New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24

a feW MONTH. nc VIII tour through fh' "uiir Last
vii probably be win Iiou6en The only foreigner
The discrimination ~ J. water Spalding e. open
VI the Madison SQUARE roof garden - cycling
school has furnished ,ye.y topic 81 conversation
among wheelr.u In the reighborhool. The iunoVa-
ton Is looked upon as most scnsib" one" AMI u
the plan is successful there Viii be one or two more
roof-garlcn cycling schools opened in short order
Tho roof garden AZ Madison square Is l6lNoS and
the place Is remarkably we'll adapted for the pur-
poses Intended. 1t viii be opened about April l.
Frank W Sanger suggested the idea 70 Spalding.
AMI each Il enthusiastic over the scheme
Another well-known cycling firm. not 10 b. out
done has had agents scooung around FOR the las,
day or two looking over the other roof gardens
The ones at Roster & Bils. the American Theatre
and the Casino have been inspected The roof gar
den performances viii probably not begin until June
20 the cycle roof garden experiment can have Two
months trial
"Do you know" said wcknown wheelman
Yesterday that tn chief Consul Of New-fork
state came pretty c.ose 10 being elected president
OF the League Of American Wheemen?
"At that League OF American Whcclmen meeting
AZ the Grand Union Hotel Wilson's Resignation
as president came in such way and AT just such
a time that stampede for poplla. candidate was
avoided only by WllIson's prompt withdrawal OF
his resignation.
be the president Of the League OF American Wheel
men but he would Just about have had the honor
forced upon him. and he could not hay" escaped H.
Potter's ability and his enthusiasm for cycling ~
him for the position. With Potter AZ the head Of
TN" League OF American Wht e!mcn affairs. do MOI
think thdt the yell for economy would be heard
for a long time to come
50 many wel-known people have learned to ride
the wheel during the winter months Just past ina
now. with the near prospect Of being abe 10 gile
through the country yefore them they are consult
ing road books and mapping OUT tours OF AZ SORTS
one party Of well-known New-York men and women
purposes riding from Port Jervs to the Delaware
Water Gap forty-two miles "f a beautiful roa1
through a charming country away from all rail-
The party will repair tn Port Jervis on late April
or early May Saturday morning. by train. ride four
teen miles that afternoon, to Dngman's Ferry,
where the night will be spent. and twenty-eght
from the last point on Monday morning by rail
Another party OF young men purpose rldlng -
Washington from this city about the middle or
April stopping the first night at Princeton the sec
ond at Philadelphia. the third at ilavre de Grace.
and the fourth at Baltimore. reaching Washington
the fifth day. This was the trip Planned by
James J. Van Allen last autumn. ami which he was
Obliged to abandon on account OF his sudden de-
parture for Europe.
The sport or work Of bicycling IL be one OF the
popular Lenten amusements No doubt II has ~
use as leading the mind to higher thoughts. \
"cr1pper' from a fast.nying wheel IL likely 10
produce chastened and penential frame OF mind
In sympathy with a broken ana cOn,rite body. ana
a long run into the country IL sure and simple
way OF Notifying the flesh. In fact. very good
Lenten sermon might be preached. taking the bike
as text. and followin us career from start TO
punctured pneumatic tire In the mouth OF clergy,
man like Talmage might we'll afford n parallel
to the vanity of earthly riches.