The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-15
4. c. ". RACE MEET
They Will Offer a Fine
Card of Interesting
Contests.
MEETING OF N. j. DIVISION
Teams Selected for Interstate Rifle
Matches-Ghips From the Ball
Field-0ther Notes.
MEETING OF N. j. DIVISION

The Hudson County wheelnen will
hold a race meet early in September that
will eclipse any event given by a local
cycling organization. It will be held at
the Manhattan Beach track, and VIII be
OF interest to every wheelinan In this vi
entity. Extensive preparations are being
made. and the meeting will equal those
OF any club of the Metropolitan Associa-
ton. A special meeting of the Road Com
mittee of the club viii be held tonight at
the clubhouse to make arrangements. The
programme Will comprise seven events,
six of which will be handicap and another
a one mile scratch. Prizes VIII be of an
elaborate nature, and the club viii be
favored with an unusually large entry,
comprising ali Of the cracks In this part
Of the country. The committee will close
the contract today waitn the managers Of
the Manhattan track. The events to be
presented VIII be & half mile handicap,
one mile handicap. tro mile handicap,
one mile tandem handicap, one mile nov
ice and a one mile scratch. An extra at
traction will be a match race, distance
one mile. between Samuel Brock and
Charles Earl. The club Will offer a spe-
elai puze lot these myers.
At the outing and games Of the Alex.
J. Clements Association to day at College
Point, a special one mile bicycle race Will
be decided between Larry O'Brien Of the
Kelly Association; James Shannon Of the
Clements Association. and Bernard Far
rell of the Lynch Association.
The Arion Singing Society is the latest
organization to establish a wheeling
branch. There are connected with the
society many of the leading German resi-
dents OF the Heights. and on Monday the
first run was had, the party riding TO
Staten Island, returning for supper in the
evening at Beal's Tive Pines Hotel.
Bergen Point.
The many friends Of Patrolmen Hertei
are rying to arrange a special match
race between him and Patrolman Murphy
for a gold medal. Hertel was beaten last
Friday by Murphy In the trial races Of
the Police Department. He was second
TO Murphy liz both races and thinks he
can defeat the pride of the Second Pre-
cinct. The latter's friends say they Will
back him for any amount against Hertel.
and there Will not be any trouble in arr
ranging a match.
A very novel contest will be decided
July Is which viii attract the interest OF
yachtsmen and cyciers- It will be a race
between a yacht ane q bicyclist, and is
the outcome of ar offer made by q menu
Der of the Jersey City Yacht Gu to race
his craft against Ralph w. Durham. Of
the Hudson County Wheelnen. The on
ditions of the race are that Durham
must ride from the corner Of Armstrong
place and Garfield avenue to Beal's Hotel.
Bergen Point, before the yacht can sail
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opposite the point at which Burnaam will
start. The latter will be paced by a tan
dem. The distance is much Shorter on the
water
of the Good Roads Association of Hud-
son. County, New Jersey. vii be held at
the Palma Club on Thursday evening.
A new cycling association has been or
gained under the name of the C. J. Ryan
Bicycle Association. They have secured
clue rooms at the corner Of St. q
and Summit avenues. c. j.. Ryan. stand
ard bearer, has Just learned to ride and IS
enthusiastic over his requirement. ITS
a splendid flesh reducer,' said he. 7
weighed 259 pounds, and in three rides !
dropped min pounds. I intend 10 get rid
Of a lot of surplus fat during the coming
season."
The sami-annual meeting of The New
Jersey Division, l. 4. W, was heia IN
the, banuet nall of the New jersey Cen
trail restaurant, on Rroad street, Newark
last night. The meeting Yves characterized
by a large attendance.
Chief Consul Gentle called the meeting
to order. The Chief Consul's report was
read and adopted. He reported the ap-
po;ntment of 224 new local consuls, sew
enteen Of whom were women
1t was voted 10 increase the salary Of
Division Seeretary-Treasurer j. c. latter
sail 5500.A The report Of Secretary latter
sail for the six months ending une 4 was
read, It contained the following:-
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Frederick Keer introduced a resolu tioa
TO fight all toll roads and .turnpikes
adopted, and il was decided to make
Mufica Hill road and WoodstoNn turn
pike the first fields of assault. Keer also
introduced a resolution to the effect that
| a baggage bill Similar 70 the Armstrong
bill be adopted and presented to the
State Legislature when 1t conyenes- on
January J.. This was also adopted.
The secretary's report showed a re-
| newal Of 77% per cent. Of last years
| membership, iae largest that has been re-
| ported by any State Division of the L.
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