The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-24

His friends are confident that he VIII
not return without honors. Following
is the official programme for the tour
nament:-
Tuesday evening, Nov. q: Class A.
One mile race for n~ovices, one-half mile
scratch and fve-mile scratch. Glass
Bone mile, 2:l5 class, half-mile heat
race and three-mile lap race. FroleS-
sional-One mile scratch and hve-mlle
scratch.
Wednesday evening, Nov. %: Glass A.
One mile, 2:40 class; two-mile handicap,
limit 1850 yards, and three-mile scratch.
Glass Bone mile scratch; hye-mile m
door championship, and one miie ha1uas
mile scratch and ten-mile scratch.
Thursday morning. Nov: %: Class A
Half mile race for boys, IA and 10 years
years of age: one mile, 300 class trial
heats, final heal to be run in the even
ing. In
indoor championship, one mile handicap,
limit 80 yards. Glass B-TWo-mile scratch
and two-mile handicap, limit 100 yards.
Professional-One-mile scratch and two
mile scratch.
THURSDAY evening: Glass A--Final heat
in the one mile. 800 class; one mile
indoor championship; two-mile handlcap,
door championship; five-mile scratch.
Professional-Two-mile scratch and TWEEN
ty-ive mile championship.
Friday evening, Nov. 30, Class A
limit 80 yards. Glass B-Two-mile handi-
cap, limit 10 yards; one-mlle lap race.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS scratch, twenty
four hour international 1ampionsnip
race, starting at $50 o'clock; two-mile
scratch.
Saturday evening, Dec. /: Glass A
One-mile scratch. Professlopal-tlnlsn
of the twenty-four hour nternatlonal
championship race. one-mile scratch,
two-mile scratch and ten-mile scratch
for record of worlds championship.
Glass B-Five-mile scratch.
The big prize of the tournament Is
that offered to the winner of the twenty
four hour international championship.
1t is a purse OF 500 in gold eGi1. s Ihe
fourth, 500; fifth, $751; sixth, $50, and
seventh, SIS. For the ten-mile scratch
race for professionals on Saturday even.
ing a special record-breaking prize OF
500 is offered, in addition to the first
prize of $40.
A spring cycle wheel has been recent
ly invented in England, which in compl-
nation with a pneumatic tire Will, IL Is
said, make bicycle riding over an ordl-
nary pavement as easy as q rocking
chair. The hub has extra large hanses,
in which holes are pierced transversely
the spokes. A coil spring, fitted with
swivel hooks at each end, is attached
to the hub by one of the hooks passed
through OIl6 VI Lie AAOACS, -
spoke wire is attached by means of the
stirrup 10 the other hook of the spring;
The hook passes through the surrup, ana
the spoke wire passes through a mole
in the foot of the stirrup; the head OF
the spoke is caught by the stirrup In sucn
a way that it can be made to revoive
by turning the stirrup and hook. me
wire is screwed into a nipple at tne
rim, his nipple not being OF the ordi-
mar straight form, but terminating IN
of the rim, where a semi-circular notch
is cut for it to prevent slipping. Each
that is, spokes hooked to the left hange
of the hub are hooked to the right side
A folding bicycle that is said to be a
success has been inyented in France.
try, would sell like hot cakes, as per-
sons possessing them would not n na ave
a ride. They could be taken aboard the
trolley cars.
A six-day professional bicycle race, be-
ginning on Monday, December !, will
be held at Industrial Hall, philadelphia