New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-19
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.

John C. Knowles the bicyclist who rode Sky
consecutive centuries daily in 1894. died yesterday
Morning IN Bellevue Hospital o. consumption.
Knowles was taken TO the hospital on January "
Nv his brother Edward r. Knowles. also ocyc'is''
q, No 50 Cambridge Place. Brooklyn know'es
was forty-nve years old and lived at NO - WIS.,
sixty-fourth-st He was member o. 'he N'"s'
County Wheelmen He contracted near, =,
and consumption. ard had TO give up ridnsg, ,r1i
is ony TWO weeks since rs nepne" Knov,,@s in
while riding a bicycle In 3rooKyn. "o,,hio,e
his time was also an excellent ohIanI-ls - ,be
ana sparrer, and ne was well Informed on, on 'ns ~
mechanism OF the bicycie. lie and rom M ian" and
rode many centuries together. Han was hno" ~
as the Iron Man" on account OF us powers
endurance.
A,her, Reeves, OF the Cycledrome. Is home a''er
q 1--WE weeks. trip 10 London and Paris. where no
.. - secrro some OF the foreign riders. lie said;
81 brought over three men. but could not secure
racoucln NORM and Bour!llon. the spe'dest N'e'
mon :, Frame They are under contract ana co"''
not get away. They are anxious over ,hr'' '"l
Bald and Miller the winner OF the six days '1o'' ~
coma over Roth o, these men would be COCA az
fractions there The trouble In Paris viva cyclnk
g. ~ot az great AZ IL was. one man mas 10" s.,
cured control Of the two prominent race n n.n
$50 viii he no more conflict. The Frencnihei,
dom watch tho races as We TO- When me pi., ta
cracks. denot!ng that the men nay va" 800 men
speciators merely look M in casual way an ,s
continue 10 sip their absinihe Mhen ilr ~" #, ~
FOR the last lap hsy mount men pfeya. during
the anal sprint Tor the tape The early Pars q;
race, are rerr rtors and tracks ana marriages the
racing game in London Jackson ana iiai ns ,,n
Sem team are in London and doing vel. Ihey
also have good pacing team over -, ,hnir work
from American negroes, who 40 most o' '''' WI"
quad
Cyclists have taken 70 the roads IN large numbers
during tho last few days md thew ma m"'n ~
corrnlain about Glass - sircwn al over many OF
tho streets g. this borough and BROOKLYN. nv
offer Of the Society FOR the Prevention OF r"'"f
~ Animals Of 81 FOR information when W. .'"
10 the conviction OF any one VINO throws "''o '
street glass nails or pieces Of metal when WI
$50 rn~ses doc. not apparently DO frufh eo'.l
Tbionsands ~ cyclists use re aspha'ed -trip' IN
twenty forrih-si.. which lead 10 TIE Won ~
$, Jerry The strips arc not only % "rctchcu . .M
dillon, being full o. holes nut rt|'c onn,n.
spfinkling Of broken gt 81 me i@Iy pe,'s-
might the opinion o. cyclis' CIV man ra,,on,red
Accommodations. Hundrefs ~ Wonn,en and ,hey
were bundled around IN the most uncsremonito n
wheels through slush and nth and among t'u'N'
and horses
There I. n chance that the New-York consulate
NAV take some action looking toward asking that
n policeman be p9ced between the grass pio's AT
seyen,y-second-st. and tho Boulevard. This Is
nart,cIlarlv dangerous crossing especially on sat
urdavs SUNDAYS and holidays. There are six lines
az cartracks AZ this point and this. with The heavy
trafic on Amsterda rn-aVe ana NE I0NlrEaIn'
makes the place dreaded croa.lhg 10 ", e,,b =,
&c torn no FOR the laying 81 water-pipes. ana me
rvclIsts have a narrow strip left for use The cut
in the greet the piles or DIT ana mo IRON pipe.
leave In all strip Of about six feet ioT mo us' OF
the whcelmen
rhe Smith family % trick riders has fallen into
the hands OF tho Gerry society. Arthur Smith.
,fre Smith ard the daughters Tdlth. Lillian ana
Dorothy have been giving exhibitions All over tho
West as well as in Ausfralia-
Michael has begun his training A. tho Manhattan
Reach track Some Of hts friends shake their heads
vhen his cycling career IL mentioned. and erem 20
,-nplv tina. IN spite Of his reported utternnces. ne
will ride horses this year II ne is given good
chance.
A meeting OF III. Race Committee Of tho Asso-
cla,ed Cycling clubs OF New York will he held to-
morrow night TO decide whether that association
viii have a race meet on Decoration Day
7, IL reported that certain OF tho large manu-
tac,urers have bought mp bicycle parts. so that
those who make business Of assembling Whees
md il difficult to secure the parts desired
Just 737 new members Joined the League OF Amer
loan Wheelmen last week Massachusetts, led. with
lss new members: Pennsylvania nad ls? and New
York 49, Tho total 10 date Is 1922
Cyclists desiring to Join the League OF American
Wbeelmen may obtain full printed Information and
membership blanks by sending their names and ad-
dresses 10 The cycling Editor o. Tho Tribune