The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-01
BICYCLE IbY"
RECALLS RACES
SPECIAL OBSERVANCE YEsTER
DAY BROUGHT UP REMINIS-
cENCES TO MANY.
w. }. Miller Resurrects Program. Of
Decoration Day Race Given Un-
der Auspices e The Intel
iIgencer.

Yesterday WAS bicycle day and IL
brought back TO the memory of many
local people The Big race meets that
were hvi' .f this city az the time when
oi'yr o. racing was a favorite with
local race fans 10 Is interesting TO
hear some - the men who. during the
early period OF bicycle racing. were
among the best in the country. and
40 present Wheeling boasts that some
OF these same riders still reside here.
Others have removed over the coun-
nv and now men who took part in
some OF the biggest road aces and
track events here are located In larg-
er cities. whore many are engaFed in
some Prumi9sut business.
IS. Miller. now connected with
he Bell |eieghoue Company. has a
rrrEram ~ a rCa5 race staged By The
Intelligence on decoration Day. 1884,.
that viii bring back 20 the memory
~ these who took part IN it the thrills
Of one Of the biggest events ever
staged In this city Twentv.fhree men
took part In This event. and =; was run
under much the same regulations Of
that motorcycle races Of today.
The Participants
Looking over the llrf OF entries in
Tsrf.c. paved. John p. Arzenx. now at
to-u.y az This city. Fred ZIP of Mar
tins Ferry. Andy Hores of Edgwood.
John O.. Grjhben. now deceased. W
j. Miller of the Bell Telephone Com
PAW. Harry q. Kennedy. bookkeeper
ar Ellis d Helfer Company: John l..
Kingdom, clerk Of the circuit court /.
J. 4 NcGinnis OF the Wheeling Stamp
ing Company. George X. Tinker. brok-
or I'm New York city. C. K Strocbel.
W. r Stevenson Of tho James y Nc
Kco Cigar COMPANY Alexander c.
podd Of Wellshurg l. II. Dillon, pro
prictor II a cigar store a. OF CITY.
Pa. W. g. Harrison. ST Clairsville.
Ohio. George Helms. Steubcnvil'e. "
BiheldaTer. banker in Pittsburgh. W
=. Alexander of SteuhenviIle. r IT.
Mahlke. deputy sheriff OF Ohio county.
Jason &. stamp. automobile dealer. F.
b. McNear. Welshurc. r j Murphy
~ Pittsburgh. VI NJ Mahlke decea aed :
Bert Goble 81 Pittsburgh. deceased
The Race Course
d The race course was out Fourfee-th
from The Intellicercer office 10 Nc
. 'ulloch. 20 National road 70 seven.
mile post and return over same course
10 Fourteenth and EoN streets. The
limit men started st Z o'clock in the
afternoon and finished about one hour
later
Officials FOR this race were. Referee
?. T. Meow. now ~ the Mccoy shoe
shop. starter. Jake Loos. Judges. Or
John Mcclure. c. IT. Geiger and W
w Irwin. The timers were Charles
y. Hanchcr and s. s. Wheat
BICYCLES that were unusually poru.
lar in those days We're the TriuaeIe
sold hv George W Johuson's Sons.
Cleveland sold by tho Cleveland Cvc.
ling Agency 90 21c- Market street.
Victor. Wir,ou and ROYAL Limited.
sold by the HCi1er Hardware Com.
p7ny. Raleigh. Rambler and WayerIv.
sold bv j. g. stamp Nr Stamn also
handled The paur'Icss. which was ao-
other popular make a. thar time.
Bicycle Day Success
Tn mi-hf be said that yc-ter as bf
cyc'" day was big success. All
. dealers reported considerable activity
among tho cyclists and tho sales were
exceedingly heavy n .s likely that
% movement viii be started within tho
near future to hold another OF those
races which proved most so popular
twenty wears ago