San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-06
BICYCLE NEWS.

There is some talk of building a BIZ
cycle track and n club house in the
vicinity of the Coney Island cycle
path.
A bicycle show will be held in
Brooklyn early next year under the
auspices of the Brooklyn Cycle board
of trade.
Fred Titus, the racing man, who is
now under suspension from all races
held by the L. A. W., is working hard
for reinstatement.
All New England railroads have
agreed to abolish the release which
has heretofore been required by the
passenger shipping his bicycle as
baggage.
The growth in the membership of
the l.. A. w. this season is taken by
officials of the organization as indi-
eating that in another year the total
will reach close to 10000.
Jimmy Michael has determined to
make this country his home, and will
at once send to Wales for his wife
Michael will continue his record at
tempts all winter, probably in Cali
fornia.
Gormully & Jeffrey have announced
a cut in the price of the Rambler BIZ
cycle from 500 to $50 for 1897. This
is the first one of the big Four" in
the cycling trade to lower the list
price. The other three will stick to
500.
The French professionals, Mordier
and Soibud, have been suspended
from all connection with track racing
for six months and one year respec-
lively. from Oct. Is, 1896, by the
French association, and are therefore
not eligible to track races in this
country.
At Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 16, in pac
ing Johnson a mile on the six lap Col
iSeum track, the Jallu Brothers low
cred the worlds unpaced triplet rec
ord of I'm. 49s. to I'm. 4S 3-5s. John
S. Johnson rode against the track rec
ord of 1.5S Is, paced by the Jallu
Brothers triplet team, doing LAS 3-5.
At Denver, November 16, a new am
ateur worlds record was made by A.
l.. Hatchenberger, on the ID. w. G.
track. He rode 25 miles, unpaced, in
1920. The previous record was
105.30 %, made by A. f. Sem, of
Buffalo. Hatchenberger also lower
ed the ten-mile record, held by Sem,
9 2-25's.
The bicycle riders in the leading col
leges have decided to take steps early
in the spring to have the next inter-
collegiate bicycle meeting made big
feature. 1t is proposed to invite and
urge entries from every institution
holding membership in the IntercOl-
legiate A. A, and To hold two day
tournament, with the trials on the
opening.
Z. o. White, of Honolulu, says that
under the new regime public affairs
in the Sandwich Islands are in q pros
porous condition. The bicycle is al
ready in considerable use, and mas
much as the roads are all that could
be desired, he believes that Honolulu
affords an alluring field for American
He has full conf !
dence in the future Of the bicycle in
the Sandwich Islands.
The National Cycle exhibition that |
is to be held at the Grand Central |
Palace Of Industry, New York City, |
February 6 to 13, 1897, promises to |
eclipse any bicycle show ever held in
this or any other country. 1t was
generally thought that the exhibition
held this year, was the high water
mark to which cycle exhibition
could reach. 1t is now apparent that
the National exhibition of 1897 will
be as far superior to that Of 1896, as
that exhibition was to its predeces-
sors.