The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-04
NEWS or THE WBiELMEN.
President Keenan of the l.. A. W. Pleased
with the &. r. e. Alliance.

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President Ksenan of the l.. A. W. Pleased
with tue e. +. &. Alliance.
President T. j. Keenan, OF the l.. A. W.. who
was In New York yesterday. expressed himself
a. being greatly pleased with tho completion
OF the alliance between tho j.. A. W. AMI the
Cyclists Touring Club % England. which will
enable the League to issue c. I. C. tickets TO
mem bers going abroad and to insure them OF
all the hotel road mar and other benefits that
have been so thoroughly worked out by the
English body. A European cycle touring 10
increasing In popularity and az tho Paris expo
sition will undoubtedly induce an unusal num-
Der to 20 abroad next year, this alliance will
rank as the chief accom- plishmont OF President
Keenan's adm inistration,
The head executive ofthe League Is especial
ly entitled to credit. because OF having gone
abroad at personal expense to negotiate for
this cooperation. The conditions OF tho deal
will make 1t immensely to the advantage OF
every person taking wheel across tho Allan
tic to be msmber OF the l.. A. W. member
can nov obtain from Secretary Abbott Bassctt.
asmall tin disc stamped with the letters G. Y.
G. The possession Of this voucher will secure
a free entrance for n wheel In all the principal
European countries. They will be temporarily
members OF the G. 7. C.. with all it's privileges.
without the payment Of any fees. Special
rates at hotels and repair shops are granted
TO c. 7. G. members in almost every country in
EnroIe.
Those intending to participate In the first
run Of the Automobile Club OF America
this afternoon are requested by the COM
mittee In charge to report at the Waldorf
Astoria at l. p. NJ. The limo will form on the
south eide Of Thirty.thiri street. In the frat
carriage In line will be Gen; Avery ID. Andrews.
LAM M ~ Ia Ia Nal pn
The start will be made at O'Clock: The rouo
will be around Ma lison square, then up Iiilh
Riverside Drive at 10th street. II wassaid yes
terday that from nifty TO hundred motor yehi::
the ears sn hs
that the limit OF 100 charter members has
been reached and thero 10 a waiting list OF
about sixty.
Although the year has dragged along with
out the wherlmen being able to obtain many
OF the commonsst Kind 81 improvements from
the municipal Administration. this fall wit
many at being the wheeinan's friend. AMI
another bid for the vote Of the cyclists is being
cycle papers. From the path across the bridge
to the repairing OF the asphalt strips on Hud-
ton chiefly through lis refusal to recosni%e
Thorn rs citizens entitled to any consideration.
Aremarknble instance Of athletic energy at
isnd wSsSc Z i. isw.. man s. ' years h oii.
has established new amateur record. from six
tenth and nineteenth Lnwes started out TO
make a record for one hour. but at the twenty
sisth mite he ran OF the track and ,el and was
compelled to stop. His time for " miles was
IL minutes 1 rs seconds; Tor IL miles. -
minutes ~ l.5 seconds for IL miles 80 min.
BIS seconds. and for IS miles. 81 minutes
l54-5 seconds. Lawos has been an athlete
cham pionship. lie was stroke oar oar in a varsity
crew for three years and once no won the da-
mond sculIs at Henley.
Since the local Solons have decided that an
engineers license is necessary for the operator
OF steam motor carriage The Wheel calls at
State law requiring the operators Of all steam
driven coaches 10 have an outrider n certain
research may yet reveal the necessity ofev"Fy
man with a steam runapout putting a cow
catcher on the front aud obtaining railroad
franchise.
The average rider" Ii supposed to he in n
majority. hut he Is lust "a bard TO find a. The
person with the average int !gsnco." What
l. pleasure for one 10 work for another. and
.vsry branch Of athletic sSercisc' nndtn.rsfors
no rule cnn be made for general guidance ms 20
lycie Age in disrnrrgemcnt OF the recent long.
distance record rides on the rond acts nut TO
as follows:
Pity miles day constitutes fair day. work on
"a, a., Sa.yG,s rysn oyer So1 r0. on short trps
e...on. but u maxi The trip one q labor instead
81 sc ana .ns s5 G%eT" 10 IN
several days Afterward An eminent scientist hls
estimated tn" powers Of tho average work 'ug.
man To he equal to the lifting OF 400 tons one foot
high, or, A. u IL scientifically alri 800 footons.
He Gin keep TITS ny day after dav Tor forty yrars
without iniurtng any part 81 his body bur more W
this would probably wear him out few years
sooner Now, II We ride m 10 on the level We ir
work which has been g. he equal to four
foot tons. With good bicycle and perfe ty level
road No could therefore travel seventy .hNe miles
day without overtASing ourselves. But a. few roalH
level for seventy we mile. Of their length al
lowance mu be made for uphill work on al average
this allowance amounts ~ 90 per cent, That is Ia
do six foot tons Of work I'm mile ins al ~
-four foot.tonr Three hundred divided nv siN gives
us Nifty which Il the utmost the rider ought
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