The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30

in 4 minutes IL seconds behind a petroleum
tandem at CRYSTAL Palace, and the same day
in 9 minutes "a seconds. A more inportapt
trlal, was made ct Woodreen track. where Lin
ten beat Chase In a ten-mile match behind pc
troleum tandemsin IL minutes SO 2-5 sec
onds. with a gale OF wind blowing.
Some queer documents get into the hands
OF cycla dealers as the result OF god crops
and the inyestment,ot farmers 10 BICYCLES, A
which reads a. follows: 80 =
there wheel, ,Yistiday she come down and the wind
woS Sii asd IHsa Saf r moo ware pass she zone h"i" is sR but / aa srf'@ so me
hrst ella, . glue or way you no the best. my wheel is a
tickles. l have a catlagone here but would rather
Both OF pS TGg e'' ne Sl SSii wheel to hT !. sum n ssn Gi Sn, 'fs guess sess
l can straten 1t out alrite. my geers is both ~ inches.
skitmish with natives at Apia, was an enthu-
siastic wheelmsn and responsible for the in
He had the distinction " teaching tie King OF
P q. ..;s,S when .an,d Lsnsda %n,I vas 3 s ,h. ksI., to
time, as POSSIBLE on shore riding his wheel.
The cycle excited the natives. and soon the
King heard about the foreisner who was caus-
ing q sensation by gliding about the coast
sent Iansdale an invitation to visit the capi-
tai with his wheel and the ensign went in a
party Of twelve. for at the time foreigners were
had fled from the city in fear. The King was
officer balanced himself on the cycle. but Lans-
dale explained aud offered to teach the mon:
soon became expert. lie ordered a number
Of wheels from an American maker and to-
day bicycles made in the United States have.A
wide aud increasing POPULARITY in Korea.
The remarkable growth OF cycling in this
country. is creating widespread comment in
England. The London Field saws.
1t is characteristic of the Americans and goes to
prove how practical they nre as a nation that bicy-
the United states than it is with us or in France. or.
i iRS Sr,G Tny o. S's ,ec '1Ig mtTIc IG w,s !. al I IL the son mSrs to
how vastly inferior their roads are to those which
has bicycling taken on the population q the States
that 1t IL about to become e lever for a ,noTohgh re,
con atruction of new ones.
NOTES.
The New York Bureau IL Combustibles has made
poumdsS Of calcium ssr Itfit. Instead to Of i only 20 pounds
as heretofore. 80 that riders who use ~acetylene gas
iA John We West. H" the s" trainer me- 'f Of Charles He,''S Mii i%Rp the .i,.
day champion. says that he does not Expect Miller
out OF training after the siH.day contest at san Fran.
cisco and VIII be in the French capital only twelve
pc is Fredcricks to beat Miller.
ye I%oi K m SfsYJ 1u tiI and a iea ri0 are Training aiiasn" a. S tho
Foun siu Ferry track, Louisville.
tween GH" Eddie TcD Saa" . 'i and Nat a,or Ps'f Taylor on
some Philadelphia tracK to be selected. The race
The Eastern Pennsylyania Racing Association has
been formed at Berwick. Pa. to promote cycle racing
GSRiRh' h.i 9sHRnins h M1nTne, M hSSqmingM if hifnaS %np:
thumb,rland. Snyder schuSiEnI.r rn,9n. Clinton
and Centre; The officers are, President, F P.
w.lkesn are; SECRETARY. William +. NJ Michael, Ber.'
Tick: Ire1snr"r. j: n: Hsrry' Berwick, Harvey g;
Scranton, with the above officers. constitute the
'Cha payarian AMY ba. been sunpl,ed WITH cvcle,
weighing about twenty-five pounds, fitted with
sun Re~ader."The /" A, W. furnishes road book,
and maps free to %memoers. and information con-
nr,t part Il the SnSwsr o"JJ. 4 ~ Yesterday. -
sound from Port Jefferson to bridgeport on
roads Throughout and avoid the heavy, going in
thS ' Gst er ! PAT !. of %S R M stat s%.,u. To FROM 'e1 An
T~enty.third street ferry to f stern Parkway. along
through smith street You reach the Merrics r. ad.
S%f 'S00 $ ;H r&Sn "a '' FraSno Tt%' I Xm nt,y i m:,e' H fnf%HSn
anu BAY shore to Patchogue. From Patchoruc there
son. From Bridegroom proceed: Via New London
and Norwich, t" proyidence and then on the Boston
is only one. poors etch from Norwich to Providence.
AMI &t' iron an t irtSfS %a on OF tour f'aln years as mn The poorm.n road
race FROM Hamilton to Cincinnati Is to be revived
stead f j"iv !. EariS Indications de are thatit viii ' be D
more successful than ever.
+. +. Hal uver OF New York snegests q route for
paSsi = through Trenton on the way to Philadelphia
whirh, no saws, Il hotter than the one furnished by
the l.. A. ". and published in THE Sun on April -.
WI,n the end of tho macadam on the Lawrenceville
road is reached. sw-rNe to the right on brunswick
avenue md tide about "A mile on the side path. after
which there il brick pavement to the Washington
Monument. From the monument take Warren
8 rect, which, after Q block of cobblestones, las o
brick pavement to the railroad.
William Brown of the Nassau wheelmen. who start.
ed the first OF the year to break the mileage record
Of thu country. rode a triple centu y on last Sunday.
which IL the first performance of the kind recorded
this year.
A.. k. L.-Go two blocks to Jefferson avenue; ride
CAFES avenue: ride to Washington avenue, turning
into II on the right, and go one block to Greene
avenue: continue on Greene avenue to Fulton street
aud cross II into Hanson place; ride on Hanson place
to Fort Greene place and then one block to II Fulton
street, This route is all asphalt, excepting your fir t
the l"s' block on + Irt Greene place to Fulton street.
G.. P F.-Thc route from New York TO New Rochelle
was published in The sun on April %.
The racing season WAS opened in Germany by .
big Easter meet. at which the scratch r ces were run
in the American style. to the great satisfaction OF tho
the occasion. Buchner winning the 2.ooo.metre
scratch race on the first day and Verheyen winning
1t on the second day.
The date Of the L. A. W.. State meet at Patchogue
has been changed to June ~. 80. and July l, be.
cause Of the selection OF June 81 for the meet OF tho
will be on July l..
The Bona to Sail Against tho Shamrock in
tho Trial Races.
Special Gable Despaeh TO TEE SUE.