New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-28
CYCLING.
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN
WILL NOT RETIRE FROM RACING
CLUB RUNS TO-DAY-NOTES
AND COMMENT

WILL NOT RETIRE FROM RACING
CLUB RUNS TO-DAy-NOTEs
AND COMMENTS.
While the average rider OF the bicycle may not
care about racing there are many who are inter
ested in the question to whether the League OF
American Wheelmen intends TO give up control OF
the snort The professional outlaw promoters are
sgain circulating rumors about what the League
OF American Wheelmen intends to do, just as they
have been doing for the last year or more lHa'
none Of their predictions have come true IS an incl
dent in wheeling history. While there are some
vAteran members Of the organization who are OPP
posed TO racing the leading officials In the League
to-day and tho majority Of the active workers arc
81 the opinion that the organization cannot afford
70 allow the sport to 90 the dogs, as Ii certainly
would with no parent body TO watch over II ana
protect the riders. the clubs and the public. Ihose
as a general thing who are opposed 70 having the
League continuing IN control Of the sport nave no
love for any sort OF sport anyway. Those In
nosition 10 know say that fewer members Of the
ORGANIZATION are I'm favor or retiring from I"0lne
his vear than was the case a year ago The out
law effort secure control ana recoenIuun naS
,,oers Who ioined Inc secelers except at one pac
where Sunday racing has been held, nave nad tnelI
fingers sinssd so badly mat ieT 81 mem aeIe no
chairman OF the Racing BOARD. in an interview In
Chicago Yesterday said that he was positive the
League would retain control Of the sport. ana that
fewer members would vote 10 release control than
at the last annual meeting. According TO Mr
Cerach the public has shown that IL has no faith
rs n he only indoor races here this winter at
which the outlawed riders will be allowed 10 com
pete will be the proposed outlaw contests at Madi
FAR arranged for the winter in this borough and in
Brooklyn. have applied for League Of American
Wheenei sanction. The l4th Regiment applied TOR
sanction Yesterday for races 10 be held on Deem
Der AT the armory Fourteenth-st ana Eighth
ave, Brooklyn.
The officials Of some Of the veteran bicycle clubs
in the district busy getting tournaments
ready for the coming indoor season that no an
nouncement has been made for club runs to-mor-
row. At several Of the old time clubs the members
meet at the clubhouse on Sunday morning, and
then follow the captain on a blind run. none ex-
ceptng the official knowing where they are going
for their outing In many instances the columns OF
The Tribune are searched and the scheduled trip
printed Oh SuHudSS - rtirclt" ioi nc Nds 80
ing Some Of the runs as announced for to-m0r-
rnsioa. Century Wheelmen of New-York 70 Pas
sale Falls; Evergreen Wheelmen, to Lake Success
Madison Wheelmen. century run to Rockaway;
Richmond County Wheelmen. TO Yonkers; s.
Wheslmen' to Oakdale century,, Tiger Wheemen
70 Hudson County boulevard. Unknown Wheelmen
Lake Success and Niglant Wheemen. to Der
gen Point
One of the prominent manufacturers who Is iden-
thed with the combination of makers. in speaking
OF the condition OF the trade. says: mo general
records Of foreign trade kept until the United
States Bureau Of Statistics took up the matter and
separately enumerated cycles and parts in July 1895
Prior to that they included in all other man.
ufactures OF iron and steel In the remaining six
months Of that year the total business was S2i372
For the calendar year 1895 this business amounted
IL Increased about 800 90 and of the total for this
year the United Kingdom took $500. Germany
81 721 OO0. and France about $4,000 The volume OF
business for 1899 did not show the Increase thar
might have been expected, although the hummer
Of machines was much larger Ihls was me result
of a large reduction In price ana an acoon .
Ing demoraza 9I ne Jrae nil We ieiisVe S6
a material benefit IN both our domestic ana tofelEn
sand patents and we have for ne manasenf , ~
this Industry the combined capital ana ahll,{ or
the forty-four leading concerns which united 70
form f."
The really careful rider who does much touring
in the country districts would not think of starting
on tour without a repair kit and hand pump
The latter implement Of torture appears to be ono
bicvcle accessory which the makers have passed
over without giving It much thought To try 70
initiate tire with ordinary hand pump is hard
work for even the most robust rider. and 10
or child IS simply ot terT loot 5 Eg4sG n
conspicuous places for the use OF wneelmen. j ne
man who viii invent a small telescope foot pump
v-Sich can be carried in the tOobag or pocket VIII
receive the thanks Of the riding pubic. veteran
rider in speakng Of this yesterday, said; Il really
bsve' no fear of an ordinary puncture for unless
n IL a bad rip T can generally repair II In few
minutes. It is not The puncture that bothers Us
If Is Inc ordeal Of trying to pump up the tle asaln
with a small hand pump. This IS an eXpNrlrxce !
do not care TO 90 through often Inc ieaT OF me
hand pump Is the reason why so many vince men
ride on their rims 70 the nearest repair shop raher
than make the repair themselves
The free wheel discussion IL the lively topic
among wheelmen and tradesmen in England and
France at present In this country more wheels
OF this sort seen on the roads r. =. r. O''o'
OF England has invented a new free GEAR. from
which he expects great results. The mechanism is
said 10 be particularly simple 1t consists OF four
separate parts and by exertine slight pressure
backward the machine can be checked and stopped
the steepest hill Is claimed tnst tme
ton was placed on bicycle ana the ilner -,
down the hill near the crystal talace az luz
speed with his arms folded While me descent was
dangerous, the rider managed 70 STOP NY WIZ.
in n few wards II IS said that the Invention can
be fitted on any machine ana mat II IS Almost 1do IN,
vii be lifted 10 chanless wheels in this country
next season ExIerimenls %hicn are sSli 10 nov, rre
been successful have already oeen maze Al more
than one factory
A motor manufacturer has offered to provide a
motor van for the War Office in England for the
purpose Of experimenting in carrying stores. A
motor would carry goods across country mucn
quicker than horses. Is UNDERSTOOD that me ar
Once is rather favorably inclined
Many riders show an inclination to raise their
handle bars. At the same time they ind that It Is
necessary to comfort 70 raise their saddles. In
many Instances the riders 90 extremes in raising
the saddle so that the nose IS much higher than
the rear Of the seat How any one car ride IN
Comfort on such a saddle is beyond thu compre-
hension OF most veterans
Dick" Robe OF Albany, ono Of the best known
and most popular wheelmen up the State. has been
mentioned for Controller on the Republican ticket
politics for II he doesn't political duties might keep
him off his wheel
Wheemen in the country districts where hedges
are Plentiful should keep a sharp lookout. This IS
the time of the year when the gardeners are cut
ting and trimming the hedges IN many districts
Sometimes little thorns thrown into the road
and they about as good for producing punctures
tacks.