New-York tribune., 1886-03-29
BICYCLING NEWS IND COMMENTS.
PREPARATIONS FOR SPRING sroRr-IHE COMING
NEET-CIrB ELECTIONS.

PREPARATIONS FOR SPRING sroRr-IHE COMING
NEET-CrrB ELECTIONS.
1t is about this time of year that The blilic-
some whc-lmAu gets ont his machine p'iishcs up the
bright parts thereof polrs OIL ntots wounds and starts
on for a trial spin over the slowly settling roads Il is
thus with TIE rural and suburban wheclman, bat his
Tow Yor; brother has been riding moro or
less on the hard duveways OF the Park all
winter and his machine is never rusty,
or , fame Gm-that If tho club Jauitor understands
bis business. club rurs and moonlight rtmbIcs are no"
beginning take the place OF club dinners and reccp-
ons. though the first great riding event Of the season
doe, not come until Fast Day.
Nearly every vhceman is looking forward TO the
League Meet, which occurs at Boston or ABOUT Dee
Grafton Day. The country about Boston Is one OF the
hes, berh5 IN tic paradise 10 winch all good WAae.ueu
hope 10 co. Tho road, Uaredaout have taken unto ucm
selves tho adjective "sandptpered," witnouJ
which they cannot ras5 tho proo,scaIor,
OF wheeling literature. Boston is the
centre of bicycling activity and though Ncw-Yor1 is
pushing hcr ard for the lead. sAe counts within her
walls the hand ome.t cubAouse FOR wheclmcu ana tAo
club-h house contains great many enthusiastic and
energetic lcrotccs OF the sport Hcuce time Is
promised aud expected at this coming meet. AInuse-
ucut, and attractions oi al KINDS being prepared by
committee of ARRANGEMENTS at this early day,
and the puzzled vhco,mnu will be Ike the Child at the
circus torn with conflicting desires all the per-
ormauccs going in tue tnIco rings at once, without
sighting the elevated stage"
The NcW-lo.h Wlccmcn are not napuiDg, however
ruc League membership now exceeds thousand 10 this
S,te and tha, membership rarely Includes more thau "a
lrd OF a.l tho rr-. The Cltzcl,' CuD las grown and
rro-pcscl until about 20 burst the s.o OF rrot,y
unc club hou-" n I'tf tNths,. AMI 30 INTO larger
one u SiEtrtl st. The prospective clubhouse IS "a
large bsowu,rouc front between Eight aud Ninth ales
10 wa, reccut.y bought 10y Richard Ne.-ol generous
club "A, o;eIou tuo lease ot 1t to the OisnAatOn
late just sufficient To- cover Interest and taxes They
have tie privilege o' tearing TIE whole inside out and
rcmodeu- tho binding. Two Tenant, ale applying Tor
gi..,, d.,.rr AMI f1o ~, l1lr., u,~Ic'e Cib Tne
CIrl,ns' Club 10 tuelf annual meeting on March Is
elected the following officers fresidrut, John e. GucE
wee .csIdeut, ~ H. B.cAwltA, secretary, NLisu, L.
Iord first uruttuant, L. G. smith, second Lieutenant
H.r"ooI L. Pool; sli-eon, j.. s. Attain. NJ. d. Ar,t
,coti 'i rrric-,os q ro,,. n, a. r Sar oi
H. Book aud A. J. PA..lari
rue League, tAc Na.lonai association. M a comp-
stut IS ;0H oi sia,e representation dad o.-lLLIoA.
"ll.4. nobody 4IIc ut-t.-i--Is t>tcpt ilc 4t" WHO
member generally Vote, tho Ii', u,A.t tEa D, srut To-
'i4 enclosed 10 STAMPED envelope. lic La, general
indefinite ono a- % what he has rl,cte. ticket of
occr- iu- tno NrW York state boar! FOR th' coming
ycst which has been ma 10y ali the leading Clubs,
Cieor,r H. IlIwr.l Of Nr1-lo.k Tor KcI cIre,rutat
90 lu0oFyUi ". =. Bun, ~ Buffalo; John e.. Guuca, ot
Ncw-fork; Gerry Jones, Of Bugham'bu; kuigut I@
thpp, of New- York. Charles H. Luso"nn, of h"oayn
G. s. Butler of Buffalo; j. W. Cutc OF Sch,L,r,aiy;
Edwln " Adams. of New YORK; NJ l. HIid.man ~
BrooAlyu; Gcorsr DaSiu, ot Buffalo; Robert 'Aoupson.
az Rochester; Edward E. Hll. Of leCk-Au!; Oscar e..
Moses, of New Work. Charles r'hwbtcn, u Brook IN;
l. E-J uold- AdrIuucr. OF TOnghkr-pal"; Dr. a. g.
CplemAn, oi tanhndalenai Henry Ghlicn, IT,, OF
Albany; br. George l.. Ba,Kham, Ji Duukirk, and II.
= EiiGer, Of El'uira.
Tue loss OF the oregon brought #. misery to all sorts
and conditions Of men. Tho little fishes are now
swimming about sixty bright new bicy ces that an
American firm importing from England, but which
ed 'or dues by the mermAids 10 Is 10 be hoped
that tAey have "a smooth sandy bottom which s ridable
otherwise the dihoutes OF riding side saddle will
prove too many for them.
Advces from san FraneisCo tell tho joys OF spring
wheeling In that bright claate. The season 10 much