The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-23
NEWS CYCLE PARADE
Never Before Has Such a
Scheme Been So En-
Enthusiastically En-
dorSed.
BUSY nlshr FOR BouLHRs.
Greenyille Masons Bowl for a VAL
liable Prize-Stoye Pipe
J. Guards Outing.
BUSY NIGHT FOR BoWLERs.

J. Guards Outing.
The prevailing topic among the wheel
men of Hudson County is the bicycle
parade on Thanksgiving Day in COM
memoration of the completion of the new
Boulevard. Never before has such a
scheme been so enthusiastically endors-
ed. To the Jersey City News" can be
attributed the idea of the parade and
to the Clio Wheelmen must be given the
credit for placing the idea in
working order. The plans up to
date have met with great success, due
to the energetic efforts of the Clio Wheel
mems Road Committee. The committee
has been at work just-one week and the
success of the undertaking is Already as
sured. The committee met last evening
and arranged the details for the meet
ing of Thursday, october 81. when dele
| gates from all the clubs in the county
are expected to be present. The com
mittee decided to invite the Board OF
Freeholders to accompany the wheelmen
in the parade. The Freeholders will be
provided with coaches and will, if they
accept the invitation, ride at the head OF
| the parade. The Road Committee of the
| GllOS Will De QlSltIS ulSilSQ Ny SoSASS VI
blue, old gold and white. the club colors.
The delegates of the clubs will also wear
| sashes and act as assistant marshals.
| There will be three prizes for the best
| decorated mems wheels and three prizes
for the best decorated ladies' wheels.
There will also be prizes for the club
| with the largest representation n for
the riders with the most grotesque COS
| tunes and decorations. Secretary Long
| field presented a drawing of the souvenir
medal which will be given to every
wheelman and wheelwoman who partici-
| pates in the parade. The medal will be
of white medal worked into a remarka-
bly, pretty design. On the top bar viii
be the word souvenir and dangling
from a blue, white and gold ribbon will
be a disc with the Clio emblem. On the
| reverse side will be the inscription,
Opening of the Hudson County Boule-
ward, Jersey City, November Is, 1895.
Mr.. Longfield reported that a large num-
Der of prizes had been promised for the
ten-mile championship handicap road
race. which will be held in the afternoon
and that these would be divided so that
one-half could be awarded as time prizes.
The circulars which will be sent to all
he clubs in the county. We're received
and on Thursday evening the committee
will meet and address them. The cir
cular in full is as follows
WHEELMEN ATTENTION!
Jersey City, october %, 1895.
The Hudson County Boulevard is now
practically completed, and arrangement
are under way for a grand oicyele pa
rate the event. All cycling clubs in the
county are requested to appoint a dele
SF5 aee club house of the Clio Wheeimen.
Belmont and Crescent avenues, Jersey
City. on Thursday evening, October 81
ganize as a general executive committee.
It is proposed to hold the parade in the
morning and a ten-mile road race Tor the
Championship of the county in the after
Prizes for the best decorated wheels
and for the club with the largest repre-
Souvenirs of some sort will also be
awarded to every wheelman and wheel
woman aalu MhG pa silyer cup, embiemnatie OF
championship of the county, has been
promised for the .ten-mile road race;
gate to represent your organization, and
Communicate at once with the secretary
of the Committee.
THE COMMITTEE
william Buckbee. Chairman; t. Ed
ward Longfeld, Secretary, No. II Madi-
som avenue, Jersey. City; Frank e: I'll
lison, Charles Pa + gao EaWa 3 Dsv isSsra'
William Ferris, Clio Wheelmen; Adolplh
x. LANCER. Arcanum Wheelmen of Hud-
son County.
Spokes From the wheel.
captain e. P. Stanbach, of the Eighth
Battalion cycle Corps of New York, has
issued a prospectus of the proposed open
century run, to % be he'd 81 On 9Ton NG ths Rrr
a npfs PARK avenue The route selected is
o osw o yery s T1ere e9 are mo al ferries pta. to Cross
ard a straight road home. Those par
tIeipating Viii 60 Q W aerosS country theg
along the Sound, through Pelham Manor,
New Rochelle. Larchhmont. Mamaroneck
ana stamfd age' to paST orRaiE: re Sreea~if to
through White Plains and Elmsford to
naFgyeRwn T%rv ang aif psbbs 'P Ferry nq Hast,
ings, Yonkers and Kings Bridge to tne
A snor gna D sf1ps VIII Mill be- BE m aanen at ALMOST most
every ten miles. All turns and cross
roads are to be plainly marked. and the
en n9b's system. The qses viii be a mod
crate one, conducted BY men of expert
sn re- j Each &C cp p,asr WA t gsee exaca 2 s nfad-
GER seT in Charge Of a club having a fair
an assistant p~aeemaker's sash. HIS. du-
ties as such will noa prevent him from
riding with his club. as he Will have
general control of the division in which
his club rides. The prizes for which
the Eighth Battalion will not compete
clubs in point of number of member
finishing the run. Souvenir. medals will
be issued to all who finish the rum, upon
receipt of an application certifying to
that effect. and 81 to cover the cost.
These medals will be. handsome and of
and cycling features of the event. The
entrance fee is fifty cents, and entria-
should be sent to MT: Stan1sbach, No. 52
The wheelmen of Pstchogue. Long
Island, are pushing with a fair degree
of success the plan to build. a cycle path
from Patchogue 10 Port Jefferson, a dis
lance of about. fifteen miles. 1t is esti-
mated that only $500 will be needed to