The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-21
NEWS or THE WHEELMEy.
Col. Keith-Faiconer Was n Notable Figure
I'm English Cycling.


one OF the earliest and most notable figures in
tho history OF cycling It was In the seventies
and the early eighties. when the sport was in
its infancy. that the Hon. Ion G.. N. Koth- Fall
coner. who WINS then an undergraduate at
Cambridge. became prominent us gentle
man amateur" rider and he did perhaps. more
than any other. TO make cycling popular in the
aristocratic circles OF England. He never
camo to America to ride. but no cstnb-
lished records on the high wheel which
for years were acknowledged the best In
the world. either amateur or professional In
1870 he was tho ack no edged champion. hnv-
ing won the annual four.mlc race Of the ANA
tour Athletic Club. After the Cambridge track
was built h. made two-mic record on It that
was not beaten for several years. although pro-
fessonals tried Tor H.. He was the first to COM
era, attention in iss2. He started on june 1e
from Land's End aud rode to John o. Gronts. a
hour and 81 minutes On the last DAY Of t hi,
trip he pedaled 100 miles. Keith; Falconer
was ,L, large and powerfully built. and his steed
thnt weighed forty five pounds. On July 20 OF
the same year no became the fifty cham
Crystal Palace in hours 40 minutes So 3-5
seconds, r., This was tho best record in the
Hs rsS9'S 81 ss Ssg %ss q
=. 1882. ut Crystal Palace. was also world:
heater. Falconer represented the top notch OF
amnteurism in the days when the sport was
purest. He. was contemporary with II. l..
Cortis and Jack Keen" and by special invita-
ton delivered several lectures on the sport
The uncertainty as to. whether Edward Tay-
lore. tho Frenchman who holds the one-hour
America thls year is over. lIo has sailed for
t ,n,s city with the intention e. doing battle
on this side who care to meet him. '''''''''''"'
Two formidable riders have paired for six-day
N .nI hoo h. Il.
the winners will do we'll to watch tho form Of
Louis Grimm and burns W Eierce Both have
WORK Of a x-day grind. but i is more sieniii.
cant TINT they are both speedy In q twenty-four
hour drive. Grimm won that kind, OF race
a few Inches bchind. Neither made a die.
mount during tho contest.
Hereafter single.tubs tires for bicycles and
automobiles will be as strictly under patent
control as are tho original forms OF double
Colt, In the United States Circuit Court, handed
down decision sustaining the TilLnghast
G pqp ssS s si or and R wn
that several makers who have been marketing
sS,h nsapp0 tires would in future have to pay
zee or & The taS time pDdse
who owns the patsnts. TINT no licenses.
tihcate q incorporation 9, the Single Tube
with capital Of 81. 900. 900 II ia understood
ASA the u patent ntS ' rsha fSs hands
Of tho American Bicycle Company and Of the
United States Rubber Comnany can be recoc.
nized in tho list OF incorporators OF this new
combine, which will have a clear field in which
TO exact tribute for about three-fourths OF the
pneumatic tires used, whether on bicycles
automobiles or buggies. The incorporates OF
the company are:
Col, Theodore 4; Dodge, Presidcn. of the Filling
MAgoun Co. r Mora Dawson. OF August
g'i X. 0sa S GTsES W ,A Iqsn:
Cu%iilu. O. Kidder OF Isias' KID Kiddsr %siSssr
George Pope Vice. PScsdsn. OF The AMERICAN bey
Go: S.n5s l. RS,, Mcccy%Tnd: PTsd Wilder. Of
Tovnsr secretary OF the RuSSsT Goods Msaa,a C.
turing Company.
A meeting oi the Brooklyn Bridge Cycle Path
Computes ot 100 was held at siXtieth street
the we're nSs5e s pr the The d.
purpose, evinced and the faith Of the mem hers
IL the eS Si,%asc snscess Of sheiT work
Infused into the, working committees
and the steps taken last night were
In the first place Il was. agreed 70 drop the
matter OF attempting TO furnish plans for the
for two years to an extent and with results
that Indicated that some objection was likely
to be rsssd osnP. plan oSTHd The
ismsndine shs path and ~ rS,sra fI the De-.
mand by organization and increased numbers.
and II successful locally 10 carry the appeal to
the Legislature. Probably with tho idea OF
letting the officials know that the committee Is
still alive. the following resolutions were
adopted:
Wh>r,aS. The necessity for . separate wheelway
for bicyclists across the New York and Brnoklyn
Bridge ia generally recognized by tn" whsclmcn OF
the hve bornughs II Greater Now York And
Whtr,ns, This necessity IL becoming moro impsra.
alive with tho increasing traffic the said bridge.
belt
Resolved. Tha. we. the Committee ~ 100
representing upward Of 10. 900 organized bcyciists
In Greater New York. demand the building OF such
vheelway, and be IL further
R.ior'd. That We. the Committee 81 100.
pledge ourselves to do everything In our power u
demonstrate TO the proper officials that the uuAt.
tached wheelmen are with us in support OF this
demand.
The following committees were appointed Fl.
nance Comm.'iee.f u House, G. II. walker. 4.
Oatman, i. II, Vail and Edward Grrbereux
Petition Commttec-C: A. shedd, q. l.. Mccarthy.
Dnrnnt Mclean, j. Wood. 81. l.. Bridgmsn.
Thomas A. Roe and A. H. ANGEL.