New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-01
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
SUCCESSFUL TIME TRIAL OF THE AUTO
MOBILE TRICYCLE..

THE MACHINE TRAVELS AT THE RATE or I'VE
nv MILES OR MORE AN HouR-A CENTURY
run AROUND THE CIRcLE-cYcIIsTS
SHOULD KEEP OFF JEROME AVE-
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
There was a fair attendance Of cyclists at the
Manhattan Beach track yesterday afternoon 10
witness the trial of the newly Imported au'of"o
bile the motor tricycle.. which was recent! see"
on the Boulevard in this city. Hugo Won Rodech'
who won the police championship race lest year
was selected o ride the machine. \oh fodech
kept the machine going at the rate Of twenty mics
or more an hour. but on account OF 'he h's"
Rankings at the turns the machine was not ru"
at full speed. AT the rate Of twenty miles an hour
it ran smoothly and evenly and several OF the
racing men the track took turns foioWin* t t
pace. George Schoheld followed the machine ior
several miles. The motive power - suppnen D,
dry battery on Il track Ike that at WayerIy lhe
machine might be able abba to ,o HAVE [" fh w"ndep
Michael he excepted. In Paris pacing mas oeeh oo,e
by an electric tr,pet nhepe Is on onf Inc '' rear while
the centre seat - used for the DatteiN. +, =, -
claimed that this machine has made a mile IN i'''
ldt.
Lively interest Is evinced In the century run oil
TIE Century Wheelmen. which will take place on
October q. The Will be called AROUND inc
Circle" and II Will include some of the good roads
OF this city New-Jersey Staten Island and Long
Island The start will be made from Weehawken
over the Hudson County Boulevard Crossing tn"
of Staten Island. Returning, the cyclists WIN ta t
he Staten Island Ferry and then o fp Bcncn
where dinner Will be served The route "ili con
Returnins the wheclmcn viii go through Prospect
Park. then out Eastern PARKWAY ana ''Iom, h ~
Long Island city. where the ferry will he ct"sse'
to Thirty fourth-st The ride vii "4"un
making lust one hundred miles all over tAc'ii'i''
roads The start will be made at IL m anu W.
finish is scheduled for i:3D y m
The Waverly Bicycle club. in inviting the par
ticipation OF whecmcn In their open century ru"
on October Q. desire to state that me run VIII ~
free from any speed competition. Each section VIII
have a woman paceniaker I'm addition 20 "" men
and the MANY aids and assistants VINO a:c 20 puh
through those who need assist"nce., zen mn,
dftecn-minute rests and TWO hours for h'eahia -
AT East lslip. The start VIII be made al midnight
The Bushwick Wheelmen Of Brooklyn hav" moved
into new quarters Mt Bushwck-avc. and Harman-st
The members jubi.ant over the promising out
look in the new location. which IS conceded 10 he
one OF the finest in the blshvI'k-d'c. dlsTicl
After the club furnishings and fixtures are IN COM
plete order there will be a house"armhs.
For the first time In five years the secretary OF tn"
Harlem wheelmen has had the painful duty OF an
rouncing 10 the organization tho death OF one % It's
members Horace +. Prltchard. to" account Of
whose murder appeared IN :his paper some days
ago was an enthusiastic wneelman ana one OF mar
,n's good fellows. rs Goaih is nourn"d ny
host Of friends in Harlem's foremost bicycle cuo
The asphalt strips IN Webster-ave. have been hn-
:shcd from one 10 One-hun-
DIR. nnd-scveAty fourth ST.. and tho contractor
promises to finish the work Foriham az quickly
as possible and within two or three wcoEs II"
strips extend four feet from the cIro on edch side
OF the street.
Isaac D. Potter the president OF tho l. aS"c 81
American Wheclmen and tn. advocate ~ good
roads returned home on tho steamship Ge.inlnic
YESTERDAY Mrs Potter accompanied her husband
abroad. and they have been absent Tor several
weeks.
II will probably be well !or cyclists % keep or
Jeronie-nvc for the present. The tnorouCfar" IS
BADLY torn Up and the dus; ana debris arc partic-
ulariy deep in places. The riding IS good only on n
few short stretches
The coasting contest OF the Brooklyn R!cycic ClHb
on the Seveny-ainth-si hill I'm Brooklyn. will start
tomorrow q: z3o p. m. ins;eAA OF AZ =. m. As
was AT NTst announced
Cyclists desiring 70 join the League 10. American
Whcelmcn may OBTAIN tuN printed Information and
membership blanks by sending names ard addTc''cs
TO the Cycling Editor. The Tribune.