New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-13
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
CHIEF CONSUL PoTTER's CONSERVATIVE
ADVICE TO wHEELMEN.
rxrp,rs FOR THE NETWORK ATHLETIC CLUB
coAsrrNG coNTEsT-NorEs AND
COMMENTS.

COMMENTS.
Uorss q, cvc.ing wisdom continue to fall from the
Ios O, the chief consul OF the New-fork STATE ~,
,.,o, y, the League Of American Wheelmen. said
Mr. Potter Yesterday in reference 10 the coh'o''S'
NTH park Commissioner Woodruff. OF Brooklyn:
81 guess that the bes, thing cyclists can DO WHO 20
down the Ocean Parkway. for the present Is 10
keep 10 the cycle path. except "heh 'hs! nave ~
take 20 the main driveway With the proposed o'u'-
nance in force wheelmen will not be abe to ge' from
one path 10 the other without going clear 20 the emo
y, ,he route as they cannot go back BY the same
route they started on. The Liberty bill appHes 70
New-York Massachusetts,. New-Jersey. oho arc
Louisiana and you see We cannot aho'u 10 ""'e -
sc. aside here Tho cyclists are under no oosato'
20 the city officials IN Brooklyn for tnat cyc4e pam
anyway. Their $500 subscription neped 70 Ou'- -
7, was cheaper for the city build the pain tnah II
would have been 10 have repaired the main drive
way II that driveway was In the conditi,h !. oIs,'
20 be- cycle path vould not be neede1., ~ ~, "a DE-
il would not be used az all II the man 1od" vas w
Gently paved
r,.,.o - hard about the work being done by the
Riverside and Harlem Wheeimen this year IN COM
parson 10 tie hustling being done by the more as-
gress!ve cubs OF Brooklyn. The wneeNhs inei'oe'S
Of the New-York Athletic Club are working ehsfse'-
icaly. and they have outlined what oush' 70
interesting season. Nearly every member N the cuo
has entered FOR the coastlng contest 20 'ake Pa
in June While the course has not ye, peer ,, go
the chances are that bill In Ne"-Jersey VIII So
the novel contest.
Fred AlIart OF the Brooklyn Bicycle Cluo' con-
,,nues 70 rec, of the mileage and some OF his friends
fear that the strain may in1ure his health Alart'
on Monday night al 10 o'clock started on a run he
went through Tarrytown and Yonkers and then re-
turned and went down the cycle path 70 Coney
rs,a,d At o. m yesterday he had covered l3s
miles making his record since June !. b.l@ miles
He expects to make 1000 miles FOR the year when
ends on June J.
Frederick RIGHT, the winner OF the frvington-Mii-
burn race last year. is IN training for the coming
contest. Richt generally starts out about daylight
Monte Scott Is training on the Millburn course.
George Henderson. Of the Lenox Boat Cub. DE-
served the sympathy o, the cycling fraternity. He
purchased a wheel four days ago His lamp went
out on Monday night and he stopped AZ Fulton and
Bond sts Brooklyn 10 go into store for an instant
WORKOUT 80 model In TIA place when he came out.
The members OF the New-York Consulate Of the
T. A. W are working hard 70 make the mass meet
Ing OF wheelmen, 70 be held at Madison Square
Garden on Friday night. success. Several con-
.erences were held yesterday. Conservative cyclists
DO not think that Il would be wise push the pro-
posed cycle path IN Central Park. az least for the
present
Petitions being circulated around Flushing
Long Island by the North Shore Consulate. 10 have
all vehicles the roads and streets night
carry light