The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
NEWS OF THE wHEELMEN.
STEADT INCR BAsE IN 4. A. ". MEM
BERSHIP ALE ALONG THE LINE.

wenther-bound yesterday, but while they
waited for the downpour to pass AVA they
were more reconciled TO the congestion Of out
door sport than less favored mortals who do not
patronizo the wheel. Every fraction OF an inch
Of rain meant the elimination of dust for days to
come and tho consequent improvement Of the
going" along the popular arteries Of bicycle
traffic between the city. suburbs, inland country,
and seaside. As soon as Jupiter Pluvius gets
through with his Mysteries tho riding facilities
should be ideal, or, as q practical wheelman puts
II, mot too dry, you know, but Just dry enough"
Meanwhile gossip Is tho order Of tho hour. and
judging by the tone OF comment in clubdom the
lords Of creation are beginning to fear the stay
ing power and pcrsistoncy of women riders on
long runs. When 1t comes to q question OF sport
ing prestige the ordinary man Is inclined to pre-
fer scorching TO chivalry, and II the present boom
In centuries and double centuries keeps on grow
Ing the indications point to some bittor racing
regardless Of sex. Tit old lines to Woman, In
our hours of ease" seem sadly out OF joint at
present, and when the pain and anguish como
In at the end Of a tw~o-hundred mile effort few
men are romantic enough to give precedence to
the "ministering angel" In boomers or divided
skirts.
Tho total membership Of the L. A. W. has
reached 81. $50 this week. Tho Pennsylvania divi-
sion has enrolled 4e3 new members. The men,
poTbnlp tnlb yehT IL over Sf,UUO IN buNhuCo OI
last year. Tho returns from the leading divisions
are as follows:
New York 4ss, total 90. 800, Pennsylvania, tes,
total ID, b71; Massachusetts. 121. total 11.o&2, New
Jersey. lo4. total 8. 600; Illinois, 9S. total 8. l4&; Ohio,
rs. total 2,7os; Wisconsin. 1870. total $3.50; Con
%nectieut. SO. total 1.sSsi Missouri; 9. total i7e7!
1850. '
Tho arrangement Of match races between the
leading riders this season has resulted In do
expected will oventuellyy result to the disadvan-
tage Of racing. A racing veteran. IN comment
which has been popular abroad foE years; has
fSI iss Value s1s' Upon ani iSei T'G services ses Psbsi'h iH a ss short
out, of q match nO Contest. '4 In The recent
rider 81, 600 for his pacemakers' services. This
seems exorbitant, but Michael had to have the
PsIe aHG N SSs I sGndiesstsa p1 that asi tSS little IL iee w Rass
THEN weekly ikGy s al sd9 w IanEEi M n6 from rS sI2 "a. to s slsi
Bald, Cooper. and Kiser are remarkably fast
competition riders does not signify that on q
triplet machine these men would be any good at
at takes good. strong. speedy. pluggers to
make good pacemakers.. These riders are few,
money for their services. / think that the pacing
question should be regulated by the adoption OF
a fixed schedule Of prizes for different dis
tances, as the present custom Is harmful to
racing
A. E. Morrison Of San Francisco. who Is a
nf n1S IN 81 sh th sa ns" F TalEine le of he IN n @Slif %oTe.
i hSei %hiGh d \ tt. isnt /. al %. s ssddlihn Uid I'm sa su GSnst
races, he says:
The movement is a great success. Tho Asso,
citation of California Cycling Clubs now has ], 100
nIDlar and a rnlCtr will ma rtR ptIt-
t y.n' On The @" o,h / FfS SSnds. the Es'G Gs safpraiine di rSniori
OF the L 4. W. is at a standstiI as regards new
last weeks bulletin. while the old members are
dropping ont by the score. The new association
controls both road and track racing. and when
and IT foIl9 eSei rs mSn respect 50 ct the ysI new Or FSs1s I. =
s" NJ Of meets. ali Of which fcfes arc i snecessfui.
Sundays and holidays nre of course tho princi.
Pa; ms4 pr oSEs; SG for the 1ss gG s, have f : sre p1, sssi aS Of
snccess OF the venture is phenomenal. We are
travelling right ahead and the l.. A. w. 10
seldom thought @. in our section; The League
has not a single club as a member in our section,
riders, California is padding her own canoe,
and al the attacks made upon us cannot harm
us. We simply do not care for the former CON.
trolling body and have no regrets whatever"
Jimmy Michael has engagements to meet all
the leading American long distance men this
Waller and ". f. Becker in a twenty mile race
". bsaoh AVLh IA hAitN IL l"O Otl0
riders to relay throughout the contest, so that
he practically meets q fresh competitor at ton
on this line In q hfty-kilumetre match against
two French cracks. On July 81 he will race
Aug. : he is expected to race Lucian iesna in
an hour contest. So far this season he has van
9uished all the riders To has met; and he seem.
destined to end the season with u clean list of
Victories. His performances on tho track rank
him as the leading rider In the world in paced
races.
Jack Parsons. the Australian rider. will com:
pete mt tho race meet OF the Vim Bicycle Club Of
Newark on SATURDAY. Parsons will ride from
scratch in the fve-mile handicap race. This will
since his return from abroad. Parsons has only
boen III training for about ten days, SO that no is
not expected to slow much speed in his early
races. Other professionals who wifi ride are
Harry Maddox; Carroll Jack, Jefferson. and y.
one.mile scratch and handicaps at two and i've
miles: Parsons viii ride G half;mile. exhibition
, miIh t adas , eSGsm cdnsi.,i Ts0 81 R'T SssIs' W Tnsss.
liedstrom, md IND HiSPshaw, will ride a match
Ertz. Dawson. Powell. and Miller.
open here today from a ,ihsid Of ten s]tSrtsrs,
MsFsrlana; EatoTR, Randall Stevens Hoyte.
was paced by hS'e M HAYS c aha f DsTis ca nsf ra the
pace, with nHid second. Mcfarland and Stevens
Dropped TO the roar OF the bunch on the second
his rear y heel, and gained seven longths on tho
field. Mcfarland jumped out and Bald
Immediately went after him and In. o mag.
~IiticcnL finish down the stretch Bald
won by half n wheel. breaking the track
record and lowering tho time to . minutes 2 rs
their seats and fairly shouted themselves hoarse.
A. A. k&!!skn OF the Press Cycling Club OF Buff
I 10 broke the worlds amateur record for two.
thirds Of u mile handicap from scratch. He rode
tho distance IN ! minute "a seconds. Bald rode
tSo.thirds OF n mile exhibition in ] minute
10 20 seconds. The first third was ridden in
~ 90 seconds. Tho track was OF dirt. three
laps. TO the mile. and in poor condition. Sum
maries:
Twu-thirds OF a Mile Handicap. Amateur-won by
w. Z. Dctemple. 10 yards; Charles W. Curry, 40
yards. second: s, q. Meyer, 80 yards. third. Time. /
minute ~ seconds.
one, Mile Open, Professionalism by Bald, McFar. |
land second. L. A. dately third. Time. y minutes
z 20 seconds,
One and One third Mile Handicap. Amateur-won
by Detemple. 20 yards; l.. q. Meyer, 10 yards, second, |
"a 10 seconds.
Two.Mile Handicap. ProfeAsionai-won by A.. Le- |
teal. $50 yards; y d. White, $50 yards. second; G, s.