The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-21


land precincts missed much of the humidity
that hung over the sea levels. The trouble
| with too many OF the wheeling frater-
nifty seemed to be that they map out
their trips ahead and feel obliged to
go where they planned. whatever tho
conditions OF the weather This Is one
OF the things that reduces the attendance
at club runs. Wise members refuse to join in
trip over hill and dale on a bllstering hot day
when there is q sea breeze On such day the
only reasonable direction for a ride is to the
ocean or along the shore. while on such Sum
| day as yesterday 1t Is foolish to seek tho sea-
side. The Sunday crowd out showed the thin
ming effect OF the cloudy skies and heat. but
the falling of in numbers. except to the prac-
ticed eye was not noticeable
Wheemen who mopped their foreheads as
they rode yesterday wondered at q few riders
who seemed absurdly fastidious about their
wheels. making themselves perspire in extra
quantities by stopping at road houses and
Who sopped owsrs wen sYenS eotns 1 paes man
the Boulevard was watched by several who
as he Kept his wheel from tE rusting. The
that sE T such a sf that not Of
yesterday is as disagreeabIe in its effects upon
ing out in such weather il left to stand a' will
surely lose their brightness and II left over
morning. Even II kept at home wheels should
be wiped Off In the evenings OF days when
Is desired them shnns in the air.
There was !, ss US SsuS coed racing and good
handcap. which was named after Harry
sobrgSe is the Cash Prize King For wt tRst
race Wheeler, was referee. In the first heat
The Anal brought rousing finish. with sem sem
satIonal feature introduced by Hardy Downing:
mile ana GAINED ed Of ree in ths s
lap; The scratch men. Kimble. Stevens and
iMsFISra1Sd got sa atter him and there was
up the stretch; Alter the race Kimbie wanted
referee had gone. In the extra heat for second
men IN the quarter;mile professional. Mo
and Frank Borpnd raee III his r po
s Wbon at the pole to The next man in place.
manded the POLE and being refused he walked
back to his dressing room while the crowd
Kissed. Summarizes:
hs. jersey 0 Ars ass
ond d ]. T. Delbar Jersey City. third. Time. 81
TES,Mile IH.ndisa9 hs.. byo.
second jacobson 50 yards. third; j. Il fif Hum
ter 60 yards. fourth. Time, minutes. 10 is sec
Quarter Mile. Professional-Final heat won by Jay
thra oven fonrh ''f9ns s al r.
hSsRss SsS Sss % InseT
80 ysfdMs .hj Hdns T%o mn%G 81 sss9ndt
yards. second; Owen Kimble, scratch third; +. ,.
fifth Time. 10 minutes. - 30 seconds "
4. The standing OF the, competitors in the ma
tGnal l. mileage contest OF The, Century Road
man Of the Road Rec@ris Gommittee us is as usS fo
l9 Ts Eclo 2 Nv G. Wright 6rI Colorado sp5nEs
+ Mrs Geo Bunker. chicaseC:eS. T. fuSWn Davis;
Syisnder New York stG M SIIffaSh s. f Pau
70; L. HHendrieks N95ristown i. George W.
sd 81 w. T. ask w. EeN Ne93stG TG.
Deitz. Chicago; 10. H. L. Girwin. Toledo.
One OF the most unreasonable inconven-
fences len to which cyclists yh9 from New
shs srly at t. sots the .nd nR SSsSS
sa or of d to buy top ssd d
II they could ride over the level stretch on the
long pierhead. they could slow up naturally. |
to watch the boat All up so well with passengers
room for his wheel, whereas had he been |
allowed to proceed to tho gate as on other |
fortably and fnd a seat
r Ise part the that
the the NY NY Y9En , end Even i they buy two tick
Sece sfss so at d. the
not good returning from St. George The
Sta Staten Island ferry carries hosts Of cyclists,
that GO long way toward lettering OK cur
sionsts from visiting particular places.
The desire Of wheemen to "own the earth"
1s proverbial a most, and has been the subject
that Is so continually the cause OF riders being
even" The other side is that furnished by the
Needless pedestrians who expect cyclists TO 20
over them. without their being bothered to
look out for themselves. as they do IN the case
roads there are pedestrians with the hoggine
h" .ia that cause serious trouble every day.
day ornsy rate s Of s avSaDG ond
one OF the crossings two mon and two women
apr EatmT Tor car but obstrncting
s, standing near The curb that prevantcd ITO
only upon boarding the car. 10 attempt r!dinE
between them and the car meant to strike one
OF them 10 have stepped forward little quicker
or T to have looked M and opened a narrow gap.
butting anyone swung To the inside. struck
the wheel Of the wagon and received an ugly cut
on the head in the fall that he took. He had no
redress except that Of swearing at the pedes-
TRANS who want all the CROSSING and all the road
aswell. Brooklynite had Inst night q similar
tale 70 re'ate concerning an experience on
SSountry road on tho top OF Eagle Rock n J.
Thera was party OF nen. women and children
9%ScunNng the full road as III y 7troIled along.
They dii not look around when he
rang, his, bel. hut lett him to do
the best he could. There WA gully
ut the side of the road. and in irving to paSs
without running down one Of the mon the cy-
clist ran into the gully and had bal ialI. A.
ter he finished saying things. this rider rnt
queries 70 the men: What would Won say il a
few cyclists insis ted on hogSing tho whole
sidewalk. when the road was good? Don't you
know that the roadway is for vehicles and that
when on 1t you should give way TO them2"
The fact that Tom Eek, who was suspended
Tor life by the J.. A. W. was one Of the timers
when Major Taylor rode his remarka bile record
breaking mile In minute ~ % seconds, has
caused considerable dou bt to exist as whether
or not the record would be recognized by tho
Racing Board. The record has not yet been |
accented, but from an interview with Chair