New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-26
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
NHEELMEN IN TRIM FOR LONG ROAD
Runs

vurpr THE CLUBS WILL GO TO.DAY-NEED OF
CLASS OF PROFESSIONAL RIDERS THE
TRACK AT MANHATTAN BEACH PROM
IsEs 10 MEET THE HIGH
Est EXPECTATIONS
The riders Of the silent stccd turned out in goody
rumbers Yesterday and all the roads. b>ch city ana
suburban. were crowded with wheelren during the
afternoon and evening. Probably the largest num-
,r ~ club runs ever arranged for this neighborhood
are scheduled TO take place to-day ana II inc
weather continues fine there is a strong probability
that the phenomenal record OF last sunday VIII ne
bea,cn. In spite Of the fact that thousands OF
uheeln,en will go to the country, enough viii he
,e,, more than 10 hll up the few good roadways in
the Two cities The cycle parade aong the Boue-
ward through the drives in Central PARK ana up
Riverside Drive is sure to be imposing one. and
thousands Of people who DO not ride the wheel pdl
who are probably thinking about doing So viii line
the sidewalks to the merry wheeimen go by.
Probably the biggest crush of the day Will be seen
on the cycle path in Brooklyn Arrangements nave
been made for counting the whee.men VINO 40
down the cycle path to-day. but whether an accurate
count can be kept remains to be seen. Even II the
count is Kept II Will not show anything Ike the
number Of wheelmen who are out in Brooklyn. for
fearing a crush on the path. many viii content
themselves with spin through the drives IN Pros
Meet Park and over some Of the other good roads
in the city
Among the most important club runs arranged for
today are the following.
New-York Athletic Club Wheelmen to Trayers
Island: cave cycle house West Sixtieth-s' at 1880
a. H. Distance eighteen miles , ,,Ox, .
leave clubhouse, ~ IS; Tenihrave. at a. m ,c,,
-, George Athletic Gun 10 laIlEt0Wl VIA ~ ''H.
Y Y: leave Twonfy-slNih-St ana Madlson-aNe. al
8F;x nl cycle club to Alpine y J.; leave West
Sxtv-sixth-st. and the Boue vard at $50 a. m .
Har.em Whee.men TO city Island; leave NO IL
West observation-disclosures twenty-fcuf' h-st at vs."
I" select elect Cycle Club to Hampstead l.. l.; leave
r%enty-sxth-st ana Madison-aye. at a. m ~
Heinehund Whoelmen TO south Beach; leave NO
s2 West 81, al MI a. Orange y j.
leave no li6 and lN Yves, Twenty-hiih-si' at y
Manhattan Bicye.e cub to Fordham, Westchesier,
along the Sound. through New Rochelle Rye across ,
Tarryiown. down the Hudson to Ne~for leave
No. i5J6 Broadway AT a m 49,. -
~ y ryi Whermen TO Piainfeld ~ j. leave No.
ls2 East Eighty -seventh-st al a. m
Lincoln Whcelmen TO Bath Beach. l. J.; leave
Colonial cycle club to Bronx Park ~ y leave
seventy-irst-st and West End-ave. at a. m
.es Te No IS Nin,h-sj BrOokiyn. a.
Hampstead Wheeimen 10 oyster Bay l. L. cave
cnbhouse HempStead. at 10 a m. -
CHo Wheemen to Boonton. ~ D.; leave No. l5l
Monucello-ave Jersey cry At , a, m
leave 30 7s Bsaiord-aye BTooEi{n e at rhv
Wheeling section o: the ga, Resiment Athletic
iesYg INJURY h'So Wheeimen to Nysck y l.; leave No
- AVA Whseimcn to T@rrytown y. y leave No
81 East s.Xiieih-st, TIA, a, a. I n, l. leave
Broad.st' and Central-ave. Newark. az a. N.
Quickstep Wheelmen to Plainheid \. j. leave
Falcon Wheemen 70 Enslewood, :. J.; leave no
Inion COUNT Roadsters to Paterson. y J.; leave
'f BaSonne Rowing Association wheeimen Coney
Island Riverside Drive and Central Park; leave
bSy1Inne, whesen to Paterson y j. leave
No "a Dyson-aye; bT9oRyn, 81 q" leave No
20 AtT.Ie Wseemsn to o. painne. y j. leave
New-York Wheelmen 10 Pompion' y, j.. ieaNe
One hundred -and-twenty-seventh-s' ana ienoN-aVe
cycling Section of the Crescent Athletic Club TO
Great Neck, l.. j. leave clubhouse "'oohH" "'
East Orange Cyclers 20 Morrstown. y. J.; leave
feonod Wheelmen to Tottenvilie 5. l.; leave No
30 East Nineteth-si at a IN ,,,,,,,,. ,oa,.. W
1913 Gold-st. Brooklyn: a, > q m % ,r,,rg,on
y j.: leave East Sixty-sixth-st. and Avenue \ al
K@ss csu"y ca w4esso to h H9skR T. i F"T'
Castle Point CyclerS to freePori L. - ledVe NO
~ smpSion SWneemen to Farpori l.. /: leave No
Iosis Shereld-ave.. Brooklyn at a m
Whcelmen particularly those fond OF racing. are
watching the progress Of the w2:k beng dohe on
the new track at Manhattan Beach with great
deal OF interest 4 hrstclass track for this neigh
lorbood is AT last assured for tho first time. for
The tracks at Manhattan Field and at Eastern PARK
were never laid properly in The first place ana
they have never been popular with last riders me
actual dimensions Of the new Track al INC "'d'"
will be as follows: The track will be three laps to
the mile built Of solid concrete. eighteen inches II
Z, coarse and heavy with a six-inch surface Of inc
cement The width In the hOmestTetch i ~ feet IN
hackstre,ch 2, feet. and p feet also on the turns
IT banked all the way, the angle varying from u
degrees in the stretches to As at the turns. This
Is in confornance with the advanced IDEAS n track
building. and it ought to insure a safe as wen ds
speedy course.
Charles Murphy the speedy Class man. went
down TO the beach few days ago, and. after look
ing at the track declared that it was perfect; me
greatest cycle path in the country. and ne is one
who should know. The verdict Of all the racing
men and experts who have seen The course is the
same and when the New-York State division OF the
J. A. W. holds the State meet there on June 10 the
Y.ders will all be out for new records Inc grand
stand and 'bIcacheres at the track are being built
10 accommodate something more than l2VO spec
tators Mr. Haynes guarantees that the track VIII
be finished by June and has agreed that from then
until June - ali those entered IN the STATE meet
contests who have sent IN their appHca'lohs ana
paid the fees will be permitted to use the track for
training
The committees in charge Of the meet are doing
splendjd work and the results bound to be good
Every accommodation VIII be made for visiting
wheelmen. ana the local L. A. ". officials arc pc-
ljDning TO think that the managers OF me annual
meet 10 be held at Asbury Pdrk VIII have 10 90
some lively work II they DO not wish 10 play sec.
ond fiddle Frederick w Burns Is the chairman OF
the Track and Race Committee, ana Wills H. Troy
the secretary and they have been busy since thrir
apDojnfmenf Chairman George ID Gideon, Of the
League Racing Board was invited 10 be referee,
Jury du5v a, Tho time OF the meet. After much urS
Ing ncf consul Potter consented 10 serve AZ referee
The Judges Will be Henry T.. QUICKER, chairman OF
the <cw-York State Racing Board \. ID. Wait and
Iurani Mclean. Of the State Boar, ana ~ J.. sal
tonstall OF tho American Wheel men the starter
Will b. J. = lSoWdish. presidcn. 81 me lngS ouilly
Wheclmcr: he clerk OF the course VIII De IhoHlas
CrIchfon Of the Kings County Wheclmcn. and the
Official reporter Arthur y. Jervis Of ne Long Isl
and Whcemen Handsome prizes have been oncre1.
and the first prze for almost every race has been
designated. Gold medals Will b" given for me
cha in The prizes all OF the run