New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
NEWSOFTHECYCLING WORLD
a REMARKABLE RUN TO SARATOGA IN
TWENTY HOURS.


TRIPS ARRANGED FOR To-DAY-A CUES
r1oN OF WHEELING CosTUME-THE
SPORT GAINING RECRUITS DAILY
Among the club runs set for to-day are:
New-York Athletic Club to Travers Island. Leave
cvcle house in Sxteth-st. at 3 a. m: ,ov.
.,Ssouse Sixty th-st. and Avenue at a. m
Bicycle Section of st. George Atheucc Siuo 10
N ssdsS%sk wheemen to Rockaway Beach Leave
elSsSO1Yssr ~ wsss%sn Sgnsy Island Leave
seye anbattan Bicycle Club to Long Branch, n j.
s Whee ssnd to 5eTsy at a. leave club
house. No. LAG West Twenty ffth-st at a. m
Leave Clubhouse No 1859 Thrdave., at
.,lLbbousee. No IS Market-st.. at a; m;
Harlem Wheelmen from As6ury Park to club
.dnse No II West One-hundred- nd-twenty fourth
stcreenwich wheelmen to Tarrytown. Leave club
house Grsercy Wheelmen to Coney Island Leave club
TG St Marf 70 R Rsef BEACH, at 10 Leave
clubhouse No 93s Eighth-ave; at S;5o a: m
. cSIon'ai and Nc "e Coinmbus-ave at a. m.
Nassau Wheelmen to City Island Les ave CLUB
Tho wheelmen of the New-York Athletic Club
.re discussing with much interest the recent
trim of j. B. Yates to Saratoga on his bicycle.
~. only was the time good. but the ride was
ID under circumstances which made 1t ex-
,remely remarkable. Mr.. Yates Is one or the
strongest riders in the club and had for some
time been planning to ride from saratoga 10
New-York in a single day. The gazetteer gives
.he distance as $50 miles. but the wheelman
rukes il 1t is about two hundred. 1t would DE
easy TO find 200 miles of road about New-York
tbap hpf
York and Saratoga Much of the going Is bad
and hills abound. Not long ago, Mr.. Yates
started to ride to Saratoga. He meant 10 spend
an evening and an entire day on the way, so ne
started after a o'clock dinner. His intention
was 10 sleep at Tarrytown or Sing Sing. but on
fhe wav he overlook man who was riding 10
Chicago. Mr.. Yates thought he wouIo act as
nacemaker for a while. He passed Tarrytown
and Sing Sing. and. feeling in fine trim, ne
thought ne would go further So ne RODE an
night reaching Poughkeepsie at O'CLOCK; rive
minutes for breakfast and he was on MS way
again He arrived in Saratoga at 3 O'CLOCK IN
the afternoon. having covered the distance IN
twenty hours.
Mr. Yates's father-in-law Is weli-known
nhvsician of Saratoga. DR.. Strong. ana ne
feared that so long ride, begun after a DAY
work might be injurious But the piucky r'oer
suffered nothing but natural fatigue ana was
soon riding again. He has had long experience
IN athletics having been crack amateur
baseball player What makes his feat espe-
cially notable is that the run was begun early IN
the evening" after ne had been awake for per,
hans twelve hours. Begun at the emo OF eooo
sleep the trip would have been much easier;
The uses of the bicycle in war are illustrated
by such journey. made not over seiecteu
course. but ordinary roads; not by d pro
fessional sx-day match rider. but by pusi-
ness man who merely rides for pastime. MI.
Yates Is apparently twenty-eight or thirty years
old. He is manufacturer OK "atches' Win OIL
office in Maiden Lane
Mr. Yates is likely to win the mileage medal
of the New-York Athletic Club this year He
has already scored about 1000 miles, while for
1894 the top mark. made by c. L. Jones, was
about $500 miles Centuries are child's play to
him. He did not start to ride in earnest until
ahout Nav /. He said he would have good
deal of leisure until late In the summer ana
in the mean time meant to ride 10000 miles he
will do IL handily, barring accidents. OF course
several men have ridden over 10000 miles In
year but Mr. Yates can nevertheless be classed
as a star mileage maker.
Among the smaller details Of a mans bicycle
costume none give more bother than the gar
ters There are dozen inventions and devices
for holding up the stockings, some indiHereh''
some bad. The most elaborate consists OF sew
eral yards Of bands. which are fastened ABOUT
the waist These are effective enough but IL Is
a great deal Of trouble to put them on, and the
ordinary cyclist wants to have his outnt az
simple as possible. The golf stockings when
worn with golf knickerbockers usually stay on
without any fastening They are turned down
al the top. over the cuffs In which the legs Of
the breeches end. When ordinary cychhs
breeches are worn. ii is more often necessary
10 wear some kind OF a band just below the knee
which is hidden by the turning down OF the
upper part of the stocking over It, Some riders
use old-fashioned elastic bands, but veteran
who has ridden many thousand miles rec 20 =,
fits at first stretches until II is too large. Inc
tendency Ia to have II too tight. thus construct
ing the leg interfering with the circulation OF
the blood and causing soreness and pain. Tape,
on the other hand can be tied JUST rlsh'. i,
doesn't need to be tight A little pressure VIII
hold the stocking In place.
Some men don't IKE the heavy Scotch woollen
stockings used for golf. especially for long tours
In summer The upper part OF the ordinary
Stockings which are not folded Gown over the
Ton NJ the calf may be rolled into tight mass
10 a point lust below the knee. 1t Is kept In
place nv the bottom Of the breeches II the
stocking Is not extremely long, the roll Will not
be thick enough to be an inconvenience In
fact il will never be noticed The veteran JUST
quoted says this Is the Simplest anu mos d t ho
fective arrangement that he knows oil, anu ne
has tried a dozen kinds Of garters the puncn
should be tightly rolled and the breecnes snould
ht snugly at the bottom, otherwise the s'och-
ings may slip down bit
That cycling in this city is still on the nood
tide is shown by the large attendance which
continues at the best academies. Even on not
nights nearly as many novices may De seen
circling the floor as there were in the early
spring This Is the more remarkable when one
considers that few people take more than nan
a-dozen lessons indoors; number name 'o'
Central Park or the Boulevard after three or
four 1t is not common FOR men or women ""o
have become proficient to ride under d ioo'
The big academies thus turn out severai r'ueis
day. OF course many persons learn out Vi