The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03

south side, fronting north. TWO thousand per.
OF tho stand, and below them are 200 press
sSsSi 6Sid at Out berkeley in !nF1 Oval sI'Fs Of cone ooHstr 1SSa
Ing a tunnel under tho track for tho
use Of riders and trainers has been adopted. and
and entcring the infeld. Two sheltered stands
have been built on each side, of the nlnin one.
5000. Seventy arc lamps have been placed
about the grounds, to DO used In illuminating
run. 4 wheel room has been built under The
grand stand and bicycle racks placed on tho
outside. A special cycle path has been built,
north of Fall Creek and Just Of Central avenue,
with Thirtieth street. From those details II
OF tho national meet affairs have spared no
pains ntho work of preparation.
Several wheclmen who 90 out on public roads
clad IN tights and sweaters went along the cycle
path bound for Coney Island tho other day, and
two riders who have had the scasoninE OF sew
eral years became inspired to open n novel dis
cussion concerning what Ia the iimit of dress for
cyclists from the stRndpuints Of propriety, jus
ing throng furnished exhibits of all kinds for
the evidence. II happened to be the proper day,
chancod upon q favorable observation spot for
seeing all the freak varieties of dress that are
affected on tho wheel. A bnrly, eolored man
and a sweater striped with crimson and blue.
a woman dressed in tights and short skirts
went, by, and, not more than u mile behind fol-
lowed n boy in q racing suit, with his arms bare
and his legs naked from the knee TO tho top of
sights the question arose concerning how little
clothing a rider might wear without being
legally arrested. Both men agreed that It
would DO interesting to have some cyCllst try 1t,
but neither cared to be the demonstrators. The
point of difference between them came when
much legal right to appear in scant costume as
n manlt, ana should be as immune from ar
DC not Ihs ao along Is h" tSa G 3 day 1. MhSn p mSn
dressed In a fashion that would cause
their arrest on broadway; and the same
mans costume on the street, but on u wheel she
may. A man may not walk the street in a short
the road attired evon more boldly, SO far as ex-
posture Is concerned. The living panorama on
the path illustrated all this to the twain who
were talk nG. Ono declared that 1t had long
been his ambition to go out on a wheel without
having on anything more than a breechcloth, and
indians Of the Wild West show, who ride their
horses through the city streets in parades dressed
out by tho talk was that there is no limit Of
dress prescribed by law for cyclists. and that
some limit should be made.
AS matters stand,' said ono of the pair,
amy man or woman may be arrested by a
policeman at his discretion on the charge, OF
The discretion Of the officer ia not infolliblc.
This has been shown by the fact that almost
o ofeTy %dy thin fiHr and ar Snort Tty than those serG that I hsTe
caused the arrest of others. 1t was not long
ago that a woman went along the cycle path
after the i" Highland fashion h 10y i She " was
20 o'' home, but costumes exactly '' the same
who never are molested. With policemen it
rides and the attention they attract whether
or not they are amenable to arrest. 1t would be
drawn that declared how bicycle riders might
and might not dress with respect to tights and
line drawn and both sexes compelled to keep it,
there would be fewer persons objecting to BIZ
cycling because of tho license of the road"
An accident recently happened to n Plainfeld
rider that has an instructive value. He bought
a new lamp that was decidedly heavy and had
on it one, OF the style OF clamps supposed to be
adjustable to either tho head or the fork side.
The rider had a racing wheel and affixed the
clamp was too big for the light. structural char
acter Of the machine. In consequence the lamp
caught in the spokes, was wrenched from it's
position and carried around until it wedgod
against the forks. The result was an ugly spill,
from the effects Of which the rider was, confined
10 his bed for several days. Tho brackets that
are built UP with lamps are made for the aver.
age bicycle. 1t is a mistake 10 attempt to put
them on racing wheels or specially built BIZ
cycles.
An English daily paper publishes an article
on the subject OF punctures, and explains that
when trying to locate an injury Of this kind and
LneTO Is no water nanny IN WnlCn TO lave the
tire in order to detect air bubbles. a power.
full magnifying glass can be used. All those
who take the hint seriously will undoubtedly
provide themselves with strong magnlfying
glasses and carry them on every ride in case
they arrive with a punctnre at a place where
they cannot get water. 1t was n Long Island
rider who discovered the item referred to, and
he cut 1t out TO show his friends. His only com
ment was. " 1 use spit
Some cyclists carry their lamps attached to
the axle Of the forward wheel, others have them
on the fork side. and still others prefer to fusten
them on the head OF the wheel. These are the
three prevailing fashions OF wearing lamps, and
they evidence a difference of opinion conCerning
shedding article. A rider discovered while talk,
ing with two friends recently thar one kept his
other fastened his to the fork side. AS he had al
ways used his own lamp on q bracket attached
TO the forward axle, he asked them to give
reasons for their preference, after first admitting
that he rode with his own on the axle because
tho bracket was there when he got the cycle
and he knew of no reason for changing
The man who used his lamp on the head said
that no did SO because he could reach over the
handle bars and easily. turn 1t up or down.
knows. IT is seldom possible to light a lamp In
just such a way that it will burn at the proper
height without subsequent regulating. Thi.
speaker argued also that the lamp sustained
less Earring, when on the bead. and was there
his lamp on the fork side gave The best reasons o.
all. and about converted his companions. HI
lamp on the crank axle was obstructed by
tho rim, tire and spokes of the front
wheel. and therefore gave poor service
An ordinarily gooi lamp. he claimed. would
light a city street from curb TO curb II placed o.
the fork at II proper angle, but such an angle
could not be given to a lamp ON tho front axle
In summarizing he said; "A lamp on the hcAr
of the wheel wastes its light in space. 1t shows
nothing but the night. II you make a turn /
does not turn With, the wheel and show wher'
you are going, hut just shines along in front. !
Is good for nothing but a beacon 20 indicate u
Others where you are. A lamp on the front oXl'
is so close to the ground that 1t throws ligh
only a few feet ahead. and only on one side a
that. To my mind the. ideal position Is on tn
fork. a little less than half way up"
In a bulletin issued yesterday Chairman Mot
OF tho L. a. w. Racing Board makes tho follow
ing announcements:
John A. Hitcnens. Boston. Is suspended from tn
sanction privilege and ruted on all l.. A. w. track
IN every capacity for promoting unBanctiOnei races
KeElsterrd-l.0h Charles A. Bauman. Burial
1850, + Baron Stowe, Conway, Mass; l46, Harry
Dodge ltT. {, j. Mueller; ltS, J. j. FlstOr; I+1. II.
Greer; l5D, c. A.. Cause, and l5l, George Il. Smith. a.
OF Washington. ID. C.; l52, w J, Wilkinson: 1873, i
A. Miller. and 1914, \. J., murphy. all u baltimore