New-York tribune., 1900-09-24


Wheeling across the Brooklyn Bridge IS a ex-
treueIy dangerous undertaking. even on a Sunday
when the traffic Is not heavy. The Bridge police
reported last night that several riders had had
falls in the day The worst accident OF the day
happened about 5 oclock last evening a rider
coming over from Brooklyn, and had clear sailing
until Just he wheeled on OF the wooden road
way into the rough and uneven Belgian blocks OF
the Bridge approach There Is nasty @ rut a. La7s rs
man, seeing that ne had clear fed ahead OF him,
Gons otherwise Ae eydsR5iy dId not know t6al
those Belgian blocks are trap tor the unwary.
even the most careful OF riders His wheel struck
9s Of The me holes - with R taEp @ ana a '3s rsa s S5
front fork being broken The man was uncon-
veyed 20 the Manhattan terminal, and an anbu-
where he recovered consciousness and later went
20 his home. against the advice OF the hospital
the chest abdomen and arm He refused 10 give
any other name than @ @yonn Doe ~ Is a Wol,teE s
point
What promises to be one OF the most interesting
race meets OF the year IS scheduled take place
at AIineola under the auspices OF the Queens and
Nassau County Agricultural Society. to-norToW,
amateurs. have filed well The contests viii begin
81 80 ?. m
Frank Kramer won the twenty-five mile profes-
sonaI race at the vaiIsburg bicycle track az New
ark yesterday. The race was a go you please
every five miles The riders were going AT such
clip for the laps that It looked ike quarter mile
race Bobby" Walthour's wheel broke down in
the second mile and this put him Out OF the race
finished. Kramer won by length, and krebs. who
r 81 Rr6wn Of Brooky6. rode from the thirty-ve
yard mark in the half mile amateur So4Lest ana
won the novice The summaries
Quarter % s p2vfSP6 Sq6- sy second FPas ssg ws.s a22
Elizabeth. y J. T-ule-033
Hall Tls alaa:slT C2an4ieegl-won 21 5y T T B5oEp
second R [, Lake. Brooklyn go yards. third Time
twenty-five mile professional. open, with prizes sor
sy FisSk kramer East Orange Floyd Kre6s wyoming
S-99na Fiv 15iIes Won bE T.Is5so, me
n.ss Ten miles Tq9 y FLOYD llreos tils 2s;s2
twenty niles won BY C. H. CoIeFt time $3.50 -
The postponed century run OF the Associated Cy-
cling Clubs OF New-York was held yesterday over
the Long Island course. They had about one hun
dred starters. and women were barred from the
run There were four divisions and a fast division
The prize for the largest number OF competitors
was won BY the Royal Arcanum Wheelmen OF
New-York; the second prize could not De award
Cd, as there were many clubs close tosether
/ several OF the other clubs do, but gave pair OI
6aeeaR5rs %ere 6 Peterson g Ih4trsr and
G. c. Wheeler Morris Wheelmenj J Jackson and
nv W5eer9en ana u Franke Madison Wheel
S --.S s-S ~ cI,IbS re1-e=aDre3 yTsrs tba P0veI
Arcauuru Wheelnen OF New-York, the Royal Ar
rauuua Whe4luen OF Brooklyn. the West Harlem
Wheelmen. the Century WheelInen the Madison
Vheeluaen. the Prospect WheelTnen the Morris
Wheelmen and the Calumet Wheemen.
The hundred mile road race. the individual
record run OF the Century Road Club oc America
was held yesterday over the regular Long Island
course. About two hundred starters mounted their
wheels including two women-AIiss Lottle Brandon.
OF Brooklyn and Miss A. Wilmington Miss Bran
don finished eleventh IN the race, and Mss Wein-
ington further back with the bunch The hrst prize
by r J. Lytle. and the second 70 nnish
was E A. Due. Due was dark horse, and none
OF his clubmates expected 70 see him 30 high up
in the race. he only rode IN several centuries
tais season Gus EglOT, OF the Century Road
mile road record making the time f.5T J. z
Achorn. OF the Royal ArcanuTa Nheelrlen Wao
recently broke the record from NeW-York 20 Al
bany received second time prize. and finished sew
eral seconds after Egon tne third TINE Prlzs
Stream the riders were In trouble as a basket