The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
STADIUM ID OPEN
 TOMORROW MIGHT Splendid Cycle Racing'Events on
 the Programme
BEST TRACK IN AMERICA
Champion Walthour to Ride-Stadium Is Located st Greene Station on Bessemer and South Ensley
 Car Lines.

Tomorrow night the first bicycle races held in Birmingham in years will take place at the stadium, built by Jack Prince at Green station. on the Bessemer and the Powderly car lines. The track is decidedly the best in America today. People who have seen cycle tracks in the other cities on the circuit say that this easily surpasses any they have ever seen, and that it should be capable of a speed of almost a mile a minute, so tomor- row night when the pistol is fired for the first heat of the fifteen mile match race between Bobby Walthour, the world S champion. and DeGuichard the French champion, the assembled crowd may ex- pect to see seconds clipped from world g records.
 In other words, Birmingham is to see the champion bicycle riders of the world riding on what is considered by experts to be the fastest track in the country. The riders will all arrive today from At lanta, where they raced Friday night, Walthour winning over Bennie Monroe and De Guichard.
 Tomorrow's Programme.
 The programme for tomorrow night rep resents the very best races known to this kind of sport. It includes a tifteen-mile motor paced championship race between Walthour and De Guichard, to be run in three fiye-mile heats, the winner being re- quired to get two of the three heats.
 The complete programme is as follows:
 First race-First heat of one mile cham piOnshiD for local ametllrs Second race-Three mile motor cycle race open only to local motor cycle riders.
 Third race-Second heat of the ameteur handicap.
 Fourth race-First heat of the 15 mile match motor paced race between Wal thour, the worlds champion, and De- Guichard the French champion. Winner must get best two in three heats. Fifth race-Final heat of the ametur race.
 Sixth race-Second heat of the match race between Waithour and DeGuichard. Seventh race-One mile race between boys under 16 years of age. Fifteen en- tries have been received for this race. Eighth race-Final heat of the Wal thour-DeGuchard race.
 All Kinds of Races.
 This programme embodies all kind of | races. The dmetufS nave been tra1n1ng on the track for several days past, and they have made some remarkable speed exhibits. As good as 1:3s a mile has been made, and this Is something way out of the ordinary for ameteurs.
 The track has just been completed by Jack Prince at an expense of several thousand dollars. The programme tomor- row night will be followed by races on Tuesday and Wednesday night, and the people here are to see sport they have not had the opportunity of witnessing for years. Since the last cycle race was seen here the game has developed in every way that will interest an American crowd. The sport Is clear. the contests are hotter and the time is much lower. The powerful motor cycles, capable of a speed greater than a mile minutes are now used to pace the riders, who fol- low immediately behind on the bicycles. These motors are powerful as the motors which are used on large automo- piles.
 The style of the tracks used has been changed since the last race. The tracks are faster. they are banked to hold any speed and at times the rider Is parallel with the ground, and verticle to a track which is banked at 6 degrees on the turns and about 30 degrees on the cfr