The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-19
NEWS OF THE WHEELME EN-.
HOLIDAY CYCLISTS FIND ROADS AND
WEATHER PERFECT.

| Stevens Capture the Cash Prizes Mt Walls
| burE-Railroad Quite Rough on Wheels.
| There was no fault to be found with either
| temperature. wind or road conditions by cy-
| clists yesterday, and there was great and
| appreciatvc outpouring OF riders everywhere.
Veterans who like to sit at the roadside and
| watch the continuous skimming past OF the
pedallers are under the impression that the
class OF Sunday riders has improved some
| what. 1t is the day for the exercising
| OF the masses, but the rough riders OF
hired wheels. who made every one on
the road miserable. do not seem to be so nu-
merous as heretofore or else they are scatter
ing more and not haunting the nearby boue-
wards much. The number OF stylish and hand
some costumes worn 10y women Is increasing
as the season wears on. and generally there Is
moro tone to the crowd.
Trains running to Sark and tho Oranges
were well filed with cyclists yesterday after
noon, and the track at NaiIsburg, where about
1000 went to see the races. revealed the rea-
son why. 1t Is n very short ride from East
Orange 70 the track. over good roads. and Of
the crowd on the stands about 800 had wheels
checked waiting for them. Fawloss sport
was furnished and the crowd was full OF
enthusiasm. Orlando s. Stevens. the Of
tumwa, Ia" pro-" put another deep notch in
MS seasons record as money winner
by capturing two flrsts at $50 each. the half
mile open and the twO-mile handicap. In both
events he was ably helped by his mate. McFar-
land. In the half-mile event especially they
exhibited piece Of extremely slick team work
that almost touched the rules against inter-
ference. After pulling Mcfarland to the
front Stevens dropped back n little. Just
enough to slow the bunch very slightly.
and then, making tremendous jump
going so fast that he ne" boat lou out MeF t
at the tape Kramer. the amateur champion.
made his first appearance at q sunday meet.
but in the l-nile handicap the long mark
men Knew their business and set out at a clip
t Ras I Kramer from catching them;
mark. carried the Greenwich Wheolnen colors
TO the front in this event cleverly, catching the
long start bunch sailing past them all, and
Mountain Handicnp the big stake race Of
duplicated. the men and handcaps being
practically identical This stevens captured
RRH e.t Sna hS the b.. q the wa
worth consideration in such events by finish
E m SSS9R Fqss ho the
and roniped away with the prizes by cutting
race. however DEVELOPED a fine fight for second
place between the crack amateurs. Collett and
Hausman and Kramer and schreiber. the for
mcr pair beating the others out by length
summary:
Qmrrt"r NMl"NoyGS, Fin heat won by Michael
ottr Quitmat, Newark third. Time. 30 seconds.
Swift stakes Hnlfmile Professional Final heat
Hob WalthoaT third W. T. simns fourth aa SEINE Time
minute l 40 seconds;
by ms
W. "; ~ yards waiteT Ba66 80 yards second T.
Port Richmond. SO yards, fourth. Time, minute
Orange, Mountain HandicAp-Two miles. profcs.
III IA neat won by q. L. stevens, 80 yards
100 yards, third; Bob Walhour, 80 yards, fourth
Time minu'es II seconds. |
% RS.. ana and S.h i Tnntsr
Newark, I2oysrdsi f. C. Hauaman and P. H. Coiiett,
Schneider, New York. scratch, third. Time, 5 min. |
utes. y '
The great nee,. Of the New Jersey railroads |
following the example OF some OF those in New |
"rk state and equippi ng baEGag. cars with |
special facilities was shown yesterday when |
he trains carrying the crowd from the Walls |
Hudson In one baggage apartment that used |
only one-thrd OF n coach there were a hundred |
ether moro Eo THAI Rtf bev on top Of each
lew inches Of the ro" Ths bs AGA mann had
to crawl over them. and tho riders were forced
out; Few Wheels escaped without scratching.
lnd those which were not dented or slightly
The railroads that have racks and take special
ARE Of wheels have demonstrated that il pays
10 20 az So as Their patronage by cyclists has
+, me first regular race under. the sanction Of
iisld in CONJUNCTION with the Queens County
agricultural fair at Mineola On Thursday
np nd is nns race T vi tie hHnd
II Brookiyn. The entry list is the largest ever
"celved for this annual hNture-in fact nearly
vice ns large as it ever was before. Last year
ne nunher"t entries was nineteen. the largest
= the history OF The race This year the entry
Ihe race will be started at i2:3O o' eII,n and
|. W. Post of Brooklyn will be the referee
re natrolIed by bicycle police shows more
dainty than any amount Of argument how in
cross the bridge The oiea r Ssss oops Of
treets covered show the following thoroupb
nres to be unpatrolled:
n eTna it avenue from Broadway to Jamaica
u!ton street Seventh avenue, from Flat bush avenue
BUsGwrk Avenue Jas.ca rN yena ned fro
emnT E ANA Avenue TO city line Lewis avenue
saaI G% "o n t" Ghn5cn a;sngo shore Road for
eW f"rS avenue to Bushw.ck avenue. ''''
Cyclists and hOrsemen generally will M o,,o |
rroghize the localities mentioned as being
ono OF me most popular wheeling and driving
here the, bicycles and heavier vehicles Get
ITO tr3Wbim With on. another ana where the
tantly. apart from the necessity Of their pres-
nee IN cases OF accidents and damages
A cyclone t"r squeak is a variety OF annoy.
nee discovered by Jerseyman The re9y-
rity Of thS nolse which finally led to its being
suited in his bearings and other rsit ana
,Gonl olllng spueaky distance register
lat the SPsI"ms asT f2 mSny fact
aring. WYNN '0A'en'-
r@ur,e"n states require railroads to carry
" ', as naEGage, Every wh@elman in these