The Saint Paul globe., 1898-07-03
SCORCHERS MUST BEWARE
POLICE WILL BE ESPECIALLY
VIGILANT TODAY
If the Rain Does Not Prevent, Cy-
First of a Series of Weekly Meets
to BE Held on the Lexington
pices of the l.. A. w.

According to the indications this
will be another day full of invitations
to the bicycle policeman to distinguish
themselves by arresting scorchers. A
couple of months ago the records
made 1t appear that this evil was di-
minishing. There was a week when
in all the city there was not an ar
rest recorded for violation of the speed
ordinance. 1t was probably because
cyclists had not been properly thaWed
out and warmed, and there were COM
paratively so small a number abroad
that the few cases OF Scorching were
undetected. The records of the last
few Sundays tell an entirely different
story, but they do not begin to rep
resent the extent of the practice If
the law is enforced to the utmost the
scorcfers IN the police courts tomor-
row will far outnumber the cases of
'.intoX."
1t is a matter of satisfaction to know
that the number of accidents this year
have heen far less than last year. and
1n few cases have any serious results
followed.
The first of the series of SATURDAY.
afternoon meets, being arranged by
local wheelmen, under the sanction of
the l. y. w. will take place at LeXing-
ton park, Saturday afternoon, July 16
All necessary arrangements have been
made by the promoters with Charles
Comiskey for the use of the park and
track on that day. A. d. Smith, who
has had the arrangements in hand for
couple of weeks, stated yesterday
that sufficient progress had been made
TO enable him to state that the meet
would probably be productive Of a
series of races to be held Saturday
afternoons during the summer.
IL the interest manifest among local
wheelmen and others in the scheme
warrants it, state meet viii be held
in st. Paul some time in August, un-
der the auspices of the Laurel Cycle
club. The proposed state meet will
grow out of the local meets, and all
the riders in the state, both profess
sional and amateur, win be invited to
contest for prizes for state records,
which will be hung up.by the League
OF American Nheelmen in addition 10
the liberal inducements offered by the
Laurel club.
Several wheelmen Of considerable
means have come forward and liber-
ally supported the proposed bicycle
races in a material way, and their
action will probably form the founda-
tion for the state meet, which has
been much talked of off and on for
y u.
The officers of the Laurel club have
agreed to take charge of the state
meet, if MIR. Smith and his associates
can demonstrate through the local
meets that such an affair would have
the support Of the people of st. Paul.
E. B. Smith, owner of Lexington
park, is greatly interested in the project
and has assured the local wheelmen
that he will assist them in any way
in his power in making the meet a
success.
Since the opening of the season the
Cycle Path association has expended
over S1,400 in repairing and building
new paths. Every dollar of the money
has been expended judiciously, being
placed only where it would bring the
best results. None of the officers of
the association receive salaries, and the
association is under no expense, aside
from printing and a few incidentials
The following Is the distribution Of
the ayney,g7ed