The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-25
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the worlds record for a century run.
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Sometimes a collision with q dog is
inevitable, and in such cases, says Cy-
cling, it is best to grip the handles
hard and straighten the machine. If
you strike the animal while on a curve
you will partly glance off and fall is
nearly certain to result. Just as you
strike raise the front wheel slightly,
and almost instantaneOusly ease the
back wheel by throwing your weight
forward. Unless the dog is a big one
you will pass over it with n slight jar,
while the dog will discover that it has
an appointment to keep in the next
county.
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One doesn't need Il microscope to
ascertain the point to this humorous
dialogue from an unidentified eX-
change: He was standing on the
street corner talking eXcitedly to a
crowd that had gathered about dis
heveled bicycle. "You hear me,p he
was shouting; "NO man will ever ride
a bicycle over me and get Off with a
whole skin. No, sir! If 1 go down
the bicycler goes down with me, and
he doesn't get up, either, until / have
his name and address, "And his
Photographic" suggested one of the
crowd. "Oh, you think you're smart" !"
continued the sidewalk orator, "but if
you think Pm the sort of man to let q
bicycle ride rough shod overme, you're
mistaken, that's all. | may not be
fatally injured in the collision, but |
propose to divide the fun, you see. |
get the damages and he pays for the
repairs. Why, I've known more peo-
pie than you could shake u stick at
who were knocked down and run over
by reckless bicyclers, who never stopped
to see the injury they had done. But
I'll clinch, and don't you forget it," a
week later adusty and demoralized
limped around the same corner and
disappeared into the drug store, fol-
lowed by the same crowd of loaiers.
"What's the matter?n they asked,
sympathetically. dropped out of a
ballOon% NAV; run over on a dizzy
BICYCLE "Where's the other fellow?n
"Got off," "Then you didn't clinch?n
"Not clinch. Fellow never stopped
to see if there were any bones broken.
Run right over me and skipped
ouch! Give me a pint Of arnica and
four mustard plasters. Pm all bunged
up, and don't you forget it.N
MINOR NOTES ABOUT WHEELMEN:
There are 5000 American wheelmen
in Europe.
In Washington wheeImen must not
ride faster than nine miles an hour.
The frequent bursting Of tires at race
meets indicates that there is still room
for great improvement in that branch
of the trade e.-Philadelphia Record.
In Springfield, Mass, the wheelmen
are about to endow free cyclists bed
in one of the hospitals for the use Of
visiting riders who may meet with an
accident.
1t is reported that Champion Arthur
A. Zimmerman will practice law with
his brOther-in.law for u partneI when
he gives up racing and retires from
the track.
Twenty-Five pound wheels are rid
den harder nowadays, says Cycle, than
fifty-five pound ones were three years
ago, and with as little or less injury to
the wheels.
Chicago is suffering from q gang of
bicycle thieves. Its said that the plan
of operations Of the gang includes New
York, Cleveland, Cincinnati Detroit,
and other cycling centers. We've had
'em in Scranton.
To say that man is too old to ride
is to state an absurdity, declares
Cycling. Wheeling is easier than
walking, and when a man gets too old
to walk he is ready to die. And he is
never ready to do that.
Secretary Bassett recently received
an application from q League of Amer
lean Weelmen member for permission
to carry a revolver while riding. AS
there is nothing in the constitution to
prohibit it the request was granted.
The light-wheel fad is the latest
craze among cyclists, irrespective OF
experience or weight. An old-time
rider advises novices to get good me-
dium weight Wheel as it will afford
more comfort and less annoyance than
the much desired feather-weights.
Desiring to accommodate wheelmen,
the Kings County Elevated railway,
New York, will hereafter on Satur-
days, Sundays and holidays run cars
specially equipped for cyclists who dis
like riding through Brooklyn to reach
the outskirts of the city.
Mrs. E. Summer lately won bicy-
Gle costume contest in Minneapolis in
which the most handsomely garbed
weeelwoman was to receive gold
watch. Her costume was q white silk
waist, divided skirt reaching Just be
low the knees, black stockings and
gaitefs.