Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-17
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SiSS5 y you are going abroad take out a
y S.sT G. ticket and paste an L. a. w.
q Consul r list in your hat. /
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Ten years ago last week the League
81 . OF American Wheelmen had 49, 600 mem
s b .si'a On September 8oth. 1899, there
Were b2,S46 members. !S3 81 KS
81 s...s..ss s.35s
me Long Island Railroad Company
A carried 10000 wheels in It's baggage cars
y In 1896. Then the free baggage law
s'ca came. in and they carried, in 1891 16o,-.
Il oeoo;5 1885, 176. 900; and 1889 will show q
record of upwards of 100000.
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yi2i Alfred T.. Terry, l.. a.; w. repres ent-
alive alive at Cienfuegos. Cuba, extends th.
Y courtesfes of Cienfuegos Cycle Club to
81 al League members touring in the ISL
& ana OF Cuba. and announces that any
VINO visit that club will be shown a
Il good time.
Beconnais has succeeded in covering
Z the remarkab BILE distance Of AZ miles, 337
4 IN ia an hour. ut the Pare du Princes
& erack at Paris on motor cycle The,
Z PleYious record, about three miles less,
was made at the same track in Sep,
TENDER by Osmond.
Il st az
The bicycle has found It's way on to
an American postage stamp. II will
FORM the central figure of the United
states design of the special delivery
stamp Tor use in Cuba. Tn Size Tho
stamp corresponds to that of the United
states special delivery stamp, and the
aesign has for center piece mounted
j bicycle messenger boy.
since the contamination of the inter-
ma tionai touring agreement between
the l.. A. w. and the Cyclists Touring
Club Of England many letters have
apeen received from foreigners Offering
assistance to league members touring
in various countries. These courtesles
are entirely independent of the agree
ment. but were prompted by the
friendly feeling engendered by the IN
ternatlonal alliance concluded through
the efforts of President Keenan, and
tend to show the high regard in which
league members in general are held
abroad.
Do you keep forks hare?" asked The
CTS omer. Hay, Wheel or Dime ~ in
auirir ely asked the up date hard
ware clerk.
D G. IL
y, !" Nil pc.h Ii l. Z islatu e, the
in' ytHi 4 bill t. establish a l.
Zee FIR bicycles the proceeds of
iHc5 ssa'i be ar!lied solely to the
~ sVpme3t of hg ways and the
&c natha. What's the
ms NV h n aw # II .hara5tarlin
HGhii? "a ~ / Il e!i.en Of this
Este whnli 10, obiect To 1t. B cycle
are III ga to send their opin Ions
TO tits column.
ri r.. =. WaHis. secretary OF the Dieppe
tfrancc) Golf Club ana consul IF
me syciis's Touring Club, at that
poillt offers the use of the clubs links
70 =. A.W. members touring in France.
a''a ,,,s states mat they will always find
welcome there. Courtesles Of this
Kind viii make the l.. A. w. tourist
leel at home in a foreign land and
give him many inside adyantares
which he could not POSSIBLY obtain
except through his league memberships.
Many other offers similar to those
mentioned nave been received by PresI-
Inc controversy between the League
OF american Wheemen and the outlaw
promoters who seek to control the port
mas awakened some interest abroa n
1t is claimed that the French .Associa-
lion. which is member Of the Inter-
national Association. desires to espouse
ene cause OF the outlaw, as 1t did last
spring. 1t is the general opinion that
henry Stur1ney of England, who does
much 10 voice the policy of the Inter
national Association has warned the
Frenchmen that they are treading on
dangerous ground. He thinks that If
the question of alliance comes I'D again
all organizations will support the T.. A.
<1c,A ~
Montreal. Mr.. Sturmey intimates thai
az the Frenchmen decide to support the
outlaw movement in this country thov
VIII ruin their race meets, which will
be held in connection with the Paris
Exposition next year.
Under the side-path law, passed last
nearly s20O.00O has been paid in as fees
by riders for the privilege of riding
over the paths that have been built
This Is proof conclusive that n
tremendous number of wheelmen are
glad of and willing to pay for the
privilege Of using the paths. Their
payment of the fees is their method of
showing their approval. yet but very
Few of these riders appreciate the fact
that the passage of this law was due
entirely to efforts of the New York
Division of the J.. A. w. and
Its allies. If these same riders would
contribute only n 1.-THE OF the amount
mentioned as dues to the organization
that gives them these benefits, there
would be no trouble in passing any
law that the wheelman of the State
desires. The same applies to other
States in equal force. In fact the sue
cess of this law in New York should be
an inspiration to other States, which
can secure similar laws If the wheelmen
Will support the organization.
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