The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-30
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ground and made happy for the day.
Denmark now admits bicycles to that
country free of duty when accompanied by
their riders. All the Dauish railroads carry
bicycles under flfty~six pounds free OF
charges.
Miss Jorgensen was successful In beating
the three hours Danish road record on
Aug. by four miles. The record now
stands at ffty-four miles, and was accom-
plished on lady's safety.
A paragraph is going the rounds concern
ing the 'Cycler's Solemn Phiz" II rider
would be caught smiling this same "Smart
Aleck' writer would probably set him down
as ginning, gibbering idiot.
There is considerable comment regarding
the ease with which the long wheel base
bicycles get out OF true. Many makers fail
70 strengthen their frames enough to stand
the extra strain on the longer mounts.
The New York Press says "a tin of vase
line is cycling necessity. Rub little on
every part Of your machine and you NAV
set mud at defiance. 1t can be rubbed of a
machine that has been thus treated as easily
as dust"
The record from Melbourne to Sydney
has just been beaten by 1615 hours on a
pneumatic. The distance is SIS miles, and
the time occupied was 5 days ga hours
through Australian bush and under trying
In recently patented English geared
ordinary, the change from a high to a low
gear and vice versa is made by simply clasp
ing or re easing lever on the handle bar
An important advantage the machine has
is that different gears can be combined in
any proportion,
Il. w. Pope OF Boston Is of the opinion
that the fast time of the present day is due
more to the improved bicycles aud tracks
than to the men. He holds that Rowe.
Hendee and other old-timers were as fast if
not faster that the modern flyers and would
push any of them at the c1ish.
Alice Evans, the bicycle-riding soubrette
OF "Cupid's Chariot" is a wee bit OF a body
nut II reports speak truly she will wear
some stunning costumes that will be the
envy OF the feminine portion of her audi
ence. Forty-nine yards go to the making
OF one skirt to inclose her slender figure.
Reports from Denver state that there
we're 1900 wheels in line of the oyclers'
parade at the recent Knights Templar con-
clave held in that city. Readers Of this
item should consider that the first reports
stated that there were 5000 wheels in the
recent Washington meet parade, while later
accounts place the number at l, 800
A Manistee Mich wheelman, going at
racing clip. struck the Salvation Army
corps during an outdoor service and
wrecked the big drum, the French horn, the
captain and sister, who was shaking the
tambourine. The city marshal, who was
trying to induce the salvationists to get off
the sidewalk, also went down in the general
wreck
There is great unea3iness among the big
racing men accustomed by the suspension of
r. G. Graves, the Springfield racer. whose
record is being Investigated. 1t has been
generally known for some time past that
the racing board was at work collecting
evidence against some Of the leading racing
men, with the intention of charging them
with receiving remuneration.
A lively and amusing discussion is being
carried on in the French cycling press on
the subject of cycling costumes for ladies.
A competition for the best design for a
dress has been held, and lady has, of
course, proved the winner. The winning
design is dress which is like an ordinary
dress when walking, but by passing a lace
through some eyelet holes in the hem of the
SKIRT IL is converted into sort of zouave
neither costume for riding In.
Joseph A. Hill, colored man of Column
bus, O., started out on "A recent Sunday
morning to make a bicycle ride of over 100
miles, and returned next day looking as il
he had passed through a modern threshing
machine. In passing horse that was be-
ing exercised OF the end of a halter BY a
groom the animal kicked him twice on the
side, knocking him from the bicycle, and in
falling his face was cut IN several places
his body bruised and clothes torn.
The prospects are that the Springfield BIZ
cycle Cluo's tournament, Sept. "A and Is,
will eclipse all previous attempts, as wheel
ing Is on a high wave OF popularity. The
list OF events has been made up and is sure
to attract the best riders all over the coun-
try. The contests this year will be confined
almost exclusively to the safety events
there being only one ordinary race each
day. A decided change is the large num-
Der of class races. 1t has been found i'm
practicable to have many handicaps, and
they have been replaced by the class race.
which will be great Improvement
The French cycler is not an individual
who is treated with great deal of leniency
IN the law courts on account of accidents
of which he has been the involuntary
author We read of a wheelman in Paris
who has been ordered to pay very heavy
doctors bill for attendance on a man who
had slipped down while trying TO got out of
the riders way. Another cycler at Havre
had the misfortune to knock down an
elderly lady. He had to appear before the
police court, where he underwent a con-
demnation for the injuries inflicted; then
he had to appear before the OWL court and
was sentenced to the payment of damages
amounting to $4,000.