The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-06
WHEELING.
Opening the Annual Race Circuit
and Other Matters Of Interest.


The annual circuit OF race meetings
opened yesterday, when the Rhode Island
Wheelmen held their first tournament at
Narragansett Park. The next meeting is
to be held at Hartford tomorrow and
Tuesday. Many racing men viii go from
Hartford to Herkimer TO take part in the
Fort Dayton Wheelmen's meet on Sep
TENDER 8.
The next event after this is the races Of
the Springfield Bicycle Club which will
be held at the Hampden Park track, Sep
TENDER 10 and II. On September II the
Park Avenue wheelmen OF Philadelphia
will have their meet which will be very
we'll attended. After this event the
champions expect to head for Peoria,
where on September IS aud 10 q big meet
will be held. On September 70 che Rock
land County Wheelmen will have their
we'll advertised meeting. Some tempting
inducements have been offered, aud II
the weather is at all fair. a very large
crowd will be at the meet.
The Valley Point Bicycle Club of Cuba.
N. Y, hold the next big meet. which VIII
be run on September "a. This is to be u
tournament.
September 2S is to be white day for
wheelmen. On that day the Manhattan
Athletic Club and Elizabeth Wheeimen
will hold separate race meets. Records
are to be smashed to pieces at these races.
The date now set for the end of
the circuit is October 8, when
will be held the first annual
meet of the Riverside Wheelmen. The
especial record ct which smashing ut
tempts are directed is the one mile record
held by j. r. Osmond with minutes 10
seconds.
Quilla B. Rich of the New York Ath-
letlc Club did some tall riding last We'd
nesday morning at the Hampstead Park
track. He rode mile in 2.19H on a
pneumatic tired safety. This
breaks the American records by some-
thing over 4 seconds. and is only Q 1-2
seconds behind the best time III the world
THAT of Osmond. This gives every in
dication that Osmond's time will be
beaten at some one OF the near fall
meets.
The worlds record for 25 miles was
broken by w. @. Seeds of Wilmington.
Del, on August 20, at the meet OF the
Quaker City Wheel.nen. Seeds time was
hour % minutes and 1-5 seconds.
This time was made in the race, which
was won by Albert Beggs of Whining
ton, who was allowed II minutes start
His time was l hour 81 minutes aud 1-5
seconds
The Manhattan Athletic Club Wheel
men have elected the following ofIieers:-
Captain. f. II. Rowland; First Lieuten-
ant, r. B. Moneypenny; Second Lieuten-
ant, J. B. Anderson; Bugler, @. A.
Marice; Color Bearer. p. Il. Bonnie; Sec.
Rotary, T. FL. Rowland.
The half mile record was broken at
Springfield last week by ?. J. Berl0 of
NJ. A. G. Wneelmen. His time was min
ute IS seconds.
The Greenville Wheelmen will partici-
pate in a night ride to Plaintield Septein-
Der 10. The wheelers will leave here at
five minutes past four y. m. and will be
Joined on the way by local clubs from
Elizabeth, Roselle, Crawford and Fan
wood.
The L. A. W. Constitutional conven-
tion viii soon be held at Hartford. Conn.
Many Hudson County Wheelmen are
entered for the Manhattan Athletic
Club Wheelmen's carnival on Septem-
Der 20.
Que of the most prominent figures ut
the coming fail races will be Captain r.
A. Nc Ara of the II. G. w.
Tomorrow the Greenyille Wheelmen
will run to Yonkers.
1t is rumored that the Secretary's cat at
the II. C. W. club house is soon to be
again placed on trial.
No doubt many prizes will be brought
TO Jersey City from the fall races.
Ex-Captain Day OF the H. c. W. thinks
OF winning some by his fancy and trick
riding.
]. P. Berle of the NJ. A. C. Wheelmen
recently did mile at Springfield in
minutes and Al second.
A great collection Of wheelmen from
many adjacent points met at the opening
Of the Bedford Wheelmen's new club
house at Brooklyn on Wednesday night
last.
1t is said thar 81 200 worth of prizes will
be distributed at the meet of the Elizabeth
Wheelmen GU the 10Th instant.
The Scottish-American Athletic Club
may soon add bicycle feature.
The Alpha Wheelmen, it is thought,
will send some riders to the Fall meeting
The all absorbing topic in the Hudson
County Wheelmen is the adm ission of
lady members.