The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-20
WHEELING.
Will Hudson Admit Ladies to the
Clubhouse Matters Of
Interest.

The admission Of ladies to the club
house of the Hudson County Wheelmen
is the principal topic of conversation at
the clubhouse. The admission Of ladies
met with some opposition at first, but now
the boys have determined to stand second
to no club in the matter of social events.
The Committee Of Arrangements met
one evening last week and made arrange
menis to hold q number OF recentions and
a go odly number Of stag rackets and en-
tertainments. The clubhouse of the
Hudson County WheeImen promises 10
be one OF the itveliest In the city The
prospects are that ladies will accompany
the members now on their duly runs.
During the past week numerous moon
light runs haYe been taken TO Bergen
Point.
Interest IN cycling in this city uring
the three months has increased N aryei-
louslY-
A Wichita woman who rides safety
bicycle straps her baby on her back,
ndian fashion, when she goes out for d
skin.
All the prominent racing wheelnaen Of
the country Hre travelling West to take
part in the big meet to be held at Peoria.
Iii. Messrs, Worden, Windle. thinner
man, Murphy, Rick, Smith, Berio, 9th
ers and Gloss are already there and ia
training. The prizes TO be awarded to
the winners are valued at more than
S, 000 Among the prizes are two piaups.
The greutest interest is being manifested
in the meeting between Willie Windle
aud Zimmerman. the record breaker.
Windle VIII Try TO break Osmond's mile
worlds record. time, ZIG WindIe feels
positive that he can lower this record two
seconds if not more.
The grant fiffae0 milo r<ad ,on. :. Al =
Wheeluen's Racing League, composed
OF New York and Brooklyn cycling clubs.
resulted Ia victory for the Kings
county boys. The race was held at Eliz-
abeth on the Springfield course. John
bensinger represented the Kings County
Wheeimen and finished in 48 minutes IL
seconds Mclean of the same club
finished second and NJ. Fl. Phillips third
The first annual road race of the Plain
field Bicycle Club resulted in a victory
for George w Moreton, who covered
nineteen miles In 50 minutes and So Sec
onds. Joseph w. Pike was second and
George Mahon third.
Some time ago. w. II. Rhodes, who has
national reput etion as a bicycle rider.
left the amateur ranks and rode with
professionals in several ces On his
own application TO the Racing Board of
the Union Township Amateur Wheelmen.
he has been readmitted TO membership
and proposes 20 race as an amateur in
good standing In coming contests. Ama--
teurs who have never been professionals.
consider themselves rather unjustly
handicapped by this decision OF the Rae
ing Board. and il Is not at all probable
that Rhodes will experience great DIM
Guilty in participating IN amateur events.
Wheelmen all over the world are taking
an interest IN the coming international
bicycle race beginning sc Madison Square
Garden. October Is. I. w. Ech, mana
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Australia. One was James Hogan, of
Victoria. who holds the ten-mile record
OF Australia; time 5s45 10 Hogan has
also ridden some miles cluse to two and a
half minutes on an ordin airy wheel.
The other entry is Jack Rolfe, of Mel
| borne, who has been long distance
champion for several years Some OF the
English racing men vii. arrive here this
mouth. Among them will be Samsd en-
aud Stage, the Scotch champions. w. J.
| Morgan, known as sSpoKes." ''Sena.
tori Morgan, the New York entry.
is now on his way here from Portland,
Ore. He is the foitF-eight hour cham
pion, and holds the worlds record of 742
miles. Manager Ech has also arranged
with the leading bicycle manufacturers
of this country to place on exhibition In
the arena of the Garden new and old
fashioned wheels Dan Canary. the
champion trick rider, will appear every
afternoon aud evening. One OF Canary's
daring feaIs will be the riding down a
plank run one foot wide from the balcony
10 the floor. 1t is feat never before
attempted. and is called 'The Dash of
Life
The New York Wheel says:-Tbe thin
solid tire is thing of the past'' for a
road wheel. The pneumatic is thing
of the present. and more so of the future.
The cushion is the fence of safety be-
tween the thin solid and the fat Dneu-
matte, and upon this fence some eighty
to ninety per cent OF the riders are safely
perched. Those who have the purse
phlethoric will gradually climb down off
the fence on the pneumatic side. If the
flags, mo Puncturing,p or ..No Cutting u
or Five Minutes and Five Cents for Re
pairs are hung ont, all will get down of
the fence on The pneumatic side: but ia
any event the thin solid tire side of the
fence is deserted.
The members of the Wheeling Division
of the Jersey City Athletic Clos have
been very inactive during the past week.
But one moonlight run has been taken.
A ten-mile handicap race will be run bv
the Somerviile Bicycle ClunSon Septem-
Der rs.
The Associated Cycling Clubs of New
Jersey will hold a race meet on October 3.
Frances great bicycle race mas been
run, and NJ Ierront is the winner. One
hundred OF the participants returned
only one covered the !, 200 kllometers in
less than three days, three in less than
four days, twenty In less than five and
forty in less than six days.
The Greenville Wheelmen met last
Wednesday night at their rooms on Ocean
avenue.
Yachting Notes
CAREY Van Horn has had the yacht
Bessie laid up for the winter.
The Pavonia Yacht Club hold a race
today for open jib and mainsail boats
over the club course, q special prize being
offered by the Commodore of the club.
The start will be made at eleven o'clock.
The following yachts are. entered:-
Leader, buler. Hornes, Corbet, Jennie,
Annie Seaman and Captain KAISER.
Mr.. ID. Topper of the Payonia Yacht
Club and a party OF friends returned
Friday from fishing excursion in his
yacht Mascot. About 400 pounds of blue
fish were caught
There is much excitement prevailing
among the members OF the Pavoni:i
Yacht Club over the two races to take
place today. The contrasting yachts III
the first race viii be che Chris5ins. Cap
tain Ball. and the Aiilie. owned by Cor
nelius II. Benson. The second race viii
be between the Leader and the Home
The course Ia each race will be from off
the Jersey avenue clubhouse TO and
around bouy Is aud return to the club-
house.
A club dinner will be given by the