The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-20

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MERIDEN.
J. NJ. Batten, who rode the Stearns
last year, will ride the Tribune this
year.
e. A. Chabot, who rode the Rambler
last year, will be seen on the track
this year.
w. e. Shore. who rode the Hunter,
will ride the Stearns.
A. M. Shepard will continue to ride
the Stearns.
r. Swenson will continue to ride the
Rambler, as will also G. Jopson.
d. Talbot will also stick to the
Stearns.
]. Bartlett is having a fine track
built He will open the season Decora-
ton day, and there will be an event
there every month.
MERIDEN WHEEL CLUB.
A. NJ Curtis. who is said to be the
best amateur in the state, will ride the
Columbia. He carried off most of the
honors at Springfield last year.
Dick" Hintz is riding a Tribune this
year.
The club will hold it's meet July 8.
last year, will be seen this year, as will
l.. Collins, a novice, and W. Cough, who
rode Stearns last year.
A. r, Ives, who rode the Columbia
last year, will be seen with the same
make this year.
The Meriden Wheel club will give
MY Friend From India" under the
auspices of the club, April &C. They
will hold smoke the 25th, and will
have the race meet on the Saturday
preceding the Springfield meet. The
club has leased the South Meriden
track.
The cycle path committee have COM
menced repairs on the path from Meri-
den to North Haven.
Bridgeport
H. H. Leopold and Wehile, the pro-
fessional, will both ride the Stearns
Boyd and Perry, the crackajacks, will
ride the Tribune.
w. T. Snider, president of the Ameri-
can Wheel club, and A Fuller will ride
the Dayton, w. F. Shroud and T. Cone
the Sterling.
H. Elliott and H. Dunbar will ride
the Columbia.
The American Wheel club has 1874
members and has twelve applications
for membership. 1t expects to have a
tandem team this year. The club was
organized November &c, 1896, and is now
one of the most popular in the state.
G. S. Fox of the Bridgeport Wheel
club says he is ready to ride anybody
in Fairfield county for any prize within
the limits of the l.. A. W. Fox and
Leopold will also ride tandems against
anybody in the state.
w. G. Wheeler will ride against any
body in the state in ten mile road
race.
]. D. Cooper will ride on the clut
team, as will Guy Hunt, Preston, sher-
wood and Jim Nelson.
Chairman Buck and AL Knapp of the
L. A. w. will officiate at the B. w. C
| meet at Pleasure Beach, July 5. The
Pleasure Beach track is one of the best
| in America.
The Yale team will put in a course
| of training here after the intercollegiate
| games.
The National Cycle Track association
is considering the ACCESSIBILITY of send
ing Senator Morgan, editor of the Am
er1can Wheelman, to Europe to secure
| at least ten representative European
| cyclists, who are to ride exclusively fol-
| the w. C. T. A
w. La Homme will be seen on the
| cycle path this year.
The wheeling season will open a.
| Pleasure Beach, Decoration day, with
the meet of the Ramblers.
July 5 the National Circuit L. A. w
of the B. w. G. will hold the Nationa
Circuit meet August TO-
| Labor day the Ramblers will holt
their fall meet
| Between these dates the American
Wheel club will hold their meet ant
also the races of the Grand Circuit o.
the W. c. T. A., which will be bis
| event.
| The Bridgeport Wheel club has elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year: William F. shroud, first lieuten
ant; Howard Dunbar, second lieuten
ant; Andrew Lang, firts color bearer
George Dane, second color bearer, ant
Arthur E. Fuller bugler.
| MIDDLETOWN.
| G. ]. Guy will take up riding agar
this year, and will either ride a Victor
or Stearns.
Henshaw of New Pork and o. He'd
strum will ride the Wooster, both tan
dem and single, as will l.. Munger ant
S. B. Page.
r. Steadman will ride the Heating
DANBURY.
Danbury will have several new rid