Show I 1 A W GATHERING CA HERING cyclists how in fia philadelphia OF TRACIL tiie rite referee judges timers anil and oilier officers cers odthe oc cals lon are A re selected philadelphia pa auga aug 4 special the seventeenth annual gathering of the cans cana of the he league of amadu n wheelmen wheelman elmen opened today ani and it is claim ed that fully folly 0 visiting cyclists are in the city the firt metting met ting of the L league lague ague in newport K R I 1 in ISSO bad a registered attendance of tour four hinand and the number ha aa increased with each successive year until at ashbury park in 1895 1893 and at louisville las laae v year the attendance reached 16 00 the present meet covers but four days in instead I 1 of a week heretofore as tle asso coated cycling breling clubs under whose au an the meet is held having inaugurated a nw did departure on the ground that previous experience has demon that attractive attra tive stive entertainment enough to cover BIS ax days cannot be provided the raci racing ua program also deciding twelve has been crowded into two days the pro gramme for today included aed the early reception and registration of visitors and distribution of badges end and albums at eight a large number of wheelman wheelmen elmen left leet bead quarters for an allday all day run to historic valley fargo the scene of the terrible winter encampment ot of N washington s B soldiers during daring the revolutionary war this afternoon a second party was war tan taken for a tour to T FaaLau tira rak park the largest municipal grounds in the world tonisha thlire there will be an excursion on I 1 the De delaware aware with music and dancing at the island re resorts reforms Forts large numbers of the visitors were out at the track his mornine and were lond load in their praised pra isep iseF it is newly constructed and three laps to the mile the foundations are of stone and the supporting timbers are of heavy pine firmly braced with iron stay and bolts the su au fice lumber is of yellow pine laid lengthwise and hent bent on the turns thus affording a surface offe offering the least possible resistance the surface is thor coated with waterproof paint at its widest point the track measures forty feet that being the width of the entire length of the stretch the is twenty six feet in the backstretch the extreme banking at the apex of each turn will be upwards of eight feet bome changes have been baen made in the roil rou of officials that tat will do dut duty y during the races these are the final selections I 1 referee friday albert mott chairman racing board judges A D wait gorge W herman W foltz henry S dixon and henry goodman all of tie oie present racing board and howard raymond ex chairman of the racing board timers P 8 collins Colli DB secretary treasurer trea of the pennsylvania division conway S sams chief consul marland Marl irid division fred china consul illinois division samuel A boyle bovle chief consul pennsylvania division and sterling elliott ex es L A W scorers 0 W price chairman pennsylvania division racing board james 0 tattersall secretary t treasurer new jersey davison di vison starter A D peck secretary tres surer massachusetts division umpires umpired P dietrick west end wheelen emen wilker birre pa A D knapp wllliam william port part wheel club clab clerk of coarse harvey uhler quaker city wheelmen wheelman elmen assistants frank A tucker wheelman wheelmen elmen J F neil pennsylvania bicycle club olna george F kest keet fountain ferry track association louisville announcer H walter schlichter Sch of philadelphia |