The times., 1901-05-16
CRACK CYCLISTS IN TRIM.
Champion Riders Ready for the
Coliseum Track Opening.

Tho work on the new Coliseum Bicycle
Park is being rapidly pushed, and by sun
do%n tkis evening the-big wooden howl
will be entirely completed. thus giving the
large field OF riders of both the amateur
and ''pro." ranks, who are daily training
for the opening events, ample opportunity
to get in excellent riding trim. The
weather Ior the past few days has af-
fOrded the carpenters opportunity for
making big headway. and by Friday af-
ternoon the work On the graudstands will
be completed. The management Of the
park has decided to build additional
stands. 1G0 feet in length, on the south
side of the track When all of the stands
are completed they will accommodate
400 spectators. 1t is also probable that
stands viii be erected on the north side
of the track. The tape line viii be To-
Gated on the south side of the track, di-
rectly in front Of the grandstands.
The track will be brilliantly lighted with
fifty arc lights mounted on poles around
the track, about twenty feet apart, with
five of the same kind in the
field in the centre of the track
The stands and dressing rooms
will also be lighted by electricity
throughout. new feature in the way
of bicycle tracks will be an underground
tunnel which viii connect the dressing
rooms with the field in the centre of the
track. The tunnel will be five feet in
width. walled on the sides in wood, with
a cement walk The passageway will
also be used by the spectators and ofii-
cials who will be permitted tn witness
the events from the enclosure.
Harry Elkes, of Glens Falls, the
champion middle-distance rider of the
world, continues to reel off miles on the
board track in his usual fast time. HIS
training on the track yesterday, while
not of such a lengthy character, shows
that he is rounding into good shape, with
good prospects ahead. Ia his trial spins
Yesterday, he covered FIVE miles in II 30
unpaced In a standing start, he covered
a mile in I:40 flat, which astonlshed the
large number of spectators present. Be
hind his motor-cycIe he covered the sec
ond mile in ls7g the, third IN l:56, the
fourth i'll "a, md wes rounding on ms
NTH mile when the tire OF the motor
cycle collapsed. and sElkes Stopp5u, NJ LOT =,
tbe daY AT the saulet time Edward ray
tore the champion crack rider OF Europe,
who arrived in Washington lew uayS
ago. and is in training at the track, reGl- 5
ID off several miles in3eXcellent tlfne. by
The last of the week. the contingent OF
riders will be greatly enlarged by the ar
| rival of James Moran, the crack pdcSS
! follower from BOStoIFa AuStil ClopN', ~ ~
! Buffalo; o. H. MOsher, or Saratoga l anu
! Otto Mayo, one ot+Elkes' best men, rom n
! Erie. Frank Waller, the "tlyihg Dutch
man is expected to arrive Friday, and
| will start in training. .,o,,
The opening of the park will take P, place i,e
| Saturday night at O'Clock, i anu mII i,,', nv
of of the park will take place on TUESDAY a.
| night, May 81 at which time eVerStnIns nm
| will be in readiness for the season. i 1J ne
| events throughout the season VIII be held
| AZ ripht except on holidays, when the
events v ' VIM be pulled off in the daytime,
The events Saturday night will include a
| one-mile novice race, ohe-Illle ana lt - ~
| 0uen. followed by four motorcycle events
t6 he run off in tive-mile heats, The en-
! tries will be received until FRIDAY 'It, noon,
| bv win c. Bryan, at the park fourteeh'h
| and East CApitOl Streets.