The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-11
WnEELMEN,S LIYELY DAY.
It was u Forced Put for One to Stay a
Home.

It was q Forced Put for One to Stay at
Home.
The wheelmen had one of their pretti-
est days of the season yesterday, and all
VINO could get out had a run on theil
bikes.
The wheelmen of the Jersey City A.
G. had a jolly trip on Saturd ay.
George i. Brown, one OF the Palms
wheelmen, is an enthusiast. He rode to
Montclair yesterday and was not content.
On returning to the city he learned that
several of the Palma boys had taken u
ride to Coney Island and he Joined them
there.
1t is an easy task for wteelmen n to reach
Coney Island on the bike long before
their friends who travel by boat. alth ough
they start from the ferry mere at the S anne
time. Two wheelmen saw their rela tives
start on the iron steamboat transfer boat
and then they went to Brooklyn by the
annex and reached the island fifteen min.
utes ahead of the boat. On the return
they mounted their bikes. put on a little
steam and were OF home half an hour
before their friends arrived.
The Hoboken County Wheelmen had a
long and pleasant ride yesterday. They
went to Seawaren via Elizabeth, Railway
and Woodbridge and arrived there in
time tor dinner. The club will take a
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The jersey City A. CTS Wneelmen will
ride to Orange next Saturday.
Some of the Hudson County Wheelmen
Will take a "trip to Englewood next SAT-
urday.
The Manhattan Athletic Club inte nd
making their bicycle tournament on
August %, the cycling event of the year.
The next progressive team races will be
held at the Staten Island Athletic Club
grounds on Saturday, July 16. The fol-
lowing clubs will rlde:-Hudson County
Wheelmen VS.. Staten Island A. c.
Cyelers, Brooklyn Bicycle Club VS.. Pros
pect Wheelmen, Centaur Cyclers VS..
Bergen County Wheelmen.
ii. q. Jansen, Chairman of the Boat
ing Department. of the Staten Island Ath-
lelic Club. haze placed a barge at the dis
Dosal of the Bicycle Department for the
purpose of training the bicycle riders of
the s.. ]. A. c. on alternate days. By row
ing they nope to strengthen the wind of
The riders and develop their arm and
chests.
A meeting of the Executive Committee
OF the Amateur Progressive Cycling
League has been called for Thursday.
July "A. TIT questions of division OF the
gate receipts of the team races, Offering
a special handicap prize for a one mile
race, open only to members and substi-
tutes of competing teams, changes in the
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schedule will come up for consideration.
The Paiisade Wheelmen of West Ho-
beken, N. J. elected the following off,
GERS at their annual meeting on Friday
evening:-President, A. V. Grasshoff;
Vice President. Robert Hecht: Treasurer,
William Heydt; Secretary, Robert Pat
~terson; Financial Secretary, William
Clark; Captain. James S%chlendorf: First
Lieutenant. Albert Weise; Second Lieu
tenant, Charles Schworer; Color Bearer,
Frank Van Tassel, and Bugler, James
Westfeld,
The Racing Board Of the League of
American Wheelmen has sanctioned a
single bicycle event to be run at the
Staten Island Athletic Club track on Sat
urday, July 16, and each succeeding Sat
urday during the summer. This club
proposes, in addition to the regular series
OF team races. to have a cycling event
each Saturday for the members of the
competing teams and any other riders
who care to enter. The object is to de-
yelop local interest in cycling and to ia
miliarize riders with the track before the
big race of the Staten Island Athletic
Club in tho fall. The first race will be on
Saturday, July 16.
Edward Spooner broke the record for
twenty-four hours continuous riding at
Chicago on Saturday. He covered 374
miles 1.605 yards. He was off the wheel
only forty minutes.