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

rbomas X Cree OF Madison-ave., an enthusi-
astc cyclist has this to say regarding the
of Columbus Circle: "Wheemen may we.l &c"
what Is the matter with Columbus CircieT IL mas
been torn up for almost IL not quite, a year ""u
=, seams almost as far from being finished as was
las. fall. No people in the civilized world ou'
good natured Americans would submit 10 sue"
gross outrage or their rights. IRE 'Hc.e mas
almost impas sable, and not one paruc'e y, 49,
has been made recently to remedy the e''', 49,,
of vehicles OF all kinds and the riders oi wv 10
nv the thousands have been inconvenience io'
months and vet little has been said and absoiutey
nothing done. Al least one goo sd,bin twenty -four
the Circle might be opHne sSe improvements have
h hesn cSmpeted Whose bus is IL to see to
that the nuisance is abated at o"''
should complaint be sent!
The membership OF the League OF america"
Wheelmen continues to increase. The new me- ,aa
bers for the week ending yesterday huH'oei 90 80,
bringing the total membership TO da'e up " 80"
Ncw.York has 4is new members making to'ai ~,
the State of % 595 Pennsylvania had 49, anu 90
of 1902; Massachusetts, lle, with a to'aI u 800
and Now-Jersey 35 with total OF Doll Inc h, nro
bershp in this State will jump 70 I'M re rea6v
fr distrib,ion The promise is now made tnat me
hooks will be ready In the latter part Oh '''e p'e
month.
There Is the usual dissatisfaction over the Man"
tic Wheelmens road race. which was run o's, w.
Hudson County boulevard on Monday. IL 70 a.
serted that the officials in charge OF the race go
ss,uas ,,,vsd nm bady and that the official times
given out afterward were far from correct sor,b
Claim is made that W. II hieks lima ~ r prize' ha
RTOCyn Esos s won Al 5ss n4
narded the first time prize is said to have
the course in 1l414, or minute ana sew" 'e0'"0
s,ower than the time made by ihcN9'
Sow.pedford Mass. has the bicycle FEVER as
badly as any place in the country anu II -
estimated that there more than l-"' 'i"eiS -
Two civ The actual number is in excess rather
~. 60, ,hose ncures The youngest recruit In
.nts army ls a child three years old. who' oy inc
wav Is something of prodigy, ana VIC ~,
nerson affected is man almost hihc'! !o"'' 49, ~,
who. while hardly equal TO century run - n,,
to give almost any Of those WHOM ne 10 Celebrate
the road good squirt. New-BedioiH IT, ~ ircnrnora-
t the semcentennial anniversary OF rs c,obcp ii
lion as a city from october 10 l9naa % mon
- ~ "rad and numerous races on the foht rue"
having been planned for mat Jay
- c,,,r,o,, afternoon last between and i:So
.o,ooI. o. Goa Messengers with $3.50 bicycles were
carried bv the Long Island Railroad. oh No''"''
night the special bicycle train l'dV'hs o.,'.
At II D. M the first ever run III '''' 80,
brought 40 cyclists and their wheels 10 ps
ord long Island CITY 1t will be run hereafter Oh
HOLIDAYS and possibly sundays The iaea T far
suggested by II. IL. Fullerton. speea y nse FulInr
the a ssnfhmsiasi" whcelman and ne has been
e eUn by the road TO look after the htereS''
cyclists.
The New-York Division of the l.. a. W. mas JIs'
won another victory for one OF It's neinpe'.
X Genet some time ago rode MS whee' "p ~
sidewalk on the Boulevard near Eish'!
and resting it against the curb went mo a VI %
e,ore IN secure a drink OF soda water "heh ne
cor,c out he found that "A truck-drivcr had ueho-
crate,v driven his heavy truck over MS picFc'e'
smashing II 10 an unsightly mass. lie mace com
pa S the Pv,; George en9 Miner TGs!'", take
the courts Mr.. Miner has Just receacud oo Inc
Wheel
Ceoree Needham. the captain Of the Kings
co,,tv wheclmen objects TO the claim OF Bert
pi,io,. - the record for the Wavcrly track OF
naif mile in sc seconds fat. 1t was said tha' Inc
old record was 80 seconds Captain Needham says
that W. H. Ross OF his club made tnis f.co1u "a At
~ u, "i,. ,bat PISS paced by the Riverside Wheel
mems triplc also rode the half-nii IN eN"c'S 40
seconds
Many cyclists who went to bridgeport to take
part in or witness the cycle parade IN that ciy o
Monday were forced 10 return home without 'he'I
wheels II is said that the railroad company coeIa
nci carry all the wheels. and that at least pne
hundred bicycles were left at BridgeporIi. Mos'
of Them were brought TO this city yesterday
The proposed road ordinances suggested by the
Now-York Consulate of the l.. \. W. came up
again before the Board OF Aldermen at inc '"y
Han Yesterday There were fourteen Aldermen
ready n supper; the ordinances. but as II required
Win ,-ocs 10 pass them they were laid over for
The present Alderman Ware made strong APP
peal for the passage OF the ordinances
The Harlem Wheelnen will hold their annual
meet on Saturday at Manhattan Beach and an un-
usual progran,mc has been arranged the third race
being a hundred mile race for professionals. open
to the world in which many of the leading long
distance riders will be seem There Will also be SIX
shor, races. in which all the noted crack riders.
both professional and amateur, have entered. The
rial heats will start az 10 AID the final heat
will be run Oft the end OF the pig race. slecii
Cnrhetf who il f. said has developed into a fast
rider and Michael or some other weli-knoWn roe:
From Tie amount Of interest taken IN ~ TINS met
should eclipse any given on this track his year.
The Associated Cycling Clubs of Ncw-Je,sey pro-
nose to conduct a century run from Newark 10
philadelphia in the week OF the National meet
which embraces August 10 :. Several thousand
riders IL is expected will take part In the run
The excellent roads leading to Philadelphia VIII
induce a large number of cyclists hereabouts 10
ride in the National meet Club parties are now
being made up among the road rders Of the
viii ride down Philadelphia IN the week OF ne
meet, The National cnamponsnipS WIZ i oe ne6i
mon these two days the Quaker City viii he hlled
to oyerf9%ng VIII cycr rer rgT At ' the
puritan 'l"'S ''N''''
An Orange wheenan has secured judgment for
s25 and costs agains, the owner Of vehicle, the
driver of which turned into street on the wrong
side and came into collision With the wheelInan
VINO was on the RICH, side. The Court held that
the right and wrong sides In TINS case were pre-
cisely The same IN the case OF "asons, ana IN"
rirhts and duties Of wheelnen the Same as those
~ dri,rrs ono class II observing the laws and
ordinanccs Of the street entitled 10 the same
freedom the other
Cyclists desiring TO Join the League OF American
Whcclnon may obtain full printed information and
o,,orsb,r blants nv sending names and ad-
dIessos 10 the cycling Editor. The Tribune
FROM ORANGE TO ATLANTA ON TANDEM
Atlanta, Ga. July G-Wcsiey Robinson and John
rreschcr TWO en;husas:ic amateur wheelmen have