New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-08
WHEELMEN AT THE SEASIDE
HOW THE RIDERS PASSED SUNDAY AT
ASBURY PARK
MANY wELL-KNowN FLYERS TRYING THE TRACK
SALT BATHS FOR THE INLANDERs.


icy TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE.l
Asbury Park N. j.. July THE L. A. w. men
who arrived here last evening on the century run
and those who have arrived SINCE OF whom there
Is a goodly number, have spent this splendid Gay
at the seashore in divers ways few went 10
church at the Asbury Park Auditorium. There was
a service especially for the cyclers this morning.
the Rev ]. p Dawson preaching on "The Phantom
Wheel" Many Of the inlanders bathed at Bradleys
grounds or went to Bradley Beach, where the sea
bath was open until noon and all did more or less
talking to the summer girls on the pazzas ana
Board Walk
The roads have become thoroughly dried off. and
most OF the wheelmen have tested them well al
ready. The Athletic Grounds have been the central
attraction all day. The flyers have been there Try
ing Its curves Among those who have been tram
ing are A. A. Zimmerman. E. c. Bold W. II. MILL
ken. W. +. Sims. Rupert, of Newark MURPHY
Tom johnson and Dirnberger. They are enthusi-
astc in their praise OF the track A large pody Oh
L. A. w. scheduled to arrive Tomorrow
which day will be spent in the reception and ioca-
ton OF visitors.
The handsome clubhouse Of the Asbury Park
Wheelmen Is wide open at all hours. and register
OF each visitor is there kept with his or her no'e
address, in order that friends may easily md one
| another and eliminates may be brought together
| A reception committee Of a hundred citizens
| meet all trains. and tents where any sort OF IN
formation Is to be obtained to be erected at the
main depot and at the little station at North AS
| bury Park. close to the racetrack. Mayor Zen
| Brock and the Common Council have suspended
| the bicycle lamp ordinance during the week or the
meet In order that visiting cycers need not be
bothered to bring their lamps and may fly ABOUT
after dark unmolested by the mnions OF the law
| a privilege which Is sincerely appreciated by the
guests The word-famous rigid Sunday restrictions
| Of Asbury Park were also perceptiby relaxed To-
day An extra service of trolley-cars was main
tained the clubhouses were open for once in their
| he Of
wonderful STILL in the bailiwick OF Senator Bradley
the grounds Of the Athletic Association were open
10 all Corners and the racing men already on the
scene were permitted to indulge in practice spin
while the church bells pealed and hymns were sung
| in the Park. But no little thing like na'oi"
meet of the representative cycling organization OF
America could induce the good people OF the TOWN.
to allow such an unhoy contrvance as railway
| train to stop within the limits of Bradieydom OH
| Sunday, and visitors arriving to-day were ooiiseu
as on any other Sunday TO alight at lnterakeh' UT
| Bradley Beach. either side Of the city, ana pro-
coed TO their various hotels and boarding places on
foot or in stages-an immensely good thihe lot ''e
local proprietors OF available vehicles but source
of inconvenience to those who came unprepareu ior
this sort of welcome and whose baggage was
| checked through to the main depot In Aspury faih
| Luckily a majority of the racing teams prohted py
previous experience in this matter 10 W. heaS
| off the annoyances of SUNDAY arrival ,,ors,u ~
tho Tew-Jnrsev division with Chairman Frederick
| Keer Of The State Racing Board. who came in the
century run are at the League headquarters IN the
Ocean House busily engaged In welcoming tne Iai mai,
strangers and getting In little sde '',s;n SUI.
ing for the membership of the Jersey divlslon seer
tary Tattersall is armed with pocketiu OF IieaiH
nrinted blue slips countersigned by thiei coHsui
ment Of the 81 initiation fee. to all the PRIVILEGES OF
a veteran without waiting the customary loi tIiS.ie
of probation measure when Is neetns WI" .. ~
approval it deserves from the Hast amy ~, % Ms
! of his division will be increased by at !east D"
names before the meet of 1885 Is thing OF me past
and the present ratio his hgures WIZ ,o ne sH
no fewer than 1900 guests, and their calculatlos
| too will probably prove conservative. -, +,
asst year when the national meet was heiu III
after the great railroad strikes. there were about
four thousand visitors. despite the iacl that tne
| Western membership of the League, compared WIN
its Eastern. Lake Superior pitted against tne
| Atlantic ocean This year, with the meet within
| easy reach of the majority OF League members ana
! the thousand and one attractions OF Asbury iark
as a meeting place. 1t is not a strain 10 anticipate
that last years visitation VIII be trebied IL not
The Asbury Park Athletic Association has kept
It's promise 10 put racctrack in recOrd-breaking
condition The banking the turns Is now five
| to six feet in height, and the whole course mas
been treated to a new top dressing OF nara Shark
River gravel and cement An immense board ieIce
365 feet ,ong and six feet high, has been erected az
the upper turn to shield the riders from the sun
breeze that invariably blows down the river, ana
has heretofore made the backstretch a hard road
the gale was strong. The grandstand Is enlarged
by front row OF forty boxes and new accom-
modatlons for the press while beachers are ex-
tended at both sides to seat an additional o.Wo
which occur Thursday. Friday and Saturday nave
been thoughtfuly arranged to please everybody.
Entrance to the grounds will cost 80 cents. the
grandstand another half-dollar; the second STAND
nd ID