The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-23
NEWS OF THE wHEELhEN.
A Century Run Against Time--
Notes OF the Riders.

Every feature that has ever ben sue
cessful and popular in a century run Will
be included in one event on unday
October Is, and some innovations will also
be added. On that day, the New York
State Division of the Century Road Club
Of America will hold its fall century run.
which will be open to all who enter for it
on the official form.
This run will be conducted In two
separate and distinct sections, the one I'M
paced, and the other with the usual pace
setting officials. The unpaced section will
start from Bedford Rest, Brooklyn, To-
Gated at the junction of Bedford avenue
and Eastern Parkway, at seven o'clock in
the morning, and finish at the same point
Prior to the start, a ticket will be hand
ed to each rider entered; at the stroke OF
seven, the word to go will be given and
the records of all will be computed from
that time. The course to be followed Will
be directly out via Jamaica, Valley
Stream. Freeport and Babylon to the fifty
mile mark, located just beyond Oakdale;
here Zach ticket must be stamped with
the official time, by the checker station
ed at that point. This done, the home-
ward race will be on, the same course be-
ing retraced. The tickets will be handed
in at the finish and will again be time
stamped. The first to finish will be award
ed a gold medal, the second q silver
medal, and third one of bronze, all OF
special design; all others who finish will
qualify for medals which will have their
elapsed time engraved on them, thu pro-
viding each with indisputable evidence of
his ability to ride a fast century.
Single machines only will be permitted
and no pacing will be allowed by anyone
not entered and actually competing for
the entire distance.
Three rates of speed will be followed by
the divisions of the paced section. The
ten hour division will leave Bedford
Fountain, Brooklyn, at six o'clock and
ride via Bath Beach, Coney Island,
Jamaica and Valley Stream to Rockaway
Beach for dinner, returning through Lyn-
brook, Freeport, Hampstead, Baldwins,
Valley Stream and Jamaica to Bedford
Rest, completing the journey within ten
hours after the start. This is a fast
division and is recommended to swift rid
son, Charles A. Lehritter and H. J. Gehn-
rich of the Century Road Club.
Tomorrow's card at Vailsburg board
track includes a 5-mile professional hand
leap, 500 first prize; half mile profess
sional consolation stakes, a one-mile anna
teur handicap and a quarter mile novice
race. The star event will be a 15-mile
multicycle paced race between Arthur
Ross and John King. the Newark riders,
who have sprung into the foremost ranks
of amateur cracks this year. Each rider
has a host of pacemakers and plenty of
big machines to carry them on. The race
will likely be of the most interesting de-
scription.
The two professional events will be red
hot. with Cooper, MacFarland. Stevens,
| Kimble, Eaton, Newhouse and Walthour
| competing against a score Of other good
money chasers.
The season Is rather late for the organ
ization of wheeling clubs, but a crowd of
| riders in this city have banded together
under the name of the White Star Cycle
| Club. The initial meeting was held We'd
nesday night and these officers were elect
ed:-President, John Neehan; vice presi-
dent, George Gilbert; secretary. James
Kirkman; financial secretary, Casper
Degler; treasurer, W. Colbert, sergeant
alarms. William White. The club will go
on the first run and the entire member
ship is expected to turn out. The destina-
ton is to be Singac. The pace making
will be done by Frank Barrows.
Ray Blanc of the Defender Cyclers is
hard at work with the assistance of his
committee preparing for the first pool
tournament of the indoor season. The sue
cess of last years events Of this kind
was so great that special arrangements
will be made this year whereby additional
competitors may be comfortably accom-
| modated.