New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-28
THE CYCLE SHOW.
ANOTHER EXHIBITION BEING ARRANGED
FOR MARCH IN THIS CITY-A NEW
CHRISTOPHER BICYCLE ONE OF
THE FEATURES-THE GAR
DEN THRONGED AS
ITGITAI

USUAL
While the bicycle show at Madison Square gar
den will be brought TO close tonight. the az
tendance continues as large as ever and the man
acement is Of the opinion that the exhibition coud
be continued for another week with proht 10 al
concerned The manufacturer however. say that
while the exhibition has more than met their fond
est expectations. the show has been long enough
for they have busy times ahead Of them II seems
assured however. that the cycle show In this CITY
will be an annual AFFAIR hereafter although there
IS a difference Of opinion 10 the time for tho
holding OF the exhibition. The majority of the
makers would prefer 10 have the show held IN
March. nearer the opening OF the actual outdoor
riding season.
The official announcement made yesterday
that another cycle show would be held hero IN
March. beginning March % The exhibition
will be held at the Grand Central Palace. where
the show held two years ago. under the
auspices Of the National Board Of Trade OF cycle
Manufacturers When some OF the makers and
dealers were asked yesterday what they intended
10 do regarding the coming exhibition, the majority
said that they had Yet made up their minds
what they would do. They are feeling just now as
they always feel the last day OF an exhibition,
that the has been success. that interest in
the bicycle has been stimulated and all that. but
at the time. they glad II is over
The promoters Of the coming show say their ex-
hibit will begin close the formal opening Of the
outdoor season, and for that reason it will be OF
more positive profit 10 the dealers as the general
public will be only looking at the wheels. but
they will be ready to purchase them as well.
wheel without cranks cogs anG gear appeared
al the show al the Garden yesterday. II has been
seen on the road in the earlier stages OF its deve
oprnent and was nicknamed the "Grasshopper' by
and the kangaroo" by others. When the
wheel first appeared is propeng power was fur
nished by leather strap. and when the strap did
not break rider was able get over the ground
with more less speed. Now chain has been
substituted for the leather strap, and better things
are promised by the makers. The principle is SINH
lar In respects 10 that OF the OLD star machine
OF several years ago
There ara TWO arms with pedals attached
tending from the rear stays. and when the rider Is
in motion his feet go up and down the resem-
blance 10 jumping kangaroo being strikingy real
ist.r The chain extends over rollers under the
saddle and then connects with the rear "heel IN
ball-bearins clutch
II Is said that one strong push with the feet Will
send the machine more than twice the distance one
can 60 with one revolution 81 the pedals OF an
ordinary machine. The maker says that he can
turn out wheel geared 10 $50 with which a mid
dle-dstance rider can follow pace as last as Hlu4ll
cycles or motors can set
There are not many new shades shown In bicycle
enamelllng this year on the regular road wheels.
The combinations OF colors are no more noticeable
on the machines used by the racing men. There is
one wheel at the show that has a finish which may
meet with more or less favor with those who are
not content with black enamelling The maker
asserts that the process is secret. and that the
finish is secured by using gum preparation which
comes from South Africa. The entire frame OF the
wheel is highly n!ckeled before the enamel Is put on
Complaint has been made at the League OF Amer
lean Wheelmen booth that members OF the state
division have not received their road books. Those
In charge told the disappointed ones that they
could get their books by applying 20 the L a w;
headquarters In this city. About one hundred
members have besn secured this week. lantern
slide entertainment and Lecture on good rodqS were
conducted by the league in the Concert Han 81
the Garden last night Alexander Schwa6aeh
lActured on the evolution Of the bicycle and the
automobile UP 20 date. and julius nilcox ana his
slides did the rest There was a fair ATTENDANCE.
Among some Of the theatrical people ana others
T J. Murphy Henry Molten. Harry" Levian kd-
mond P Mucahy BENJAMIN Bradbury, jr. Albert
ca aV'yaS HUGO '" H. Toland J. Demming cowless.
W Raier sm,h Rcb a%S j. Billion Es
erck K. Sweet r Aronson Joseph Chaiilse Etnci
r.. Alice Foster. Ralph p. PHILLIP, william NC
Lean Irving Emory Charles Sanford Leo sommer'
Alexander Iichtenstein William InCersoll John
stanley Joseph NJ. Sparks, Charles EIdrGse,r VII
LINES J. Elliott Walter West. Bessie Leigh Ford.
William S Anderson. samuel Reed Charles nan
cock Vent Perqiya C fhdi M NranR Il Rosg
Charles HorsweM Herbert W Snyder; Frank
Howe. F. Julian Byrd. .. L. Farnum ), stone ne
VIII clarke Jennings Frederick VI. Mahoney. Will
lam Eve. Walter Lyons Willis n: De W2ne'
Infyre Richard g Williams Edgar Norton, John
Miller John Flnday. Charles VI. Walcot; Car-
F,,bie ese Eliza beth Leslie Conn Fredericks.
Francis Joseph Carlyle. MISS Hema NelSoh' "a
ward Lowell Kathryn Robinson Edwin W Nor
rison and Horace J. Hahn.