New-York tribune., 1899-06-15
CYCLING.
A CONTINUOUS GRIND IN sULTRY
WEATHER FOR A WHEELING RECORD.
rcIorr CONTINUES on FOR TEN CENTURIES
THE COURSE READY FOR THE MILE
A-MINtITE TRIAL

ECIOFF CONTINUES ON FOR TEN ChNi ibI'1'
rHB COURSE READY FOR THE MILE
A-MrNUTE TRIAL.
While Tho rest Of humanity was sweltering In
the heat yesterday August Egloff. the pucky young
member Of the Century Wheel Club OF America
was riding continuous centuries with remaih"p''
regularity Eglof who is also nemDer Vi '"o
Nassau Wheemen of Brooklyn, and VINO mas
been paced at regular intervals by the members OF
that club finished HIS S0tth mile at n:D ococN
on Tuesday night. This was all he intended 10 90
but after he had dsmounted In the neighDorhood
of the Bedford ave fountain, In Brooklyn ana gone
to a nearby clubhouse for ruDdo"h' he co"
cluded TO start in again and make II thousanu
miles Eglof when seen yesterday on the he'
rick Road said that he felt little tired, OF COURSE,
bni that ne expected 10 finish the 900 miles az Il
late hour last night Egon nnsneo @ he n'y vas 80 riding
I'm good form as he sped OF Bedford-ave on ms
way the Eastern Parkway He was mon nSs to in
tcrere with him Egoff sets for himself @ nscine
pace and hs to so too fast he quick
TO call their attention TO the fact thaI M 10, m
enough to make the roads muddy "A, Ai'ea b hnd q
chance to beat the OO-me record made by r. a. a.
Eye OF England Ege MADE the iVS ",, nJsbt " Ego
hours and IS minutes. At o'clock lait hshb M bdnI 1S
Ion was riding al the rate of nine miles an hour'
n, T. G. Leroy of the New-York consulate OF
/ cItv has finished
New-York and Connecticut "The roads genera"y
! .o ,n had condition. said ne, land a good down
nour NJ rain would help things all along the hhe'
| An through Westchester the roads are deep III
! dust and they will get worse unless we nav , S
rain I was up around Brewsters anu D'"''''
and the conditions were the same there nUuI.u ,.
| one nolnt which II might be well to give puoiot''
r, o,,,oa would be able to tell when he
! ,s outside of New-York State and into Nohhecu-
! ont In this State the farmers ana otheIs WI 49,
their road tax and In Connecticut they uo 'o'' ~,
fact Ia plainly discernible as soon as Sou 'iO9'
the line Now. practically the same roau nno.
+or,as arc used in the roads In the two states D"'
.o,d,t,ons orc far superior in Connecticut New
York can afford to change It's repair system 9t no
most anything else than that now IN eDtganlv thew
are no better, than they were hundred Sstsd SSsted
ago. which does not speak Ts onnd i0t that the best
course 10 pursue on country dirt roads IS or v ynv
wheemen to keep In the centre M edges GJ W but You viii
dnd piles OF sand well In the country us dIsi Iee
annarentiv ~ with which TO repair and improve the
condition OF the roads. II Is an ouTaSe wa. rar oin
% in the face of the vigorous and continued
work being done by the League OF American " "'o'
men"
Tho track AT haywood, Long Island, on "hich
Murphy will attempt to ride a mile minute pa
by a locomotive. is completed. It's exact iene' "
two miles and 062 feet, and in laying this track
1osenh II Cummin superintendent of bridges ana
buildings OF the Long Island Railroad COMPANY
arrived on the ground with sixty men ana the ma
teral at s a. m. At noon more 'hah i'.''
| COMPLETED and at o'clock at night a track meas
| ur,rs sixtv thousand feet board measure hau
| heen nut down. Joists were htted between '"e
| rails and along these sixteen-foot smoo'"-'u az
| hoords ware laid five boards being necessary 10 III
| ,ho snace between the rails. The centre Doarus
were carefully selected. and in trying the track wiz,
| hard tires not the slightest give or irequa"'S
no felt Three-quarters of a mile Will De uSeu A0i
the start leaving 2,2S2 feet for Murphy u so" Ip g
| IN and stop after the record run Murphy "'i'
| - 80 sa,oral trials The engineer has no dflculty
! IN Giving good even pace, and the chances are
tvorabIe TO the securing of the record by Murphy
For the first trial with the engine ana e In
fonowns ~ Seconds; the second quarter, q sec
ends third is seconds. The first auar.er %. TX I5
ens,red mile 1874 seconds: second quarter aI
meas narter i5 fourth quarter AZ Later tpais
@ d@anonstrated that no difficulty Woud d ue eHpoi iii
ence4 en- ef,nn m seconds fat The will De run S tns
afternoon Of Friday. June 80 IN connecWIot Weet and
aypvei at Patchogue and special arr viii
viii be made that all attenoS Sv Wheel water
o r SV railroad The Long Island Rar4od ga he VIII
excursion trains at IpsferrHg GT T4iH to wheel win
find choice of routes with go&9o & roaI and Rrookyn
can De PIE iI FoIowng points: Hicksville Hempst.eao
or Amityville, macadam roads Iuhhiis uLi smhurb of
| roInts 10 Farmingdale May "Oou he9,aIs one of
EarminGdaie There are several notes irbn he sur.
tban, being near the point or sIaItihs, ,.ant time
sIn'na,ng country Is pretty, and at tne Pescii' '
doIsies and other wild flowers are plooli'he'
deIeeation representing the Harlem "iiee''
A. Centurv Wheelmen. the Royal Arc"Nu'', =
,,r.ooIrren and other cycling organizations ca'eu
~ Noyor Van Wyck yesterday and asked MIN ~
na-Snoir, Police Magistrate Simms, whose term ol
~ ,y,l, exp,re at the end of this month Ihis
=, ,ha nlace 10 come gentlemen" said the Mayor
"ana am glad to see you l will give run nr COil-
tsnro t,on 10 YOUR request, but you hiOM W.. oo
tell in advance what am gong 70 uo No T tions
hers of the delegation said that the I'd ali
uare unanimously in favor of the Ieappoin.",saas a
! ~ Mapistrate Smms. Among tne uelee9'Iy n -
Alderman Oatman, the Citizens Union anu t'ePN'
i'm representative of the NXNllth DislFic"
Tho moonlight run OF the New-forK eta'e III ~,
,,sion of the Century Road Club OF America VIII
| ,oLa rlace on Saturday, leaving Bedford FOUNTAIN
proollvn at 7 D. m 1t will be in charge Oh conn
natent pacemakers and assistants. For those who
have never participated In an evening century run
I, will nrove quite q novelty. That the run VIII oe
weIi attended goes without saying ana pleftsatnl
| and ENJOYABLE evening will be spent one OF tht
main features of the run VIII be moonsn' LII Hin
ner Applica tions should be sent az once 10 Johr
r. r. waf state Centurion, No 1903 West FIFTY
fourth-st.
Tho annual bicycle race TO be conductor at the
fair Of the Queens County Agricultural Society a.
Mineola Long Island will take place as usual this
,oar under the approval and sanction of th'
League OF American Wheelmen. The entry list Is
already large and Alexander Schwalbach. who Is