The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-22
THE BICYCLE.
Chronicles of the Movements Of Prominent
Wheelmen.

Chronicles Of the Movements Of Prominent
Wheelmen.
There are number Of cyclers in Saigon,
Cochin China.
G. L. Morris, of Referee bicycle fame, is
very sick in England.
Buffalo will be way in it with tadem
teams this year. That city will have three
fast ones.
Joe Choynski, the California heavy
weight pugllist is an ardent wheelman and
uses bicycle in training.
Kaufman, the English trick rider, has
challenged the German champion, Marsch-
ner, for 81 800 side.
Pittsburgh has about 9, 900 cyclers, 100 Of
whom are women and girl riders. OF the
whole number 500 are L. A. w. members.
Over So 900 has been raised by the Wash
ington wheelmen, for the entertainment Of
their guests at the national meet.
Lambley, the English crack, has taken
to the safety, and there are now but few
remaining riders OF the high wheel ill that
country.
Willie Windle, if he goes to England this
year, will meet in co EDITION August Lehr
the German champion and rider worthy
! of any company.
Fred o. Dolson, a promising Colorado
; rider is six feet tail and weighs $50 pounds
although but 10 years of age. He hSaGs tse
tve-mile record of his state.
The members of the Illinois Cycling club,
one of the largest clubs in Chicago nearly
all ride pneumatics. But one puncture has
been reported for the season.
G. P. Root of Windsor Park, a Chicago
suburb, one Of the best riders in the west,
will shortly make an attempt at the 100
mile track record, with pace makereA Ess.
Marshal Heller and N. Tip Slee OF sEElsI-
more recently placed the record beSween
that city and Washington at 420. The
route is mixed, muddy, billy and sandy.
In the first important French road race
OF the year, the Lyon-Republicain race,
distance S45 miles, Allard led all the way,
making the distance in 90 hours and So
minutes.
While Coasting down steep hill recently
q Gloucester (Mass.) wheelman lost contrss
of mis- machine and dashed through the
window Of an undertaking establishment
The cycle track craze is spreading.
Tracks are now in course of com pletion at
Railway and Rutherford, n. j.; Detroit,
Sioux City, Helena, San Antonio, Sacra@
mento, Oakland and San Jose.
G. G. Hopkins, formerly of Colorado re-
Gently rode from Stockton to Sacramento,
Cal, distance of fifty-two miles, in 3h.
2Sn., lowering the previous record by In.
Pm. Thirty miles of the road is very
rough.
Otto Praeger, the newspaper reporter
who is riding from San Antonio, Tex, to
Mexico, recently had his machine wrecked
while coasting down q mountain, and had
to walk sixty miles. The incident Of the
trip was his going thirty hours without eat
ing or drinking anything.
| A writer in Sporting Life comments on
the fact that in the Illinois division, l.. A.
mt M n no
of 1852 80 was used last year in entertain
ments and ''junketing'' by the officials of
! the division, and $40 for road improve
ments.
Johanna Jorgensen, the plucky Danish
| girl who has broken so many hard-earned
records created by men, is training in male
( garb on a tandem, with q prominent Dan
| ish road man, who occupies the front seat,
/ so that in their fast road work the sex Of
the leaning rear rider is never guessed.
| The little lady is unique in her com bina-
| ton Of physical accomplishments and Ie-
! tention Of fair fame.
/ Rands, of Detroit, has geared ordinary
of the pattern on which Bates recently re-
duced the records. 1t has 46-inch front
wheel geared to 6215 inches and 24-inch
rear wheel, and is lifted with a "a inch
pneumatic tire.
And now the Peoria men are to have a
relay ride to Chicago. They will ride in
eleven relays over a distance of III miles.
The start will be made May %, and the
journey made in thirteen hours by the
card Most of the participants will figure
| in the Pullman race.
The national championships to be decided
at Washington are as follows: Quarter,
half and mile ordinary; quarter, half, one
and two mile safety and mile tandem. In
addition to this there are the mile safety
and ordinary championship Of the District
of Columbia and a dozen or more scratch
and handicap events of less importance