New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-29
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
OBTAIN MEMBERS or THE CYCLE cLtB OF
pROoKrYN MAY GET INTO TRouBLE-FAc-
TONS AMONG THE PROSPECT WHEEL
MrN-NoTEs AND COMMENTS


TONS AMONG THE PROSPECT WHEEL
mrx-NoTEs AND COMMENTS
rh. members Of the fashionable cycle CLUB OF
D-aau.vn hav. plenty 10 talk about just no" TheY
- o-rinr hard TO make :heir coming cycle sho"
. sucoos, and the runor that some OF t''' mos
n-ornlnent members may get mo "o""'' ~, IN
netting In an unsanctored race. heia al 'he' ." u
,rrnorv has caused considerable uhras'"'Ss' ''
tain pos, when seen yesterday. said that II th'y
49,, ,,,.,o5 any Of the rules OF the League o.
,,,tc,n N',,eolmcn they had done 90 innocenty'
and tina, they would make what reputation wa"
:, ,ne,r nover He SAID that the races had been
ioi vlD 'b.rgcd The races took place last saiur-
HHs si nirbi. and The men who may be suspended
Carroll r J. POST IT, captain OF the club Ar,hnr
Aten he tastes, rider in The eluo T1f' uopkIns
John wilson and Henry f. Donaldson
Owing 70 an error. the following paragraph relat-
ing 70 the meeting OF the Executive Committee
o, the Board Trade held on wednesday was
omitted yesterday It was as follows;
~, was also decided sanction no local show
unless gotten up by the local Cycle Bosra OF TRACE
or n there be local cycle foard OF lraoe' tnaI
M APPLICATION bear the Endorsement OF majority
OF the local dealers
There IS trouble among the Prospect Wheelmen
% BROOKLYN one OF the Oldest cycling organiza-
lions in that city. The club quarters In Pacific
st have been abandoned for the present. The
older
ing a new clubhouse, and to protect Themselves
;hev have had the club incorporated The dissats-
fed element will organize another cub.
4 new pedal arrangement has been patented for
which the makers claim all sorts OF virtues 1t Is
said that with this pedal toe clips are not neces-
sary The surface OF the pedal where the sole OF
,he foot rests Is made OF corrugated steel which
viii not cut into the sole Ike the ordinary rat trap
pedal
EIcvcIe stealing is greater or less crime accord
lob a, rnosr ofadt 10
Judge from the variety Of penalties inflicted. Three
rewards Of so each have just been paid by the
Pope Manufacturing Company for the conviction
Of thieves who had stolen Columbia bicycles. one
in Brooklyn. another In Dubuque. Iowa. and the
third in San Francisco For the first offence Walter
Wlckham Is serving three years and three
months sentence in the Kings County Penltentlary
for stealing n wheel on September H. 1898. In the
second instance. John I.cnse was sentenced TO
thirty DAYS in jail for walking off with a Model "a
one morning last fall. while In the last case San
Francisco detective saw two men leading wheel.
and followed them to "A secOnd-h store where
they tried sell it for $50. He arrested them on
suspicion, which proved well founded. and they
were subsequently sentenced to six months In the
penitentiary These make eight rewards paid by
these people this year.
A drop-frame bicycle made recently that
brought $50 1t sold English gentleman.
who wished 1t a present for his wife The frame
and forks are richly OVERLAND with silver open work
the ivory handles decorated with silver. and
Jade knobs at the ends Parts OF the equipment
are a solid silver cyclometer. silver watch and
bell and solid silver lamp with cut crystal side
lights The mud guard is silver mounted and
strung with the finest silk.
The Plainfeld Wheeling Club Is made up Of the
well-known fashionable people OF Painhed. An
ENJOYABLE entertainment held at the Columbia
Cycle Academy Thursday night. The club was
organized for the Lenten season. but II has become
so popular that IL will be made permanent Thomas
Van Vorkerck and Mrs. Joseph Parker Mason led
the grand march.
The Riverside Wheelmen have amended their con-
sttution so to create the office OF second vice
president and to increase the Board of Directors
TO fifteen In number.