New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-25

u,,r METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATIONS RAG
ING COMMITTEE MEETS.
..te.xGEMENrs FOR THE ANNUAL TWENTY
rIvE-MII.E ROAD R1CE-kLCh'ilS foH IN"
NETWORK STATE DIVISION OF


r1yE-M1LE ROAD RacE-EEcRuITs FOR THE
xrv-yoEK STATE DIVISION Or
THE l. A. w.
4. ,r,or,ant meeting Of the Racing Committee @,
.,a Metropolitan Association of Cycling Cinos VAS
rid Yesterday afternoon. and the aTraheeihe"'S
.ra completed for the annual twenty-hNe-Hi'e roa"
ace which Is one Of the racing features VI La.
.shhorhood W. T.. Scudder. OF the Jerse! C''E
c,,h Wheelmen presided. The meeting was held az
.Tbe Wheel office in Park Row. and there was
mil attendance of the committee 1t was sueses'eu
soma time ago that the annual race sAou'd oe hc''
an the Hudson County Boulevard. ON account OF the
smoo.h road Those in charge of the race however,
oorpIed that these conditions were not wnat -
wanted and in consequence me 9a viii take
,isce on Decoration Day. and from inilcttons J..
VIII decded taat to qualify for any prize the racing
men must cover tAe twenty-five mires III OILY ish
INA ,wenty-.ve minutes better. Those VINO wish
en- nnafy for the special time prizes must cover the
distance in 1:l6 or better
The first meeting Of the League of American
Wheelmen committee appointed to look INTO me au-
visibility of forming local organizations OF the H. A.
w was held at the office Dr. Il. Ottolengui NO.
TX Madison-ave last night. Many Of the prominent
,oemhers of the Cyclists Federation are interested
in the movement TIE me e Eye Tss ar interest in the
work l; is pI3Rosed IL b lSI chars Of ali local
Sgssnr nstt@rs sub or district divisions vii be
formed also ana these Will be IN enTse Of 81 the com
mittee will be held at the same place TUESDAY "'s"''
The officials of the New-York State Division OF
&hs League Of American Wheemcn are in rare sooo
snrits these days over the manner IN WHICH 'he
membership of the division Is increasing Ihe MEM
be-ship in 1895 increased from 1900 TO nearly lVVV"
ha,,ire all records, ard yet the figures iast !eal
for the first three months wnen snoaI Ar-
same time this year. ridicuiouSly snal. ~
cordne To the bulletin issued from Boston yester,
day go new members joined the l.. a. W -, ,.o.,
this state for the week. bringing the Io.at up ~ ~
cnt ,rha
week amounted to 9lc. The total nuinoei " ,o
cr,its for the first three months TINS yen e -
10 S65 During the same period iast xedi Ju.e It,
new members Joined the L. "A. '" III "''' '
The South Brooklyn Wheelmen have passed. sew
oral amendments TO the bylaws hereafter any
.mateur wheel,nen twenty-one years Old OF gooo
mora, character is eligible for membership i'e
entrance fee Will be 50. which must accolpa,y s t
ennlication Candidates cannot pc PIes. ~ Nf.n
natlot until favorably reported upon ny '''' "
bership Committee
What promises to be an interesting oieSc'e e"'l
,anment will be held at the Lenox Lyce"ih 'o"'oi
80, n,ght Exhibitions will be given oy froi si
IKE johnson and A. D. Robbins ana tle ~ a "a
NO game ON bicycles for the championship "'
q silver cup.
The Nassau Wheemen. of BROOKLYN nave OUT
crown their old quarters. and the cluo VIII NOV
% No 12e Dtvs!on-ave. April l. Inc heM "a ,o
ts q three-story structure, ana II VIII pe i'' "F
11,th every comfort for the wheel'neh
,r., century run Of the Associated Cycling
r,rh. Of Long Island will take place IN July
GEORGE A. BANKER RECOVERING
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