The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-03
THE WHEEL,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Private adj
vices received here say that the mill
tary riders who left this city at a. m.
yesterday bearing a message from Cen
eral Miles to General Kruger in New
York, reached the latter city at 4:4O
this morning, twelve minutes ahead Of
the schedule time. The message was
delivered to Lieutenant Donovan at the
barge office in New York and thence
transferred to Governors Island
RIVERSIDE. Cal, Dec. To-day
was a big day among the wheelmen,
The weather was good for racing but
there was trife too much wind. The
track was in excellent condition. ~
Mile, open, class BE. c. Ball won,
Tom Cooper second. Time-211 Is.
One mile, class A-W. A. Taylor won.
T. Mcfarland second. Time-2:O9
Two mile lap race. class B-W. Hat
ton won. with Is points; G. S. Wells
second, with points; w Randall
third, with points. Time-5:OO %.
Mile. handicap. class B-Tom Cooper,
scratch. won; Kiser, scratch. second.
Time-2:18 So
William Hamilton, with a record OF
200 20, unpaced. for a mile on the
Denver track, went a paced mile. fly
He covered the mile in 1853 pa.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The first military
bicycle expedition conducted excIusiveIT,
by military riders was successfully con-
cluded today. There were ten RELAYS or
two men each, and the last two riders
Lieutenant Frank Libbey and Private f.
A. Pttkin, of the second separate crsrn-
Pany,, District of Columbia NatioI&l
Guard-dismounted at the barge offlce
at 4:4S a M, twelve minutes ahead Of
their schedule time. Twenty-four hours
had been allowed to cover the distance
249l2 miles. Lieutenant Libbey was the
bearer of a special message from General
Nelson a. Miles. at Washington. to Gem
eral Thomas H. Kruger, on GovernoSs
Island. Libbey and Pitkin rode all p
way from Washington, starting earle(r
than the others, and arrived at New
Brunswick in time to rest before start
ing on the last relay.
1t began TO rain as we came out Of
New Brunswick, and the roads were vile
all the way here" said Libbey. I'VE
came by the plank road from Reward,
stopped US because our lamps were out.
but let us proceed when we told them
what our mission was. My left leg is a
little stiff, but otherwise L feel all right
Pitkin looked as fresh as if he had
ridden ten miles instead of $50. SIAM
bash and Stevens although covered with
mud, were in good condition
When the message was delivered by
Lieutenant Donovan during the AFTERNOON
General Ruger said: Il am to see the
expedition has been a success, but 1 am
not yet assured that it can be brought
into general use for the army. Under
some conditions, however, 1 have no
doubt the bicycle will be of great SER
vice.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2-Steps are being
taken by the leading colleges to form an
intercollegiate cycling association, abol>
ish two mile bicycle races at the annual
games of the intercollegiate Athletic
association, and instead hold purely
collegiate bicycle meet each spring.
Among the colleges interested are Yale.
| Princeton, Harvard. University of Penn
| Trinity, Amherst. Williams, Dartmouth,
/ Brown, Union, Rutgers. Swarthmore ago
| the western colleges. The object of Ne
movement is to do away with unfair and
| dangerous trials and TO arrange such a
| programme as will embrace all classes Of
riders among the college cyclists.
| PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2.-George D.
! Gideon, chairman of the League of Amer
} lean Wheelmen racing board, today tele-
! graphed A. G. Spalding, in answer to the
I the latters request that the evidence in
/ the Cabanne-Titus-Murph case be pub
/ lished that he could not publish the evil
] dence without the consent of the national
I assembly. Mr.. Gideon says that Mr..
I Spalding or any other member of the l..
! A. w can see the evidence against the
three suspended riders by calling at his
I office.
! In reference to Withholding prizes Of
which Cabanne has complained, Mr.. Gid
con states that when the three riders
were reinStated pending an examination
! they agreed to abide by the decision of
be fee subscribed 1 permanentIy thew forfeit II
all claims to the prizes. he turthfr
states that the racing board has no fear
| for the court proceedings should the case
| be taken to law y