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Show 12 TtT TT1 tLi "P5 JlZj TP TP .Mj Tho only wheel that positively speaks for itself aid it is lleo's coasting contest continues to create interest in wheeling easy for it to do ho, for it has more talking points than any circles, anu own louse ho are not partial 10 too silent steed are other wheel made, is the of as aato iho to and tno 10 unuiue niase day imiumes beginning BARNES WHITE FLYER. exhibition oi skill, eneigy and biauis. iho man or woman, boy or girl a be will nitre pastime wlio enters tlio contest witn tno idea that it Assertions like this aro easily made, bnt If five minutes in llieso columns, the may be disappointed. As has belore been stated conversation with the wheel itself will convince yon yon ue.-irno in will me cue contest havo in easy wrk they participants will not question onr riht to make them. We will merely to win, and wo take it that no one who eufesr will uo so tnrough Htmdbyand point out ti you the different points. They The qnestion of prices will not will sjeak for themselves. any other motive. It theretoro behooves all who have ihouguts oi to you, but if it does you will agree with us that they occur entering to do all the practicing that their leisuie moments will allow, are worth every cent of the money you pay. and it they do then it will bo said at t he close that the exhibition We havo the finest Hiding School in the city. l'or such it will be was one of the most novel and unique that has ever figured in the annals of wheeling in this city. Although it is comparatively early yet, at least so far as the weather at the present juncture is concerned, there are many things to A. W. CAINE & CO., f2 w: SECOND SQUTH STREET: be considered in connection with the matter, and in his rambles around the town the Bee man lias heard many complimentary remarks in reference to tho coming event, and they all go to show that there RACER $85 $60 and $75. more hundreds as a result natural and aro many who will enter, many outcome. the in interested be who cannot help but "Built Like a Watch. One of the first things to practice is the proper position to assume on tho wheel, which was shown in a clever illustration in this column last week. Do not forget that frame coasters are necessary. If your dealer does not keep them in stock now, he will be only too glad to order them for you, and it will be but a few days after tho placing of your order until the same reaches you. Then do not wait a minute and do not waste a minute. Go out and try them. Try. them again and again, and after a few experiments of the kind you will become so fascinated that you will absorb tho idea that you are certain to bo a winner. That is just the idea that wo wish all wheelmen to get Patee Crest, High Grade, $35. Into their heads. There can bo no interest, either for the participant or for the spectator, unless there enters into the contest an intense spirit of rivalry. The greater tho rivalry the greater the interest, both as regards participants and spectators. A. H. MEREDITH, 335 Main St. The exact course has not yet been decided upon, but there have come to The Bee office during the week several suggestions that Second South street from, say, about Fourteenth East, would be a tions is just as bad as the other. It is an open question among the most desirable selection. The north side of the street is already riders of the silent steed as to which is the greater evil, but there is in good repair, they say, and much work has been done on this one thing certain both are objectionable in the highest degree. This thoroughfare during tho past week in tho way of removing cobbles, i3 a matter that is not of interest to wheelmen alone it is a matand otherwise making the rough places ter of the fulfillment of a contract made with the city, wherein so filling up small chuck-hole- s smooth. No matter what street is selected, however, it will be neces- much good work is to be done for so much good money. There is sary that much preparatory work will be done, as it is not contem- no violation of the contract on the part of the city the violation is plated that the contestants shall take any chances as to broken limbs, with the other fellows but at the same time the city fathers owe it and the one idea is that they shall be given an opportunity to make to the public to see that the contractors do that which they take the the best time possible. The record made on the day in question will money of the city for doing. A short time ago there was a city ordinance passed that required be quoted in all subsequent contests for many years thereafter, and Howfor that reason it should be as near the standard as is possible. that the sprinkler men should leave comparatively dry three feet of the ever, all may be satisfied that the course selected will be the best that street on each side of the car tracks. We believe that the sprinklers is obtainable. It necessarily follows that the entertainment will be have tried to do this. Indeed, our own experience has proven this a free one, and it is for this reason as well as any other that the to be tho case. The ordinance was passed at the request of the place selected should be as comfortable as possible for the spectators, wheelmen, and it was intended by the Councilmen that they should and the large trees on the north side of Second South will afford full have the benefit of it. But here again comes the seemingly inevitable clash between the wheelmen and the horsemen. The latter seem to and ample protection to all who care to witness the event. havo the faculty of knowing a good thing when they see it, and as a For a long time the wheelmen of Salt Lake have been advocating result have already begun to monopolize these strips, thus forcing the the proper sprinkling of the streets of this city. They claim, and with wheelmen into the mud, or to take the chances of being run over and good reason, that the streets are not sprinkled as they should be, and the loss of or great damage to a wheel. This is not right. It would certainly no set of people on the earth have a better chance to know seem that the gentlemen who prefer to handle the ribbons instead of whether this be true or not. The gentlemen who preside over the tho handle bars should be so kind and charitable enough to allow the street sprinklers seem to have the idea that as long as they pour plenty city ordinance to be carried out to the letter. of water on the streets once or twice a day, their duty toward the city has been done that their contract has been filled. As a result, Proprietors of the riding schools report business as very good. This the streets are either a mass of mud or are covered with that other would indicate that a large number of wheelmen and wheelwomen foe of every wheelman an inch or two of dust. One of these condi- - will be seen on the streets pretty soon. 'I ho e THE STERLING. S |