New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-08

END OF THE OUTDOOR RACING SEASON.

N1NlINU.
END OF THE OUTDOOR RACING SEASON
AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME OF RACES AR
RANGED IN BRooYLYY-A NEW WAY TO
REPAIR LEAKY TIREs-NoTEs
AND COMMENTS.
The final outdoor race meet Of the season VIII 10
held AZ the Parkway Driving club this afternoon
and some excellent sport is anticipated The meet
will he held under the sanction Of the League OF
American Wheelmcn. (which is i'm itself suaran-
tee that the contests will be what they are repre-
sotcd to be before hand. The track Is located JUST
off the cycle path. on the way to Coney Island
and IL is much handler 10 reach than IS the track
at Manhattan Beach. Tho location is such that the
track owners considering the idea OF building
nrst-olass bicycle track inside the regular trotths
track A novelty contest will be a race between a
auideless horse and Charles NJ. Murphy on Di-
cvcl. The horse Is PAGER. and r. has been train
to travel ut considerable speed around the track
alone. In practice the animal has beaten oHt NUT
ply several times. The horse always taxes lne
pole Immediately after the start, but he does hDI
go at the top limit of his speed unu ABOUT d a,.
his peculiar sidewheol-likc motion Tor an that w.
is worth Murphy believes tnat ne VIII u' IN, -
defeat The horse providing that he has me ifaI ~
the head If the hOmestreich Inc h0ut ptCS ,,,rI
between Charles Earl. OF the Kings County me- W
men. ana an unknown rider scietbtn Fystsf nacel
races among amateurs seen this year tacn rntr
will have plenty Of fast pacemakers. Besides the
handicap and scratch races. mere WIZ n % t,i,>.
tuplct race between the racing teams OF me ME,
County and the Nassau Wheelmeu, and Hulnl
race between the U'raas and Greater NeW-Nork
WEeomen teams. The races VIII begin al : p. H.
The cyclis, who has not some private recipe for
repairing tire when he IS out in the country with
no repair shop near. j. probably an Oddly. SUI
the newest recipe Is that discovered by wheel
man Of this city. who got caught out on Long ISL
and recently and found that ono Of his tires had
become porous. He realized that plug would do
little or no good and went % roadhouse near by
in disgust He found that he would not 10 able TO
get a train back to the city in time. ard was IN
DESPAIR While he was boWang his hard luck the
boniface came along. and said tnat. 80 Tar as ne
knew, there was nothing in the housc when would
help out the wheclInan in his trouble lh'h TIE
cyclst had an idea. and he asked the hotel man II
he mad any condensed milk. \ can was soon forth
coming AMI the cyclist removed the valve from ne
tire and pumped I'm the can OF MIX. lHc NaNr
Nd The cyclist romounted his wheel and said that
he would chance it, anyway lie says tnat me IRE
that he has not blown Up the tire since then Tnis
over weel ago. lie says inc repair VS. 80
uerfect that hc has since put can or condensed
milk In the other tire which is also an old one
and likely to become porous At any t,ine ne n
ing Of little tale told by an apparently truthtu'
cyclist
Considerable interest is manifested by cyclists
over what Will be the outcome Of the resolution in
troducod in the Board Of Aldermen recently To pro-
hibit sIx-day bicycle races The resolution was re-
forred TO the Law Committee Of the Board, and
there were some people who thought hat mat
would be the las; heard Of H.. In speaking OF the
matter yesterday Louis Roserf I'D The S'IioL on
sui Of the Nrw-York Consulate. inumated that ne
thought there would h. public hearing III NE
case shortly and that II such hearing was held
he believed that no race would take place.
Another case which was supposed to have been
FORGOTTEN Will come up again on Wednesday night.
The committee in charge Of the Investigation INTO
the affairs Of the office Of ~ y Wait chairman Of
the Racing Board OF the League Of American
Wheelmcn OF this state. will meet tomorrow night
and reopea the case The case against Wait came
out OF his refusal TO protect the state meet OF me
League az American Whcelmen. which was to have
been he'd under the ausi ices Of the Harlem Wheel
men other sanctions were awarded for me same
date with the result that the Harlem Wheelme4
not only refused 10 rum the meet. but resigned
from the League o. American Vince ,nen as Weh,
Considerable written testimony has been received
since the hrst hearing The committee in cnargc Of
he Investigation is composed Of Louis Rosenield,
and + La Mama TIE nyss'satWionR WI be ,t hed
quarters. in the Vanderbilt Building
The bulletin issued 10y the Century Wheelmen
has this to ray regarding the racing situation:
Let the tracks. promoters and racing men work
out their own salvation as hest they may. In me
opinion may be- relied upon to bring them UP win
RI round turn. a Ia Freedman
\ prominent local cyc.st. in speaking OF the
dangers Of travel in the streets OF this city. says
"'rnero is an important matter which, fee. sure,
Will appeal to many bicyclists. and that IS the
sneed Of vehicles of all sorts crossing avenues from
the side streets l think right Of way should be
given the avenues and the drivers Of vehicles on
cross streets should be forced TO approach the
avenues cautiously Danger 10 bicychsIs would
unouestionahly be greatly lessened by This rule
There IS another source " danger which mas RE-
ocentv been written q - title practical effect
and that IS the WY IL which corners are turned
ondangerins the lives Of rders approaching on the
right side OF the street These dangers are, e.
ueclally along Fiith-aVe. So serious that Wish
YOU would 60 all IN your power l. obNlate them
# is said that Taylor the colored rider. Will try
FOR road records as soon he has captured Ger
tain records on tho trac"
w c. ners Of the Norh Hudson COUNTY
cyclists. Will make try fo1 the New-York-Phlls-
,onhia record to-dev IIe viii leave the Ci,y Hall
Park at a. m. end will be- paced III the Wa.
rol n Philadelphia at 100 o.co k a-d To- get back
to This city at p H.
The next meeting Of the Associated Cycling
clubs Of New-Yo.k will be held at the Circle
Hotel Fifty-eighth-st and EigAth-aye, On Non
day evening
TO RACE FOR TUE ClNADAS CJP.