The sun., 1898-06-09

The national circuit race meet of the
Castle Wheelmen will be held at the
Tioga track on Saturday, July 16. One
of the special features of the meet will
be the one mile national championsh hip,
for which there will be purse OF $3.50
offered.
Teddy Edwards, of the Century Wheel
men, has been declared a professional
by Albert Mott, chairman of the L. A..
w. Racing Board. He is removed from
the amateur ranks under clause of the
rules for riding in public for considera-
ton.
Another new style that has caught the
public's fancy this year is the use of the
wide handlebar, the low and narrow bar
being now almost obsolete according to
the ideas of up-to-date cyclists. Judging
by the results of observation it is
evident that the wider the bar the
nearer one comes to being thoroughly
stylish.
A loss of 1923 members in the l.. A. w.
since last week is shown by the latest
figures, but there is a gain in the num-
Der of new members over the report of
last Tuesday. The new applications are
SO2, and the total membership 5000.
New York has %, ,6Ss and Pennsylvania
q, $40.
Cyclists are going in for colors this
season, as is readily seen by noticing the
machines of the up-to-date cyclists along
the various roads. Any hue that is
bright or snowy seems to favorably
strike the wheeling public now.
In being up to-date in the handle-bar
respect it is not necessary to 60 to the
expense of procuring new bars. Almost
any repairers will rebend the old ones
into any shape desired at comparatively
small cost. In having this done a person
can come pretty near getting bar thai
will suit him physically.
The bicycle squad will hereafter be
separate athletic team at Yale, under the
direction OF manager ard ca aptain, and
coordinate with the track and base ball
teams. This is preliminary to making
the bicycle and track games Of the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association two sepa.
rate meets hereafter.
The Registration Committee of the A.
A. U. Tuesday declared W. H. Donovan
of South Glens Falls, N. Y, a pro!es-
sonal. Donovan has walked in the
vicinity of New York many times with
considerable success. He competed for
a money prize at North Adams, Mass,
on Decoration Day, under an assumed
name.
Two big bicycle races are on for Satur-
day-McDufiie and Hoyt will race at
Berkeley Oval, and Linton and Titus at
Manhattan Beach. At each track a
number OF other races will also be de-
cided.
Bald had an inning Tuesday in the
final of the one-mile national L. A. w.
championship, with Gardiner running
second length back, and Mertens
close up. Cooper was crowded off the
track in his heat, and Referee Wilson
Freeman and Stevens for
team work in the same trial. Tom But
Ter, Kiser and Major Taylor were among
the many good ones who failed to secure
a place in the final.
Three new worlds records were es-
tablished on the new track, Baltimore,
which was in fine condition.
John s. johnson rode third Of a mile,
unpaced in 35 3-5 seconds. Jaap Eden
a half mile unpaced in 55 fiat.
The best known former performance was
81 2-5. Baulay and Cavally, Of France,
who hold the worlds mile tandem re-
cord, covered half mile unpaced in
81 3-5. seconds.
At Glasgow recently, Cordang. the
French bicycle racing man, made an at