The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-02
A DAY FOR CYCLING
Thousands Turned Out on
tile Boulevard Yesterday
to Enjoy the Sport.
ARCANUM GYoLERs ATsNAKE HILL
Volunteer Bowlers Bang the Pins for
Tall Scores Cal McCarthy's
Funeral.

terday the local wheeimen We're not uis-
appointed in their Sunday runs by the
weather. 1t was a glorious day for cy-
cling. and the local wheelmen were out
in large numbers deriving every benent
from Gods own air and scenery whlch
the wheel was made to give the oppor-
tunitv to enjoy. The day dawned bright
and clear. the wine-like air having a
tinge of frost that brought color TO the
cheeks and made finger tips Jingle Ihe
Dads. smooth and hard. lured the cy-
clers out into the. country, where the
trees. a mass of golden brown, stood out
in bold relief against the grey sky. That
wheelmen who had inst put his steed in
winter quarters kicked himself when he
went out on the highways and found
that there were few like him That
cycljne has become an a~ll-around-the-
wear sport was never better demonstrate
ed than yesterday. In the afternoon the
new Boulevard presented a lively scene.
An unbroken string of cyclers passed
up and down.. their rudy cheeks speak
ing volumes for the healthfu.ness of the
exercise. The wheelwomen were large
~ represented. in fact, there seemed to
be more of them out yesterday than at
any time since the Boulevard began to
be used for cycling.
Hundreds of pedal pushers from New
York crossing the Weehawken Terry
fine road All the local clubs were rep.
resented while the racing contingent
was a s sine 1nere; bi MdftgI rV Where on the
day previous he won first place in the
mile open at the Point Breeze tracK,
was out stretching. his neither limbs. Bill
" Darmer kept him company; JACK
OsHalleron. of Twilight record fame,
had his wheel stored away. but he came
N 70 Galtor'S in the 1ffRT-n01n 10 TAX
theirs. ). Walker' the Areanumn crack,
on Thanksgiving Day; George seitz, his
club mate. who finished third. Leo
Jeanns Harry xreeland. w D; G smnap
those who heard Jack Q'Halleron tell
how he made the Twilight record
The need of a stringent read iaw was
ternoon On the Bayonne and Green
willie section where policemen are scarce
the drivers of four wheeled vehicles, who
openly challenged one another TO a race.
Whee'men frequently mad 70 take 70
if any one driver travelled along at
more than the average speed ne soon
found a number of other horsemen chas-
lated the keep to the right" law
ArcanumItes at Snake Hill.
The Arcanum Wheelmen finally reached
Snake Hill yesterday after having post
poned the IN six times on account OF
rain. The boys met at the h~eadquarters
in Linden. Hall at nine o'elock in the
opportunity had at last been given them
to visit the county institutions at that
Place. Those members who had don1ed
their heaviest clothing congratulated
themselves when the trip up the Boule-
ward was begun, for the head winds
which were encountered, were cold and
piercing. and made the heavy apparel
none too comfortable. Snake Hill was
reached at ten O'clock The Peniten-
The marked cleanliness of the Place
surprised the members in no small de-
gree The keeper VINO piloted nd the boys
tail the system under which the place
is conducted; The prisoners are request
ed to keep their cells in apple pie order,
and for any infraetion of the rules are
confined in the cooler" for five days
and placed on a bread and water diet.
The coolers are of the same size as
the ordinary cells and are devoid of all
furniture. not even a chair being allowed
fnsnbordinate prisoner has no bed other
than the stone floor. In addition to the
grated iron door there is a heavy wood
doors are closed the interior of the cells
are as dark as, night In order. that the
ment in those cells. the keeper allowed
them to enter one unoccupied. n shut
both doors. .ExcelIent place for medi-
being released. The kitchen, dining
room and pantry were also visited, and
here the same marked cleanliness was
Al the insane asylum office the mem
bers had the pleasure of exchanging
greetings with DR.. King, who, himself
every courtesy Both the mems and
women's were visited. In each depart
the Penitentiary were found. The floors
were scrubbed to a snowy whiteness
and everything was spick and span. At
home. Upon reaching the Boulevard the
members met, Rtchie Petit. who had
started for Cherry Hill. but was COM
rear tire. of his wheel at Gutenberg.
While Captain Barr, Mr.. Webb and
pair the .puncture, Lieutenant Eugene
Holman became restless and started to
ride up and down the road, He had not
gone far before he picked up a nail
tire. He borrowed his brothers wheel
and rode home, where he secured a new
puncture in his tire. took his wheel
apart, turned the frame over to Captain
Barr and the wheels to two members of
to carry them, and rode home on the
rear step of another members wheel
Roome Wins Another Event.
Walter c -Roome. the crack rider who
Won me the Tba1 5sTsey city ga Me raee d 5fm fse p rI56
Wheelmen. again distinguished himself
On Saturday at the race meet held on the
NEW IOtIt DICCIS lIdChs Iit1DdlC4pAlld
Saturday afternoon. by winning first
prize in the one mile Class A open
event.
The only object of the management in
giving a race meet at such an season.
able time of the year as this was to
prove that the tract is a fast one, and
I'm this they made a most miserable fail
ure, as there was not a fast race reeled
off during the afternoon. In spite of
this. however. everyone went home
thoroughly satisfied that the track is a
very fast one and that only the proper
kind Of weather will be needed to prove
this to cyclerS and horSemen.
Some faults in the board course were
easily noticeable. For instance, it was
not banked sufficiently on the turns.
TIL men in attempting to make them
would run way up on the bank and thus
lose not only time but momentum. If
the course was banked more 1t would be
impossible for them to run up and their
headway would carry them around on
the pole without amy difficulty, thus in
surfing much faster time than is now pos
sible. It might also be advantageous to
nave the straightaways banked a little
more.
The track itself is a marvel of the
carpenters art, being constructed in a
manner that cannot fail to at once. con
vince anyone of it's speed qualities.
There were several causes which pre-
vented any remarkable time being made.
the most important being the wind. It