New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-05
CYCLING.
THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS FINE IN
EVERY DIRECTION


| FRANK EGAN'S NEW FOUND RELATIVE.
The reports received at the local headquarters
! OF the League of American Wheelmen yester-
! day showed that the roads within nifty miles OK
! NewYork were in excellent condition This applies
! 10 Westminster. Staten Island and nearby New
Jersey. well as TO Long Island Vice-Consui
| Fullerton who Is an enthusiastic road rider. Is
probably the best posted wheelman on the roads OF
Long Island In this district. The appended Is
report received from him last night:
The Long Island roads were meyer IN beter S9n
dton than they arc now the marc roaos ma hair
surfaces by the rains. and now that the Queens
top dens Ras been placed on the
roads and bad spots have been fixed up The South
cyce path 1 10 point beyond Good Ground by the
work Of the new sidepath Commissioners. From
sh,nneeoek HIS is at present from n poo poor to- to fair s
weather has been such that until lately rollers or
sc:apers could not be worked From the east , END
Dor, roads and cycle paths are fine: Across smell
Ter S the Ps9 s. are orb Fu sSaRR
there is a cycle path which Is In better condition
h@p the far f@msd Bo0kn paths 6 from P rn Of
thrty-two miles the residents Of this section nat
spsni on this path S From Riyerhead to wadng
River the side path is fair: From Wadng kver
from Port Jefferson through to Setauket and Stony
Brook good. Stony Brook to Smthtown, ~ the
port. P through Gre5niawn to huntington From
Huntington, by the lower road. through Cold spring
of East Norwich Or Hcksviile tho roads are nne.
Road from oyster Bay through MIL Neck Glen
good All the way New road from Rosyn, via Al
d c Lake HsG s. ,bs ns ae PAX or
Floral Park excellent Road from Roslyn 10 Port
hssseti fine Road from Floral Park through Little
Neck 20 Great Neck excellent, Cross island road
ingdale and Amityville fine all the way. The road
from Valley Steam to Far Rockaway excellent;
Read from Rockville Centre across island road
from Roslyn through Mneoa, Hampstead, Rock
Vile Centre to Long Reach. Is excellent Tor the en-
Jefferson. hnc West hampton -RveYhead and
PASSPORT Rivcrhead paths good Brentwood paths
good
There arc few people I'm the bicycle world who
do not know Frank Egan and the same thing
might have been said few years ago Of those In
the baseball world. Egan one Of the founders
Of the old Cash Prize League which came into
being and then died before II was fully matured
lie Is OF the opinion that tho present insurrecuon
against the League OF American Wheelmen will
end in the way. The league has made some
nistakes of course" said he yesterday. but any
big. bulky organization OF that sort is bound to
make blunders at times Still II will be going in
tho old road when the people who snap
ping at It's skirts at present have been forgotten"
Tel him about your trip to your old home in
Tennessee" said Senator" Morgan another vet-
ersn. who was At tho head Of the CyCledrone last
year. We'll, that was peculiar BIZ OF comedy
said Eg3n II went down TO my, old home, and as
10 a barber shop and get spruced up a bit. had
not mot any one ! knew yet. and ! wished 10 DO
shop and III. vacant ses was presided over by
about as black a piece OF human chony as 1t ass
stick. which was once the property OF my father,
and which had his name ensTayed on the handle.
the chair The barber did his work. and did Il
aNar mi I'D an To- prd W.T.
{, in his hands That stick Is mighty familiar,
TSs, was The properly o. my by fs,h.r' said
BE you thel.2n OF captain Ben Egen?' ex.
That am" said l.
Well. ! guess Ise a relation OF youse, for my
Every vheelman in the country who takes an
interest IN racing affairs or speed trials talk
inE about the wonderful record made by Major
Taylor the colored rider. on Thursday Taylor
showed last year that hs was the best all around
rider on the circuit and his work this year has
been Of the most remarkable sort Taylor has been
compelled to fight an uphill battle as was 20 be
expected. and the colorcd man has never had an,
the best Of IT in open contests on the track. Many
NJ the other riders were pretudiced against him on
Of his color. but fair minded sportsmen IN
this country do not draw the color line and tho
encouragement he has received from this source
has enabled Taylor 10 keep on until to-day he Is
undoubtedly the faStesf professional sprinter In this
country. II not In the world. There some who
think that the ngurss FOR the mile In ?-5. will be
further lowered this year. when the record break
ing mania becomes more general. later In the sea-
Singularly enough, all OF the records made
by McDufhe and Taylor have been made chain
less wheels. 1t Is noteworthy fact also that |
while the press agents ~ the outlaws talking
about fast riders In their camp. none Of them have
done anything Of sensational character this year
In racing way. The fact that both McDutiie and |
Taylor have remained loyal to the League OF Amer
lean Wheolmen shows that both riders per- |
Both strong, vigorous and fearless iders and !
those who have watched the work OF tina /
willing to go broke" either when he meets |
the outlaws In contests after the professional pro-
motors have lost all OF their money and have taken
10 the woods. 1t is the general opinions that Taylor
could take up tho outlaw sprinters one at time |
and right down the line without meeting a de- |
feat. and nobody knows this better than do those |
same riders and their managers Those who saw |
Taylor ride the championship contests at In |
dlanapolis will watch his work closely at Montreal
next week and at Boston the week following. Tay |
Tor believes that he will yet be able TO ride mile |
behind pace I'm close TO l:i7 In open competition |
he has 10 fear any man In this country. !
Taylor Will probably go abroad next fall and
range series OF races with tho fastest riders
the other side Of the Atlantic Ocean.
more or less practical test was mace OF the
new chainless wheel yesterday. A description Of
= a heal ted In thesa vest I'd