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hum Mi Wmm S IFLYERS ON WHEELS.EVERYBODY IS AT THE BICYCLERACES-Track is in Fine Condition* the Entries areNumerous and Some Good Sportis Going onEverybody seemed to be in at-jTucocrati meet excep who i electto thproseendorLo:ft di-tendance at the Jockey club park j 8aya bicycle races of the League of I islan American Wheelmen this after- anarlt; noon. The track is fast and some !good records will be made. villa]Crowds of visiting wheelmen are the i!here from all over the country. The eveFstate wheelmen of course being in maJ°the majority. It is the greatest t*ie.tday in the history of wheeling in |tle 11 this city. neariAmong the arrivals are the Cali- i ^uad fornia Giants. F. A. Macfarland, -rnst. Dr. Parker. W. A. Terrell, C. S. j I Wells and Eli Winesett, managed .olrn by Mr. A. J. Stackpole. 5?*®Also the Smelley team, composed Q !'r of Black and Will Peltier, with i Frank Lyman as manager, Fort iWayne, Indiana.The National Cycle News lt;in Bureau, Chicago, Ills., sends the following gentlemen to write the meeting up for the cycling papers of ^ this country: F. Ed. Spooner, “~Tli manager: F. Ed. Sullivan, assist- rfGet ant manager; F. Ed. Schefski, Jho: stenographer; C. Maxam, tele- * graph representative.Mr. Chas. Colmore, vice-consul Texas Division, L. A. W„ came in this morning from Houston, and will represent his paper, the Dally t Press, at the races. He also brings with him a small though distin-, guished rider, his little son, ,phulMaster Octave Cul more, the 5-year- .. old champion crackajack and trick t’lt; rider. He rides a 9-pound Munger, which was built especially for him . at a cost of $276 and he goes either long or Bhort distances.Herman Frasch, “Shorty” of theN:sevepubT)i.etoriDullnig team, will go against his own record this afternoon, it is said,and will thenjglve Gardiner a h , handicap and beat him.. Geo. Bartholomale, the big to-u bacco salesman,will weigh in at 30 k pounds and ride a ten pound [m Columbine in the 5-yoar-old class.Ed. Moulton, of the Morgan and Wright team, arrived in the city {j this morning, to take in the big 1.1 meet,Allan Drake and John F. Tol-bln, of Karnes city, came in on their bicycles yesterday, to attend ihe races. They are at the South-c lorn. m-111- Hawaii Has Not Complied.
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San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1896
Page 12
Full Page
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Lemuel W.
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