The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14

A. W.. whose fee is so cents per, annum (;
riders sixteen and seventeen years of age
shall pay an annual fee of so cents.
Handicapped Smith advises all the riders
i'll this district to register at once with
Fred Gerlach, chairman of the racing
board. whose address is IS Montauk block,
Chicago, Ill. Prompt attention to this
matter viii save any possible delay which
may occur later when the racing board
becomes busy.
Handicapped Smith also takes occasion
to warn all riders that he will be little
more Vigilant and severe this season than
last. and any of the amateurs who go
OFF pot hunting or break Their l.. As
w. rules may expect to be handled ac-
cordingly, without impa rtiality or favorit-
ism. The new l.. A. w. racirg rules will
be ready for distribution in the near flu
-tare. and can be obtained frcm Handi-
capper Smith. Parties out of town can
obtain them upon receipt of stamp
Riders should make 1t an Object to get a
copy of the new rules and study them.
The committee of associated wheelmen
have addressed a letter to Mayor Kiefer
ealing his attention to certain violations
of the bicycle ordinance. 1t is clatmed
that the regulation relating to riding on
sidewalks Is not being enforced in the
Seventh ward A complaint has been
girls ride on the sidewalks at the peril
of pedestrians. 1t is not the through
rider or the man that rides to business
that has been complained Of but juven-
lies who tear along the sidewalks at a
break-neck pace. The mayor has been
asked to remedy the evil through the po-
lice department.
A matter of Importance to wheeImen
is that recently taken up by the asso-
ciated wheelmen In the shape to submit
new bicycle ordinance to the city coun-
Gil There are many conflicting sections
In the present law, many odds and ends,
amendments, etc, which do not fully and
adequately cover the subject as they
should. Certain sections the police find
difficulty In enforcing. and on some points
the writing Is not as plain as it
should be.
1t is. proposed by the associated wheel
men to codffy and amend the present law
and submit the result of their labors to
the city council. Herman Oppenhelm
has been employed by the committee to
frame the ordinance.
The racing board of, the League of Am
erican Wheelmen has issued the following
important bulletin; ',+~
Racing men. with the exceptions herein
pete in open races after May 1st, 1899, I'M
til they have registered with the racing
board and have been assigned number
which they must insert in entry blank
and must exhibit certificate of registra-
ton to the clerk of the course before
starting and to any other proper official
on demand
Entrants to novice races. closed races
and boys under 16 years of age need not
be registered.
1.-The registration fee for professionals
shall be 81 per annum
The registration fee for amateurs who
are members of the L. A. w. shall be
so cents. non-members 81. 50; riders 16 and
II years of age 50 cents.
"Al applications for registration must
be accompanied by the fee and must
give the full name number. street, city
and state address of the applicant APP
plications of members Of the L. A. w
must be accompanied by membership
ticket. Riders Is and II years Of age must
furnish a proper statement from their
parents or guardian certifying to their
age, .e. 49, ,s1--,.,
lone object of registration Is to enforce
proper discipline and to protect racing
men from fingers schemers and in
eligible parties attempting to compete
against them under assumed names.''
The Wisconsin legislature has this win
ter taken the initiatory step toward the
establishment of state aid for road build
ing by passing resolution for cons+i-
tutfonal amendment authorizing the state
to expend funds for the purpose The
Wisconsin constitution, like that Of Min
nesota and Michigan, contains provis-
ion prohibiting the state from taking .u2ly
part in works of Internal Improvement or
contracting debt therefor. Minnesota
passed a constitutional amendment re-
moving this obstacle to state aid at Its
fall election last year, and similar amend
ments have been pending in the legis-
latures Of Michigan and Wisconsin for
several sessions. 80 ss-
The resolution passed by the Wisconsin
legislature IS the result Of Ave years of
hard work on the part of the L. A w
and of the Wisconsin League of Good
Roards, the secretary of which Is Otto
Dorner, chairman Of the L. A w national
committee on highway Improvement
Much Of the active work in the Wisconsin
Legislature this year was done by Chief
Consul F. P. Van Valkenburg, of the L.
A. w, who was ably assisted by Senators
McGillivary and Stout.
The Wisconsin legislature has also pass
ed law. championed by the Wisconsin
League Of Good Roads and the l.. A. w.
authorizing the country districts to pur-
chase road machinery without the neces-
s1ty or paying their road taxes in cash,
by making it possible to purchase graders
and rock-crushers on time payments
This will result in the adoption of road
machinery by hundreds of Wisconsin
towns which have been unable heretofore
to raise the necessary cash.
The Massachusetts, division, L. A. W.,
is fighting a regulation of the tax de-
partment in Worcester, Mass. The as
SCISSOR there has a habit of assessing all
wheels on a valuation of $50, no matter
what their age, condition or pedigree. and
the division wants a more equitable ar
rangement.
Milwaukee will soon have several con-
sulates of the L. A. W., the plans for
their organization being well under way
Detroit already has two under way, and
other large cities are following suit. MANY
of the leaders of the league think tie
formation Of these local consulates thu
best means yet suggested for the forma-.
tlon of permanent membership.
Duplicate Whist Tourney.
In the second game Of the twentieth du.
phcate whist tourney Williams and Pot
ter made the high score. Following is
the result:
Metcalf and Sagent, 140; Wilson and
k1pp. 135; Williams and Potter, ZAP; Cha