Evening journal., 1895-07-09
THE ASBURY PARK MEET
Thousands Of Wheelmen Are
Gathering at the Seashore.
LOTS OF BLooMBR GIRLS THERE.
Tho Cyclists Have run Possession OF the
Town ana Are Enjoying Racing Men
Are Preparing For The Contests on
Thursday.


Town ana Are Enjoying Racing Men
Are Preparing For the Contests on
Thursday.
AsDuRY PARK, n J., July 9.--Asbury
isa wheel, and legs are trumps. -Four thou
sand cyclists have already arrived. and
they arc still nocking in on every train
For once Asbury Park horses are eating
their oats In peace. They win not be need
cd until next week. Bloomer clad beauty
iscpidenic. II flashes by with pink checks
and lluttoring garments on the avenues
IN the hypaths and everywhere but the
celebrated board walk sacred TO the bag
gy bathing suit
IL the present meeting is mot the most
successful Of It's kind ever held in the Unit
cd States, an indications fail. BY Wodnes-
day % Is expected that o. 600 cyclists win
capture the town There Is terrific
amount oi mild excitement as it is. What
the village viii DO when the entire army
oi wheelmen arrives can only. he conjec-
tured. Tho town is'decurated with flags OF
bunting, like d man 0f war On parade.
'Weicome' signs are stretched across
every street. but they are not necessary.
10 sooner 30 tho wheelmen arrive and
brush the dust Of travel from their per
sons than they are scooting along the ave
nucs in scurrying shoals like moss bun
kcrs in the lower bay.
All Kinds Of Riders.
It is queer sight to sit on the hotel
piazzas as many thousands do, and watch
them go by. There arc grny riders, brown
and blue riders ana even yellow, As, for
stockings, we'll, il q man in full possession
of his faculties should swallow two or
three barber poles and half a dozen checker
boards he might dream of variety as
great and as gaudy, but it is doubtful.
some Of the boys have got golf mixed mp
with their wheels, but that IS all right
when you come TO think of it, According
TO canny old Scot, golf is game where
''you knocks a ball to tho dell and then
runs awfter IT,. Going to the dell on
wheel is much better than walking; at
lcost Asbury Park seems to think so.
This is the elimination Of the bicycle
craze, and I'm glad of it,n said gray
haired old chap on the board walk during
the evening / venture to make q counter
prophecy that It is only the beginning.
This vast blowout will simply prove to be
tho years orcscendo so far as wheeling
goes. There is no possible doubt that tho
whccists are as fun Of enthusiasm as Of
music.
Founder Bradley has donated the uso
Of his bathing pavilions to the cyclists
during the week free Of charge. Already
the kicking and splashing out in front Of
the board walk is something tremendous
The clubhouse Of the Asbury wheelmen
was a sort of Mecca during the day, where
everybody registered and received his priv
ilcge ticket Over 600 Of these were dis
tod no q
woA represented ia the Century wheel
men, 900 strong. They are stopping at
the Ocean hotel
Racing Men Are There.
It must be borne in mind that this
meeting Is d peculiarly Asbury Park AZ
fair particularly On Sunday. A young cy-
clist from tho west, who was not Up To
snnif, attempted tn ride over the bridge
into the grove on Sunday. He met his
doom In the shape Of an Ocean Grove con-
stable, who chased him bacl5 across tho
bridge So fast that those who timed him
say he broke the record for the distance
While tho mock and lonely cyclist, who
is only out for pleasure is taking in tho
sights and enjoying himself generally, the
blue bloods Of the track are spinning
around the big oval at the grounds, get
ting themselves i'm condition for the seri-
Gus work Of Thursday
Here are some OF tho flyers who wera
out today: Zimmerman, Bald, Charley
Murphy, Macdonald, Stenson, Muliken,
Ruppcrt, Grosch, Dirnherecr, Tony John
son, Titus, Sims, l.. G. and T.. G. Johnson,
Callahan, Brandt and Royce.
1t is noticeable fact that the wheel
men who arrive by rail look fresh and live
" compared to those who roll in from
their century runs. The latter, i'm many
cases, have allowed pride to get the upper
hand and have hung TO their wheels when
they should have knocked off and taken
train. Thirteen members Of the Clifton
Wheeling club Of Baltimore arrived. Thoy
started on their whecls, but very sensibly
gave it up and finished their Journey by
rail-