The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-12

TO RACE THE GUT
Silent Steeds. However, Will
Furnish the Sport This
Time.
LADY RIFLE SHOTS TO COMPETE
A State Championship to Be Held
Shortly in Hoboken-Fistic
Notes.
LADY RIFLE SHOTS TO COMPETE

the Gutenberg race track, on Saturday
Angus II, promises to furnish rare sport
The races were decided upon only after
serious consideration upon the part OF
the Committee of Arrangements. and
now that they are an assured fact the
committee will spare no effort to make
them the most successful ever held by
the club. William j. Curtis. William
Eicke and Albert Kaegebehn have ac-
copied invitations to act as handicap
pers. They thoroughly understand their
business and are not easily fooled by the
foxy riders who are always on the
lookout for good things.
Several neHt5paperst hive been cruel
enough to suggest that the secret of the
frequency of the runs at Asbury Park
is to be found in Founder Bradley's strict
rules against thearsafe of alcoholic bev-
erages within the limits of Asbury
Park. A keen observer, who has watch
ed the parade, mak the following syn
opsis of Tke Tchief points Illustrated by
it,
Thirty-thpee per cent. of the women
riders wear bleomers.
Cyclists nave a genuine affection for
this. machines. as much as horsemen
have fer their horses.
-NOGSd4 Is LEO young, LOO Oiu UT lOo
fat to ride a wheel.
Forty per cent. OF de mea riders bend
over as near the handle bar as possi-
ble.
SIXTY per cent. of the riders chew gum.
TO keep their mouths from getting
parehed.
The average favored speed is ten
miles an hour.
A large majority of the riders like
things to drink which are not allowed
to be sold in Asbury Park.
Cyclists as a rule do not care for dis
play: they get more satisfaction over q
smooth stretch of road than anything
else in life.
Ninety-fve per cent. of the wheelmen
under twenty expect to break records.
There is q certain business suggestion
about the thousands of riders here that
is impressive, a certain independence,
self reliance and contentment that would
make any body of people remarkable.
Nearly every rider is mounted on what
he believes is the best wheel in the
market. and it affords many people
much satisfaction to know that John
Jacob Astor cannot buy a better one or
cannot ride any faster one.
The officers of the Manhattan Beach
~ a. t@ ~ A1SAA1A ~ 1dAAL lAE
Glass y events scheduled 70 take place
at their big race meet on July 20. Two
Class u invitation races have been SUBJ
s:isnssl for she Glass 3 events, and the
competitors in the Glass 3 events. will
le selected from The winners in the
Rational Championship races of the
League OF American Whee,Gnen, to be
ruin this afternoon and tomorrow after
Sftooa at Asbury Park. The professional
1 RACES to be run in conjunction with the
E3ass events will be as Yellowstone
rzi<c& scratch. paced; one mile tandem,
sef4<*h. for pacemakers only. Entries
for*<@e professional races are coming in
f7z5S5y. Among the crack riders who
Lhave already entered is Harry Wheeler,
who recently returned from a triumphant
tour abroad. Sanger, Johnson and Ty-
Ter will probably avail themselves of the
opportunity offered to test their speed
against Wheeler IN these races.
An the fastest English racing men
of the day" says the "Cyelist," now sit
vertically. and yet it not eighteen months
since that all cur contemporaries told us
in superior tones that it was impossible
TO sit vertically and go fast, and that we
c~n1;nending forward saddle. post pins.
The times accomplished today are the
best proof that we were right. The
ter mile record holder, are really fine,
bue some men, in their desire to aps
their superiors in speed. are, if anything,
This IS a mistake. though, far better.
both from a. practical and aesthetic
standpoint. than hanging on behind the
hopper with the mulligrubs."
George P. Gideon mas been asked to
asbasf r the S s%gritngtTlshla a d sb[eycl fie,6 gl1 afn.
e SRI Boston, s | 0f bsvia Fes:t. II 5af \ Ma5l aeei9s? ~.
Of 9: W Rlenia; eI S and dSFa + 4 II =. Wing hnssn Of
the Massasoit Cycle Club; Handicapped.
Henry Goodman. of Hartford; Starter,
The faal heats Of the l.. A. w. racing
programme at Asbury Park yesterday
afternoon were run under most favorable
auspices. The weather was clear and all
the races were holly contested:
The race OF the day was the one-mile
the first heats and in this race. Eddie
Bald performed one of the cleyerest tricks
seen upon the path this Season. The rae
ing men all aim to pick up the tandem
at cnee. and trail the pacemakers along
side the pole. In this race Bald was the
outside man. At the report of the pistol
giving the impression that he was going
to cut the pace himself. but on the con-
ond ard then dropped astern Of the to-
dem, securing the coveted position. He
rode a great race and won by several
inches from Fred Titus.
Following IS the summary
One mile noyice-Class A: Won by c.
c.. Dirnberger, Buffalo,: Donald Mckay.
Denver. second; E.. W.. Scarborough.
Denver, third. Time, s2i rnsautes 81 1s
seconds.
Two-mile bankruptcies A; Final heat
won by w. G.. Douglas, 30 yards; A. w.
Abel, 300 yards, second; c.; S, Henshaws;
POO yards, tllird?stoTinae, 4 minutes IS
seconds.
Half mile, open-Class B: Final heat
second, Frank I. Jenny third. Time,
Half mile-Class A: First heat won by
c.. NJ. Ertz, New York: Joe Harrison,
Asbury Park. second. Time, 1 minute
II 35 seconds. Second heat won by
Tom Butler, Cambridgeport; w. G.Doug-
las, New York, second. Time, / minute
l6 ~ seconds. Final heat won by 6.
Douglas third. Time, / minute 81 Is
seconds.
One mile, open, Glass B, with Pace
makers-First heat a tie between Ray
Mcdonald and r. 6. Titus, both of New
York. Time, 2:36 4-5. Second heat: Won
by Arthur Gardner. Chicago; W. F.
Sims, Washington, second. Time, 2:47
Is. Third heat: Won by c. A. Church,
Chester Pa; NJ; F. Dirnberger, SYRIA
seconds; Fourth heat, Won BY 2. G.
second. Time 2 minutes Is 35 seconds.
Fifth heat: Won by f. H. Allen, SYRIA
cuse; c.. H. Callahan, Buffalo,, second.
Time, 2 minutes AZ seconds. Final heat:
Won by e. c. Bald, F. J. Titus second,
e. c. johnson third. Time, 2 minutes
Z 3-5 seconds
one mile, Professionalism by Peter
DS-1~ Do-4on. n Ctarbuck enoond.