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GN THEIR WHEELSThe Fair Riders Will Skim Around the Track.The Great Race for Women Opens at Music Hull Tonight—'The Contestants Taik.Tonight's the night.The mueh-talked-about, widely expoWtilated, trumped-up affair that has been creating so much excitement In other cities, will be inaugurated at Music Hall tonight. The women's cycle races for.purses aggregating a sum approaching four figures, the first figure to be one, of course, that being the smallest^,figure known.The south wing of Music Hall has been practically rebuilt within the past few days. When the ball is thrown open tonight the people of Cincinnati will be treated to a genuine novelty. A woman’s cycle race has never before been given in this city, and, Indeed, it is a matter of record that a cycle race participated In by men only has never been given in any | to city of this country, which has been either an . artistic or financial success. On the contrary. ! the tournament given by the Cycle Carnival 1 Company in which ladies only have ridden have been very successful. The first tournament was held in Cleveland only eight weeks ago. and the proprietors “copped off” so much coin that they arranged for ano'ther affair of the same kind, which the people of Cleveland stood for last week.Their High Speed.couBy all accounts these women's bicycle races are very interesting affairs. An idea of the ratio of speed that must ,be maintained by the riders may be gained from the statement that the track is so constructed that in order to maintain their equilibrium and make the turns without injury they must move along at an eighteen-mile-per-hour clip. The track is banked seven and one-half feet oneither end, and nearly that much at the sides.The girls have been practising during the past : ” ‘ V day or so, and those who have seen ’them j Denhave been apprehensive that they might bump ,into those column things which are so nu- i merous In Horticultural Hall. ! ^Tillie Anderson, who Is without question the aJ?. swiftest woman cycle rider In this qr any |other country, was not particularly smitten I cua M with the track at Horticultural Hall. Miss, j tka1 Anderson is a Swede. terr“I don’t dank it so worse as Columbus,” | “I said she. but it is not so gude at clat; it is all better, also, dan Cleveland.” From which it \ mai may be inferred that Mifs Anderson is some- ] the what fastidious. 1 a*Lizzie Glaw, the little German girl who was . imported from Berlin for the purpose of lower- iTii ing Miss Anderson's colors, is just a modest F? sort of girl. But dhe can ride to beat the J*16 band. She has the greatest respect for Miss The Anderson and does not claim that she# has a the chance to finish better than second. : the| The I wasFakl Miss Glaw: „‘.‘That Anderson girl has a 1 the Jump that she, what you call, rings in at the at t finish, that I never could get forninst against; it’s something awful. She has never beaten me more than a few wheel lengths, or what In a horse race, would be by a half length to each cycle length; but I think T am getting good and maybe I can beat Miss Anderson this week.’’ me-May Allen, the British champion, is a very j Q clever sort of a girl, who does not think she ®p has made the best showing on paper in this N1 country of which she is capable, although the two smokers have agreed that she dopes well. She 1 was beaten only about four feet by Miss An-derson the last time She met her. tueLucy Berry, the Cincinnati girl that is to take part in the races here, entered in the arcn Cleveland races last week, to prepare herself can for the races here: she was not in condition to compete with such riders as Anderson, Glaw l and Allen, but she made a very good show- i timlt; ing just the same. While her friends can hnn scarcely hope she can win the chief prize here nup' it is regarded as a cinch that she will be “in ! hor: the money.” That is to say she will be one— swe two—three.Miss Glaw Talks.LAST UNITY LECTUREture
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Mon, Mar 08, 1897
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