The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-22


a misunderstanding Of
the a. a. U.
The Road Committee of the Clio Wneei-
| men will hold a meeting this evening a.
| the club quarters in Crescent Hal 70
make the preliminary arrangements ioi
! the big bicycle parade on Tnankseiynis
| Day, proposed by "The Jersey Cits
| News, Chairman Blakeslee has caiieu
the meeting for half-past seven o'cloch'
| and members from other clubs ana ohi-
GERS in particular, are invited TO oe PRES
emit. II is the intention OF the colhlnie-
tee to give every club in the county a
voice in the management OF the ala'
| and final ARRANGEMENTS will not be MADE
until every club has been given an "
| portuntty to appoint a delegate. Ine AT
| canum Mlheelmen who have eiiuorseu
| the project most enthusiastically, VIII
| sppoint a delegate at its meeting tomor-
| row evening and on Thursday evening
| the LAFAYETTE Wheelmen will also select
a representative In many of the clups
| there is a friendly rivalry among the
members for The honor OF a place Cn
| the committee which will arrange me
Ia nVRSf DltYtfG pdIddC v -
this county. Judging from the lnter,
est that is already being manlIesteu ~
the affair. it will exceed the moss Tha
| gIline expectations of the projectors. ne
Committee has changed the date Tor Ine
meeting Of club delegates from r, Weamss y
day ssni ssen1 osisoS ostG & &, tt the l'n mestiag
| tonighf the committee win send out the
printed cal for the appointment OF Dele ne
| eeeiye one while out of town clubs VIII
receive special invitations to partlclpale
in the parade; Invitations to sba e BOARD aggie Of
FIreeRh aid Sheriff Toffey. Mayor Wan
| ser. Mayor Pagan Mayor . Earr; S'mo of
K Kerfb f H%dg all TIE Il IS ae opposed HE e erect =
large reviewing stand at some poip'
along the road.
Catholic Club CycIers.
The Catholic Club Cyclers are BUSY ar
race meet which will be held at the
| Guttenberg track on Sunday afternoon.
The events selected by the Road tMo C %ane
scorchers have been training on the
B tssY d, for qep tns tSat t fsw @ ase IN aiae
form, exciting races may be looked Tor.
Apathetic G~reenyiIie Wheelmen.
For the second time, within the past ~
mT9nah it is ~ rum aSp1,4 tna d5,sgb ne dree < res
porter of THE Jersey City News, WWho
interviewed an officer. OF the CLUB last
evening found that the rnm o MAS W do r9'tt
Know what's the matter with our boys"
said the oficer in question, for they
seem Ito have lost all interest IN 1ne cluD.
Probably it is because many OF the mem
hers have sold their wheels and abano-
oned the sport. When only a apo u t toep
up the interest. 1 do not know whether
the Club will disband or not; Although
| have not offended md ia m nee t eI5,b IN sb soms
disband. There is a fund of over 500 IN
the treasury and we ave pleasant rooms
been in existence. and 1 believe it could
be carried along for, another SIX years
| If the members would only arouse them
| blood in the shape of active new mem
bers."
Loose Spokes.
Alderman McCarthy's tack ordinance
IInfortunate who is caught in the act Of
| %sprineling destruction In the pain OF
the disappearing cyclist The ordana NEE
shall throw, drop or place, or who shall s. "a
| cause to be thrown, dropped or placed IN
or oI,, Hp0n Man any w T9ad; f n1gh eorpor atfe1 limits is
pieces Of metal or other substance which
might injure OF damage a. agn, e n,fyc ca,,,e efIcy a
scve1e' or wheel shall forfeit and pay
2 peInalty & ef not more than 49, ana non
Ali riders of experience are agreed that
in a good lamp is embodied all the conn
fort Of night riding; T9 . secure u, ne 2 l rda9
I sia saufieient distance to allow the rider
to pick his way while going at a fass
clip. and which b. w santh not wa ran NOT apa am
easy matter until the Betts Patent Heaa-
| light Company. Of No. l6 warren street,
TTw ew ETH Century Bicycle Headlight,
T Tssen Century lamp Is wsthq cut
market. and has furnished a surprise to
the trade. Tor light glyhian a qua I 5n 1T Il
favor it that 1t burns Kerosene ana Is
economical in consequence.
The past summer has been one OF con- on
tinued experiment. ,d alo arygsr ths INES fr OF tp q
inches to Is inches has beer, used The
lower gear has found friends with sew.
a laughing stock than might have been
supposed when he appeared with his ~
inch gear at the M~inneanois meet; I4hnlee
has been decreased, to Y G the aver.
age now in use, and apparently the most
popular for. the hot sprints that charaes,
Anew way to bring into place front
a Collision is to take out the front wheel
turn the forks around so that they are
reversed from their correct Tr r po e lon TX froni 4
wheel between the ends of the forks,
and secure the latter to the bottom
bracket with a p which has been
fiji fhe tension is sufficient to pull the
forks into their proper position. Be care
full that too great a strain is not brought
to bear on the head
AT Louisville yeterday,. John s. john
son. paced by two "quads," and with a
flying start, made one mile In the sen
safiorral time of 1.41 1-5. Otto Zsegler
broke the two mile. record, Standing
start. covering the distance, i'm 3:5l. He
covered the first mile in 1:d.
f. Fuhrnan at Buffalo yesterday broke
the 200 mile American road record. He
covered the distance in 11:5S15. The
former record of 12:44:45 was made by II.
P. Searles october 10, 1894, over the
Plainfield course.