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THE OMAIIA DAILY 1VEEH&UXDAY , MAY 1 , 1808. 23
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The cheery , angulno temperament mani
fested by the traelo two months ago ha- been
succeeded by marked deopomlcncy.Var has
chilled Kio nrdor ot the wheeling multitude ,
particularly In the cast , and trade has de
clined eharply. During February , Marc'i
nnJ early1 in April bufltac'wVM quite lively ,
orders wme In vvltU a ru-'li and dealers expected -
pectod the year's record would be a hand-
Bomi cae. JJ6.V their faces are lengthened
and they aeo nothing but Kloora ahead , This
Is the legitimate effect of war. cxcltoment ,
-\\lilch will prtoontly ncttlo down to metiioJ-
Iwl tncrgy , and biulncas will aMinno Ita
T onttiil Wajs , People are dlntractoj by war
nowd for the moment , but 't ' w'11 ' "ot con *
tliuo at the present high pitch. They must
1mo diversion and recreation and with that
will come a resumption of buslncsj In the
od ! ctnunncls.
A flUKgffltlon to put a war tax on bicycles
lia * \ > icn hotly dlacu&sed at all the cjcl/D
rluU the past week. The uugRcstlon was
attributed to Congressman IMngloy , who
was said to bo considering a bill providing
lor a war tax of $2 on each cycle In the
country. Congressman Dlnglcy ta quoted as
eatltratlng a revenue of J20.000.000 annually
from this source. The Idea was generally
received In the caat jvllb considerable Indlg-
uatlon.
It was not a. question of patriotism , ac
cording to the talk of the clubhou.'es.
Wheelmen were ready , even anxious , to con
tribute their share to a vyar fumel , but they
felt wronged In being singled out as a clcns
for taxation. If all vehicles were to bo
taxed , they would pay * thelr contribution
gladly. Several of the Lsague of American
" \\ieclmen officials were outspoken In con
demning the EUKgc tlon. Isaac D. Potter ,
the league president , said It was ar outrage.
"Why should bicycles bo elnglqd out for
taxation , " he asked , "uny more than row-
boatn ? If It were a proposition to tax every
ichlole , I bcjlevq It would bo a Just measure.
Hut the suggested measure l absurd. It
would bo-an unwarranted Imposition on
n.any persons. "
"Senator Morgan Is authority for the Btate-
tiicnt that ho wae on the point ot adding a
Spaniard to the International Track associa
tion's string of champion ractog men , which
r/w Includes champions from marly every
I"urop2an country , when It wa.j called to h'a '
attention that If he did so , probably when
ever the Spaniard was billed to race visitors
at Ambrose park would demand a brick with
oich admission ticket. Of course bricks are
cheap enough , but thesenitor concluded that
their use would too damaging to hla now
r board track , and the deal with the Spaniard
was called off.
A feature of the coming cycling exposition
nt Turin , Italy , will bo an exhibition of
long distance dramatic composition. Signer
Novclll , a popular play-waiter , has backed
lilirsclf to produce a four-act cecnedy In
thirty hours. He will work In a public room ,
will be allowed only the lightest refresh
ments and will take but two hours' flleep.
Ho will use no books of reference and will
only bo permitted pen. Ink , paper and cig
arettes. The eubject will be drawn from
tlcj cling.
The cleaning of a bicycle Is anything but
e pleasant task , Tile pprcs of the handa get
filled , with diet and graphite , which makm
them exceedingly hard to wash. A wheel
man suggests that before cleaning a bicycle
the hands be well rubbed with neaUtoot or
lird oil or tallow. The oil left on the hands
prevents the dirt setting Into the pores , and
soap and water readily remove the oil and
dirt after the cleaning of the wheel has
been completed.
There are few-cyclists who understand how
to load the toolbag properly , and yet It Is
Important In order to utilize the limited
space and save annoyance and delay. Take
a strip of cloth as wldo as the bag Is long ,
or It tbo cloth la tliln have It twice as wldo
oud fold It , Take that article which you
are moat unlikely to need and roll It once
over In the cloth , then add another article
end roll the cloth around the whole , leaving
the wrench and oil can until the last. Use
us long a pleco of cloth as ptv lblo without
over-crowding the bag. This method In
sures tools agiltist rattling and wearing
against each other. Eacb artlclo usually
needed on a trip Is thus placed In the order
likely to bo called for , and save * the owner
the necessity of unwrapping all the articles
In order to find one , as each can bo pulled
out separately from Its p'ace In the cloth.
Dealers In bicycles have found that them
Is a demand anictig cyclists this season f
narrow handle-bars , and a corresponding de-
crcoso for the ram's horn or drop bars. The
reason arslgned for this change Is that
wheel can bo more perfectly controlled when
the dUtanco between the grips Is Ie s , and It
Is not so tiresome en the arms , as they rest
nearer to the body and In a mcve natural
( position. The leverage on the steer Ins-port
Is not so great , however , cs with the wider
bars. A dealer In speaking of the change
oald lie thought the growing tendency for
iiarrow handle-Lars was a etcp In the right
direction and would In the end result In
riders generally maintaining a correct car-
iago ! and proper pcaltlon. and eventually
Us away with the bent-back style of riding.
cnvruiiY OF cuvruiiins.
TViltly IMvuinlH Compl-Mm One Htin-
ilrril I.oiiji Dully OrlmlH.
"Olialnlces Edwards , " the man who rldei
100 miles a day on Jihe bevol-gcar chalnlcss
bicycle , paired his hundredth consccutlvi
mark In New York Raster Sunday with flyIng -
Ing colors. Over 100 of the strongest rlderi
in the Metropolis escorted Udwards on hi :
cpn'tcnnlil run , among them bulm ; Mis-
Nclllo Ilcnsan , the leading wom.au ccnturlar
of Creator Ne w York and who rode slJo bj
Bide with Edwards during the * entire Jour
ney. The persistency and unequalled en
durance and backbone which mirks the
ipci formance of the new prodigy Is but i
continuance ot the , perseverance , pluck ani
rncrgy that has been to In evidence slnc <
; first ho tackled the old ordinary In Liver
' pool many years ago and learned to ride I
. alone and unassisted. At this time Ed
wards was a weak , sickly box and all hi'
relatives and friends threw up their hand
, In despair and predicted fatal results whei
be announced his Intention ot taking to thi
, -wheel. "But Instead ot killing me , " ai
Kdwards often fla > s , "tho wheel saved in ]
life .and the more I rode , the healthier an
tronger I grew. "
It wasn't long before ordinary Inanni
grew irksome to Edwards nn < ] he Joined i
club , went on club runs and began acqulr
Ing a reputation as a stro'i road rldor. Hi
then grew Interested In long distance roai
racing and took to following men of rrnoui
vho were training for long distance event :
At first ho was unable to keep up and the ;
laughed at him , tout after ho found lilin-el
capable of easily following paie. kept It t
hill-self and succeeded In defeating the nm
who had tliortly before laughed at his speed
making efforts.
In Now York Edward * has long beet
Known as "tho horse. " On various oc
canlons he has demonstrated hs ! grca
rtrength. Once on Long Island he met i
lady who had fallen and smashed her whec
eo that It could not oven bo trundled alcnq
It wan ten tulles to the nearent repair fihop
but the Invincible Edwards calmly swing
Ing the wheel over hid back , rode to tli
shop , had the wheel repaired and rarrlei
it bark to Its owner In quick time. Tlv
eamo day , when finishing his century nil
ho met a man whose chain had broken am
towed him eight miles.
Personally , Edwards Is quiet and uir.e
cumlng. Ho goes about bU dally ride li
much the tame way as the business ma ;
KOCA about his business. Ho rwti whet
lie feels like It , upends his evening. ? playlm
billiard * or at the theater , smokes an aver
M of ( our cigar * day , but drinks uothln ;
ntoxlcatlng. Monotony la one ttilcii ; that
roublca hlrnery much , and en this ac
ount ho varies his route as much c.i pos-
Ible , endeavprlng to tayo a change of
oads o.nd scenery every day or two.
Edwards s&js that his health 1-1 generally
ooil , tfiat ho anticipates continuation of
line and It convinced that he shall auc *
ced In acrcmpllshtng the feat of riding
chalnlc3s bicycle 100 rallta every day thli
rcar and which ho baa thua far to suc-
easfully carried out. *
nTi/s
Iriikrn WrlNt nml llrnl.ieil ( tic Prtiltn
of CoiiMtlntv.
A prcttr girl of 22 years , reports the * Vc\v i
'ork Times , started down the IJrcaden street
,111 , In Brooklyn on her blcjcle yesterday
fternoon , unable to resist the temptation to
oait. She took her feet off the pedals and
whirled merrily down the hill , until , becom-
Y ? alarmed at the speexl with vvHci the
ilcyclo was going , she tried to regain the
> cdala and could not. It flashed on her that
ho wheel > wns ruining away , and she went
earing down the hill , making frantic efforts
D catch the poJals , an ! screaming at the
op of her voice. Wheelmen dodged and
eattired In all directions before bcr , and
ledestrlana looke-d , shouted and ran a little
lay after her with some vague Idea of help-
ig her before she got to the trolley track
> n Jamaica avenue. Ono or two wheelmen
luraued her In the hope of bo'r.s able to give
icr some assistance , but Che runaway wnecl
llstanccd evcrj thing on the road , v.hllo the
vale-faced , shrieking girl clung desperately
0 the rranile'bar. '
As she came to Jamaica avenue a trolley
ar , running at a high rate of speed , came
> ow ling along. 'At the rate at which the
; Irl was going she wcs certain to run Into
he car , and the passengers , attracted at the
toarse shout ot the motorma-a and. the wild
icrcams of the girl , Jumped to their feet anl
iwalted the collision with horrified faces.
The motorman jammol down the brakes with
ill his strength , but In vain. Just as the girl
vas "Within " a few feet of the car , and the
iasscngera were holding their breath In
mtlclpatlon of the catastrophe , the girl
lesperately threw herself from the wheel.
3ho lay groaning on the ground , and several
> f the passengers Jumped from the car and
an to her assistance.
liter wrlat was broken and licr head so-
roroly cut. The passengers carried her Into
1 xlrug store and sent for an ambulance.
Surgeon Oormly of St. John's hospital re-
ipcnded and dressed the girl's wounds. She
, vas suffering Hevercly from shock as well as
from her wounds. She said her name was
: Ja Ingalc , and she lived at 177 Hopklr.a
jtrcet. If she Hi ad delayed a second longer
In Jumnlng from her wheel she would un-
loubtedly havd been killed.
mi : wnli7iVHMVS SICIHT.
Short OncN PcrmlMMllilc , lint AVlipn
Ton Sliort Tlulimiilro lllHKUNt.
Addressing athletic women In the May
Ladles' Homo Journal , Edward W. Bok has
some sensible suggestions regarding their cos-
tunica and presents them very forcibly. "Wo
need only to look at some ot Mio wheel women
who rldo over our roads and through our
streets , jvlth skirts too ahcrt for a well
grown child of13 years , to sco how far and
to what a vulgar extent this abuse has been
carried , " ho sajs. "For a woman to bo com
fortable at her 'athletics she niutit have a
skirt shorter than that which she wears on
the street or In the house. But this does not
mean thait Ethe should don a garment so ocint
as to leave her limbs exposed. It Is sad
enough when we see a very young girl In
these abbreviated athletic skirts , but at least
wo can alttrfbute It to a youthful Ind'ecre- '
tlon. But when a married woman so far
forgets herself , her years .and her fiex a ? to
parade before the eyes of men Jn-the short
skints which many of them affect the sight
Is nothing short of disgusting.
"Even more to bo condemned fa the custom
which some women have , adopted ot donning
short skirts as a regulation morning or after
noon dress when they really have no thought
of afhtdtlcs. Too often Is It the case that
women In these abrevlated skirts enter pub
lic dining rooms or loll around verandas In
unwomanly attitudes. There Is no moro ex
cuse for a woman to appear in a public din
ing room In an althletlc costume than there
Is for her to appear at breakfast in a
decollete gown or at tiho dinner table In a
riding habit. "
IIIc > cl > JcHtu from
"Aro you getting ahead In your bicycle
Itarnlnz ? " said Am ? to Mabol.
"Oettlne ahead ? I'm doing better than
that. That Is the positive form , vvhllo 1
have reached the comparative. I often get
a header. "
"Ah. there's nothing like the bicycle.
I've been unable to sleep for years , and "
"You rode a wheel and It cured ycu ? "
"Mo ; but a wheelman lan Into mo and 1
wea Insensible for several minutes. "
Mamma ( aghast ) Oh ! that bloomer girl
scared mo so aho almost took my breath
away.
Tottle iVow I know what > ou mean vvhcfi
you say "vour breath came In short pants. "
Mr. Chalnless Do you believe that It Is
love which ma'ccs the world go round ?
Mr. Bevel Gear I don't know about that ,
but It Is push which makes the wheels gc
round on a grade like this.
Nellie I can't see , Jack , why they cal
Douglass seminary a match. fEcTory.
Jack It's co-educational , you SEC.
Lcm I'm n purty or dog , but I reckon '
kin learn new tricks.
liuclndy For Mn's sake , Lem ! What yox
doln' with all them blslcMcs ?
Lcm I've gl'n up hcss-tradln' .
Grandmother ( In the country ) Do yoi
belons to the society of the revolution
hear epoien of so often ?
Florence ( honestly ) Yes , grandma ; I'v
ridden a bicycle for two jcars.
Teacher 'Now. Johnny , vvhv did Adam am
Eve leave paradise ? Weren't they satlsflci
it ?
Johnny No ; they didn't have no wheel
WHlilhe 'HnrliiK ' Men.
America's two champions have flaally beei
matched for a series of races. "Eddie1
Bald , the champion competitive rider of ' 91
" " the middle
and "Jimmy" iMlchacU champion
distance rider and pace follower , will contes
a mile race , best two In three heats , to
$1,000 a side. The money Is up , the Amerl
ctn Grclo Racing association , under th
auspices of which the contest will be decldec
clostag for lUid , aad Manager Shafer fa
for Michael , < Mr. Shafer reached Now Yor
recently , and Immediately closed for the cor
testa. Ten pacemakers are to be empiojed b
each man. these pacemakcs to bo niounte
upon any style of pacemaklng michln
desired. The distance being a mile. It I
probable that two triplets aad a quad wi
bo emplojeJ by racb competitor , allowln
of a change at each third mile. The qua
to bo used at the outuet. The races wi
bo run under the ausplcea of the America
Cycle Racing association. No settled date
were determined upon , but Shafe-r suggeste
June , August and September. From this I
Is Inferred that iMlchael expects to be In cor
dllloi earlier tihan was though possible , a
ho has done no real training as yet. Xe
York and Buffalo will probably sc-e tbo flr :
two races. The third. If necessary , to t
decided upon -later. As the pice will csrr
both men through to the tape , not droppln
before the sprint. Bald will need do muc
training at pace following. Raid's best mil
Is 1:4G 4-fi , and of Michael , 1:36 , a very gre :
difference. Bald claims -ability to follow an
pacn set. The contests finally settled upc
were arranged last fall for Madison Squat
lardcn , the Mckno-ss of Hald preventing them
t that time.
McDurfco cf Bostco , holder of the world's
illo bicycle record , 1.353-5 , and Clssac , the
Ycnch champion rllcr , have been matched
a race twenty mile * for | 1,000 a side on the
Ix-lap track of the Coliseum In Baltimore
n or about tMay 27.
F. L. Dodds , who made the first offlclal
lour record on a blcjcle , died two weeks
go at the ago of 42 yeirs. Ho made the
ecord In a twenty-mile race at Cambridge
in March 25 , 1S7C , the distance lie travelcl
n the hour bclog fifteen miles , 2,480 varda.
> ow the record stands at over thlrty-lao
nlles , though the tlmo between the first cnj
ho present U but \enty-two jcars.
A number of the American riders who
urn their living by making the pace In
n'ddlo ' distance racing have ra'ael an objec-
lon to the admission of the foreigners on
he ground that they como under the
irovlstons of the contract labor law. The
Americans claim that the Trench , German
ind "English pacemakers who have been cn-
taged have slgiifd ccutracts In Europe , and
hat they are not artists , but simply work-
nen hired to push a wheel.
The greatest card of match races ever
uranged In cycling was perfected last week
iv hen a series of races vvcre arranged be-
: wecn Eddlo McDulIle , the fnst tin miles
[ taced-ilder , and Jimmy Michael , the cham
pion of America. The o races will bo run
in Boston , beginning July J , Immediately
ifter wCiich tbo little Welshman Is to meet
Major Taylor , the colored lad , at New
i'ork and Philadelphia. The date sot for this
sctles Is July 9. Oi Juno 4 Fred Titus will
meet Tom Llnton , nt Springfield , and on
luno IS Ray Duer , the new profpss'onal
rrom Buffalo , li to try conclusions with Ed
ward Taylor , the Frenchman. The races
between Taylor and Starbuck. McUulTee and
Taj lor , Llnton and Taylor , McDuffeo and
'
Titus and Llnton and an'unknown , sup
posed to bo Bourette , the Freich middle
distance rider , will bo run on the Willow
Orove track , Buffalo Athletic field at
Buffalo , and Charles River track In Boston ,
Altogether fifteen races were arranged
yojterday , embracing the leading riders o !
America , and the dates will to given rarly
In May and continue until August , aftci
which a trl-cornerej race between Michael ,
Llnloi and Taj lor will bo arranged for the
largest | Uiso ever offered in the world foi
a blcyclo race , the amount being ? 30,000.
It seems that the report that Amerlw
was to have the electilc triplets this jcai
was after all only a dream of a New Yorli
press agent. The French riders who were
supposed to guide this mysterious machine
over the track arrived sonic tlmo ago , bul
their electric wonder did not materialize
with them. This was accounted for , how
ever , by the fact , according to the managei
of the International Cycle Track assoclatlor
that they were hiding the machine untl
the opening of the season. Now , however , l !
is claimed that the machines have not ar
lived and will not arrive thU season. This
probably had something to do with the
declination of the managers of the "Infcnia
Frenchmen" to match their electric triplets
against a team of pacemakers from tin
ranks of the National Cycle Track assocl
atlon this year for a thlrty-thrca mile mate !
race.
A man who would make his mark In mid
dle dlfltanco match race- ? this jear If given
an opportunity Is W. W. Hamilton of I"a-
var , whose record as a pace follower U not
excelled by any rider In America. Hamilton
will do a little of this work , but not enough
to show lib abllitj to compete against tuc
best riders , but this is only because ha la
co.r.paiatlvely Isolated from the cracku by
his residence in Colorado However , If the
plans that are at present belmg formulated
< io not go wrong , Hamilton will bo pitted
agalnot Tom Llnton anl Eddie McIJuffet
later In the eeasci on his home track , anil
with the best possible pace making eucli
aij ho can get at homo , whore ho Is ex
ccedtagly popular , ho will give the eastern
riders a hard tussle. Hamilton' two-third ;
of a mile record , made at the same tlmo he
made hla world's mile recordj stands at the
prcee.nt tlmo apparently as eafo as It wj
when he fln't made It three years ago.
The published statement that the raclnc
metn will decline to rcgUter with the raclnp
board , as commanded this year , is looked
upon by those In a position to know as a
"pipe dream. " The racing men fond It un-
nece-Aary to register until the season opera
and when that tlmo comes they will b :
quick to remit the accessary 52 anj receive
In return their numbers , The racing mer
realize that this will be their golden oppor
tunlty this year , and they will lose no time
In registering when the proper tlmo cornea
\VITII HOUSES AM ) 1IO11SU OW.MIHS
TriitnliiRT on tlu > Knlr CiruimtlN TrucI
for the .SIMIMOII'N Work.
The new fair ground track is commenclni
to present a busy and attractive scene c :
the weather la gradually warming up anc
the light earners season Is approaching. /
largo number of horses are being sent ovci
the track dally. The big majority of thcsi
are In training for the coming season , v , hid
will close as far as Omaha Is concerned li
the early part of July , when the spring meet
Ing of the Omaha Fair and Speed asooclatloi
will bo held. There are at present sonn
thirty-five stables represented upon thi
grounds. Thcso have now on hand semi
soventy-fivo horses. So far but little hare
work haa been done. Of couioe , the flyen
have been out for practice , but the weathei
baa still been too cold for warming up. li
a few weeks from now the horses will b :
tearing chunks off of old Father Tlmo. lij
that time , too , thcro will bo more horses 01
the track , for applicatlca.s are still coming
In.
Horse lovers of thl stctlon of the countrj
look for rome good time to be made on thi
track If the right horses come hero at tin
spring meeting. There b no question tha
the circle Is one ot the fastest in the v\C3t
Scott McCoy , who certainly lies had plcnt ;
of experience , declares It U > one of the fast
est In the whole country. An Indication o
this was given In the clip that was et b :
Star Pointer last year In the face of thi
very strong wind that was blowing. Tnli
year the track lua been kept In the ver ;
best of condition and U now In fine Bruno-
better even than lai't year. The Fair "an
Speed association Intends to try to mak
the path more popular with horsemen than I
has been In the past. The executive com
mlttcc Is now considering a echenio of ar
ranging for a matlneo for aomo afternoon !
the week probably Saturday. By thU racai
the local speeders ought to be attracted. Th
track Is certainly some llttlo distance fror
the city , but It will afford such an opror
tunlty for the display of speed that the trl
out will bo worth considerably moro tha
the trouble. The speed acacciatlon U als
Intending In the near future to name th
track. It dews not llko the name of th
"fair grounds track" and moreover the trac
v.lll bo maintained , whether wo have an
permanent state fair hero or not. As
eoiwequenco It will be ycleped some "drl\
Ing park , " but no name lisa yet been dc
elded upon.
It Is still somewhat questionable whetbc
a running meet will be held In this city late
In the summer. Some members of tli
executive committee , particularly J. H. Me
Donald , have figured out that It would bo
winner and are doing all that they can I
get the remainder of the committee to com
around to their way of thinking. Some <
the directors , however , seem to have con-
fear that the war with Spain will have
bad effect upon such a project. The con
mltteo talked over the question at lai
week's meeting and parsed It over until no'
Thursday. The meeting would certainly 1
an experiment In this city , but the way tin
Director McDonald has It figured out tt
( .saoclatlon would stand only a chance i
lcr lng a small sum and of making a b
stake. With the big attendance at the e :
position , which will come , war or no wa
It looks like an odds bet that the asaoclatle
would como out wlnne.r. And not calcu'a
Ing on this outtldo attendance. It seems j
if Omaha has pretty nearly reached the sU |
where she would go after a good rurali
meet where Jumper * of merit arc on II
card and things are run on the square.
The congrco * of the American Trottlr
sMoclatlon , under whcse rules pretty near
all wcutern tracks are riM , will be held
Chicago next Tuesday. ProvUlon Is irac
for only an afternoon's jrsjlon oo that
is not anticipated that -any great amount
Important buslncfa U coming up. Certain
the association dor a mt propose to medd
with any of the proV.eaw wblea the Ni
tlonal Trotting ataocMllon has tried tc
solve. Too much of a Kick has been raised
In the east over the actions of the latter
to encourageanythlrig''ot the kind. Al
Patrick and Clinton BrlSn will represent the
Omaha Fair and Speed astoctatlon at the
meeting. ] " t
So many Amorlcarf "frottcra with 1o\v
mirk i are bslng exported to Europe that
It Is jccomlng qucailnr'iblo where the re
cruits for the 2:10 ( tail better classes are
Coming from. These clresos mint certainly
b filled up from lowfr elglblcs. Speaking
absut thld matter a Norseman aaja : "Where
are the cracks to coins"from. / . With Derby
'
Princess , 2-OSl4 ; Cou'fitPss Eva , 2.031 : Quc
Allia , 2:09i : ! L'aron Itozcra , 20JV Athalna ,
2:10 : , and iScrator A. , 2iiO , gone acrcv-s thi
pond , Fantaay , 2:00 : , and Deuzetta , 2:00 : ,
retired sad bred , William Pcnn. 2:0"U : ! Oak'
land Baron , 2.09U , and IMro Devil ,
2 034 , relegated to stud service , and Pray-
tell , 2OJH , to bo raced at matinees only ,
the depletion In tlu ranks ot the cracka
has been tomethlng woeful. " Touching upon
the available rcsrulta he says that "KU-
math , 2OS4 : , la getting past hla prlmo and
little likely to bo Been ; Allx , 2:034 : , nml
Azote , 2.0Oi , are practically out of It. an ]
It may be said that , taken In tote , the
list of available ea.'tmi 210 trotters for the
now rapidly approaching season Is smallai
than It baa been for years. Clawed on theli
record It Is composed of Kentucky Unlcci ,
2-.07V1 : GraceHa 'tings , 2.0S ; Onoqua , 2:084 : :
The Monk , 2-.OSU ; Bessie Wilton , 2OB'/i : :
Dan Cupid , 2:09U : ; Ellorce. 2.0DU ; Mosul ,
203U ; Pat L , 2.0DU ; Pilot Boy , 2:09-i :
Bush. 2CO : * ; B. B. P. , 203 % ; Dandy Jim
2fl3 > l ; Ott'oger , 2:09i : ; Page , 2.03 % . ami
RUma , 2:10 : In all but a meager sixteen , ol
wbom several are decidedly doubtful. "
Of this number Is Pat L , a noble horse
now owaed In this state by J. W. Laali
ot Auburn. Pat L. vvao the greatest 4-year-
old since Dlrectum , but he has been In re
tirement since 1896 on account of a bad leg
HI ) rest Is reported to have resulted In hk
entire recovery and Mr. Lash will wee hlu
again. It he Is In trim ho will bo one ol
the stars of the i-'eascci. '
"Ringing" trotters and pacers Is now i
misdemeanor in the state of New York. Gov
ernor Ulack having approved last week As-
tomblyman Burr's bill amending the pena
code in the Interest of harness racing. 1
provider ) that any person who knowlnglj
enters or drives a horse In a race under at
a&jumed name or out of Its proper clas ;
shall bo punishable by a fkio of not less thai
$500 nor moro than $1,500 , or by imprison
nient for not more than one year , or both
Owners , trainers and all others peraona hav
ing control ot the racing qualities of honsei
are likewise punishable If they knowing ! :
allow liotses no under their control to bi
fraudulently entered and started In races
This law Is very similar to there which von
enacted a few years ago In some of the west
ern states through the Influence ot the Amer
loan Trotting association. Secretary Stclnc
made numerous ccstly efforts to procure con
vlctlona under the lawis of Indlina , Illlnoi
and other states , but bo never bucceedet
In landing a turf plrato In the pen. Grea
difficulty wao experienced In obtaining ad
mlsslblo Idenco sufficient to convince th
Jury beyond a doubles to the correctness o
the recores * , the Identity of the horse and th
fraudulent Intent of the party accused o
"ringing. " Experienced horsemen expect t
see thU western experience repeated In th
caat If an attempt la jvfl.r made to rid th
turf of Its outlaws by1nieanii ( of the Nev
York penal code. Tha jtejueral opinion amen
turfmen cecms to bo Uiat the most cffcctua
way to head off the best -of ringers tint uo\
Infest the minor tracks Pennsylvania , Ne\
York and Now England would be to lintltut
a sytteni cf reglstcrlug3the description an
successive ownership pr- history of ever
horse li the ofllce of the National Trottin
association at Hartford. , .
The great event of the comlng week on th
eastern Uacks Is tbojKqntucky Derby , whlc
> vlll bo run at Churchill Downa on no *
IVednosday. With Hamburg withdrawn 1
ocku like an open affair , particularly as Ban
lockburn k > also out ofn it in all probabl !
; ty , Inasmuch ns he U suffering from
complaint just now. Plaudit is looked upp
as having a .splendid prance , but I.lebDrjKar
even with lib top lead , o.f 122 pounds , wl
probably rule the favorite on account of th
great cato with which he1 won the Tcnnesfl :
Derby. Lleber Karl has proved such
consistent performer that turf followers lee
upon htm C3 a eafe horse to put their mono
on. BtirKa will tide him. Plaudit will t
somewhat handicapped by the fact that th
race will be his first Mart of the scawi
i\3 \ JocKey will bo Slmms. The remalnKi
horsea that will probably run are Protlu ;
"Ian d'Or , Don Quixote , I\abey , Paceraake
Dr. Black , 'Marcatto , Frank Thompson. Th
weights of all except Lleber Karl are 117.
Trnok Talk.
Great Land hs Icnded five purses at tli
Newport meeting.
Dlrectum , 2:05'/i : , Ismaklng the sea -on 1
his cU l.oir.c at Dublki , Cal.
Hob Kneela t-i a good flzed stable e
liorsca In training at Wakofleld , Neb.
Annle > A , 2.214 , by Advance , Is an low
iaccr of whom great things are expected.
Alcantara has been sold three times ; flr
'or $12,500 , second for $10,000 and last fe
$ GCO.
GCO.Over
Over l.COO trotters and pacers that lav
marks better than 2:20 : carry the blood e
George Wllkea.
Tlio stake ot $20,000 for the Gentry
Gulnctto match has been placed In the hand
if a New York trust cmrany.
Star Pointer , 1:594. : Joe Patchcn , 2 01 V
, nd John R. Gentry , 2.00'A. the only otalllor
hat have beaten 2.C2 , were all foaled la 188 !
Robert J was foaled a jev earlier.
There were thlrtj-flve raca meetings I
England the wrek which began April 1
and It wcs estimated that not les.s tha
0,000 people were on each raca course.
J. W. Bridget , late of Joplln , Mo. , h ?
ocated at Holdrego Neb , where ho wl
mo hU "pac'ng " atalllon Kljtc-a. 2:20'1 : , I
.ho "tud , This 1'orso was bred by Jimc
B. Ely , Auburn , Neb.
S. A. Myers. ( Benedict , Neb . I. ' shaping n
.cr future racing his young stilllon Artfon
by Trombone R"x. 2113 % . dam Bts-slo V. , b
General Hitch 131) ) . This colt secured a rec
ord of 2:40'/ : { ; last season and la expected t
trot In 2-20 th'acar. .
It 1s quite a coincidence that the Wllio
etako fey.- racers at the Lexington oicettn
which firs been offered fouc yeara In succe-
slon his been twlco won by Buffalo horsi
and twice by Independence. la. , horaco. I
W. Zlmmcr and E. Geers each had a Buffa
winner , while Bert Oliver and his sistc
Sally Toler. whi won for Indspendenco , vsei
both driven by Jchn Husaey.
V.MOMJ TiihT AiiTrium"ATJII.KTI :
Uniform T > nt of Stri iKOi I'rovlilril I
The committee apttoWted to consider tl
adoption of a uniform1 system of ttrcag
tests by the conventl'pn , of physical dlrecto
of American colleges/ held about the- first
the year , haa submitted- sjotem which w
bo used In the gymnailypis of all the colics
entering Into the agfeenient. Including Co
ncl , Harvard , Princeton ; Pennsylvania ai
Yale. It haa been d'ec'ded ' to Introduce tl
new system on test , j \ < ter that date the I
dividual strength teqty'tUll bo as follow
Strength of back , of lop ; , , ot right forearj
of lungs or one-twentieth capacity of luiif
of upper arms ( trlctjoO'1 and cUest , and
uper ( trlcer/a ) and bisk. " All tests must
made within a period of fifteen minutes ui
must bo witnessed by'three pe-rson.1. I
harnetu , belt or strip' may be uacd. Ti
following scale has been'arranged ' for the u
of these Instltutlora 'where fixed fltreng
tr-sts mist bo passed by men trying for % ai
ouu athletic teams before they are permltt
to enter contests : Candidates for unlversl
crown , foot ball team * and vvelght-puttei
700 points ; candidates for bass ball lean
track and field sports , clasy crews and fo
ball teams , gymnrstlo , sparring end wre :
ling conteata , COO polr.ts ; candidates for I
cro&se , cricket and teams and clas < 3 ba
trail , track and field teams , 500 points.
A lUt In odcr : of superiority of the fil
strongest men examined during the year w
bo ptulUhed oa 'May 1 of each year by t
Int tltutlor.j represented at the Convention a
having entered tto association. The man w
makes the highest total of points In his l <
will be considered the strong man of the i
soclated colleges , whllo to the college havl
the highest aggregate stror.glr : : coti' , taken
the fifty men , is III be presented a stre.ni
trophy for the ensuing year.
M , R. Jackson has been elected to fill t
vacancy caused by the resignation of Capti
Ritchie of the University of PcnnayUai
base ball nine. Thla U Jackron'a third ye
on tbo base ball team. Ho rlayed on I
'varsity foot ball tram last fall and during
the year previous ho was a member ot the
scrub team. Ritchie's reason for resigning
U preeu of studied since he played upon the
liscrvo foot ball team last fall. Jacktau will
[ losstbly go Into the outfield and Haydcn will
10 pacel at ercord base during the remainder
oi the season ,
The following are the big college games In
the base b\ll schedule for this month :
Jtny 3 Harvard against Ixifujctte , nt
Cambridge.
Slny 4 Princeton ngnlnst Lehlgh , nt
I'rlnceton ; Cornell nunlnst Syracuse , nt
Itlmca.
May 7 Illinois against Michigan , nt Ann
Arbor ; Harvard against Cornell , nt Ithnca ;
Princeton ngnlnst Hrown , nt Providence ;
Pennsylvania , against Georgetown , at Phil
adelphia.
May 10 Illinois nsalnst Chlcnuo , nt Chi-
CIIKO ; Harvard against Amlietst , at Cam
bridge.
Muy II Princeton against All-Scholastic ,
at Princeton ; Pennsylvania against Vli-
Klnli , nt Philadelphia Cornell agilnst L't-
f.ijette , nt n.iston.
.May 12 Ptlnceton against Vlrglnli , at
Princeton ; Cornell nuilust Orange Athletic
club , nt Ilxst Onngc ,
Mny 14 Noithwestuni ngalnst Wisconsin ,
at Mtullson ; Chlo.iso against Mlev'sin , at
Ann Arbor ; Haivnrd as ilnst Princeton , at
Princeton ; Pennsylvania ruulnst Ccrntll , nt
Philadelphia.
May 17 Harvard against Kxcter , at Cam
bridge.
Muy IS-iPcmisjlvanla ag-.ilnst Itrown , at
Phlladelphln ; Princeton ngnlnst Lafayette ,
at noston ; Hatvaul against Wtlll.inm , at
Cunbtidse.
-May 21 Wisconsin against Chlcaso , .it
Chicago ; Harvard against Pennsylv.inli , at
1'hlla.aelpliia ; Princeton against Cornell , at
Princeton.
May 2.1-Coincll against Williams , nt Wll-
llnmstown.
May 2l-Chlcai70 against Wlscjnsln. nt
Madison ; Harvard nRalnst Now ton Athletic
association , nt Cimbrldgu ; Cornell ug.ilnst
S > racuse , at Syracuse.
.May 15 Princeton against Drown , at
Princeton ; Pennsylvania against Ijifayette ,
nt Plilladelplila.
Mny 2 > Wisconsin ngalnst Northwestern ,
at Chicago : Michigan agilnst Chicago , at
Chlcagj ; Hanarel against 'Princeton , at
Cainbrlelse ; I'ennsylvanla ag'ilnst Cornell ,
at Ithaca.
.May -Mlchlgan > against Wisconsin , nt
Madison ; Pennsylvania ng-ilnst LehlRii , nt
Hethleln.ni ; Cornell against Coltimbli , at
Ithaca.
There are some rajs of hope at Harvard
this spring. Tue base ball tcim haa not
been doing well , and Coach Led mo mi anel
bla oarsmen are e > tlll unknown quantities.
But Harvard las a number of fast men on
the track , several strong nun on the field
and Is looking fondly toward victory at the
Mott Haven meet and more ardently at i
possible victory over Yale in the dual ath
letic games. Whether these hopes ECO well
founded rcmilns to bo seen. If the crim
son can have the least bit of luck which
never comes Harvard's way It H posslb'c
that the men will capture a goodly number
of firsts. If Grant should win the mile ,
Fox the high hurdles away from Perkins oi
Yale , llremcr the low hurdles , Hoyt the poll
v ault and one of the men In the dashei
bhould walk away with first , together with
the seconds , which are certain to come this
way. Harvard would bo neatly up to her oUI
place. But all this h conditional en an
if , which fate lias kept away from Cambridge
men fcr a number of years. The truth oJ the
matter seems to be that Haivard Is nol
worrying a particle about the Intercollegiate
games , but Is bending her whole stccugtt :
toward the development of a team that can
beat Yale. Plenty of men to capture the
( seconds and thlrilj , with a few sure firsts , L
what Lathrop and Blgclow arc working for
If Yale can bo mowed under thb year en
Harvard viaa lest , there will bo no regre
If the Mott Haven goes elsewhere.
Ever since Captain Bon Dlbblee of thi
Harvard 'varsity foot ball eleven asked per
mission of the athletic committee to hire
a professional trainer in the place of Jin
Lathrop. there haa been considerable tall
among Harvard men to the effect that thi
was the beginning of a movement to sliak
L-athrop. According to thh talk , there ha
been some friction between Captain Bl elav
and Mr. Lathrop which has resulted In th' '
former getting Pcnlo , Blex-s , Sweeney am
Garcelcn to assist In the coaching. Thcai
same men maintain that Lalhrop has no
been turning out winning teams of late , am
therefore there Is need of a etiange.
A Great Day
for Omaha
Thousands of Citizens
Obtain a Bottle of
" "
"Hyomei.
The New Cure for
Catarrh , Brou <
chitis , Asthma and Hay Fever.
htort-M Crnmlpil All Bny nml Un
nlilc to tloot ltMlluiiilier : ; Ixuly
! > > oil | > liitirrfNteil In the Tii-Ht
I-rof ToMt of llilH * W v Cure
fur llHt > nMM of the Air
J'tny n01"51 In this city Ji.id a sins !
tf ulit mj rrffartis the totnl failure ? of nil th
oei ! methoils horftofore uie 1 In th * tu.it
n.cnt of rntarrh , hronehltln'.tmia . ! nn
Luls'troub' ' " ' that lo l > t vv.is nt once ells
polled by a v.'Klt to any one Ol tbc > eni
store- 1 from wliieih "Hyoaiel , " the r v , ou-
was Ulstrlbutoil free j-Mtoiiliy.
The thouFiiielB of b ttlfs smit out to th. .
druy.'lsts ' dirt not brg'n to supply Hie ilom.im
and from nlnn o'clock In the mornlns untl
lite In the iveninK appcnU were rcc.lvci
over the t Irpiione. by nncrs nnel tele
Kiaph from dlftercnt "tores for tnoio c
this nti.vi ( .erinlclilf. whlrh i ure by Inlinli
tin. A Inrso iVimnel hid 1 > en antlol
patoel , ami pome tvv-i ve hundred extra bet
ties prewired , but thrsei vert all clve' '
nvvjy beiforo four o'clock , and still the cr
wan for rroie.
"It was imlcrt a prent diy. " Mia n J
knonn drupBlst. "Never before In all m
t\p ° rcnco ! have I peon o Rioat a elennin
Jv'in1i1yiT'r'd ' ll'Cl or i > 0 m"tl1 cnthii-.Iii-r
, ,
exhibited by the pe. iplo. Still. It cinnot b
much vvomlmd at. ns this IH the llrst tlm
n the hNtory ot mcillclro th it a cure fo
r-itairh , bront'liltls. asthma and hay feve
has been Klvon away fiee. 'HYO.Mi : ! . ' th
new Australian liiy Air Cure. Is the enl
nelveitlsea remedy ever endorsed and ust
) y the med'cil profession , over thirty
.hioe hundied physicians having clven thol
tcstlni-ny for thl3 new method of treal
ment. and pronounced It the only vv.iv b
vvh ch the ( licensed plrts of the head , thr i
and lungs can ever be reached. Not on
slrslo per.son who came to my store vc <
teieluy , " he continued , "hus ever rocelvc
nnjthlnpr more than temporary relief froi
any of the old methcda of tieatlnp tatirrl
while many hud been made deaf or lo <
th Ir seiiHo of taste and Hmell by usln
pprajs , douches and ntomlzoi * . "
' . " , " 1 , onill ! ' ' there Isn't more of thei
afllloted In tint -vvny , " remarked a phys
clan i resent , "for If there li tiny pjrt (
the body vvhlyh was never mads for tli
use of liquid medicines it's the nlr pasi
ases , and the senor the people llnel th
out the better It will be for them. "
It la Hrmly believed by ail who know tl'
Australian Dry Air Troatment. and the. .
are ninny In thli city who have been cure
by It , that "Hjomei" will eventually fre
the country from all Kerm diseases , such 11
catarrh , bronchitis , pncum-nln and eot
nimptlon. AlthotiKh tho.'e free samp
bottles are not expected to entirely cm
' ° caspthey wl" show tlie fto :
w , f\ , ,
effect of this
new treatment In dlb ase
of the nlr pif aKes and prevent any fu
methods erlmentlnB with the danjetot
heretofore used
"inotun" CUHIS nv IMIVI , VTK .
It U naturo'rt own remedy cirrled to n
pnrts of the head , thioat and lunss by tl
air jou breathe. It can bo taken at n
times and In any place. There N no dai
falls - ? m ° ney ' 3 rcrumlrd lf
. . "Hjomel" Inhaler Outfit. JUO C\tra bo
ties "Hjomel. " GOc. "H > omel" Jlilm
wonderful htaler , 23c. Sold by all dru :
Klsts or sent by mull on receipt oi prlc
lnformutlon n nrillns guarai
U
It. T. IIOOTII CO .
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ill. iioinfiiiiift > : i K.soiij M. , \ . v ,
KUHN & CO. ,
Reliable Prescription Druggist
intli anil HnuKliiN
3BOOTH'S HYOMEI , 85c.
a
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r Free tllntrllintlou of niiiilH | i
e Baluriluv at tlilH Mlurc , Cuiue curly
1898 STEARNS BICYCLES
Solf-tininpr crank Imnpoiboating - * . Internal hnmllo bars niul scat pot
( listening ! * , any sl/o sprockets , full llush Joints , aldo ningo of options ,
ovury vvliool built to otdor , the only \\hool vvlth iip-to-dato points of con-
strnotli n that can bo bought at this prleo.
1898 Gendrons. . . $50.00
1897 Gendrons 35.00
A Good Wheel 19.00
\Vo have received a carl end of ' 'BusinessVlicols" which are on
sale at
Last year vvo sold 2"iO of thr o splendid wheoli , mid they eave such
universal satisfaction that no ha\o no hesitancy In roeoininondlny ; them
as. tiu ) best wheel solo In this country for the motu < y.
Wo have a few secondhandhoclH for sale wo toll them cheap.
WHEELS FOB BENT.
We are amenta for the Domestic and Kldridjio Bowing Machines.
NEBRASKA CYCLE CO. ,
15lh and liarncy Streets.
GEO. E. iMlCKKL ,
Our Bicycle
Guarantee.
IS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
There is Bieyulo Kiitlu inum without bound thtd vvpck.Vo llko to sco it.
Vo ain't do nil iho bieviilo business don't wnnt to but wo can't help petting our
till slitiro It the majority of buyers o.seorslbo judgment and common souse.
Our Bloyclo line appeals to the judgoof biejolo worth blcvclo values.
Barnes' White Flyers ' . . . $50.00
Andrea Bicycles GO.OO
Crawfords 35.00
Marion 30:00 :
Flush Joint Model 85.00
Our conl'denco in those wheels Is shown by our guarantee whirh covers the cal *
ndar year , good until December ill , IbUS , and you are suio of limling us hole to
uiko good our promises.
J. J. DERIGHT ,
Open evenings. lllti rari'tim Sttcet , Onniha.
THE
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This is HO second grade
wheel , but is the same
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is iho anie grade of wheel
that other dealers will ask
you from $50 to $00 for.
Other New Wheels
$19 to $25.
We carry the finest line
of AV 1 1 eels ever * shown in
Omaha , and guarantee our
PRICES the LOWEST.
Omaha Bicyele Go ,
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Now the piiuo
4
iitts been cut
? BUYS AN 4
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i- it Thin is the bnino first guide *
t ai always No bettor vvhool
ut any price
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t
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105 S. Inth , Opp. Old P. O.
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lommcnt or HieMpillcil mil txntiil Puffn'on ,
in I nit * HOltt e\i ij\\hcio nt t" cmt each , A
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rurnuin St. , Omaha.
iinnvvnnins.
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I'xi > ort nnil ramlly L'xpuit dclheroii to all parts
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vnnl7Pil Iron hkjllulitn Tin , iron un < l Plata
Hoorine. AKent for Klnne-u's bteel Celling
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D > lntr iin'l rlcanlfe of Karmtnts nml R03s of
p\pry rtppcilptlon. Cleaning of fine icariuentd a
specialty.
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eicp lonp SW.
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MinufacturoM nnd Jobbers cf Machinery. Gen
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tin Imllel lln'ienl ml , i > 1 pro e , * crouna llniee I
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Tor Root , imlwtantlal vehicle nf any rtcxcrln-
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