New-York tribune., 1900-08-06

and women riders on the Coney Island path.
Riverside Drive, the Hudson County Boulevard
and Jerome-ave.
Those who went seaward found the breeze some
what stiff in their faces as they neared Coney
Island but rejoiced in the fact that it would blow
them homeward. and they sped merrily back to
Prospect Park and the streets of Brooklyn Even
those who made their trips with the wind early
in the day found before nightfall that it had gone
down so that It was no obstruction in returning
Out in the districts beyond the watering cart,
the dust a serious obstacle to the pleasure OF
long dstance riders % and ali of those who made
centuries returned dust laden and uncomfortaP3Le
the eyes with goggles II Jared red the best s.xtet
quad triplet and half a dozen tandems, each with
a more or less numerous contingent of followers
tous green veil worn by women has appeared
the wheel. and number were out yesterday. Tne
great on hotter days, and majority of the men
wore coats which were appreciated when stopping
There was large gathering Of riders at Concert
yesterday afternoon. and every tree in the place
assigned for wheels supported or more ma
should provide wheeracks there as is done in
acted on. An over-enthusiastic wheeiman seeing
the opportunity afforded for drivers to keep their
suggested that similar opportunity be provided
for wheel riders. but the majority prefer to rest
while listening to the band.a ar--
About two thousand spectators witnessed the
weekly amateur bicycle races at the Guttenburg
track yesterday. The main attraction was the
twenty-fve-mile interstate championship, in which
there were thirty-f1ve starters. John Bedell Of
Lynbrook, Long Island, captured first place. with
George Schofeld. of the Kings County Wheelmen,
second. In the match J. Jasper, of the North
Hudson County Wheemen the equal OF
George c. Schreiber, of the Harlem Wheelmen,
George scRoadld of W the Kin Kings County Wheemen.
won the one-mile open by a small margin.
The summaries:
Davis. New-Jersey second; NJ J. Connolly, Lyndhurst
One mile open amateur-Won by George schoheld.
Kings County Wheelmen: George c. Schreiber Harlem
Wheemen second; John Bedeli Lynbrook Long Island.
W second NJ RuteT iU Newark third Tm3e@f
Mile match race between George c. schreIber. Harlem
% meeen fmo m bbp Shn spfT G 96h 6 S9qaty Mne
1888 and 2:s7ss.
An occasional rider Of a tandem in the past has
decided to give this variety OF wheel He says:
Il have had considerable experience in riding a
tandem, although I never owned one. and now I
am convinced that would not give one house room
IL it were made gift to I took a young
woman out riding one day last week on tandem.
and before we had gone many miles the steering
apparatus stretched that it was almost impos-
sibe for me to guide the machine at all. After
several efforts by my companion control it by
the front handlebars secured a stout string and
managed 10 l9sh the steering gear that I had
made our way home. But deliver me from such an
and don't Want such task Il g barSg 0op eU0 to
manage tandem at the best but to manage an
hard-headed horse"
The match race between Owen KimbaH of Louis
ville and Frank Kramer. of East Orange which
TO be the drawing card at the Vatlsburg bicvcle
track at Newark. yesterday. did take place.
About four thousand spectators were disappointed
when the race was declared off. KimbaI is in no
condition to ride, the fall he received last week
he uhO
recently left the amateur ranks made a good
showing for himself by finishing second to Kramer
IN mt the r aRermiIs handicap and third in the half
slonaI ] IRON m the ten-yard mark with Frank Kramer
mile open amateur, When Wilson and Wehren-
berger crossed the tape it looked like a dead heat.
by few inches. The summaries:
one % esensoh % By Edward Bale
one half mile handicap CprofesslonaD-won by Robert
orange scratch second; Floyd Krebs Newark as
b5Tp W open Pc Ry Wilson
Gus welsing' New1York. third. Time-i:11.
kramer East Orange scra'ch FToyd RPebs Newa
GOO yards; second; W. A. Reitz New-Haven $50
Twq mile sa Rs1deaR Iam9ssgr,wsn ss5}
yards), second; T. P Brown, New-York $50 yards).
More than eight hundred riders started out yes
terday in the invitation century run of the Vet
Grams over the Long lSldnQ course. The veterans
are made up of riders who have accomplished many
a century, and hundred miles did not bother
them They started off in eight divisions each di-
vision having twenty-minute start. j. T. Wall
had bad accident, running into a fence and
smashing an and his wheel Thu Asen Wheel
men had a sextet in the run, which frightened
horse The animal into one of the riders,
throwing him into ditch. Henry Ducker who is
more than fifty years old, came from Albany
make the
The pacemakers were follows: Samuel Becher.
q +, Nylander. Jane Yateman, T. J. Moore A. B.
I3osenthal. H. H. Henges, D. NJ Adee, f. f. Pelton
p NJ Bingham. B. Gotthelf. L. T. White H L.
Engberg r J. Walsh, William Franz. D. W. Hemp
stead. George Sweet h. Mcintyre; jr, j T Wall.
Haynes. John schossig, T. Crowley; John Castles
I + McAree, J. II. NJ. Satterleld w. II Mackay
II Ciehnrich @. II. Fessenden, F. Harth. jT.
I r. Jennings and c. r. watson
.Phat' Rudge of Mount Vernon. unknown to the
..noInnen of the local cImhs started from the City