The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-16
ASTRIDR The WHEEL
Hudson County Cyclists Are
Very Active Despite the
Warm Weather.
N. ]. A. CTS ATHLETIC CARNIVAL
80 a.
All Arrangements for the Big
Event Completed-Th The Lavigne-
Handler Fight.
N. j. A. CTS ATHLETIC CARNIVAL

events for the club meet when VIII oe
held at the Gutenberg race track on
Saturday, August "a. They are as lol-
lowsROne mile (scratchl championships
prizeA,i Ngold and silver medals to the
first and second men; one mile hanoi-
cap, prizes silver stop watch and mccall;
two mile handicap, prizes, gold stop
watch and club uniform; Quarter-mile
dash, prize, L. A. W. diamond pin; one
mile consolation, prizes, gold stop waten
to first man and gold and silver medal
to first n second a The races Will
start promptly at half past one o'osock.
Jess and Lyons are looked upon as dark
horses. Sam Cramer win not compete
as he is entered in. the Manhattan
Beach races for that day. Kiefer and
Jess will act as ha~nodeappers, whlle
Captain Ayres and Doc" Peterson will
act either as judges or starters.
Damon Council No. 1898. Royal Area
mum, of Greenyille. is emulatfng the ex-
ample of ~thesHoboken Council in organ
izing a wheeling club in connection for
its members. This new department will
be known as. the Greenviile Royal Ar
canum Wheelnen.
Last Sunday morning the club made a
very creditable debut as the members
left Linden avenue to run its first trip
to South Beach. Bro. r. w. Barr was
captain.
Among some of those in the run were
Bros. Webb, j. J. Yuhl. Holman and
Rurade. Next Sunday morning the run
will be to Morristown. N. j.
The membership is not restricted to the
Royal Arcanum. but is open to all young
men of reputable character. So far the
future of the wheeling club looks ex-
ceedingly bright. With energetic and
capable men like Messrs. John J. Yuhl
and r. w. Barr at its head, it will be
indeed strange if it does not succeed.
Tomorrow the annua club meet Of the
Castle Point CycIers will be held at the
Gutenberg track, and if the weather
proves Favorable exciting contests may
be looked for. The various events are
well filled, and there is much goed-natur-
ed rivalry between the members regard
ing the races. The events that will be
decided are:-One mile scratch, one mile
handicap, one mile consolation and five
mile handicap. The winners in each event
will be presented with gold medals of
very handsome design.
School Principal Herman of Hoboken
is an ardent devotee to cycling and he
is fully as clever on the wheel as he
is with the rifle.
Mr.. William A~rmbruster, the genial
proprietor of the Greenyille Schuetzen
Park, has filed a petition with Chief
Consul Gentle of this State asking that
his hotel be designated as an L. A. w.
house.
One woman. who is evidently one of
the new women, soicalled, is firmly
convinced that a bicycle is infinitely SUI
perior m the long run to the average
husband. She says, among other things,
which viii make the men folks real mad:
Il don't see but that a wheel is just
as good tcompany as most husbands two
years old. / would as lief talk to one
inanimate object as another, and I'd a
great deal rather talk to one that can't
answer than one that won't. I'd rather
imagine a sympathetic response in a
bright and shining handle bar than
know 1t doesn't exist in a frownl9g man.
health, t m certain Ell ! shat : grest
bicycle as a rare substitute for the pre-
scription SO many doctors administer: If
you would only marry and have a fam
lily to care for. yonr health would be
all right Compare a wheel with a
family in this respect. You can make
your wheel tidy over night and it never
minute and never smears itself with mo-
lasses. When you are ready you can
start. NO lIIle elbows are STUCK IN your
ribs: there is no wriggiing scream at the
cars or. the candy stores. You glide
along. silently, smoothly, swiftly. There
Very SPICE Of danger. the need to o look
sharp, the chance of adventure. When
it comes to a question of health, there
wheel riding and matrimony. Another
great superiority of the bicycle lies in
the fact that you can always get rid of
and stand It up in a corner and there
it stays. 1t will neither follow you
at af0h ineon nog enalsI mo ON raesiy Wien a'i f gefs
shabby or old you can dispose of it and
get you a new one without shocking
the entire community"
Young George Rupert, the son of the
millionaire brewer of the Metropolis, is a
simon-pure amateur in the broadest
amateurs. but ride for money indirectly.
but Rupert has all the money he cares
for and only races for glory. This year,
the desire to emulate the examples of
Zimmerman. Sanger and Johnson, and
will With, that Vt object 3rbs1er IN R;, yjey yo, secured @bo the he
sucfessfuliN handled Fred Titus last
yea and went to Savannah last spring
to @aa IT had him seaed for and the nien track of It Tha aou his
soon found out. After getting into con-
difion and able to ride a mile in 2 min
entered the intercollegiate races, where
Outgeneraled. From then through several
competitions it was the same story, Until
the national meet of the L. A. w. at AS
bury Park. when RUPERT was beaten in
every race and in slow time, which made
the wise ones shake their heads and ac-
cuse him OF having no heart. Realizing
that something must be done or his
charge would become Disguised, Young
determined to have him try for a record
paced a. Rupert outrode his panemakers
and was very much surprised when told
that the mile was ridden in 2 minutes
S 3-5 seconds. This so satisfied Rupert
that he determined to close up his rae
ing year with a grand coup, so he in
ytted aHsfew, friends down to Manhattan
BeaehSEqk to witness his trial against
the New fYprk State record of 2 minutes
2 secosAsEoheld by C. III. Murphy.
He rode5Aan truly great mile. and his
time OIL minute IS rs seconds is not
only theB New York State record. but is
next to the swiftest class a mile ever
ridden. the fastest being A. w. Porter's
famous 4 minute 50 35 seconds at
Waltham. Mass.
The time satisfied RUPERT and he de-
ferminedsfo ride no more this year. Rup-
pert will attend Columbia College next
fall. but promises to ride again next
year if-hfs-tfrFe is beatenE@~ He has no
desire to racesfoE prizes. and
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