The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-16

| a machine is excessive oiling. says a
long distance rider. The first care
| should he to learn where to put the oil,
and a good way to begin is to clear a
part Of the dust Immediately surrounding
the oil hole. Then, without splitting. in
sert The tube of the oilcan into the hole,
and remember not to use too much.
A. H. Barnet the winner of the 1r-
yington-Milburn race, will attempt TO low
er the worlds record for twenty-five
mile road racing in the race of the AS
!! ISOLATED Cycling Clubs of New Jersey,
from Elizabeth to Railway, on Labor
The Advisory Committee of the Good
Roads tournament, to be held at Asbury
Park or August 30 and 81 and September
l, consists of Charles H. Luscomb, Pres,
ident of the Law; Chairman Raymond
of the Racing Board, and Sterling Ell
lott.
The National Circuit race meet of the
Harlem Wheelmen, to be held at Man
haitian Field on September 10, promises
to be a notable affair, as every rider OF
prominence will compete in the several
to be the most costly ever offered by a
The Mercer County W.J9 Lady Cyclists
of club ~runs:-August 20, to Wheatsheaf;
August q. to Fallsington; August %, to
Cadwaliader Park; August ., to Trenton
Junction; August q, to White House;
August 2I, TO Mercerville.
Captain Robert 3. Morrison of the Har-
lem Whee]r1en ANNOUNCES a JOINT cup
run win the HUDSON 1Oully d4lO =
oneer Mheeimen to Rye Beach on Aug
ust 10. The party will leave the club
house at No. II West 124th street at S:50
a. NJ.
Barnett, the crack Jersey rider, took a
spin ever the Haynes course from Ma
liant to Lynn. Mass, on TUESDAY, ana
predicted that the record Woutd &c III III
the approaching contest. TWo-thirds OF
the route is as level as a billiard table
and almost as hard.
The light wheel fad is the latest craze
-,La~ o,olie+c irraSnnptjV6 r of pYne~J-
ence and weight. An old time rider
advises n~oviees to get a good medleln-
weight wheel. as it will afford more
comfort and less annoyance than the
much desired featherweights.
John Van Benschoten lowered the I'm
paced flying. start record Tor a Quarter
of a mile at Poughkeepste yesterday:
His time was just one fifth of q second
better thar Roades' effort at Waltham.
which was 0:29 80.
The Saltonstall Trophy was sent to
antwerp last week. According to the
rules it should have reached its destin-
alton thirty days prior to the interna-
tional championship meeting. r.4
William Huson has been appointd First
Lieutenant of the Harlem Wheelmen.
A feature of the race meet OF the
wlthers Bicycle Club, to be held at the
be the meeting between George smith
and Fred Royce in the quarter mile
open race. Both are candidates for the
uuarter mile championship honof, ana
as Royce now holds it and Smith. wants
it an exciting contest will probably be
witnessed.
ment at Asbury Park, August 30, 81,
and September l, are coming in rapidly.
six races are scheduled for the first day,
and seven for the last two days,August
81 and September 1. Bicycles and dia.
morfds will be given for the majority OF
the races, but some special prizes will
be awarded the winners of some OF the
extra events.
The cycling clubs of Pittsburg are out
with a challenge to race any team OF
riders in the country in a road race
from the Smoky City to Buffalo for a
trophy, the event to take place any
time between August "a and %. The
distance is 245 miles. 1t is likely that
New York will be represented in the
race. and HI the pick of the long dis
lance riders of the Greenwich and
Riverside wheelmen will compose the
NJohn S. Johnson has filed an applica-
ton through C. H.. Callahan for member
hin in the Press Cycle Club of Buffalo.
The rouble johnson had with the Cen
t,1rv cycle Club of Syracuse, IS said to
be responsible for the change; With
Baird, Dirnburger, Johnson n Charles
callahan in Class B and Louis Gala
han and Leonard in Glass A the Buffalo
Club can boast of more speedy men
than any other organization in the coun-