New-York tribune., 1900-10-20
HISS CAST STOPPED.
FoRMANCEs BY WOMEN TO BE PER
MITTED IN NASSAU COUNTY

Miss Margaret Cast. the woman continuous
tury bicycle rider, will longer be permitted to dis
gust the people Of Long Island with her inhuman
endurance exhibition the Merrick Road After
completing, alleged, 1900 miles Thursday
night, Miss Cast informed by a messenger
from James P. Niemann, District Attorney Of Mas
County. that she must stop. The messenger in
formed W. H. Brown, the womans trainer. and
the proprietor Of the hotel Valley Stream where
the riders stayed, that the performance to be
stopped Immediately. Miss Cast had finished 2,5S1
miles when she was informed that the law had in
terfered. but she pleaded earnestly to be allowed
to ride nineteen miles further in order to finish
even 1900 miles that her handlers told her to go
ahead. Later Miss Cast to the little track
Smiths. at Valley Stream, and rode around
there nearly hour. So Miss Casts performance,
whether honestly conducted not. will stand for
record. for the reason that the authorities will
not permit any other woman to attempt the same
thing in the future.
Miss Cast her wheel twelve days. seven
hours and hfty-hve minutes. At Valley Stream
Yesterday afternoon Miss Cast playing the
piano and dancing with other women. and said
that she felt little put out by her long ride. She
said she weighed 1901 pounds at the completion of
her ride, but admitted that she did not know how
much she weighed when she started. If permitted
Miss Cast will try to break the 200 mile road record
tomorrow The best 100 mile road record for
women is hours, % minutes and 20 seconds. made
! by Lottie Brandon
On Sunday George P KuhIke will try for the 100
| mile record held by Egloff of 4 hours and 55 min
utes
District Attorney Niemann said yesterday; Sec
ton SS3A of the Penal Code provides against the
riding on a bicycle in contest of speed or endur-
ance for a period Of than twelve hours out Of
| twenty-four Miss Cast permitted to complete
| her task of riding two thousand miles last week,
but when she started off another thousand 1t
| appeared to be time to put end to the exhibit
ton. 1 understand that the authorities of New
York County invoked the same law to put stop
to the long distance contests at Madison Square
Garden.
''I consider all such exhibitions brutal espe-
cially where women the contestants AS far
as Miss Cast is concerned, number of residents
of this county spoke to me in strong dsapproval
OF her exhibition. Residents of Valley Stream,
where the course ridden by Miss Cast is stu
ated especially objected to the performance. Such
| courages others to try to repeat excel it. If
such performances were allowed to continue a lot
| of women would be competing with each other and
would so overtax themselves that they would be
! untitled for anything else in after life. Some of
them might possibly lose their lives the result
! of their efforts l consider it improper, immoral
! and Illegal to make such exhibition the pub
/ lie highway. Many of the residents of the section
| in which Miss Casts performance took place de-
nounced the exhibition improper, brutal and
/ shocking. l am fond of wheeling and favor all
outdoor sports that beneficial. but think that
/ such exhibitions as that of Miss Cast should not
! future no such exhibitions, far women are
concerned at least. will be allowed to take place
! !n Nassau County"