The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-18
CYCLE CHAT.
Gossip That Will Interest Jersey City
Whee1men

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Gossip That Will Interest Jersey City
WheeImen.
The Bergen Lady Cyclers will meet at
the rooms of the Fl. G. W. on the last
Thursday in this month.
A race meet is talked of by the H.
G. w.
The unpleasant weather yesterday af-
teruoon kept many wheelmen at home.
The Quaker City wheelmen are slow in
responding to that call for a grand race
track.
Applications for cycle exhibits will be
received at the Office of the Chicago Fair
up to July l. So far only fourteen firm
lave notified the managers that they de
sired space.
AT the Chicago Fair o two weeks L. A
w. race meet will be held. The date is
not announced, but the committee are
hard at work. G. L. Burdette, H. f..
Raymond and F. w. Gerould are In
charge.
The Peoria Bicycle Club will hold a re-
lay rate to Chillicothe. a distance Of 100
miles, on May 20.
The postponed can road race between
the Harlem Wheelmen n the Staten
Island Athletic Club Wheelmen will be
held at the latter's grounds on May Z.
The Manhattan Athletic Club Wheel
UJGU dHJlClpduc nOllluS WV OlCySiO
at the Manhattan Field this year. June
s ana July ~ are looked upon as the
probable dates for the events.
The Business Mems Cycling League of
Newark has elected the following officers:
President. Fl. w. Knight; Vice Presi
dent, G. Ingraham; Recording Secretary,
w. d. Peck; Corresponding Secretary, e.
tepants W. E. Martin and G. G. Barlow.
Tine Belleville Wheelmen have elected
the following officers for the current year:
President. II. w. Taylor; Vice Presi-
dent, c.. II. Williams; Secretary. L. M.
Watson; Treasurer, A. N. Streeter; Lieu
tenants, w. Fackerill and w. A. Coey-
man; Executive Committee, G. p. Doug
lass, Z. G. Leec h and f. w HANSEN.
The Elizabeth Wheelmen are arranging
to hold a relay road race. The event will
AXE place on Saturday. May 81, and will
be over the Union county roads. There
will be five relays who will ride the sew
enty-five miles. The Elizabeth Wheel
men, Union County Roadsters and East
Orange Cyclers are interested in the
event.
The new Road Committee of the Kings
County Wheelmen has decided TO award
four prizes to stimulate interest in road
events this season.
The last meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the League of American Wheel
iGE u q IVY 49, A1hhN 49,
business was handled.
The athletic club of the Schuylkill
Navy will be represented by TaXis. Kelly,
Greer and Draper at the Harvard Cycling
Association meet June 4.
The Union County RoadSters, of Rah-
way, NJ j., say the race tournament
which the organization Is TO give May 81
will be one of the features of the season.
And now the Tourist Cycling Club. of
Paterson. N. j., is to have q big race
meet. 1t will be run at Clifton, N. j., on
June 25, If the League Committee grants
that date.
The following dates have been chosen
for New York, New Jersey and Pennsyf-
vania racing circuit:-Juue IL, Syracuse,
Century Cycling Club meet at Kirkwood
Park; June 13, Cortland, CORTLAND
Wheel Club meet: June Is, Rochester,
Genesee Bicycle Club meet; June 1918.
Buffalo, Press Cycling Club division
meet; June 20-21, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Division meet; June 25, Philadelphia,
South End Wheelmen; July 8, New York,
Riverside Wheelmen meet.
The 1900 tons of English clay which the
British ship Windermere brought here as
ballast. and which had to be discharged
on Deal Beach when the craft stranded
there, has been purchased by some of the
bicycling residents of Asbury Park, and
win be used to improve the roads Of that
famous watering place. With native soil
of Great Britain under their wheels, how
some of the English, quite English, riders
of New jersey will rave this seasoul
The Wheelmen's Racing League will
meet tonight at the house of the Kings
County Wheelmen.