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

| about three weeks after this effort. Fron
sxamin atoms made since then | leara thai
the cause of thia was that my hears Nae
| failed to properly do its work owing 10 ent
excessive strain upon ID for 30 long q time
In other words, my heart had not beer
trained for lenR distance, racing. ! cannon
advise any enc TO train for pleasure.
Taking q little exercise 10 keep from gef-
ting entirely out OF practice is very often
called training. That 10 not my exper-
ienoe, however. l am often asked IL | had
a pleasant time during my English trip. ]
always answer 'Yos,' because there were 2
great many pleasant things connected with
it and / met a number of very agreeable
people who tried to assist ms iii every way.
But | don't think most people woaid have
called il \ pleasure excursion to DO obliged
for Ave months to- follow u ssriot routine,
each day exactly like the other. IL got 20
being very monotonous and at times l felt
like quitting. | keep = record OF the miles
/ ride while In training, and ] hnd that !
had ridden over twelve hundred miles this
year before / was able TO win u race. l
know that | am one of the hard men to get
FIT" but | have very little trouble after l
once reach perfect condition. In getting
fit for a race / am compelled to train much
longer and do more hard work than most
of the racing men.
If | stop nv work for q few days and shen
race / And that my lunRa are the firss 10
give notice that | have neglected my prac-
tice, and if the distance Is considerable or
She pace fast l feel quite exhausted at the
end. generally recover very quickly
though, and it il rarely more than ten or
fifteen minutes before l feel strong enough
TO start again should IL be necessary.
have met nearly all of the prominent
racing men OF Germany. England, Ireland
Wales. besides those of America, and | do
not think there ID any branch of sport that
.,.t /, tna - ~ puith ctsf,I a1nnAtin1r
with brains and more thorough gentlemen
than cycling.
Tho question of machines ia one of indi-
yi6ual preference. There are so many
high grade wheels that a serious mistake
cannot be made. Racing wheels are now
made as light az twenty pounds and rs high
as twenty eight. The lighter weight wheels
are all right for persons weighing 125 pounds
and under. but for persons weighing more
than that / think a heavier wheel ID much
preferable.
Whenever the absolute rigidity of a ma
chine is sacrificed in order to save n little
weight q good wheel is spoiled. Nothing
is more aesravatlng than to hnd q wheel
spring under at each hard push on the pedals
when near the finish of a race, because at
that time one generally needs all advan-
and every time the wheel springs a
great deal of speed 10 lost. Since / pegan
riding a safety about a year ago | have used
o wheel made by the kaIslGh cycle COM
pany, of Nottingham, England. The one
l now have was bEilt for me, but docs not
vary much from the regular stock racer. 1t
between twenty-six and twenty
pounds which fitted with Thomas
pneumatic tires.
The all absorbing question now with
wheelmen is. will the trotting record be
broken? l am of the opinion that the rec
ord of Nancy Hanks, 2:O54, made on a kite
track, will be beaten by q bicycle on
circular track. have never tried Il kite
track and am therefore unable to ex-
press an opinion as to whether it is faster for
cycle racing than the circular tracks. My
record of 2:06 As for q mile with a flying
was made on a half mile track.
think this time can be lowered on the some
Within half an hour of the time
that record was made / had ridden a mile
2:08 4-5, and this had taken some of the
out Of me or / think the last effort
would have been somewhat faster. don't
know the time of the two fastest heats
but thiak that the times on the
cycle will compare favorably with them.
Business and training should not be at
One or the other will suffer.
The cares of business have a depressing
sfect and to train TO the highest point tbs
mind must be free from all worry. Late
hours cannot be indulged in either. A
ocular hour for retiring must be rlRidly
or the best results will not be Oh
no matter how careful and we'll al
he rest of ones work may be done.
If you wish pleasure ride for exercise, but
ont train. A. A. ZIMMERMAN.