New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
CYCLING.
READY FOR THE L. A. w. STATE MEET
AT PATCHOGUE.
THREE DAYS ENTERTAINMENT FOR WHEEL
MEN-MoRE BICYCLE POLICEMEN FOR
DRooKLYN-RAcE MEETs-NoTEs

DRooKLYN-RAcE MEETs-NoTEs
AND COMMENTS
Through an unfortunate blunder. the annual
State meet Of the New-York DIVISION OF ''o
League of American Wheelmen did not take pace
last year The State officials consequently are os
termined 10 make the meet this year recoru
breaker II such thing Is possible me h'se' VIZ
take place at Patchogue, Long lsard' on june g
and 30 and July l. and the committees IN charee
say that from present indications the meet p'o''
Uses to eclipse any OF it's predecessors
Thursday June o. will be devoted TO the recep-
ton o. the officers OF the division and visiting
wheelmen by the hand and the Cltizens Non"p,
tee. The seml-annual meeting OF the onloe'' WI
be held on Thursday evening at oc.och' az
the Leagues official business Is cohP'e'eu IN
Citizens Committee Will take entire charge OF an
visitors Friday In the forenoon run VII, taNe
place over fine roads and cycle paths TO naoyiol,
where Charles Murphy will try TO ride mile pace"
by locomotive, in an endeavor 10 o"v'
bicycle record to sixty seconds. specia"y VI"
signed board track is being constructor De
the rails by the Long Island Railroad COMPANY
over a surveyed mile. which is pertectiy s.,"eS
and level. This would be the nrst time 'i,"'
wheelman has ridden a mile minute, paced Al
the afternoon a run east and west OH INV
path sailing on the Great South bay anu '
bake and surf bathing on the Fire lsiahu ~, -
and many other means of entertainment WIZ y.
Jefferson and return in the morning anu o'e'S
races at Roes track in the afternoon Al GOV D. HI
on Saturday there will be bicycle paraue'
patcbooue Is attractive to those who love the
seashore II Is situated on the Great "ou' 80
made famous by the Blue Point oysters "m.N
come from a point just west OF Patchosue' Ia"
Great South Bay furnishes saltwater oa'"ine a." a.
tho heat If sailing for small yachts OF every ue
scription Across the bay is long strip u 49,
beach called Fire Island Here are soou acco'''l'o
lions for bathing and views OF ocean i.ie''' 49,.
nhss c.ose inshore on both outward ana n"a'u w.
ages. Campng-o parties VIII hi'u soo'
in the Immediate neighborhood. a., o,,.
The Long Island Railroad Company VIII man1
one fare for the round trip and other rairoaus "'
make reduced rates. The Long lsand haii0
will run bicycle cars on trains 10 y, So,,,sod
system Of rubber-covered racks III WHY" '
are carried with perfect saiety, ,or resor, and is
voted FOR its hotels and boarding-house1, wiz"
are able TO accommodate a large numDer Vi p
pie. In addition, as many, priVhhE v takng few
people into their homes. ACCOMMODATING Oh "''
kinds at almost any prize may tours GE ana runs that
to Montauk Point will appeal to many MG 5sIand
Point s at Wk eFr ga ocsed 9 and is beau
fu spot wiah nd ' other trees The
lighthouse has a special interest, as II was pre-
sented to the United states by tne ftencm -
on the coast The road along the Island on the
south Shore Is so easy that many Wneelnieh VIII
iav no claim 10 being century riders can make the
trip from Brooklyn in one day run OF lSt n sn,th
Patchoere halfway down the ocean. or SOUTH
side of Long Island, ffty-two miles from BROOK.
lyn can be reached by many different routes or cont
tIIry runs over the famous Merrick Road which Is
perfectly level it's entire length Patcnogue ma. may
he reached by New London Comm boat 70 Green
mort Long Island. thence by wheel over the cycle
path through Riverhead to PASSPORT from there
over the South Shore road to Patchogue, or from
Greenport by ferry 10 Shelter Island. from there
by cycle path through Sag Harbor to Bridge,
hamilton thence west over the South Shore road
by The famous shinnecock Hills A shorter route
from New England is as follows: From Brdgepor,
Conn hv boat TO Port Jefferson. Long Island,
from Port Jefferson by wheel over the crosscoun-
try cycle path through the woods and oyer oyer, the
Brooklyn those riders who prefer a route COM
Inning hill-climbng and cOasting, made particularly
agrccablo BY the fact that great trees shade al
most the entire run. may take the North Shore
route bv the way of Flushing. Roslyn and Hunt
ington 10 Port Jefferson thence across the path