The sun., 1897-07-05
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
1EB1rBERS OF THE EI6HTH BEGI-
lTENT TO 60 ON "A LON9 TRIP.

Il
1rENT TO 60 ON A 1oHa TRIP.
| Thsy Propose 20 40 Five Mundrea MILES on
BonG Hsinnd Roads and Through Connects
cut. Covering Fifty MILES Day-Broeltlyn
Cyoicrs to Ceiebrnte--noutes sna Hetcs.
whilo many club mon and unattached riders
took advantage Of the two days holiday to enjoy
runs into the country over yesterday and to-day,
there was q large number of cyclers out in tho
Park, on tho Riverside Drive, and at nearby
suburban points yesterday. Tho cycle paths at
Brooklyn were well patronized. At Coney ISL
and thero was great crowd Of wheelmon
and Uheclwomcn. Tho popular points visit
] cd wore Asbury Park, Bridgeport, and
Patchoeuc. Tho excellent roads along the
New Jersey coast attracted riders from all
sections. Parties Of members of tho Century
Wheclmcn, st. George Bicycle Club Ascension
| Club Cyclers, Greenwich wheolmen. Morris
wheelmon and Castle Point Cyclers rode down
the coast visiting the Atlantic Highlands, Long
| Branch and Asbury Park. Among tho clubs to
arrive at Patchogue for tho purpose Of partici-
pating In the bicycle parade at that place to-day
woro tho Royal Arcanum, Brooklyn. Logan.
! Long Island and Harlem wheelmen. A bicycle
parade will also be hold at bridgeport to-day.
Tho Race Committee of tho Harlem Wheel
mon has decided to run tho trial heats of the
short distance races at their meet on next Satur-
! day morning. beginning at 10 o'clock. The 100
| mile professional race will be started at noon,
and II seml.flnal heats are necessary they will
| bo run during tho progress Of the long-distanco
races in the afternoon. This latter plan will be
something of an experiment, and IL carried out
| will undoubtedly interfere with the progress of
the big races.
Members of Company K of tho Eighth Rogi-
| mont are making arrangements for 5O0-mile
! ride through Long Island and Connecticut this
month. The men will start on July II, and 1t is
expected that forty riders will participate. A
schedule Of fifty miles day in all conditions OF
| weather has becr outlined. Each rider will
be supplied with the following equipment:
| Ponchon cooking utensils. overcoat rolled on
pack. blanket rolled up and strapped to seat,
and piece strapped TO frame. He will also carry
all tho necessary change of underwear, shoes,
&C.. besides i, @ 100 rounds of ammunition. Each
| man Will be required to carry a complete repair
except such as would b found inPosSiblte.
nsR. iRs TSe R n% viii
duty during war times. The company viii be
divided into three sections, each under the com.
in tho Shinnecock Hills, and scouting parties
will be sent out continually. The packs and
pounds.
| Hc asbOClAI6u SyCunR SluDb OF inc EABtern
District of Brooklyn are making arrangements
to to hold hold grand bicycle parade on the evening
The
district. This will 90 the first bicycle parade OF
ali ,Re na ID s %sW
Will participate. The committee has decided
upon the following route: Starting at Leonard
street and Greenpoint avenue, through Leonard
to Boerum, to Hayward. to Bedford avenue. to
| Grant square, and return to starting point In
until July 81. p'fN
| TORONTO, July 4.-The fifteenth and mos
| successful meet in the history of the Canadian
Wheelmen's Association ended at Chatham yes
the century road race. which was the feature OF
the programme. suffered great deal. The
course was over stretch OF the country adjoin.
ing Chatham, as level as prairie. The roads
TO Benheim and bennington are the best in the
and most Of them finished Jackson Of Chatham.
who won last year 8 century run championship,
s poaa and in h Of m HIS
Morrison @ @ II @ smiths li Fails ont; rScelysd sun
When found he was wandering around in q
Club; Toronto His time was hours 40 minutes
s and 80 seeonds. thirty-two minutes better than
hours and As minutes; 4. i. Jackson. Chat
Faulkner, Buffalo. fourth, in hours and So
ns During the afternoon Angus Nc
lower the Canadian one.mile record. paced. re.
ducing 1t to 1:53 20. In the evening, paced by
the nsnn %e n nt piece G hs
record was broken in the afternoon. making
three new Canadian records for the day.
by 10 Moore and ta'f Of foPoHto
won in ;59 40. a new record for the distance.
Canadian Wheelmen' 8 Association in the worlds
international meet at Glasgow this summer.
RE.pISc Julv 1-The midsummer roce r,oat
| of the Electric Wheelmen at tho Fair grounds
| yesterday afternoon was tho best ever held by
throughout. Tho track was in perfect condi-
ton and the management OF the races admira-
| ries:
ON, One Mile. Mile. Soyise-wOn by Harry seyfer: of this
Two Mile Lap Race, open-woa by W. G. Douglass.
Hen.e fhsdepSa Second t. %atsl oa4etss Tao
Philadelphia, third.
H: 9; SaTdiqer; Phil1dslphis: ". g poassss and and
ne s g. %Sar TTos a
Reading third II. sheek. philadelphia, fourth. Time
One Nile for Boy. Under yeqawon
B.T,o @ third. and William 1nGstadt fourth. Time.
ss ss
j. H. hinnick. Wilmington. third
BRtDGEPoRT, July 4.-wheelmen own tho
town tonight. There arc fully 5000 of them
here and more are arriving on every train and
boa boat; The Harlem n Wheel Club. the Paramount
tions from New Jersey and from cities and
towns for many miles around are here. The oc-
casion is the monster bicycle parade. which is to
| take place tomorrow morning, followed by the
meet OF the Bridgeport Wheel Club OF Pleasure
| Beach track. Tho list of entries includes Titus
| riders In the country.
The Visiting wheemen had n jolly time last
| night: Two young women. who were said to be
| from Brooklyn. and who wore stunning bicycle
costumes. with green and white sashcs. put in
| an appearance at the Windsor Hotel about tho
| time the boys from Brooklyn arrived. They APP
pid psiarGd on the veEanda Of the hotel. and in few
wheelmen. They cheerod the girls tms and
again. After visiting many places. the women.
escorted csc 0y hundreds OF wheemen, returned to