New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-21

Of feeling for pedal that Is not there 10 simply
awful. You frantically paw the air for It and 1t
lodges you. until you think It must have dropped
on and you bend over and look down to see II II
hasn't the machine makes a desperate effort to
stand you your head. At this point 1t Is well to
get off fo- a few moments. Justice cannot be done
to the situation by any remarks novice can make
from the saddle.
Just to show you what you should do. the teacher
s' few moments with the ease and almost the speed
of devils darning- needle" When he Brings the
tempt to pay you trick. Then i begins waving
again BY this time you understand that movement
as Indicative Of coming mischief just lying back
the ears is the warning vicious mustang gives YES
h nat es SO pgidy hoS them lightly with your
muscles easy ready for quick motion 20 i,st ute
catching its swings until you get TO run =.
y V%s remember to foow it, and nothing divers
attention you get along very we'll pu, pres ettD
takes a header toward the wall you lose b9th ped.
S Sa s ean sa Se You Te the
teacher has eased your unavoidable ran na' YOU
gratitude by pretty little bit OF acting. He az.
sumes that something Is wrong WIN me DIc S;s
or too low and preends to fix II; You know your
tumble due to your own awkwaroness, you
that you know it: and yet don't care how honest
you think yourself you feel better ior .ne ~:
hail nicely in one direction say from left to right
the teacher says Now we vii go the e Gfhe no nd
yourself almost as awkward and liable to accident
as were At som the @ ro6e eGt the
might naturally be expected; Due S you ,oNard
The 1 ns aHTH yS arg
TO be able accommodate yourself readily 70 .he
discovery that you cannot 50 well on straight 1
line when you start from right 10 iele as bmrd
y;,nti YOU have tried IT, bat Is a fact nevertheless.
and good teacher will not Willingly Let you con;
q tp
' And Is ge keeping with the Psrysrss ds
Until nov-when you fancy yourself ape 10 gS
alone and trusted BY your teacher to 40 ya so an re
supposed to dom order 10 involve you IN new or;
de 5rGubes is the Ss ThS c a 'aa ~s"
with another wheel. comes within an ace OF snav
,s h oi odge Of the floor punges into the rear OF
gentlemen just lettering himself for an des,,sS
mounting and docs any number OF otner nepAt ~.
things but It Is you who VIII get the Dame ior
Finally you feel tn, you can quite satsiactor,y
control the wheel. going either way. turning COT.
ners lodging collisions. arresng prcaasPt applvine
"nur tsacher's of repeated njunctions TO make
the pressure the pedas aG N s,ic bcn
Won first hes ri them And now you seriously
take to earn what you have been makns emuiinr
stsggers at for some tine-he arr OF r hnw.
You devote whole Lesson TO t. The teacher sh how,
you three fonr ways IN WIS, yb on, an Effort but
when you try them each Is Ia a.. yo 10 lean tho
than either Of the others i1e tti'H ~, ~
machine toward the right as you .tan' ~ ' eu re-
o. babnd II preparatory to mounting. am Sou
volt AGAINST him. feeling that such an ncnat ,Sn
viii only aid in precpitatins you hea,o"s nd i when
he helps you up from the ground you ieel nun sad
p.rhaps /, Is az we'll TO draw vel oyeE ths sau
~ ie,r,ng 10 ride a bicycle. Patience anu
perseversnce will conquer eventually ana al os,
VIZ Ina IN 10 mount ride and dismount larry
well in the Of FIVE Lessons ana t TO even
,pose vho end il most difficult the first hour on .e
road upon the conquered bicycle Is aItp'e isp~'-
mont for all that has been gone through