New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.

Some Of the most interesting amateur oicyc'o
racing of tho year will take place at berke'eS O'o.
on May n and 2S when the five contests con,pi'e'.e
the championships OF the Intercollegiate An.
Association will be run or. The contests anu '"e
existing records One quarter mile o'So 49, o'
haf mile los %; one mile. 2:2 Id; nve mics.
1900 AZ. one mile tandem. 21s S-6. 1t Is predicteo
that all the above records VIII DO s'hhs"eu w
vear al Berkeley Oval Columbia Harvard iao.
Princeton Pennsylvania and other universities WIN
be represented by stronger teams imam ne'e
for the growing importance OF the sport mas caus7u
moro interest to bo taken In It by college athieees
Columbia which has been notably strong IN oyo'e
racing in recent years has substantial au'""'"e
over her rivals In that tho Coumpia iiue's "a
their racing camp Mt tho oval. through i"
with the track produced by steady rahhs' ."'
NewYork riders will have an at home feehns Una.
will n. distinct advantage. Yale proposes 70 senu
nor mar down from New-TIaven several times III
order to get them accustomed to tho new III ~,
next Wednesday five or her n ain, Zen Columbia
riders The Harvard and Pennsylyania riders VIII
Norris Heights The COLUMBIA team now yO,I IN
training under tho exper enced eye OF S IA
srhwartz They agree that no more deIg n,,.i
place could be found TO train than AZ berhee' """
tn. man printed In The Tribune yesterday show
,1 The various good routes leading TO the encamp-
mont nj Hampstead. Long Island. was cut out ana
saved for future reference by thousands OF wheel
men who intend TO ride out there on Sunday' o''
eral letters were received yesterday asking ~ha'
tho riding distance was from the several star E
no,uts Either from Brooklyn. Long islana 10y ~,
or College Point tho ride VIII ne rom twe"', a.
10 l ~ his time OF the year ride out to Camp
RIack and return by the Long Island Railroad
tn. annual dinner OF the Associated Cycling Cluos
., Long Island will be held at the Argyle. Fulton
&, prooklyn on Saturday evening. Many cluo-
mon from tho thirty wheeling organizations COM
prising tho association Will attend ana mus aod 70
tho faerna spirit tha has always eSs Th
orered in the association's recent bowling toufn ma
~, y,li he presented by President Barnett OF tho
association.
v-o-, y, Tho Good Roads sections east o. Pat
chogls +. beginning to mako good showing hrooh
Haven reports that many OF tho residents are ouiih
,ne cycle paths IN front ~ their houses. and these
will soon be connected with the path running west
from Patchogue There IL strong movement a. az
sveSv snrtion hetween Mastic and Moriches Is pu,
in shape. and thus make continuous M o,nt "a
cycle paths now broken nj the Iast-ha'heu po'"''
p.,kel.v Oval tomorrow afternoon will be the
.c.n. OF record trials by Powell. Dawson. W',ams'
BIRD and Schwartz. Of tho Columbia Univers'y
cycling team They will begin at p m. ana no
admission fee 70 tho grounds VIII he CHARGE, -
sanction .or the trials has been secured from Nn"
man Mott OF the National Racing Board
., having 20 pay 70 tho Rs ting Board OF tho L. A.
" AN extra ree OF S. charged this year. whom tney
wish TO exce-i mo prize limit IN races ., iii MI
a. xiu no, hurt the assoc. atoms mucn, ana " WIN
20 FAR toward paying the expenses OF the board
Tho programme offered al tho Woodside PaIh
track At Philadelphia, on May g. SHOWS tha' e'o
management will divide the prize money 'n'o NV
marta This will be good thing for the second
and third rates bu. II VIII be hard on TIE cnsm,
r,ons as tho nrs prize Will he reduced no Iai!,eI
r o;,ersa,, VIII he permitted 20 appear on the
,rack or Within the inclosire In his shirt sleeves
The track Mt Ambrose Park has been finished ana
I, will be open .or the In training on sunday
On none % the racing programmes ISSUED 'hiS
vear has space been let, FOR the insertion OF the
names o, wheels or tires to b" rldcn by ne racing
men Tho Racing Board decided that th's must
be done this year.
There f. much interest ard enthusiasm over tnis
..ason'. mileage contest OK the Bushwick "heei-
mon Tho leader for April IL George Meeder VINO
has $50 miles to his credit.