New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-24
IN THE CYCLING WORLn
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER BEFORE EN-
TERING A COAsTING CONTEST.


TERING A COAsTING CONTEST.
A. W. W. EVANS. WHO MADE THE TwENrY-ror1
HOUR ROAD RECORD. WILL TRY TO BEAT Bu
OWN TrME-cIRcuLAR IN REFERENCE
TO THE NATIONAL ExPosrrIoNs
No contest is more likely TO induce brain wear,.~
for the competitor than coasting match wh.S.
men a rule imagine that II IL only necessarv 4.
loosen and oil the bearings and chain Of the v.has,
and then place their feet the foot rests and -
er go" scuddng down hill. On the contrary so mucA
thought may be expended TO leave the inte-.~..
individual in "where-am-I-at" condition One ~,rA
cycst. who has designs on the Metropolitan A..,
citation Of Cycling Clubs contest on August IT, has
tabulated few questions which while he WA
considering how to coast the greatest possible dIs
lance. Here some OF them:
| Shall use my own wheel or get a heavier one,
Shall | use low high gear?
| Shall coast with a hard tire or a s1ftened onef
Shall grasp my handle-bar the head Or =
At what angle shall incline my body?
Shall coast with my saddle far forward OF ~
Shall use footrests OF place my feet on the sort
Shall lubricate with oil, graphite. vaseins, .
what?
Said J. W. Waters Of the NewsYork Consulate d
the l.. A W., yesterday;
I'm reference to the articles published in the ya,
Gus papers Wednesday, July %. 1896 regarding
the streets and highways, General c. II. T. col.a
| Commissioner OF Public Works, has authorized ma
TO state that he has met no one representing The
Cyclists Federation and has had no communicating
with them whatever In reference 70 these question:
since seeing me personally three weeks go mora
and that all questions pertaining 70 streets and high.
him and his subordnctes. has been outlined b
previous communications to the public. their sym
parhies being with cyclists.
A. w. W. Evans, a member Of the New.Yort
Athletic Club. the long dstance bcycist. starts u
| 6 o'clock this morning in an attempt TO beat the
twenty-four-hours road record Of 3M miles. which
was made by himself. He will ride from New.
Brunswick to Planfeld and Elizabeth and return
until he has completed the task; He will
paced by a tandem bicycle team. He Is confident
he will cover 400 miles.
Those who contemplate taking an outing Satuf
day afternoon might do well to select the Saturday
half holiday excursion of the Williamsburg Wheel
men, Boats will leave South Sixth-st., BROOKLYN
at D. M. landing at River View Grove, on IL
Hudson. and return to the city at IL p. m.
French manufacturers apprehensive over th
anticipated invasion Of American bicycles and
from the feversh haste with which the Chamber
Of Deputies has been asked for protection, II b
inferred that the foreign manufacturers fear .
comparison of their makes OF bicycles and those
which are evolved in this country. This. season
eign shores, but II will not be circumstance to
the wheels America Will send away next season.
Said a member Of the Century Wheelmen yester.
day: THE Century Wheemen at the last meet.
ing enthusiastically Endorsed the steps taken By
their Board of Directors in crcumventing the 90.
ton OF few OF their members, who. because they
to the clubs wishes. tried to anticipate the ineot.
poration Of the club by applying for charter
The plan was only frustrated by the promp, action
Of one Of the members Of the Board. who acci:
acted accordingly. The charter OF Incorporation
was granted to the regular organization"
Arrangements for the bicycle tournament to b
held at Manhattan Beach tomorrow have been
completed The policemen, actors schoolooys
amateurs and professional flyers entered are re.
ported to be In good physical condition, and. given
q fair day. records NAV be broken The actors will
ride in costumes that promise TO produce quality
Of fun seldom served even in high-cass comedy
These makeups Will be the creations or master
names names OF favorites With playgocrs viii show wal.
ter JONES' Bobby Gaylor, Professor Hermann Lee
Harrison John e Rice VINE d 6ond Ua hose
The National Board of Trade of Cycle Manufact
urers yesterday sent out the appended circular |"
the manufacturers:
You are no doubt aware. from our previous cor
respondence, that the Eastern and Western Ma
tional Cycle Expostions to be given under the
MANAGEMENT of the National Board OF Trade OF
Cycle Manufacturers will be held In New YORK
and Chicago. respectively. The Eastern Natlo S
of Industry, Forty third-st. and Lexington-aye.
New-York City. The Western National Exposition
will be held at the Coliseum Building Sixty-thrd'
or and Jackson Park Chicago H. II you receive
any invitation TO take space at expoSitions osrS'
than those under the T sas
such expositions have not been sanctioned oy IN
National Board of Trade OF Cycie Manutae a ,Sst
We also take this opportunity OF informing you ,nai
any exhibitors at unsanctoned cycie SHOWS W."
not be allotted space at the Natonai Expos0,ss ~.
The circular was signed BY r. L. Coleman INV
president
All nersons wishing to enter the Webster Wheel
contest who have not purchased a ticket as ye.
can do so Saturday until p M. at Ulmer fs'A-
The races at olympic Bicycle Park to-morro.
begin at 2:3o p. m This track has been improved.
and fast time should be made. There about ."
entries, and among them are some OF me o..
riders in this vicinity. The contests consist OF :
mile novice, mile handicap, two-mils hand'cap ~"
half-me scratch.
The Harlem Wheelmen have received an 'nN.S
ton to attend the bicycle parade 20 be heia ~ Wv
city Of Boston on SATURDAY Angus, = s MasS.
Perlie A. Dyar. of No. rs Washinstoh-s''' o'''S'
will be grand marshal.
1t was rumored yesterday that George D. Gideon
fessional class.
There are twenty-five entries FOR INC now.
bicycle race to be held by the ST. George A. T. -
Weehawken tomorrow.
Cyclists desiring to Join the League or Am'''c
Wheelmen may obtain full printed information shs
membership blanks by sending name ana aou''
to the Cycling Editor. Tribune.
A. V. LINTON DEAD.
London, July 23.-A. V. Linton. the proiess'o
bicyclist. whose record for twenty-five miles
53 minutes 3 seconds died at Aberdare. Waie'' "
day from typhoid fever.
THE COLONIA LIBELLED
A libel has been filed In the United states p~
Court against the schooner-yacht Colonla' u" -.
the racing fleet which came into existence y"
defence OF the Americas Cup. Louis NiAo' A.
shpbuilder OF Elizabeth. n. j.. says thar nc IN.