The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-23
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
FIRST MEET or NEXT YEAR TO BE
UELD IN An dhMORY.

The l.. A. w. Has Had to Pay Over ssoo
to the Canadian Government for Its
Delinquent Members-Qucer Complaint
Against IA bike Cop"-Queer Records.
Tho nrst cycle race meet IN this vicinity In
1900 will be held at the Eighth Regiment
armory on Jan. 10. under the auspices OF
Company X. OF which c. p. Staubachi Is Captain.
This com pany was organized and added to the
regiment for service In the Spanish American
War. and this will be its first athletic enter
tainment The affair will be strictly q cycle
race meet and there are fve amateur events
scheduled under N. G. A. permit. The pro-
ceeds are TO be devoted toward furnishing the
company room.
In clearing up the business OF the League OF
American wheelmen 1t lie found that one Of
the most important privileges accorded to
members costs the organization quite a sum
annually. This Is the privilege OF allowing j..
A. w. riders to eros, the Canadian border
without the payment OF duty on their wheels.
the only require ment being that such tourists
must deposit their L. A. W. membership cards
with the customs officials and Gull for them on
returning. Under the agreement between the
League and the Canadian customs service the
l.. A. W. assumes responsibility Tor the pay
ment OF duty on all wheels which It ia shown
there have been twenty-sevcn L. A. W. men,
bers who have failed to reclaim their cards, and
the L. A. W. has therefore been called upon TO
pay S25D.SO the total amount OF duty on the
twenty-seven wheels. These figures. besides
being a reproach to negligent members. are
interesting also because OF indicating what a
large mum Der OF members avail themselves OF
this privilege. the twenty-seven being. OF
course. only percentage OF the total number.
The bike cops" continue to be remarkably
liberal about the enforcement OF the lamp law.
found who are. Wiling 70 tais advantage Of any
siriSsensy on the part rtS Of The police . was
s5Ssmnlied in the case Of woman
sr%n.t e'a' ByooR nHS' bike eop eecau.e he
lighted before she PROCEEDED The, officer
spo o 'a risht ' and went on. The police.
man followed on his wheel and block further
She did so. but the next day went TO the mans
superior and complained that he was rude.
writing S"" to secretary "f SS.s ay IDEA
OF the trouble which now besets the League IL
ns s@c been too SSs S The The
average wheelmen with basket OF corn in our
hands. Why not Try him in another way.
which he should contribute. Don't yon think
We should ct, as many and better class OF
There are ructions being raised In England
lust now because n man who paused to watch
would be recori- breaker a. he passed along
stretch ri rural road discovered "A cord con-
Meeting the record rider with his pacing
machine. The cord was hurrcdy dropped
when the observer was detected. hut not quite
quickly enouehand the d,scoyeryhaS raised the
question of how many English town o-town
paced records have been made with the aid OF
u string.
The Maine Division OF the League Of Amer
lean Wheclmen is making n vigorous fight
against the townships in the state which have
not placed sgnboards on crossroads "a re-
1uired by law. some ~ the supervisors in
these towns are inclined to take the matter as
Joke. but several Of them have found. to their
cost, that the division authorities are very
ing strong campaign for better roads. with
the prospects OF some successful legislation
this season.
GEORGETOWN. South America, Is officially I'M
horsing its police inspectors and mounting
them on bicycles.