The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-30
The BLOOMER GIRL
She Was Very Much in Evil
dence on the New County
Road on Saturday.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE CYeLERs
Athletic Competitions Of the Guild
OF the Cross and the Catholic
Club-The Makers Outing.

r. 4Htdt 4lQ0EOA 1OLtlly IL hOt -
share of bicycling women was fully
demonstrated on Saturday afternoon
when the New County Road seemed alive
with the skirted and bloomered riders
of the wheel. They turned out in such
large numbers that the wheelmen who
have been using the road since it be-
came rideable rubbed their eyes and
wondered where all the members of the
gentle sex had come from. Heretofore
the wheelmen enjoyed a monopoly of
the road. particularly on Saturday af-
ternoons, but on Saturday afternoon, al
though they turned out in the usual
large numbers they had to take a back
seat. The wheelwomen o-utnumbered
them two to one. and they seemed to
increase in numbers with each hour.
Bayonne and Greenville sections of
me road swarmed with them. They
were of all ages and sizes and represent
ed almost every condition of life. The
ebIoomer girl was very much in evidence,
and the rational costume received the
biggest kind of q boom. All but a few
OF those who wore bloomers rode dia-
mond frame wheels and SKINNED over
the smooth macadam with a grace that
made them the envy of those whose
movements were hampered by the less
comfortable skirt. One young girl, attir-
ed in a bloomer suit of a brown cloth
and who was accompanied by a male
escort, borrowed her escorts scorcher
wheel and engaged in sprinting races
with him. The wheel was equipped with
low racing handle bar, which forced the
young lady to assume the stopped posi-
tion so common in racing men and road
scorchers. The fact that the wheel was
of a very high frame with low racing
handle-bar did not seem to ~disconcert
the young lady, for she bent to her work
with a will that caused all passing her
to risk a tumble by turning around for
a second glance. Her escort, being hand
icapped by the wheel turned over to
him. was beaten in all the sprint races.
The couple, while s%printing, attracted
much attention. The majority of the
bloomer girls, however, behaved decor
ously and thus helped to boom the FRA
tional' dress cause. OF those who wore
the unobtrusive skirt the maternal danes
were by far in the majority. With few
exceptions they were accompanied by
their husbands, while not a few made
the occasion a family outing by bring
ing their sons and daughters along. The
weather was all that could be desired,
s..~ 49, ahaal-. oe the bio,,olists
r,7aay +,rga +bat snoke volumes for
~ oo1+bf,,tnass of the exereiss.
Tna Bonlavard Wbeelmen did not tura,
- -. n,mhorr :. uas oxneet-
oee III = Os Se,th
ed to the regular weekly run to south
Beach yesterday. 1t was a small detach-
ment that followed Captain Barr to the
famous Staten Island resort. The start
- -zlz 49, ~ - of
-a. IT,, "a ,;nht o,oloaL .,a +ba
Hihaeh nan al eisn. eloIa, ~
Berg Bergen @I Point utsf fer rs to t' staten Island, and
- 49, a. c1a,,a sod VIC New
then over the Cove hoau wa VIEW
o,sce the partv faced a camera and
carried home group photos as souvenirs
of the shore road. A stop was made
Al Fort Wadsworta and the government
sartie %s 1850 was dlllS aI ins rne One of
tbe rrivates of the Ratterv stationed at
~ p s@.sL..ss -. a. 80 80 -
the new Krag-Jorgensen magazine rifles,
axnlaininp tic workings as well. The
~i,starn s,anThars af +bo o1rb found tbis
the most pleasing feature of the trip.
Having decided beforehand to make the
.asa - 49, Az ho1,s hsda +beir
new found soldier friends goodbye and
80, ~ +ha d,,st i, 1;,,olv st,,1a IN ordar
shooh u a. o"e'
to reach nome IN time Tor d1nner. AT
Fortieth street, Bayonne, the front tire
20 Va,taA, porys u,hoa, ax,1odad CIV
y o@p'o!" "n .
Ing the usual pistolshot.l1ke. report;
Fortunately for the Captain the wheel
was provided with a steel rim, ana ne
was enabled to rlde nome with the TIRE
s debated.
At the GUTENBERG race track yester-
were. busy. training for the big race meet
which will be held there on Qctooer ~,
under the auspices OF the Hudson Coun-
ty. Wheelmen. Among those VINO N
dulged in praetlce SPINS Were:-. =.
Livingston OF reenv1l George Blakes-
lee. Of the Hudson county Wheelmen,
ana VIII Ferris, the CLIO crack. FRANK
Eveland and Robert Wobche- were on
hand with q tandem n paced the rae
ers. The VreelandsI (Sr- ana Jr) aiso
had q tanGem on !ne track ana aldeq
the He. W. team IN pacing. Ine track
was very dusty ana IN poor condlt9nt
As g. result no fast trials We're MADE.
The III. g. W Will, however, nave the
track put IN hne condltfon ior the races.
An Of the six events inel9ding the race
for the county cnaTplonsnip; Have 4een
sanctioned BY the league OF American
Wheelmen Racing Board. and a large
entry list Is looked, for: Ine hrst prizes
in all events VIII pc gold medais. Inc
county champiQnsnlp event promises 70
be the most interestIng event OF tne
day waiter Hoome. Wlnam DafmeT; =.
v. a. WdlSh daSi Ilolills u eHS Gao5
prizes. CecM ,Hasbro1ck OF tine Castle