New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-05
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
THE PROPOSED BRIDGE PATH DE-
CLARED IMPRACTIChBLE.
NATIONAL TRACK OWNERS ASSOCIATION 70
MEET-THE MIcHAELsTARBrCK RACE-JhN'
KINs AND BELDING ELECTED CON


MEEr-rHE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RACE-JEN-
K1Ns AND BELDrNG ELECTED CON
stIs-NorEs AND COMMENTS
A cycle path on the Brooklyn Bridge is. accord
ing 10 President 3erri impracticabie Nlthn the
last few weeks he has received numerous sugges-
lions Of means by which the difficulty OF proViuihs
cyclists with a separate oath across ire bfiuse
,,gb, he overcome but the authors Of all Of these
schemes have overlooked some important facts IN
the problem The only way out of the dhcui'y
tba, Mr. Rerri can suggest is the building OF new
bridge TO accommodate the railroads ana cycls's'
One letter received by him suggested the rsserFa,
ton Of a section of one ear on every udin ioi NV
carriage OF DlryCleS
n, account Of the work Of resurfacing Seventh
avs that thorouehfare il now closed from one
huudred-and- forty-secOnd-st. TO One-hundre"-a""-
,or,vrourth-st North Of the latter the aVenuf Is
i'm poor condition as far as MacotHo Ian" '''''
.-,o National Track Owners Association. which
o,rs,sts Of promoters OF bicycle races will meet at
"a n m tomorrow at the Everett House Inc
Manhattan Beach track ard the CharleS river
,r,cl Dos,on on which most OF the big races
.ol,on mart in bv Jimmie" Michael were run, are
the only tracks represented IN IN, ne, Ysap
-r,,s winter the American Cycle Racing Asso-
citation will organize several indoor races d.
N,d,son Square Garden. on Thanksgiving hs"'
there win be a match between Michael ana ''''r-
hrck 4 six-day race will De run In December IN
,t-, u,to Parnabv Waller. Srhock Scheussler.
p,orco Titus and Forster are already entered.
other meets will be held on Sh pr,hdav anu w"
Years nights. and on Lincolns br'huaS'
c.orbuck "a already hard at work for this match
THO mon are 10 be paced by forty-eight riders on
,onders and the probabilities are that II VIII De
one ot the greatest races ever seen IN tne uar"e''
Nt,hael f. hard at work down at Atlanta "a anu
no will leave nothing undone 10 retrieve MS ioS'
,raio The American Cycle Racing Association
has constructed n nine-lap track, panKeu hisnel
.'a,, ovo- before. and the chances are that an
LII ror records will be beaten Chairman Mot, MI
informed sarSns Of h1 week ne ago has been raised
upon mn 10 at liberty again to take part in races
sanctioned by the L. a. W.
A. leaders IN the contest for the greatest
,,hor ~ centuries ridden by members CT the 'eN-
,r,. ,yheelmen up TO November !. are as loI'oM -
= A Iehri,ter, q: +. +. seymour, %, T. . ~. ~
80. o. " H. Anderson, % c. L. Thurstoh' IL
Tho Following members were appo pom meeting
y the cimb: John T Wall L. Latham' Wood Wood
"a 1'ullv Theodore + HauscI'i'ut anu a. "
,. =, ITO annual election OF officers OF
49, xau.york state Division Of the League OF
W - yyhaolmen II was hoped by W. l. bul',
a., .ooro,arv and treasurer Of the DIVISION "ou'u
ho known Yesterday. Mr.. Bull saiu i'S' ms -"
o,.o, that owing TO an unusualiy iatse "o, ill.,
howeye,f' bai n the figures could not be ascc'
tained until to-day.
r,oro had been no opposition TO the chei ca"
.,,n..o an the State ticket and the eiec'ioh .,
w ue = Jenkins. of Buffalo as chief consul ana
NM " Reldlns jr. OF New-York as vice-cohsuI' -
certain Potter sc rsfe iS van, him still
votes from those who seen'eu ~ "''''
chief consul