New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-15
CYCLING.
THE CHARGES AGAINST A. D. WAIT.
ASSOCIATED CYCLING CLUBS COMMITTEE
TO BEGIN TO TAKE TESTIMONY AT
oNcE-op1NIoNs OF OFFICIALS
AND CLCBMEN

oNcE-OPINIONS OF OFFICIALS
AND CLUBMEN
Nor. trouble 10 brewing for somebody In ina
yelling world When A. d. Wait. the chairman o.
~. racing Board OF the State decided not 20 pro
toe, the State meet OF the division by Allowing
,a- sanctions in this district for the same day n"
a,d the division an injury which may react 20 MS
own detrtment. The subject was taken up a'
-ree,,ng OF the Associated Cycling Ciuos az the III
s.ga.,on OF tire Harlem wheelmen. as TOLD IN Inc
-r,,hune Yesterday. c. T. slmms. jr president OF
.he Associated Cycling Clubs. yesterday appointed
the appended committee 10 investigate the charses
,roda against Mr. Wait, and 10 report at the next
meeting Of the association: J. O'Nehi "eoOH
wheelrnen: c. z. simms. IT.. Morris "heeIIhen, o.
o,.nan Manhattan Bicycle Club; Weroe bins'e''
car,urv Wbeelmen and J. Mcconnell, Royal Ar
canum Wheelmen
This committee will 60 20 work al once ana eeo
10, can ne done Mr. Walt and others interested
=, the controversy Will be Informed. ana tho tesu-
mony will be collected speedily as possible. Inc
nembers of the Associated Cycling Clubs feel tnat
they have the right to investigate the anair' al.
though admitting that they are not memoers oi
chs I.a1ue OF American Wheemen. They claim
.hat an the Harlem wheelmen belongs 10 the Aseo-
,ctated Cycling Clubs the association - !" ou''
bound TO look after it's interests
A nrou,nent member of the League of American
vvbee,men when seen yesterday afternoon saio'
-yyhiIe the sympathes OF the officers or the oVis"
ton have been with the Harlem Wheelmen IN TINS
controversy. that club made mistake in resignine
from the league Had II remained henpe' VI
The League Of American Wheelmen until after the
,neetine of the Board OF Of1cers next saturoay'
,he club could have sent several delegates TO tho
meeting and the story could have peen ip roHRT mbs
presented suppose Inc 40 ;Sa meeting on satur-
day and It is doubtful as TO hoW tne Iba meet
ing. As the Associated Cycling Clubs is not par,
of the League OF American Wheemen' IL Is "o'
Louis Rosenfeld the senior consul OF the NeW-
York Consulate Of the League Of American Wheei
ne Inv Consulate in this matter and would prefer
20 have 1t understood that these ere mercy i.y
ot Sdses for the cycling Clubs
10 attempt to antasonae me ien ns moral or legal
siatus in the case
othsr prominent clubmen were Of the opinion opinion
that there was some political significance oehind}
the whole affair They argued that the Ss sd be-
t he Ssain, Isaac Potter the president Of
the League OF American Wheelmen; AZ NJ pso.teer
Vas made last year but it amounted to nothing
prominent L. A. W. man had a fiery experience
with one Of the new gas lamps the other nisht, ,ie
A. the same who took his wheel out OF the
crate and tried to ride II without turning the front
wheel around so that the front tire would escape
the pedals. After putting the solution INTO the
cup made for that purpose, he filled the water
reservoir. Turning the water COCK he waited an
before q
burner When he did apply the light there was a
big burst of fame. and the cyc!st dropped the
lamp as II 1t had been Internal machine. IL
seemed to be big ball OF IRE. The servant girl
had the presence Of mind to seize the lamp ana
throw it out In the yard. Then a blanket put out
tho blaze. After the lamp had cooled off a little
the cycllst recovered his desire for ride by night
and he had no other lamp In The mouse ne
was again applied to the gas-burner. The result
the same, and the lamp was again blazing az
t THs IRE Sp ou TSn the cycst
and found out what the trouble was he mad no,
the sss Sotto@ carbide receptaco to it The result
was that the gas had been escaping around TIE
gas lamp had become ahre all over: The bottom OF
the lamp was screwed on pfoperSy The the lamp II
troubled but A wiser cycnst
party Of Brooklyn wheelmen found themselves
In a peculiar predicament ON Sunday night. After
wheeling 10 Concy Island IN search Of cooling
breezes. and finding the comfort expected. they
deserted the bicycle for the time being and wen,
in search Of sharpe a small boat used IN
shallow waters. The cyclists found the breeze at
shore in the neghborhod Of Nortons Point Then
The breeze ;S died G1t sne the boat was beealmed
helplessly out in the water. il is against the war
cyclists knew shs ' then the the
they The m & the
party expected TO hear the roar Of the gun every
minute as they racked their brains TO devise some
way back shore. Perspiration poured
down their faces. and resolutions adopted that
II was hotter there than II was on the Bowery
1t was nearly midnight when they got ashore and
It was thoroughly disgusted party that mounted
wheels and started back TO Brooklyn at an early
hour Monday morning.
Cyclists desiring to Join the League of American
Wheelmen may obtain full printed information and
membership blanks by sending their nance and ad-
dresses 10 the Cycling Editor Of The Tribune
NEWS OF THE wHEELMEN.