New-York tribune., 1897-09-03
IN THE CYCLING WORLr.
MAYOR STRONG SIGNS THE ROAD OR
DINANCES.

now \ law. f. A. Crow and Louis Resented have
worked earnestly to bring about reform IN IN ms
cciyed the signature OF the Mayor Mr.. RosenfeId
hurried TO the division headquarters win ule sotE
Resented said Yesterday: ''Tne idea first sug-
gested Dy DR.. Ottolengui, but whee.m seemed 10
Dormant for some time Then Fred Bronson. the
Resons regarding gs rules oi the road and this served
stir up the cyclists. The code OF rules . Jh Just
rules are good but | think the one relating to
keeping to the right is the most important h nnlS
st. and on the Boulevard between Seventy second
~, and Manhattan-ave There Is state law wneh
nF %aSS UhS bu5 SE hitherto that
WS4 ,bey S s6S oc
has promised that as soon as he receives COPE
of the new ordinances he will see 10 1t that COP! s
placed in the hands OF every policeman IN the CITY
4 scheme TO have a handsome boulevard at the
foot OF the Palisades is being discussed with inter-
est by ;ne Wheeling authorities in this dis'rlc,.
ne plan suggested Is 10 nave tne ale Iersev st ar
of tho line OF nils in New York ana NeW-Jtrsey az
GTe Dy 'o nod then run from Fort to Pier
mont and connect with the Hudson C9unty Bose nd
NJ tIrekor OF the New-Jersey division OF the l.;
L. w. with Governor Grgss and others % nranoed
drlvcwav as soon as President Potter returns trom
Europe Alter the tour me nece,ttbt t ~ desred re-
action will be started 10 bring ABOUT tIIe ue>e" ie
suit
Mcixe,I Of Denver. who recently rode three hunureu
and tventv-three miles unpaced, In twenty-iour
hours worlds record. He is out after niiiesge sese
honOrs ID na rb nGe Sr5T4S 3nS mes S When is one ho
sand one hundred miles in advance OIL NE @ omn
,e Mefxe,i came within forty seconds Of the nifty
mile record and could easily nave Hld1S IL "a iIr
iafer ,T@ 0 thoTgh he reduced the fftymie unpaced
record to 22s 10 10 This IS almost minute t aheaS @
65 % the the cPrd of l. T. B@eker Mexe rides
erage OF hundred and hlty miles @ dayi yiddn ana
after this performance has on one occasion Eluuen
three consecutive miles in 22o; 2H ana z'si ana ,
NEGOTIATED the LAST qG3ffp III 20 match race with
Frank Waller and will compete in the coming SIX
day race In this city.
The parade of the Associated Cycling Clubs OF
Long Island to be held on the afternoon of Septem-
Der s is to signalize the completion OF several ex-
tensive improvements in the city Of Brooklyn
Drivc many miles of asphalted streets and the
Eastern Parkway extension whch, "hei' IN tuiV~ Tnn
SSPSn SPPgeySrd 10 f.ys ysems ea in Gre.er NeWYork e
parade termed the BROOKLYN Psradei ogcao hsfore
that "lty is merged into the greater municipality
The association desires that the patae;S m the
as large. grand and as represenla'&ve & as 'te it
committee can possibly make it, 10 secure aero Ios
nriate prizcs viii be presented The Parade Com
mitee held meeting last night at the i1ogsj1i LogaI
Eornn,ttee reported that it had appointed Leuten-
antiovernor Timothy l. WOODBURY. grand m'r;hsi r,tsr
accepted.
ward chosen by the various divisions
Exactly thirty-six riders will battle for the 5000
10 be distributed In the trial heats ana hna OF the
big Quill Handicap tomorrow and Monday IL
Manhattan Beach in connection with the two-day
National Circuit meet OF the Quill Club Wheelmen.
The trial heats OF which there will he three. Will
be run on Saturday and I'VE men IN each VIII qua,
OF 500 will bc distributed in the trial heats lnclud-
sorJ Of r. p held y. Is.
Goehler OF Buffalo The winner Of the fastest neat m
will also receive an eAtr! 80 besides tne 30 20 s
,o him for finishing I'm front The winner OF the
anal heat on Monday will receive slco, the SECOND
$50 the third 500 and me tourth Iii III bo n'i, A.
scratch and Albert Schock. the six-day pluggsr.
yin be on the HINT S95 at '6fe 6f ba aoments to-
morrow The racers comprise about an .ne ad,i. ntI
nxpect@d that the handicap record will be materi-
ally reduced.
Tho regular club run OF the Century Wheelmen
FOR SUNDAY will he to Corey Island. starting from
tho clubhouse No i46 West Seventy. .hrst-st., at
go a. m This has been scheduled ed a. the SdT re,
as mark OF respect to the Philadelphia wheelmsn
who will visit Coney Island on that day 9nd'r fhrae T
auspices OF the League cycle CiuD NE "for for
days club outing on i6n1sfor long l.h1 derared of
,,od s,orv IA ,old OF n certain Alderman in this
cl,v VINO proved to be something Of a stumbling
block 10 the passage OF the road ori!nances 10
mention a bicycle seemed to arouse his dsdan. lie
has naturally heard considerable talk about the
wheel recently Yesterday he IS reported 10 nave
gone 10 one OF his friends in shamefaced way ana
asked him what bicycle he should puFsn,ase, l
don't know how 10 rlde y"t' salu " .>ui - ,' 's
but I think thar can learn In about TWO les
sons"
+ 4 REYNOLDS. the old-tme skater. is making
good time on the bicycle skate The skates
weigh about nine pounds and they are two ieet
in length. Reynolds says that ne can & do N 'is Fem IN
2:i0 and with more practice VIII DE- dple ~ heep
pace with a fast bicycle rider
The American Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty TO Animals offers a reward OF 80 FOR the
arrest and conviction Of any person throwing s'aSs
or tlcks IN ;he streets
The Acme wheelmen of Jersey City have elected
officers as follows: President Alfred cummings;
yce-presldent. II. LauGhlin; corresponding secre-
tary Frederick Bates: treasurer H. H. IompKlns'
hugler Charles Rummeler; color-bearets. L. Ken
nedy and John McGregor
w r. Fearing jr. OF the New-Iork Athletic ana
coIumbi, College racing teams who has been seri-
ously III with typhoid fever is no" out Oh DANGER
Cvcrs,s desiring to join the League Of American
Wheelmen may obtain fun printed information and
membership blanks by sending names ana ad-
dresses to the cycling Editor The Tribune
Az EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORn.
An exceedingly heavy thunderstorm swept over
the city At 43O yesterday morning 1t began gently
IKE an Anril shower but I'm few moments ram
feIl in torrents. The rain was accompanied 10y
fierce and vivid lightnlng ana the thunder WIS
l,ud and inccssant but. while the rain was heavy
and the lightning fierce. the air was almost
brsothle.s In the three and half hours between
,:3o and s a. m. more than half an inch OF ram
fell. Many OF the cellars in South-St anu aIoiS
of Tenth-ave., were flooded and several factories
IL. raGI o n. -
o.cock the electrical display had ceased, but the
heavy clouds still threatened a rainy day.
soon afterw ard, however the sun rroke through
and although clouds covered 1t several times again
in tha course of the day, the skies cleared IN the