, 1891-05-31
KNIGHTS OF THE sILEar
Philo-cycIs Tells What the w
Are Doing.

are Dong
The racing board in session a, Gle
decided TO abolish the rule OF Ucrrl .
records made only in competition,
in future the board will pass on all r,
ords, whether made in competition uf
against time. District championships have
been abolished, and are replaced by division
championships
Cyclists generally are d~umfouuded AT
the offer of H. G. Cornell to race any mar
in the world for $1,000 a side for a series Of
three races OF a quarter, a half and a full
mile. Ii was not supposed that Cornell
had any idea OF becoming a professional,
and as his best time recorded for a mile Is
2:52 it would seem that scores OF men, pro
fessiOnal and amateur. are able to defeat
him.
The National l. A w. championships
will consist of a quarter, a half and A mile
ordinary, the same distances for safetieS
and a mile tandem This
does away with long distance champion
ship events. Each division will have en-
tire charge OF all matters relating to cham
pionships in its own territory.
The Staten Island Athletic clubs spring
games were expected to disclose the reln
tive values Of pneumAtics and solids, and.
as the result showed, this was most effect
uAlly demonstrated. The opinion Of every
man, contestant or spectator, was that the
days of the solid tires are numbered.
The much discussed opposition 70 the
lrvington-Milburn race seems more i'm
aginary than apparent w. A. Drabble.
president Of the Atalanta wheelmen, has
interviewed the board OF ~freeholders Of
Essex county and a number Of prominent
residents, who unanimously stated that no
opposition was projected. Mr.. Drabble
Was advised 70 confer with the constAbu.
larry officials, so that II run the race will be-
under police protection.
n. II. Van Sicklen, Of Chicago. scorched
over the Pullman course in hfty-seveu
minutes, mounted on a pneumatic. The
time is good for the distance-some six
teen miles-but owing to penalty attaching
to air wheels the performances must be
rated at about siNty-one minutes.
The Travis Island track. belonging TO the
New York Athletic club, has been banked
some eighteen inches. and has also been
scraped and the surface hardened. It is
expected to furnish a first class training
ground.
According to a Boston paper Willie
Windle believes that goo can be made on a
solid tire. and proportiouately better time
on the pneumatic. Windle's best times up
10 the present are 3Ik seconds for the quar-
ter. I'm. 10 4-5s. for n half and I'm. IS. for
n mile.
The two mile safety race Of the Harvard
Athletic association furnished something
Of a surprise, inAsmuch as G.. +. Taylor.
the fAYorite, was defeated by +. S. Pratt.
who has not hitherto been considered u
strictly first form rider. 1t Is only fair to
note that Taylor made his W pace all the
way, and was only beaten Ia the final squirt
1t may be sadly noted by cyclists work
ing Tor road improvement that the Eighth
avenue and Boulevard, New York, lately
paved with asphalt, Is becoming deeply in
denied with cart wheel ruts and threatens
TO break up fast. This is entirely due to
the fact that its good surface attracts the
heaviest trucking in the city. II other
avenues were similarly cared for the traffic
would be distributed.
George ID. Mitchell and f. f Stevens
have started on their earthly circuit ride. -
They left by steamer Teutonic, aud will
mount at Queenstown. They carry a
change Of Undertaking, a Kodak apiece,
reyolyers, knives, compasses, medicine and
guide books. PHILo-CYcLK