New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
CYCLING.
MURPHY TO TRY TO FOLLOW A LOCOMO-
TIVE A MILD IN A MINUTE
4 FEATURE OF THE L. A. ". STATE MEET Al
PATCHoCUE-THE PEDALS MUST REvoLvE

PATCHoCUE-THE PEDALS MUST REvoLvE
7eo TIMES A MINUTE
IN the last three or four years there has been
more or less talk about efforts to be made by
wheelmen mile minute paced by
locomotive The discussion. however. always end
ed in idle talk, for when the time came for the
trial TO be made something always happened to
postpone the attempt indefinitely. Now it has
been taken UP by the officials Of the Long Island
Railroad and the trial is announced TO take place
on Long Island in connection with the League OF
American Wheelmen State meet at Patchogue on
June 30 The League Of American Wheemen as
sembly will be held there from June % to July
inclusive. Charles Murphy. the professional rider
will make the attempt 10 follow the locomotive and
many OF the preliminary arrangements have been
made already. Murphy is in training for the COM
ing ordeal and he s confident that he Will succeed
Murphy claims that ne has already made mile
minute on a homo trainer the little stationary ma
chine which many riders for training In bad
weather and for indoor work The railroad com
pany has already selected the place for the trlal
1t is on a spur of the main line. between Farming
dale and Babylon Some OF the details were com
pleted yesterday. This scheme has been pet
hobby Of Murphy's for q long time and It Is not
his fault that the trial was not MADE Two Yeas
ago. The attempt will be made late IN the after
noon, with the idea OF avoiding high WIND, II pos
sible. Competent officials will be selected TO man
The ueln Vii consist OF loc9mouXe anu Sae -
gage-car. There will be wind shielo attached 70
black with white line in the centre for the rider
OF the wheel 10 follow. At the place mentioned
This will give the engineer and bicycle rider half
a mile 10 get up speed and an extra half-mile 70
Will ride wheel geared to 10 and he said yes
terdsy that he would have to make his pedals re-
VOlve $50 times minute to make the mile IN that
time This would be about thirteen revolutions OF
pa MST5S% va DTs sfS 0 %S mG
In 115 rs wheel geared to only IS; The man
that f'H be WIN Wind shield vii be ed With the
idea OF giving the rider the full benefit Of the rush
Years ago a man In the West said he had ridden
mile in gale in :n 80 although little credence
was given 10 the alleged record
Those who have watched the work Of the bicycle
policemen in this borough. as well as in BROOKLYN
feel that recent structures on the policemen were
entirely uncaed for That the bicycle policeman
has hlled a long-felt want is now admitted by
every official in this district. There has been
some discussion recently TO the exact status OF
these special policemen Some people argued that
the reason that wagons were allowed 10 proceed
without lights at night was because the oicycle
| policemen had no Jurisdiction over them Rounds
| man schuessler Of the bicycle squad. when seen
yesterday seid: II glad TO hear that the force
is TO be increased in Brooklyn. for they certainly
| need more bicycle policemen over there. Our
| men on this side Of the river have been doing
! good work and the people who are saying ihat
! innumerabe wagons and carris yes are allowed on
the t uPtQ%n bs ruth We viii arrest the driver
! Of a wagon who has TO light exposed, just as
qg 1oSEb 9 the we street @ whout lamp on his wheel
II any one denies shif u Ssn an ne gh ana wac
inP the policemen taking OF those careless and
na1fy In r STTfT down oBSeres and
1t looks to as 4 the bicycle poAce ma, IL
Is not only a capable officer. according 70 ms
supers but he has won more OF can esi LOOK after
! scorchers when they come his way
d. ly1. f~h
will be appreciated by wheelmen. drivers and pedes-
! +r4ars Men are now at work improving the street
! IN the neehborhood Of the Willink entrance 10
Prospect Park The Good Roads Association picked
out this spot as a place where Improved pavement
ought 10 be laid nearly two years ago. Out nothlns
! rad been done until this week. Men are al work
/ LAYING asphalt in Flatbush-ave south from me
Wink entrance and 200 feet IN QcesnI I1 rms ms
ton has been dirty and disagreea6le place Int 70
| The cost Of the improvement has been placed al
pany and the remainder by the city
T. d,d not become known until yesterday that the
| Collins Uniform Ordinance bill had become Jaw.
! Tho bill was passed al Albany last week but for
some unknown reason no publicity was given to H.
This law is operative all over the state and u mas
| bee5 in force since the passage Ct the BIZ last
week Wheelmen will now be able TO traVel tHroIsn
eenr,niauded for doing one thing in one county and
being arrested for doing the same thing IN the al
| Joining county
A Staten Island rider who does considerable tour
ing writes TO The Tribune that he believes all d.
clas should be fitted with uniform bolts and nuts,
60 that a rider would be able TO have repairs made
on the road in case Of accident 10 his wheel That
such a scheme would prove 10 be a popular one
with the riders is certain Il Is one TT wben The
bicycle 5Hst Eft and to To6 dream an realized
oa.,oi. ~ the League Of American Wheelmen
halieve that there will a steady gain in member
ship from now on. The renewing season has about
nessed and new members are coming IN Iast
Massachusetts takes the lead in new memoers i9l
o. one TeWEYork had s. new members, Ohio a and
New-Jersey To-
Thu renovation Of the clubhouse Of the Defenoei
Wheelnen in Devoe-st. Will be finished WITHIN W.
weeks The clubhouse Is being entirely redecorate'
throughout The three-story and basement mouse
- ts s,,uated two doors from Leonard-st.. will
h. one Of the most popular clubs in the Easter
D.s,ric, This club has a membership OF one nun
bred The basement rs mac se the wbeelroom Tn
second-hoor double par.o~ls use" pEihoPa'y ~"
receptions and meetnss'
. ~, ,o,,ovtr9 nrominent wheelmen have been ap
no,nted official referees for their respective dis
,r,ct, bv the Racing Board Of the League OF Amer
can wheemen: Alexander schwaDaGh' f no, =,
FIatbush-ave. Brooklyn: C. a Bowman, CReIhud ~
Canal Bank Elmira; W r Ghaei Y ninIf ST.,
state-st.. Schenectady. and Charles & Dos'"'cA
Rochester.
rho ra,ar-trouRh. which stood for so many year
o, the end Of the Boulevard at Coney Island wa
nut out OF commission when the storms encroache,
almost into the Concourse. Men have been al wor
nutting nm new trough and fountain on the mead
SSws about sixty yards west or the SheIter house
, II would De an Accommodating LOT c p,h
put more benches at the END OF tue WV "'"
Nobody complains when scorchers are arrest
and fined said an official Of the League OF amer
. can Wheelmen II am also in favor OF ehiorc"'
the ordinance which compes wheeImeh 10 nav
,toh,.A tar-os ~ thAlr hicvcles after DARK NOW,