New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18
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IN THE CYCLING W0hLD'
cv,rr RACING AS A SPORT AND THE
MISTAKES MADE THIS YEAR
,.t,r ATTENDANCE BETTER THAN EVER Al ii'''
,,rrrs YET THE PROFESSIONAL PRO
uorERs ARE HEAVY IosERs-cIoD
RUNS ro-DAY-NoTEs AND
COMMENTS.

,,~c TO DAY-NOTES AND
COMMENTS.
.,.or cvcle racing season Is neaiiie
=, o,A while the racing mas oee" "a
IL and the attendance AT the H
,. .oor "a great. II not greater thah ever W
- .ho professional promoters are he"''
- - tho season. The racing ana u"On
a.ooiot,ons expended money so laVish'y ''@
-. -, Tim nromoters will find their oa'ai.-'
-, ,hs wrong side OF the ledger. faoeu i''1N
s,s,ance racing was pushed TO 'he itoN''
wbuo the general public supported inns ' .,.
eno,t the promoters found tha' iaoe 49,
sort entailed the hiring OF riders a,i- r -,t,o
- a. sucb an extent that II was imposs'o'e
% conduct tho meets at any proht' ~ 80 -
,,at in cases where purse OIL "-'o0T ono
hing up. $500 10 the winner aho
%. ,nsnr tho amount going 70 the os-
,eotea man seldom paid his ae'ua'
49,, nacine expenses Sprint races were neg
.i'' - or loss early in season. but as
-. ,r,r,or advanced this sort or racing io
.orod much Of It's old-time popularity WI"
A., ,.,,,, that there will be fewer mlddIe-uis
.nca oon,ests next season. The promoters say
,ho, ,n future they will not sign riders anu
rocemakers but that they VIII oHer puine' 49,
tho races. and simply pay tho paceiiiane' rrbs
regular stipend for manning the ihaoNms; the
differences between tne pr, Viii. II is be-
iIoved he amcably settled before the lhu0 ~,
season begins in this city Ihere . W" ana
siderable talk about certain assoc..to "a CON
,iors hreaklng away from the League ana con
hucting racing outside the sanction or thal y.
ganizatlon, but such talk ~ oyi.s ~ ~. th,,u
tlcularly since the Racing BOARD to"h W. 49,
nv the horns and suspended many vi ny - o..
wy ''r n az the large promoting associations for
not living up to their contracts neoh HaS 40
League Of American Wheeimen VIZ 90 ne r.
aafN q
was six months ago. The Executive CoH't'i'1tee
may and probably Will make such r r,
mendaton at the National Assetno.y a.
dence in February but that VIII no, he.es s
mendation.
With the present fine weather the chanceS
ore that wheeling scenes on the popular cycling
routes to-day will be lvelier than at any time
since spring. Thousands OF people have re-
turna1 from, the country, and this VIII help To
ev-eII the army 10 be seen on the roads to-day
- tho weather continues fine More activity Is
also shown among the clubs. and the chances
ore that the various club runs to-day VIII De
better attended than for long time some Oh
the more important club runs arranged loI -
day are "a follows BushwiCk W hec'"I WliiIots
Long Beach; Brooklyn Ramblers, 70 " llietS
Point: Century Wheelmen, 70 LynbrooK' Zen
taur Cycle club to Englewood; Eastern LIS, nrS,
trict Wheelmen. to kosiyn' h,nss G IsTand
Wheelmen to Boonton; Logan Wht elmen' 10
Newborn; Macon Wheelmen to Rosyn; Mau,-
son Wheemen. to New Bridge; Nassau Nheel-
men. 10 Coney Island: Pierce WheeItnei; '"
Uactonsack: St Alphonsus Wheelmen, 10 val
lev stream: St George Wheelmen. TO Camp
Black: Uralia Wheelmen. to Piainheid; W0i,i-
American Wheemen, to Coney Island; WIN,
iamshurg Wheelmen. to Lake Success and
Wayerly Bicycle Club, to PlainhsId
veteran rider gives this advice to the
novice: Don't keep looking around when riding
unless there is a clear road ahead. and sud
den swerve Of the machine cannot possibly do
! any harm The practice is the cause or many
| accidents, and has been prohibited on the race
! track"
r. F. Griggs, son of city Engineer Grggs' OF
| Columbus, Ohio, returned recently from BIZ
| cycle tour 10 Hartford Conn. He went and
returned by way of Cleveland. Buffalo Albany
and Waterbury, traversing the famous Genesee
turnpike on the way. He started on the trip
June 81 and made n pleasure tSur of 1T. Mr.
Griggs says the cinder paths OF New YORK are
death to wheels but the gravel paths are spien-
did They have a law similar TO that In Ohio
bv which wheemen are taxed for the purpose
OF constructing the paths He prefers ONO
! roads to any he passed over on his trip
Baron Duquesne. sent to Russia by the Tour
ing Club OF France for the object Of inspecting
the roads most suitable for the projected Paris
st. Petersburg motor-car race. has Issued re-
pert stating that roads, as understood In the
rest OF Europe. do not exist in Russia save in
the immediate vicinity of the largest towns
where they are few and far between and bad
/ at that.
Two riders who recently undertook country
! trip over somewhat hilly roads differed in re-
gard to the use and need of brake. Said one:
II had brake my first wheel. but found
that 1t served to wear out my tire, and was OF
little II any Ny present wheel has no
! brake, and have never felt the need OF one
II hill Is too steep to back-pedal safely 1t IL