The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-17
Dutch Cyclists Union has SOS active MEM

Dutch Cyclists Union has {, 655 active mem.
bers.
The news Of Windle's latest record for the
mile has not yet been communicated TO
Nancy Hanks. The young lady's nerves
Sporting Life remarks, are 50 unstrung by
recent performances of cycling speed men
that it is feared the shock Of a mile in
2.02 3-5 might prove fatal to the belle OF
equines.
The New Orleans Bicycle Club has elected
the following officers William Grinshaw,
president; Z. b. Guillotte, vice president
Placide Keynes, treasurer; A. p. Keahey,
captain; Fl. B. Bowles, first lieutenant; W.
{. GrIvot. second lieutenant; s. l. Mitchell,
guide; William GrimslRw, A. Z. keahey,
II. II. Hodgson and w. II. Rice, trustees.
Among the original club events Of the
Century wheelmen Of Philadelphia are tie
suppers gwen after each city, state and ma
tlonal election ana paid for by the friends
OF the detected candidate. A long list Of
participants in the supper to be given after
| the national election has already been
formed, and the event promises 10 be fully
| equal TO previous affairs of the same char
acter.
Arthur A. Zimmerman. the champion BIZ
de intended trying for the /, 2 3, and j.
mile records recently made by Windle, bus
his physician has ordered him to stop racing
at once fearing that he will be permanently
| injured if he continues. Zimmerman ha.
already overexerted himself. and will taSs
a thorough rest this winter in order to be
fresh for the next season.
Glasgow has an omnibus with pneumatic
tires, said to be somewhat after the pat
tern Of the Dunlop" on trial at present
f! This is the thin end of the wedge. 1t Is,
perhaps, not too much to prophecy says a
Scottish paper, that ten years will see al
most every vehicle in the kingdom fitted
with something better than the preposler-
GUS, nerve-shattering, Notwithstanding iron
| tires that hold the field at present.
| Not only has the livery business IN Union
! county, New Jersey, rapidly deprecated on
account Of the combined advent Of good
roads and cycles, but carriage manufacture
has been adversely influenced. In q con-
versation with Pray, the well-known Boston
| builder of road vehicles and Pray sulkies,
he cited the case Of Plainfield builder who
had closed his works and gone out of bust
ness, and who could find no good reason for
bis misfortunes other than the encroachment
of them bicycle follows"
| An electric bicycle lamp is manufactured
| by an English firm, which reports a large
sole of it among English wheelmen. The
| lamp is detachable, and is connected to the
| battery by means OF a cord, with plug at
! the end which fits into the terminals of the
cells. A switch at the bottom of the Ian
tern enables the rider to turn the light on
and of when riding at full speed. The
lamp is two inches in diameter, and Is said
TO give brilliant, intense and steady light
on the road The accumulation is contained
in leather bag, firmly secured in place by
top and bottom strap.
1t would seem that the days of the horse
| are numbered, for he is already being sup
| planted by the bicycle and the electric
motor. In some localities the keepers of
| livery stables complain of marked falling
off in their business, owing TO their former
patrons using bicycles instead of buggies
| Then the Introduction of electricity as
motor tor street cars has done away with
thousands of horses. With the rapid ad-
vauces recently made in the application of
| electricity as motor it Is not unreasonable
| to expect that, with an improvement in the
roads, the electric motor will take his place
on the highways of our country. Then as
racing attraction the wheel now almost di-
vides the interest with the horse, and it can
not be much longer till a horse will not be
| in it with bicycle.