The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-03
TURN OF THE WHEEL.
Associated Cycling Clubs of the State
Will Have a Road Race.

Will Have a Road Race.
The Associated Cycling Clubs of New Jer-
sey, under which the 25-mile handicap road
race is to be held, are working very hard to
have this race the greatest road race ever
held in this part of the country. The Race
Committee are now at work arranging the
details OF the race. Carl Won Lengerke is
Chairman, and A. Fl. Chamberlain, the Sec
rotary, is receiving letters every mail for
entry blanks. The priz5 lis will be very
large, consisting OF bicycles, diamonds and
medals. The course is in good c~ondltlon-no
hiils-anG records will surely go. A. II.
Barnett, winner of the Iryington-Milburn
race, is now training for this event, and ex-
poets to break the worlds record. The
race will take place Labor Day, September
Is, starting at 1880 A. NJ, at Morris
avenue. Elizabeth. then to Springfield, TO
Westield, to Railway, to Elizabeth and re-
turn and finish in Railway. This course has
no hills to speak of, and only one return. SO
that there will be no time lost turning, as in
the Irvington-Milburn race. A diagram
and cut of this course is now in the printers
hand and will be mailed upon application to
the Secretary. The committee expects to
hear favorably from all cTack road riders.
Inc Union County Roadsters Of Railway
have engaged a band of fifteen pieces to play
at the finish of that race, and at three o'clock
sharp the same day on the Railway track
they will hold their ninth meet of five races.
Royce, the quarter mile champion; George
aSmith, Goodman and other crack Glass A
men will be ON hand, A. FL. Chamberlain,
Lock Box No, 80, Railway, can be addressed
for entry blanks. He has charge of both
events.
Matthei and Treager of the Castle Point
Cyclers did not break tine record Tor the
round trip to Philadelphia. They negotiated
it in a little over sixteen hours. This is ex-
cellent time, as they were new men On the
route and lost considerable time in stopping
to ascertain if they were moving toward the
Quaker City or the North Pole. The ride
swells Matthei's mileage in the season to
5000 miles. The return trip was made in
seven hours.
The Hudson County Wheelmen will hold
their regular monthly meeting this evening
at their clubhouse on Belmong avenue.
The Greenville Wheelmen will have a
club run tomorrow. They will go to New
Dorp, 81.
Catholic Club Cyclers' Club run on Sun
day will be to Coney Island.
Harry Tyler made five new records yes
terday at w altham from a half mile to a
mile.
Tyler's attempt was from a standing start
60 beat the mile record held by Julian, 2.
Bliss. He not only did that, but lowered
the worlds record, by 923 seconds, to
1:57 80, which at the beginning of this sea-
son would have been within less than a sec
ond of the worlds record with flying start.
The attempt at the flying nile was post
poned till Friday, when. many believe.
Tyler will get the record down 70 about 1.53
if conditions are favorable. His fractional
time was:-Quarter, y 10; third, Il; half,
20 %; two-thilris, 1:l9 1-5: tnree-fourths,
1:29: mile. 1:51 30.
The Racing Boar Of the j. 4. w. has
allowed the claim Q S. johnson, Mmnea-
nolis Mimi. for one die 6yiug start, with
~pacernakers, OF / IS, made at Walthsru,
Jrae IS. tSa4, has been pissed On and APP
proved.
violation OF tlsnscs A. D and T.. Class 4
rnles:-G.N. Alien.G Il. hilEey. W. Keenan,,
Hudson. f. j. Mccain, Leo Salback, Stock
tor. Cal; a. I. Brown, L. c. johnson,
Cleveland, Ohio: c.. D.. bollos, ?. Dewitt,
Atlanta, Ga. A. j.. Banks, Denver, Col. /;
s. Bailey, II. A. Chaffin, T.. O.. Dolson.
c. S. Edsweil, C. ]. Heinstreet, G..
Lomerine, w. C. Mills, W. D. RislieI, ". G.
Wolcott. Cheyenne, yoning; F. G. Chand-
Langton. D. Marshall, R. Ready, San Fran
cisco, Cal. J.. =. Carey, j. 4. Desirnone,
San Jose. Cal. L. L. Cabanne. st. Louis,
Mo: w, S. Daniels, c. +. Harris, Laramie,
wyoming: William Fisher, Stockton, Cal. !;
+. Il. Fuller, Hartford. Conn; J H Fine
h5ut. indianapolis. Ind. a. Jackson. Ster-
linv. Wyoming; J. Lambert, Boston, Mass.
w 4. Rhoades, Walieston, Mass; F. L.
Talley, GAINESVILLE, Ohio; W.. A. Webber,
Baltimore. Md
At Chicago tomorrow, the great race, in
xrhich every man goes a mile unpaced
D. INST time, will be held. 1t is thought
saw MefSsayed himself for this, as he now
SaturdaySnissc ed mile record OF I'll and
house. tt was onc 70 come very close to that
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