New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
PART iii.
PAGES % TO 80.
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
THE SPORT ENJOYING TREMENDOUS
BOOM.

NEW RIDERS BY THE Observation-Disclosures
ARE CROWDED DAILY AND NIGHTLY-IN-
FORMATION FOR L. A. W. MEN-THE
TIME FOR LONG TOURS AT HAND.
With fair weather to-day the bicycle parade up
the Boulevard and through Prospect PARK ana
down the cycle path in Brooklyn will eclipse any
easter turnout ever on wheels in this neigh
torbood Wheelmen continue to Erumbe about the
d,sacreeabe weather and half the cycle riders who
have ventured out overmuch of late are taking
through their noses.
rho weather. however has been a boon to the
owners Of the various cycling academies Which
continue to be crowded to the doors night and day
7, is simply impossible for beginners to get 4
lesson at certain hours of the afternoon ana eve
ming and at some of the academies one must make
arrangements ahead for a fixed hour II you are
NOT there when your turn comes, You lose your
lesson and your money TO boot.
A. one of the most popular academies in Brook
,vn arrangements are now making for securing an
additional plot of ground so that the building can
he heightened. In spite of the weather the S'hooi
az the Madison Square Roof Getden Is securing
as share of patronage. The school VIII be moved
% the big amphithoatre about the middle OF May
Many interesting entertainments will be arranged
,here for " heelmen. There will be a band OF music
trick and fancy riding by experts. reireShmeht
booths and other features TO help while away an
afternoon
he reserved for the beginners and there VIII De
,,ap,v of surface eft for the more expert
The note of warning sounded in The Tribune last
week about renting shopworn. cumbersome Whee.S
has had its effect and several of the dealers ana
oy.ners of academies have turned over a new
,,af and promise to DO better by their customers
IN the end they will their own interests one
aoalor has already relegated all his old wheels 10
ohscurity and he laid in a complete stock OF new
wheels yesterday. which he will hire out hereafter
at the same prices formerly charged for the Ola
.qce wagons" That dealer has good business
noad and he deserves 10 prosper ana he does.
rbero &c talk of serious dissensiOns in the ranks
- the Metropolitan Association of Cycling Clubs
and nobody need be surprised If an entire rcorgan
cation takes place. \ little more magnetism ana
General hustlins are badly needed. II is frequently
a difficult matter to get a quorum present al
meeting and the general dsincl!nation to accept
on7ce at the recent annual meeting sounded note
which the association should have needed
So much wrangng has been INDUCED in that re-
organization may be the most sensible course 10
pursue.
Some of the Brooklyn clubs practically IN
omen revolt. and the Brooklyn Bicycle club one of
the most popular and prosperous clubs across INC
Bridge has resigned from the association ana II
will make an effort to get up a Long Island League.
There are enough clubs on Long Island to Warrant
the formation Of such an association.
A meeting Of representatives OF the cycling clubs
NJ Brooklyn was held Thursd1y night at tn BTook-
lvn Bicycle Club house. No. 80 Hanson f'ace' 10
nerfec, ARRANGEMENTS for the dnnun State meet
Chief Consul Potter presen I'd communication
from Austin Corbn relating L ;he new cycle uack
at Manhattan Beach and general outline az lie
ARRANGEMENTS. a resolution "ds adopted authoriZ-
ing the chief consul 20 select committees Tor me
management and providing that the chairmen OF
these committees should constitute An Executive
fhe M Il ~
ecu,ye Committee will meet m Wednesday even
ing of each week at No. 50 Hanson Place brooklyn
Chief Consul Potter reques's the officers OF inc
various cycling clubs in Brooklya to send MIN me
names OF active and influential members OF thelT
clubs who MAY be relied upon 10 accept committee
amendments and faithfully to attend TO committee
work in preparing for the meet III June.
1, Is not necessary that members Of the commit
tee should be members Of the l. ". The ar
raneenents will be conducted by the cycling clubs
~ Rrooklvn without regard TO their ,ton
IN the League and the officers II the League have
agreed to expend the entire net profits OF me meet
for the construction OF cycle paths or tne creation
OF guideboards on Long Island, as may be here
after decided.
The uroposition 70 form an intercollegiate cycling
League is meeting with considerable ENCOURAGEMENT
all around "Our boys are taking 10 cycling TO a
remarkable extent this year said carter me
clever Yale baseball pitcher. the other day. Many
Of the men who are training for held ana track
teams arc using the bcyc.e for training purposes
i strengthen. the wind ana harlens the muscles
l think that the formation Of an inieTcoArSi"'e
Cycling Association would he good thing. There
was time when college athletes took A;tie htefeSt
IN wheeling but that docs not Apply at present
The letter Of Norman bingham. Of Harvard cap
tain Of the college team SAYS: THE proposition
OF Pennsylvania that intercollegiate n-cycIe as
ISOLATION De formed has created considerable as
cusson among the members OF The Harvard Cychh3
Association. The bcyc.c contest a. me coi"ee
games is not an especially popular race with Har-
ward men, and can hardly b. said TO D. criterion
by which the relative merits and abilities Of the
intercollegiate bicyclsts be determined
The association at Harvard has large member
ship; the number Of racing men trying iof u'
team IS only fifteen. The association has schene
on foot to arouse an interest among college riders
and develop new men. It Is proposed to hoid
meet on Holmes Fled some time in June 10 d.
open college only. 1t Is proposea ID SEM III
v;ations 70 Pennsylvania, Yale, Princeton c''ui"-
ba Cornell and other colleges. open meetings
have been held in past years. but the local hoh-c"
!ege riders have usually carried away the trophies
The new tourbook OF the League Of American
Wheslmen VIII be ready for distribution next week
All Of last years memberships expired on MaIc'
81 Of the present year. The tourDook vi" De III
convenient form and size for the pocket ana VIII
describe 40 separate tours. including the following
Thirty-one tours for New York City and Brooklyn
wheelnen thirty-five tours for Albany wheeiihe''
twenty-one tours for Buffalo wheelnen. nine tour"
for Rochester whoelmen. tours from b4hs4"i"'o'''
Troy, Utica, Poughkeepse. Newburs' "yfdcuse'
Olean, Cortland, Lockpor Batavia, Oneonta' James
town Plattsburg; tours TO Washington Boston,
Providence. Asbury Park Chicago "e''ysD"'s'
Natural Bridge CVa). to Saratoga Lake 10 Lake
George, 10 the Adrondacks to the CatsNiis' 10 inc
Thousand Islands; tours on Long Island Oh o'ate"
Island, and through the interior OF the 9tde' 'oU0
in New England, In Pennsylvania ana Ne"-JerSe''
"A club run Is laid out a century run for New
York CITY riders "half-h)liday run 'fou"u
Long Island" etc.
French scientist has recently made some expert