The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-29
Cycling Notes.

"They's pacing each Other,n said we'll
| posted gamin to his fellows as he saw a
tandem team rush by.
A Maine man, who earns 80 cents day,
and has nine children and five dogs, is
| saving up to buy bicycle
Zim's soft gray hat has become famous
already in England. Albert Edward has
ordered two Of them, it is reported
Two foOls-the wheelman who rides
upon the step of anothcr'S wheel and the
owner who allows him to do such a thing.
The city of London has donated a $3.50
cup for wheelmen to race for. How long
viii 1t be before an American city ever
does such a thing}
In Norway cyclist, when passing rest
i've horses, is compelled to dismount only
If so required This is practically the
only restriction set upon cyclists using
the highways
The opium recently extracted from the
pneumatic tire of a wheel belonging to
one OF the crew of a Pacific mail steamer
landing at San Francisco was valued at
$3.50 The owner of the wheel escaped,
but the value of opium he is thought to
have Struggled by this means is estimated
to nearly 10000
Are you superstitious1" asked one
racing man of another. well, not very,
except | believe in dreams You do; ;
why, what makes you believe in anything
so foolish as that2N Il dreamed the other
nightOf a confiagraton and I'll be blessed
If next morning | didn't receive notice
from the racing board that had been
fired, and every one | met roasted me-"
Sport and Play says: Zimmerman
was at Herne Hill on Saturday. looking
fairly well What an appetite he has got!
| The manner in which he wolfed up
sausages in the Fleet street Alton ale
stores caused Harris, who is no mean
trencherman, to turn green with envy.
He was on the same lay. l never met a
real good athlete yet who was not big
eater. "
Zim has gone at once into training on
Herne Hill track. He goes at a steady
| but fast pace for about ten miles, fore
noon and afternoon, and every lap is noted
and timed by McDermott, for the purpose
of comparison, to Judge his progression or
! otherwise day by day. AS yet the
champion has not attempted sprint trials.
He looks in fine order, much better,
critics think, than when he first landed
IN England last year.
Promoters in search of a novelty to adj
vertise at their meets will secure large
entries in cocktail race In this event
the rider who can ride around track
| carrying a Manhattan cocktail in cock
tail glass on tray at the most rapid rate
and who spills the least will be entitled
to the prize. AS each entry is at liberty
| to drink his cocktail, win or lose, the race
is sure of a large entry and the novelty is
sure to attract gate.
| The proposal to tax bicycles, which is
| being carried out In some Massachusetts,
| towns, leads the ST. Louis Republic to
| say; Such tax would be very unwise,
! for If the bicycle industry is not inter
| fered with it will soon give cheap and
| effective means of rapid transit to thou
! sands who cannot afford to own horse
Let the bicycle alone, and let it work
| itself out into blessing to the human
race, as IL promises to do"
Under a London date of May 20, the
! Milwaukee Wisconsin has a long letter
regarding Sanger, in which letter the fol
lowing peculiar statement is made
Zimmerman has been testing the speed
! of the track for ten days. Exactly what
! time he has made no one knows. He is as
! speedy now as last season, that is certain.
! The track is of boards, oblong in shape,
! l.760 feet in ciroumference-thr laps to
| the mile 1t is fast, and the time in the
races will doubtless be excellent Sanger
! has said 1t is fully equal to the Spring
field (Mass,) track, on which he trained
before leaving the states The first
| three days of this week San
ger made no attempt at speeding
Early Thursday morning, however, he
! with his trainer Culver went to Herne
Hill, and the American lad tested his
speed at a mile, two miles and five miles
! His time was not announced, but it
seemed satisfactory to himself and Cul-
yer. In this attempt he used an eX-
tremely light wheel of American manu-
facture, and one that is attracting con
siderable attention. He has three of
! these machines, and one weighing not to
exceed twenty pounds in weight he will
! ride at the international races.