The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-19
CYCLE RIDING.
SOMETHING BETTER THAN WALK
ING, RIDING OR ROWING.
What Is Said by Eminent English Physi-
cians-HOw Tricyeling Acts Upon
the Muscular System-A Relief
to Fatigued Brains.
THE Wheeln1an.l


The eminent English physician, DIR. B.
w. Richardson, says in a recently pub
lished paper: "The peculiarly of the pro
cess of riding on the tricycle. is, indeed,
when once the art is obtained, so that
much can be done, not only without IA
tigue, but with sense of lightness and
relief from WEAKNESS, bodily and mental,
which is positively refreshing. l can
ride forty miles on the tricycle., expert
encing, can safely say, less fatigue than
from walking ten or from riding on horse
back twenty, although / am practiced
hand in both the last-named exercises all
my life, while am comparatively a nov
ice on the tricycle..
"The reason of this it is not difficult 10
explain. In walking the legs carry di-
rectly all the weight of the body, and as
each foot comes down on the ground
there is a certain vibration or shock quite
through the body, which, though not
acutely perceptible, is, nevertheless. ia
tiguing The breathing, also, is carried on
at disadvantage for the diaphragm, or
great respiratory muscle, is not able to
act in walking without steadiness, and,
it may be said, purchase, as it is when the
pelvis is fixed, the spinal column firm,
and the upper limbs steady. The circu'
lation, too, is considerably quickened, and
the heart is toiling at a rapid speed, lift
ing very quickly the whole of its blood
over that hill called the ascending aorta,
the first part of the great blood-vessel
which springs from the heart in the form
of beautiful arch to supply with blood
the upper and lower parts of the body.
Another English physician says: "The
tricycle. is very safe machine, and with
ordinary caution an accident need never
happen. Neither extreme youth nor ad-
vanced age would seem to be any bar
against the enjoyment of tricycle. riding
In America children positively ride before
they can well walk, and in our country it
is by no means unusual to find men be-
tween go and 70 who can do from thirty
to fifty miles day easily enough on the
tricycle.. Tricycl riding, if not carried
to excess and WEAKNESS, relieves brain
fatigue and incipient congestion of the
liver; it causes the kidneys to act more
freely and lightens the whole system; it
banishes ennui and lowness of spirits,
strengthens the whole muscular system,
induces free action of the skin, braces
the nerves and insures a healthful sleep.
To shop and Office people, to hard-work-
ing men of business, but more particularly
to brain workers, the possession of good
tricycles would, if judiciously used, in.
deed prove blessing.
DR.. Fanny F. Miller, an English lady
physician, says in Belgravia: "There is
no reason to believe that tricycling is in
sons. Middle-aged men, with that ten
dency to degeneration of the muscles into
fat, which is one of the dangers of their
period of life VIII find tricycling to assist
the hearts action rather than strain its
powers. Nearly all chronic complaints
viii be benefited by this form of exercise.
For ladies believe it to be especially suit
able. Further: it is added: Several
lady members of the royal family ride
the tricycle., and many hundreds of others
outside of the palace have followed their
example,"
A Clergyman, after describing the
causes of his broken down" condition,
goes on to say: my health was becoming
undermined, was nervous, fretful and
Mondays-Oh, horrors! blue is not word
to express the feeling-entirely exhausted:
il seems to me that did not have friend
in the world; could hardly think of the
preparation required for the next Sunday;
my heart heavy and dull; could scarcely
tell whether it ached or not just at this
critical time came my bicycle, and, as If
by magic, away went the spirits that had
tormented me so long.
There is another point OF view IN which
this subject becomes of much Importance
to all; to the healthy as well as the invalid.
Holmes says as the result of the want OF
proper exercise: e" I am satisfied that such
set of black coated, stiff iointed, soft
minded, te-complexioned youths as we
can boast of IN our Atlantic cities never
before sprang from 1oins of Anglo Saxon
lineage OF the females that are mates of
these males / do not here speak.
Anything is better than this white blooded
/ degeneration to which we all tend
The last expression, to which we all
tend, is, / think more or less applicable
TO the inhabitants all over our country
As preventive or remedy of this unfor-
tunate condition of things, the professor
recommends rowing. You can row
easily and gently all day. he. says. ~or
you can row yourself blind and black in
| the face in ten minutes, just as you like.
This was written twenty years before
the bicycle and tricycle. made their ap-
pearance in their present perfected form
This machine, as well as the oars, may be
made the means of extremely active or
gentle exercise, Just as we like, while they
give opportunity for exercising all parts
of the body, which the oars do not