The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-15

somsshins About BrOohiya's Greatest BicS-
Gle Club.

carts In some sections Of the city have been
kept busy carrying away the rocks big enough
for cobblestones from places where mncadam
pavement was TO be laid. At the corner OF Am
atsriAm avenue and 1884 street noticeably,
the stones that exceeded In slEo the specInca-
tions Of the contract have not been laid on the
roadway, but the pile in which they lay has
dwindlsd percoptibly.
In cycle club circles across the bridge the
Long Island wheelmen have been for a couple
OF years dubbed THE Fossils" The club has
no racing team. It has not even a racing man.
When on the road the average age OF the mem
bers participating is about 40 years, and, no
cub Fl EnoftSS s O clty and SHdr the fourth y IN oiI32s'rsat 81 Giu tGs
country. II was the frat club to, own tie house.
something worth study at this time when 80
many mushroom clubs are appearing and. no
PSs bS SsSSsn 81 sSs Sy cIaS ri HFs si 3 Sfn .W S|Ss
il the last TIVE or three years since cycling
g ssI i! ,G ,ss. G ! g 2 ssII'fSP saESrd l% sysnss sRss
r Re III t \ o9 ess q the d an.'' 81 SS'I Noy. eSSstafRsli s nnsnsl
dinner Of the club will BIO held. Hitherto this
has been an affair celebrated a. some hotel.
Every year the dinner Of this club Is attended
pubic he. Considered altogether, The career
Of the Long Island suggests that there are
s sias class HIass'l wi fiaG tSe sH organ II sHS,ni ' oonsiaersd
mis- are woiui eIcsptioRs 70 the rullne.s q
cycle cycle c SStd are things chat were. '"' Una
Tho, seasons road contests Of The Bushwiok
silver %iisa age nsdals .wsre Captured Sssp &C.
lively by George Meeder. who. covered $3.50
i %ilss ., a 9!sb Sh @fIs:. gJI 6bS a,lm mnS rH q I'D VIZ %Pn =
ner Of the club-run contest, scoring LOO points.
mile RIis, pseoTd va. sid NsSi j attt@ he stsls Sae 81 Ra} {, 3
Sfss q .ts s{md tri \ Az and .. tSs I t iISS5.h j Tsr best
marx reft0V was s' Reidd 81 'Wiliis ,%indilci, % 1!S sssr
onds, made ct Chillicothe in tho fall q 1895;
his unsuoeessful one-mile trial. which was
1;33 80, The WIND was chilly again and very
h,sa sh s01 Siiss i s1 %aS w bion TIsyl 90 s GS' tS sssf IL to spi 60
q hard L. one }o,hs sta9 o = q \, I mi %in sS IL, 10 . sSontIt
oi a mile track at New Orleans. Johnson did
% seconds for, each q his first qptSrtsra
did % is for his first quarter to-day. did
the. third In 80 1-5 .seconde, the half In
t5o liz tSrs seconds o . tsH p (, miSd II 90 !, seconds and nd
OF the weather conditions: viii, the three
pleted his string from the quarter mile to two
miles inclusive, with the exception Of the two:
rnsfHs at at q sss &c Go seSHnHs; o ne. ! RI f traeE IN c ahf
iornia. in 1896. Taylor will hammer, at the
hall. the mile and two-mile records to the close
pacing team that he says 1880 viii pretty
surely be. done. He has yet to be shaken ut
any point by his pace.
The politicians Of the /. A. W, are in a guam
Diary. The annual meeting Of the organization
new offcers, and the refusal OF President Pot
ter to say whether he will be a candidate again
!, sIS ssa'iPHe z J. Respsn. 5 IT, sons 81 p 81 sss eis d aSd
c. +. Kireker Of New Jersey are mentioned as
a,spirants for the presidency; i. At A. from these
date, It is the general impression that Potter
In ms such Hssi an EVENT. L Is Unlikely that any ay' opposi.
York man. His refusal to direct the affairs Of
ability throw the entire New York voting power
over to Pennsylvania
FOR wHEELMEN.
sA " ,ssh S esn%se.,ssss e 1t Il: sl 6 hf issss Albany ssns u: va
Broadgsy to West Troy. and pas. through TROY, "a
Town BsynSoRSIiIs: Ssris FssisTsSaFs, ScTth poS.
hsI.. Hs%osl Ri. %tliiaa1 ssSsrSrld sSs'e a,s %ill,sn HSSso..
tonic. Van Pgzsnyille, Great Darlington. South Eg-
Gs%o1 ai. ssl''s"fiH; .i aiiiSrso sae %ssSl ATsnl he h;,1.
PEii ssSiIi WILLIE y1illlsy. FE4 sisons;iI.l aa wapelpsepp ..i FSlls.
tings, Gienwood. Yonkers, Kingsbridge. Macomb's
Dam road, across Washington Bridge, Eleventh ave.
nue., Boulevard to Central Park.
AReader Of THH suN.-From New York to Goshen.
take ferry 20 Fort Lee and then 60 70 Leonia; pass
through Bogots, Hackensack. Arcola, Faramus,
Rdgewood. Hohokus. Waldwict, Allendale. Ram.
sey's, Mahwah, sufern. Hillburn. sloatsburg. Tux
edo. eouthhelds, Arden. Turner'S, Monroe. Oxford.
areyeourt. Chester. to Goshen. The distance ia fifty:
a 8: i T. MEET Il. ScsP.2 NsS J, Ee5 A,t to SS5ts s1 Adams 4 !, Ms Sc..
dam Heights. Van Cortlandt Park. Yonkefs. Grey
Oaks. Mount Hege, Asdsleys Woodlands, Aqueduct.
CrpRers; MontrOse. centreviiis; Peelshli. AIMS
port Corners. Fishkil village, WAppinRer's Falls,
PouRhkeepsie. Pleasant Valley, Washington Hollow,
Millbrook, Mabbettsville Lithgow. Armenia, sharon.
LaEeynIe. salisbury. .shefield, South Egremont.
Great Darlington. Van DuZenyille. HooEatonic. Glen
dale, stoek6rdee. Lenox. Pittsheld. LAnesboro.
South williAmstown, williamstown to North Adams.
W. D.lThe Riverside Wheeimen. the Manhattan
Bicycle Club, the Harlem Wheelmen or the Century
wheelmen, the leading clubs in New York. will serve
your purpose.
NOTES.
A special Meeting of the National Cycle Board OF
Trade will be held in this city on Thursday.
Major" Tayio- the coiored rider. uses a chain
less wheel. geartd to 1o4 inches. in his trials for
Verhoyen, the German crack. has retired from the
racing path.