The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-02
NEWS or THE WHEELMEN.
Thirteenth Regiment Announces an n. o. 4
Meet.

Meet.
new and large batch Of petition blanks foo
acyce path across the Bridge have Just been de-
livered TO the committee by the printer and mag
be obtained by calling at the l. A.w. headauar.
tiers. room 51o. 1872 Nassau street. or by writ.
Ing TO Clarence A. Shedd. Chairman OF tho
Bridge Cycle Path Committee. at the same I'd.
dress. The first lot OF petitions was used No
very rapidly and there have been many 70.
quests for them that II was temporarily impos.
sible to Ill. The committee requests that Al
those having any Of tho old blanks with sigma
lures on them will return them promptly and
get some Of the new ones.
The first move toward break in tho rels.
tons between tho Ecepens Of The E e.
Il when Company l. OF tho Thirteenth Red.
mT,ent will hold meet under g 4; aqsplSsSS
Regiment win hold an n. C. A. meet In Janu-
ary
en- race oi !, s,v has
%aESs GssS x fiSf hsn 70 I never.
lH%n,onIo ITomasS"iii the cha%pion q I,siyi 70:
Cooper who won the y. Q. 4. GIrcuI, champion.
T reco pT wS next i" coop s Th. race and
mile professional hnnhIcap and two amateur
Harry Pikos and Albert Cham pon There will
Sur Rds Of Sex%rE and JoRnee Nelson
fnopfne;d to the \. {. T. ''" ~
The Official report from Secretary -BassetA
| shows an Increase OF 22'i in the j.. A. W. mem-
G5os22lD' ''''' "'''' ! "' '''" "SD''' no" "
| prominent In tho I. A. W. until he accepted
| position on the \. G. A: Board OF Con-
rS n Yea one Of few wb men u: :s
disciplined by the {. 4 W. He wa:
ht w bis 3 ri for rsn'Es Of
was WORKER IN the Ia u md neveI has io.s
his interest in the cause. While in town yes:
sTd%y to tS ann % the r saa.
statement on the ground that he had done
Sacr = "sS good roaGs eF and 9 ashs wSee
men workings. He takes the, position that the
il shoni have e. abandoSed i Voluntarily. and
that in aiding those who have taken away the
the best Interests Of the League.
They call her the Squirrel Lady" She IL not
| little wheclwoman who pedals int, Central
Park every pleasant day and calls risky COM
iRSemx SIZE Z w seH now by sight to the
policemen and the nrrsemaids and the cyclists
Partial r%tf to tho Vast Div a, point Just above
!
are wooded ana her hushytailcd pets are moet
numerous, Most often she, rides in abou:
teach teach n the animals ii resuiariy OF eating Her
| performance is pretty one and much more
than .S any exhibition 9f ,h trained YSs1
SQUIRRELS OF the Park are remarkably tame and
fearless Of hume arrWS9Snsh' but this pstsO9
dismounts from her wheel 10 the drive. and
chITrups as one would TO bird or, Or , horse the
| knowing that the paper bag contains peanuts
.Sc hSils il gn-irb., with one hand On The
ni rom saliic to hand!S.b bars, and look as X
their thopght was an assault on tbs
ihsSir cSSrncc fails and they are on the ground
lie inSe WniH rhs i't nn FEY 's 9P tSSs
wSicS S S2Ss sa Tnq Isds had
E ss ne s sSc
said that il was u small company for her.
in The mtill"- distance class and men like Fixes
aud Mcb9ise were compelled to give rid TSl.
seson IN RIDERS are 40
numerous that 10 order to Try out the talent o.
m "n q ,rrp%tn,lan here. hut whose wors
I Say. %i'IS Ssr mari, SS"siin'',3n :a
and some unknown quantities. all aching
u" Ssf S for the pasiIts'Ic champ onship.
cstcs the TiiCr1 there is no ,,a acn Of Psrn5
nearly a score are seeking work at pacing. To
begin with the Lesser lights and evolve the
by wSad TO Se tho
proper thirG for u" managers and promoters,
BBGsitysp Harry LIsss Edward Tayl lore. and
Albert ChNmpIon Of Paris and a lot O. Amer.
for ~ ln-ii lDnnFR
Tn'S P' s,S.d Earl S7ev Wa ASe:
sides The amateurs, A. W Ross. Ray Duor and
John nelson, who Qrc willing 10 Join the pro-
TO the ton. Atoc thrr the Held is one that
needs wedding, hnt Inns promise Of producing
some rare sport this winter and next summer.
BosroN. Dec. There wa. plenty OF good
racing by both amateurs and professionals az
was tho star OF Tho met. He made a new
four Laws IN los PA from scratch, 6 :: Hnr;;
Seatss ' from from T. L. /, RvSn Of ,Waltham. The
feature oi the afternoon was the one-hour race
''bumcS" narnng, winning han l'iy, Twenty ons
and n quarter m les were covered in the hour.
hS n G'S% Sd Ssas rsr.
Itr @9r% 'nSn tSag m| The f%r%S, :, r 81
|
| The tNn-milc professional unpaccd event was
declared No race. Tho starters were Caldwell.
| Ucushaw Pierce Kent and Joe Downey. Tho
referee d"clnrcd that the field had combined
| against Downcy.
| Under the influence of the continued mid
wealth ~ u number OF clubs are calling Sun.
| day runs. although III" regular schedules OF
| the wear have been competed, The roads In
this vicinity are not, however, IN as good con-
ditIOn NJ they wOuld he II there had been colder
weather. Tho earth misses the frost ana In
stead OF being tiinty and compact the hi hwsys
are very loose and dusty, Above the Harlem rid
ing IA found lay following the narrow pat his mad
hy the wherimcn The Mrrrirl road on Long
Island j. very dusty and greatly III need Of re-
mir between Jamaica and Springfield. The
rnadlMdprs of Queens Borough who mend
the mNralam roads by dist ributinR the broken
stone in loose heaps over the surface and leav-
ing il for the wagons 70 wear down could learn
much from the Massachusetts roadmakerS. who
spread tho new material thnly on the surface
and wet and roll II, so that the road has COOL
surface the mex, day, Riders in the urrer part
| Of the city will do well To avoid Lenox avenue
| Qnn umndrnl nlln Innin slrnnt hALXenn