The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27
INTERESTING TO wHEELMEN.
Notes of the Cinder Track and Items
Gathered Along the Road.

1dtnereu AlOHS LHe Itodu'
The regular quarterly meeting of the
board of officers of the Connecticut di-
vision, League of American Wheelmen,
will be held in Bridgeport on Thurs
day evening, June 80, at o'clock. The
summer meeting of the board Is usually
followed on July 4, by the state race
meet, but so far this year application
for the same has not been made by any
club. 1t is quite likely that applica-
ton will be filed for the meet at the
coming meeting of the board, and that
it will be held in the early fall In New
Haven, Hartford, Norwich or Danbury.
Some interesting reports are expected
from the chairmen of several stand
ing committees at the boards June
meeting. Chairman e. III. Wilkins of
the highyaw Improvement committee,
whose excellent work in his special field
has attracted attention in Others as
well as in this safe, will make an ex-
haustive report of the work of his COM
mittee during the spring season. Chair
man V. M. Hornecker of the transport
tation committee, to whose care has
been intrusted the formulation of the
proposed free baggage bill, has been
energetically engaged in it's prepara-
ton, and will outline his committees
plans for the coming legislative session.
The hotel and touring committee has
also accomplished much good Of late in
it's prescribed field, and the division
racing board will submit a model for
state championship medals, the design
for which is highly artistic and EN-
braces the coat of arms of the COM
monwealth.
The work of local organization which
has not met with as much support
from the division members as has been
| hoped for, will receive consideration
and renewed efforts will be made to
pupularize the movement.
| Connecticut is fairly well provided
with cycle race meets for the glorious
Fourth, five for that day having been
so far officially sanctioned. The Wa
| terbury Wheel club will hold two
days meet, commencing July I'd and
continuing on the 4th; Bridgeport Cat
| Pleasure beach track will hold a meet
at which a pursuit race between Nc
Duffee and Hoyt will be the leading
attraction; New Milford will celebrate
with road race in the morning and
| track events in the afternoon; and at
Danbury and Canaan meets will be
| held of a local nature principally. Rae
| ing events following the Fourth is the
meet of the New Haven Cycling club
on July tn in that city, and the meet
Of st. Mary's club at Manchester on
| Saturday, July 18th.
ROUGH TIME.
/ From all accounts Teddy" Edwards
seems to have had rough time of
it in the Albany riding district last
week. Daily thunder storms half spoil
ed the roads and cycle paths, and for
three evenings in succession the cen
/ turion reached his hotel battered and
bedraggled after numerous falls and
frequent wettings. He was in good
trim, however, when he left Albany for
/ Syracuse where he finished his 167th
century Thursday. During the day he
! climbed Indian Hill at the Onandagua
Reservation, feat never before ac-
complished by bicyclist. Sunday he
completed his 10th century at Buffalo,
\ having visited Niagara Falls during the
day Edwards says the riding in and
about Buffalo excels any he has found
in the entire course Of his century
| travels,
A CHURCH BICYCLE CLUB.
The North Congregational church of
\ Bridgeport has taken the initiative in
the organization of church bicycle
club, whose object is to promote
stronger social relations among mem
bers. The Rev. John DePeu, pastor of
| the church. is much interested in the
new organization. 1t is an innovation
in church life that will create consid-
cradle discussion, and especially since
the conservative North church has
been the rst to introduce it. There was
large attendance at a. meeting held
early in the week, including wheelmen
and wheelwomen, young and old. The
subject was discussed enthusiastically
Principal H. y. Simonds of the High
school, presiding. The project met
with general commentator and an
other meeting will be held to complete
organization. A Bridgeport paper
says: "Of course there will be no Sun
day runs an event of the week in all
other clubs, nor will a uniform be
adopted. The club will hold short runs
at stated times and luncheons will be
served in the chapel. 1t will in meas
ure take the place of the winter even
ing entertainments, which tend tc
promote sociability among members
Church wheel clubs in Bridgeport will
soon be the reigning fad"
THE INDIANAPOLIS MEET.
Preparations are going on apace fol
! the great Indianapolis meet in August
Chairman Lazarus, of the transporta-
ton committee, reports that all the
trunk lines in the country with the
exception of the New England associa.
ton, have made one fare rate to the
national meet. The Western Passen.
ger association has. however, put in {
proviso which carries with it in add
tional 50 over the one fare. Heretofore
the usual rate has been a fare and {
third, and tn rate which has been es
tablished for the meet of one fare i!
much lower than any terms which tn,
Western Passenger association ha
ever endorsed. Indications now poin
to the greatest gathering of wheelme1
next August that has ever been seen il
| this country Clubs have organized il
all the eastern and middle states, ant
also in few of the western states, ant
if the promises of the present are car
ried out, there will be from forty t.
fty thousand visitors in Indianapoli