The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-23
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Amateur Riders who May he Transferred
20 the Professional Glass.

| nus VI NNb bAGyNAu IA Jam Mullins
the present year. went out TO do a century on
the quintuplet machine which he built himself.
and completed II. His companions were +. B.
| Coates, w. A. Hardy, @. Coates, and r. wiz
liams. 30 far as known this Is the FIRST time
that q century has been accomplished on a
"auint." The testimony Of those who made
the trip IL: Amy one who thinks It is an easy
game should try II"
The bloomer girl IL becoming n lost figure on
| cycling roads. and now the attention she at
tracts because Of her variety is about equal to
that which she at first created. Yesterday
politicians and others sat upon the porch Of
hotel along the Brooklyn concourse to Coney
Island watching the sights that passed and
commenting thereupon. A trio OF cyclists
went by. and one member Of the party eI-
claimed with sudden eaEerness: Look at
that. You haven't seen any woman in q more
mannish costume to-day" What he called
attention e, was q boy Of about Is in knicker-
boekers, with Tam Shanter hat HIS com
father. The mistake caused a laugh, but sim
ply its occurrence was e matter-of-fact com
mentary on some OF the costumes worn by
w~heelwomen.
A rumor was current in the gossiping circles
very prominent amateur riders had received
isSe@ncae ,V 70 the MO prO aessiSnSiU Glass; g. t 4mon srA he
ridsrs who have been pndeEGoinE Che iRvest-
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Re-. &otE Et sfsEeSrS Sf e S %as s4p e g ansa from
Bicycle riding has. at various times. been
t ths + ilC q NJ Y hS @eS e; but :, t l3s R q 3 R Rs%6 SdS Of
one Of the %cure.ali qualities OF the wheel. q:
as q; R much. toW Rss PG SeIpisS pV he new Eew 'Y 20 ( s ssSss
Division get the diagrams and distances OF
book as any other man In the State. He has
been an enthusiastie rider for many years, and
s saS s'"&!S why 81 n sSon az Hfs Eos Be- S a Bicycle y I%nS crank {
may sound ike a latent %edisins ad.. but i Is
true. l had paralysis OF both legs. In 1890
Grand Army post Of which I am a member. IN
to the wheel and my. feet tied to the pedals.
couple Of weeks / could ride alone, and now.
can ride almost any distance. Haven't a right
Taylor. the famous colored rider. says that he
Is. the victim OF. a conspiracy arranged by
circuit. Although Taylor has shown that he Is
a ,high-class racing man. he says that he is the
cycling promoters, as his entry for the races at
s.. Louis and Baltimore have been refused.
iniasstic tss shown him. and Re eG propos Ss to SH app tai
tothe Racing Board for fair play. In speaking
fer thS co@1 ERhen S SsSinSf ra ain T tbis season said y @1
ambition was e win the cycling chnmPionship
on its merits: When only 4 points behind Bad
Louis. the, promoters rejected my entry. thus
giving Bald a decided advantage over me and
had hope. however. OF catching up with the
Buffalo man at the coming, meet in Baltimore,
IR nsieh the the s SiondinE 20 Sy points vii The Fe tSiTd % %
points. and the fourth 10 points. but for some
ment OF that meeting decided not to allow me
to compete. This. OF course. precludes, the pos
s' RelI yk Gr m2 T fadt tbat t 30 I Shem az { ssoWed d oni Is
accepted BY all race meet promoters. but when
them ali their friends persuaded, the
/ elra tsrm .i! AHA bet 7 $500 55e sba. Pad ssn 6 se l Amy
t his B fstSiai a 70 iase I FEE le s and ra %ss az e shoRs a
lack Of confidence Of his riding ability. II Bald
Tse''s s s9 FdSs wiz WIKI dS MieAa ne s snd n T. H fhe aes
only one CONCLUSION + to be drawn from m hie re,
ride long distance as Well as short distance in
fast time & reference to the time made IN my
ma match cs , git9 M 6lIs. Zee. II Pr whhiSh the w spdI rec
clusively. The cause OF this discrimination
against me ! am eI1 At a loss to understand aa9 have
see why l am turned down when 1 threaten TO
become q cham pion."
The Bicycling Nesrs Of dLS0ndon says: "A GER
inse1es RI TS f6 cTaiis Sgt cf He sas bee OF a eas1Te
ing up the wind. SO to speak. and finds that the
eyclist travelling at a speed Of fifteen miles an
hour has TO overcome an atmospheric pressure
strength required to propel his bicycle is $500
I'VE miles per hour the wind resistance in
ereases to 10000 foot pounds per minute, while
chine and overcome the force 81 Wind T repre-
sents 1890 foot P9unds Per minute, These
paced c~yclist; In the case. of a paced rider the
air pressure is almost nothing. and he has only
paced ed'i rider Who does twenty-nVe miles ST In IAN an
hour eXpends much more muscular energy
than one who Is paced TO do thirty miles in the
,wheelmen from Brooklyn and a few from
going skating on the lake Of Prospect Park in
erected for the purpose OF hoistinG a nag on it
park. and for years there never has flown from
an initiation for al to come in and skate. Be;
cause Of the, patriotic holiday Of Saturday and
the bunting possible. the skating dag was
hoisted on the pole and permitted 70 remain
] epHT stiSndo 81 am nne 9PsS S6Ees ana O. NJ MANS Mns a se Su let
laugh, Some riders declared that the sight
gave them O chill.
Two National Circuit race meets. at which the
crack men OF the ,sPrinting brigade and the
compete, will be held this week. The first
comes on at Asbury Park TOMORROW afternoon
and the other at Manhattan Beach on Satur-
70 the local professional star a half OF a lap In a
race. while at the beach the Welsh
eolored Splinter. behind pace at one mile. the
best two heats of three TO decide the winner.
The aynpfa IN ha RIM nm fha nHaffr IaHaav NH1OH |
will be the one-mile L. A W. national cham
pionship, two-mile handicap for professionals.
mile scratch event for amateurs. More than
ordinary interest centres in the ehampionship
race, as the stTpggle between Bald, Taylor.
Cooper. Gardiner, Kimble. Mcfarland and
Stevens and other fast s~printers Is closer now
than ever before in the history Of the L. A W..
Bicycllsts who check their wheels and receive
for them a release voucher, or who pay excess
baggage rates and receive receipts. are not
To use inEArnal EANannA EtAmns Thla L