Indianapolis Journal, Volume 48, Number 221, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1898 — Page 3

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cago da icer. who. with Johnny Fogarty, won the cake-walk prize at Tattersall's in Chicago recently over five hundred contestants, is a charming little dancer and vocalist. Fogarty Is now on his way from Chicago, and with little Francisco will do the cake walk at the L. A. W. “smoker” to be given at the Park. Other features are the Stevens sisters, acrobats and toe dancers; John H. Mack, the banjoist, late with Fanny Rice; the McCormn-k sisters, tumblers and contortionists; Bessie Davis, in descriptive songs: I>s>pell and Adams, German comedians; John T. Powers, character songs and dances; Grade Cleveland, vocalist, and Burtney, the uaton juggler. Blanche Walnli in Dn>enpnrt*M Piny*. Miss Blanche Walsh has accepted an offer made to her by Melbourne MacDowell, Miss Fanny Davenport’s husband, to go astarring with him next season in Miss Davenport’s repertory of Sardou plays. Miss Davenport is gradually but steadily recovering from her recent illness at her home, at South Duxbury, Mass., but Her physicians say it will be a long time before she is able to appear on the stage again—certainly not next season. This being evident some time ago, her tour for next winter was canceled. Recently, however, Mr. MacDowell, with his wife's consent, decided tc go out himself in her repertory. Miss Walsh was decided upon as the most capable of the available actresses to fill Miss Davenport's old rol.es and negotiations w?re opened with her at once. Mr. MacDowell is now busily engaged organizing his company and booking a tour. Actor David Ward Married. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 8. —Mr. David Ward, an actor who was a member of the Modjeska Company' last season, and Miss Lela Pearl O'Neal, both of this city, were married to-day by Rev. E T. Gregg, of Grace M. E. Church. It was the purpose to keep the marriage a secret. The groom left to join his company in New York immediately after the ceremony'. He is a son of J. B. Ward, a Kokomo grocer. The bride Is a well-known singer and prominent in musical circles. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. J. B. Dill left yesterday for Lafayette and Alilwaukee. Mr. William B. Wheelcock returned yesterday from the East. Mr. Edgar H. Evans has gone to Nantucket for a few weeks. Miss Adele Gallaghre, of Greensburg, is visiting Miss Mayme Keene. Miss Mae E. Schloss has returned home a week's outing in the country. Miss Julia Landers has returned from a visit to relatives in Martinsville. Miss Nelle Graves, of Franklin, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Henry. Miss Matilda Hale will go to Milwaukee next week to spend three or four weeks. Air. and Mrs. Addison C. Harris have gone to Wisconsin, where Air. Harris will fish. Miss Sarah T. Aleigs has returned from a visit of a month to relatives in Petosky. Dr. L. A. E. Storch will leave to-day for Washington, Atlantic City and New York. Miss Lucie Holliday will go to Denver to make a short visit before returning to school. Aliss Harriet Rottler is visiting in Alaricn. where she is receiving many social attentions. Mr. and Airs. Henry G. Walter have returned to their former home, in Aladison, to reside. Air. and Airs. John W. Nicely have gone to Dayton. 0., to spend the week with Air. Nicely's relatives. Mrs. George R. Ellis and daughters, Marjorie and Bertha, will leave Thursday for Old Point Comfort. Airs. George Jackson will leave to-morrow for Philadelphia and New York, where she will visit relatives. Airs. Fannie W. Morrison will leave tomorrow for Atlantic City to join Air. and Mrs. W. 11. Coleman. Airs. E. E. Weikert will receive informally this afternoon for her sister, Airs. L. W. Owen, of Waukegan, 111. Mrs. Thomas Bassett and niece, Aliss Ella Waite, have gone to Martha's Vineyard to remain through September. Mrs. J. J. Bingham and daughter, Aliss Laura Bingham, will return this week from a month’s visit to Asbury Park. Air. and Airs. William H. Rogers, of Aladison, are visiting Mr. and Airs. James W. Powers, No. 1903 Park avenue. Airs. Zerelda Wallace is seriously ill at her home in Cataract, Putnam county. Mrs. Wallace is eighty-one years of age. A trolley party and reception at Mrs. Smythe’s will be given this evening for Mrs. Mary Partridge, of California. Aliss Pearl Haynes has gone with a party of Cincinnati and Richmond friends to northern Allchlgan for a few weeks. Mrs. C. S. Blackman and daughter, of Buffalo, N. Y., are visiting Airs. A. M. Lockridge, on North Alabama street. Aliss Laura Schwartz, of Vincennes, and Thaddeus Lillard, of Chicago, will come today to visit Mrs. Ward, on Broadway. Air. and Mrs. Thomas H. Spann and daughters and Airs. John S. Spann will go to Old Point Comfort the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. N. Silverster and son, Air. William Silverster, have gone to Cottage City to spend seven or eight weeks. Mrs. Alary L Davies has resigned from the Industrial Training School and will leave in a few days for New York to reside. Miss Ruth Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alyron W. Reed, and Mr. Leslie Carter, of Denver, will be married the middle of September. Mrs. Virginia O’Donnell and daughter. Miss Blanch O’Donnell, will go to Texas soon to mak> an extended visit to Airs. O’Donnell's son. Dr. S. H. Malpas has been called to Philadelphia to attend his father, who is critically 111. His mother, Airs. Henry Alalpas, accompanied him. Air. and Mrs. D. L. Wood are home from a visit to their son, Mr. Willis Wood, and family, at. their summer home, on the shore of Lake Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett J. Heeb, who have been spending a month at Greensburg, have gone to French Lick Springs, accompanied by Aliss Clara Peery. Mr. O. P. Lesh, who has been so seriously ill, and who has been out of the city for several weeks, is rapidly recovering, and is expected home by Sept. 1. Miss Laura Huey entertained twenty young ladies at cards yesterday afternoon. The guests were friends of Aliss Virginia V. Sale, who is to be married to-morrow. The Indianapolis Maennerehor has arranged an excursion to Vevay, Ind., via Madison on a steamer on the Ohio river Sept. 4, for the passive and active members of the society. Air. and Airs. O. W. Williams, who have been making their home in Cincinnati for a number of years, will return to this city to reside this week. They will be at home at the Victoria. Miss Pauline Inderbitzen will join Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Taylor on their trip to Europe, and will return to her home in Switzerland after a prolonged visit to her sister, Mrs. Ward, on Broadway. Air. and Mrs. A. A. Barnes left yesterday for Atlantic City, and their niece. Miss Clayton, went to her home in Chicago. Aliss Clayton will return to spend the winter with Air. and Airs. Barnes. A number of parties are being arranged for the bicycle races Friday evening. The ladies who attend the L. A. W. will be given a breakfast at Broad Ripple to-mor-row morning, and a second breakfast at the County Club Friday morning. The marriage of Aliss Lillian Alarshall, daughter of Airs. Raugh. and Mr. Lucius Fairchild, took place Sunday evneing at the home of Mrs. Raugh. There were two hundred guests present for the ceremony, w’hieh was pronounced by Rev. J. E. Shannon, pastor of the United Brethren Church. The cermony was performed under a bower of roses and palms under the trees on the lawn, and there were illuminations of colored lanterns. The bride wore a gown of ivory silk trimmed with lace. The groom is a nephew of General Lucius Fairchild, late Governor of Wisconsin. Both the bride and groom are well-known theatrical people. Many of the guests were from out of town. WIEST-HUBRARD. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Aug. B.—Mr. A. E. Wiest. jr., and Miss Alpha R. Hubbard, of Dunkirk, were married in this city last night at the home of County Clerk Ed V. Fitzpatrick, the ceremony being performed by Rev. J. E. Stoops, pastor of the Evangelical Church. Air. and Mrs. Wiest will reside in this city. Os Cour<>. Washington Special. Secretary Alger makes Indignant denials of the story that he was in anv way Influenced by political reasons in giving out the correspondence between himself and Colonel RooEevelt. The Salvation Army this evening will be visited by Staff Captain and Mrs. AlcFee. pioneers of the Salvation Army social work Ir. America. Assisted by Adjutant Batteley, Lieutenant Spear and a host of' others, they will conduct a special service in the hall, 122 West Market street.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1898.

FIRST DAY OF THE MEET a RECEPTION AT THE CAPITOL. FOR THE VISITORS TO-NIGHT. Buffalo and Boston Delegations In and Rooting for 'Ott—At Marion Club. ♦ L. A. W. Event* To-Day. MORNING—9 o'clock—Opening at headquarters in Tomlinson Hall. Registration of visiting wheelmen. Issuing of badges and souvenirs. Assignment to notels and boarding houses. Special trips over the cycle paths. EVENING—B o’clock—Reception by Gov. Alount and concert at the Statehouse. Reception by Alarion Club. Press banquet at the Grand. All the big meet men of the L. A. W. from all points of the country are now in the city. While it is probable several delegations will yet come there will be none of them of an official character. The Buffalo delegation reached the city last evening over the P.ig Four road, 150 strong, while the Boston crowd proved a disappointment In point of size. Throughout the day well-known figures in cycle racing stepped from the different trains reaching the city from the East. Among them were Isaac B. Potter, president of the L. A. W.; T. J. Keenan, first vice president; E. N. Harris, second vice president; J. C. Tattersall, treasurer; Abbott Bassett, secretary; B. O. Ayers, chairman of the transportation committee; C. F. Kircher, chief consul; W. Faraday, chairman of the roads committee; Sterling Elliott, publisher of the L. A. W. Bulletin, of Boston; W. S. Kristenstein, president of the Century Road Club; L. C. Boardman and party of ten from New York city; F. F. Wiston, William Frost, T. R. Crump, Charles Van Horne and H. A. Adams, of Chicago; Horace Leach, R. C. Hill, Joseph Groesman and party and O. C. Pierson and wife. The racing men included the following: Wills and Ewell, Edwards and Reeves, “Dute” CNtbanne, F. L. Titus, W. J. House, F. F. Fulcher and William Martin. The Boston delegation, which arrived at 11 o’clock last night under the leadership of Fred H. Porter, was in fine shape for “rooting” even when tired out with its long ride from the Hub. The party numbered twenty men and, while anxious to secure the meet for Boston, the members do not feel sanguine of success. Secretary Abbott Bassett, whose home is in Boston, feels the same spirit the others do in the enterprise. In a conversation yesterday he said: “Os course we want the meet in Boston, but we all wish the Buffalo men well in their efforts to secure the affair for their town. Our men from Boston feel that this is hardly the place for making a fight for the ’99 meet, but they will probably do something when the time comes for the national convention.” Throughout the conversation Mr. Bassett indicated that while Boston would like to get the meet there did not seem to be any disposition to engage in a hard fight for it and the feeling of the Boston men for the Buffalo fellows are thought to be too friendly to prompt them to do more than offer a formal resistance.

The Buffalo delegation, under the leadership of William H. Baker, came in at the same time with the Boston crowd, 50 strong. All the men were on their mettle and were prepared for a fight to a finish for the '99 meet. The Buffalo visitors represent the Associated Cyclists, but for this occasion like to style themselves the “Buffalo Aleet Club.” The When band was in waiting at the Union Station, and as soon as the crowd had stepped from the train started to play "There’ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-night” to the cheers of the large crowd gathered to greet the visitors. Quite a long time was taken up in handshaking all around, and then one of the Buffalonians yelled, “What’s the matter with Eddie Bald,” which was taken up by the entire gathering with enthusiasm. Every man had his pockets filled with Buffalo buttons inscribed, “Put me off at Buffalo in ’99,” the word Buffalo being represented by the figure of a bison. Finally the men were marshaled behind the band and marched up Illinois street to Washington, around Monument place from Meridian street and through Pennsylvania street to the Denison. Here the band played "Put Ale off at Buffalo” to tremendous cheering for both Buffalo and Indianapolis. The delegation was at last assigned to beds and the hotel quieted down toward morning. The men will be on hand, however for some lively rooting to-day and during the rest of the meet. Buffalo has given six meets this season for the circuit chasers and Boston has rather given sprint racing the goby, providing few meets for the circuit followers. It is not to be wondered at that the circuit men favor Buffalo for the meet and that the great majority of them lag for the city on the lakes rather than for the Hub. And lag they do for their good words are heard on all sides and their every influence is toward the Buffalo end. Atany of the riders now coming into the city are much embarrassed by reason of the refusal of the race committee to accept entries for any of the handicap races, either amateur or professional, during the meet. This action is taken because the handicapper wishes to give each man all the advantage due him and the work of arranging the allowances of the several riders is a matter requiring not only good judgment, but also thought. An application from a rider for an entry at this time, if received favorably, would probably result in either an injustice to him or the other men already entered in the race. On the spur of the moment the handicapper might, rather than discriminate against the man, grant him an allowance under which he could win easily from the others. On the other hand, having this latter idea In mind to too great an extent, he might handicap him too greatly and virtually kill his chances in the race. After considering all these features of the question the committee decided not to accept any entries this week and all applicants yesterday were refused permission to enter in any but the open events. GALA .MARION CLIB. It Will Give the Visitor* a Fine W’elcoine. At the Marion Club to-night there will he a reception from 9 o’clock until 12 o'clock to visiting wheelmen, members of the club and ladies accompanying them. The popular club, opposite the L. A. W. clubhouse on Aleridian street, just below University Park, will keep open house all week to out-of-town wheelmen. No prettier decorations in honor of the great event have been made than those at the Alarion Club. The stately building is draped with purple and old gold, the colors of tho league, with many national flags. The pillars of the handsome old colonial portico have been entwined with myriads of incandescent lights in red. white and blue. A large bicycle, standing out in electric lights, make prominent the colors of the league. No more attractive decorations are to be found in the city than those here designed. Inside the house the purple and old gold colors predominate among palms. The reception is under the charge of Armin Koehne, chairman of the reception committee, and the general arrangements are under charge of George B. Elliott. A pretty badge for the occasion has been prepared. It is of purple with the emblems of the L. A. W. In old gold at top and bottom, with appropriate legends. Following are the members of the committees looking to the L. A. W. reception and arrangements for it: On Arrangements—George B. Elliott, chairman: L. O. Rothschild. Robert Bryson. Cyrus J. Clark, Dr. M. H. Raschig. On Reception—Armin C. Koehne, chair-

man: John R. Pearson, Eugene Saulcy. John Wall, Russell King, Harvey Martin. John McGregor, James Greer, Louis Aikin. P. J. Carlon, Ed Smith, Carl G. Fisher, Frank Staley. Frank Littleton, James Noal, George H. Evans. J. H. O’Brien, B. L. Webb. L. F. Smith. Frank Osborn, Charles N. Elliott, S. A. Haas, Alerrill Aloores. A. A. Young, Edwin S. Boyd. Harry Tutewiler, W. S. Loekman, W. L., Taylor, William H. Schmtdt, Jesse Overstreet. W. N. Harding, Frederick A. Joss, Carl Hartman. Edwin B. Pugh, John Ruckelshaus, John Crall. George Alull, Larz. A. Whitcomb, A. W. Aloore. Alfred Glossbrener, J. B. Orman. Pearson Mendenhall. Fred E. Alatson, George Bachelor, Frank Groninger, George N. Catterson. Cash Hadley, W. H. Nickerson. Lee Nixon, F. O. Ritter, Thomas Shufelton, R. T. Veit eh. The Alarion clubhouse will be just about as much the wheelmen's this week as the L. A. W. clubhouse across th? street. Last night Aleridian street was blockaded with people who were attracted by the decorations and the brilliant lights of various colors with which the front of the clubhouse is studded. Alusic from guitars and mandolins added to the pleasure of the scene. Wheelmen flocked between the two clubhouses. sat under the trees In the yard of the cycle club and on the brightly lighted porch of the Marion Club. Someone started the singing of “My Country, 'Tis of Thee,” which was generally taken up. It was seen that the spirit of patriotism shared with love of the cycle sport the hearts of all w’ho were present at the extremely informal reception. AT THE CAPITOL. Illumination Will Bea Feature There Till* Evening;. Great preparations have been made by the state officials for the reception to visiting wheelmen at the Statehouse this evening. A large force of men was busy yesterday In decorating the lofty corridors. Purple and old gold, the colors of the L. A. W., predominated in the decorations, which included flags and bunting. Several thousand incandescent lights, red, white and blue, have been placed in the chandeliers and the great hallways of the Capitol will be more magnificently illuminated than ever before. Spectators will be much impressed with the illumination of the dome of art glass and the mammoth pillars that support It. Every state office, Including the parlors of Governor Mount and the offices of the secretary, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, etc., will be open, in charge of the officials and their deputies. There is a desire on the part of the state officials to give visiting bicyclists a fitting welcome. Music will be one order of the programme, with dancing in the corridors. All those who visit the Statehouse will be well entertained. * KISER OUT OF IT. Too Much Malaria—Gardiner Under the Weather. Earl Kiser, who; with Eddie Bald and Mertens, form the Spalding team, though each man races independently, Is too ill to take any part in the races here. He has been troubled for a long time with malarial fever, which totally unfits him for fast work. After considering his condition, he decided he could not afford to enter any of the races and run unplaced and suffer a loss of reputation thereby. Arthur Gardner is also under the weather to a degree. Arthur went home to Chicago for a vacation recently, while the other riders were busy at work at the different tracks on the circuit, and now he is sorry for it. Tom Cooper announced yesterday that he had telegraphed to his home In Detroit for the money to cover the $250 bet of Eddie Bald for the match race of the two men, and the money Is now on the way here. As soon as It arrives it will be placed in Chairman Foltz’s hands and the match will be clinched. There has been considerable bad blood between the men over the statement recently made by Bald that there was little probability of Cooper ever putting up his money for the match. Each man now claims to be anxious to decide the question of speed between them in the race and the indications are that neither one desires to back out, even if such a thing were possible. The general impression among men from other parts of the country Is that the Indianapolis association secured the race at a low figure, as, at Manhattan Beach, New York, recently, $2,000 was offered for the same race and both men wormed out of the match.

GARDIMER IN THE RAIN. He Made Some Great Time Under Distressing; Conditions. “Rain makes little or no difference at Newby Oval,” said Arthur Gardiner, the leader in the championship race yesterday. Gardiner arrived late, and needing the work, he went out to the track when others made no attempt to ride. Gardiner rode in the rain, and he made some grand time. With no one to pull him to the start he did an eighth of a mile in ;12 2-5, as good a performance as has been made at the track, as it was unassisted. Peabody, the Chicago amateur, who took away Zimmerman’s record last season by winning 111 firsts in the season, and who is reported to be about to turn professional, was pulled up to the tape by Gardiner, and finished his eighth in only :13. His work does not compare with that of others here, Robbins, of Ohio, having done :12 2-5. Hausman and Collett, the New Haven, Conn., amateurs, did :13. Eaton was pulled up and did :12 2-5. Eaton is anxious to meet either Bald or Cooper, winner of Friday evening's contest, for a like side bet and purse. The St. Louis racing crowd came in yesterday, but in the party there is not much talent of the startling kind, owing to sickness in many instances. “Qharlie” McCarthy is threatened with tonsolitis, and must have an operation performed before he may do very much for himself. Frank White, the St. Louis amateur, did not come, as he has retired permanently from the sport. Arthur Stockholf is the best of the St. Louis representatives at the meet. Frank Costello, one of the St. Louisans, is reported to be about to turn professional. THE RUNS FOR FAIR CYCLERS. Subcommittees Appointed for Different Event*. Miss Newby, who is chairman of the committee which will look after the entertainment of the wheel women attending the meet, and Miss Swain, secretary of the committee, have appointed subcommittees for each of the runs which will be made during the meet. All of the members of the committees will be at the Propylaeum to-day to receive the wheel women and give them their credentials, which will admit them to all the entertainments. Wednesday morning there will be a run to Broad Ripple,, starting from the Propylaeum at 8;30 o’clock. Mrs. J. B. Harvey has charge of this run, and she will be assisted by Mrs. House, Miss Green, Miss Leeson, Miss Fulton, Miss Swain, Mrs. Carroll De Witt, Mrs. Crawford and Miss Wachtel. Luncheon will be served at Mrs. Bremmerman's. Mrs. Springsteen will lead the run to Millersville Thursday morning, starting at 8 o’clock. With Mrs. Springsteen will be Miss Hess, Miss Davidson, Miss Spencer, Miss Davis, Miss Kelvie, Miss Myers, Mrs. Stacey and Mrs. Stanley. Mrs. Budd will serve the luncheon. Friday morning a run to the Country Club for breakfast will be made. Miss Newby will be assisted by Mrs. Court Webb. Mrs. Richard Ghent, Miss Hess, Mrs. Woollen, Miss Atkins, Miss Taggart, Miss Chambers, Miss Minor, Miss O’Donnell and Miss Adams. STRONG LIST OF RACERS. Chairman Mott Think* Sport Will Excel that of Other Meet*. Chairman Mott, of the L. A. W. racing board, is much pleased with the prospects for the Indianapolis meet. In a conversation last night he discussed the matter as follows: “Not for years past has there been such a strong list of racing men gathered together as are now entered in the races at Newby Oval for this year’s national meet. During past years there has always been some man who has stood out prominently as the star of the year and rarely could anyone be found who could more than make it interesting for him. When Bald won his first championship, he was the acknowledged peer of any of the others, and throughout the season stood in a class by himself. In other seasons there has been a dearth of riders above the second-class and the topnotchers had to ride for records in order to get engagements at meets. The Indianapolis national most promises to present something new In this respect, a3 from present indications there are nine men who are either one liable to win in any race. Not one of them

needs a handicap over the other, and as a consequence the quality of racing here this year will be superior to that of any of the other meets held in years. “The following nine men who can be readily counted In the championships this year on their present form, are Bald, Cooper, Gardiner, Taylor, Stevens, Freman, Johnson, McFarland and Tom Butler. Any one of them is good enough to win if he has the least chance in his favor. Last year the same could not be said of the racing talent. Gardiner. Cooper and Johnson were not in form and when it came to racing, were hardly, excepting on reputation, fast enough to enter a good race. Asa consequence the championships went to two outside men —Kiser and Loughead—who neither of them could be considered as a regular circuit man. The five-mile championship alone went to a regular circuit rider. Neither of the three leaders of last tyear are in the list of the first nine men in the present championship. “In another way the Indianapolis meet is likely to be a better one than any of the other meets of years past. The men are daily getting more speed and breaking new records. The meet comes at a time when the men are all worked out to a fine edge in the previous meets, and as the championships run during the national meet count ten times as much as those run at other meets, there is the added incentive for good racing, as a win of the national meet championship virtually means a winning on the season for any of the leaders." Continuing, Mr. Mott said: “Without knowing all the conditions under which the meet has been arranged, I feel that she Indianapolis meet is to be conducted on a scale equal to that of any other ever held. The spirit seems to be strong here and will do the league movement much good during the following years, in the way of increased membership and influence for good roads and other enterprises of a public character.” ♦ THE KIND RAILROADS To Aid in Keeping Indianapolis from Being Overcrowded. Terre Haute’s delegation to the wheel meet will not be large. Several hundred had intended coming on Wednesday, but the railroads have shut them out. The first rate given by the railroads was $2.50 for the round tup and wheelmen asked for a lower one, but yesterday the new rate was announced at $3. The wheelmen had expected a rate of $1.45. The stand taken by the railroads has caused the project of starting u special train to be abandoned. Where several hundred had declared their intention of going, a handful will now comprise the delegation from Terre Haute. The $2.25 rate is good only to-day and to-morrow. The $3 rate will be effective Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Acker ami His Sprints. Ed Acker, the fast rider, who made his racing debut while living in this city seven years ago, met a peculiar experience recently at the hands of Chairman Mott, of the racing board. Acker has been adversely criticised by racing men generally for not working for himself more. It is charged he has for some time past continually split purses with other riders with whom he entered into agreements to furnish the pace for them up to the stretch and then drop back and allow them to win. In this way he lost for himself a SI,OOO purse in Philadelphia when he paced Titus the entire distance and then deliberately dropped out in the stretch. Titus won and Acker ran fourth when he could easily have won the race himself, and, failing in that when he dropped out to allow Titus to win, could have taken second money. His riding about that time caused Chairman Mott to inquire into his reasons for not finishing heats in which he entered. Calling Acker before him one day he said: “Mr. Acker, I understand you make a practice of suddenly quitting in a race in which you set the pace for a considerable time. What is the reason for it?” “Well, Mr. Mott,” returned Acker, “I frequently start sprints which I am not always able to finish.” Chairman Mott thought for a few minutes and then said: “Well, in that- case I feel that we should give you a vacation of about two or three months in which to allow you to get into condition so you can finish your sprints.” Acker began to explain matters and since that time has been riding consistently.

How They Will Race. Any one who goes to the track to witness the race between Bald and Cooper will be surprised at the way it will be run. The first heat being ur.paced, the men will start at a slow pace; in fact, it will be so slow that they will no doubt be hissed for a time. This is a style of riding adapted from the French and is the coming style on all tracks. When two men are as evenly matched as Bald and Cooper are neither man will allow the other the slightest advantage. Therefore when the starter gives the word the men will start over the track at a snail’s pace, waiting for an advantage in the shape of a "jump” by one or the other. A gain of a few yards In this manner would be enough to win the match for the man. Neither man wishes to pace the other and thereby lose a point, and therefore the object is to wait for a proper opening and then shoot ahead before the other man can make the “jump.” On some of the French tracks the riders, according to A1 Reeves, sometimes come to almost a dead stop in maneuvering for position. Paced riding works a man out from the start, but in the opinion of racing men is not nearly so good an indication of the actual abilities of the man as the unpaced race. The German House Entertainment. H. F. Hackedorn, chairman of the special committee in charge of the German House entertainment for L. A. W. members next Thursday, says the programme has been nearly completed, and the prospects are bright for a fine time for the wheelmen. Admission to the building and garden for men will be granted on their L. A. W. badge. This, however, does not entitle a member to bring a lady without a special ticket. These special tickets can be procured at the registration headquarters today or at No. 52 North Delaware street. In each Instance, however, the name of the lady who is to use the ticket must be given to the party issuing it, and as well as the name and L. A. W. number of the member requesting the courtesy. A number of the best people of Indianapolis have signified their intention of being present, and the affair promises to be one of the leading social events of the week. Tom Rntier’s Quarter. Tom Butler, of Philadelphia, during a trial heat last week tied the world’s record for a quarter mile. Tom has been under a cloud since he became a benedict and joined the “colony” In Philadelphia, but a few days ago he felt right and started after a record or two. While all the others were busy with paced records with flying starts Butler set out after some of the unpaced records. He got off with a jump from a standing start and flew around the track like a whirlwind. Several watches in the hands of men who felt sure the speed Butler was exhibiting was more than ordinary ticked off the seconds as he tore around the track. He only went a quarter and did it in :28 3-5, which equals the world's record for the distance. Many persons claimed that the record had been broken, but the opinion now general in Philadelphia is that Butler equaled “Doc” Brown’s record made in 1894. At Press Headquarters. The headquarters of the visiting newspaper men has been arranged in the second story of the Commercial Club building, in a room fifty feet long and wide enough to accommodate all the men who will wish to work there at any time. The room will be in charge of A. O. Royse, who will be at the service of the visiting scribes at all times. Every facility for sending out the most complete reports of the big meet will be on hand. Plenty of desks and writing materials will be in sight and quick telegrapic service right across the street, available by messenger from the room. Special L. A. W. Policemen. The Board of Public Safety yesterday granted police powers to several of the members of the escort committee of the Indianapolis L.. A. W. Club. This committee will meet the visiting wheelmen at the Union Station and escort them to the hotels. Those of the committeemen who will be special policemen during the week are M. Paxton, C. K. Hendrickson, George S. Stacey, W. E. Arbuekle, B. F. Lamb, G. W. Dicks and F. T. Ross. Rehearsal* at Garfield Park. Rehearsals will be held at Garfield Park to-night and to-morrow night by those who are to take part In the “Destruction of Cervera's Fleet,” the spectacle to be given at the park on Thursday night. The Time of the Race*. Those who have the management of the meet have received many inquiries as to the time the racing will begin. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons the first events will be started at 3 o'clock. Friday

night the game will begin at 8:30 o’clock. On these three afternoons and on Friday night only will there be racing at Newby Oval. The BnfTalo Men. Among the Buffalo men in last night were W. H. Baker, Charles Boine, H. D. Elliott. William G. Humphrey, J. M. Forens, J. A. Schaetzer, H. Ambellan, H. Baer. J. Weig, E. D. Stevens, P. Knopp, H. Kraft. A. G. Batehelder, W. W. Wilson, A. C. Willotts, D. H. Lewis, W. F. Klmann, F. J. Gemmer. A. B. Cole. W. G. Schroder, Louis Debo, 11. D. Rath. W. G. Kunzie, J. B. Seitz, E. G. Adler, F. St, Onige. Bioyele Notes. None of the racing men did any training yesterday because of the rain except Arthur Gardiner, who warmed up with a few whirls around the oval In the rain. All of the men announce their Intention of resting to-day in anticipation of the work before them to-morrow. The hardest week's work of the season is before them. VETERANS OF TWO ARMIES. Gen. rickett’* Men and I’nion Soldiers in Cninp Together. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8.-The week’s encampment of the Confederate survivors of Pickett’s division and Union veterans of the Philadelphia brigade at a resort on the New Jersey side of the Delaware river was formally opened to-day. Prior to their departure for the camp grounds the veterans of both the famous commands held a short street parade in this city and visited Independence Hall, where the visitors were welcomed on behalf of the city of Philadelphia by Mayor Warwick. Speeches were also made by Comrade E. Frazier, of the Philadelphia brigade; Col. A. K. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times; Gen. William A. Hemphill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and Congressman John Lamb, of Virginia. Mrs. Pickett, widow of General Pickett, accompanied the veterans both to Independence Hall and the camp grounds. At the latter place Dr. William B. Jonas welcomed the Southern soldiers, and the response was made by Maj. Charles Pickett. . Union Veteran** Union. ROCK ISLAND, 111., Aug. B.—Gen. H. L. Street, commander-in-chief of the Union Veterans’ Union, and other workers arrived to-day. The thirteenth national encampment opens to-morrow and lasts for four days. The city is lavishly decorated, the street center effects on the trolley lines being particularly handsome. To-morrow's exercises begin with a reception and address at Harper’s Theater, followed by a trolley excursion to Black Flawk’s Watcn Tower and a war concert at the theater in the evening. Wednesday will be devoted to a parade of the Veterans’ Union here and later a campfire in Davenport. On Thursday there will be a visit to Rock Island aistnal and a steamboat excursion on the river and Hennepin canal, with a campfire at Moline. The concluding business session will be held Friday. TO DEFINE BOUNDARY LINE. Part of the Work of the American-' Canadian Joint Coiuini**ion. NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Among the matters to be considered by the joint commission appointed by the United States and Great Britain, which is to meet in Quebec Aug. 23, says the Washington correspondent of the Tribune, are arrangements for the more complete definition and marking of any part of the boundary line between the United States and Canada by land or water where the same is now so insufficiently marked as to be a subject of dispute. A considerable part of the boundary from the eastern end of Lake Ontario to the western end of Rainy lake, on the northern frontier of Minnesota, has never been accurately defined or marked, and frequent controversies have been the result, especially in recent years, since the country adjacent to the boundary has begun to be settled and developed. For example, citizens of the United States holding patents therefrom for timber lands in northern Minnesota have been warned against and prevented from cutting the timber by Canadian authorities, who contended that said lands belonged to the Dominion government. American miners and prospectors on the shores and islands of the Rainy lake region have had their operations interrupted and prevented on like grounds, and American fishermen in Lake Erie have been arrested and their vessels seized when, as they supposed and contended, they were in American waters.

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