The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-02

fore breakfast, as some we'll intentioned
writer's on the subject advise. have sried
it, but it was not a success. 1t seemed to
me- like trying to run an engine without
fuel. There was no question in my own
Case but that half an hours work before
breakfast took more vitality out of me than
an hours work after a good meal had had
time to digest. / found it did not agree
with me, and therefore discontinued it.
If exercise can be taken in tho afternoon
it should be about two hours after the din
ner hour. To ride Immediately or soon
after q hearty neal, whether 1t il breakfast,
Inner or supper, ia of no value to q person
training. A feeling of dullnesa is sure to
come over one and the best efforts cannot
be put forth under such circumstances
| have followed 20 particular line of diet
ing. l do not eat potatoes except in very
limited quantities, neither do | drink cof-
fee, but nearly all other table ~luxuries / in
dulge in and enjoy. | drink tea in
preference to all other beverages. |
have found nothing better or more refresh
ing in the dressing room after q hard race
than some nice cool tea with a little lemon
juice added and sweetened Just a little. 1t
is much safer than water ana certainly free
from all germs of disease. ] know of moth
ing better. In training for bicycle ridiaR
the same general rules must be followed an
in foot racing, although they need not be
so closely adhered TO. Train for the dis
tance which after a little experience you
fad best adapted to your capabilities.
Some men have the power to stay long
distances at a moderate pace. bat cannot
squirt at all. while others can do just the
opposite. A very few can do both. Frank
Shorthand is a wonderful example of a man
that can both stay and squirt. His record
of Alb miles In twenty-foDr hours places him
at the head of all riders as a7saayor, and his
ability to do the last mile of that distance
in two minutes and forty-two SECONDS,
shows that he should not be overlooked
when it comes to q driving finish. | have
not met another man in whom both these
qualities were SO well developed. On the
other hand, there is Gorge G. Smith, the
holder of thu worlds record for a quarter
of a mile-:31 2-5.
This record stamps him as fl at class a,
the short distances. bnt the handieappert
generally allot him from sixty to 100 yards
in a mile in races with men like TAYLOR,
Windle and Tyler.
Ii Won have found out the distance yor
can ride best try that distance about once 4
week and have some one hold q watch or
you and clock each quarter of a mile. Al
each attempt try to improve each Quarter I
little, but hold enough power IN reserve i,
do the last quarter faster than any of tn.
others. Practice with the Thoughts in you
mind that the race is always won ia tn,
last quarter and not in the others. If on,
has trained for short distances, say hv,
miles and under, 1t is certainly very hsrttu
to try very much longer distances.
In England | had trained for the shor
distances, and without any proper prepars
tory work entered and rode IL the fifty nil
championship. / had al esdy won the on
and i've mile championships, and wante,
the fifty also. The lesson that | learned il
that race was a costly one. During the lat
ter pars of that race nay legs began to fee
numb, and while they kept at work, vet til
life seemed all gone out of them, and TO
several miles before the end of that race
thought they would not last the race out
They did not reach q normal condition TO