The sun., 1895-04-14
Boston. Greenfield A. A.. Auburn Cyclers, Ramapo
Valley Wheelnen. and Cleveland Wheel Club.

s and Wheel SyicF CUB
cycling organization. will hold tho international
championships at Cologne in August. Last
ise the time of the held
this country. and tho league took no steps to
send a representative team abroad. The p! Ian
now is to send II team of three American racing
ships Should the fo l.. A. y decide to do ,hi.
improve tho racing in this country: ~
Frank p; Prial. the former official handicap
per OF the l.. A; W.. discusses the present system
Glass A is farce. It is class of pure
amateurs without purity. Class b Isl mongrel
fessionals. Glass A should be kept in a severely
puritsnical state. Clus, B men sEould-wcll.
be placsd in the professional ranks. There
should To n professional class. An honest pro-
or man Ths status 70 Of "a f fprof,ssona depends
not upon class which should not carry with it
a half mark OF disgrace. but upon himself.
should ho once gentleman. always gentle
man. Zimmerman, Banker, and many Others
"The difficulty is to manage all this to gov
ern A SO that 1t will be a class OF genuinely hon
teurlsm. TO establish professional class and
keep it generally honest is the question. But
ho% qs e ,,s w
imported. manufactured. or in any other way
suddenly thrust or .snperimpo,ed ppon cycle
by the league. Everybody knows what class
B-ismn Is. The public accept Is men rs profess
Declare tho Ii men back in the amateur
class. They were taken out OF that class under
esrSn psee .. InSH
tablish then two classes. amateur and profess
sional. Perfect your racing policy In the height
in in i isS5S. m i''' '' ''A' " N''' 81 INV '''"
cult race meets TO provide ut least two profess
sional events. Get your amatcur prizes down to
the lowest intrinsic va NC, always keeping hem
entirely IN the trophy or ornamental class.
who gets even tho slightest direct or indirect
tnansa return ~, %pt h "t I cycle racng; The pro,
The brooklyn bicycle Club will hold its first
Tho cycling department OF the Rosrvillc Ath-
ietic Association have elected ts following OF
fTssfer fsss M w. foSra Gcae" nspa" ''ff"r IT, T.
knowles; Lieutenants, Il. u. Reod and {. T..
The Tourist Cycle Club Of Paterson have ar
ranged the following club runs for tho season:
April 81. orsnGe; May ., SnTGrn; -; Planifsld;
yune Hc"nton; in e"nrni nafy -" f3rs ls
H. 6r Yap, town e. ose nAa'''h -
The Briagsport Wh.Gl Club have elected tho
Charles q. Moore; Treasurer, Henry Griifen; !;
Tho whselrnen OF Corning have subscribed
$500 for the purpose OF building a cycle path
from Corning 10 Elmira.
The members OF tho q. A. r. posts In Mime
apois are striving to have cycle racing sup
pressed on Decoration Day.
The Kings County Elevated road will CONT nuo
10 carry bicycles this season. On sundays
wheels will be carried throughout the day. Dur
ing the week they will be carried between 6 and
10 O'clock a. NJ. going down town, and between
and o'clock r. NJ: going up town.
The Washington Wheelmen have re reorganized
aud expect to develop strong club In the upper
section of the city.
A professional 24-hour race will be held at
Birmingham, England In June. The first prize
will bs $500,