New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-26
CYCLING.
BALD WELL. IN THE LEAD FOR THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

,,r,nr,>-r, HIS NEAREST COMPETITOR WITH
TAYLOR CLOSE BEHIND-GooD SPORT
PROMISED AT MAYHATTAN BEACH
TOMORROW.
Some excellent sport Is promised AT inc - ~
| haitian Beach track tomorrow Inc ni.'S -.
a regular National Circuit affair, bringing w
pether all the leading professional ana aiha'eu'
| riders There will also be n series OF mile races
paced. between Michael and Taylor. There was
| largo attendance at the Beach track yesterday
watching the racing men in their preliminary wor f
a mile behind two qulnt teams in l37 20. Michaei
paced by three qun teams. went hve ii Siost a. ~
! The sprinters were at work during the attern99hI
Mcfarland went an eighth or mie III ~ 10 ~
| Cooper went n twelfth IN o:OS Is. Kramer ana
coett are expected to meet IN mn ,ne Saona cham
| pionship race FOR professionals. Bald has Eopa
lead at present which no believes that he VIII be
s callers TO arc nSG as foo%s Bald 1885, Mcfarland IS
F fTsen' IS. stevens. q. and Mertens IS
The nremen will leave stone unturned to make
their race meet 4 success Entries are pouring In
now from the police, firemen and letier-carriers
sarv 10 engage the Pastirne Athletic Club training
grounds AZ Sxty-sixth-st and East River ior al
Thomas Delaney. the ex-champion hye-mlie run,
ner. will handle all the nremen The bicycle races aces
/ are attracting the attention OF all the tast men
IN The three DEPARTMENTS on both sides OF the river
The Brooklyn men are training on the cycle pain
| tho "Nianhattanitcs" Entries close with Chiet
Castles. White and Elm sts.. on September L
While the cyclists OF Brooklyn pretty well
looked after as a general thing. so far as good
roads go. mistakes are made at times by the city
on sials and the contractors. The asphaling OF
tho Coney Island Concourse was an improvement
which gave extreme pleasure TO the thousands OF
cyclists who visit Concy Island. and 10 drivers or
vehicles as well. Some mistakes have been made,
the cOrcourse has been asphalied, ana nj tunes
this is not wide enough 10 Accommodate all the
cyclists and vehicles OF course, the driver OF even
tho most ungaiuly Truck VIII not use the rOugn
part In the second place. II only half OF the
work be done then the side furthcrest
away from the ocean should have been the part TO
concoursc next winter. the improved part VIII he
tho first 10 be damaged. because II Is higher than
into the gullies and holes making It difficult for
pedestrians and cyclists TO get 10 the shelter
house. which has been put UP there especially for
riders OF the wheel 10 looks II the only
s!be thing that the Park Department do will
be 70 have the entire concoLrse asphalted
Babcock started professional at the meet nj
Asbury Park. but all the money that he won he
received FOR paccmaking He finished third In a
heat In the National championship. but he did not
qualify in the handicap. De Martini. OF the South
Brooklyn Wheclmen. received a nasty fall I'm the
handicap. and he may not be able 10 ride for some
time. Ertz who made a professional at the
same time Babcock. intimates that he will give
UP racing
Entries for tho twenty five mile road race 10 be
held by tho North Hudson County Cycers will
close Monday with w. T. Pckard. Box 2l3
Town OF Un\n y. J. The club will erect a grand
stand seating fifteen hundred people. and the start
finish