New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-20
THE ENTRY LIST ALREADY LARGE.


THERE WILL. RE no LACK OF SPEEDY Contest
ANTS IN THE BIG BICYCLE TOURNAMENT
Entries for the international bicycle tournament
at Madison Square Garden next week. beginning on
Tuesday came in yesterday with rush. All OF the
best OF the professionals and cracks In the \ and
Il classes will compete.
THE list OF local racing men promises to De large
one local club alone having entered thirty OF i'S
.
The roads above the city and in Jersey were awe
with fast riders cary yesterday, training Tor the
dineront races The foreigners did most OK ther
work on the Circle In Central PARK. near on"-hu'-
dred-and- fourth-st After speeding there Tor Hie
they were poted up the road toward klngsprhge
ly the ld-timc six-day pedestrian, Peter Golden.
who Is now himself a rider OF acknowledged hpIl'y'
Vorheven the most promising OF all the German
riders Is in better shape than any OF the others
He certainly is the coming man In Europe lie VIII
appear In most OF the short-disiance races IL u
possible that he Will also in some OF the NNe
and ten mile contests. as ne mas SHOWN koo' WI"
I'm both Of these distances
Edwards the EnRshman showed himself TO be
n.,r,v AZ In his work the Circle. After fast
spin OF nearly three miles. he appeared 10 DE NOT
in the least distressed. and said he felt ike repeat
ing the distance 49,,
Florence Is in capital shape, despite the roush sea
voyage which ended on Sunday. He Il the ho'd'r
of three national championships and can be reled
unon TO carry Ita.y's flag to the front. II IL Hes
in his power to do so.
| OF the foreigners. Lesna Is undoubtedly the pes'
| lonp.dstance man In France they say he is the
ncer OF any at road racing. lie was Thoroughly al
homo on the road gong up to K.ngsbridge yesterday
afternoon lie led the party up ana back as Tar aS
! ona-hundred-and -tenth-st. then came down at a
COW mace TO the Ashland House. where he ana MS
party are staying
| Cherry the Partisan intends To make great
effort 10 carry off the short-distance honors' vi
/ course he has raced with Zlr norman. and knows
| that With the champion opposed to him he can nope
nr, for second honors: but when the champion does
mn, s,art I'm any race in which he is entered. he
feels confident of more than holding his own. Zlm-
uor,,an md kid" Wheeler did their work yes
,nrIav AT Freehold. y. j.. The nome ot the cham-
! ,Inn The roads In that ncghborhood are pnrtlcu-
| iarlv adapted cycling. and the champion, aipre-
daring this fact. intends To 40 al OF ms training
hara e,,ntii the track Madison Square Garden Is
oo'",nie,ed He will then come 10 this city anu DO "a
mart NJ his work the board moor: .
30, mone the local professionals. van EmDurgD IS
,,nd ,,non as one OF the best This younGster made
a nhenoinenal record In the six-day indoor toufhd-
nn,ared for the twenty fOur-hour race. beginning
on Friday night. and he feels confident or giving the
hos, OF the riders a hard tusse. Recently he mas
| neen Keeling OFF centuries on the Jersey ROADS as Il
| sort Of preliminary training.
| rvs entry list will close to-day when big baton
,s sure To in Is always the case at the last
Tbn lovers Of cycle racing in this city had little
| ~ hes, performers the National Circuit This
| was owing TO the fact that none OF the cracks
vould risk their bones on the UNSAFE tracks mere
| sbouts In the coming tournament they VIII nave