The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-16
WHEELS AND WHEELMEN.
Jensen has received an order from Fred

Jensen has received an order from Fred
Solomon for Victor safety.
Low grade safeties are still in demand,
| but manufacturers are unable to fill orders
promptly.
johnson, Pratt & Co have taken the
agency for and placed an order for one
! 56-inch full roadster and one drop frame
New Rapid safety.
The Salt Lake Cycle club take regular
club runs every Monday evening at z
! o'clock, starting from Pembroke's store.
All wheelmen are invited to Join, whether
| they are members or not.
Mrs. Evans says she has never been in
as good health and as free from sick head
aches, etc, as since riding her bicycle. She
has already become quite expert. Ladies
who do not ride are not aware of the bless
| ings they are missing daily.
The Boys Bicycle club was out in force
again Tuesday, and, as usual, attracted
considerable attention. Their run was
confined to the principal streets, and it was
interesting to see how well the bOys-par-
ticularly the smaller ones-handled their
wheels.
The Black River railroad, which runs
from Utica, New York, to Alexandria bay,
does not send out Sunday trains, so the
prOprietors of the Utica Tribune send out
their Sunday edition as far as Boomville
forty miles, by bicycle How is that for
enterprise ?-L. a. w. Bulletin.
Mr. John W. Arnold, of Providence, is
seventy eight years of age and he claims to
| be the oldest wheelman in the United
| States. He commenced riding at the early
age of seventy-tive. This ought to be an
| encouraging fact to some men who at the
! age of fifty aver that they are too old to
! learn to ride cycle"
Tho 7nOc+ daliUh+f11l of oil tho clul ,,Ir,c
was that of Monday last. A leisurely trip
to Liberty Park, fifteen or twenty minutes
of rest and cOnYersatiOn-for brilliancy of
which Wheelmen are nOted-and a return
! to starting point, with no scOrching, no
| Overwork, no Unpleasantness of any kind
not even dust-cOmpleted thoroughly
| enjoyable run.
Croakers read the following: "What is
the L. A w. good fOr!' "Well, just this {:
H. S Bridge, a cyclist of Cincinnati, was
run down by road hog. The local L. A
W. counsel at once brought suit in the sum
of s., 900 damages. This prompt action on
the part of the counsel brought the road
hog to his senses, and he compromised by
paying all expenses and a good sum for
damages to Mr. Bridge.
At Boston-James p. S. Clark VS.. Joseph
w. Brooks was an action to recover 800
damages to a bicycle which plaintiff was
riding, against which it is alleged defend
ant drove his team. Verdict of $50 for
plaintiff j. P. Leahy for plaintiff: w. S.
circuit for defendant. Transfers are
gradually finding out that wheelmen have
some rights which even they are bound to
respect.
Now that the scOrching question at the
cycling club runs has been forever settled,
new wheelmen can rely on having pleasant
runs without Overwork. There is some
%.,11r Nf
contests, by stopping at some suitable point
while out on runs, giving members who
miss the scOrching a chance to speed This
viii add considerable pleasure to club runs
and will be very interesting to both the
scorcher and the slow rider, the latter be-
ing spectators instead of taking part in the
fast riding, as heretofore.
Wheelmen are anticipating a treat at the
theatre Monday and Tuesday next, in the
appearance of Barber, who is claimed to be
a remarkably clever trick bicycle rider.
This is something new as part of theat-
rical performance. and indicates that the
profession is aware of the extent of the
wheeling fraternity, and are catering for
its patronage. Mr.. Barber is an English
man, who is said to be mice fellow socially,
and has been shown courtesies by num-
Der of the wheeling clubs at different
points where he has performed. Whether
the cycling club here will follow suit, re
mains to be seen.
A striking illustration of the ease with
which ladies learn to ride the safety BIZ
cycle. is that of a young lady of East
Orange, n. j., without previous experience
on any form of cycle, obtained control of
her machine after three quarters of an
hour, and succeeded in mastering the
mount on the first attempt. Mr.. johnson
says that of the large number that learned
this season, he has yet to find one who has
not shown greater aptitude for it than the
average man. Lady safety riders are now
seen in every direction on the Orange ma
cadams, and the spectacle excites no more
comment than does a lady on foot or in a
carriage. There is already considerable
talk among the ladies of a separate organi
cation in the Oranges, and there is little
doubt that club will soon be formed, COM
posed entirely of lady safety riders
bicycling World.