The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-29
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
BIG PREPARATIONS BEING MADE
FOR THE NATIONAL MEET.

HWGnNyehNb IhuuuFeu oIth NNVFtA Us ~
to Ne Distributea-The Championship Races
TO ne Run ON n board TracE-Fatal Acct
dent in an Australian Road Rsce-Notes.
It is expected that the national meet of the
l.. A. w. TO DO hold az Philadelphia In August,
will eclipse any previous event OF the kind.
Thomas Hare, Chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee. says:
The preliminary work for the eighteenth an
nual national meet is now well under way and
the committees in charge hope to arrange a pro-
gramme which will be more than satisfactory
to the thousands Of members whom we expect
to visit Philadelphia ut that time. The race
meet committee has received 81, 500 for the pur-
chase Of prizes, which will enable them to pre-
sent what will doubtless be the most attractive
list ever offered at q national meet. 1t has been
decided to lay a board surface upon the new
track at Willow Grove, where the championship
races will be held. No trouble or expense will
be spared to make the track equal TO any in tho
world. 1t has boen decided to run the trial heats
of In tho mornings and tho somi-finals and
finals In the afternoons Of Aug. O and ~
The victory Of Earl Kiser. tho Ohio racer. over
Bald and Cooper ut Philadelphia on last Satur-
day entities him to the undisputed credit Of
being the fastest professional on tho track at
present. Kisor has administered successive de-
foats to Bald, the claimant for championship
honors. The professional riders will all gather
on the national circuit this week, when Kiser,
Bald and Cooper will meet repeatedly. Expert
enced racing men declare that with proper care
Kiser will finish tho season at tho head Of the
list. During the New York State circuit Bald
defeated Cooper in a number Of races, but not
withstanding this fact 1t is expected that the
latter will prove to DO Bald's superior at the close
Of the season.
Advices from Australia indicate that the road
| ntN aAAo1r ~~A-al - -- AI., ~
and resulted disastrously for some of the con.
testants. In a twenty. mile handicap event, with
eighty starters, b. NJ. Sheppard. with GIG min.
utes handicap, fell in descending a hill and was
thrown into some stone abutmentsn near a bridge,
fracturing his skull and five ribs. the latter
puncturing his lungs. He was conveyed to a
hospital, where he died without regaining con-
seriousness. T. Crotty. who was following Shop
pard closely, rode over him and received u bad
fall.
Alderman Charles Francisco of Brooklyn re-
plies to a letter from the Associated Cycling
Clubs Of Long Island, thanking him for his ef-
forts to secure a cycle path on Bushwick ave-
nue., In the following manner:
whatever aid can to make it as pleasant as
possible for all cycle riders. 1 believe cycling is
g st reGfSa!, Sen W anS w ,snds to make nal e healthier cam ap Sa
done TO strengthen our physical condition. ! be-
lieve that only in a healthy body can a healthy
sPRINaFIELD, juno Notwithstanding the
bad weather, the National Circuit meet held
here to-day was a grand success. All Of the
Exception exec Of Bald i do who will Met be s here for VIC" tolm Sne
rows, meet. Kiser was for the first time do
fsated by Cooper this season in the mile, open.
Cabanne. Mertens. and Turnbull. The onemile
,, track was ,a in nc Cooper, t favor: Each ho{ man was vas
three-quarters. pole was reached. Cooper led
| nar eamn round tho hrnrh with N aurint and
out after him, With Kiser sieishridins on his
closed with Gardiner and passed him, Gardiner
quitting, Kiser came up to the side Of Cooper,
won by half a length from Kiser. who in turn
detected Sardller ~ an open ionSt,h; Ceb"nno
state Stat e%0@ ehanp s@a MsF' sas R..n' by ne +. R "a. PeH'
body, who also took the mile open, amateur.
season. He will try and lower Zimmerman's
record Of 103 frsts for one season. The sum.
maries:
Mile Open, observation-disclosures won, Kiser second.
Gardiner third; Time. $3.50 Is:
Two Miles; Handicap professional.Tom David. In
ssssaa: J. 10 i. i Ls5Hsi T'n les s. y q as'' shifd 20 S Ti%s;
one Mile. geo Glass. Professionals. f. Anderson
wSn' Lou coburn second. il SHELTON third. Time,
NOTES.
A ffty-mile match race was decided at Paris on
cracks. The latter won haadiiy. cst t. neM
French records from one TO ten kilometres and a new
seconds.
Great interest is manifested In the twenty five mile
course next saturday. This viii be the nrst open tan.
The three staten Island wheelmen who propose to
ride a tri9i s5s from this s,S city t to San francisco have
Tho LlewelIyn Cycle Club OF Montclair will hold
some road races. including a nve'mile handicap. two
mile handicap: and a one mile boys race, on the Val
ley Road next Thursday.
under the auspices OF the Excelsior Boat Club OF Pat.
erson. a pursuit race will be run between c. Hadfeld
Edtl, Bald cleared over o. 1000 on the New York
'' Henry Tyfs $. piro 63n the S0' Western term mem member of the Ma.
tional Racing Board Of the !" a; W. has resigned the
W +, Reed OF Chicago has been appointed in his
Chief Consul Boyle OF the Pennsylvania division of
the l.. A. W, has selected Aug: 8 as the date for the
Some OF the promoters OF tho race tracks in France
have submitted alluring offers to A. A. Zimmerman to
The letter carriers in tho city of Mexico use bicycles
In the recent match race between q. W. Stocks and
J. Plat Belts at London. the latter established new
English figures for three.quarters and ono mile; He
covered the three-quarters in l'2o 40 and the mile in
match race for a purse OF $500.
The Atalanta Wheelmen cleared $500 on their re-
The best time recorded in a trial heat in a handicap
seconds. made by Himstreet. Abe Denver rider. Last
Saturday at Buffalo At an electric light meeting y.
Miller or that city rode u mile from scratch In z min
utes Z seconds, which is a record.
meeting between j. i. starbuck and Fred Titus, to
take place at the Manhattan Beach track on July II.
The distance will be twenty miles for a 81 900 pure.
Al the meet to be held At Shooting Park. Newark.
on next Saturday, under the auspices Of tho Vim 81
cycle Club OF that city. the following races will he
run: Amateur-Ono mile. novice; one mile. open;
open; one mile. triplet. Professionally mile,
open; two miles, handicap. Teddy Goodman aud
Jay Eaton will ride n match race.
The Arrow Cyclers OF south Orange will ride
through the oranges on next Friday night.
Montague HoIbein, tIe noted longrdistance road
rider OF England. covered 30. miles on the road, on
June IS, in twenty -four hours. creating a new record.
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Gossip OF the Ring.
Dan Lynch has gone to San Francisco. Lynch will