New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03

succeeded in making prOHt OF hpOut a.
1895 the championships were decided at Coiogn e'
Germany. and resulted In proht OF SoVV;
Copenhagen followed in 1886. when. In spite Oh
wet weather and enormous expense IN erectne
erandstands and dressing rooms. the net profits
amounted Sl.IW. Last year the me- es 'ims
was held at Glasgow. and the result was co."
clear profit The rule OF the International Cy.
clists' Association regarding the division OF
profits is that the country holding the meeting
takes all risks and one-han of the prohts. the
balance being divided equally among thVse cou na
tries sending competitors. Each party last year
took 81 go.
Thousands Of cyclists left the city yesterday
for the mountains or seasho-e for TWO OF three
days tour. The roads are generally good al
though dusty. and little rain to-day would
help rather than detract from the pleasure ana
comfort Of the tourists Some OF the most i'm
portant club runs arranged for to-day are az
follows: Brooklyn Bicycle Club. to Patchogue'
Brooklyn Ramblers, to Greenport; Brevoort
wheelmen, to Patchogue; Crescent Athletic Club
Wheemen to Patchogue; Carroll Park Wheel
men TO Atlantic City: Castle Point Cyclers. to
Toms River; Fred s. Mauch Wheelmen to Rock
away and Bath Beach: Greater New-1 orK
Wheelmen to Coney Island Hamilton Wheel
men. to Lake Hopatcong; Logan Wheelmen 10
Patchogue; Long Island Wheelmen. TO Green
wood Lake; Lanigiro Wheelmen. to Rockaway
Beach, Macon Wheemen. TO Sea Gate; Montauk
Wheemen to Rockaway Beach; Morris Wheel
men, 10 Asbury Park; Mutual Wheelmen. to
Rockaway: Penn Glen Wheelmen to Port Nor
ris; Queens Borough Wheelmen. TO Bergen Point
and Bath Beach; Red Hook Wheelmen. to STAN
ford: Royal Arcanum Wheclmen. to Coney ISL
and and Asbury Park; ST. George Wheelmen to
Timer Park; Steger Wheelmen, TO Fatchogue;
Waverly Bicycle Club, to Philadelphia Wolff
American Wheemen, to Coney Island. and
Williamsburg Wheelmen 10 Bath Beach.
The semi-annual meeting Of the Harlem
Wheelmen will be held at the clubhouse at No.
21 West One-hundred -and-twenty- ffth-st. on
Monday evening. July II. In addition to the re-
ports of committees and officers. pleasant d.
version Is scheduled namely the burning Of the
chattel mortgage the club property given
when the club moved into It's new house. to
cure the bonds issued at that time The rest Of
the bonds have all been paid off, and the club Is
out Of debt.
A well-known scientist has stated that when
at rest a man consumes 800 cubic inches Of air
a minute, but that when he rides bicycle nine
miles an hour the air consumption each minute
Jumps I'D TO LOGO cubic inches At a speed Of
twelve miles hour the air consumption leaps
TO 1890 cubic inches. while at eighteen miles
an hour the rider increases his consumption to
5000 cubic inches.
the following additional appointments TO the
list Of National committees: Highway Improve
ment-A. b Choate, Minneapolis; II. 3. Wor-
rell. Philadelphia; ". A. Connolly, Danville.
H.. Percy H. Richardson. Portland. Me-; Prof
d. b. Luten. Purdue University. Lafayette,
Ind: G. Richard Parsons. Providence. Rules
and Regula:ions-Charles w. Barr es. Topeka.
Kan; Walter H. Chubb. Cleveland
The Buffalo Associated Cycling Clubs came
near abandoning their attempt to secure the
90 meet last week. For the second time q
resolution introduced to abandon the prof.
ect but after n warm discussion il was voted
down. The organization Will hold a big race
meet July 80 to raise funds for the work.
There is a demand for tall frames this year
says an English exchange. and 26-inch and 2S-
much So In fact. that IL will be necessary for
makers TO list them as standard pattern next
season. The demand in this country is for low
frames
The following Is the Of electric tandem
pacing in Paris: f12 month tor training be-
hind the machine; f12 for race an attempt
on record for % Kilometres f1S for fifty. and
f36 for one hundred kilometres
II Is surprising what n number OF cyclists
keen two machines for their own use II man
rides I'm all weathers two wheels. one for good
and one for bad weather. will always prove Il
good investment.
Cyclists desiring to join the League Of Amert-
can Wheelmen may obtain full printed infor-