New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-13

haitian Bicycle Club Fred Reer Of tho Hudson
County wheelmen, and ]. j. Lynch OF the Montiuk
wheelmen This brigade composed Of the following
clubs: The Brooklyn Bicycle Club, seveny-one strong
under Isaac b. Potter. The Harlem Wheelmen turned
on: 100 under command Of H. c. Bryan, captain
and Charles Fuller and H. Frost, hcutenants. The liud
ION County Whcclmcu nfty.GSe riders In line, cap
tanned by Frederick kocr the leut"nant' being y. VI
Cobanks and II. NJ. Green. Captain T. A. Powers Of The
Riverside Whcclmcn headed rney-hye members Of his
club. The Manhattan Bicycle Clubs company was und
command Of Wi lam Monyhan and Albert Schire. There
ninety Of them all, divided into two divisions the
first OF .xyhNe in fancy costumes led by Mr. Nonyh'n
aud the rest in the regular club uniform under Dr.
Schirc The Bedford Whcenen had for'y riders und =
w r. Seward. g. w shannon commanded the Prospect
Whcclucn> division. consisting Of twenty-five men Inc
QUEEN, County Wheelmcn turned out twelve men und'I
c. L. Bcrton The Montauk Wheelmen, OF brooklyn
had eghy.nVe members present under the leadership oi
r. j. Newman The Castle Point Cyclers Of lloboken'
were represented by thrty.Lve men under f. LAnpt'
There were twenty-five riders the Metropolis Wheel
men led By l.. RaUschlolb
SECOND DIVISION.
The second division was composed Of about sixty
women from Ncw.York, Brooklyn and NewJcrsey and
y few from Washington and Boston This division wa
headed BY smith, the pioneer cycst of hcr sex III
the world her original bicycle acconI"nie1 DY h'I
husband and her aids. At this point ue hoisc"ch
Just preceding the noats became inpatient at their long
whcelmen. After a number Of horsemen ana seNeItI
floats had passed, however the cyclists again broke III
and the third division poured out OF Nesey'7t' I''
broadway.
This division made UP Of NewJerSey clubs headed
hv the Planne.d Bicycle Club There were forty mem
ues OF this organization in line commanded by r. L. =
Martin. The Union League Whcemen oil WeS'ncIu' n'u
twenty members prescott, under james Wills H. W
Saeondorf commanded division q riders from the "An'l
ION Wheeluen Of West Hobokcn composed Of MY men
ten women and two children. There were rlAty OF inc
Elizabeth Whtemcn in line under ~ f. CaNInS. /. l.
Rerdan commanded division composed OF thirty members
~ the Eo,clc Iamhlor-. The Bergen County Wheemcn
O, Ridgencd turned ont forty riders under The leader
shin Of Morton r. brewster TIE Essex Bicycle Olu'' o
Newark tho pioneer wheeling club of NeWJeiSey' wa
rep osented by twenty members, under the command o
Eugene Sergeant. The Bergen Point Cycling CWo III
Vision WAS commanded by George Holland ana numD'u
.eyentv.nyc men Thirty mcmbels Of the East Orange
Cvclcrs were commanded by II. W. Smith. Tho HuN-
ness Mem cycling League. Of Newark, wa" wei r'pie
sened BY scveny.hyc riders. Of which twenty-five were
women. They were under the command OF w H. MIN
patrick ,,,,> ,,,,-re,Ov
The last division composed OF delegations Ho'
various New.Yors and Brooklyn clubs ana large
number Of unattached riders This latter section huu'
between 200 and 300 but there was no special
and was impossible at their exact number lheS
were commanded by in particular and every one III
general their lack Of order "a' apparently que 10 ''
lreouen and contradctnr orders given by various poP"
The lcnON WheflUca, o. New 1 VI n III" 'N''''N'
in line commanded by H. {. Jcrko"ski' Inc h'ui"fu
cycle Club Of Brooklyn had nfty-tvo members in line
under Edward White The Adlantt Wh''lm'h' OF N'""N'
were represented by thirty cyclists chptaih'o pN L
Swain. {. T. Keuchler COMMANDED twenty-five members
OF Workers Bicycle CiuD. The Sionne'~ Bicycle tIup
division numbering twenty-four. lead by G. > wilson
Michael Quinan e1d large division Of the "cnor'A 'Fo
Club. consisting Of sixty riders The Nh'uhgh"" '"''
ing Club and the shoshone Pleasure Ciup were i'PV
scented by eleven riders under the leadership oil T. NJ
uo,erts The Iacy0n Whcenen must red thirty c!ci>ts
under y. Randall George De>hay headed uI}''h'
member. of the Greenwich Wheolmcn. The American
Wheclmcn. sixty strong, We're led by T. = b"p'c'''
The Arlinton WI -lmon were represented by twenty
seven riders under command Of Charles F. Puldv UNITY
SIX members Of the Liberty Cycling Club formed one
section headed by William Lehman. The Alpha Wheel
men represented by hiF members una
II II. Ncithardt Fred Falkcnbach commanded
f,r,v.two representative, OF the Crammcrcy Wheel
men. OF which fourteen rode "ordnaieS." The
Albert Pleasure Cycling Club had sixty representa-
ti,es in line under Frank Albeit The Young Men
e. rj,tian Association was also well rypr.sened The
Harlem, branch had fourteen wheclmen line, and tn
Yorsy1c branch under the command Of j. C.
Rem.
SOME INTERESTING FEATURES.
One of the most interesting divisions was that repre-
.cnting the Manhattan Bicycle club There Wcr' SAN'
five members OF this organization In fancy dress costumes
representing historical characters led by William Mony'
ham, dressed as Columbus. N,arS all Of the other we'll
known men history represented in me display ana
the costumes ard 'maIeup' Of the me1 were excellent
They wore wigs powdered and painted ncil faces ana
the costume, were historically accurate Following III.
ore tmnent Of the historical characters was band oi
forty Indians in full war PANT, with touaha"k' ana
feathers headed by John Thompson as tie "Hir H'rh
l. icf"
Four whceimcn in division Of tho Harlem Y. ".
{ g. carried their white sweaters the initials Y N.
e. A. in black letters each tclrng and riding abreast
They Ncre olowcd by six others bearing the letters H.
\. r. L. l.. VI. their chests. some Of the trans
rarencles in line also bore Interesting inscriptions The
cyclists great desire for better roads made proni
cnt bv many such legends that cred by The Iorl'm
whoclmcn, which real "lailcm Nhc'men. l'C strong
We want good roads
Richard wulH Of the Prospect Whcclmcn. hal fas cncl
t. the handle lar Of his machine pyramid Of twenty
four japanese ant ms, which made pretty display
One rider I'm the division Il the Atalonn WA"Iun carried
d revolving pyramid OF twenty rod white ana bHc coli
ored lanterns which gave Kaleidoscope efc't when
in motion.
Nearly all the wheels de.o'esd % certain OK
tint. The whocmcn originally received ord p not %
decorate beyond usual road arp, and TWO American
flags crossed later received motto, 10 decorate further
If possible. Many carried coord and Jopanc>a lanterns.
and still larger numi cr decorated The centre Of thc
wheels 0, machine, with red white and blue frnccd
PAPER making a pretty effect when tn wheels were in
motion.
FLOAT FOLLOWS FLOAT.
The first float wa, the Car Of Fame. il pre-
coded by hcralds blowing trumpets and bearing
banners Of triumph Cappa- military band wa, also
in advance Of the and played martial music.
High up on her l0fty young woman spread great
white wings and pretended to blow golden trumpet.
Early tribes OF Indians. thirty or forty cave jewellers
and other representative people Of prehistoric times,
attended the car The second represented pre-
historic America. on II strange looking people
representing the stone age. great mastadon's head
with big white tu>ks. rOS" from what looked like an
india rubber iceberg. and other animals Of extinct
species appeared in counterfeit prcscntment. The
float was accompanied BY company Of men dressed
TO represent the Altccs and the Ioltccs OF Mexico.
Observation-Disclosures
Another float .cScnc1 group OF rcIiciouSiy In
clined Toltecs engaged in wOl,hippmg the \
pyramid arose from the centre Of this float. and on
its top burned sacred lire. Azec priests SWING
ccnsels below the altar. and the presiding genius of
the scene a great sun and watched the two