New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-16
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
TO ERECT sIGNBoARDs ON LONG ISLAND


RACING PoIICEMEN-PRAIsE FOR AMERI-
CAN 1.s-NEw-JERsEYs CHAM
PIoNsHIp MEET NOTES AND
COMMENTS FOR CYCLISTS.
Isaac b. Potter the Chief Consul OF the New-York
State Division of the League of American Wheel
men, VIII call a meeting Of the local consus OF
Brooklyn in few days TO try to hasten the work
OF putting up s!gnposts in brooklyn ana Long ISL
and The abolition OF the old gas-lamps with their
street signs has been discussed for long time and
It Is generally agreed that proper signs to Indicate
gre 5alg nssls Wa nsn$ to p%;h this p wGIt
yesterday I'VE propose to have signs placed along
the on The L9 b ian IHaF eu are now
trying 10 arrange with the city officials ana WIN
people s to grant Us PERMISSION to put signs their
poles at different points OF interest
Bicycle Policemen Schuesser, Mckay Mcgee
smith, Brown. Giles and Reilly went to gee Chief
Conlin yesterday. and he arranged TO give them
time 10 do some training for the policeInens race
which is to off at the Manhattan Beach track
on July 25 1t is likely that the six men named VIII
be entered in the race Commissioner Andrews Will
20 with them 10 the Manhattan Beach track to-day
witness final test of their speed letter was
received Yesterday by me IRON Mo RS
entered in the coming race GAVIN wrote tha' n ne
that he would leave Buffalo at n. m. next Satur-
day. He expects reach this city in time fer
breakfast Monday. Some OF the New-lork po-
lcemen will meet Gavin
writer in THE London Chronicle pays the fol-
lowing high tribute TO the American bicycle:
am convinced that the British cycle makers must
reduce the weight Of their hines suffer greatly
by the competition of American makers Tn. aver aver
FIVE 10 pounds lighter than the English one
bs a,e ~ sher There is rot the least need
for the huge handle-bars in common use,; the chain
is Unknown in the tinted states today, and the
pedal cranks are very much lighter and neater. 1t
Comfortable vibration is felt That this is nonsense
can testify from personal experience FOR Wheel
with everything on IT, exactly twenty-five pounds.
the absence Of seven pounds Of dead Weight enables
me to use higher gear with the same ease ana
speed and 1noorhness Of motion on the Level More
over. the British maker must simplify the adjust
iish saddle for instance, takes several minutes.
whereas American saddle can be taken off and
put on again in as many seconds.
The State championship meet Of the New-Jersey
Division OF the League Of American Wheemen will
be held Saturday. August g. on the new third
mile track in Paterson under the auspices of the
Associated Cycling Clubs of New-Jcrsey. 1t Is the
aim of the Race Committee Of the association to
make II the greatest meet in the history of eye
ling in that State. and they fully appreciate the
duty before them and the expense attached there
to- The New-Jersey division officers are taxing q
lively interest in the result of this meet as the
division IL financially Interested In its success. II
work done by them in the interest Of the good
roads legislation. so much desired In this State
dy hG meet clubs % Of ,Re b The
will be follows One mile novice; one-mile
open onc-mile. handicap; two-mile handicap two
mile tandem. handicap: a three-men team race. and
one-t third mile one-mile two-mile and hve-inile
championships.
The ATLANTA Wheelmen are arranging for
race meet be held Waverly. n. j.. August
%. The contests Will be as follows: One mile
cap: two-me. handicap and half mile tan
dem. and special race for hremen, policemen and
letter-carriers.
r. Lindsay Coleman. the president of the Cycle
Board OF Trade. returned to the city on Tuesday.
after an absence In the West Of several weeks. He
speaks in the most glowing terms Of the fine condi-
tion OF the cycling interests through the West.
Mr.. Coleman stopped over on his farm In Virginia
for few days on his way back to the city.
The wholesale suspensions of amateur riders cx-
pected from the Racing Board of the League Of
American Wheelmen this week did take place
Monte Scott the winner OF the time prize in the
1rvington- Mllburn race, has been suspended pend
ing an investigation. and A. Koch, OF College Point.
has been suspended also.
What ought to prove interesting meet has
been arranged to take place at Bay Shore. Long
Island Saturday afternoon. Dawson. Hedstrom
Barbeau. Reith. Goodman and tho Roe Brothers
have entered. In the five-mile handicap, Dawson
and Goodman scratch. There are thirty
tries in this alone.
Cyclists to have another fine road Long
Island a stretch OF fine macadam will be
laid from Jamaica to Hampstead
The stretch OF macadamized road at Fort
Hamilton is about half finished and the road Is
smooth as table The road extends around the
outside OF the Fort.
Cyclists desiring TO join the League Of American
Wheelmcn may obtain full printed information
and membership BLANKS by sending and adj
dress to the Cycling Editor, Tribune.
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