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RECREA TION. 



has been secured from the city authorities 

 to construct a cycle path under the elevated 

 road, from Bowling green to the South 

 ferry, a distance of nearly a quarter of 

 a mile, which will make a continuous route 

 from Harlem to the Battery — an arrange- 

 ment that has been hoped for for several 

 years. The intention is to lay a 17-foot bed 

 of cinders, 2 inches thick, under the ele- 

 vated structure, and cover this with a top- 

 dressing of crushed limestone, or other suit- 

 able material. The city will pay for cutting 

 the chains and lowering the curbs at cross 

 streets, and the $400 needed for laying the 

 surface will be raised by subscription. The 

 path will lead direct to the South Brooklyn 

 and Staten Island ferries, and will afford dry 

 riding during a storm, owing to the railroad 

 structure overhead. 



Mrs. Northside: " You and your husband 

 still appear happy together." 



Mrs. Westside: " My dear, he's the only 

 husband I ever had, that I really loved." 



The City of Brotherly Love seems to 

 have a monopoly on race meets in July, ac- 

 cording to the following list of sanctioned 

 meets: 



1 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



2 — New York City; Philadelphia, Pa. 

 (National circuit) ; Waltham, Mass. 



4 — Washington, D. C. ; Bridgeton, N. J.; 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Mahanoy City, Pa.; 

 Paterson, N. J.; Reading, Pa.; Allentown, 

 Pa.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Athens, O.; Vailsburg, 

 N. J. (National circuit) ; # Midland, Mich; 

 Indianapolis, Ind. ; Louisville, Ky. ; Aurora, 

 111. 



6 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



7 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



8— Philadelphia, Pa. 



9— Buffalo, N. Y. (National circuit); 

 New York City; Philadelphia, Pa. 



13 — Philadelphia, Pa.; Rochester, N. Y. 

 (National circuit). 



14 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



15 — Philadelphia, Pa.; Asbury Park, N. J. 

 (National circuit). 



16 — Philadelphia, Pa. (National circuit). 



20 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



21 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



22 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



23 — Newark, N. J. (National circuit); 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; New York City. 



26 — Asbury Park, N. J. (National cir- 

 cuit). 



27 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



28 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



29 — Philadelphia, Pa. 



30— Philadelphia, Pa.; Buffalo, N. Y. 

 (National circuit) ; Waltham, Mass. 



The outdoor cycle racing season opened 

 in the North the second Saturday in May, 

 with a match race between E. A. McDuffie 

 and F. J. Titus, at the Charles River Park 

 track, Boston. The event gave excellent 

 indication of what the entire season would 

 be. It was a middle-distance, , paced race 

 between 2 of the best riders in their class 

 in America — a style of contest that has be- 

 come most popular in this country. It was 

 ridden in the East, — a section of the land 

 which bids fair to have a monopoly of the 

 big events of the year. It was won in 

 world's record time by McDuffie — which 

 shows the determination of the leaders to 

 win this summer, and is the result of hard 

 winter training. The race was won by 

 the superior work of McDufffe's pace-mak- 

 ers — a fact that indicates that the pace-mak- 

 ers are as important a factor in the winning 

 of such an event as the principals them- 

 selves. Again, the victor had the advan- 

 tage of a in gear, while his opponent used 

 a 104— which may be considered indicative 

 of a continued tendency to the increase in 

 the size of gears. Taken altogether, the 

 McDuffie-Titus match is the prototype of 

 the most important track events of the 

 season of 1898. 



Ella — " What has become of that sport 

 who used to call on you? " 



Stella — " Pa is a believer in out-of-door 

 sports, and he threw him out." 



— Exchange. 



No indemnity has yet been paid by the 

 Turkish government for the murder of 

 Frank G. Lenz, the Pittsburgh wheelman 

 who was killed by the Kurds, in Armenia, 

 in 1894, while making a tour of the world. 

 A resolution has been recently introduced 

 in Congress by Col. W. A. Stone, who rep- 

 resents the district in which Lenz lived, 

 calling upon the Secretary of State to urge 

 a demand for $40,000 indemnity, to be paid 

 to the young cyclist's mother. The resolu- 

 tion went to the foreign affairs committee 

 to be acted upon, and, as the whole Penn- 

 sylvania delegation of Congressmen is in- 

 terested in the matter, it will not be per- 

 mitted to rest until some satisfaction is 

 secured from the " unspeakable Turks." 



She (anxiously) — Tell me quickly, dear- 

 est, what was papa's answer? Did he smile 

 on your. suit? 



He (bitterly) — Smile is not the word. 

 He simply roared. — Tid Bits. 



Hicks — " Nobbins seems to be holding 

 up his head of late." Wicks — "Yes; it 

 probably comes of reading newspaper bul- 

 letins." — Boston Transcript. 



I want the names of all the gun clubs in 

 the U. S. and Canada, and the names and 

 addresses of the Secretaries thereof. Read- 

 ers of Recreation will do me a valuable 

 service by kindly giving me such infor- 

 mation. 



