New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-12
BROOKLYN's CYCLE SHOW.
EXHIBITORS GRATIFIED BY THE AMOUNT
OF BUSINESS DONE.
wATCHMEN's RATrlEs AND i'i
FEATURES or THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .
MAKES A uoME-TRAINER RECORD
WEIGHING THE CROWD

NEW EXHIBITS.
As the Cycle Show at the old 18th Regiment
Armory draws 10 a close there is no decrease III
the attendance. and each night the aisies are ~
crowded that II is almost impossible 10 move
Last night the throng in the armcry was as large
as any previous night.
The lamp people whose presentation Vi 10y
balloons as souvenirs TO advertise their business
was stopped by the Board Of Trade were allowed
last night TO give out the balloons between GOV
and o'clock the Board reserving the privilege Oh
stopping the distribution altogether II IL pecape
necessary for safety In the half hour aho''eo,
however almost every one in the show got hoid
Of q balloon. and those that did not got wa'ch-
mans rattle instead. The noise made by the a.-
Ter was so great that nothing else could be heard'
and the exhibitors were soon almost crazy
The exhibitors are much gratifed by the amour.
Of business they doing at the show. Ihey a"
renort large sales of wheels, and expect TO make
In profits more than the rent OF their spaces.
Charles Murphy last night established new
record on the home trainer. upon when Ieoo!
Hale has been meeting all corners. The trainer. -
an English type and none like 1t has been seen
IN this country before. Murphy rode quarter
OF mile In twenty seconds. A match race pc
tween Teddy Hale and SAMMY Brock OF q
mile was run off. Brock winning in l:S6 Joe
Caccavajo and c. S Henshaw also rode the secoho
bea, in the race for the best two out Of three
races.
day night and also last night, and was declared
the winner The two men then contested two
mile race Raymond Ball. Of the Quill Cluo
Wheemen of America. acted as Judge and time
keeper.
In the southeast corner of the show is man
who agrees to weigh any one free OF charge whose
weight he cannot guess within five pounds. one
way or the other. He made this proposition 10
the crowd last night. and short stout man walked
up aud challenged him to guess his weight. Inc
owner of the scales guessed lss pounds, but the
little man declared that he was far from BENG
right. He took out OF his pockets his Keys. JACK
knife and a lot Of other junk. and mounted the
sca.es with a sef-satisfied smile on his face lie
weighed lust lSs pounds. and had TO deliver up nve
cents The owner of the scales declares that he
has guessed everybody's weight who has been
weighed on the machine. and has never been COM
PEELED 10 weigh any one free of charge
A long array of racing talent has been engaged
for tonight and a good time IL offered Among
The new exhibits at the show Is a three-wheeled
tandem which Just arrived yesterday. 1t attracts
a good deal of attention, as 1t is the only one OF
its kind in the show. Another exhibitor has a
double roller chain his bicycle which. he says.
makes the easiest-runnnG wheel In the country.
Another man has a chain and sprocket wheel which
ne asserts does away with about 10 per cent of the
friction He says IL is the fastest wheel made. and
backs his claim up with long list of words rec
ords including a mile two miles and half mile.
lamp manufacturer has a lamp that holds a