New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-22
CYCLING.
SUNDAY RACING A BANE TO THE
SPORT.
MEN AND WOMEN COMPETING IN RACES TO
GETHER- MANUFACTURERS AND bankers
STILL WORKING on THE BICYCLE

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GErHER- MANUFACTURER AND BANKERS
STILL WORKING on THE BICYCLE
TRUsr-NorEs AND COMMENTS.
The real wellwishers for cycle racing are much
put out at the manner in which the sport IL being
! conducted this year. and they predict that II
things continue TO go they have been going tn's
year the sport will he brought into disrepu'e
| Every fight is bound to bring its followers OF
guerillas who wage upon everything ana every
body The League Of American Wheelmen mas
always discouraged Sunday racing. dishonest meth
DDS. trickery. and the competing Of women In open
! races. hen the rules were violated quick justice
meted OUT TO the transgressors. But last year
the first troubles began. Little suburban CLUBS OF
the cheaper sort would arrange Sunday racing
and while riders belonging to reputable clubs
would sometimes compete. they generally man
aged to escape detection by riding under assumed
names Now that the professional promoters have
come into the field and decided 10 defy the Ia"
abiding organizations. the troubles have been null
tplied The outlaw government. realizing that
It must cater more less to the utterly lawless
class and to those who have no respect for SUM-
day law and order anything else, considered II
a wise policy to sanction Sunday races. Now
races are held every Sunday at the track near
Newark. other such races. are held on Long
Island and It was announced last night that sun.
day would hereafter be conducted at the ola
track 1t c also on S stse 5h1, .ana
The gierillas have OF course. SGT at defiance the
Wei as 81 those Of the sefapponed outisw govern
men with the result that the local cycling connl-
conditions do not prevail in other parts of the
country This Is one, Of the reasons Why the IN,
to conduct many races around New York CITY this
year Meets have been conducted by the organ
nave been ran off in a businesske and orderly
manner. In of the meets held on SUNDAY lay.
have Injured the sport temporarily at least, but
American Wheelmen cannot hope to mold together -
much longer and then the cycle rsGi,ng atm TSs
attendance NJ the meets conducted IN ms district
this year has been far below that OF other years.
S 2 the rfs e Ga Beach
Saturday discouraging that the suggestion
this in the face OF the fact that an the outlaw
sprntng talent had been gathered together o d fer
couraged. promises to do the same damage 70
cycle racing that such tactics did to At ' the
Sunday meets, and nobody at the races held In
the week.
While no official information has been given out
regarding the bicycle affairs Of the American BIZ
cycle Company lately, It Is said that much WORK
has been done quietly. Several OF the manufact-
urers in the city yesterday but none OF tnerl
would impart any information which would be II
any particular interest to the general public nor
10 the riders Of the wheel 1t was said that the
lawyers In the employ OF the so-called trust were
busily engaged going over legal papers ana that
It might be several days before any pubic an
rouncement would be made. In other quarters u
was said that the bankers had already agreed upon
the names Of the directors who would IN turn name
the offcials to be in charge Of the affairs or the
company for the first year Of its existence Whie
the names Of several Of the prominent manufact-
urars have been mentioned for president o. mo
new company, II is still believed that A. g. Spald-
ing who engineered the deal from It's inceptdon,
will be the man occupy the chair. Al the once
Of the company yesterday II was said that the
going on nicely and that was all
Doubt has been expressed In some quarters
whether Major" Taylor really rode mile on
Chicago ira * In less than % From those who
witnessed the trial and others who held watches
at the time 1t is said that the trial was done as
announced and that the chances were that the
League of American Wheelmen would allow the
record Taylor. himself says that he not only