The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-17
CHEERED THE NEWS
Presentation OF the Clio
Wheelmen's Thanksgiv-
ing Day Road Race
Prizes.
BUSY NIGHT FOR PIN BOYS
ALI But Two Teams of the Jersey
City League Rolled Scheduled
Games Last Night.
BUSY NIGHT FOR PIN BOYS

IN the Clio Wheelmen's ten mile hanui-
cap road race run on the Boulevard,
Thanksgiving Day, would be presented
last night attracted a large number or
member to the club's cosy quarters,
Crescent and Belmont avenues. The sue
cessful riders arrived early, and with
them came their friends and club
mates. The prizes were displayed on the
Secretary's desk, and Were greatly adj
mired, particularly the handsome bronze
clock presented by "The Jersey City
News as first time prize, and the silver
water pitcher. also presented by THE
News as the prize to the club with the
largest number of riders in the parade.
A number of ladies dropped in during
the evening to admire the prizes. and
incidentally to compliment the strong
sinewed youths who were fortunate
enough to win them. The many pleasant
things the young ladies had to say re-
garding the prizes brought bushes to
the cheeks of the happy but modest
pedal pushers.
The prizes were presented by Captain
William Buckbee, who c~omplimented
each of the riders as they received their
trophies. Mr.. Walker. of the Arcanum
Wheelmen. who won the first prize, the
solid silver Stearn cup, was not present,
and it was nde over to Mr.. Roome,
who will deliver it to him. TIL second
p :. a solid silver tobacco box. was
given to Jack O'Halleron. the twilight
record rider. George Seitz. of the Arcan-
UNI Wheelmen, who won third prize, re-
ceived a valuable silver cup presented by
Mr.. Roome. William Heber, of the La
fayette Kings Sons. winner of fourth
prize, received a silver cake basket. and
e. B. Fisher. OF the Clio Wheelmen, re-
ceived as fifth prize a pair of bicycle
shoes.
Then came the most important event
of the evening. the presentation of The
Jersey City News clock to Walter c.
Roome. the plucky young rider VINO
has made such an excellent record, both
on track and road. Captain in
presenting the prize complimented
Roome on the excellent time made by
him over the course. and said that he
was well paid in a prize of which he
Roome said:-.I thank the clio Wheel
men and particularly .The Jersey City
value it more than any prize ] have
Captain Buckles then proposed . three
ean for three cheers for + Jersey
Strong hinged pedal plshers can give
them. Mr.. Joseph Rodgers, of the Clio
Whselmen who was e ses ssa dr,9 by f fne
the best decorated wheel. received a
pair Of gold link sleeve buttons {, N;
a tandem and earned second prize, were
a,so rewarded. The former received a
S ver na Paash ri Ta.e' r hen 5 bein eS'I no r { @es-
sentative of the Greenwich Wheelmen
present to receive the silver water pitch
of riders. the prize is held awaiting a
cali from q. representative of the club.
Hudson Countyss Mileage.
The mileage record among the mem,
has been confirmed by the Road Commit
tee Of that organization Van Worst
ordinary record Of 14.42s miles. beating
all previous records in New Jersey, and
WINCH alhmiehh' ~ aaao4I us miles. '''' : - 'eA
Cycling Muscles-Their Use.
With the aid of a slight knowledge of
anatomy and q common sense application
Of it; fa 5isysle tS pider yer may gff ay0in ma ahash trio os
of greater than customary length any
thing but pieasurable. Fatigue is a neces..
Wheel that moves like the Wind at the
touch of the foot. n particularly is
riders. Complete freedom from it is
only gained by keeping In constant ply
steal training, a condition which few
But much relief may be gained by a
mentt Of the position ot the body ana
limbs, SO ais to distribute the strains
s9d of eh the m tse forT The Of c ait,og as Times-
matter for the beneff Of its cycling
is ia Soonest nest. fslt. and nidI's this may Sc
as aa's so cat giit the Handles by dPa''E VIII II the pa palms
up. Another way is to raise or lower
the shouldsrs 90 aa to ehange the he, angle ,ggI,7
be found to afford instant relief. If the
pain runs into the elbow. as It often
necess wasn IS sn to SIT 1T up p Straight, 50 as to
straightsn the arm r. q. and Z W IN for tins Pc
muscle, is often the source Of consider
ebte pain after a long bicycle trip. But
lows upon the nnnaturaa bending Of the
back for a long period, the muscles be-
Ing contracted, ~StTaaghSen your oack
But the muscle that Is most subject to
painful fatigue gu, ah i the rert ts tf feq aSIyS
Nc other muscle in the body does half
so much work on the wheel as this. for
IL n9 foot oh'g go ssradio oWn. but I'll pulls lis i he T1s
up again, in the ext movement. # Is
sas sfT Relief can be got from weaasrinesss
in this grsst n =nos;faen BY BY t tsmp osaslsy
s eaasW so as Il 10 change the angla Of the
thigh and leg. Resting one leg at a
time, with the knee bent at a different
angie ais you travel over easy spots in
the road, will also bnlng great relief.
But when this muscle cries out for re-
lief the most effective plan is to dis
mount and walk until the pain disap-
pears, as it will in a few oment under
fhts change Of Iocomotion.
Fatigue In the tahiaafs anticus is re-
lieved by changing the gearing of the
wheel so as to work the ankle as little
az possible. It is the same fatigue that
Js felt in fast walking for a considerable
time. Fatigue at the ankle joint Is also
relieved by changing the gearing.
The Pacemak~r In Races.
G. 4. Guillaume, a French scientist,
has published q very interesting article
about the bicycle and the resistance OF
The air. in which he doubt the value and
the technical significance of races which
are run with the aid Of pace-makers; he
claims tina the pneumatic aspiration pro-
duced by the pace-make Is. equivalent to
q certain amount of traction, SINCE. 50 to
speak, q mechanical tie exists between
the pace-mAker and the racing cyclist-
This opinion of Mr.. Guiilaurne is plainly
confirmed by the records of races within
the last three races, a-a it 10 certain
that the great speeds developed of late
with the aid az -pace-makers do not sig
Nifty a great deal. To be convinced, 1t is
sufficient to gianco over the following
table OF tho official records of the
French Uunion VelqcipsdiQale, published
on November s, 1896, which relates to
the races on Safe*ies on race tracks, with