New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-26

baaver don n un.f,.rm and wheel and file, march and
counternarch before the eyes Of admirins iehus an.
gaping popuace in all the evolutens OF the oni.o"
States cavalry tactics to the hyserc notes OF ouse
After awhile however, this sort OF thing peelhs W M
and tie club disntegrates while the bicycling siir'
grows stronger and the individual riders discard their
uniforms get quiet SUITS and treating their wheels more
like good natured winded cobs, than Ike prapci"B
war horses, during the club period, take 10 ',s
singIy and in pairs, using the wheel TOT 'ra'e'e
business errands, etc. ut,
In great city however, and especially in city ike
New. York. the cIab organization lives BECAUSE -
useful Where many riders are crowded. into snian
ARIA IL natural that they should band together TOT inc
common good and common defence aud 1t IA not aneuH
70 get clubhouse convenient for ALI This last consu
Grafton senient quarters for storage Is
remove the club far from the woe when oefis l
great unattached In city like New-forK' IL .no
architect who designed and saddled upon suffering
community the pre,ailing type OF NewYork house. with
high stOop basement and sub-ceilar c0lu Us haI "
suffer onealf the misery IN the ext wHrd Ina, no n1
cheerfuy Law down his nont life for the satisfaction
taus obtained The rider VINO boards Is tue most ne M
victim He meeky inquiries II there Is place where nc
can keep his machine" The andady smiles and says
on yes such nice place. down cellar S nser lens ene
whose rate descent Is five feet In one, twstea @
machine around half dozen corners ana at .i ne,
reached its abding-pace between thescodlbin aud Tue
dnst-heap. where the combined dust ana rust VIII ui
fine brehtrst nickel and penetrate the hardest enamel
he loses his faith In landadcs and straightway goes
and Joins the nearest club tie sake of sharing in the
storage facilities. . $500, a.. ,,,-,s
Yorth OF Ffty-nnth-st., NewYork aud Its suburbs
abound in Lroad, smooth roads which ara cohSah'
tenn aton 10 the bicyct The best and most trayeeu'
PERHAPS IL that from Filtypinthst through the nuo
ward and its combinations, north TO the vincent HOUSE
In Tarrytown "a distance OF twenty-five miles, iHo
roads OF New Jersey. when gets beyond Jersey ';
are inviting; AMI Brooklyn has some fifteen mics ~
concrete besides the network OF paths In PrOspect fak
the drive to Coney Island and the Eastern PARKWAY.
NewYork has Its Central Park, but on account Oh to
necessity OF giving the Park police something 10 uo'
some rules regulations and prohibitions 70 choIcc;
there is certain amount OF red tape Sill strttchou
across its magnificent avenues WheeliDcn VINO noN
use the Park must enormous metal ohnge CT
tfyng that they expert riders. These badges hf
distributed 10 all tho cuOs and 10 those unattacuou
riders successfully pass an examination o cahnl
dates held 10 front of the Arsenal every Friday n0r
ing" by a representative OF the Commissioners mus
doth Civil Service reform strong until IL ehcom-
passeth even the careless whccnan! -
The city contains many celebrities OF the wheel ons
whom Karl KrOn Is probably the best known 10 lne
bicycling world Having ridden 1000 miles on one
machine he is writing mp the rrcori thei cor m
the seclusion of this University Building in Washington
Square, for the benefit OF future genera IONS. LUG
is well advanced toe roads are III good eon
dition, and the bicycle dealers both he tnat seieh pew
machines" and he that renteth out oil traps a., AZ
usuiOus rates with the Idea OF forcing the lucAess uer
to buy one, rejoicing greatly.