The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
TURN OF THE WHEEL.
All Cracks VIII Compete at the
Withers Meet. r

The big Withers cycle meet will be
held this afternoon at the Clifton race
track. All the class A riders in this
circuit nave entered. The track meas
ures ga of a mile, and is acknowledged
to be one of the fastest in this coun-
try. The grand stand will accommodate
5000 people. C. C. Smith will take an
other chance with G. F. Royce in the
quarter mile dash. Smith came near
taking the record from Royce on the
same track On July 4, and thinks he can
outsprint the Paterson rider. Among the
other entries of note are Tenney of
the Utica Club, and Brown of the E..
A. c.
This afternoon THE Hudson County
Wheelmen will ave a set of club events
over the Secaucus race course. The rage
half mile sprint. open only to the mar
ried member of the club. Every bene-
dict in the club will start, and it will,
no doubt, be a fight to the finish. The
other races will be a mile handicap, nVe
mile handicap, and a $50 yards slow
race,
novice run tomorrow from New York
to Long Branch has surpassed the most
sanguine expectations of the committee
in charge of the arrangements. 4 fea.
ture of the run will be the number Of
women riders in line, twenty aving en-
tered. In all $50 cyclists will start.
The Union County Roadsterh Will hold
race track Labor Day. In the handicap
races the first prizes will be diamond
rings. The events are:-One mile. novice;
half mile, handicap; three quarter mile
band will furnish music during, the
races. Entries close with A. H. Cham
berlain, Lock Box S., Railway, on Aug
ust 27.
The New Jersey 25-mile open handicap
road race, under the auspices of the
A. C. C. of New Jersey. is well under
successful event. 1t will take place on
Labor Day, and the start will be made
promptly at half past eleven o'clock in
The lovers of good cycling will be
given a race treat by the N. J. A. C..
on Labor Day. In conjunction with the
Olympiad that will be held that day,
there will be plenty of bicycle racing
One and two miles for class A men will
receive plenty of entries. The prize will
be a gold medal to first, silver to second,
mile scratch race open only to Hudson
County riders. This is to be a sort
of record breaking affair. The track
and several of Hudson County's fast
riders are convinced that they can lower
zimmerman's figures and will make a
will be W. Roome, Fred Shafto and w.
c. Darmer of this city. The first prize
in this race is a diamond presenter by
second prize will be a search light lamp
and a P. M. racing saddle for third
A pair of wooden rims will be given for
fourth prize, donated by Mr.. g. B. Spear
in of Bayonne. Besides these races Prof;
Maltby the well known trick bicyclist
has been engaged to give an exhibition.
The entries for these races viii close
with James E. Sullivan, No. 24l Broad
way, NJ Y, or Monday. August q.
George Adams of Jacksonville, son of
the L. A. W. Chief Consul of Florida,
the South, telegraphed his entry to the
Good Roads tournament yesterday, en-
tering in all the handicaps. Frank Jen-
ny, the record breaking class A amateur
of Utica, also wired in his entry, and a
request that he be allowed to try a half
mile against George Smiths record of
mae recently at Asbury Park. Jenny's
best time without pacemakers is two
minutes, two seconds for the half,bu he
thinks with cemaker ne can accom-
ably be allowed to cut loose at the record
on the first day. Thursday. The effici-
ais selected for the tournament arg.
editor Good Roads" Judges-Charles
W; A. G. Wilson. Cumberland, Md,
Perkins, Boston, Mass, Second Vice
President Law. Timers-F. P. Prial,
New York: 7. "A. Zimmerman, Manas-
auan, Nj; H. D. LeCeto, Philadelphia,
Starter-C. A. Dimon, Philadelphia, Pa.
Scorer-F. A. Egan, Philadelphia, Pa.
Marshal-S. .sKirkbride, Asbury Park,
NJ. Clerk of odCourse-W. M. Perrett,
New York. Assistants-W. dlH. Kirk
patrick, New York: Rennie l.. Smith. As
bury Park, MI Walter Perrott. Phila-
delphia. Pa. Umpires-C. G. Percival,
Boston, Mass: NJ. B. Macfarlane,- New
3 York; Paul Grosch, Passaic; MI; G.
w Heath, Philadelphia, Pa.
Zimmerman, the champion of cham
pions," received a evere leg wound in
the fve-mile International race at
Herne Hill yesterday. He had the race
well in hand when. in the last circuit
of the track, he was run down by the
daredevil tactics of Tom James, the
Welsh collier cyclist, and had a ter
rible fall against the fence. For some
moments Zimmerman lay motionless.
and it was found that he was badly
hurt.
About a year ago Zimmerman fell on
his track at the same place, and YER
heyen, the German. came down with
him. BY a singular coincidence, both
Zimmerman and Verheyen lost patches
Of flesh from the same part Of their
elbows. Yesterday. when Zimmerman
fell, Verheyen came Glleatly from be-