Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-08-25
AMONG THE BlCYCLIsrs.

AMONG THE B1CYCL1SES.
A Trans. Continental Cycler-Mr. Lii
lies Record From Frisco to New
Mountaineering Notes Among the |
wheeIman - Zimmerman's Good
Ideas-HoW to BE Healthy and Sue.
eessfal Bicycltsts.
The Crescent Cycle club of Birmingham,
Conn.,, have their international circuit |
meet Saturday, September 2, at Derby |
Driving park. The entries close to-day. A |
fine program of events has been arranged. |
George G. Barber is president,C O. N Downs |
vice president, J. B. Atwster secretary and |
T. S. Allis treasurer.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
All records across the continent from |
San Francisco to New York were claimed |
to be broken by T. R. Lille of the Oak |
Leaf Wheelmen of Stockton, Gal, when |
he rode up to the club house of the Man |
haitian Bicycle club at Broadway and West
Fifty. eighth street, New York city, last |
Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. He left
San Francisco at $50 on the morning of |
days II hours, beating Frank s. Bsedles- |
toms time of &c days 8 hours and As min
utes BY almost nine days. He says he lost |
ten days by rains, Sightseeing and visit
ing, and that he had no idea of making a l
record when he started out.
Lilies original plan was to ride to the
worlds fair, but on the route he received
letters from relatives in Rochester asking
him to continue the trip that far. He de-
cided to do 80, and then concluded to come
the rest of the way across the continent
and 80 complete the trip. His route WAS
along the line of the Union Pacific railroad
to Ogden, Utah. thence by way of
Omaha and Council Bluffs to Chi
cago, and from there through To-
edo, Cleveland, Buffalo and Alba
ny. He rode forty-four miles through
the snow, sheds in crossing the Sierra Ne
vada Mountains. The worst riding was In
the Nevada desert from the Truckee river
to the Humboldt. Here he cav the print
of the corrugated tire of Frank S. Beadle-
ston, who had passed over tbs same route
a month before him. Az no rnin falls in
the desert, the print was perfectly plain.
His best riding was over the level prairie
| roads of Nebraska, from Cheyenne to Oma-
| ha, which are very good at this time of the
year, though almost impossible in the fall
| or spring. Lille punctured his tires thir-
| teen times on splinters from the railroad
ties or thorns of the greaseWood, which is
30 common on the plains
| Mr.. Lille will go down to Coney Island j,
accompanied by Captain Staubach and a
party from the Manhattan Bicycle club, to
| dip his wheel In the Atlantic in formal
token of the completion Of his trip. He
dipped itin the Pacific before starting from
San Francisco.
Mr.. Lille was the guest of the Manhattan
Bicycle club while in New Yo:k.
WHEELING THROUGH FRANCE.
President Richard G.. Belts Of the Man
haitian Bicycle club, who is touring through
Europe with Isaac B. Potter, writes from
Geneva on July 80 as follows:
The roads IL France are simply msgnif
cent, much superior to those In Central
park, New York, Wa rode entirely across
tbs country, distance of $50 miles, and
everywhere, eaye for a few miles nsar
| Paris, the roads we're smooth a billiard
table, though hills were frequent. We got
into both France and Switzerland wi,hou:
paying duty on our bicycles, but coming
into Geneva after dark We were stopped by
| Swiss policeman, who wanted to arreet
| us for not carrying lights. We bribed him
| with a coupls OF dollars, cursed him well
in English, which he didn't understand, and
escaped. We were lost for two
j hours In the mountains and at one time ha6
| coast of thirteen miles measured By ths
eyclometer."
From Switzerland Messrs Belts and Pot
ter will go through Germany and England
| They expect to arrive IN Naw York early
| next month.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ADVICE.
In his book on training Zimmerme,
: gives much practical advice that the movie
2 | will do we'll to heed. Among other point
are the following:
~ have found nothing more refreshing
| in the dressing room after a hard rae
than come nice cool tea, with lemon ju!c
added, and sweetened little. It is mucl
! | safer than water and certainly free from
/ all germs of diseaRe. know of nothin
q better.
q SIN training for Cycle riding the sam
general rules should be followed as in foe
racing, although they need not be s
F., closely adhered to. Eat in moderation
4 and take time over your meals. If no
9 hungry, eat little; do not force nature
v Your food should bs plain and well cooked
: A racing man needs to train his stomac
as well as his muscles. Msstioate you
. food we'll, and finish your meal at the leas
J one hour before racing.
n "Eat moderately and regularly, not pe
't tween meals or just before going 60 bee
r Some good and wholesome things are beet
broiled orroasted mutton, fowl. eggs, bread
rice, tapioca, oatmeal, corn starch, sag
n and cracked wheat. In fact, almost a
- though such articles as hot bread, pies
5. mute, pancakes, veal, pork, lamb an
It greasy food generally should be avoided a
q being hard to digest. Ripe food in seaso
6 is good. but think potatoes are nos.
= eat three meals day only, and prefer
moderate amount Of meat every time.
g "Lesnness is generally caused by lack c
power in the digestive organs to assimilst
y the fst-producing elements of food. Firs
restore digestion, than take plenty of e1
It ercise, open air, oatmeal, cracked wheat
IS and broiled beef, and in the mornin
sponge all over with salt water, followe
l. by thorough good rubbing.
"In riding do not wear tight belts G
shoes. The muscles of the legs and fee
d are the most commonly affected wit
c cramps, especially after great exercise. Tn
> beat treatment is to stand Immediately an
: rub the parts we'll with the hand.
9 ga good remedy for cold is three cent
worth of licorice, three cen.s' worth c
:. rock candy, three cents worth of gur
# arabic. Put into quart Of water an
simmer until thoroughly dissolved, the
:, add three cents worth Of paregoric and
like quantity of antimonial wine.
It "Cuts caused by failing from your ms
chine should be we'll washed until all th
dirt and grit are oct or they will feste1
J. Then anoint we'll with zinc ointment an
bind up with cotton wool.
ga sun bath Is of more benefit tha
q | warming by the fire.
"The most intelligent men In our Co
leges to day are those who figure the mos
d prominently in athletics. The man witt
: dyspeptic tendencies who expects to car
ture the first university prize will get sadl
left but the man with plenty of Draw
and bone, who keeps his physical strengt
j. in good condition, ia the one who is goip
n to win his way to the front. There !
hardly any one no matter how perfeotl
developed, who has not some weak spot
/ therefore be careful to take light exercis
q at first. If dumb-bells are used the
j. should not weigh over two pounds; by ez
ercising with them for ten minutes in th
morning upon rising, and the same at nigh
before retiring, you will derive much bsne
fit A pulley weight in the house is yer
beneficial, end will strengthen the arm
and expand the chest"
NOTES OF THE wHEELMEN.
The Mount Vernon wheelmen have II
ceived the handsome loving cup awsrde
v to them by the Philadelphia Turner O.
$ clers for having brought through th
: highest percentage of starters in the New
ark-Philadelphia century run of June IL
- They started and finished with thrice