The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-13
NEWS or TUE WHEELMEN.
Rain Prevent, First Night Meet at vAiisburgh
Progress OF Mrs. Bayne.

-Ff02tops Oh MY ~"
IL began to rain at vailsbnrgh at 0 O'Clock last
night and II rained hard. IL let up. but began
again before the boards OF the bicycle track
had a chance TO dry. In consequences the inst
electric light bicvcle meet was declared of. The
lights were not lighted nor the gates opened
and about 1000 persons who ventured tho
weather did business with the nearby hotels.
An instance Of how II profits one to be a
L. A. ". member was furnished yesterday at
the city headquarters when u stranger came
TO 400 about getting road books and maps.
Members get those free. but tho price OF the
New York State book TO outsiders Is q. The
visitor objected 10 paying the price and was
told that for the same amount he could Join
the League and get a New York book free. He
when told that he could also get these az a big
discount II he was O member, he began to see
things In 4 new light
MILWAUKEE, July l2--The most interesting
feature Of the l.. A. W, race meet yesterday was
Charles A. Jackson Of e York, a q. A.R vet
e CHICAGO 80 y u H1ds sId % T be p Isds lf2 N M INV YSfs 5 q,
the meet and in the neighb9rhood Of Chicago
for the q, A.. r reunion. Mr., jackson came
70 Milwaukee from Chicago BY the Whalebask.
cago. He says that the thief has a white ele-
plant on his hands, a. the bicycle il so different
from other wheels that it will be at once spotted
jackson ~ an active man. as Ia shown by the
fact that he rode from Buffalo to Cleveland. O
distance OF 2lS. miles, In two days and arrived
O'clock In The AFTERNOON lie was thirty days
from New York to Chicago. but made many
side trips. He says that there is to be a road
union, and he thinks lie viii 60 In It for the prize.
He has ridden all over the Eastern States, but
this is his frst trip West. He thinks the roads
n Sew YORK are the best possible and those Of
greatly pleased with Milwaukee, and was dc.
lighted with his trip on the lake from Chicago.
Hancock street has been fixed, the two blocks
OF II b~etweenHoward avenue and Broadway over
which cyclists. even the hardest. preferred to
walk. The satisfaction Of riders going over
those who have ridden over the old holes OF the
street that we're lined here and there by cobbles.
wheelmen actually 90 out Of their way to take
men want more, 1t has been suggested by a
good roads man of Brooklyn that the lob In
Incomplete and will be 50 until an asphalt STRIP
The good riding now Afforded makes The gran
lite crossing very jarrtng, and as one wheelman
put it: This is too trivial a request to arouse
any opposition. II would REQUIRE only a little
cock street job"
SECRETARY Treasurer Clark Of the New York
State Division, l.. A. W. said yesterday that
he thought acknowledgement to blame for the
failure OF the national meet nj Milwaukee.
Other members In New York think that the
whole secret Is IN the one word locality" For
many years the major membership of the l., A.
W. has been in the East. and yet the old custom
OF holding the national meet East one year and
West the next has been preserved. AZ a rule
the Eastern meets have been successful and
location iSS Of ali i'm meets should be sp near t ,"a, s e"e
graphical centre OF membership Is one that
is being very tardily forced upon the League.
Milwaukee IL so far away that many OF tho
Eastern Officers who voted 10 have the meet held
there did not take the trouble to 60 to II.
The Kings County v heelmen have arranged
for a club run TO SeabriRht, n, J, on sunday
next. This run has been an annual feature OF
route selected il via boat TO Atlantic Highlands
and thence via wheel to Seabriglt. In this way
advantage is taken Of the delightful sail down
the Bay and the excellent. riding afforded by
old.time riders. has been placed in charge OF
this run. The start will be made from the club
house at Q A. NJ.
On account Of the high winds, muddy roads
and the rains. Mrs. Bayne. the little WON an
the Merrick Road Mrs Bayne finished her coo
miles at+ O'Clock. and she and her pacemakers
were covered with mud and drenched 10 the
skin; WI. 70, B M9, hav who .si has 3, SyrTsnssd the
last night thai, she would not attempt to ride
any more until this morning. The roads were
stn muddy, last night and a small gale was
finish the single century. Her appetite Is not
robust and her friends would rather see her
eating more heart ly.