The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-26
THE 4. G ". CENTURY
A Large Entry For the Run
Tomorrow Has Been
Received.
ToDAY's ROWING REGATTA
Games Scheduled in Baseball
, New Jersey Yacht Club Races
Carnival Of Sports.
ROWING REGATTA

The annual century run OF the Hudson
County Wheelmen will be held tomorrow
to Tuxedo. Over two hundred riders are
entered and it should prove to be the
most successful ever held by this popular
club. The slow division will leave the
clubhouse, Harrison and Crescent avenues,
at five A. NJ. The fast pack will leave at
seven A. NJ. The route will be through
Haekensack. Ridgefield. Undercliff. Ram
seys to Suffern, then around the Have
meyer stock farm to Tuxedo. A special
prize will be given to the rider who rides
from Suffern to Tuxedo in the fastest
time. The run is in charge of Captain
Blakeslee, and that proves that every
thing possible will be lone to secure the
comfort of the contestants. The pace
makers for the slow pack are:-Tom
Ward. Riverside Wheelmen; Captain Cor
ley, Clio W~heelmen; Captain Meeks,
Hackensack Wheelmen: L. Taylor, Bay
onne Rowing Association, and E. H.
Smith, South Brooklyn Wheelmen. The
leaders of the fast pack win be Bennett
n Rowe. Bayonne Rowing Association;
Ladue Brothers, Mantle Wheelmen;
Wells, Hackensack Wheelmen, and Cap
tain Stonter, Hudson County Wheelmen.
A suitable trophy will be given to the
club having the most survivors. The first
man to finish in each pack will be pre-
sented with a gold medal. The winner of
the special race from Suffern to Tuxedo
will be awarded a diamond pin. Each
survivor will receive a bronze medal. A
number of ladies have entered and with
their smiling faces should cheer the boys
on when they begin to drop by the way
side.
The entries are coming in for the
twenty-five mile road race of the Mantle
Wheelmen to be held on the Boulevard
at North Hudson, July 5. They do not
close until Monday and by that time it
is expected the number will exceed any
received for a similar event in this vicin-
ity. The prize cup is on exhibition at
Bernstein's and attracts admiration. The
committee, of which William Ladue is
chairman, has done a lot of hustling and
there is no possible doubt as to its sue
cess. The local riders are greatly inter-
ested and there will be a big entry from
this county.
The Jersey City Club Cyclers will ride
to Pompton tomorrow.
The Entertainment Committee of the
North Hudson County Cyclers will meet
this evening to arrange a lawn party in
July.
The Ladies' Division Of the North Hud-
son Cyclers will enjoy a run to Fort Lee
tomorrow. The start will be made at
two O'Clock. Before the start the ladies
will be photographed.
The century run of the Bayonne Rowing
Association. which was to have been de-
cided last Sunday, will be held on Sum
day, July IL. The run will be to Plain
field and return. The committee in charge
are working hard to make this event one
that will be long remembered by III who
take part. They will introduce a nuflber
of novelties into the run, and each man
that rides will be sure of a prize. When
the boys reach plainfield they will be
rider. Among the clubs that have entered
are:-The Richmond Co. Wheelmen,
Richmond Cyclers, Hudson County Wheel
Thomas Wheelmen, Lincoln Wheeimen
and State Island Cyclers. a silver
trophy will be given to the club having
the most survivors.