New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-16
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMING SHOW.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WILL. PRESENT COR
GEOUs APPEARANCE ON SATURDAY EVENING


MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WILL. PRESENT A COR
GEoUs APPEARANCE ON SATURDAY EVENING
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The local hotels are hied with men who talk b.
cycle from morning till night. This influx OF
wheemen is due to the National cycle Show which
opens in the Madison Square Garden on saturday
evening. The attendance Of agents alone promises
to reach remarkable proportions and tbs patron
age. coupled with that Of the cycling element OF
this city. VIII make the exhibition thing long to
be remembered. 1t is not stretching TN" truth n
the leas, 10 say that no show ever held can equal
the one which the National Board Of Trade has
been planning for during the .ast SIX months
This will be evident both from an artistic stand
point and from the number and excellence Of the
wheels view
Gorgeous decorations for the big amphiiheaire
both IN electric lights and streamers OF coior'd
draperes Will to make the scene brilliant ana
fascinating An effort has been mad" TO nave
everything harmonious. particular attention nav
ing been paid to the coorng as well as to the
arrangement of the displays
Members Of the League of American WheeImeh
will be largely represented az the snow. some
OF those who will be present are: Presiden; a e.
Wilson, Maryland: Vice President &c orgc y Per
kins Boston, Second Nice-Presdent A. CressN
Morrison Milwaukee, George ID. Gideon, Robert
Mott Baltimore. Pop Brewster. Ph-lancipha
Rober, Gentle New-Jersey Frederick keer. New
ark; j. c. Kerrison Massachusetts: +. W. Van
Sicken y. II. Van Sicklen, president OF the chi
cago Cycle Show Expos.t ton Company Billy
Twinkle" IRWIN. Chicago; Sterling Elliott WHO
asp.res to the presidency OF the League. Colonel
Watts Louisville: H. Z. Maslin. Syracuse T. g.
Raid VIII r. Pitman. joe Estacat. Ph.ade-
| phia and PERCY" Percva!.
Notwithstanding preparations were uhder way
Yesterday at Madison Square Garden for .ast even
! inc's knights OF Pythias ball. Manager sanger hah
his men at work all day behind the curtains IN the
|
| nades backed by exhibit booths. which VII De a
| feature of the coming cycle show
| According TO the constitution OF the cycle Board
| OF Trade the annual meeting OF the cycins soi'hS
was 10 have been held al the offices OF tn organ
| lza;ion in the Vanderbilt; Bui. ding ye''"'iaN Many
% the stockholders present. but .tte wor"
was done except to adjourn the meeting to tne
| Madison Square Garden for mex; Wednesday al
noon 1t said that one OF the cinca,S n no
snap meeting by the 'sdtnt ID lurther h~ owl
ends and to Insure his reelection, :lS. d nepoii
is dcu.ous TO warrant s'rGus a.''n' or "a, ~
| member. MIR Spa.ding would not accept 70"
nomination Nh rmuiy Will ne cirst pr n,nn,
and either Coleman OF George Pope n,n
| child has many votes promised but do not MINK
tat h+ eeG'@ ar wce th foo~ins Elliott
Burris' Kirk Brown. A. Kennedy cnid. Il Lind
say p G9smaP p Fra r1 Wam o'i Hgcas NJ
scheney and William F. W.lson. jus; 80 sh"reS
a we,l-dressel young man asirde Of motorcycle
created a little sensation In N.ssau-st at oc;o.N
| Nassaii-st at Beekman. and It's owner. or rider
| started down that thorOuehfare as II ne Wa u,
q hurry. The machine sets clos" ID tne trou'h' a." !
| II fairly few down the gree. The rider WIS IN
, darted in between wagons and spectators and only
| occasicnaly s'a ckencd tie ed % me Hdc"I'l'
| The wheel was shod with unusu ly wide tlTe-' ana
! as II went a.ong II made a noise not uhihe 'h''
| OF a toy engine when under full steam.
| Frederick Burns and other we;l-knoWh "h'f.
| the welfare Of Charles Murphy, the Class man
| recently suspended by the Racing BOARD or We
| League Of American Whcelmen. PetN ons IN ms
| behalf have been circulated among the Guns acres
| OF between 800 and coo prominent vince men. No
one has been allowed to sign the papers VINO rs no.
! a whee.man. The petition vii he presenter az
/ Ea tmOre at the National Assembly. KIM u''
League to reopen the case OF the susD II led iln,I
! E,rns who has been closely identified with attn
Ietlc affairs for the last twenty years believes ha'
| the whole racing condition OF thc T. n, w, u
| wrong When last night, ne sald J sem =
letter to, Chairman Gideon n long tiinc ago, III
| which | made some suggestions about the lac-ht
10 since then and ! see that The Besian ,Ycie
! League has adOpted them My h'a Wls 10 nav.
racing conducted they do ire shootlhg ana sol
matches Put up a purse ana le' th.th al I1 'or
II, II the man who wins considers that II" u an
amateur then let him spend the money Tor a m a.
or prize Of some sort. Then the rider will make
himself an amateur or a profess 0naA
The first meeting OF the Road commute OF wv
Good Roads Association WI be AeIh AZ me n hb
County Wheelmen clubhouse tomorrow night
The report OF the treasurer OF me Scw-Jr' H.. y
for the year have been 1895 81 against an cXn"'l
turo OF S3l34 81 eavng balance on RAND OF ~ a.
The Livingston Bicycle cub gave rs resuii'
music ride At the Murray I'M lyccum YESTERDAY
afternoon There large attendance