New-York tribune., 1886-04-25
WHEELS AND WHEELING.
SUGGESTING AN "ANNEX" FOR WOMEN.

THE ROAD RACING PLAT-RIvAL CLUBS AND
PAPrRs IN BOSTON.
Wheeling is blooming" Not Wheeling in
Vest Virginia. but Wheeling IN New-fork and IN the
neghboring cities that meeKly look TO the metropolis
for advice AMI support Dealers are harry, mechanics
worked TO death and every either actually kicking
the medals as he spins through the Park OF fguratvey
kicking the dilaory workman or dealer VINO Keeps MN
! from enjoying the fresh air and the roads Every
Sunday now secs little knots OF cluDmen trunding OIL
into tae country FOR all days run and every pieasah
Afternoon the solitary wheelnan speeding thronSh
the Park for his Eonr OF exercise and fresh air.
There were no regular club Iuns OF any magnitude
arranged for GOOD Friday Tho observance OF the day
as holiday uncertain aod desuitoFy that not Jug
crc = was undertaken Many little private eNcnTaohS
| v.,re oo,ten nm no reyer Ivy men who fortuna
enough TO be in offices and stores that were closed On
Tuesday evening there WAS a moonlight iun ID lhc
Park in which members OF the 'Cy ists Touring Cnb
took Iart cO-educationM affair, consisting OF
wheeluen and wEeclwomen There were four tan
dems" five ticycles and number OF escorts on
bicycles tandem" il should be explained Is an IN
vention Of the tricycle. manufacturer when permits
woman fair to get all the fun Of the sport wO dohg
any Of tho work. The tandem has two seats one III
front Of the other with a set OF pedals for each The
Young woman sits the front seat ana watches INC
effect OF appearance on the psserby or the passed
bv Her yolng man sits on tho rear seat and pedals
away for dear o lie gets square, however when they
arc roasting down hill Alter he has gotten DIS breath
he can whisper all sorts Of savoy things IL her ear WIZ
ont fear OF the uenccs His face right over hcr
shoulder she can't get OF tho Idle when they are
cons M the rate OF miles hour, and II she lots 20
OF the handles to box his ears she w0nd be )Oscu Oh
her seat and dashed under the wheel Any maa VINO
fails TO improve the opI ortuntos thus Afforded lsh
worthy OF the craft. There number OF ladies' In
Now York who r.do tricyces and they all belong TO
club whirh IS however in state Of suspended ANNA
ton at present. The great trouble Is, what are they
going to DO with their machines II Is costly ana nh-
accomm odations them the Park
II is nconyenleut to keep item III the house, ana ts
ais, renders a long ride over the pavenents necessary
roect has been seriously discussed by some oi TIC
Citizens Club which has at loast the advantage OF
novelty. have an Annex TO the club for the
wiy es daughters OF the members One ioor of hcr
spacious club house could esily he fitted mp Tor
the "annexed" members and they could keep their
tricyclcs in the common wheelrooIn. IL such plan
should be put in practice it would be the first step
toward the millennium spoken OF by Miss Kate ficd,
when all clubs shall admit both sexes to membership
The road racing association decided to have their
first which Is to occur on next DECORATION Doy,
over course in Orange II is eight mile course and
TO complete the twenty five miles OF the race nusl DO
traversed times The trophy to be gwen INTO the
custody OF the club has been ordered ltiS to
he OF solid silver aud cost 5000. ,.., O.,
Mhcelmcn all owe the country nave been aitateu iof
some time over the makers amateur question. A
makers amateur is man oi superior racing OF lrCR-
maker at races and exhibitions for the sorihcaton or
himself and tho advertisement and profit 0i the maker
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not come under old definition of professional and
could be admitted to all amateur Iaces. strict
reading OF certain clause III tie League definition OF i
| amateur bars these from mem hership. and Few
weeks ago Chairman bassett OF inc racihg oaiu sus
pended score or more OF the best known racing he OF
The country. This carried wOe into ntaly every cluO III
the League for the racing men were the bright anu shi
ing lights OF their respective organizations Mr BasseU
believes with a majority OF the League members tbat Tie
lue is bad one, but he also believes with Genera.
Grant hest to snppess an obnoxious law Is
to Tho result OF the atiIaton will probably
lie the fixing OF the amateurs standing on new OASIS
| These men were all suspended from their amateur
rfyIerns unless they could get tho manufacturers
sign statement that they had never pad the Suspccl
amateurs any money Tor riding ther machines. INC
tartel 10 head of the who riding the star
tyne of American machine in which the little wheel Is
in iront- SOW the Star riders have gotten tlo neces-
say signatures from tbelr nhnuIelI,ers M % ,n o." so
IN their amateur standing. while the Pore Mahniactur
ing Con pany and other makers OF te usun' Hl9 P 81
machine have refused 10 sign any such paper !u tnid M
mighty OF the track and the PAIN are eit out h 'he
| cold. cold worc of professionalism: - ,
| Boston has whceinCn 10 inc sluale W'u'
probably then aLy other place IN America Inc b"ston
whoenen "a particularly lively ana marc III. iing n
crowd too and IL lato season when the hup OF io
vi ceiling world has not lively tight Of some knh IN
progress. The Massachusetts, Club Nights the bost2h
t,lu6 ON general princlples and tfe Boston Clnb j.
/ disagreement has resulted In the founding ol new
wheeling paper Alr Bassett, the san who has decap
H0rid, OF the Oldest papers OF It's class III me
country. Recently he withdrew and started me tyce
Sweetness and light OF the most syrupy consistency LaVo
characterized the editorial references OF these t%o
Journals to each O.hcr and all the world wonders ~
was expected that they would immedi'tey proce,u 70
chew each other mp aud throw the pieces Ia each oth,r
faces is the custom OF tho well developed wheeling
paper that hath rival Tie reason for tins dy stiie
OF thlBgs said 10 be that Mr. Basct left Ills ola hloi
! bee ,ure the had laid regular campaign oi
attack the makers Of the Columbia mac hines ana
that II ever the older paper daes 10 cit down on is
vonne rival the latter will hur tho story with all its
aauipa details right In the ech o. Its adversary III the
| most approved journalistic STYLE