The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-13

The SILENT STEED.
Arcanum Wheelmen Busy
Preparing a Slate for
the Annual Elec-
tons.
BUSY NIGHT FOR BoWLERs
Lindens and Ciiutons Break Even
Jersey City Clubs Team
Tournament.

The most popular member OF the Ar
canGm Wheelmen Just al. present is cap
tain +. w. Barr. the chairman Oh tne
ing. present the names Of the candloates
who aspire to the various oflces Wnicl
will become vacant then. The commit,es
met on Wednesday evening and aecioeu
on a number of the candidates. from
present indications all the present oincers
with the exception of one, VIII reairs.
President John j. Yuhl finds ms tlne
so taken up with other matters tnat
he has declined a denomination. he
avs that. while the club occupies a
warm spot in his heart, he THINKS ne
should retire, in justice to himself ana
in justice to the club. For TINS position
the Nominating Committee has not yet
named a candidate, n there IS mgca
SPECULATION as to who will be accorded
the honor. The members of the cluo
would like to see Captain Barr In the
the Nominating Committee, he,. with
Characteristic modesty, has refused to al
low the other two members OF the com
nateds however and elected. Captain
Barr has declined a denomination for the
office which he now holds, he believing
III the one-term rule.
candidate for Vice President. For Sec
rotary Mr.. Fred Korb is the unanimous
choice of the committee. and the members
as we'll. A better man for the place
could not be selected, and he will be
elected unanimously. Secretary Rurade
will resign the books to take care OF
the funds, he having been named for
Treasurer. For Captain, the nominee Sc
lected is A. A. LANCER. First Lieutenant
Eugene Honan Is the only one OF the
mated. The members say they. could
not get along without him, and he VIII
be elected unanimously. Second Lleutell-
ant George Wheeler seems to have lost
all interest in club runs, and he will be
retired. Mr.. G. Webb has been nomi-
mated for the position. Webb has at
tended almost every clup run O tne
hand at the meetings. For ms fagth-
fitness the members will reward MIN
with the Lieutenancy.
CLOS Road Race Prizes.
The Road Committee of the Clio
wheelmen ~nounc that the prizes won
in the ten-mile handicap road race on
Thanksgiving Day will be awarded 10
morrow evening at the club quarters,
Crescent and Belmont avenues. The plan
to have the prizes presented at the
theatre party, at the Bon Tom, mas peen
abandoned because the majority oC1ne
the project, they refusing to attend be
cause of their modesty. This is the first
time on record that a racing cycllSt mas
been found too modest to appear before
a large gathering. The presentation will
be an informal affair.
No Manufacturers Teams.
It is reported in bicycle circles in SYRIA
cl1se that seven of the leading bicycle
manufacturers OF the country nave agreed
not to send out Class b racing Teams
next season. 49,
About two months ago the Racing
Committee of the Cycling Board OF Trade
sent out a series of questions to all the
bicycle manufacturers Of the United
States regarding the employment OF CLASS
B racers for 1896. Out of about fifty an
swers received, thirty-four manufactur-
ers expressed themselves as against the
employment of Glass B racing teams to
follow the National Circuit Forty-two
&c q
ing willing to enter into an agreement
The decision not to employ Class 3
racers is said to to,, be the the m oa1gfo91n pI
and see what they would DO IN case a
break was made.
The Cotter Pin Conquered.
If the bicycle Is, as some pulpit ranters
would have US believe says The Mheel,
of the many which go to make it up is so
thoroughly devilish and so provocative
of unseemly speech as the obdurate ana
ever, by means of which even the great
est swear-causing cotter pin may be re-
morals and knuckies of the remover.
Proceed in this fashion, and then render
thanks to the man who first dlscoyereo
rested securely upon some solid body,
and the lockout should be screwed Up
until it is slightly above the end OF the
cOll6I- n OoAl0 oAtO 49,
placed on the end of the cotter, when il
will be found that the raised nut will
prevent slipping off and will thus in
sure a good hold. Several light blows Of
lowed by one rather sharp and heavy
one. will drive the cotter loose. The nut
can then be taken off and the cotter
pushed out, Sometimes. of course, q
the case the nut should only besscrewed
up until it is level with the end of the
A fat piece of steel, such as a spare
wrench, should then be placed on the end
of the cotter and the latter driven loose
as before. The object Of not removing
prevent the thread on the latter being
damaged by the blow. of the hammer In
any case, 1t is probable that the top
thread may be somewhat depressed, but
this will be corrected when the nut Is
screwed off. This is so simple that every
one must wonder it has not been pub
to most riders, and if anything fills a
fong-felt want surely it is a plan of
safely removing a cotter pin SO simple
and effective as this one is.
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