, Waller at twenty, Judge
at thirty Stone and Stafford at forty, with
the rest UP to seventy-fve. A professional
handicap is a grand contest, as the endur-
ance of these men is almost without limit
Nelson Against Hickman and BiddIe
Nelson, the amateur middle-distance
champion, will meet Hickman at one mile
and Biddle at ten. In each of these con-
tests the men will have separate motor
tandems for pace.
Lee Richardson is here, and is ready for
his great line of work From the reception
he received last spring in this city the in
dications are that his act will prove the
star attraction, despite the motors and
worlds champion riders
Reserved seats will be on sale at the Arms
company this morning. The team of riders
arrive tomorrow afternoon with Secretary
Spooner, of the National Cycling associa-
ton.