The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-03
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
LARGE GATHERING AND GOOD SPORT
AT TAILyBURG YESTERDAY.

inside FOrty-etght HOurS-New Tandem
Record from New York to Philadelphia
Riders Puzzled by tho New Collins Inv.
Sunday nights the riders are beginning to
test the new Collins law. and the happenings
try tho patience and tho judgment OF tho
police to the limit. Tho various stories related
by riders as excuses for being lightless
would I'll volume. Neither the riders
nor police seem to thoroughly grasp the
meaning OIL thes Z Tho stat
ute is that q city ordinance requiring
lights may bo enacted. but that 1t cannot
be made to apply to riders necessarily alb
sent from homo without light II they ride
not faster than six miles an hour. and ring the
bell evory thirty feet The phrase quoted Is
open to different interpretations. 1t is not
explicitly stated so. but the Implication 10 that
a rider without light should be riding home
ward. Tho cycle police. according to ono OF
the oldest members OF the squad. have
been given to understand that every
rider must carry n lamp as OF old.
even though 1t is not lighted. but
this construction Of the law is not acceptable
to those who 60 out without lamp. intending
to get back at noon. and are unavoidably de-
layed until after dark. Tho situation seems to
call upon riders to carry lamps as before. and
upon the police to be tolerant until some de-
cisions have been made in court. The crowd
Sundays. in spite Of the high wind that made
it very hard pedainG toward the southwest
The first woman to make a,"quadruple, cen:
fury" Is Mrs. Charles Ii. Brush. who completed
the feat at $40 O'clock yesterday morning.
The start was made at q O'Clock on Friday
hours 10 minutes. She had close to four
hours sleep while riding the p 400 , %les
a Conc r0Ts and Valley wa? n" Ba hsfS
Hampstead, Freeport., S,eaford, Amityvillc.
an5 Ma et p@sn ec
sisted OF soft boiled eggs, milk and tea,
about two gallons oil Ice cream. crackers and
raisins. with pepsin and bi-carUonate of soda
IN occasional doses, To keep the stomach toned.
The ice cream had the refreshing and sustain
uous centuries made, Recently, Except Tor
sleepiness the condition of Mrs Brush was
fine Al the finish her physician noted that tn,
condition. but that her eyes W., were blood POD,
slightly cracked. She was thoroughly tagged
and much sunburned. hut otherwise in condi-
paced by Oscar Aubut. the second by William
brown, Nassau WhcoIlnen; the Third by Frank
trplet. and the fourth By W Brown and +.
Nylander. Mrs. Brush, who il 20 years old.
was accompanied throughout the ride by her
husband The centuries we're ridden under
the auspices Of tho Century Road Club and
regularly checked.
new record for tandem ride between New
day by ". ii. Anderson and CharleS Fehhaber.
who made the trip in exactly six hours. The
tandem was paced by riders at various parts OF
the trip and the time made was checked at
different cities by Century Road Club officials.
The pair started from the City Hall here at
the City Hall. PHILADELPHIA. at $50 o'clock.
At the house OF the Time Wheelmen in the
freshments. and then started to break the
record for the round trip. but in this they
to Insy S9S s6sqc as
chain broke. They rode On TO Harrison using
only orc c chain and then took "a, train ,ran,
New York to Philadelphia was hours 80 min
utes The record for the round trip is 10
arrived in the city at 800 o'clock last night.
making their round trip time 70 hours 10
minutes.
The SUNDAY races at Vailsburg were attended
Sport twas was Witnessed ". 4. Rutzs victory in
tho fye-mile handicap was the feature OF the
day. Summaries:
Half:Mle. Novice-Final heat won by, H. D. Hof-
man; Il J. krantcin. Jr.. second; Oscar Hang third
Tine, mnT Mc - 80 s.r"Ids r,,, hon. y,
j. ii. LAKE 30 Yards; J. Ii. Hunter, 90 yards. scc-
ond; Thomas Fogan. 20 yards, third Time. 6s sec
af Nile %; heat won by W.T.
Time, minute ii 10 seconds.
fyeMe naSGaI hat wCn By
J.. H. Hunter. 300 yards. third. Time, II minutes
by r. Walth"nr. 400 yards; Jay Eit'm' 50 yards
sd A. varSs ofb so .ha tats
onds.
The race meet OF the Kingston Cycling Club,
which was held at Maspeth Yesterday. attracted
over 1000 enthusiastic pectators who wit
| messed some holly contested events sum
maries:
ono-Mile Open. Handicap-Final heat won by J. H.
! Hamilton W, ~ yards second; william II, Hcnnes-
sey. Hamilton W. 100 yards third. Time, min
IInif Mile Novice Race. scratch Won by Frede.ick
g. S ~ a. g. ThGmn' smgth
Pierce W, third, Time, minute - seconds.
erts %GH Taran yards JOIN cisrE VII
liamsburg W. scratch. 3 c"nd; Thomas NJ: Lloyd.
Seminole W., ." yards third. Time, minutes 2"'e
onsTls, Scratch Club csh,amg,,"ns,nir-w"n By
William H. Farley third. Time. minutes 54'a Sec
three. Mile Interclub Tandem Race, scratch-won
| by william X. O-good and James X. NicdCrstcin.
Kraffs fu hwGk CTGsrs sa""nT JOHN n Monsch
and Philip J. Hunter National A. c. W.. third Time.
FIVE fii" MilosSWon by, George W Robertson Pierce
w. n% nb is'Gn nrte MT " l. Sn'@.
second, net time, ~ minutes 40 seconds: William F.
| Murphy, Majestic Cyr'er-, minutes 80 seconds.
One One Nile .nnd.Ialf mandicar-,won by George NJ.
M MGnns Ma:pS' Scratch rSon Frank rennan
National 4. c. W, - yards. third. Time, minut. s
James H. Jenkins Wayery Be: George d. French.
! Maspcth CycerS. second: Thomas y. kcency, Deh-
| ance W., third. Time, l minute 81 seconds.
The bicycle has been charged. and not with
| out reason. with creating greater freedom Tor
women and modifying tn" proprieties Of con-
| duet between the sexes. According to n ma
| iron Of eminent rrSpcc'abilly there IS on" Ell.
feet wrought by the sport that in the face OF
! all tradition amounts To revolution. and yet
| this mighty change has seemed to escape no.
| tirc. Notwithstanding that it has imrartod 10
| all whcolwOmcn trait of exaggerated mas
| cuinity. The woman mentioned revealed this
! to u reporter OF THE SUN in a recent chat. say
"Of all tho things that bicycling has been
said to have done and undouc for women
never have seen mentioned the most remark
| able OF all its effects. which is that II has been
the means Of t"Gching women to scratch a
match on their skirts, nut like man does on
his trousers. This, accomplishment since
| time immemorial has been on q par
with climbing tree and throwing n stone
as among the strictly masrMlin" attainmcnts
impossible for women. The bicycle has
rcvolution!zed this. and III venture that
nine out Of ten women you meet can scratch
match while sQuattinG in front Of IamT
on a country roa |. without striking IL on tho
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