The New York herald., 1869-03-28
vELoCIPEDE NOTES.

New York in on wheels
And the whole country will soon be mounted.
The latest development In medical science is the
velocIpede fever,
Which Is bad to get rid of when 1t once takes hold
OF chap.
Because its samoosin,n II 1t Ia little tedious
to learn the chang" OF It.
on at that Abner 3. Brady, professor OF gymnas-
ties and veocipedst, Is about TO build the largest
velociacdc hail and gymnasium in the United states,
to cover half block near one OF the fashionable
ayeaues and not far from Fortieth street.
rhe Hanlons offer two elegant prizes to he com
,o;ed for by their pupils next Saturday evening"
one Tor slow and the other for fast riding.
Country .smschInes'' arc pouring into the market
fast. Some Of the Rip Van Wrinkle city manulac-
turers had better wake mp and ''make hay.,' &c.
Frank Rivers opens IN big shape tomorrow night
at the Jersey City velocipedrome and Skating Rink
and oil the ''stars" that revove around this planet
on bicycles expected TO twinkle the occasion,
including the Hanlon constellation, the Wittys,
Horell .'and the rest.o
The weather h becoming nne now, aud somebody
ought begin making fast time in open air riding.
Say mtle In three minutes
Cammeyer's Amuhicyclotheatron. on the Union
grounds, BROOKLYN, viii be completed about the
middle OF the week, and VIII be inangurated with
great ecidf.
three times round win make mile. Good for
The aPeeress,- a ladies' vclocipede- -b,cycular-
was tried success sfuly at the Amphicyclothcatron
last week, and ~ a beauty.
All the New YORK halls are crushing things"
'Ciase" Is the motto at the vesey street exercise
hall--and they do 1t tyracefully
And at Pangborn's "Blcyolodrome" they have
begun TO do considerable pon riding.
Pity the Loew bridge was taken away.
Some OF the peda':sts at Aliens velocpede hail.
near Fulton street, would find IL convenient for
fancy riding.
down town clerks when he dropped In CortIandt
street, and they have been improving In physique
Professor Brady, OF the Hanlon Brothers. and Mr..
Fred iianlon, with one OF 'our merchant princes"
'.alredn themselves in tho Park Thursday, when
thrty.seven and thirty-eight Inch wheel veocipedes
trio hard to beat either for dashy, fancy or fast
The race for the Hanlons' silver goblet last saur-
day was won by Ballard In 1:1sis quarter OF
mile, with four short turns each circuit Of The room
was won by J. G.. Hogel, at the Mammoth rink In
Philadelphia last Thursday night. Distance, quarter
L. Fnbran. az; J. Buchman, 52i<.
II IIoge holds II six months against all comers II
WIZ be be MS ns,g, property. p .
II wiIlirm Rowitt who published book in 1914,
entitled 'visits TO Remarkable Places knew what
he was writing about Baron Drais didn't invent the
III Howitt says no saw 'awc yeocipcdcsr abont that
time at Alnwick Castle IN Nortnumneriand. which
twenty. years ago were, Tor short period, IN
fSai antedates Drais' invention q:
to ride four wheeled veoce.
Hut we can't afford so many wheels as 'IKe" did,
because we haven't Got as many patent righ's or
made quite so MANY discoveries.
II sIie' would go TO pergo's IN Nassau street he
would see men economize wheels for they mount
two men there on four wheels.
And they sometimes set his laws or gravfati0n
completely at defiance; particularly on the 'Dcma-
There was good deal OF whirng done on Clin-
ton street, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon.
All the machine makers sent their fanciest speci-
Iaxter who runs the 'sAnn strcet-rulton street,
both or elther--Hal was the nrst instructor on the
yelocpede In this country.
Ward, OF Cort;andt street. wonld mako money By
his pups--that is II they sopncd In such crowds Us
they do now. and would pay up.
A Miss Egplestou, Of Chicago, recently made
mile 10 eight minutes on two wheeled veocpcde.
And the great, ugly, ovcrsrown city got egg-c,ed
about II.
badges are one Of the weaknesses Of velocpeists
And riding costumes are another.
Taors Will "wag tlclr ears'' 1T this announce
An Ohio man recently made the rrn ron Akron
TO Toledo. about ninety miles, in fifteen hours
One OF the greatest feats on the velocpede ever
iine---twcnty-lour hours-whcn one OF the contest
ants made l23 miles within the twenty-four hours.
A party OF nine, on the 2lst of september last
travelled from Roucn TO Paris-elgnty-nve mIes-in
q tridc less than eight hours. not including stop.
pages fol- refreshments They averaged over ten
mics an hour.
veiocpcde literature Is to be yellow covered Il it
a 70 es IKE he y wmlcr r,ln% 4 ~.
A match n on she tdpts for race against t'me
from New York 10 Chicago.
Tnat man had bssscr take adozen 'spare wheels"
with him, artillery fashion.
Weston felt down hearted. about IT,