New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-07
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
BROOKLYN WHEELMEN DO NOT ENJOY
THE PROSPECT OF TWO SHOWS IN
THAT CITY.
CYCLISTS ALI. OVER THE COUNTRY IChNiN'
THEIR ATTENTION TO THE COMING coNVEN-
TloN AT CHICAGO-THE QUILL. CLUB
MAY JOIN THE LEAGUE-NoTEs
AND COMMENTS.

TION CHICAGO-THE gull Ni'SD
MAY JOIN THE LEAGUE-NoTEs
AND COMMENTS.
The wheelmen of the country are turning toward
baltimore where the annual assembly OF '"e
League of American Wheelmen VIII oesi'I y"
Monday Isaac b. Potter, the chief consui q '"e
New-York State Division, left FOR the scene ~
action at 6 o'clock last night. MT. To,'e' wei,
carly 10 assist Conroy w. Sans, the chlel cohsui
of MARYLAND to make the preliminary arrange
ments for the Good Roads Congress and Tor the
dinner which will be held on the hrst DAY OF ''e
assembly The rest of the NeW-hoih D''i''o'''
twenty-three In number, will leave Tor Baltimore d.
O'Clock on Sunday. special car VIII De pace"
of the disposal Of the delegates. The party VIII 70
over the Baltimore and OHIO, ana the Wheei ,.
are requested to be at the Lberty-s' iert! d.
oing =, me convention will be obliged 10 pay full
rates going down. but they Will get cet q.
the ferry which will entitle them to get return tI
ticket AT Baltimore at one-third the regular rare
The controversy between ElNott ana WliIlson VI.
the question Of the presidency mas become 50
warm that many prominent wheelmen are begin
ming to look around for compro,lsee AIM Nae
TO hold the annual meet in case the respective
The prospect Of two bicycle shows in Brooklyn
ZACH 70 be held during the second week In March,
has caused much talk among cyclists across the
big Bridge The Cycle Club of Brooklyn has maze
arrangements for It's show and sanction has
been granted by the Board of Trade NOW IL is
semi-oficiay announced that the Associated
Cycling Clubs of Long Island intend to hoid
show probably in the Clermont-ave. rink, peg'h-
ming on March 5. The latter plan will in all prob
ability be abandoned at a meeting Of the ass9cia a.
ton to be held Monday night. Inc Boa arS Tl
Trade would hardly sanction two shows IN Brook
lvn TO he held during the same week Carroll }:
Post j.. of the officers of the Cycle Cln n oI
heard that the Associated Cycling Cnos wer Were
igoing hold show during the same week w pot
Olr
think the Board of Trade would grant ano'her
sanction during the same week or Just oeiore our
exhibition We going ahead ana perlec,lhs our
ARRANGEMENTS We have. at this early date
received half dozen applications iIs fee"
that the local Board OF Trade as well as the Na-
are also particularly anxious to avoid any I'M
peasantness in the matter. for we want 'he o'"ei
clubs in our city TO be with us
Now that the chances seem poor for securing a
well-paved thoroughfare which would lead TO the
good roads of Queens County. wheemen are De
ginning to talk about a return cycle pain from
Coney Island. II, however the Park Depart
ment has no money to build road, it certainly
has none to use on the other. The most sensible
plan at for the present year ia TO turn TO the
road to right of the cycle path on which WORK
was begun last fall This road Will be macadam.
tzed ana while it is built for trucks and wagons II
will serve the purpose for return cycle pain, al
least until something better turns up. Inc PAN
is overcrowded only on Saturdays, SUNDAYS anu
holidays a general thing. and on these GAYS
there is little trucking on the BouleVard' II, now
ever the work on this road is not pusneSd aor"aII
any faster than at the time ii was started iasi iaI
st will not be finished to Coney Island much oeiore
1887.
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Quill Club Wheemen was held at the office Of the
American Wheelmen. No q Park Row Yesterday
afternoon Henry Cornish. the athletic director OF
the New Manhattan Athletic Club. was one OF the
%bs5S c eests the e adVaSg Of having
the club become League of American Wheelmen
organzaton and q applying TF m ycDe Hnbs
Permanent quarters for the club Will be secured III
the spring.
The regular monthly meeting OF the Hudson
County Wheelmen will be held at the clubhouse
No. Ill Belmont-ave.. Jersey City. tonight. Inc
mileage medals for 1895 and the SPECIAL mileage
prizes will be distributed The cln5 Is IN nour
fshing condition and the membership is increasing
rapidly
George Needham. the captain of the Kings Coun-
" Wheelmen. has circulated petitions galore ask
ing that the National Assembly reopen the case
of Charles Murphy. the suspended Class b rider
who is a member OF that club. Needham thinks
that he will be able to present petition at Rail-
the majority of the number being members Of the
l. " Charles r. luss2 Pnd, M os ,h "
had no legal right to suspend Murphy Cabanne'
ard Titus anyway.
. Two bicycle clubs in Brooklyn are considering
the plan Of arranging for country club
house somewhere on Long Island The members
OF the Brooklyn Bicycle Club enthusiastic on
the subject. This is caance for the Associated
Cycling Clubs Of Long Island. The association
could conduct such a clubhouse ana II properly
managed it could be made more than selfsustain-
ing
The Harlem Wheelmen will give reception at
Che Ellerse No. 50 West One-hundred and twenty
sixth-st., February II.
The headquarters of the Board Of Trade were
moved yesterday from the Vanderbilt Building TO
the Shoe and Leather Bank Building at Broadway
and Caambers-st.
OFFICIAL. L. A. W. NEWS.
Philadelphia, Feb 1.-THE following l.. A. W. bull
<t!n has been issued by Chairman Gideon:
Suspended-A Il. Ellis suspended from all track
by him