Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-26
i BICYCLE AND TRICYCLE.
u,..ory Of These nOaer :
/ Bsie' q nYcyanres.


,.-,tc and tricycle. havs become
Tlia ny institutions in America, aud
grrrs4si,,'",th ~ IAN claim IN ag@ :of but a
siibs11gu ,besc beautiful machines have
~ ~ saosgnifion in every part Of the
rin.7l Il I now but llttEs over a
IN rears since the first sieycle was
iNe.1 nnoa the English market, and
flaegF o;gbtecn years ago the first We
loe9 -atfled over the highsyags. Our
helIt", III recall the Juror 81 1867 and
raa'is .h;cb followed Pierre statements
'es a "1 ride through the s.lady streets
! Ili5rtford, Conn.
d ~ hicycIe in its present per
s,,,ln did not spring, at one Jump,
~ the world, but it came: along IN
4 .mral evolution of mechanical i'm
iae ncnt The Bicycle-Adan was the
i 1,,,t forgotten draisine.
al g3.s odd continuance consisted Of two
IN. ope before the otaers with
sns' sbancd handle for steering-rod.
. ~ yidc,r straddled the machine, and
y ,noging his feet upon Che ground
TAXED the thing along .n level and
sill roads and lifting his feet, coast
u gwn the declines. For not far from
- ss ~ years .he intelligent puplie failed to
D ~,ts the simple discovery that pedals
MA be psit upon the axle Of the front
Wheel. .
..a,ovement. then inyen9gl genius
.a.5e one wheel larger than the other,
aI,sed the saddle nearly over She axle of
~ driyint, wheel, added therpbber tire,
al the bicycle was ACCOMPLISHED. The
tcecle was first exhibited ii America at
6lCenternial. A number Of machines
rore imported but it was f@o years be-
forp Yankee enterprise branrbed out into
tbe home manufacture.
THE fret year Of the American manu-
hf1re Of bicycles was not marked
Via great success; in het the sale
orpintey.two machines was tile showing
n the result of twelve months of hard
werk and considerable expenditure of
m5aey. From that time The sales in
creased largely: the few dozen grew TO
h.adreds and thousands, uatil to-day the
on1duction Of bicycles has become an
erormous business; and if tke future can
be Judged by the past, thia industry will
III time assume wonderful! proportions.
Today England has over sic 5000, 900 in
vested in $50 or more ditfgrent bicycle
asa tricycle. manufactures. which turn
OPS some so, 900 bicycles agd tricycles a
yt2r.
The English are alreadya "wheel +"
riding people; there is q trfcycle in the
r9tal gardens, and some hisntEred or more
members of parliament are bicyclers or
;rieyclerS.
ALondon letter, speaking Of tricycling,
nrs:
"Tricycling is developigg in a remark
able way The sociablc sis common in
81 the suburban regions End in many Of
Che great thoroughfares at london. The
Prince Of Wales children are often to be
seen working this novel vehicle in the
grounds at Sandringham. The other day,
ea the coast road near Seal, ! met the
ficar of Womer and his wife Swimming
gily along the highway, both plying the
freddie with mutual vigef.''
The bicycle is not only found in the
United States, in Canada ald.in England,
lat also in France, Switzerland, Spain,
Germany, Russia, India, south Africa
australia, West Indies, New Zealand,
Mexico and South America The use of
iae tricycle. for ladies, Is well as for
gentlemen, has become qtIite common in
England, and is becoming popular in
america There are in this country about
adozen manufacturers of bicycles, several
importers, and nearly 50O,ngoncies. The
cheaper machines are made largely in the
West, but the bulk of the better machines
7 made by one house, situated at Boston,
Mass.
Bicycles and tricycles afair use by every
class OF business and profession, and are
sald to furnish convenient, easy, en-
sSyable and inexpensive means of rapid
feonpeyanee.