Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-04
The Omaha Wheel club card run for Jun,

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Tue Omaha Wheel club card run for June
| is as follows:
June 40 a. M. scorch, fifteen miles;
2:15 p. M, club run, Fort Crook and Belle
! vue. twelve miles.
June 11-9 a. m. sarpy mills, eight
| miles; picnic, refreshments, band concert,
| athletic sports and pastimes.
June 1S--9 a. m, scorch, fifteen miles;
2:15 p. M. club run, Calhoun, eighteen
miles.
June 25-9 a M, Glenwood; dinner at
Glenwood; return afternoons; twenty-five
miles
No member should miss the club meeting,
| June g. as many important questions are
going to be settled A new club house Is
now an assured fact and the specifications
for the building will be drawn UP that
night.
All cyclists are cordially invited to at
| tend the Omaha Wheel clubs picnic at
! Sarpy Mills, June IL. The club has made
all necessary preparations for entertaining
a large crowd and can guarantee a good
time to all coming. Music, refreshments,
boating, races and all kinds OF athletic
sports and pastimes will help to pass away
the time. Admission to the grounds is
| free.
The new Bicycle trust is not thoroughly
organized yet. A few manufacturers are
not wholly satisfied with the terms, but
their opposition is not forcible enough to
prevent the deal being consummated. Lat
est advices from New York are to the ef-
feet that the promoters hold 10 options
good until August 1. Promoter Spalding
says the extension of time means simply
that there are titles and mortgages which
require investigation, and that all of the
stock of the respective holders was not
turned over for one reason or another. All
stock was deposited with the United States
Trust company, which receipted for 1t. When
the transfer was made a provisional con-
tract was made with the active manager of
each establishment, retaining his services
for period of three years. The contract,
however, is not binding on the American
Bicycle company and merely bridges over
the interim between the present and the
time when the American Bicycle company
will assume active direction of the business.
The racing board of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen has decided to offer special
prize to be competed for at the national
meeting in Boston. This will be in addi-
tion to the regulation prizes. An effort will
rider, and with this object In view there
will be three races, one at a mile one
f1ve-mile pursuit race and another a fifteen
mile paced race, the winner of two of three
races to be known as the all-round cham
pion. In competing for the championship
the points will be scored as they are at all
national circuit meets. The board will en-
courage inter-dvison championships that
will land the winning teams at the national
meet. The divisions may pay the expenses
of these teams. The national circuit will
start in the west in June and meets will be
held prior to the international meet at
Montreal and the national meet at Boston,
as follows: Terre Haute, st. Louis (two
meets), Chicago, Ottumwa, Ia; Janesville,
Wis, and two meets in Michigan on dates
yet to be selected. After the national meet
at Boston the circuit will include Philadel-
phia, New York, WilkesbaTe and Provi-
dence
Like other conflicts, that now being waged
between the League of American Wheelmen
and the National Cycling association for the
control of cycle racing is not without it's
humorous passages. A couple of days ago a
blond haired innocent from a New York
suburb was out in quest of a sanction for
some races in conjunction with field and
track games He had already received an
Amateur Athletic union sanction, but being
bit raw he wandered into the enemy S
camp and asked an officer of the National
Cycling association for a sanction. The sit
uation was explained to him, and he decided
that his fellows did not want to incur dis
cipline at the hands of the Amateur Ath-
letic union. AS he did not know the way the
National Cycling association officer escorted
him to the offices Of the League Of American
Wheelmen Racing Board official and intro
duced him as sanction seeker. 1t was SO
much like an opposing general bringing a
recruit to the others camp that all enjoyed
laugh The incident illustrated fact that
is not appreciated by all who listen to the
sounds of conflict, which is that, notwith-
standing the sharpness of the fight, friendly
personal relations continue to exist between
most Of the men on the two sides.
What some cyclists may consider an i'm
portant problem has been effectually solved
by their fellow wheelmen in Paris, says the
New York Times. During the past winter the
number of bicycles pledged at that benefi-
cent institution Of Paris, the state pawn
shop, better known as the Mont-de-Plete,
has far exceeded the number pledged in for
mer years. Sociologists were at loss to
account for the reason. Then the warm
days of spring came and with them the un-
raveling Of the mystery. The bicycles were
nearly all taken out. They had simply been
stored; that is all.
Keeping the bicycle in one of the regular
storage warehouses in Paris is quite an ex-
pensive matter. 1t is also manifestly incon-
venient to pack 1t away in the small suite of
rooms that many French families occupy.
On receiving the wheels the officers of the
Mont-de-Piete have, of course, been unable
to discriminate. They could not tell whether
the bicycle they took in was in search of a
loan or in search of warehouse. They
could not be sure that the machine they
might neglect and allow to rust might not
some day have to be put up at auction. Then
they would be held accountable to their su
periors. In consequence, all the bicycles
confded to their care have been kept in the
best possible condition. Several plans of
discrimination have been suggested for the
expected rush of business next December,
but they have all been declared impracti-
cable.