Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-16
BICYCLING NOTES.

Buffalo claims to have more cyclers thar. Chicago. The city has twelve clubs and 5000 wheelmen.
 There is some talk of reviving the Boston Bicycle Club, one of the oldest and finest cycling clubs of the past.
 Chairman Davol, of the racing board ot the League of American Wheelmen, desires to have the league championships reduced to three, and to have them run at the an nual meet of the league.
 It is said that the Berkeley Athletic Club will send it's crack wheelmen to Europe next season.
 A school for lady riders in Brooklyn is do, ing good business.
 Temple was beaten by R. H. English, September IA, on the North Shields cycling grounds. A yard separated the men at the close of fifteen mile championship.
 Howell recently made half-mile in one minute and fifteen seconds in an attempt to lower Temples time of one minute and thirteen and one-fourth seconds. M. Maurice Detroyat and M. Bertault Jeff Paris September 21 on velocpedes for ride of 3,2OO kilometers (about 1887 miles). They will go from Paris to Belfast, Lucerne, Inspruck, Vienna, Munich, and return by Strasboure to Paris.
 At Bridlington, Eng, September g, w. Wood won a mile scratch in 2:49 from Howell and T. H. English. Howell won his heat in 2:3912. Howell won a ten-mile scratch in 31 :0lN from Robh and T. Fl. Eu- glish, making the last quarter in o:S43 James won Q five-mile match from A. Wood | in IA :S7N. A. H. Robb covered half-mile in 1:13 2-5.
 The annual Birmingham (England) char l ity sports on the Aston trackf August 31, | attracted 12,0Oo spectators and most of the English cracks. A rather strong wind was l blowing, but otherwise the conditions were | favorable, and some noteworthy perform ances resulted. J. w. Fulwell, of Coventry, won the one-mile bicycle handicap from the l s5 yard mark in 2m. 34 1-5s. J. w. Rowe 1 (scratch) won the two-mile safety handicap rather easily in 5m. Sd 2-5s. In the two mile bicycle were such men as Herbert l Synyer, W. A Ilston, J. H. Adams and w. F. Ball, but Synyer romped away from the others and finished first in 5m. 3212s.; Ills ton second. ). Fl. Adams won the fve-mile
 bicycle in Ism. o1s4s. beating Ball, Illstou, Sharpe and other lesser lights,
 At the British Surrey Bicycle Club meet
 ing at Kensington Oval, September 21, sev- eral grass records were altered, and the
 performance all round proved to be first
 rate. J. N. Still, of the Finchley Harriers,
 did mile on a safety on grass in minutes bS 1-5 seconds. E. M. Mayes, in the Sydney
 challenge cup ono lap race, did the dis tance in 32 2-5 seconds, beating Osmond's 40
 seconds at Leyton in September, 1888. In l the ten-mile scratch race all grass records | were cut from four miles to ten inclusive.
 J. Fl. Adams, F. P. Wood. D, Mayes was the
 order at the finish ana the record times
 were: Bramson, four miles, 19 minutes
 23 k seconds; Hale, 5 miles, 15 minutes 84 Is seconds, Howard, six miles, IS min- utes 45 3-5 seconds; seven miles, 21 min
 utcs 59 seconds; eight miles, 25 minutes
 o45 seconds; nine miles, 2S minutes IS 4-s
 seconds; Adams, ten miles, 31 minutes 1G seconds Previous best ten milea on grass
 Farnivall's, 92 minutes 30 4-a seconds.