The sun., 1900-10-02

Five Increased point championships have
been run. In these places we're won as follows:
Taylor. first' and second: Kramer, 2 seconds
and thirds; KImble / first. 1 second and /
third; Kiser. second; Fisher. third; Collett.
third.
The n. C. A. Board Of Control announces the
following decisions:
For rprehensbe conduct ln the bicycle races Of the
CaledonIan games. Maspeth, l. l., Sept 5, 1900.
daas S'h@ rom Sept 1900 to ssp m 1917
and also nnsd $50 For somplclty IN ihe same
While Lynbroof L. H. are for S sii months
from sept IS, 200 70 feh I5' 1901. AmOrustei /;
Ps 50 Ss 19o On. LSs Sss sdsaz dssSzt
I6 1dh ans 10 icon HSf Il Mon. Hs1a Sep,
NewhoqSe. Buffalo: Tom B tier, Boston, and Otto
i, 100 ''''' a'e 'D' ''"O'' ''0'" ''- So W D''
For entering novice race after having won
prize, Charles Sheridan Newark, N. j., IL suspended
from Sept 20 10 Jan /, 1901.
A new woman anxious for record honors
on the road is Miss Lottie Brendon, who rode
In the lOO-mlle race Of Sept. %, and finished the
distance IN hours and 81 minutes. thereby
woman for the distance. Miss Brendon Is
not ambitious 10 excel in endurance but In
speed. She does not believe in the continuous
will starr NEXT next Sur sunday @ over % Il. z. Valley
Stream course. on double century in an effort
TO SHOW NDdL a woman can 40 SDe e1p6CIh
to better her record for the first 100 miles
For many years the Long Island wheelmen,
the third in seniority in America. has been
known as The Fossils" The sobriquet was
Rp & Ss & but nit is f2n
Brooklyn and its mem bershp is made up largely
Of prof .sIo1al men, lay AID Clergy,. and bust
sobriquet was gained through the fact that
the Long Island Wheelmen never had a racing
team tea SGs did d. not gPs in the adePt end q
one" that many riders think who believe In a
"hurrah" policy. 4 reporter Of The Sun got
fRe GSntay of he on GuS SSOnGss %ss
called for that day. The programme was
to- to take E,, vl steamer on SATURDAY night
there to Brooklyn. Last. year there were a
dozen on this trip. but the prospects Of rain
except two members. J. B. Lavens. and W r
French The Century Road Club veterans
quit and all other centuries were postponed,
o'clock on SUNDAY morning and going by way OF
Riverhead and Westhampton finished 100 miles
ran into the storm at East Islip. and rode the
remaining fort, six miles through the rain.
Another member Of the club, o II.
but the boat being late he started alone,
snd he, also made, the run, finishing Just
only century riders Of SUNDAY, and the fact that
they belonged 10 the fossils" made the crcum-
stance a notable one A couple Of weeks ago a
member Of the /. ! W. Silas Corbin, rode 70
GTeenport and back In one day.
Among Youngsters who are aspirants for
racing honorS there Is considerable confusion
n To what constitute, n novice. Every season
there are many Instances of boy entering a
novice race in good faith, although he has been
placed In another race. Some have an idea that
n place Prize in anV other event than a novice
race doe, not bar them Others think that they
can ride IN novice events so long as they have
not finished first in one YESTERDAY the n
G. A. handicapVer received letter from
q BROOKLYN bpV, ~ wears old who
said that he rode last year in L. A. W. races
aud won several prizes, but that he now wanted
to start as a novice In the n. G. A. He re-
marked As the y C. A, never recognized the
authority u the l., 4. W. ] suppose this will
be all right" II WAS not all right. The y. c. A,
does not recognize any. other organization
~ an arhiter in the sport, but II does recognize
Il mans performances, no matter under what
auspices. 4 rider who has won any prize In
any race oven at closed meet. is not admitted
t. the novice class. II makes difference
under what auspices he rode, or whether he
won first second. third or fourth prize. he is
out Of the novice field forever, though he may
have won only a ribbon or a pinwheel
Two opinions regarding bicycling apd In
,hricty come from London and Louisville. BY
An authority at the English capital maintains
iuat a drunken man cannot ride a bicycle at
Ill. while a kentucky authority says that
drunken man can ride bicycle better than any
,ue al In IL rrollble thar the tWO authoritias