New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-18

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causes the weight Of the rider to squash out
1 the half-nnated tire so that the edge Of the
| rim comes into contact with the road; the outer
| cover being turned out. the sharp edge of the
| rim naturally presses down upon II, and In the
course of time will wear 1t out The, valve stem
| which protrudes through hole in the rim Is
dragged by the circumferential motion OF the
| wheel against It's side and the air tube. being
| more or less free inside has tendency to tear
| itself away from the valve.
| Professional football players in England are
| among those who intend to embark upon cycle
racing next season. Bassett Is one. Athersmith
another, while Goodall is also said to be con-
| siderng the matter The second professional
! named is the fastest football player in that
country. and. Judging from Parlby's perform
ances, should do well In sprint distances. Bas-
| sett will confne himself to handicaps generally.
put uoooaii should score IN distances from IN,
| teen to twenty-five miles He Is never beaten
| upon the football field, and his stamina OF the
| winter months will keep him well to the front
| during the summer.
The annual fail meet of the Quill Club Wheel
men to be held at the Manhattan Beach track
on September and will probably eclipse any
other meet of the year in this district. II not in
the country. The programme for tho two days
! will be as follows: First day-Trial and semi
finals Of the Quill Club $1,000 Handicap: One
third mile dash, professional. 500, $50, $50 and
SO; one-mile amateur invitation. $50. $50 and
$685. one-half-mie amateur handicap. $50. $50
| and $40. Amateur team pursuit race between
| Greater New-York and New Jersey. with special
prizes and special events to be decided upon on ooo
Second Day-Final heat Quill Club 5000
| Handicap, which will be at two miles. while the
heats will be at one mile one-mile open pro
fessional. with prizes of $780, S10O. $50 and so;
| Quarter-mile dash, amateur, $35 so and $40:
! ive-mile Metropolitan Championship for the
American Wheemen's Trophy Cup. Entry
blanks can he obtained from A: Reeves, secr re
tary Race Committee st. Paul Building. No. 22O
| Broadway, New-York.
The friends Of Waller. who won the 1Oo-
mile race at Manhattan Beach on Saturday.
July 10. but was disqualified. do not seem dis
posed to allow the matter to rest. They say that
| neither the referee nor the announcer told w.
f. Becker, who was pacing, to stop on the last
lap, as was stated. Becker, who by the way. Is
from Chicago and not from Boston won the IN,
five-mile L. A. ". championship at the l.. A. w.
meet at Louisville last August. Becker says
that Barnaby Joined in with Waller In asking
him to pace the last two miles, and that wal,
Ter. Barnaby and Conklin each promised to pay
| him 81 a piece for the pacing. which they ola
pay. He maintains that he had no idea OF CIV
| ing an unfair advantage to Waller or ANYBODY
else.
The alleged determination Of little Michael to
give up paced racing and enter into competi-
ton has surprised many people. Many con-
tend that the little fellow will not be able to
| hold his own with the fast riders, and say that
II will be impossible for him to sprint with
such riders as Kiser, Bald, Cooper and Gar
diner Others who have watched Michael at
practice say that the midget will surprise his
critics The marvellous manner In which ne
jumps from one pace and catches another.
! shows that he can Jump and sprint In
short sprint at Manhattan Beach track early In
the season Michael is said to have beaten out
paced races. Michael generally rides 100 gear,
although he occasionally rides a wheel geared 10
112. If he goes into short distance competition
| he will possibly lower his gear to about ninety.
| cycle man In London who ran up against
big suburban horse dealer a few days ago
| asked him II the cycle craze had made much
difference TO his trade. He said he did not think
| II had He continued: I'VE are not the people
who feel the rub. We buy horses and sell them
| again. but the man VINO has been knocked by
| the cyclist is the one who lets horses and car,
| rages out for hire The swels who can aHord
| to keep horse and carriage still come TO US,
! although they may have cycles as well. But
| with the middle class they buy a machine, and
| do not patronze the livery stable keeper. They
| cycle when 1t is fine and walk or stay at home
! while II may be wet threatening. That's
| where the hardship comes In. It's the small
| man who gets left. but the other. who buys at
| Aldrdge's or Tattersals. hasn't felt 1t in the
| slightest
majority Of the thousands Of wheemen from
| all over the country who will visit Philadelphia
| on the occasion Of the eighteenth annual meet
| Of the L. A. W.. which is scheduled for August
A. will doubtless take advantage of the OPP
portunity to indulge in {. ride over the famous
| old Lancaster Pike. which was built in lI92
and the first hard road ever laid IN the
| United States. Running almost parallel with
| the Lancaster Pike, and but a short distance to
the east Of it, Is Montgomery-ave which was
| in days go by called the "old road to Lancas-
ter On this much travelled (by wheelmen)
| highway is that ancient hosiery known as the
| General Wayne Hotel. Here the thirsty Quaker
| cycler often finds 1t convenient to stop and
! 'Hubricate." There is famous old pump on
| the premises.
The impossibility Of escaping an accident even
by the most careful rider Illustrated by
that happening to DR.. Morgan w. Ayres recent
| ~ While riding on Midland-ave. he noticed
| some boys playing ahead of him, and so was es-
| pecially careful to ring his bell and watch out.
| But just he supposed that he was safely
| past them one OF them right in front Of him.
| and was knocked down, and the doctor was
| thrown from his wheel and so badly bruised
| that he had to send for carriage in order to
| get home The doctor says that II he had not
| had brake his wheel undoubtedly the con-
| SEQUENCES would have been more serious.
! A Good Roads" map of Montclair has Just
been issued by DR.. Albert J. Wright. which
! shows the macadam streets.
| For the first time in many months the gates
! at Manhattan Field Will be opened next sat
urday for a cycling and athletic carnival. II
will not be a mere local affair for fast run
ners and riders from a dozen cities will COM
pete for honors The object Of the tournament
"a q threefold charity-the Fire Department
| Pension Fund the Free Ice Fund, which pro-
vides the poor of the great East Side with
luxury otherwise beyond their reach, and the
police gymnasium. Leading citizens and mer-
| chants Of the city have already recognized tne
! carnival in a liberal manner making success
| assured and the programme OF competitions Is
bound to be attractive There Will be cycle
| races at all the popular distances TOT poth Po-
| ucen1en and iremen as we'll as for the young
| nmatemr riders Of the METROPOLITAN district. An