New-York tribune., 1895-12-05

WHAT MURPHY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT
"FIXED" RACE.
ARE CABLE SLOTS THAT SPREAD AN "obSf'''0 g
TIoN" IN THE LEGAL sENsE?-oTHER

ARE CABLE SLOTS THAT SPREAD AN 'oiSi''''-
rIoN" IN THE LEGAL sENsE?-oTHER
WHEELING NOTES.
The disqualification Of Cabanne. TITUS and Muir
phy the Glass racing men continues hYeN
topic OF conversation among wheelmen r. D. '""'
the local rider who is member of the R'Versiue
Whcelmen. yesterday prepared statement aoo"'
the matter Among other things. Mr. Titus says
d. W Roberts acted as referee at the - 10 i.G"o "a,
cooking he remembers. probably. that G. NJ; Mnr
phy hyd, wS" n hs the as e%s of zoe 3
did not sn as he IN @ Sancap only
during the 1895 season has more than one maj, man
strength for the mile open, where all chanSes ,be
even 1t should have been proof enough Una, an, 'o re
ss.rt in the one-m.ie open: by doing So he appar-
entity broke his agreement II there mad been any,
dem ne team. but at the last moment the men who
were 10 pace competed in the race win ILL.,, Imlt i o.
9:2ooWould never have been reached. I foolishly
PUT myself out OF the race by acting me papt OF rns
%Gn IN s hal and s Tacon s IN" the
as psrscnHa fns bs aSy 81 t. over D q Mnphy n
doubt about his winning In order thar the race
would not have to be run over again. was anx-
.ous to have it won under the time limit: When zen
being caught mapping as we say. and as an ex.
cuse for not winning we used the terms runaway Nv
happened to it when Murphy won by seven or eight
lengths on a hundred yard home-stretch. We did.
however in the following race tWO-rnile handicap.
give Murphy eighty-nve yards. both beating him
at the tape from scratch in the fast time o OF i:3c
mark by inches. Yet this race vas the one ] was
TO have captured.
4 test case 10 likely to be made soon accidents
sustained to riders who follow the cable slots in
Broadway and in other thoroughfares. Some OF the
slots have a tendency to spread, and tie narrow
tires slip through and nasty falls and wrecked
wheels result The bicycle Is clasaad vehicle.
and It is argued that such dangerous obstructions
should not be allowed in the streets
II was announced Yesterday that the Baltimore
and OHIO Railroad would not enter into the scheme
proposed by some OF the trunk-line roads 70 charge
a regular rate for the transportation Of wheels.
Some time ago the Cycling Board OF Trade sent a
communication to the various makers. asking them
to vote the question of supporting racing teams
II 10 said that the already show large ma
orty IN favor of not employing teams in the future.
Some lively wire-pulling has beer started regard
ing the coming annual meeting Of the League OF
American Wheelmen. Syracuse failed to get the 800
given her the undivided support of this State. Louis
Vile and Toledo working hard for the meet.
Many wheemen would like 10 SEQ the meet III
Brooklyn, and a great many more would not.
-Four OF the Aldermen-elect in Brooklyn sad
TO be in favor OF a return cycle path from Coney
Island and II L. said that as soon as tney take
their seats they propose to work with that object
In view.
An interesting programme has been arranged for
the formal opening of the indoor season by the
Cycle Club OF Brooklyn. which VIII take place AT
the cycle Club Armory Building. at Hanson Place
and Fla tbush-ave.. on Saturday night: The enter
tainment will begin at o'clock Invitations have
been sent to most Of the well-known society people
OF Brooklyn.
The wife OF Warde Bingley. the president OF the
Century Wheelmen, was down by member of
the Greenwich Wheemen last Sunday night at
Eighth-ave and Fifteenth-st. She was considerably
bruised, but declined to prosecute the rider