The sun., 1896-10-16
NEWS OF THE HHEELMEN.
Brooklyn Club Want Country House
Cycling at CoIumbia ColleEe-Note..

Brookiyu Club Want Country House
Cycling Mt Columbia ColieEe-Notes.
Some of the influential members of the Brook
lyn Bicycle Club Long Island and Kings County
| Wheelmen. and the Cycle Club Of Brooklyn have
| conceived the idea that n country club house for
| wheelmen can be secured and maintained
| ut some point Long Island which
will bo as successful rs the bicycle
| country houses Of the Philadelphia and
Baltimore clubs. Nine of the clubs In
| Brooklyn feel competent to maintain n country
| house for its own members exclusively, so 1t is
planned to investigate the club house scheme,
with the object of interesting all the clubs in the
city in the project and running the house on
/ the cooperative plan. Brooklyn riders who FREE
| quent Long Island have felt the need of coun-
| try club for the past two seasons. ana now that
! the Merrick road has become such popular
riding district the idea has been suggested for
the Brooklyn clubs to take steps this fall to Sc
! cure a location OH the Merrck road and have n
country club house in readiness for the early
! spring. The idea is to secure house about
fifteen or eighteen miles from Brooklyn.
| The Columbia College students intend 70 take
an increased interest in bicycle racing next sea-
son. w. II. Fearing, Jr., captain OF the bicycle
| team. in speaking OF Columbias policy for next
season. says: THE only way in which Columbia
can keep the foremost position in cycling she
now holds is by following an aggressive policy.
1t is the intention of the Cycling Committee OF
the College Union to give open cycle meet at
Manhattan Beach q week or two before the next
intercollegiate cyclic championships are held.
There will be races open only to college riders,
trials against time by our best men. paced by
our triplet or tandem teams and some o, en-
amateur races in order TO attract the attention
OF outside men to our coiors. To do this sue
cessfIlly a professional must be hired and fine
N p IVaa nm raH nf IL
eral subscriptions are necessary. The under
graduates can also help us by turning out in
douhtedly he added To the intercollegiate pro-
gramne next year, and we shall need II larger
team TO compete successfully again with the
other colleges"
George Brown.-In riding from Washington
Hunters Mill: then go direct through Thorn
TONS to Herndon; from HerEdon continue
Through Orleans, Brady's Mil. Black OAK, and
to Oakland. and then through Rowelsburgh,
NewbuTsh. Grafton. simpson. and t!emington
GiarasSarrT wlismsbaTsh. %n:ha' New Hea salem
Valleys Lodge. Smitht9wn. and West Union
and dirse, through r Eenhoro to 20 aro eSvhs
Cairo r d. to Walters station and then through
nd paye R 70 @
land, aqaan. Athens. Mar-hteld. Moonyillc.
Coihe; leaving this point. go to Frankfort Rnd
direct through Lyndon and Munroe to Lees
ourgh: from l.eesburgh continue on to T.exinE-
this place go 10 Blanchester then direct to Cox
adnle; from Coxadale go TO Branch Mill and
through P!ainville to Cincinnati.
PHrLADELrHIA, Oct, l5;-George d. Gideon,
ha 1 ihS he L. Vii ii M on
date for reappointment to the position of Chair
man Of the Racing Board next year.
w. f. B.-To ride from the City Hall to South
Norwak. Conn. ride up Park row 10 Chatham
square, then take Division street, to Forsyth
street. aud then ride TO second avenue; follow
Second avenue TO Twcnty-sccond street and
turn to the left TO Lexington avenue: ride up
turn u the left to Madison avenue: fol-
low Madison avenue to FIty;eighth street.
in THE SrN on oct. 3 Leaving Portchcster.
cross the bridge and follow the turnpike up tho
h!l!; then take ihe post road through Green
tho turnpike which you follow to Darien: do |
not take tho side path here. but cross tho rail
railroad crossing on the left to sign post two
and y half miles from Darien. and then ride to
South Norwalk.
II. " E.-To ride from Nyack to Cornwall
and then TO Tuxedo and Suhern and back to
Hackersack leave Nyack and ride to New city
and through Hayerstraw; Gardnerville and |
stony Point t. to TompEns Goys; from INK
Highland Falls to CORNWALL; leaving Cornwall |
continue through Mountainvtlle. and w Woodbury |
TO Central Valley; from Central Valley ride to |
Arden and direct through Southteld, Tuxedo, |
Sloatsburg. and Sterlington 70 Ramapu; then |
go to Sufiern and Mnnscv and direct through |
Spring Valley to Nauurtt: from Nanuet ride |
through Montvale Park Ridge. Pearl River, |
TrestwoOd and Etna to Oradnl: from Oradel |
pass through New Milford, New Bridge and
Cherry Hill to IackeusacH.
w. f.. B. Jr.- The team road race OF the Asso- |
ciated Cycling Clubs of Long Island will he held |
on Oct "a. on the Merrck, l.. l.. course.
NOTES.
The BVooklyn Club since TAX In the Gilbert
Wheelmrn intends to limit ITS membership TO $50 |
and raise the Initiation fee.
club road race over the Valley Stream l., l.. course