New-York tribune., 1896-06-01

LARGER NUMBER OF WHEELMEN
THAN EVER OFT YESTERDAY.
.nnrTIoNAI. BICYCLE roILcEMEN-AN INCIDENT
OF TWO BROTHERS AND TIE MAN WHO

ADDITIONAL BICYCLE roIICEMEN-AN iNO'"'''
OF TWO BROTHERS AND THE MAN "Ho
1NTERFERFD N THE PARK
ON Saturday large number OF Brooklyn .,,,
man went out OF town 10 attend the lrFlns'o"
burn road race the Painheld meet anu
,,ber races and the Coney Island cycle pain anu
"' ,,,I roads yere practically deserted fes-
,a, however II was different and the huihoer
-, ,has,,ren who turned out gave ev.dehce ot '"c
evar.ncreasing popularity OF the pas'"e'
uboelnen aerc up with the sun ana came "o'" i''
roints of the compass. and the cyeie pa'" "e'.
~ Sal, . larger number Of them. II would be
,,,ossible to correctly estimate the nu'"oe
n,o.,rnen who took advantage OF the oea"'""
,h YESTERDAY but they were more numerous
than on any previous sunday.
r,orocaster Dunn has been particularly s'"e'"'
>, tho cyclists OF late and has dealt OUT almost
,orfect weather for the last four or HNe '"''ua''
A., Yesterday was another good day TOT cF''''s'
rt. s,n WAS a little hot, but the breezes were III
~ ' ,, rle,sant and the rider who went
, ,r ,leasure alon. and did not care TO test h'S
"scorchirg" abilities. found no fauf.
pscent arrests for "scorching anc otner "iN ~
n.anors peculiar to wheelmeh see'"e" ~ ' -,
1.ct in reducing the number or VioId''o"''
.,,a, had ,ts usual quota of Tits between riders
and nolicemen and IN nearly every case '''c o'
,nt the better of the bargain The oH''erS' "o"
- ar. len,ent and show little disposition 10 MAKE
.sts unless there IL good reason for IT,
r,ur nv five additional bicycle policemen nave o'en
added TO the cycle path squad prop"o'S -,
th. increase in the number OF "ne''"'"
gray uniforms and stockings are neat anu ~ ~a'''"o
r,ev ride the mos, modern make OF racing
sa,s and few 'scorchers' are able 10 o'S'a"oe
them. ,,a,,s y, Tho road
T.. aur,ris,ng Two or three years ago IL WAS a i"'
s,ght 20 see a double bicycle. but no" ""''o' 20
them are in use. one OF these H''0l''''''
podfordave to the Boulevard yesterday mo'"''s o.
n lively pace on II were two boys aoo"'
,a tuentv wears old, respectively. They were eV'.
,",,,, h,o,hers When they reached the BouieVaru
ono y, the boys wanted to 60 down 10 tne farM.
yybus the other thought ride up the bo"'e'a'u
uould bo more enjoyable. So one Vi ''o o'
STORED the machine down. and the other s.eereu "
~, rho road and the result was that IL 'urneu "e.e
nav hut ran into a tree the opposite Side OF 'he
road with a loud crash, and both boys were '"r'""
~ ,, ,ro,nd 4 hot argument took place each
declaring that the other was to blame toT me ,S
de,t Soon the boys came to blows ana me e!det
nrm' Gnher WA. getting the better OF the younger
crowd gathered around. and one or the ohoohe,s ',
thought It about time 10 h, odnr brother few
resoundng cuffs and what was ms sutpr,se " Th
brothers gave the stranger gopu M hos th"n %
ont awSy as quickly as possible me boys th'h
emouned their tandem ana r0de m tf tbe flowers in the
park out in fun bloom and the rdo~e' ionis nan
s,e and other flowers are arranged
IN beds of various shapes and are crsd, @ TO Inc he
sarden we're all occupied Yesterday. and the people
Seemed to take IA good deil OF en1oymehs out rS oa
nnc,atnbIng the carriages and bicycles 90 by. ne
rlavground was PACKED witl little children playins
ali sorts OF games and keeping the ar rins'H S ~,,"
laughter and the carrouse' was Kept Dusy all uay
as were also the goat carriages ,., -
Tho Ocean Parkway was simply jammed with car
r,aees OF every description, and the hotels all along
The road were generously patronzed numoer OF
n,tle hooths where only soft STUFF IL sold. are
snrinpng up along the road. A Raines bill sand
wch i not necessary with every drink soId az tness
the business ,,. ..,. ,oo, ,,os,ar
dav but most of them not reported TO the
police the cycist being content 10 shoulder MS
Wheel and walk home rather than lodge a com
nlaint against the man who caused the accident j.
{, Brightmoach. eighteen years old, OF No. n Hart
st was run into Ocean Parkway. near Avenue
r. and sustained a fracture of the shoulder he
,vas attended by an ambulance surgeon, and. after
hayng his wound dressed wen. home. The man
who ran into him is not known After the acci-
dent he mounted his wheel and got away as quickly
possible.