The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-23
A DAY FOR CYCLING
Local heelmen Turn Out
in Large Numbers to En-
joy the Balmy Air.
WITH THE BOWLING CRACKS
Record to Date in the Jersey City
T~ournament-0n the Hand
ball Courts.

~ SyN4AHS GSlCtid1AS A1cdits dA0
cyclist who had his wheel stored away
in winter quarters kicked himself as he
watched the large crowd of pedal pash-
ers spin along the Boulevard deriving
every benefit from the exhilarating air.
It was a glorious day and one that
brought joy to the hearts of the local
wheelmen. 1t brought out the wheels,
too, and from early morning until dark
the Boulevard presented a lively APP
pearance. The beginner. with his char
acteristic heavy wheel. was there. So was
the expert. The ..scorchens' Were by no
means out of the procession. The wheel
women were there, too. They were. OF
course. divided into two classes: those
who wore boomers and those who didn't.
The bloomer girl is becoming a familiar
figure on the Boulevard. mi her COS
tune no longer excttes unfavorable
comment from the small boy. The wheel
women who distain the bifurcated gar
ment We're. however. In the majority.
The Bayonne section which has special
attractions for the cycling fraternity.
was the Mecca to which nearly an the
wheelmen journeyed. The road houses at
the Bergen Point terminal of the great
d did a brisk business. and in
the afternoon their capacity was taxed
to the fullest extent.
All the local racing men together with
those who aspire to the prize-winning
class were out for practice spins. They
congregated at Bayonne, where they
found every opportunity to put their
speed to a test. johnson (not Joh 81.
the professional. and Blauvelt. the 100
mile man, anne over from Newark
mounted on a tandem geared to 80
inches. They came for the avowed pur-
pose of doing Walter Roome- The
local crack a heard of the game"
and CAME down early. The fun began
early. when the tandem team started
down the road in fast time. Roome
gave pursuit and soon hooked on"
For over a mile they rode together.
johnson and Blauvelt were going like
the wind. but they could not shake off
the plucky Tad behind them. When
within a quarter mile of Salter's Hotel
they started in to squirt, and seemed to
increase their speed at every resolution
of the pedals. Roome was pushing dog
gedly behind. holding his own. Gradu-
ally he crept up on the tandem. The
front wheel of his mount o~yeriapped
the rear wheel of the tandem. With
a sudden bound he jumped to the front
and soon had ten yards on the tandem.
Finding themselves beaten. johnson and
Blauvelt slowed up and then went IN
search of other game. Later in the af-
ternoon they again tackled Roome, and
were beaten for the second time.
Lake, the Slater Island crack, and
Nevin. the winner of the Chatam road
race, mounted a tandem and gave a
few exhibitions of fast riding. "Cap"
Livingston and Richie Petit of the Ar
canum wheelmen. were also out on a
4--I.-. h,+ orzfr ~ tho weight of
the machine they indulged in little
scorching. Jack O'Halleron, of twilight
record fame, came out awhee1 for the
first time in many weeks. That his Tong
rest did not affect his speed he demon
strted in a number of hot spurts. His
club mate, Leon jaime kept him COM
pany. George Seitz, the Arcanlm wheel
men racer. knocked off a few fast miles
on a SO mount, geared to rs inches. Dur
ing the past season Seitz has ridden a
72 inch gear. but next season he viii ride
a rs. He demonstrated yesterday thai
he. can push the higher gear as we'll as
the lower one. J.. Knob, who Is also an
Arcanumite, was found we'll in front in
the scorching divisions.
Henry Lutz and Ed Wuestner, the two
Greenvlle h-eavyweights. left the scorch-
ing divisions severely alone AID ped
aled on Slu6 Dy sue dl SIX HlHC dh
hour gait. Among the other riders no
ticed on the road were:-Captain Barr,
J. Homan. J. Spofford and Mr.. German.
of the Arcanum wheelmen: H. Rohlfs,
Sergeant Buckbee and Ed Wissert. of
the Clios; L. w. Kreiser, Mr.. C.
Benson, Fred Smith, John McGilney.
George B. Spearin and w. Darmer.
Wheeimen.
Christmas n New Years Day fail
1 mset IN OF Mea the arcanum Wheelmen viii
not be held until january 9. The election
of officers postponed from the last meet
in President John ]. Yuhl is devoting all
his spare time to the clubhouse project,
and a favorable az abb r es9s1rr may msysti pc loosMs si
Yuhl has discovered a number c1 lois
upon which the .~building-the purchase
be placed, and he is PREPARED to show
how it would be more advantageous 70
the club to purchase ana move fhe
4 delegation Of club members WIN az
Yorkviile Wheelmen on Saturday even.
ing. at the Central Opera House, Third
avenue and Fifty-eighth street, New
York. +,
SqueaIfngs and Ratings.
The first essential of enjoyable cycling
Is the passage of the machine along the
road without noise, says The Wheel"
w mere HIS 10 " 81 liz 90 49,
perfect the wheel may otherwise be, the
enjoyment of its riding ceases until the
squeak is sauelehed and the rattle RENE
died. A noisy machine, like a crying
child. shows something wrong with the
nojse-maker, and the cause should at
once be sought and the remedy applied.
Al faint hum, such as the industrious bee
gives off when attending to his business,
is all right for a wheel to cause, while
the barely audible clicking of the balls
is admissible, but nothing more. Every
other sound intimates something wrong.
and demands immediate attention and
prevention.
A rafting which makes itself heard only
in coasting will probably be found due
to the pedals needing a tighter. adjust
ment. Try them, and see II they ad-
init of side play. A sound and accom-
panving feeling as though the frame was
Shaking when you are passing over rough
roads NAV be due to the head of the
machine being looser than it should be.
The hubs, also, will give forth noise il
too loosely adjusted A grating sound.
with perhaps a tingle transmitted to the
riders feet, is often caused by a broken
bali, and calls for prompt attention
If there comes to your annoyed ear a
regular s-aw-and-a-fle sound from the
neighborhood of the bearings, which oil
fails to molHfy. the trouble, you will dis
Heart Disease
Quick pulse, palpitation Of the heart,
short breath. swimming head terribly