The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-24

sulky, but have beard old drivers say they
J preferred 4S or 5O-pound one as it was
/ fiTmer and trembled less. Why last year
/ Driver Hickok, famous old Orvin, had to
60 over to Hot Springs 30 get over kidney
/ trouble brought on by the vibration o, the
sulky, aud Marvin said 10 me only yester-
day, DO you know, MIR. Bonner, that this
[ vibration will bring the best of US down.
/ 1t will prove a blessing to drivers who have
/ long strings of horses TO WORK and ride
many miles each day in their back-breaklng
sClkies."
Does the new tire mean a record of 200
in the next two or three yearsN
( Mr.. Bonner shook his head.
"2:O4N
/ NO. no )" he said, slowly, but at the sug-
/ gestion "2:05, be nodded affirms1vely.
/ Yes, it may come DOWN to that" he said,
1 but | never prophecy"
"Wul you start Sunol to lower Nancy's
recordp
Later in the year in the fall some time,
/ | should like TO see what she can do with
/ this new sutky that has done 30 much for
the other racers Maud S. is being bred
! now, and, OF course, is out of the question.
HAZE you ordered a pneumatic sulky
| for Sunol yetPn
''No l shall wait week or two There
seems to be some difference OF opinion as to
which is better, a 2s-inch wheel or a 80
inch. Marvin has ordered one for himself
with 32-inch wheels. We shall all know
better, though, after we have the chance OF
seeing the new tire and bearings work in
the Springfield and Hartford races.
There is one thing about the new tire
which has impressed me greatly" added
MIR. Bonner. 1T seems that 1t enables bl-
cyclists to turn corners with great ease, and
Is ought to perform a similar service fer
trotters. In my opinion it will bring the
circular track up TO the kite-shaped, which
has had IN ad hitharfo in hat
had less corners. / think it will put the
| circular track back into favor again for
| speed"
The striking thing about the new sulky is
the low wheels. In the old-style vehicle
the driver sat between them. Now he sits
above them. The wheels average about 80
inches In height, about the same as a safety
bioy Gle seen on the road and tracks. 1t has
ball-bearings wherever there is play for an
| axle. In the old sulky the wheel turned on
CREASED axle. Now in the hub Of the
wheel is a row of balls about the size of
buckshot and of the hardest steel The
axle Is placed on these balls which eliminate
the old-time cone-bearing friction. The rim
OF the sulky is OF wood and the
spokes also. Ths average weight Of
road safety bicycle is from IS to As pounds;
| Of a racer, about q pounds. A sulky with
the pneumatic tire attachment gets down in
weight to about 40 pounds. Many
! horsemen are now applying TO the
! bicycle dealers for regular bicycle wheels to
be attached directly to the sulky. The
tire. which is of rubber, is blown up with
air, the same as In bicycle. An inch and
a quarter tire, or even larger, is left hollow
and is pumped full OF air by means of a
small pump. The hole is then made air
tight and the tire will remain firm until the
air leaks out through puncture or faulty
! plugging. In the early days OF the pneu-
MATES the solid-tire racers got revenge for
less speed by sprinkling tacks over the
course. They would puncture the rubber
and thus In few seconds leave the rider
with a useless wheel
The sulky that did the best work on the
| grand circuit In the west recently had a
wheel about twenty inches high. Though
Mr.. Bonner did not feel like passing upon
the best size of wheel. western horsemen
consider that the low wheels do not give any
advantage; rather that the ball-bearing and
tires enabled the 2S-inch sulky to win In
| spite OF the low wheels. They say that the
| long-accepted theories concerning high
wheels are not easily disproven, md that it
will not be long before horsemen will want
sulkies having wheels of the usual hight but
! supplied with the frictionless bearings and
pneumatic tire.