New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-15
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
The MATCH BETWEEN SANGER AND
JOHNSON TALKED OF EVERYWHERE.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS ARE ENTERTAINED OF
TIE TEAM RACE. WHICH WILL BE NOVEL
AND INTEREsTGNG-OTIIER NOTES OF

.rr7need in this country. y few were heard 10 eA-
rress the regret that the condition were srch 'na'
Zimmerman could not enter for II was uhi'e' san!
a,r,el that a series OF races between these three
men would furnish the most exciting contests on
,ls wheel ever seen in this country.
Tha conditions OF the race are entirely salts
factory II ere viii be three races OF one mile eacn
,no in the East one in the West and the tAird TO
he agreed upon. The frs: race must take place on
or before June - the second before August 90 and
the third before September rs The o;iicial an
nouncement must be made one month previous to
each race Ii is stipulated that the race In the
west must not take place further West than Dem
yor Georee -. Gideon, chairman of the Racing
BOARD vii probably referee the first race.
i. an cary hour yesterday morning the second
match was arranged al the Everett House between
Eek and ShafeT This contest Will be known as a
team race. in which the three best men from the
spading and three from the Stearns teams will
take part. The distance will be one mile. That
.bA tine Will be tas; VIII he assured. The con-
tes; must take place before September a. No
Mace has been selected Yet. and pacemakers
viii not be allowed. The selection of the track
W. be announced before August J, and the
start Will be standing. The numbers of the riders
must also be announced by August !. The teams
will start from different sides of the track. The
mace Will be a terrific one from the start. with the
noints TO he scored follows: Five points to the
win
third man, two to the fourth man and one to the
fetb man. This will make fifteen points in all, and
q tie will be impossible.
The effort to arrange 25-nile race through the
managers Shafer and Eek in which Shafer should
s+art Titus and Eek an unknown. has been aban-
doned for the present although the race will prob
ably be made later in the season The managers
could not agree upon the pacemakers
A meeting Of the Quill Club wheelnlen was he'd at
the Everett House yesterday afternoon. A cons;i-
+u.ion and bylaws were adopted. and the following
officers elected: Dixie Hines. president; G. T. Stack
house vlce-pres1ent; NJ. Il. Macfarane. 81 cretary
O. z. wilson. treasurer; T. w. Van Sicklen captain
A. NJ. Chapman. first lieutenant; C. W. Heath'
second lieutenant. The Metropolitan Bicycle COM
pany has rendered the club temporary quarters in
rs cycle academy at Sixtieh-st. and the Boulevard
When the weather showed a disposition TO be
clear yesterday the wheelmen came out in droVes
md the Boulevard and Riverside Drive were
crowded The iarges. crowd OF spectators seen out
mis- wear assembled near the popular drives To watch
tho SINNERS Among those on the Boulevard
during the afternoon were Ollie Teal. J. A. Arnold
T J. Burton. G. Biddie, J. II. Webb. J. C. Penn
horton T. Rowland. c. s. Van Rensselaer,. r.. {.
Faulkes. f. s. Thurston. A C. Rice r }. fisher'
Charles Schwalbach and II F. Belisnger
The roads through Prospect Park were In fairly
good condition. and a stream of cyc,ers went
through the drives and down the cycle pain during
the afternoon. Not 50 many women riders as usua'
were seen A peculiar accident happened curing tne
afternoon near the south entrance Of the PARK
when TWO wheelmen came into collision ana a new
wood-rim wheel smashed.
lanes Grey. O: the Fifth Avenue Hotel. and
lanes Butler OF the Gilsey House. made a match
Yesterday to race from Central PARK, at one
Observation-Disclosures. to Yonkers. They are not
likely 70 60 fast enough 70 call for police inter
ea-ence. Chauncey Eliss and Colonel John Webb
have been selected as Judges and they VIII az
con,panv the riders on a tandem. Considerable bet
ting In small amounts mas Deem i''uu'esu '-'' ~
Grey fayOrite.
Howard T. RAYMOND the ex-chairman OF me
Racing Board OF the l.. y. w. arrived IN 'he Guy
from Chicago last night. Mr. Raymond reports me
cyollng interests % the West In the most floursh-
ing condition, and he predicts season u P'o'
perity and interest for all wheelmeh
Cyclists desiring 70 Join the League OF American
Wbeelmen may obtain full printed Information ahd
blanks by sending name and address 10 inc - O'''s
Editor, Ncw-York Tribune.
BLADES FLASHING on THE HARLEM
oARsMEN BUSY Of EASTER SrNDAi-A Ne"
BoATHOUsE FOR THE NoNPARElL Ch'"'
4 njeca Of news on the Harlem YESTERDAY was
20 the effect that the Nonpareil Boat Ciuo VIZ
gin rebuilding this week on the site OF inc rio"'
ship Clubs old house. Captain CanaVdh sap 10
.be \orDareiIs grew tired OF awaiting inc 90"
,eni; nee OF the Columbia College boys anu nc
determined 10 follow up the new boats tiey no.
had built and the or iers for the others Vi'"' ''
leen given in expectation Of lively boating sea
con ~, boeinniug 10 rebuild at once. The Nom
~, rafl C,iub II may be remembered, lost us ci"o
bo,ee t, fire last Washngton's Birthday, IKE 'h'ee
other popular Harlem River ciuDs Hai"''S, Wv
Friendships. the Gramercys and tho Cresceh's'
The members of the NonpareN Boat tIuo ha''
decided to spend $500 in the erection OF an I'M
o.d .,d mos, commodious boathouse on the
former Friendship Ste at the foot OF East Oiie-
nd thirty-stcon d-st. between the Nassau
Boat Clubs house and that OF inc "yahoho' 40"
new boathouse will be two stories hish III nm
and three in the rear the extra story pehihu oe'"s
311eJ 70 give plenty OF locker and drying room
,o ~. a,blefes IN training A fine gymnasium. re-
ce,,io,-roonn and baths VIII be contained IN inc
now buudtng which is to be $5x'O feet In diinoH
s,ons CAPTAIN Canavan, as he steppeu aoi'' ~
float % the Metropolitan Rowing Ciuo "''o pa"
r. q~ettel that he could not ma ahother su" ~.
,.ir az the NETS" got when the New-forK atm
-, (.,,h hove decided to go to Travers island
I,or q 400 the Metropotans secured the New-i''k
A C's accommodations. with certain nu'"oei %
boats fixtures and appliances lot WHICH d" '
Harlem River boating market now staius-0"oi o'
account Of fires and the season c'os'is a. non "Ia
opening out-at least NV" anu p''''
now be obtained. ,, -.
rour out OF seven OF the new boats ordered by
tho Nooparei Club from Peter Vought nave Deeh
aeliverc1 and are now in the OhVer poa'house'
ne te1pUraitS, , ssoiege boys do not row on sun
day but M ,her ran eGess 10 IS Gse wss at
act''tty 70 sa ,aserday at the foot OF One-hun-
fqy' W.T. Of t As MENTIONED a
DoSs are Tbe TRIBUNE this years varsity crew Is
made up Of get f young o Ean5is vii row twice
On one sa'nrasys teo steam launch y ne geen
has been hired from Thomas Fear nf his friends to
ioow up the The ysrsy as cr S delight S ana
good bit Of pulling on satuada ss as defeat {or Cor
surprise Mr.. Peet VINO s'e' "
nell ahead III, ,,e,, for n long exercise |
rou ne fbe sfternoon The new four DaFgy
s goed BY coT n% Rey HoHEn' in ~a' double gs
rewed w 10 Hgh Bridge and back The aaa
Boat Ciub's boys. as usual, Wet n, made decided