New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-18
CYCLING.
MRS LINDSAY EXPECTS TO FINISH EIGHT
HUNDRED MILES THIS MORNING.

Mrs Jane Lindsay. the plucky but foolish woman
who started out last Saturday to ride eight nun
drod continuous miles. expects 10 complete ner
task a, an early hour this morning. Mrs. Lindsay
Yesterday afternoon broke the seven-hundred-
nil. record made by Miss Jane Yatman and
as soon a. she had accomplished this her trainers
and relatives who are watching her compelled
her 10 leave her wheel and take = few hours rest
While Mrs Lindsay may accomplish her task, there
was chance last night that she might collapse
Al any minute More than person who has
neon watching her closely since her weary grind
began was OF that opinion at Valley Stream last
night "She will finish all right between and
o'clock In the morning" said one OF her female
trainers last night IF she does not go crazy or
drop dead It is only matter OF time before one
Of these women drops dead on her bicycle. and
suppose that that will cause such hue and cry
that contests of this sort viii be stopped. Mrs
Lindsay found considerable trouble yesterday IN Sc
curing pacemakers and several people around val
ley Stream felt called upon r. jump In ana help the
poor woman along. Much Of sunday night ana yes
teriay the weather was muggy and the air full OF
MIST and fog The chains on the wheels became
81 D ,'rs ser.r,i tines were generally drenched
10 the skin. The woman has had considerable
trouble with her wrists, and she has been com
,ernoon Last night Mrs Lindsay said that she felt
better after her rest of the afternoon and thai II
provement for the better she might continue
| and make nine hundred continuous miles
Of late but tho most dcspcable scoundrcl has ap-
. uoared In Brooklyn. As a general thing. the black
guards confne themselves to puncturing tires ana
| wrecking wheels. On Sunday night Edward beal
II Company c. 18th Regiment and a friend were
riding tandem in Decatur-st.. near Lewis p.
| Brooklyn. There is considerable wheeling in this
district, and Real and his comrdde were gong
along at a moderate speed with half dozen wheel
men following them. There mist in the air.
and for that reason all were riding slower than
| they might have done otherwise. When near
| Invi--avc Real who was on the front seat. ran
/ afoul Of rope which had been stretched across
! the street. and h. thrown 10 the ground The
rider ON The rear scat WIS struck I'M the face aud
/ also swept from the tandem. Those in the rear.
seeing that An accident had happened. stopped
! friends Neither Beal noi his cornradc badly
/ Injured. Had they boon going AT any speed both
tho police station and the police have been invcsti-
sanE me cas- ey;r Snce ont HaV' NOT yet made
they are carSht II Is no, bfllSXed thai any one
! on Sunday night that the rascals had good
escape without being seen
Whcemcn who have been riding to and from
their places Of business the West Side route
J lately are loud In their complaint OF the wretched
condition Of the lower part Of EiLh,h-ave and the
dsgraceful shape which the asphalt strips are In
Hudson-st. 1t Is almost rs much as a wheel
mans lfe is worth TO try to cover this route at
| night fpFS. gllli"S and Constructions abound and
! lucky Is the rider who makes the trip vithou, /,
fall The city OH rias have known Of tho condition
~ these streets for long time. for numerous com
/ plants have been made Vet no attention has been
! paid to the complaints. Somebody viii get badly
I hurt on Hudson-st strips before long and when
suit = brought certain city officials may wax. IN
ana do duty which ought to have been attended
to long
One Of the Highway Commissioners Of Massa
chusetts is a firm believer in cycle paths lie has
said that II would not be long before Massachusett
would build cycle path from Boston to Worcester.
| path eighteen inches wide on each side OF the
street would be his idea OF the right thing. This
| would clear the road OF wheelmen. and drivers
/ would have no cause to complain OF Interference.
A vast amount Of inventive genius is expended
on tho bicycle. and some ~ Il might well he
directed 10 marking machines that when stolen
! they would he useless 10 the thief" says dealer.
n Is seldom that machine IL stolen TO ride. hut
usually simply with view TO selling, and 1t seems
Strange that some scheme cannot he devised n
render the bicycle absolutely valuel.sS rs means
OF exchange TO any one but the owner \ fortune
await" IN" inventor ~ a thief proof. bicycle
| All riders should make II rule never 10 rush up
] hill The fact that you pant after having gained