New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15

much wet and disagreeable weather that the
average rider Is convinced that a better as
sortment will be handed out by the weather ex-
merits during the remainder Of the year. As for
the racing situation, II is rather complex and
uncertain. Properly managed. with due re-
gard for honesty and the comfort and conVen-
fence Of the public. the sport Will not suher'
Otherwise the game may be crippled irre1ara-
bly, Associations have been formed 10 conduct
cycle racing much in the same way that pro-
fess,onal baseball has been managed. Riders
have been signed. and the promoters have prac-
tically cornered the market far as the pro-
fessionals are concerned. The result will be that
comparatively few clubs Will attempt TO conduct
meets leaving racing practically in the hands
O, professional promoters. The officials or the
League Of American Wheelmen seem TO be sat
.sfed with the manner in which the sport Is
drifting but promise to be more vigilant than
ever and 10 bring evildOers TO justice with
little more earnestDess and dispatch than they
showed al the shOrt-traCk scandal at Madison
Square Garden last winter. The amateur riders
seem TO have been practically LETT out oi inc
shuttle and the professional promoters intend
10 use the amateurs merely 70 fiji in thelr pro-
grammes. This has led the Berkeley oval Asso-
citation TO arrange for a purely amateur meet
which will be held at the oval on June -
The three State championships viii be decided
at this meet and the semi annual mcctlhs OF
the officers Of the New-York state DIVISION o,
the League Of American Wheeiin"n VIII be heid
at the same time The amateurs ought 10 De
protected and encouraged. IN SPITE OF IN" lact
fhat 4 D Wait the chairman Of the Racing
Board Of this State apparently does not thihK
So Another thirg which VIII cause much au-
verse comment this year Will be the many con
ficts Conflicting dates VIII ruin the promoters
In cycling Just they did the baseball c!uD
owners few years ago Lhe punm ,d oS1 T,nb.
ing pennies TO determine which meet IL VIII
patrOnize. The chances are mat the average
enthusiast Will simply get angry When there are
mi
ing House SQUARE and looking at the war bule-
tins or jumping on his wheel and getting out IN
the country.
Cyclists who ride their wheels totheir places OF
business nigh find it to their advantage either
10 avoid Printing House Square these Gays or
10 dsmount when in that neighborhood. Inc
throngs about the bulletin boards are 80 dense
that IL is almost impossible 70 ride "heei Saie
" through To mass OF humanity. This crowd
and The Brooklyn Bridge give the wheeiman
who lives IN Brooklyn about as hard PROPOSE
zion as he cares 10 handle. The result VIII be
that many wheenen from across the East
River will make arrangements TO leave their d.
cycles on the other side Of the Bridge some OF
the condu ctOrs on the trolley lines running U'1i
the Bridge will permit cyclists 70 piace md nd
wheels on the rear platforms OF the cars IN, an
others will not. The chances that the cycnstS
will ever get any cOnvenicnces on the bllusc
seem 10 grow DINNER each day. Some months
ago the several associations appointed comnt.
tees To walt on the Bridge officials 10 see II II
was possible TO Secure a wheel"ay acioss '"o
structure The controversy waXed warm lot
time but nothing apparent has been cone i"a
several weeks. The average cycilst con .'"u, ~.
20 wonder why he has not perfect rleht 10 49, -
over the Bridge safely in some way a'c"rut.s
10 law \ rider Of a bicycle has the same T'Rh's
as any other citzcn--iust as much and no NOR
Suppose that the officials put something else
over the pedestrian path and stoppfo Pr tpmi
from walking over the Bridge. What n now
would go up And yet that Is what mas Dteh
done TO the riders Of the wheel Possibly MAJ ma.
meetings in front Of the two old CITY ha,'s ia
the two boroughs some fine night would DrihS
the Bridge officials 10 the opinion that sof''e-
thing ought 70 be done.
Il never knew what q beautiful country we
live in" said a recent convert to cycling 'he
other day. until after purchaser oicNc'e'
Why. will you believe u, / have hVed aD"r'
New-York for the last twenty-five years. ana
knew little about the surrounding country other
than what had seen looking from tho car
windows when | took trip out OF the CITY.
Since have been riding wheel nave toured
all over Staten Island and | have fonnd some
wonders Of nature almost in our midst tha'
/ never dreamed Of have travelled on my
wheel through nearby New-Jersey over az me
stretches OF macadamized road as can be found
anywhere. going through the country ana
among the trees and flowers. and | think
have heightened my life by so doing BEFORE
purchased a wheel Brooklyn and Long Island
were places to be dreaded by any sensible resi-
dent OF New-York CITY. at least that was my
opinion. looked upon trip 10 Brooklyn 10
visit friends with positive horror. was afraid
OF the troleys. and II l got half block away
from surface road line Immediately lost my
bearings. All knew about Coney Islond sa"
nom the train on my way there and must al
NIT even now that the scenery to New-York's
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