New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-18
- THE CYCLING WORLD.
TIME FOR MAKING RECORD TRIALS
IL" is HERE.
any THINKS THAT He CAN RIDE IN iai-

.pur THINKS THAT HE CAN RIDE IN i:a'-
-rp TO THE wHEEIMEN- TROLLEY
~ TIE BRIDGE-NoTEs AND COMMENTS.
thor fo~ two months and a half has.
IHo heen such that the most criteai cyclist
sho.'' .oelv ind fault with IT, In particular there
souil - = remarkable series Of pleasant Sundays;
hs s,ormy sunday is deprecated by n-Aety-
sh' ~heslncr ont OF every hundred July was not
'~,,d month bat August September and October
stVso.e have offered no occasion for fault-ind-
% 10 " ave sundays in August were all me; So
ING i.r The four in September. and october has
800, W oerfect record thus far On the eleven sun
made pceding to-day the weather by daylight was
6Ns,p oleasant and though on one or two sundays
vhoiH ~ slight showers in the evening the ram
tsere v" not sufficient in any 10 interfere Wi
a. "S{ovmcnf OF the thousands or wheeling loIk
be enloy ,, Il, the utmost the day Of rest from
geo M, III. n,,rsuits Since midsummer the. weather
or1lha,ib ole has been delightful and even on Inc
a VIII, not davs in early September il WIS
slcep hot for those VINO Ventured out 10 enloy
fN p y, The roads were throneed yesterday
Wv we're never in better condition
..,.,s tho time Of the year when the racing men
4 .s.rr attention 10 record trails A new rec
"" ,ood nr rack means much TO a professional,
"a. 70, &. good one he can ne reasonably sure
H..mnoand a salary from some MANUFACTURED ior
"" se,son Regular camps are organized III the
'' 'p and in California where the riders spend the
~ season in trying TO tear down Fa'her lime
s. Charles Murphy OF the Kings County
h'-,,e, Will make an effort 10 break the one
Sa'..' ad record on the sierrick road On SATURDAY
re iUS' The weather is OF the record breaking
ns' Murphy will he paced by the new seAue1, JUS
- Tx his CLUB and the machine may De
sured t Waller. Henshaw Miller Hedstrom.
AL ns' ard Spree With the weatler iaVorao!e uIe
rsI W. cleefric wire laid along the course which
VII ne between Hampstead and Miil6urn' MurPny
y, y" .on6ient that he will be able 10 DO s"d's"'-
sssy mile in la. or even less
,..oo p Potter has sent the appended circular
=, r9enlbers Of the New-York Division of the
,ssrue Of American Wheelmen
,,s o1cal work az Chief Consul Is about 70
~ and ! send Won this word OF grateful thanks
sno me kind cooperation by which you nave ADDED
.o' ine sncccss OF our division. beg YOU TO in
70 tne r's i'm anal request-that you share with me
ea asr5e Of inviting our incoming officers TO adj
tas,gter the affairs of thoroughly prosperous or
mlnls.,ii We want fifty thousand members. Each
usy surely command enough Influence to add
=. least one new member TO the roll VII you nov
a. r with YOU (say for the next sixty days. the
f Sl nockeibook or membership blanks here IN
h ia'ed and make personal canvass among your
e nsIuc friends with the view OF securing thei'
ssySnlica,ons? our Pennsylvania friends nave sol
rlriv resolved 10 beat US in the membership race
ys. II be a hope deferred.
r,,r,.. have already been received for the fall
century run of the Century Wheelmen. which VIII
~ held around the Circle Sunday. October 2i
,rom the following cities and towns: Brooklyn. Al
h.,v PHILADELPHIA Trenton Middletown, Chatham.
New. Brighton Tarrytown. Newark. Bedford Park
Montclaif. NilliamSDrlCSP. GreenNllIe, 1eekHh!It,
WeehaWken New-Rochelle East Orange South
Norwak Jersey City. Stenway. Union HUI. Belle
Vile Hoboken. Coxsackie. Sing Sing. Crawford
Centreport and Kearny.
Among the crank inventions on exhibition at the
American Institute Fair. now running at the Madi-
son Square Garden, Is a strengthening bicycle
which the inventor is pleased 10 call " hi climb
Or" This machine can be operated by the hands
or feet or both When this device is propelled by
pedal force it is operated as the ordinary wheel
Sui il is when the feet are off the pedals that the
Inventors genius is displayed The rider unscrews
A small nut between the handle-bars then grasp
ng the handles he proceeds to pump the bar up and
down In a eisurely manner. and away the wheel
rider and ALL flies each pump of the handle causing
the wheels 10 revolve ten times. The ordinary
makers are not frightened.
The trolley roads have already taken possession
Q. the Brooklyn Bridge, and the tracks have been