New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
,n RACING TEAMS TO BE ABOLISHED.

a,o GAIN FOR wHEEIANG-cl.Ass MUST
.,so co-wINrER RIpiNo-BIcYcLEs FOR
NEXT YEAR.
x,,,s the Cycling Board of Trade has mace
mo,,, announcement Of its purposes 1t has
~ nomhshell prepared which 1t Will throw into
-, ~ tho cycling racing world when II
-. &c nurnose The time may come to-day or
-, hence but II will come and from pres
.,,earances the time is of only few hours
,-o,,on Glass u racing In this country II
loaned and the National Circuit wmch c'oseu
=. such a successful manner In the west ias'
-.ek will in all probability never be reopeneu'
~. nractice Of hiring expensive racing te""is "
war the country for advertising pur-
,oses is "A thing of the past The makers WI" w
.,cir advertising In an entirely oihere"' mo"
t., tho future The blow will fall with al
os, equal force upon he professionals, WV
nio ,hriyed and grown fat upon the hanasoine
mate ", and bonuses they have Drawn iros'
80 manufacturers Of bicycles ana picHVle 80 80
W. m The Board Of Trade some time ago seno
ores. liars To all its members asking some
srtirent questions about the hrlhs VI 80
.ar,s I'm the future. The manuiactuiea ,ho
t'a - In sending in their answers. anu w
not s'o " even the originator or the
a. To the question whether 'he; M's ~ "a
d,sconiinue the employment Oh ia 49, IN the
OCCASIONAL racing teams. thlrt! SIN 49, INV,
Ylooso,i,.e There were only a few scattering
.tes in opposition The same huhuei 49,
ole, mat they would agree not 10 eHpio' Iii pU
sls,..,is IN 1896 AS to the question OF tne aooii
-, - class g. twcn;y-fOur voted II, ia'ei y.
w. 'd,scontlnuance ana only ten voted III lawn
OF rs continuance.
-,h,s innovation will put the League OF Ameri-
80, Wheelmen in rather peculiar posiuo"'
g., &C some OF the leading lights OF tha' Or
- ,..,or have been consulted about the mat
.sr the plan to be pursued at the Nauoha' AS
..nhlv has been mapped out areaoy " a..
,,,o,,s and purposes. The question: what VIII
,.o-oe ~ the Glass menT VIII be hearu oi'
.vorv hand but that is matter which heeu nv
ra.,a the l.. A. W. any concern i"e'c 20 ''
.,,,-sa left omen for that organization 70
r,rsue and that IL for 1t TO thro" al ."e -
- hack into Glass A, from which they were
-, when the foolish Glass Il was in''o-
80 when the double amateur class was
- raas,ed The Tribune called Afternoon
- ~. ,oc, that the plan was foolish one anu
:. .o,,a not be successful for any leneth
"a ,,,,a There can be only two honest GLASSES
A.. s,or, the purely amateur and the pioie'
.,oral There can be no sensible ih'ernieu"
o,oss IN cycling any more than there cou'' ~
o. athletics baseball. horse-racing roWin is,,os
footbau 1t has been tried In oaseoali 80 10
a foo,bau in a ouiet way, ana IL mas IA al -"
anu tUs II would be manifestly unfair Tor
~ League 81 American Wheelmen 10 ~ uS U.s.
So, turn the Class II stars back mo .", " ~
60 class II can do nothing eise' IVI s.
.sul -, nat class TO make them semi-profes-
s,onals The riders themselves hau no ~
On the matter. OF course most Oh 'ne NJ 80,
a.. -. .aa,,,x nrofessionals but the l. A. w mus
IN ieamS ,bern hack whence 1t took them before
.nvthing else can he done: Mos' oi - mn
am into the professional class OF VA" 80
eccord The move assures PETER anu ~" ,ho
t.Vy ,h,,orw.rd racing next season. Tor the
,,Ssrs Will race under their true Coio.S' -
thing that they have not peeh ".e ~ en- the
hoy ".
last two years
Tho writer last week embraced the oPPor
.,i,v 20 visit several Of the manufacturers ana
-, =. cot their ideas about the coming
-. ,,.hos,s about the season just past the OUT
80, and the prospects for next season Saio
- maker. Strange as II may seem 10 some
caonle our output for 1895 was too large reoPie
who had 10 wait several weeks for the oeiNe'H
NJ their wheels will not understand inns a.
FIRST. but the solution Is a simple one lh"' 10
che very reason that you can buy an 1870 i'oue'
now while last year you had 10 walt uhui ai'er
,ha CYCLE Show before you could get your ne"
model The makers last year were SLOW III put
,t,g their wheels on the market and as
result they were unprepared TO meet the rush
80 IL came They were caught mapping.
Tbe output TO date is further advanced than IL
vas for the 1895 models in January Know ol
one concern which has 10000 wheeis reaus ~
sps,ant delivery and that firm Is one OF the
largest makers in the world. great many "a
the 'g5 models will be left In the iac,ories ;,
etoras simply because they were mace 700 it'e
o. The season Many people are talking OF an
overproduction for &c but do not tnihk Una,
the surplus wheels for next season VIII oe , h
larger among the best class OF makers 'hah
Sss been the case this year. They VIII get
their goods on the market sooner that IL al"
T, NAV not be known definitely for week
~, inst where the National Assembly of the
,u, :, looks as II the choice OF cities had mar
,oyea down 70 Baltimore and New-York. A.
r. Viu,son the president Of the l.. A. W.. has
sent out a circular asking the chief consuls OF
,he different States to vote on the matter, ana
he will make the announcement next week L.
u Potter the chief consul OF this state, mas
been doing a little work in behalf Of New-fork'
for he believes that the annual meeting should
ie held In this city. The hrst DAY OF the con-
,ssn,ion this wear will be devoted to good ROADS
onlv-a move in the right direction No other
!, a. w matters will be allowed to come up
on that day.
IN speaking of the bicycle industry A. G.
spalding. the president of the Cycle Board of
Trade. has this to say
Like ALI other lines of trade, this business VIII
soon be overdone, and the process o. wedding out
mus, take place Many manufacturers are or the
S Sphoh , vas' tbe turning point will be reached
As In all pursuits It will be matter OF the survival
Who are TIE fttest? Those VINO haze produced hlSh-
grade wheels in fact well as on paper, VIII con
iinue 10 meet with favor at the hands OF tne pup
lie while the makers VINO have iisted seSona- iae
foods In the same category will be forced TO step
down tho positions which me q1as OF ther
The population OF the United States is. Ia rouia
numbers c. 10000 Bicycles can De ussu 10 an
advantage in territory Represented by apOu s,se
thirds OF this country or in other WORDS. ~ e
the aggregate of whose population ~ go, tcV"v IT,
There We're nearly 10000 bicycles sold In 1879. Inc
Increase in production for 1896 has been variouslIy
estimated from 80 to 100 per cent In case the
src,ssss mid reach the latter figure the output
OF bicycles Curing Will reach the enormous
total Of $4,000 machines representing one picyVuie
10 every forty-fve persons-men women ana emil