The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-24

no will have Henu's on tuesday mornIuS
at halt past nine O'Clock: Inc DAY VII
be spent IN bowling and fell sports.
TURN OF THE WHEEL
All the Local Clubs Will Run to Mi!burn
On Decoration Day.
The Assembly of Wheelmen at the NIL
burn-Iryington course next Monday Will
be one of the largest ever held In the
country. They will come from all sec
tions of New York and New Jersey.
Every club in New York. Brooklyn and
the counties adjoining Essex VIII nave
runs and it Will be an interes Ing s.gule "
see the army of blcycllsts on tneil Jou.ney
over the Plank road:
The local clubs will join the procession.
Palma, Hudson County Wheelmen'
Catholic Club Cyclers, Greenvile Wheel-
men and other cycling ORGANIZATIONS naNe
arranged runs. The Jersey City A. !.
wilt make its trip in a tally no. ms
clubs in Hoboken aud North HUDSON WI
also go out OIL their wheels. Alter sue
Iweuty-fve mile road race, IN wnlcn
about Two hundred will participate. many
of tue wheelers will go TO RAILWAY 70
| swell the crowd at the meet OF the Union
County Roadsters. 80
The Catholic Club cyclers had q short
business session last night. Ihev al
jourued early to witness the eXclulns
bowling match in which several Oh .ne
| treadle Ireaders participated. Inc cruz
will have a run next Sunday to Morris
town.
The revised racing rules have been
issued in a t~hirry-sfx page pamphlet Iorni
and are ready for distribution.
Entries for the Union County Road
sters' race meet close tomorrow Win "A
H. Charnberlin, Box SO, Railway.
Members of the J. q. A. e., who wish
TO attend the Irvlngton.Milburn race on
the uaily-ho, had better pat in their an
plications immediately, as the number Is
limited, and the list is almost complete,
e., A. Nelson, the Springfield crack.
strained himself SO severely while train
ing tiist his physician has prohibited MIN
from riding. -
placed himself under the care of Trainer
Stack pole He is determined to make q
strong effort to get into condition and
race for the international championship
honcrs.
The tenth anniversary of the Elizabeth
Wheelmen will be celebrated on June I
by out door games, a parade, q smoker
and a dance in the evening. Extensive
preparations nave been made and a num-
Der of invitations have been issued.
Leon Schemerhorn. Klugge and Huson
! practised on the Irvington-MilDurn course
on sunday, for the great race, but tney
| were not able to make good N on &C
count of dust and wind.
Joe Greaves has bought q wheel. and is
practising daily. He is one OF the pro-
missing lights of the J.. C. A. c.
Jim Newkirk, Joe Greaves and w. II.
L Scudder will take a run to Pompton on
| Saturday. They will stay over night at q
| Pompton hotel, and return on Sunday.
The j., G. A. @. party who are TO wit
ness the race on Decoration Cay Will lax
their dinner at Davis in Orange. The
| committee desires to know im uiedlatelv
now many are going to complete Ihelr
| order and ensure a bouhtiful meal.
| Orange will be tnroneed with wheslrnen
on the holiday and it is pr0bable that
MANY OF the tardy arrivals will have TO
| satisfy their hunger with gingerbread
and milk.
Al a meeting of the Executive and In.
ternational Race Committees OF the
League of American Wheelmen held IL
| Chicago on Monday the prOgra NINE fol
| the national and international race
| meetings were arranged. The Nationa
/. A. W. championship races will be run
| on August o and 10. while the inter
| national events will be held on The two
last DAYS of the tournsment. The q o.
long distance events for the 1nternational
| contests r6Ce1V6Q COuSlueIdttOb, huu ~
was finally agreed to hold a sixty mile in
| ternatiopaf event.. In addition to this. six
| one, and two-mile team races are sched'
| uled as International events. Toe SalJon
| stall trophy will be contested for in thu
team race. The third of a mile track
which the L. A. w. are building at The
| baseball park, was inspected by the com
mittee, and although the work is not ye
near completion, the inspection proved
satisfactory.
The annual meeting Of the New Jerse.
Division of the League of American
Wheelmen will be held at Trenton. oil
| June 80 and July /.
The Montauk Wheelmen OF Brooklyn
will hold a twenty-five mile handicap
road race the latter part OF June.
The annual spring races OF the Eas
| Orange Cycler5 will be held on Sauur
day.
George Du Cross, the Irish racing nan
is in training for the Milburn roat
race.
The Essex Bicycle Club have elected
the following officers:-President, w. )
RICHTER; Vice President. +. j. Kerr; Sec
rotary and Treasurer, NJ. Alling; CAPTAIN
e. E. Sergeant; First Lieutenant. ii. w
Knight; Second Lieutenant, A. J. Hedges
Jr.
A team road race will be held on Deco
ration Day between the Belleville AM
Rutherford Wheelmen.