The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-20
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
UVRElsoEABIE IME LIMITS CAUSE
MANY COMPLAINTS.

MANY COMPLAINTS.
Hnafnr raon Anxious for the Dates 90 Ne Set
FOR the national ~p1ect-Eighth Regiment
Cyeisrs In Camp nt Centre Raoriches-Ns
Sidewalk Riding In the sunern district.
Racing mon express great indignation over
what they aliego are the arbitrary rulings OF
some Of the official referees Of the L. A. W. At
the Vim Bicycle Club meet held last Saturday
Referee Freeman Nefus, who 10 Chairman OF
tho New Jersey State Racing Board, imposed q
time limit Of . minutes and % seconds on the
one-milo novice race. 1t was declared out OF all
reason by veteran wheelmon to expect novices
to ride inside Of such q limit. Again, in the one
milo professional race the time limit was set at
2 minutes and is seconds. This was also do
clared to be too low. A racing man, In discussing
the question yesterday. said to TIE SUN ro-
porter:
IAN Official who will set o time limit of Q
minutes and rs seconds on o novice race dis
plays q great lack of judgment. Many referees
seem to think that the racing mon have no
rights whatever. I do not mean to infer that
some ~novices cannot ride q mile in 2:25 or bet
ter. but to place such a limit on an open novice
race is manifestly unfair. A time limit Is placed
on n race merely to prevent loafng, and not 10
compel riders to maintain O "killing"
pace in order to earn their prize. For
very fast races, special pacemakers are
engaged, but II 10 rare that impossible limits are
set. Tho character and condition Of o track and
the elements must always DO taken into con-
sideration In setting time limits. but few officials
do this. Contestants naturally resent such
actions, and the riders In tho novice raco at
Newark ON Saturday would have been justified
II they had refused to ride"
Local riders who 20 on outings into tho coune
try on Sundays and holidays claim that tho town
officials display an unjust discrimination against
them and impose fines for violation Of ordinances
ridabie few persons viii run the risk Of arrest
By, using the sidepath!. so that the sidewalk
SECTIONS, however. tho claim Is made that the
roads are unit for wheels. and under such cir.
cumstances riding on the sidewalk results in
A party Of. wheelmen claim that while on Q
sris to teS 9' 4 sease w sdsd e on Pth] ss csesEirt tss 81
sufeTn which was unridsble;, They went on
the sidewalk. and. while riding slowly and
arrest. They were taken before q Justice Of tho
riders that the road was unridabie. which was
substantiated by the constables, imposed a fno
but their protests were without avail. The
snnern section Is 4 popular riaing district. and
sidepathA.
Racing men are awaiting the dates for the
anxiety. The success Of . half dozen Of the lead
Law. champions difficult. 4 SS,i.taDa a race sSs
date as follows: considering the work Of ali
In wins, with Bald second. Both riders are in
better form than last season. Arthur Gardiner,
,@s p1 fn sR;s %SsS SmRp 5iGSS siF h hRfR e s;it hSTs
for somo reason rides well only in stresfs. Be.
tween Mertens and Kiser. / think tho former 10
fhs r Ssssst defeat IsSss;i Of fG SSopsr. pt snS ot that Re c az
traxsl in the %c fSs s 7 cosR,pSny: and Requires
Eddie IeDuf he and others srs'SS have besn I rIdins;
fast In different sections, and when all tho
cracks come together at Philadelphia some Of
The BEST racing OF tho year will DO seen."
A.reception will DO held tonight at tho Hotel
Associated Cycling CLUBS Of the Eastern District,
WI s.. ths prizes T won In the recsn. parade vii!
led to tho idea of making the orgnnipation psr.
im nansn,;., There her. T. a large g, n %pfsn, OF strong and
it is felt can aid in the promotion Of tho intereStss
OF bicycle riders under o properly organized
,. a agye,mi ns tbsSaim1 Pg|rsSHiit race between repre-.
place at tho Charles River Park track. Boston,
tomorrow. The fastest riders :n the two ciies
aud B. Pierce The Pihiiedeiphiia m team viii iiIHIy con::
sist Of J. +: starbueki G. A. Church. R. +. Mo
49, ~ Do"SAo ohu o. a.. ahtE. IL L6AuS
track, each team to do is own pacing. I IN / the the
Ing the leader Of the other team inside Of i've
miles. the team making the fastest time for the
At the recent championship meeting of the
Scottish Cyclist Union the times recorded were
ship was won by j. Killac6y in 5 minutes and 10
seconds. The one,m!le amateur championship
was won by j.. 4. Easson in 1 minutes and 174-5
seconds. In the twelty-nye-mil event Ian
prizes were offered to improve the racing. j.
seconds. The amateur and professional Cham.
pion9 met In o one mile race. The professional
won In u minutes and ~ seconds.
.PATcHoGUE, July 19.-Capt, Lyon and his
thirty mon q Company =. Eighth Regiment.
OF Long Island. arrived hero this afternoon. Tho
1 msn aid o mot 4 snow 20 any so signs Of fa,tigue; and all
Capt. Lyon In an interview praised the men fdr
their gallant ride on Sunday. covering nearly
tSe yha miles %sot IN the ,so rstnstorm. considerinE
The wassr Ike "1 ducks. INC Only 9ef three sss'e Chains as
sa%ped st Babylon last night. Early si,S hi, m "%ys
ing reveille, was sounded, and the men were
loft babylon at 8 o'clock, and proceeded slowly.
lay Of the country and arrange the necessary
maps as In q case of actual warfare; At IL
ner. Tho Prospect House was made temporary
headquarters.
A fast division, consisting Of Capt. Lyon. Cor
poral Soll, and Privates Fisher. LunsE, and w.
A. Dixson. started from Babylon At IL 80 o'clock
and arrived here one hour and twenty minutes
later. At I o'clock tho main body OF riders ar.
rived here, where the three divisions, after an
hours rest, resumed the ride toward Montauk.
Capt, Lyon said they would camp at Moriohes,
fourteen miles east Of Patchogue, tonight.
They expect TO leave Moriches at So'clock to-
morrow morning, and, with easy riding, to reach
Sag Har1or at 9 O'Clock In the evening. Capt,
Lyon will put his men through a drill every day
while on tho journey. Picket duty. a sham bat
tie. and other military tactics win be the order
while at tho east end OF the island.
On Thursday morning tho return march will
be begun, the route being over the north shore
OF the island. On Wednesday morning Private
WI Dixson will start from Montauk with a
cipher message to BIO delivered at Jamaica from
where Y will be wired to tho State camp at
Montauk to Jamaica In seven hours. and