New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
,,,r,FELMEN ON PARADE.
,,c PAGEANT IN THE BOULEVARD
TIL AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE.


'h'l ,ryoSr-A NUMBER OF wELL-KNowN
,,rx ON THE REvIEwING-sTAND.
discussing the wonderful interest in the
~ few days ago. ST. Clair McKelway SAID
p"' rr,bune reporter: Il feel that am standing
ond that the whole world is going by on
s~" Chauncey NJ Depew. Lawson n. Fuller
DIV! ,av other people, who sat In the reviewing
sHu yesterday In Riverside Drive. and saw the
-r narade go by, must have had thoughts
0',.o IN a similar channel. New ork has
IN ,uorv parades and street carnivals and
sS " Of different sorts. but this city
GEMS .,sor, ~ ever seen anything like the parade
jos 49, cyclists which took place In the Boule-
u md Riverside Drive yesterday afternoon
NSN, b,cvcle parade is a new thing for this
o,,,ough Brooklyn had a little parade last
a"' - celebrate formally the opening Of the
We, ,o.h In that city. When the parade of yes
~ ras 1rst suggested, people thought little
~. ,d.a bu, az the time approached for the
+o take place, wheel talk became pretty
Nv" Then the bicycle clubs began to think
w. !, ,rould be a bright idea to show the public
So. thA bicycle was. and they sent In their
and prepared to take part The arrange
wsre conducted by THE Evening Tele-
~. and the turnout exceeded the fondest ex-
'.,,st,ons Of the promoters.
.ur PAGEANT MOVES Up THE BOULEVARD
Tho pageant started at Sixty-hfth-st' ana the
,..,.vard. and the cyclists pedalled slowly up the
-. driveway TO Ninety -second-st, where owing
'. enc moor road, the parade switched over to the
s,r side Continuing up the west drive TO
w.. ,urdred- nd-eighth-st.. the cyclists shot
the incline to Riverside Drive This beau
49,, stretch Of road was followed on the east
,-,.. IA ed-and-fourteenth-st, where
~. army Of cyclists passed in review before
w.. vpll-known citizens. The line Of wheels
49,, continued up and around the sweep at Glare
..,, and passing Grants tomb. came back on
49, mac, drive and again passed In front OF the
,vewing stand.
'r,-,r IN The day the Boulevard and Riverside
,In. we're thronged with the riders Of the wheel
:. o-sr noon these drives were strangely de-
....d Trucks. carriages and wagons seemed 70
..o-oa NJ her routes to reach their destinations
'...rsn the infreOuent visitor To that part OF the
- ,,s, have been impressed with the idea that
...,ire ont Of the ordinary sbout 10 take
Place o,s. -,
,ho,, o'clock youths and little maidens on
-s,.s hayan m line the boulevard Then came
"A man and Young men AMI handsome young
..,,.r and women with silver locks. The httle
.,,s An bcvcles rolled UP and arranged themselves
.,ors tn sidewalk prepared 10 wait for spec
nce which had never before been seen in TINS
,,v AZ least on such a pretentious scale. From
a, Q o'clock the well-dr~ssed members or the dir-
,srent b,cvcle clubs rolled UP and took their 20
r,,ons IN the side streets along the Boulevard
The club members. generally in some distinctive
uniform took up the positions assigned t. them
and waited for the word fall into line Each IL
vision was under a special marshal or captain
and when the word 10 start was given the dlrer-
an, divisions fell into line Ike well-dred soldiers
and there was little confusion and few accidents
PREPARING FOR THE START.
Then courIers and officials began 70 sweep up
tn Boulevard, clearing the way for the mighty
eayalcsde which was ready 10 start. At > o'clock
,hA sidewalks along the Boulevard were thronged
with neople and the large space In the centre was
avail OF huma nifty from Flfty-ninth to One-hun-
dred-and eighth st. In Riverside Drive there was
also mass Of perspiring humanity all along the
route 10 Clarenont. Houses and various places OF
business along the line Of the parade were deco
rated as for q National holiday. several enter
prsng storekeepers had fitted up temporary
grandstands in front Of their places Of business
and they made an honest penny renting the seats
at from 50 cents 10 81 "a IN. At One-hundred-
eighth-st another storekeeper had fitted up
place for spectators He had sold out all his seats
on Friday night
The real point OF interest was at One-hundred-
snd-fourteenth-st.. where the reviewing-stand
had been erected. AS the procession came up the
line, the scene a stirring one. Such n
throng has seldom been seen below claremont
Every available inch of space was taken early.
The reviewing stand was crowded two nouns
before the first division came into sight Look
Ing west the Hudson River seemed cool ana
refreshing but no refreshing breezes came up
the incline TO cool the heated brows or inc thou-
sands Across the river the Palisades looked
green and inviting. Amateur and proiFssiohai
photographers lined both sides OF the Drive
while Just above the reviewing stand was one
Of those vitascope machines clicking away "lt'
lightning speed preparing a magic lantern ar
rangement, which will later show the world al
large what New-York can do when 1t startS
out TO have bicycle parade.
THE JUDGES COACH-RIDE TO THE STAND
The judges who were 70 decide 10 whom the
many prizes Should fall met at Broadway ana
Vnlrty -rftn-st before l O'Clock, pitpafeu u
start for the revewng-stand in good season
AAwson ~ Fullers coach. drawn by Six prahc-
ING horses, was 10 take the high officials TO the
Pace Of review and the other officials followed
open carriages. Among those on Mr.. Fuller
eosea we're Chauncey NJ. Depew. General Horace
'0''e'. DR.. Hepworth. J. b. Townsend, Jener-
s'n Sehsman and Edward Bell. They were
eneered al along the route to One-hundred-and-
fourteenth4t
1ne parade was TO have started at 2:3O p. m.
wi IL was nearly an hour later when the vast
~'ascade was put in motion by Grand Marshal
'suoacn. OF the Sth Regiment. Then the line
.A''eo on in good order with ringing shout
Hem the assembled thousands The various
"aos and divisions stationed in the side streets
va INTO line There was a little disorder at
.ae'y-second-st. where the parade crossed 10
NC west drive, but most Of the paraders were