New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-21
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.

Colonel George +. Waring OF the Street Cleaning
Department ia looking for the THIEF VINO store MS
wheel Colonel Waring Is an enthusiastic wheel
man. but since last Wednesday he has been oo'iseo
to ride about in his buggy On that day MS WHICH,
mysterIously disappeared and he has since been
anxiously hunting for the thief, determined on nav
Ing him punished to the utmost limit OF the law.
He learned on Monday night that the supposeo
thief had been caught. and In consequence ap-
peared at Yorkville Court yesterday 10 prosecute
him. The prisoner was Joseph w bhiar" "
young man living at No. 92s Amsterdarn-a'e' o".
of Colonel Warnings employees He Is cohhec'eu
with the Department stable in East Sixteenth-s''
Colonel Waring sat the bench with Magistrate
Crane while Ballard was examined az 70 inc 'hei.
of the wheel lie denied that he was guilty. ana
said that n week ago Monday he went 10 Solonc!
Warnings house and took the wheel 10 INC Depa H.
Wheel hs the next day. John Evans. servant OF
Colonel Waring, then said that was true, put ne
ana failed TO bring it back This was denied by
John shattuck, who is also employed a, 'p Pa,iard
did not leave the stable ali day Wednesday so he
could not have stolen the Cooneis wheel So'o n.
dence of guilt was weak. Ballard was then ais
charged
The healthy growth OF the League OF American
wheelmen is particularly gratifying TO the officials
of that organization year ago this week inc
membership was 81 2i5; now It is a32 year 1so
NewYork state had l75+ Id nov M e MAJ number
isS3 New York has 1872 and Pennsylvania o'0'
Some Of the driveways In Brooklyn are in paruc-
ularly had condition. A gang OF men IL al "oiN
repairIng some of the roads. and as result inc
wcst Drive Prospect Park is almost impossible
"a wheeluen The best way to reach the cyc.e
path at present Is to take either Of the routes or
side of the Park-that Is. along f!atU"s"-"'' -
along Ninth-ave. and down Fifteenth-st
II the appearance Of the Chicago representatives,
counts for anything. the Eastern hremen anu VI
cycle policemen will have to put forth the'r 'eS'
efforts next Saturday afternoon to keep the char-
fly fund tournament championships from oeiiis
carried TO the West The Chicago teams arrived
last night and to-day they will be seen In prac''ce
at Manhattan Field. where the tournament VII, W f
held: Those Representing the ERE Mo,onev George
\ Gilmore and A. Kercher. The Chicag9 p pncS.
reprssenaiyes ARE Of the bicycle
SQUAD and Detective Sergeant Bert Co"drey'
Julius c. Linsley. one of the most enthusiastic
League workers In Oswego n. Y. has just for
worded TO the New-York State Division headquar-
tiers the application Of Patrick Fenneh Cshahd'
,oo,,,ra., of Oswego. the poet-laureate of the
nro, herhood of Locomotive Engineers. VINO az
such has large PSrs ths ni9ed States r Fen
nell ia also the pacemaker OF me nsween and he
was responsible for the name of the club-a most
appropriate for a club formed TINS summer
Foster Waller Becker Pierce Shoch ana some
Of the other distance riders are In training TOT
the six-day race TO be held at the Charles Ft ,t
track I'm Boston. In August. Inc men . VIII l.uo
eieht hours a day There Is some talk OF arrahs-
ing a similar race for track in this district
Cyclists desiring TO join the League OF american
Wheelmen may obtain full printed Information ana
membership blanks by sending names ana ao-
dresses to the Cycling Editor The Tribune.