The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-01
TWO DEPARTMENTS WAR.
TIE CONVICTION CREiTED ny MISTER
SMELLING ON 4 BYCIcLE
Is Polo Playing on ~ veiocipedc n Noble sport
or an Offence Against ~ city Ordnance,
and Who Controls Itf-Opinions Differ.

- '..''''H "" ~ '''"N'P'"' ~ ''""'' 'P"'s
or an Offence Against ~ tity Ordinance.
and Who Control. Itf-Opinion. Diner.
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Every NclOclpeuc rluef, those VINO Know OF
byccles md nil who cnro onv,hip, nhou, ,ic-
,uros,rc Madiso, s,,, ,,,;,,, a., ,,,... ~,
'"'o9p"o '"uiSoh spuufe' WIN Hs chllureh ana
nurses. lovers and tramps. must be Interested
in the battle which L. rapinp bet,veen the R,nrd
- "'''', - i"H'"s "''"vV" 'n' poaru
oi iolco commissioners anu tho Commis-
soners OF the Department OF Public Parks.
Grcnvillc Temple Smelling. n seventcen. venr-
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ulu son vi Eu"aru L. smelling. VINO lives in
Fifth avenue. at Thirty-sccond street. was.
primarily 'a' cause OF all the trouble. and Capt
Alexander y. Williams was an accessory after
the TACT The Police and tho Public Park De-
o,,,in,,'s ~ -. WV .'''v "..' .,o
tho oftnrnonn of ,rnrs,n, Ias, y,,,,r,, s,,oi,,o,
.'o @ "','., ''v" W '",9""s 's'. S"u"s Hno'''he
was "s'riue fr'hch hycicIc OF the llnest manu-
dinmn,rr uc ,,,s ri,;n,, ,ro,,,I ,ha WI,
,, '"'''''i. ~ was r'u'nE "ro"n" the worm
Monumcnt. ana was Attempting nm original
moton-poo on the vcocipede. While ready
TO acknowledge that Mr.. Jomcs Gordon Dnnnc,,
IL Americans champion polo player whcrc mus
tani,s are used. Master Smelling thought that he
n,i,,ht dise,ur, ,hc ,,r,.,,ri,,,.'r 80 ,n, I'LL
sI,,,ll h,.,,.,,. '''. ''''
sh"u'n hyci'l's De us ii insteii OF mustangs IN
the famous .amc. Many persons gathered 10
''S'' ,'"','n| r'"'' una Wet' ue'lNS IN
Wrrst'd hs nc CAUTIOUSLY welded his mallct
nnI tossed shsnll pl"rr ul llne wood over the
ll'EEhE. ,viiy vl ihr mo- iht,i irrtvl spc.lnlnls
WIS y ill W llll,tln~s VINO stnDu on tnc Sidewalk
at the Holman House.
There IL lust "A pprcDutille variance in IN.
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tdii''i, vtvh t. w hlS "'Nunt oi Wh"t naIIrh"i.
~ Hsilu tual Nneh MS attrltlbn was attracted To
the spot he wns clearly of the opinion that the
lad WIS OlStru,tiug tho thoroushfure Thpr,
ia "A Iinnnna nj ,r,ssin, ut tn. ,rpnu,u.p, uuI IL,
nnnas,,11,n', -, H., r,,, @ ~, "i',, M III
t' t'.is' ~ ne @ va w '!pNu p'u' lahs were
Inrc"l to move ont of the line OF their course.
The Captain remembered that ID WIS his duty
Ia sne that tha strict rul.s al tho pnii., p.nnrt
mn, - ,.r,ir', ~ sls,s''. - -, i'is ,
III, h.us VI, oNSli u-,l'h ~ succVS
snpuu- ne .cnlprc'l ana hlSp thdt SEQ
uon ~ OF the SANITARY Code, which
says, nor shall any persan block ,in or Oh
strut ANY street ar n,r', nr riL,, ih..r.,
sLould M, hn f,ra,''t,rr lrhrfr t 't'' t,,
T. ' ~. ~. . i'y~'','H' i'I'l'I' ne lol''u
MS way into the crowd with the intention of sub
dung the young mHu. When | told him to
snfd WI, nrn v,u sirs' NJ ,r',r'l a.,
,yn. r,,,,ir - ~ ,ii. ,rb, " w. - ~ ~. - l
thnt he Knew his rights and would MAINTAIN
them. | ordered him away and hr ,inrtnd
Before going he said that he would ri lr nn ti,
Twenty sixth street .iI,. VI th. enunrr said
Ii you do I'll arrest YOU utt,.nltteI io tnli
him of the law and he said TINT h. knew thU
law AMI that he intended 10 rid. in TW.ufv-
sixth street. II. went To the sid. wink ,u tho
Twenty sixth street side of tho .utl,lr. and re-
sumod his riding Then | difr,t.l on ',.r
: hmittberls,r to arrest him The arrest wls
In Ltt.I