New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-29
CYCLING.
LOGAN wHEELMEN HOLD THEIR ELEC'
d. TON OF OFFICERS.


THE BICYCLE GAINING IN FAVOR IN THE SOUTH
TO RIDE THE NEW YEAR IN
The annual election of the Logan Wheelmen was
she,d at the clubhouse. In Sixth-ave. BROOKLYN on
,Tuesdav evening There were two tickets In the
,ao,a ,,ana thu lvelcst interest manifested In
,tba rcsuIt The independents were victorious elect
,sy oil except two OF their men. John Barnett
.vho has been president OF the orgahizatioh' was
ELECTED for the fourth time. Mr.. Barnett mas cee
an earnest worker in the cause OF the cruz s"'oe
.,,s organization and when his name was ie1t OH
~. ras,,lar ticket his friends determined to elect
him on an independent ticket Mr.. Barnett is the
president Of the Associated cycling Ciuos Oh Loe
island and the l.. A W. representative ior .'',S
district The other officials elected were as 'o,'
iisrh,e treasurer; W. H. Keag financial secr 1e
tary: f. b. Coates corresponding secretary; T. md
c,ai,h cantain. w ] Beattie, first lieutenant, an"
DR.. John NJ. Taylor. surgeon.
II Fisher the chief consul of South caro-
Una was In the city yesterday and met PRESIDENT
po,,er IN the afternoon. 1.-THE bicycle Is steaohy
gaining favor in the South" said MI flsher'
-.Why remember four years ago when we oeean
TO take an interest in the Work OF 'he L. n, ".
we had probably fifty riders OF the "nee' ~
charleston Now have at least seven thousand
,(,re-,hird OF our streets are asphaned' ana VIC
,have a shell road ten miles long which FURNISHES
nm ideal wheelway. From this shell ROAD pcscie
paths branch off in several directions Our "ohei,
are also taking lively interest lnspleycn's s
they form a majority Of our riders al present we
80 hay,ns onr real riding season down there now;
in fact you will see more wheels out az s inns avs
than y1u S of the southern divisions cannot afford
10 spend the money necessary 10 s1 ha w and
the National Ass Sin yb Of .n divisions win be
able 10 send proxies 70 The sscresaTy Should
League VIM, who s ~ prexy An amendment TO this
effect viii be introduced by President Potter
york Consulate is
.. the head of a movement TO have large party
o,I w men ride the old year out ana the
new year in The wheelmen will meet at some
point uptown. and then select their rouse vii
make it point TO be in the negh i %S y Yea are
Circle as to witness the star, Q. ,he ne"
Eve race 10 Yonkers ana Tarr!'o"h'
Considerable misunderstanding seems to be feit
regarding the rulings of the Racing Board IN the
Madison Square Garden case. The Board ruieo
she Garden out for permitting outlaw races Al
speaking Of the matter yesterday james T. sun
,yan OF the Amateur Athletic Union, said: Inc
postion Of Mr. Mott is perfectly clear to th1ss
Who want to understand No organiZatlon sil nia
ws if here a; presen ' # does not other
branch Of sport AS the rdcns n Connection with
sits meet January H. the runng 81 Sl 'ne IN anv
Board Of the l.. A. W. does not aHec' Us III any
way" -
Some oppositlon IS manifested to the selection OF
d. J.. o. Bren OF NeDraSha, ior tAe NSoSNfN'S"-f
Of The L. A. W. II is minated that the chances
are that j. c. Tattersal, of New-Jersey' VIII pe
reelected treasurer.
Y Albert Mott the chairman Of the Racing Board
= of the L. A. w, has gone TO Florida with MS
family TO take q two weeks vacation ...
There were thrty-three new members who joined
The L. A. W. last week. OF which number New
York had ten This brings the total membership
up to 1sseS
The Madison Wheelmen will hold their annual
ball on January at the Central Opera House. An
exhibition of trick riding will be feature of the
programme Delegations from numerous cyciihs
organizations have arranged 10 be present
DRIVERS HELD FOR NOT HAVING LIGHTS
~ The order issued TO the precinct police captains Of
.New-York City on Tuesday night by Chief Of Police
,Devery became operative last night in the down
town precincts. II in regard to the Rules OF
the Road" and especially to Section g. which
reads:
: Each and every vehicle excepting licensed trucks
using the public highways of this city shall snow
from one hour after sunset until one hour BEFORE
sunrise a light lights, so placed as TO De seen
from the front and each side. such light TO De or
sufficient Illuminating power to be visible at a dis
lance Of 200 feet; said light or lights shall snow
white in 'front.' but may be colored on the Sides
That the police captains gave strict orders to
watch for violators of the ordinance was shown by
the number of arrests early as 7;3o o'clock when