The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
EVENTS IN CYCLED0M.
LlBOR DAY ROID RACE TO BE HELD
ON CONET ISLAND CiCLE PaTH.
Nowadays Nocturnal Riders Are More
numerous and of Better Class Than
Formcriy--W wheels, Landlords and Jnni-
tors Women Sow Learning Trick Riding.

Nowadays Nocturnal Riders Are More
Numerous and of n Better class Thnn
FOrmorly-WhepIs, Landlords and JanI-
tors Women Now Learning Trick Riding.
The Race Committee Of the Associated
Cycling Clubs OF Long Island has decided that
the Twenty-Five mile road race To be held on
Labor Day will be run on the cycle paths of
tho Concy Island Boulevard and not on the
drivcwav The start will be made near Pros
poet Park. and the men W i'll proceed l-b miles
toward Concy Island. then turn and come up
on tho east path. 1t will thus take three
trips down and three up to complete
the distance. Park Commissioner Brewer has
not only granted permission to hold the
race. but has personally asked for tho neces-
sary detail Of police to protect the course and
has promised to have the roadway carefully
scrapcd and smoothed at the turns. This IL
the first road race Of such magnitude ever
authorized on n city boulevard, and it is eX-
pectcd to be great event in respect to the
number Of contestants and the crowd OF spec
tators. The race will be open to all amateurs.
whether Of y. c. A. or J.. A. W. affiliations.
Entries close with John Barnett. care OF tho
Logan Whcelmen, 2G7 Sixth avenue. Brooklyn.
The muctuous enthusiasm OF the great body
OF cyclists is illustrated by nothing better than
10y the Outbursts that occur after few days of
rainy weather. During the past few nights the
avenues Of the city. the main boulrvards and
the cycle raths have been more heavily patron
lied than on any other evenings for month
back. and with clear skies above a great out
pouring may Ice expected to-day. Night riding
is feature Of the sport that has aspects pccu-
liar to itself There has been for several
years a steady increase in the number
Of nocturnal cyclists. The character Of this
class OF whrclmcn considered as whole. has
also been changing At first It was only the
club men. the out and out enthusiasts oil the
sporty stripe. who were to be found on the
roads after dark. The Improvement IN lamps
ana roads. the lighting Of the houlcVnrds along
their entire length and Il modified public sem
timept In the matter have been the chief lac
tors In wotk'nr revolution.
On clear nights especially in the periods OF
moonlight. there Is as big crowd to hc found
on such places as the Con"y Island ra'hs as on
any sunday. IN" character OF III" crowd,
taken Altogether. Is probably somewhat better
than that OF the SUNDAY turnOuts. About 80
accompanied by their husbands, while. tho
men who are out alone include fewer OF the
rental wheel riders rowdy class who annoy
sOns move along the cycle paths there
Is not room for sE"rcn"rs and the sre"h
moro consideration for others or more fear
for themselves. The scene looking along the
hah1 sTSSest h Nat G army 0 %H
benches t., watch the cycle lamps ginm"r, and
sami 1t is noticeable that in spite Of the ire
m"nd,%u77 growth in r2prulH7irty Of TIE gas gas
the, oil variety. The mum her Of riders
without lamps seems. to he increasing. and
mhs the m"Gr 81 'hss 'TaTS the E,I ra r
tired from duty, there is apparently pirnty Of
room for increased activity on the part OF tho
police.
wRsemnn who STs not nSl S9 but
idea of the strife that has becn going on for
years and is still being waged between wheel
T Teid for f thu i" T. and md 4" Eode. that are
The prejudice against bicycIists. Is greater
ever it was among horsemen. Every fiat
gSora and S Sn' %bst j w2nms
though. and some day, | suppose, cycles viii
have rs free access To flats as they
dice dee Of the Nat monarchs the bicycle is beating
the baby. You know. OF course. the prevail
ing nSsi"n To- Ghiidren in tats We,l have
MS great an objection to wheels. II you 20 to
rcnt an apartment anywhere in, tn" two cities
it is seven chances III ten that n" song of the
Ianitor vii be have you no babe. Have YOU
no bikes Z and II you can answer twice in the
What / mean by the bicycles getting ahead
Of tn" babies is that hnvc found flats of late
where 1,could get in with BICYCLES although no
where have sought apartments they agree 10
take wheels but insist upon my tax ing them
being paid % cents month for taxing care Of
them. The complaint is that they soil the hall
ways. and there are a host of fiat houses to-day
where you cannot engage apartments If You
declare yourself a cyciist even though you
agree to keep your wheel in your own rooms
and carry it up and downstairs in your arms,
There is one way Of heating this prejudice
however | have w3rkcd i snrresIfpiIy: it
house whore, on the fiat above me. there was
couple with tw", young babies They dii not
hay" any children when they "nGagrd the
dsturTddN t "'cgrr"i 70 me- that # such
to bikes. and l decided that ! would
not have my bicycle until after was settled
on storage, Tor a few weeks, and after | was
settled took it in at night. went IN aud ont
with few times a,, before ppnythnG wes said.
ment on the subject and offered TO racate j.
could not bring in my wheel STAYED, Tho
landlords are realizing that they are losing
many opportunities to rent apartments and
are becoming more lenlent."
idea for the birth OF which the Gymk hnua is
said to be- responsible. 1t is that Of giving in:
making men. ana especially women. more
graceful and skiIful when on the road. Tho
virtue Of such instrnH,i2n 6sr9mns Oh
cid"nts are due to In" sclf-taught ri
dcrS VIII" "a, are anls only to guild" Their
scheme is new and hardly known. hnt the
dealer who has introduced ii declares that it is
taking fairly W I'll, and expresses unlimited con-
iidcncr in its success. Ii is amazing. h" saws,
to notice the Improvement in the grace and
ease and in the general n nearancc Of wCman
after she HIS taken Iitt" instruction in the art
of trick riding. Tn" New lOrS innovator says
that he has n ready had several women who
We're 40 nervous that they had about desraired
Of ever being able to ride. hut hav" acquired
confidence and n"rye through special nStruc-
tion in trick work. and these carrying tho
news are the ones he expects to make the
plan popular. The instruction begins with u
course of what might he called cycling calls
thcuics. such "a riding with one foot and ono
hand and mnnTuvrinG with n lance as with
mIsket. Dumb bells, lances, pHrasols. and
skipping ropes arc also used in the exercises.
aud tho work Of some OF the advanced pupils is
very pretty to watch.
]. W. Whippe Of Trinity College. England.
has made q serirS of experiments for the pur-
pose Of aSccrtainnE mathemntcnl lily the sta
bility Of II bicycle. He has arrived NJ some in
teresting conclusions concerning the condi-
tlOns nr"es~arv to enable cyclist 10 ride with
the hands of the handchars He finds that
ahov" n certain velocity the motion Of TIL"
machine is unstable. while between this
critical velocity and second critical velocity