The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-02
NEWS OF THE wHEELMEN.
PROBABLY THE LAST BIG RACE HAS
BEEN RIDDEN AT MILLBURN.

BEEN RIDDEN AT MLLLBURN.
Decoration nay Performances on the Track
and Road Discusscd-CereEe Riders Pre-
pairing for tho championships - Talk OF
Extending the Hudson Csunty boulevard.
Bicycling citizens resumed their ordinary
avocations yesterday with the satisfied air Of
persons who had spent a holiday worthy Of tho
namo and let no opportunity for enjoyment
slip. The movents OF some OF them around the
business sections were indicative Of their
varied experiences. Any amateur thought
reader who studied the stiff progress of sun
burnt clerks on elevator stairs and the uneasy
hitching of pants at evory step, could venture a
guess that these young men had been scarcely
out of knickerbockors since Saturday and had
rolled up mileage by the century. In tho
same way those armed with umbrellas or
storm cloaks might be singled out as victims of
tho downpour of Sunday evening and Monday
morning, who had made up their minds not to
be caught a third time. Tho bicycle girls trippod
around In their walking costumes much less
gayly than they had done in the bloomers or
short skirts of tho preceding days, and the office
boys dived through their pocket calendars fur
lively and put II big red cross opposite the next
holiday in order. All were brimful of reminis-
cences and, during tho luncheon hour reunions,
developed imaginative qualities not usually
lOuHu oUlsIuc me MI VI u uSulnb CluD-
Some had been to Millburn, but know long be-
forehand that Soden would win; some had
visited Gravesend and helped " Pittsburg Phil "
TO break the ring; some had marvellous escapes
from lightning, thunderbolts, footpath ordi.
nancos, and farmers dogs, while others had
"scorched" so persistently that their CYCLIC
meters gave out under the strain. Club men
Rossiped as Familiarity about points 200 miles
of as IL distance were no longer a factor. and tho
racing contingent fought all their battles
over again in a jargon ~bristling with "sprints"
and pace" and Jumps" and gears and
"cranks" and clips" and "deflation" and
"resiliency " until the casual listener felt like
another Rip Van Wrinkle. Tho novices. who
presumed too much on their limited practice
and powers of endurance. were too tired to talk,
and for cogent reasons took their luncheon
standing up, but the silver.haired veterans
chowed gum and strutted around like circuit
chasers, rejuvenatcd by the fact that w. @.
Smedley, a boy" OF ~fifty-one years, had won
one of the big distance races at Chicago.
The work of the riders in the Millburn race In
regarded as remarkable considering the diff
culties under which the race was run. It Il
significant that the leading positions were won by
New Jersey men. indicating that those who train
constantly on the Millbarn course are best lifted
road It ia believed that some of the men who
trained over. the macadam thoroughfare here
ANUS "piie hoNC iuICu ptlltT. a nuIlUoI Vi
riders declared yesterday that the condition Of
the Millburn course on Monday will now warrant
The A fS this annual HlShs race N seISso ompiai Son e % oshss
that while Millburn contains several big hills
apd furnishes an excellent test Off mans road.
rning qualifications. rainy weather makes II
unfit for a twenty-nve-mife ride. The idea Of
s~electing a new course for the race has been un.
der advisement for some time. and it is more
than likely that the event will DO held elsewher
next year.
BuEDrlSeA. * ngar n victory nvAr tina nrnfaQainna1
cracks at Waltham proves him to be the fastest
cash prize rider out at present. Baldis defeat of
latter would have stood a small chance against
the Buffalo ridor in q match race. The times
on tho outskirts OF Newark. show that the
course Is . fast one. The work OF Fred
denotes ~ that et1 the at oId class v 4 he @ant WILL meeting eidingg
well, Is by no means In condition to engage in
long-distance matches with a rider like Jimmy
who have witnessed Titus's, performances since
wise fitted to compete with the little Welshman.
me circuit races, which will now begin. will
s set ii GPp on the tor,n TO Of the the d RffSfessto Fids ne Mb to
August.
The suggestion Of building a branch to the
Hudson County Boulevard in the western sec
sidered by tho County Board Of Freeholders.
The plan recommended by the engineer Is TO OK.
lCili IL oluuNh V ANtWuTh avenue AT jersey
City, across the Hackensack meadows. over q
now strip Of road forty feet wide. to the town OF
A haliiTlsDn; 'h pss, n9 %FIIn1 .s5ouf EsB Dsyt. avenue ,SroSs to
Iss G along si the Pss.a RsGRP iTtyy rU to * Hni4,. snd
boulevard is now the ~favorite ride for wheel.
men. and the need OF some good road leading
from the boulevard to the outskirts OF Newark
has been agitated for several years.
The Intercollegiate riders are putting on the
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the Championship events at Manhattan Beach
on Saturday. Although II is thought that Co
victory OF last year, there are many who think
that the other colleges will spring q surprise
that will be represented are Yale, swarthmore,
Dartmouth, Columbia. College OF the City OF
New York. and the Boston University.
Tho New York State division of tho l.. A. W.
enrolled 527 new members during the past week.
The pennsylvania division comes second with
the week number ,6oI new names. making the
total membership. 1920, The standing Of the
$50; MassSSRnse It SO TUBE Io,iss; N Penn aSfF; aH;.
5.oss; Indiana, $50; Iowa, $50; Missouri. i i.ais..
]. Plat Belts. the English professional, Ia fast
occurring q reputation as the fastest short
aissan records srdsf at II the TCp pystal p Palaces / rsee spss sssa Hnd
riding a wheel gcared to los and paced by half a
dozen multicycles. he made the following times:
One mile, ! minute 40 40 seconds; two miles,
8 minutes 80 4-5 seconds three miles. 8 minutes
70 seconds four miles, Z minutes 70 seconds;
placed the milo record at ! minute AZ 8.5 sec
onds. so that he now holds tho records from two
TO. hye miles. He proposes TO shortly make a
trial TO reduce the figures from one to fve miles,
and will DO assisted in his trial by the fastest
pacemakers available In England.
Jersey Mo ride to Crugera. N. V. from the
South Ferry, go up Broadway to Rector street
and turn TO the left TO West Broadway; follow
Eighth avenues; ride up Eighth avenue to Gem
tral Park; continue through tho park to 10th
street and turn 10 the, left to st. Nicholas
avenue; turn to the right to Tenth avenue,
then to the kingsbridgo road; continue to
Bridge; turn, to the left on Featherbed lane
to Macomb's Dam road and go direct
10 the fork turn To tho I'M on RaIlnr nunn.,a 70