Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-08-19
THE CYCLING WORLD.
Latest Chat of the push" ANYBODY.
Everybody. All the People are Re-
quested to Send in Cycling Items for
This Department.
| Sun sets at
Light Lamps at

Don't Scorch.
The bicycle races at the Park will he
on the 18th inst. 1t will inaugurate the
great sport in this city, and the meet will
be decidedly successful unless all signs
fail.
contractor Tomlin is hustling with the
work of building the new course, and he
says 1t will be completed all in good
| time.
Ihe promoters of the meet for the 2sth,
are hard at work and are making much
progress in securing the crack riders to
compete, and pretty much all of the fast
men will be here from Vineland and
Mlllville. In addition, the best men from
abroad are likely to be here on the open
handicap races. The contests will be
| one mile novice, one mile open. two
mile handicap, five mile handicap, one
mile championship of Bridgeton, match
race between Cassidy of Millville, ard
/ Miller of Vineland. These features will
be sufficient to attract great crowds, and
make anfafternoon of rare sport. Chair
man, Albert Mott of the Racing Board
OF the races will be under the rules of
H the L. A w.
Il ou can bet that there is some kicking
n about the roads about town, and the great
\ world OF local wheeimen are talking
about next spring election. High and
low crossings, miserable cutters, deep
holes, high knolls, ruts and sand, all
Serving to make the life of the bicyclist
unhappy Good roads Councilmen will
be hunted up in the future, and they will
Iget bicycle votes.
j. b. MGear has returned home after a
weeks trip on his wheel.
| The Cohansey Cyclers made run yes
Iterday afternoon, and they presented a
livery beautiful appearance.
This weeks members from here to the
L. a. W. are Robert Moore, Lewis S
Pierce and Chester R. Silvers.
There are cycling clubs in America
lopen only to one-armed and one-leggea
men and women.
police patrol tricycle. has been in.
vented and built by firm of bicycle
manufacturers in Ohio. 1t is intended tc
take the place of wagon and horses in
those small cities where expense in con.
nection with the police department is 6
great consideration. 1t is said that calls
can be answered in much quicker time
than with the horse drawn patrol. The
machine affords seats for two police
officers and one prisoner. The police
officers sit, one in front and one at the
back. The prisoner, facing the rear
occupies a seat between them, with hi:
wrists handcuffed to the sides of the sea
and his feet strapped in stirrups affixed
to the rear axle. The steering is done by
the police officer on the front seat, the on,
on the rear being thus left free to devote
his attention to the prisoner; while at thu
same time he can assist in furnishing thu
motive power. 1t has been successfully
tried in Dayton.
decision ofinterest to all cyclists who
carry accident insurance policies has beer
handed down in Rochester, N. Y, by
Justice Davy in the case of Israel w. Bald
win against the Fraternal Accident Asso
citation of America. The complainant was
injured by fall from his bicycle while
riding from his residence to his place O.
business. His right hip was fractured
and he was confined seven weeks in his
house under doctors care. At the time
of the occurrance the plaintiff held an ac-
cident policy in the Fraternal Acciden,
Association, which entitled him to $50 pei
week, for period not exceeding fifty-twc
\ i,,o nf i,,i1 Tha IoFo Il
association refused to settle the plaintiffs
claim when he presented it, and accord
ingly an action was commenced to recover
$40 from the corporation.
The answer filed by the defendant sci
up general denial of the complaint. AS
a separate defence it was claimed that by
the terms of the policy, if the plaintiff
should be injured while engaged tempo
rarily or otherwise in any occupation or
exposure classified as more hazardous
than that specified in the certificate, the
indemnity should be at the rate only of
the more hazardous occupation. 1t was
further alleged that the plaintiffs injuries
were received while riding bicyle. clas-
sified as hazardous occupation, emitting
the plaintiff to only $40 week instead OF
$40. Judge Davy held that person who
only rides bicycle occasionally for con-
venience and pleasure, is not a cyclist
within the meaning of the insurance
policy.
THE mere fact that man rides bicy-
Gle occasionally for pleasure" he says in
his decision, 'does not make him by oc.
cupation professional cyclist. The
clause in the policy evidently has ref
erence to those who are professional
bicyclists and make their living by racing
on the wheel"
Bicycle riders from all over the coun-
trxr