Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-10
BICYCLE NOTES.

It has not yet been remarked that the real cause of s'loafng' is that the men only train for squirting and can not go all the way.
 There is general and strong effort in the East to revive racing. 1t will hardly succeed unless kept to strict amateur lines. The machine makers and their amateurs" killed the healthy movement of three years ago.
 The racing board has declared Edwin Dauchy, the well-known racing man of West Winsted, Conn.,, to have forfeited his amateur status by violation of clause c, sec. 4, art. V of the league bylaws, relative to the selling or realizing upon prizes.
 The Indiana Supreme Court has decided that bicyclists can not be made liable for damages resulting from horses becoming frightened at their wheels if such rum aways occur while the bicyclists are riding upon the highway and are doing nothing, which shows lack of regard for the rights of others.
 A large delegation from the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club will visit New York next month as the guests of the Hudson County wheelmen. Tho Philadelphians will prob ably be taken up the Hudson to Tarrytown and shown the beauties of both the road and river on that run. Captain Leisen will be In charge of the party.
 At the Torquay meet, August 27, new flyer turned up in the person of A. Milsom, who quite ran away from such old-timers as Mayes, Adcock and Turner, winning the half mile dash in 20 and the fve-mile scratch in IA AS 4-5. J. N. Still, with forty yards start, took the one-mile safety handi- cap in splendid time (2:35 2-5), and J. D. Weave (f1fty-five yards) the half-mile safety handicap in 15 3-5.
 After all the gossip about the racing abilities of Al Banker, of the Berkeley Ath- letic Club, and Lumsden, the Chicago crack, there is chance of their meeting at last, as both men are entered at the Peoria meet and it is stated that Bankeri is most desirous of meeting the Chicago man on account Of the rumors about his racing qualities, that he will be in the pink of condition when they meet, and hot race may be expected.
 In connection with the Long Island five mile championship, which is to be decided at Queens, October 5, the Queens Bicycle Club have placed number of additional events on the programme and will make quite race meet of the occasion. In ad- dition to the championship the following events will be contested: One mile novice, two mile handicap, one mile 3:05 class, and one-mile safety. The entries close October 9 with Thomas Lloyd, Queens, Queens County, l.. I.
 Messrs. Benson and Doane, two of the crack riders of the Dorchester Bicycle Club, recently accomplished noteworthy per formance, covering twenty five miles on the road on Singer tandem safety in the fast time of one hour, thirty-two minutes, thirteen seconds, which is thus established as the twenty five mile tandem record. The distance was accurately measured, and the time is vouched for by Messrs. A. D. Peck, N. Ethier and William Chick, who held the watch.
 The members of the Chicago Ashland Cycling Club were rendered a surprise party Tuesday evening, September 24, by their mothers apd lady friends at the club rooms No. 146 Warren avenue. After par taking of supper Miss Hattie Fleming pre- sented the club with an elegant black satin table scarf, it being hand painted and had the monogram A. c. c. on the top, and on each end flowers, the whole being lined with yellow satin. It was the work of Miss Nellie Morley. MT. G. L. Wilkinson, in tho name of the club, thanked the donors.