The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28

CYLlSTS' GALA DAY.
Local Wheelmen Will Wit
ness the Great Irvington-
Milburn Race.
pAclrIcs IN WINNING FORM
Won a Double Victory on Satur-
day and Sunday-Final Spin
of the Cornell Crew.

The eyes of the wheelmen of the Metro
politan Association are turned to the If
vington-Milburn road race which VIII pc
run on Thursday, and # the weather IS
favorable thousands of wheelmen VIII pc
spread out along the course TO witness
the event. 1t was feared at first that the
: race could not be run as Milpurn mas d
special ordinance regarding the speed Oh
BICYCLES. bet the. Town Council has come
to the assistance of the wheelmen by sus-
pending the ordinance for that day. The
Irvington-Milburn race. as every wheel
man knows. is over a twenty-five nile
course and is invariably the race OF the
year in the east. The first big road race
of this character was run in 1889, and the
race has grown into favor until now it
attracts the largest entry list of any
cycling event. The race is practically a
record race, for every year finds new
road records created from five to twenty
FIVE miles The. entry list for the race
this year numbers IA and unless all
SIGNS fail it will be the most hotly con-
tested of any yet held. Tt is also expect
ed that a new record will be created.
The race of last year was won by A. H..
Barnett of Elizabeth. in one hour, eleven
minutes and eighteen seconds Barnett
will ride again this year. The race com
mittee of the Metropolitan Assoc.auon
of Cycling Clubs viii devote tomorrow
to the work of clearing the course. INT
men who will ride in the race have been
practising on the course for the past
two weeks, and some of the riders are
reported to be going very fast. Monte
Scott the Plainfeld crack, is entered and
IS looked upon as a likely winner.
The New Jersey Athletic Club will have
an exceptionally fast team of Class A
riders in Roome, Barbeau and Shafto.
George Spear.n will train the team and
those who have watcher the work OF
Roome and Shafto in the past agree that
Spearin and the Cleveland are a comb1-
nation hard to beat.
Shafto has been training actively at
the N. J. A. c. track and those WHO have
watched his work say that he Wall sur
prise Glass A men this season.
Roome rode his first race of the season
at the Louisville meet on Saturday. He
started from scratch IN the mile and
'Biliy'' Darmer has been riding IN fast
time Of late and will give a good account
Darmer takes d practice spin every fair
afternoon on the County Road:
A bicycle with an equipment for estan -
communications between outlying mill
tarv posts has been brought to public
notice abroad. A roll Of insulated wire =
has an electrical communicating appar-
atus attached. The telegraph instru-
me- sl pr9Rer has is se W y lsyt a or q 6 temp on
rary line, the wire on the roll Is made
fast at headquarters, and as the rider
goes forward It IS unWound: Inc roep
some. convenient object, as a tree, either
directly or by means of suitable insu-
lators; To oi lay e a tong ro she Of sne wl nsaeilne =
towing pointers Tor cycnsts:-Do not
4 e~rsonai statement concerning the adj
@ntages. of this or that or the other
-4<ng bearing upon practical cyciing. One
Dropped handle bars may help your
friend and injure you. A hard, spr,ng..
less saddle may conserve his comfort
and destroy yours. Riding before break
fast may sharpen his appetite and give
you the dyspepsia. And SO on. 10
ascertain the gear of your machlne mui,
inches by the number of teeth in the
front sprocket. The only correct way 10
compare the respective weights OF Two
idea 10 always have a well stocked tool
bag strapped securely in It's proper piaces
We recall an instance where the want OF
a spanner undoubtedly lost a rider the
first prize in a road race. We are nursing
an opinion that the preSent can lor very
big gears on road machines is a passing
fad the foolishness of which will be
fully demonstrated within the next three
months.
Trainer Spearsn yesterday received the
pound Cleveland which Roome
will ride this season. Roome will use the
wheel for the first time on Thursday at
.Jsek OtHalleron is riding in such fine
form this year that his friends look ,tc
him to w.n many prizes befora the
raoino seaeon comes TO an end. O'Hai-
deron will compete in the bicycle events
lathha N I a C. games on ThurSday.