Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
LOCAL CYCLE SHOW
Will Be Held Next Week in the Light
Infantry Armory.
an Observation-Disclosures WHEELMEE
All That is Latest and Best Will Be
Exhibited.
WORK OF PREPARATION

The Washington cycle shew will begin
Monday evening at o'clock, and will con-
tinue until Saturday evening at mid
night. The show will be held at the
Washington Light Infantry armory. cor
ner of 18th and E streets northwest.
The show Monday evening promises to
be unusually interesting. Every subse-
quent evening the place will be open to
the general public, while every week day
afternoon, with the exception of Monday,
will be marked as matinee, designed for
the benefit of the mothers and children
and others unable to attend in the evening.
The past week has been an unusually
busy one for the promoters of the show.
The preliminary details which have been
in process of arrangements were finally
brought to a head. All of the contracts
that have been let have been started, and
for the past few days the hall of the Light
Infantry has presented busy scene. Me
chanics and laborers have been hard at
work getting everything in readiness for
the opening, when special program will
be rendered.
The work of erecting the different stands
was commenced Thursday, and since then
contractor Frank Potts, the captain of
the Arlington Wheelmen has been busily
engaged The work has been much great
er than was expected. Despite the fact
| ting the stands in readiness this S hard
ly sufficient and extra time has to be
spent. By this afternoon the work will
| hardly be complete, and the mechanics
will be engaged in the hall until perhaps
| Monday at noon.
The Booths.
AS a rule the booths will be plain stands.
| consisting of merely raised platform. In
some cases there will be extra work ac-
| cprdiDp tp u-bi haa do
| by me exhibitor.
AS it is planned there are thirty-one ex-
| hibits arranged around the walls of the
hall. On the north side there nine
| stands, while on the south side eleven
| stands are located Seven booths are
| located on the east side, while on the west
| there are only six. The central floor space
| is divided into fifty-four spaces, ar
ranged in sections of six stands each.
There are eight aisles, running north and
| north and south are each seven feet wide,
| while those which run east and west are
| nine feet in width.
Ten Thousand Lights.
! The interior will be mass of electric
| lights, decorations of bunting and plants,
and a complete exhibit of everything that
| pertains to bicycles, bicycling and even
| things not closely related to the sport
The interior will be Illuminated by about
! 10000 electric lights. Incandescent lights
| of all sizes and all colors will be seen
everywhere The hall itself is illuminated
l brightly on usual occasions by 200 incan-
descent electric lights. Each stand in the
| place will be illuminated by from ten to
thirty lights, and in many cases the num-
Der Will be several hundred for each exhibit.
The contract for placing these lights in
position has been awarded to John G.. Rau,
and up to the middle of the week he had
nearly 5000 lights contracted to be put in
place, with less than half of the total
number of exhibitors heard from.
Bunting will be profusely displayed. Over
five miles of the material will be used, to
say nothing of the large number of potted
plants that will be used. The balcony of
the north side of the hall will be hidden by
fags and bunting and the floor of the
same will be typical scene of a tropical
country In other parts of the hall the
decorations will be located with Judgment
On the stands themselves a good 6isplay
in this respect can be looked for. The dec
orations of the stands are left entirely
within the discretion of the occupants of
the same, and it can be safely stated that
nothing will be left undone in this respect
The exhibitors win vie with each other in
producing a general effect, and as result
some costly and elaborate display can he
looked for, irrespective of the display that
the exhibits might contain in a business
way.
Music and Souvenirs,
Throughout the show music will be fur
nished by the full National Guard Band
comprising twenty-five pieces and a leader
Inc band will be stationed in the balcony
and will be practically hidden by the palms
and potted plants. The music will be a
feature of the afternoon and evening ses-
SONS, and the program will be of a varied
nature. There will be solo and concert Sc
leetions. martial music and sentimental airs
and orchestral renditions Of all kinds.
The souvenirs will be numerous. There is
scarcely an exhibitor who will not have a
souvenir of some sort for distribution Some
OF the exhibitors have secured special at
fractions for their stands OF cataIogues
and booklets there will be no end These
VIII be given to every applicant, while the
more costly souvenirs will be given away
with discretion.
The office of the show company will be
located Just to the right of the entrance to
the nall. Adjoining this room is another
large room. which will be used as a reading
and writing room. The third room from the
entrance will be smoking room. No smok-
ing VIII be permitted in the hall. The last
room on the west side will be set aside for
the exclusive use of the ladies' There will
be several maids, and cloaks and heavy
coats can be safely left in this place while
the tour of the hall in made.
The locker room on the east side of the
hall has been set aside for the use of the
exhibitors, and will be a supply room. IT is
expected that good many sales will be
made during the show, and in this room
surplus material will be kept in order to fill
out the exhibit at the stand when sale is
made. There will be special home train
err races held in this small room, as has
previously been done, though many Of the
dealers will have home trainers at their
exhibits, in order to permit intending pur-
chasers to try the merits of particular
wheel.
II. w. X. Pollock Appointed Referee.
There has been quite good deal of spec
ulation in cycle racing circles as to who
would be appointed official referee for the
District of Columbia for the season Of $780,
Mr.. j. D. Lasley, chairman of the board of
control for the District of Columbia of the
National Cycling Association, has appoint
ed Mr. r. w. K. Pollock to fill that position.
Mr.. Pollock has long been associated with
bicycling interests in the District.
SAMPSON AND SCHLEY.
Friends of the Latter Decide Not to