The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-15
NEWS OF THE wHEELMEN.
PRESIDENT POTTER'S views RE
GARDING BfCYCLE RACES.

PHE-lno NOhlNE11NNBo hpnOlnLeu DN THO
National Assembly Inst February Has
Not Discussed the Racing Question.
President Potter OF the L. A. w. sat In his
ONCE yesterday handling an assortment OF
photographs taken In all parts Of the country
and showing stretches OF cycle paths. They
are to be used In the forthcoming book to be
published by the League. The photographs,
even unarrauged as they were. made q power
full object lesson on the value OF such paths TO
cyclists and horsemen alike. They reveal pic
turesaue glimpses Of suburban roads where
horsemen travel without worrying about
scorchers and running beside a path that takes
up no valuable room, but gives to wheelmen a
chance to spin easily along over q good surface.
unmolested by the horses. In the course OF an
informal chat Mr.. Potter was asked by q reporter
! Of THE Sun what was going to become OF bicycle
racing. His reply was characteristic He said:
As long as there are bicycles. as long as
there are riders, and while there Is any young
| blood in the land, there will be bicycle races. 1
am glad to think that It is so. too. for / think
that a bicycle race is one of the p~rettiest things
in all the world OF sport. like to see bicycle
races. There are no contests that l prefer to
them. Any one who has ever represented me
as being opposed to bicycle racing has grossly
misunderstood my position. 1 believe in It and
want to see 1t continue and prosper. and l feel
that it will"
Mr.. Potter was next asked II the Executive
Committee had done anything toward getting
ready its report on the question Of the League
passing the control Of racing into the hands Of
some other organization. This work was placed
In the hands Of the committee by the National
Assembly held at st. Louis last February. the
report to be returned at the next assembly.
Mr.. Potter said that a popular misapprehension
seems to exist concerning what the committee
was appointed to do. 1t has been reported that
1t was to investigate and make returns upon
the advisability Of the League abandoning the
government Of racing. whereas the committee
was assigned simply to discover whether
or not there is in existence any organ
ization that Is equipped and competent
to take control OF, cycle racing, Under
such circumstances the committee might re-
out Of the hands Of the League. According to
the members of the committee. and will not, be
until the racing season Is over. Each member
p Pre shG GGm and two UA Vicel + eSaIdeDssso Of q the
League. has been doing his own investigating
Knows what the other thinks on the subject.
An unattached rider Of Manhattan relates a
gent ti policeman eheenaanc was fooled With ho regard arc to the
unlighted lamp. 1t is. perhaps, fortunate that
other ST rlders Desiring in to to- sva De the law are apt
to profit, because nowhere in the consolidated
Slly II tLo oEAlldhCc LcQuhiuk piSyClcp W Soily
degree, The circumstances in point was an
a lamp, on hi, wheel that was At to be lighted
he could not have hoodwinked the POLICEMAN
and reached hons, without, q light although
lamp which had not been lighted had Just gone
@ S9 eop. The bsc s1ssee ot sSei Of l Fidsrs B BeinR halted oas, a 6S
acting. SURPRISED and protesting that II so
It could not have been the case more than q
lamp lam at to tnd ont 3Rs whether EFF. f was ridd hot T q cold ID
paving stones, This trick is now c9mmon on
and, had to sneak home have Faeked their
@iaRs be- s fiEa1 Vented T t T vas By i means ans
Of an acetylene gas lamp that the cyclist in
with that intention, The lamps in which cal
cium carbide is used to generate acetylene gas
after the stopper is turned, and the water be-
gins to drop on the carbide. The heat is
on the water he had two matches. blow out
while trying to light the lamp, HI found that
s he hfd R Wit RSTe t mafShss' to aH turn hG af the G %at tae
He expected to ind some person or place from
truth he ab~sent-mindedly put his hand on the
lamp, and felt that it was decidedly warm,
out and nd having no ,matches.,S The 'o4hiseert
!, fRrom' the heat that It had been lighted not long
) before. The COP did not have a match. and was
using the old excuse truthfully, that he per-
mitted the wheelman, to proceed in search Of q
match. The cyclist did not try to get one, but
3 left his lamp generating and expending gas,
| and. according to his own confession: he went
was disappointed at not being stopped again
r When he reached home, his lamp had consumed
he considered the Joke worth more than the
| cost.
2 According to descriptions furnished. the same
: dapper. dark -compleXioned little man. with
Z black mustache and suaye manners. who ha
name Of the L. A: W. is still at work and profit
ing handsomely BY his operations. He is play
i so r idf HT5us that f no one SSu sGheoSSlldf be- ca HaH
8 He offers q meTmbSrsthip h the League = 100 e5
: t Rsnst IS. a p ceyrti6cate Of Official nc 6 Sati hip. and m9
9 handsome sign announcing the fact. all for tn
. S1osie sd cam never P be fo ID 70 Tor most MOST m men d S5e mo- n1
care to acknowledge that they had been cheated
S SssS IF sai eqs S SP tRa NaS 4 YORK c2 State in di II fa'
! recently from Harlem. from Sixth avenue. anc
8 from Coney Island which demonstrate tn,
= G. E. Miner has notified the, police and detec
tives have been assigned to look up the rogue
A new point which worries the League official
!, got some OF the little blue, receipt blanks use,
officially to acknowledge dues.
After a couple OF weeks of doubt. with con
2 fa oatins a afoGt.ii it i n0W lo s6fiH as II S 5imm %SMnie eEsf
Z will give to Tom Linton. his former rival 1
I England. q great battle for the honors at TWEEN
row. Yesterday morning the little Welshmai
worked out five miles in 8 minutes and 81 sec
! went twelve miles In, 81 minutes and % sec
4 onds. The time by miles was, l;43, 800, 5:1(
1 i9:4l, u :25. Linton has been at the trac
6 since Wednesday, but has not been doing an
O training because his pacing machines have nc
8 arrived, Edouard Taylore put in a remarkabl
fast fyo-mile spin yesterday when a stlfL win
pace in 3 minutes and AS seconds, The tim
by miles was: 1:44. 1892. 5:l7. 7:O1, and S:4i
3 CT. Cossum of Poughkeepsie was in tow
: yesterday. He told Chairman Rosenfeld that h
q probably would be unable to attend the meetln
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