The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-21
WITH THE CYCLISTS.
Short Items of Interest Gathered In
cycling Circles.

Short Items of Interest Gathered in
cycling Circles.
The Savannah wheelmen are preparing
for the celebration of Thanksgiving
Two races will be run and a Thanks.
giving dinner will be given at Mrs.
Bannon's at Thunderbolt The races will
be road race over the usual course from
Cemetery bill on the Thunderbclt road to
the fork Of the Isle Of Hope road The three
mile race will start from the toll gate. The
entries for both races will close at q O'Clock
p. m. Wed esdRy. The wheelmen will
meet on Thanksgiving afternoon and will
ride to the racing grounds. After the races
the wheelmen will proceed to Thunderbolt
and she dinner will be served at 80 o'clock
Quite a number of visiting wheelmen are
expected.
Wilmington, N. c., has big bicycle
tournament down for the second day Of its
Welcome week, Nov. 80. All members of
IL. A. W." and Of the Independent wheel
cluus, all unattached bicycle riders Of North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Vir-
glnia, and neigbboriIg states, are invited to
participate. Upon entry OF clubs, hotel ar
ranRements and accommodations will be at
tended to by the committee. All cour estes
will be extended to visiting clubs and indi-
vidual wheelmen. There are nine races
with good purses A night parade will fol-
low the races.
Tom Davis Of Peoria is 65 years of age,
yet he has ridden five centuries in the last
Two seasons, under Century Club rules.
Cycling is taught in the Austrian military
schools.
The Holy Trinity is the queer name of a
Coventry, (EnglandJ cycle club.
The newspapers of Florida are booming
that state as the cy cler's paradise in winter.
It's she'll roads and hard beaches, extending
for hundreds Of miles. are set forth ia
glowing colors.
The Kingston Freeman says of the cycling
girl: tue bIcyclist is a better housekeeper
artist or musician, a kinder sister and a
better wife.
The revenue from the Belgian tax on
cycles is appropriated exclusively to the inl-
provement of the roads.
The military cyclist is responsible for
setting the fash on, which is becoming quite
prevalent among wheelmen, of wearing
high CATERS over the shoes and stock lngs.
safety riders find he CATERS a protectio1
against the pray 4 mud and moisture be-
slowed upon their ankles by their front
wheels, aud, except IN the cases II men with
aouormally large pedal extremities, the
effect is good.
The Austrian army is the FIRST to make
use OF the pneumatic-tired ambulance.
Attached TO the army Is number Of Scotch
collie dogs, each Of which bears the red
cross OF Geneva, denOting his detail t. the
| hospital service. These dogs are trained
first to discover the wounded, and then, af-
ter help has arrived, to drag them from the
| field Of battle on small, 2-wheeled ambu-
lances, whose wheels dave both ball bear
lngs and pneumatic tires.
A lady rider recommends a skirt which
should e cut quite narrow and tight fitting.
Across the back breadth inside a broad,
elastic strap is to be fastened to button in
the following way: The buttons are placed
from TO II inches above The dress hem,
and are from 80 to 50 inches apart The
elastic should be 9 inches long The skirt
may fit tightly round the hips, but should
slope out we'll toward the hem. 1t is said
to be successful cycling dress.
A piece called ''Celle qu'on respecte" was
recently produced at the Gymnase, q highs
class theater in Paris. The principal actor
Is a deceived husband, who neglects his wife
for the pleasures Of cycling.
The National L. A. ". meet will be held
in Chicago the frs two weeks in August
next year. The city will then be called
upon to accommodate the largest body Of
whselmen ever assembled.