The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-17
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
CENTURY " CLUB RUNS SPOILED
BY THE RAIN OF yesterday.

~ SUNDAY "fntnBr tlucfh Fthu TO YOU
tend Against in April and May Last
Year-A NoveI Plan for T~ouring-Judge
Reeves Remark on the sidcpath Bill
Century and club runs generally we're called
Off yesterday owing to the backslidlnE Of the
weather into February habits. In the case OF
the centuries IL was understood that II the day
was rainy the rides would be postponed to the
next clear Sunday. but this did not prevent
three enthusiastic New York riders from ap-
pearlne ut the Bedford avenue fountain In
Brooklyn ut 4 80 O'Clock in the morning "cady
to start II any one else arrived. With the blind
optimism OF youth bent on holiday pleasure.
they pooh-poohed the rain and insisted that 1t
would stop before noon and that the second
half OF the day would be fine. After getting
well soaked they rode to the house Of a friend
~ Brooklyn club, where they told their story
and rallied at the chicken heartedness Of the
great majority who had engaged to start. but
had not shown up. They entertained them
| selves at the billiard and cafe tables In n re-
solve to wait till the rain stopped and then take
n ride. Late IN the AFTERNOON they were still
waiting and still finding indoor entertainment
that was not dry.
Wheelmen generally banked upon II" that
the spring, aud summer could not turn out SO
many SUNDAYS with weather prohibitiyo OF, rid
Ing as did last year. The start has been
Sunday in sIft four. b T Il viii Yh oe PERHAPS Srs rss eonsoio
Ing to riders to, take q backward look and con:
slider how much more terrible the weather Of
May, April 3-1ery cold, thermometer 25'
to 30'; the average for this date for TWENTY-FIVE
b threatening all dav; rain at G,P..M. Apri! II
Weather nne in morning and afternoon, bnt
@ clfmHay ana rat fnre at day. Il Ms syfin MFfno. AFM5' NAY s !
DAY; NIX 351SG AZ ana %hi,} GIs ssa ,SIss,on ana
all day; roads muddy.
Although there would, seem to be little in
herent vice about a lot Of steel. wood and rub
Der made UP in The form OF a bicvcle. it is won
dertul how much Is charged to it in the con-,
process OF reasoning. persons who have met
with misfortune or observed an untoward 50.
guilty cause and It has been made a scapeGoat
for general misdoinRs and Ill happenings until
It has BECOME p%lastsred all over With heinoqs
Increase instead Of diminish. and fresh stories
Of troubles for which the wheel is responsi-
bic arrive every dov. 1t is an accommodating
scapeGoat that makes no protest. II trades
man has been trying to beat the races" or has
hunts up his excuse. To admit the truth or
plead Ill luck will hardly do.
After scanning the list Of available excuses.
he decides to seek shelter behind the bicycle.
SIinss I dTn ysh an a th fas or hG Is 10 e f ths Fact ct t fne G ali
his customers had bought hicycles there had
no; been any demand for tallow candles. From
another source comes the plant OF q match
making mamma. who is irate because all the
young men, prefer to 20 g%adding about on bi;
cycles and living In bachelor camps instead OF
seeking the society Of her daughters Of un-
certain ages. and that ie the reason why she Ia
n leit T5tn n thf" h e" sd nSE ean9f; d Ths PIE22IinLe
Perhaps he breaches straitlaced sermons on the
sin Of dancing and all youthful pleasures. and
after a time. finds the thin ranks Of his flock
composed Of bald headed old gentlemen and
gIortly, m%atrons; The young people have
onlv explanation. He then straightway pre-
nares a sermon on that agent Of the Evil One.
If a rome is broken up the hicycIe was the h SER
how often n bicycle ride is named as a sub
terfuge Oh the part nj husband or wife for their
remain unknown. These things make cy-
clists long for the day whom some new snort
will grow into overwhelming.popularity aud
become the scapegoat.
In planning how to spend n few days or a
cording to persons who have tried 1t. Is 10 To-
cate at a hotel centrally situated in some pic
and then make trIr. from It in different direc.
lions each day. The uncertainties and hard-
Shirs Of touring are thus avoi.ed and a do:
acnuainte1 with n territory which would he
diameter, provided he rode twenty-five, or
thirty miles in a different direction each day.
might Introduce 10 the di" erent roads he had
discovered and the various Interesting hooks:
! q 7 course. in some sections q few DAYS would
suffice to go over all the roads Of interest and
then a move should be made t., another hotel,
summer went out in Jersey within easy train
d%istance, Of this city, and located. He snys
ever took. and that now his kn 1wiedge Of New
Jersey towns and roads for 100 miles around
is the wonder and envy OF his friends.
nycIpn,atar tbo, marie a opr ,1oro,I,,o
has just appeared. Instead 0f being fastened
To- the from, axle SO that II sticks out alongside
side the spokes with the little star wheel that
turns with each revolution Of the bicycle
W ThEesI' projecting G out T2 2 between ", tEo the smokes rS%;,,
Is fastened to- the axle inside the fork. This
keeps the cyclometer out Of the way OF barn
enables riders to keen their mileage without
danger Of the registering. machine being
broken OFF by mischievous handling or acct
dent.
.Anrlication has been made to Judge Reeve
Of SUFFOLK county for the apnointment Of side:
path commissinners under the provisions Of
the law. approved Of II. saving that wheelmon
could not expect the farmers to build side,
raths for them and that it was only fair that
clusion he, said: There viii he no further
nTeed Of aski9G our towns to a nrrorriate money
to the south side which is so much needed"
NOTES.
NEW B~nr>swtcK. April. 'o.-Dr. Harvey Tredell Of
thus city, local consul for the I" A. W. recently re-
Ceiv"d a letter from II. VI. Johnson of Kingston. \.
j., skiing him 10 JON in an endless chain" Of sub
s~criptinns for the purpose of building II cycle path
from This city TO Kingston, a distance of thirteen
miles. Thu il the only stretch Of poor road ON tho
main wheeling route from New York to Philadelphia.
DR.. TredCll, while DESTROYS Of having the road mac.
Gdami2ed. expressed his doubts as to whether the
scheme would, meet with the approval Of riders in
this SECTION: He. accord nGly. has ISSUED an appeal
TO the whoelnentO send subscriptions for the pur.
pose Of macaddnI2ing the road.
HENlpaTFAD, April lG.-With tho exception Of tho
ohicc of Secrctary. there were two. tickets in tho
Held at tn" annual meeting Of tho Hcmpstead
Bicycle club. The election Of officers was n
spirited one, and never before was So much
feeling shown by the cham piuns of the opposing
fartions. whom the votes were counted the follow,
ing regular nominees wcr" victorious: President.
Frank b. Hawkins; Vice. President, nr. +. T. Hamlet;
Recording Secretary. FrCd G. Seahury; financial
Secretary, Henry 5. starr: Treasurer. P,rcyI II. Bloom.
field; Board of Governors two years. II. X. Carmau,
| Louis q. Pike. /. =. Harlow; Road OfNCcrS-CRptain
Lawrence kcrwin; First Lieutenant, FRI nj VI. Low.
den; second Lieutenant. william II. Campbell.
Reports from Western manufacturers are that tho
appraisers for tn" prOpusrd bicycle trust have been
NJ work all the week, hut tho announcement is made
that they mus lie back in New York with their re-
ports by Monday.
Frank Brennan.-Frccman won tho Brassard
! trophy at Ambrose Park. The track II a wooden