The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-15
NEWS OF THE wHEELMEN.
BTS TURNOUT or SUNDAY RIDERS
ALONG STANDARD ROUTES.

interesting Romance ON q Trlplet-FrOni-
ised Reform in Paced ~RacinG-Riichnel
Challenges McDuhee for n Decisive Com
test on New Lincs-Defent Of Starbuck.
The approach of autumn was strongly suR-
Rested by the scenes on the roads of good
wheeling yesterday. The number Of riders
abroad was greater than on any Sunday for a
month past, and there was something In the
manner OF the cyclists which indicated that
they were riding with more spirit and relish
than they have shown %latterly. The Sunday
crowd on the city streets and boulevards was
reinforced by hundreds who have been out OF
town and by hundreds OF others who had re-
solved not to ride until alter the heated
term has passed. Dealers In Manhattan
and Brooklyn who keep wheels oil storage at
tested to these facts. According to the sam
dealers. though. rental business was light, and
the small number Of wabbling novices on the
road corroboratod the testimony. Thenumber
OF tandcms on the roads was provocative OF
comment Notwithstanding that the habit Of
going out thus mounted has been growing
more and more common. The stories told at
night by those who went over to Jersey. Staten
Island, and Long Island and up the State along
the river on both sides. were TO tho effect that
the roads everywhere were full OF cycling
action.
The sight OF two men and a woman on q trip
let. with the woman sitting ~amidwhed. is be-
coming almost ordinary. There is a triplet
carrying two men and q woman that goes
down the Coney Island cycle path every Sun
day. The men are robustly built fellows Of
blond complexion and handsome. The wo-
man. a petite. pretty brunette. sits In the centre
seat. BY sight they are we'll known to the fire.
Quenters Of the path. A man who claimed to
be personally acquainted with each Of the
trio sat on a hotel porch yesterday. and
after the interesting team had passed he
explained that the two men had been
counting the girl for more than a year. They
are warm friends, and although their names
are not Miles Standish and John Alden. they
are playing the parts Of that historic twain to
the Priscilla part Of the little brunette. 1t was
at her suggestion that tho two chums bought
the triplet. so that all parties to the love arRu-
ment appear on the road harmoniously. q kind
OF cycling triangle. The men are equally at
sea regarding the preferences OF the dark little
girl. She likes them both. and the two men
know that she has a preference. but she Is so
loath to mar the splendid friendship existing
between the men that she Is wonderfully care
full about disclosing her sentiments. Accord
ing to the man who knows the facts the little
one always says whether George or John shall
sit in front. andwhich shall occupy the rear seat.
She enforces obedience. and makes the men
change their positions so often that she keeps
tiSm kuSSSluB Us " WIN 10 liz ulOIe IuNOTtu.
From her position In the middle she can talk
better to the one In front and listen better to
tine trerS one rfda behind n q mu THIS Is al, a physical 1nnran fact act t tRSs
the man, in front or the man behind is shown
the greater favor, The quandary Of this pair
stances. It raises the question for all
woman in the middle and men before and be-
hind. the front or the rear seat is the more de-
sirable.
On the, Coney Island path Yesterday cyclists
the sight Of an army Of potato bugs moving
across the boulevard. Just below the Neck road.
T TsfH eTsPt 1 piat6o im fSS atPPslli eiyi'i sns s sriS = :
toward the FIELDS Of some poor farmer,
destination The, w6eeimen. rode over them
and killed them by thousands. The cracking
made by the tires erunching the crushed stone
Of the path. but still the army movedon and on.
This unusual proceeding continued for several
t hHsT pct aR,l bun 1ee m parah % ioo 1nsesr as Il R point eoS OF
cred with a new design Of oilcloth.
About all our customers in tho instruction
reporter recently. 1.-THE number Of elderly men
prlsing. We seem to have exhausted the
younger generation. Or else they are learning
no laas an are sh our 1pe Ereate sa'G eom 1ps ieoPhal Al Pa Sny
F IS %it the @ ls5T Spd p SoS Of 01 Of 5fnIf fS ysaTs ab bSS ns n 5
The. proposed plan. Of running paced races
hereafter with unlimited pace and having the
f ffseR IS sn e1 s,eTe from ONE. 0PTRSRiS s Is the fIes Ma OF ts f@s
%contests, Of the kind are conducted in England.
M %tts = a l ansstion Of 2n ms shf b PaSs 1T i th apt Sa tS be
teams instead Of between the men. The men
simply have 70 follow their pace; and i Is en-;
fast as that Of his rival. The feelings Of
and is beaten, solely because he eann3t
limited pace the managers, could put on. the
track enough fresh crews to keep the men fully
the men. a question OF which could stand the
most pressure. In a way middle distance rae
Sport without this element does not hold the
public. The public likes TO see q horse ridden
out; and this Is Ehat cycling promoters have
sides Of the track would make jockeying 1mpos-
sible. The men then have no business together:
one Of them was half a lap behind. He would
only business would be to win back that half
lap and as much more as possible, Such an ar
riding Is what paced racing Is meant Tor. With
out going fast i is a farce. These paced races
to run them is, to have the big machines and
the men behind them, go for records. first. last
and all the time. Then the better man will
finish first.
H +. Quicker. Secretary OF the National Track
Association which controls Linton. McDufee
and several others. says that he is boss and
will not match his men to ride from opposite
promoters who control Michael, Tayiore and
others. Mr., Quicker does not like the dicta-
torial attitude taken by the other, side. hut
those who manage bicycle tracks for a profit
and those who study the situation without
Identifying themselves with any faction, think
that Mr.. Quicker has enough business sense 10
yield rather than kill the paced cycle racing
game.
Jimmy Michacl's manager has addressed the
following letter to the manager OF the Ameri-
can Cycle Racing Association:
In order, to prove that Jimmy Michael 10 superior
to Eddie McDuhee Az o middle-distance rider l will
agree on behalf Of Michael to race the Boston msn
q twenty five mile match at Manhattan Beach next
Saturday, with unlimited pace, the men to start from
opposite sides, of the track, 80 as to preclude the
possibility of loAhnR or iockeying, for n purse and q
aide hpt. will hpt aa much hnnnav q a n has