The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30
OF THE WHEELMEN.
ALL DEPENDS on THE YEA TIER FOR
coon RIDING TO-DAY.

Fine Road Conditions Will he Found
observation-disclosures Pacing Promisss to
Take the Place of Man Power In Races.
II the Weather Bureau prediction is made
good wheel riders sill to-day have another
glorious holiday In warm sunshine and fine
road conditions everywhere. Those who have
the whole day to spend awheel will be foolish
to cover thirty or forty miles on the city roads.
whore the crowds are. VIXEN the same amount
Of riding will take them 10 beautiful rural
spots where the fields are green. the trees
laden with blossoms and tho woods car peted
with wild flowers. Trailing arbutus and
Mayfowers are out and there are a number OF
places within fifteen miles Of this city where
they may lie gathered. The full power and
pleasu receiving qualities OF the bicycle are no.
realized except when 1t carries riders into the
country. and those who cling to the beaten
paths can hardly be deemed true cyclists. The
roads OF New Jersey and Staten Island and
those north Of the citv leading to Bronx Park.
Tordham. Van Cortlandt Park. New Rochelle
and other points in New York. as well as the
Long Island highways. are all excellent and
will take riders to where wild flowers grow.
The woods on high and rolling ground are
best for such purposes. Last Sunday 1t was
noticeable that Fifth avenue AMI Eighth ave-
nue. were uncomfortably crowded. while there
was plenty OF room on the roads bevond the
80 hAiAbh Wv ~ peNAaS N"NtAe ~
Coney Island were 30 full Of wheels that much
OF the pleasure OF wheeling on them was de-
stroyod. while other routes handy for those
who cannot go far from home had only enough
riders on them to make the sight interesting.
, The Shore road in Brooklyn is q boulevard
tina. seemsa AS yet 10 be comparatively unknown
to riders. for "a New Yorker who went over 1t
last Sunday and by way Of Bensonhurst to
Coney Island remarked that while there were
| IN IHl hnStlirn au.h nthnr ~, fhA ny,la ,,atl,a
he did not meet more than two dozen cyclists
all the way. Yet this park way offers one OF the
most magnificent of nearby trips. 1t is. Il
more extended ride than that afforded by
Riverside Drive and there is more varied seen
cry. To enjoy it riders should turn into Fort
Hamilton, avenue. which is the first thorough
avenue can lie followed to Seventy:ninth street
way. but Il the iulI length q this parkway is
ilto1 avenue at Sixtieth street and ride west
TO Fourth avenue, then wheel about eight
Ride the sidepath to Second avenue. along it
to the right a, block or two to First avenue.
at ana about snGn w n lne s Hew fIa1f stree street ' wouId ' be Il
It was cut through The macadam on it was
laid last fall. and although there, il much re-
naming to he done many consider the drive
on It finer than that along Riverside. The
road begins at the line grounds Of the Bliss
directly above the waters OF the hay. across
which the hills Of Staten Island and the ger-
sey shore show themselves maJestically, while
the Highlands Of Navesink.
The grounds Of the Crescent A. {. and many
pretty residences are passed before Fort Ham
ilton is reached. Hore there arc Il few blocks
Of dirt road and sidepath riding over to the
Avenue In front OF the officers cottages 10
Nine'y ns,ere on ~ str street slso I nofIsd me Ea going H. is good
avenue. that leads past the Dyker Meado y golf
links and over a new wooden bridge into Crop.
cav aNan1Ip In fIn lnttaF fhl RIM tG az Fn iUhf
and all good wheeling to the Harway avenue
bridge. the Coney Island approach of which is
plain. The filing in to Neptune avenue has
been done and although not fine it is ridahle.
along the sidewalk to Fifteenth street and then
two mole over a dirt. road TO, surf avenue.
and down the cycle path who have never taken
this trip and they will be well ,repaid If they
aS,i Sc; f fSr tnres m Inf sf Il il Is ' Sesir sSp b bs
going back over Harwav avenue bridge. along
CIR ,Ss s Avenue so to fh pTns ohIessrS sn aavs t5s ,s and
Twentv-secoud avenue is in fine condition and
wide enough for any crowd.
A wheelwoman tells OF something she dis
severed at IA summer residence last year. which
offers an excellent suggestion for city riders.
clists. in which they were taught a few funda-
c msH anal i Ia. care aDsH Il r t.lT i"ns'r HE sc6 U5 4 grew grew
up from the habit of il few riders to cluster
about the wei; informed wife Of a dealer and
women acquainted with the mechanical char
acter OF n bicycle and its requirements. but the
There are not many essential prinr pies naces-
sary to. be- learned about the material used.
wav and not another. Whit their duties are.
and what not to do as well as what to do to get
wheel. While tho women who know these
things are com naratively few in the grel: mass
for one to be discovered in every neiGhGor,,
hood and every social set. and for truly, en- 'hu-
siastic cyclists no neater idea could be suG-
gested than to select such "A person as a men
tor and ha 70 ~sociable gathering IS on rainy days
at which to talk wheel and exchange exneri-
ences. Such informal sessions OF instruction
at the country place referred to were simply
preliminary to, afternoon teas. but all who at
tended are said to have profted handsomely.
President Harold \. Hall of the newly.formed
n nntnfcoie yasterd iySi that ta thg i,r AsS annunI m aet
IF the organization will he held at Berkeley
Oval on June 3 The date was settled on some
programme of events will be the same as
thu IN raSt years, the quarter. half and one
IN each Of these races. The meet. President
ever before, The Columbia team is still train:
Ha;c ct l hssekeI @y W WyPl un TSs the rISsT dire will pos o,
A.. 70 be held at BeTkeley Oval Cant. Hudson
win.
rider. says OF Cuba. from which he recently
returned. that the cycling game is gro wing
there very fast. All kinds Of sports take well.
aud while there Is little good riding in the
cities there is plenty on the country roads. es.
pecially about Ciellnegos. Fitzpatrick is full
oortincial m "Inhs r' il U n Constant source n9 Of fun I'M
for him. While returning from Cuba he no.
tIced that no was the only A American aboard
sengers. most Of them Standards. Xii"
ia AIDED the decks Tor a while. then went
below, unetrarped his cork leg and horped nm
on deck and made a turn on one leg. He saws:
II Iust wanted - show them that there were
two OF US II it camo to trouble"
Simply as a matter OF finance and to save
middle distance paced races from becoming
obsolete. motor pacing. II is believed. will have
to come. The Indications are that it will be
seen the coming summer for several machines
have been ordered from Paris and q concern
in this city Is now at work building electric
tandems. The necessity for the su bstitution
ct motor pacing for mar mower Is due TO the