New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-10
CYCLING.
THE ASSOCIATED CLUBS MAY TAKE
ACTION TONIGHT.
IT MAY BE FIGHT BETWEEN ORGANIZED
wHEELMEN AND PROFESSIONAL PRO-
MOTFRs-NoTEs AND COMMENTS

wHEELMEN AND PROFESSIONAL PRO-
MoTERs-NoTEs AND COMMENTS
An important meeting of the Associated Cycling
Clubs of New-York will be held tonight. and from
! present Indications the session will be a lively
throughout. Most of the prominent wheelmen who
are delegates to the association openly in favor
| OF the League OF American Wheelmen continuing
in control OF racing. although there is faction
which may attempt have the meeting formally
indorse the outlaws-professional promoters who
are not only trying to wrest the control of racing
from the League. but who are striving to wreck
| the League as we'll. Sensible wheelmen realize
that In such an emergency 1t is necessary for the
best element in cycling TO get together and TO make
strong fight against the insurgents. II mas been
proposed that the Associated Cycling Clubs OF
New-York conduct race meet on May 30. they
did last year. and the outlaws hearing of it. have
been busy recently trying to induce the clubs 70
| Cycling Association as the rebels are termed at
present. When they found that the Associated
| Cycling Clubs were not disposed to have anything
TO do with them their scheme it announced
m s Woud 70 run
meet on the same day and have direct conflict,
on their meet If such thing was possible. This
threat has caused some OF the leaders OF the Asso-
to throw down the gauntlet to the outlaws and to
meet them in open battle With the issue m, made
organized wheeimen on one sice ana handful OF
disgruntled individuals. whose only ambition is to
sensible an o ean 81 fail o see What the Ultimate
outcome will be-
Regarding the tire question. which is interesting
to all whellmen well-known expert writes TO The
! Tribune follows
The idea Of 5e started five SIX
perments that about twenty Seven and One-haif
POUNDS was the proper pressure Tor tires 6 Re
cannot say that all guns will carry the same dis
lance with the same charge or that one and one
| tire. A thick tire will not act like thin one.
ade more t ss e: has this esa
| than any other person In this country. have
that one tire was at its best under high pressure
and another under comparatively low pressure
OF fabric has great Influence upon its resiency.
| Only in the transforming days. when pneumatic
tires substituted for cushion tires were retail
dealers busy they are at the present time with
| repair work One Harlem dealer took In nearly
twenty jobs one evening last week Other dealers
sides III and fixing up f1 the bright Psr
TO $50. II is a fruitful source Of income.
A veteran tourist advises that wheelmen visiting
the North Of England should not set themselves
at than forty to fifty miles day, and
the average rider. especially the novice. will find
twenty thirty miles enough The roads are In
surface equal to those OF the south with few
up north In the last few years. The hills
more frequent and the whole, character OF the
country is against fast time and big distances
Floyd Mcfarland will not enter the middle-dis
lance ranks after all His employers have put their
seal of dsapp1Sya on The yentprng Q: repU
calls for sprint racing
The imports Of foreign cycles and parts into Eng
land month amounted in value 10 only se5,l3o,
q decrease, as compared with February. 1895 OF
no less than s oao The exports OF the same goods
A. A. Chase does not intend doing all his racing
this year in England, but may spend some weeks
on the Continent and start In some Of the forth
coming important races in Germany and elsewhere
The bicycle riders around New-York City and
New-Jersey enjoyed pleasant day yesterday. All
OF the roads In good condition and the riders
took advantage Of the pleasant day. There were
many weekly club Long Island. The wind
bothered the riders somewhat Many of them who
did not take part in club runs were seen in the
Cycle Path and along the Merrck Road
The Garnet Wheemen went to Valley Stream.
the Bushwick Wheelmen through Prospect Park
the Century Wheemen to Morningside Park. the
Wheelmen to Valley Stream, the Harlem Wheel
men to Bergen Point the St George wheelmen 70
the Logan Wheelmen 10 Lynbrook the Madison
Wheelmen to Van Cortlandt PARK the keystone
Wheelmen to College Point. St PatTck,s Lycerm
Athletic Club Wheelmen to Bayonne.
Many Of the wheelmen followed the suggestion
made in The Tribune yesterday and branched of
the Cycle Path. In Brooklyn. and investigated the
new macadam roads and connections finished this
year. The trip out Kings Highway was In the teeth
OF the wind. but the road good. Twenty-sec-
ond-ave was in perfect condition. especially at the
Bensonhurst end. Cropsey-ave. also good
cept in the new part the Harway-ave. bridge
Here the troubles OF the wheelmen began. The
iron gates closed and the wheelmen were
forced to climb them Beyond the bridge the
road was unreliable to Neptune-ave Neptune-ave.
may be finished In a few weeks, but II may be two
months before West Seventeenth-st. is finished
from the bridge TO Coney Island. There was lone
fisherman the bridge. and he made several
dollars during the day ferrying wheelmen up the
creek the trestle. about a furlong and. ha.f
above This saved the walk over TO Neptune lave
The work OF filling in West Seventeenth-st. IL
being pushed fast the residents and wheel
men would wish. Neptune-ave. when finished will
from Sheepshead Bay TO Seagate, finishing up
Dady's old contract.
About fifty starters turned out in the century run
Of the Century Road Club yesterday. The was
Babylon and return Nearly all OF the riders
finished. Paul Thomas in charge OF the run
and G. c. Nyander set the pace. There were also
two women riders who fnished-Nellie Benson and
Miss Brady.
THE L. A. w MEMBERSHIP.
Pittsburg, April 9-Presdent keenan, Of the
League Of American Wheemen said yesterday in
speaking Of the Leagues membership:
There is nothing surprising or unusual in the
drop In the L. A. w. membership April l. The
membership of all the old League clubs expires