The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-02

and wanted the Fifty also. The lesson that
During the latter part of tina. race nv legs
oegan 10 feel numb, and while they kept at
WORK. yes the life all seemed gone out of
snem. and for several miles before the end
OF that race thought shey would not last
the race OCT They did not reach a nor
MAJ condition for about three weeks after
tnls eIorf From examinations made
vas that my heart had failed to properly
DO ats work owing to the excessive strain
upon II Tor 30 long q time In other
words, my heart had not been trained for
ioag distance racing. I cannot advise any
one to train for pleasure
Iaking little exercise TO keep from
eettsng entirely out of practice is very
often called training. That is no. nv ex-
nenence. however. | am often asked If I
hao . pleasant time during my English
t.ip- l always answer "Yes,'' because
there were great many pleasant things
connected with it and l me, number of
very agreeable people who tried TO assist
me IN every way. But don't think most
people would have called it pleasure ex-
cursion to be obliged for i've months to
follow strict routine. each Gay exactly
ike the other. 1t got TO be very monoto-
nous and at times / felt like quitting.
l keep record OF the miles ride while in
tAaaAssAS. 1dU i ZNu fu3l l. l30 riQCen
over 30 miles this year before / was able
10 Tin a race / know that l am one of
the hard men to get I'll, - bus have very
little trouble after / once reach perfect
condition. In getting fit for race / am
compelled 10 train much longer and do
more hard work than most OF the racing
men.
If I stop my work for few DAYS and
then race find that my lungs are the first
to give notice that / have neglected my
practice. and il the distance IS consider
able or the pace fast feel quite exhausted
at the end. I generally recover very
quickly though. and il is rarely more than
enough to start again should il be neces-
Sary.
have met nearly all of the prominent
racing meE of Germany. England Ireland
and Wales, besides those of America, and
do not think there is any branch Of sport
that contains more men with good educa-
ton, with Drains and more thorough gen.
tIemen than cycling.
The question of machines is one of indi-
viduai preference. There are so many
high grade Wheels that a serious mistake
cannot be made. Racing wheels are now
made as light as twenty pounds and rs
high as twenty-e;ght. The lighter weight
wheels are all right for persons weighing
I'D pounds and under, but for persons
weighing more than that think heavier
wheel Is much preferable
whenever the absolute rigidity OF ma
chine Is sacrificed in order to save little
weight good wheel is spoiled Nothing
Is more aggsavating than to find wheel
spring under you at each hard push on
the pedals when near the finish of race,
because st u at time one generally needs
All advantages. and every time the wheel
springs great deal of speed is lost. Since
began riding safety about wear ago
have used q wheel made by the Raleigh
Cycle Company. of Nottingham. England.
The one nov have was built for me, bu.
does not vary mnch from the regular stock
racer. Ii weighs between twenty-six and
twenty-seven pounds when fitted with the
Thomas pneumatic tires.
The all absorbing question now with
wheeimen IS, will the trotting record be
broken? l am of the opinion that the
record of Nancy Hanks, 2:05i4, made on
kite shaped track. will be beaten by a
bicycle on circular track. I have never
tried kite-shaped track and am therefore
unable 10 express an opinion as to whether
it is faster for cycle racing than the circI-
lar tracks. Ny record of 2:06 As for q
mile with flying start was made on half
mile track. think this time can be low
cred on the sarae track Within half an
hour of the time that record was made I
had ridden mile in POS 49, and this had
taken some of the snap ont of me or
think the last effort would have been some
what faster. don't know the time of the
two fastest heats trotied. but think that
the times on the cycle will compare favor
ably with them.
Business and training should not be at
tempted One Or the other suffer The
cares of business have depressing effect
and 70 train 20 the highest point the
mind must be free from ali worry. Late
hours cannot lie INDUCED in either. A
regular hour for retiring must be rigidiy
followed or the hest results will not be OBJ
tanned no matter how careful and well all
the rest of ones work may be done.
If you wish pleasure ride for exercise
but don't train.
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