New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
WHEELS OUT BY THOUSANDS.
THE CYCLE PATH CROW DED "iih
RIDERS.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS SADLY NEEpED-lhH
MERR1cK ROAD ALSO COVERED
WITH WHEEL

vas,erlav was a most delightful day foT cychng
and everybody who owned bicycle. whether o.
ancient pattern or modern make, tooN auN'.'''s'
IT, The cool breszes delighted the hear' ana iaii'''
the persplr ng brow Of the most coTpuisnt "I'ee
7, ,,as the .or Of day the scorcher feit esPe
c'ally rr.v .egcd 20 temp; hs recori-Drea""s p'"
&c h,, INC rose watchfu.ncss OF the biryce po-
1fcercn discouraged merry attempts n thAt d'fec
,,,n and proved disastrous 20 NUMBER ol o'"e''.
The cyce path crowded that "her''''S ~ ~
almost uncomfortable ard oXcecd'hs's u"''s
fo~ the tipli vice. VINO was the unwiiiihE c~usr
of q number of smlsh-uiS ana pruisc' ~ 80,
lop. estimate there aust have been O'O'' - i''''
c..c .sis Ju ...,.,o,
.,~at that attracted great dea' OF atteh.,on
wac - ono-.ogccl man b.cyc." De"p''e .'''
affection however. he kept pace WIN 'ne '0'.''1
mass OF humanity on wheels. ana wheh he i.a
the Halfway House dsmounted as gra'eiu"! do
AM, n. tho others. to the utter amaEeInent OF the
- .r.,-, IN the verarda. WHO expected that ne
mould have ;o he assisted from his wheel lie gave
b.s wheel in charge OF the careiaker, ana not nav
ing a crutch. was compelled TO mop 10 lhe
where he sat down al table, paying no heeu ""a'.
ever TO the gaze OF the onlookers' sho'''' az"
,his \ cvc,lst with Only arm came sphn'ns
- To d,sp,ounted with some difficulty. and
n.olLirg N the yeranda seated himself bes.de MS
unfortunate brother wheelman, ana athoush ''''
were apparenty unacquainted, thry e"b"s'' 80
versa ion and became friendly. ~
An the hotels along the cycle pain "eie u''7 "
,,,oh,rs business II was remarked on al 4'uo9
,ht c'ho, Commissioner Woodruff places drihN'ns
fountains along the course the patronage OF tntSe
,oto.. will fall of considerably. Wheeling on d no.
dav is conducive to an unquenchabie 'hirs'' an"
cyc,,sts are simply driven to the hotels ana co'n
rorea 70 buv the beverages dispensed there "heh
water would answer the purpose IN most o"'e'' '
well. -. . oood,v
The Merrick Road was also traversed by eooulS
,rrher of the devoteos Of the silent setd ana rom
I'll. 4, tho morning until sundown there WAS
s,nadv stream Of them from Jamaica out as ia' d.
p,,choeue The rain of few days ago hau se'
tied the dust which is always nisasi
,ro of cvcling when the wind IL blowing strongly
and the road was never in better coha'''o"' ''y
~ ,he clubs held century runs. and II was ho' MI
thirty whcelmcn belonging 10 Oi'' ''' 80
going along rapid pace. , ....os orl oar
rhere was apparently no end OF horses an az
riages on the Boulevard here eirroHest RIG OF the
humble citizen to the stylish and osentatious tunn
out Of the man OF wealth. Inc SECSu, -, ~ GomnoIs
IN the ordnance recently i.su"1 nE Ia.n 90 Inc
soncr Woodruff. confined himstli eni.l' ,rns,ons
c'vrie Pam ard there was no attempt to UeSpdrs
upon the driveway ,, ,o-.s ori others
who consider that they are aple 10 'Sn nTod nov,
themselves and who are willing 10 nc ctii'u co, nv
ro1nen rode along decorously. utterly uhcon-
srous OF the attention they attracted ana me '
mcnts provoked Many OF them oeni r, 0or Nh Mn
Ming along al a record-brcakng spcei IN lhe a.
trrno9n a crowd OF spectators gathered AZ th' f'ns
of the cycle Path near the parS entr'n,.; ~ nn1
oooniv ieor.d ana criticised every bicycle SlI VINO
cii,re :, costume worthy OF criicfm. y mounted po-
lceman was lose by and dii not at'enp' 10 pre-
Vent II. but seemed 10 enjoy the fun mmenseF.