The efforts of the Cycling Association to hold an intercollegiate bicycle meet next spring are well directed and deserve to meet with success. We feel that every attempt to remove this form of sport from the list of regular track events is a step in the right direction. The bicycle races in the annual intercollegiate games have rarely been thoroughly satisfactory. In the first place the track itself, though well adapted for the other races, is almost always unsuited for bicycles and the result is that accidents to wheelmen are frequent. A tract that is intended for bicycle racing should be especially made for that purpose, but a track of this kind would not necessarily be a good one for the other events of an intercollegiate athletic meeting. In the second place this particular form of sport has grown to such an extent in the last few years that it deserves a place by itself among the athletic interests of the University. It should have a position as distinct from other forms of sport as rowing has now. The interest in bicycling is at present so widespread that bicycle racing certainly need not depend upon other kinds of athletic events for its success. Outside of the universities large and successful cycling meets are constantly being held, and although bicycle races are the only events upon the programme, there is never any lack of interest or enthusiasm manifest.

There is then, in view of these facts, no good reason why bicycle racing should not hold a place of its own within the universities, having its own grounds and holding separate contests. Such an arrangement would undoubtedly be of great advantage to this sport itself, and would in no way diminish the interest now taken in the intercollegiate athletic games.