New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24
CYCLING.
IDEAL WEATHER FOR RIDING
Az ENTHUSIASTS DESCRIPTION OF AN hANH'
,,on,,,c eprv THROUGH CENTRAL PARK
THE CoNEY ISLAND CYCLE PAIN

THE COMFY ISLAND CYCLE PAIN
WELL. PATRONIzED.
prominent member OF the League % -'' -,
Wheelmen whose occupation frequehty NV.r
q, b,s Mace of business until late ar night "
ra,har mill carly I'm the morning, Is in the hdp''
occasion,lIv of taking a spin on his wheei carr! III
the morning after he gets home i so' no'"e
terday morning just about daybreaK' Sa'u "''
az | did not feel sleepy thought "ou" ~, NV
nv wheel and take a run through Nc"'" ,
The air was crisp and the prospects for SPIN
seemed 50 Inviting that quickly changed my cio'h-
ING for my bicycle toys and started out s'ar'eu
through the Park at a merry clip. but was as'o"
lshed at meeting go few people. Inc uaS
superb and the morning air was so INV '"'o
that | threw back my head and falry d'aih Al
the ozone The honeysuck.es are in bloom III '"e
park inst now and their delicious perfume per-
meated the air. ] darted around from one u.Ne-
way TO another and enjoyed my rae as oi ny an ~
healthy man can Who mas peeh .oopen cL bro the
Office for many days and th'h S'ls odIn ,. ~ Tho
fresh air Of heaven. Taking ride 40 earn, III W.
morning Is no new experience ior me- pS ~ V rim
the weather conditions so pcItr'' ,nugeS I,
swhcel as they were yesterday on nor. Huss
mornings when over the same drivewayS r h,lu
hundreds Of cyclists getting the fr"sh ar i"e'
probably 20 out because they cannot sleep
The cycle Path in Brooklyn is busy pace these
days Strangers I'm the city who 50 over the ro"'e
between Prospect Park and Coney Island go nome
and tell Of tho wonders Of the ride. and say tha'
there is nothing Ike IT in this country. DURING III"
morning hours ,ho riders found on the path are
generallv women and children, and men are T."
IN comnarisor As the afternoon advances, now
ever tho male contingent Of riders begin TO appear
and after o'clock I'm the evening they are III NV
majority But the path Is never wholly deserted
when the weather is fine. according 10 keeper OF
one Of tho roadhOuses not far from "rhNeSen" ~
g. = ticture' said the roadhousc keeper. 10 Sl'
bere late iu tho evening and watch tn" GhosuhHe
figures as they speed by The real rush down ms
nath hoctns after i o'clock and a steady stream OF
humanity rolls past IN 70 about 10 O'Clock Ihen
tho vbeeluen begin to thin out. and occasional
e,ckorne lights from the bicycle lamps are an
,h,, can no seen Then those who have had enough
- ,,o,,,. leland been their trip homeward ana me
return path viii be- crowded Tor an nu u ie,,re.
ono would think thaf as soon ~ 1t' IL, tho
- ro,,lG lao deserted huf such IL not INC cas-
II merely shows that people IN Nv. ','I,,.r vli
al. hours. Around mdniSht n im.ncr 2 and : A. m
lac found on the paths and hrt"''U an -,
g., rions,nt weather one Will be sure TO ma NAM
riders out. Tho paths ar" busy pld'H, ~ ''' ,
are never deserted except IN RAINY "'"'"'''
Raid Cooper. Gardiner Major" Taylor h''e'
and Butler the big SIX together win -"' "
nrofoss,onols as Jaap Eden. Mer,"uS' Mcfaria"'
/ stevens Newhouse Weinig. Terrell, Coulter dun
stttenrs' ,,iI comnete for Championship honorS pm
| tb~ nuarter-m!lc National champonshlp a. III,
/ Kings County Whc"men meet on al ,,l,. ,'
WaTha,tan Reach In tho amateur hand'dps WI
no found most OF the crack lers IN ms cIhsS
.'i,b such men as Schonold Fow"ll, ifouS"H"h
! CoIleti and Ertz on scratch
A y Wait. tho chairman Of the state Racing
Roard L. A. W. has granted the following sane
lions FOR races: