The sun., 1900-07-29
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
MRS BAYNE ON THE TWENTY.FIRSr
DAY or HER LONG JOURNEY,

At the Marine and Field Ciub-Notes.
Mrs Bayne stuck to her text pluckily al
Friday night and yesterday. with the result
that she completed 1000 miles at o'clock last
hlsnI Ihs made 800 miles she had ridden
since thursday night From her twenty
sixth century she planned to ride a "Quadrupl."
10 800 miles by Sunday In order to get up to
and ahead OF her schedule. She finished her
twenty-eiShth century at Q o'clock yesterday
morning. and after the twenty-ninth last nignt
she started of again. 1t was then expected
that she would finish her thlrtieth century at
midnight. Yesterday was her twenty-first day
OF riding.
| There Is a notion strong In many minds that
some OF the leaders in cycling and those most
prominent In the sport do not really ride a
wheel. This probably has been created and
certainly fostered by some race promoters
OF corpulent build who do not and never did
ride and have no real interest In the sport,
but play the game for what thsre 10 In It,"
whatever the cause the idea exists There
Is. however. no foundation for IL In connection
with the leaders OF the League Of American
Wheelmen In this State. Al weekly meet
Ing OF the Executive Committee Of the State
division held early in July Chief Consul Milo
NA' @SN'ees WV AZ ShdA VI INC c0Infnlluf0,
invited his colleagues to hold their next meat.
Ing at the Marine and Field Club, Bath Beach,
and incidentally be- his guests there at dinner.
1t was agreed to wheel to the club, which is
one OF the most exclusive in the greater city
and has special house for the accommoda-
9s Wss 2 heS Thss sst Ss meeting and nnsr
Teralete ao., with INCIDENTS T ~ The start, was made
26ermsysr, on tandem and Walter N, Messrois.
is, /. Ia On ipal...I
John F. Clark Secretary Treasurer. and II b.
| Fullerton reached the rendezvous separately.
two who we're not gray haired. four. wore spec
| tacles and two were past so years Of age Tor
rents OF rain began to fall Just as the party
| and throughout the dinner the talk was of the
trip, Of wheels, gears, cranks, coaster brakes
and and L; "a A. W. anairs 1t was related by Meserole
on Montague street antn tke party started U
| from there. This and the fall Of a boy baok-
| stances blamed to sight OF the "pneumatics.
,S Which bis, Is TIE popular name for the calves q
Hated than solid, a. they are: Going down
the Coney Island path and Twenty-second
avenue II was -scorch" all the way. Near
Eighteenth avenue a serious snash-up with q
wheelman or uncertain mind who turned and
returned was narrowly ,averted At the finish
SRe nhs snS s s0srs %srs
keering company far behind. The tandem
wound up with flourish at the end OF Twenty
setting its passengers, on account of one of
the gray-halred bicycle boys stealing snother's
hat end dtns ,b to bang sodS 4 Gn mater mater hydran,
gears was revealed and II developed that the
Chief Consul rode Of. The coaster brake got
rather ,5a black eye hose who had them agree
had ss he te1Psass Of :ths s'1 whssP 'SH Nef q
front front Wheel homemads % brake p ON the on rear sne
the end Of which looked like a handle bar, and
"chin9nier, hung in the frame SO that mo
S9a tea May hs TIE
'chifonier' was tourist bag with shelves
and remarkable assortment Of tools. repair
hol stove. The, brake was powerful con-
trvance with long handle projecting in front
Of the saddle from underneath Mr.. Uhls
sosS The 70 rate Of twenty niles SoST wses w..
| agreed that It would be bad plan TO do away
with State divisions and q good plan to com
or the seven L. A W. officers and gray -haired
| cycling sports. Ave were willing TO ride homs
h0Ssh Ss 1SsY 1as mud but se insisted pDon & tax
spI up % ali took he trolley Il vas ~ snthU. 10
sny Cub a rn Of the cd 6sh Wbse dsys
NEW HAVEN. July 2s.--Good racing was tho
order at ths Coliseum track last night Major
Ttylor, Earl HI er John Fisher and other pro-
fessonal stars were much in evidences In thetwo
professional events-the half-mile open and the
oo a9 Of Fri. Gk .SS ch.r 2 usfRsd
Newark the first and second places In the
hand cap. Taylor finished poor third. cutting
Titus. ciassed rs q back number. with a hand-
cap oI sixty yards beat out the f"ld. including
Earl Kiser IN 2Oi les in the third heat OF the ONE
mile handicap. The summaries
Haif nm AMI st@ 49, N = W>.u
waSrbTy; Lester Wilson Pl,.burs, Second; j.mss
Hunter; Ne; Newark. n third Time; IWSeS.
cago nrst; owen Kemble. Louisville. seoonG: George
c9lls,t New Haven. third. Time l;os.
man q NV s Asysn; Tin;; WA and sIs S. ... [
& bsaSary M $ isiSs sesSn! Fem fsnn 4 S.asu1s. assf.
Maya, Ene.. Pa SO yards; Charles Hsdn,id.
iali' sas ss George ''l'''' Ne" Haven fourth Time
TRENTON, July 2S,-Thn five-rils unpaced
New York and Jack Colgan OF this city was won
by Colgan, IL was a sensational race from the
outset and Titus by wtnderful spurt nearly
ahead at the finish. His time was II minutes
GLEN, HEAD. L. l.. July 2s-Amsteur riders
Of high callore competed to-day AZ the
Ecnpss uotiing track Many summer residents
from Glen cove. sea Cliff Oyster Bay and sd-
joining Sound resorts were pre- sent The meet
Ing was under the direction ~ the Glon Cow
Club and was both financial and cycling suc-
cess. W. A. La Due the crack II ON Cold Spring.
y. Y, who has been doing some gTeat work
this season. smashed the Long Island record In
half-lnile ride against time, cover nR the dls.
tance in 1 minute . seco IDS Diamonds and
high-grade slndrics were the rrzes
There were some nasty spills. particularly IN
the one-mile handicap and fiye-mIe handicap, In
which several riders went down in heap but
no one was seriously injured. W. Y. Wahren-
berger of the New York A. c. was the star Of tho
meet lie won one first and three seconds
Edgar Van Velsor, the Oyster Bay rider who
won the Irving ton-Milburn race was unable TO
mari.s,
Halt Nile Novice. Scratch Final heat won b.
Frederick Hopkins, Glen Cove Edgar Van Velsor
Oy ster Bay. second Leona d Woods. Ba y Port
third. Time, minute 10 seconds
Quarter Nile. Scratch Final heat won BY WI.
X, Q ". second ". a. La Due Cold Spring, NY.
third Tine So seconds.
HaltM Scratch--Final heat won by ". A. LADue.
Cold Spring; " Hutchinson, Hampstead @ C.. SEQ,
ond George sconeld. X G W.. third; !. 8 Fulton.
Brooklyn W., fourth. Time, minute II seconda
One Mile Hsndiesp-FinaI heat won BY W. A. La
Due. Cold Spring. scratch; J. y Bergsmmon- Say
VILE C. G., so yards, second Edgar Van Velsor. Oys-
ter bay, 60 yards. third. Frank Moitor, Glen Cow.
100 yards, fourth, 1im.,; minutes 20 seconda
c. So ysTd, ard v Y WahT.nbefssG T g' SeW York | T. Z.
scratch, second: W. A. LaDue Cofd Spring scratch,
third; J. s. Fulton, Brooklyn ". 100 yards. fourth
Time. 10 minutes
There we're some spirited races at the annual
raca meal Of the HanOver Whee,men "a hich wa.