Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-24
THE UNNAMED WHEEL.
Junius Henri Browne Finds It a Malignant
rhine Before Il Is Magtered.

Junius Henri Browne Finds It a Malignant
Thing Before II is Mastered.
Special Correspondence Of the Register.
NEW YORK, November 16.-When any
one of US not a bcyclst-if there be so
anomalous a creature in this period Of uni
versal wheeling-sees hundreds Of mount
ed persons spinning past him daily, it
must appear to him that cycling is spon-
taneous. It does not occur 10 him that
MANY of the riders have become proficient
only after weeks OF effort and any number
~ discoura geinents. II had always SEEM
ed as II IT would be very hard for one 10
learn. and that II proved so I rocitcd in
an article published last summer. But
NV experience in trying to overcome tho
wheel among the White mountains dur
ing the past season / have not detailed
II is so crotesque, so ridiculous, that many
10 whom cycling came naturally may be
entertained and others 10 whom It comes
| hard may be induced TO persevere by
reading of il.
In the neighborhood where I was there
are scarcely two square feet of soil on tho
same level When 1 went there 1 had
taken some lessons in an academy in
town. enabling me to make the circuit OF
the badIl several times in succession. The
place was most unpromisine Tor a novice
! and ! had taken an old heavy qecreplt
wheel there conscious that j should nave
| rough work and that IL might serve me,
an inapt neophyte, nearly as wei as
better machine. - -, ... ~
/ cycle could not move the pedals Nhit.
! The uneven surface held the wheels iast'
| I could scarcely believe that l had pro-
Z f..Fsr T.
| smooth floor which, perceived. was alto
eether different Then / was pushed
| along and held up, as AT me very peBlh-
| ming Almost as soon as the h0ld was re-
! leased over [ went end the machine on
ION Of me The attempt was made re-
peatedly with the same result 70 naVe
seen my awl1wardness, ny 4haGep IoiAly,
one would have sworn that 4 had never
laid ewes much less put BODY. on Wheel.
! beg3u 3 D doubt that / had ever taken
lesson. Ny actually going around alone
In a hall must nave been a dream.
tried and tried and tried In the country.
l tumbled and tumb.ed ana tunuitu.
could only go. like qumb ~alSi' Whon
was carried But ! determined 70 perse-
,.cre On iong as the bicycle and myself
should hold tOgether-longer, lnleed il
the bicycle should break, Wolu 6et IL
mended If my bones should oe Iralturel
| would have them set ana continue ny
ctur,sv bractice Nothing save the dislo-
cation Of my neck should interfere win
my obstinate purpose. .., ON
After DAYS OF ulllANfl .tlfN'.- Att.'T
ure I resolved TO depend wholly on my
self | was inexpressiOly chagrinei ana
mortified at my slow progress StieG
myself an ass, a dot, uoull" Ui9'''.,.
idiot | firmly believed myseh 10 DC 1.s
one American out of the 6J,rV,N0 or moro
Of the REPUBLICS population thht couiu NO
learn 20 ride Liberal allowance anoIlt
have been made. ! suppose l D' ', n 'it'yl
rough sandy, unequal. sou ~, We ny
that I syae q simple tyro WIoiiy dIdt-
from the circumstance th4t cytilHs %HS
Mainly not my vocation. ! gre" MoIoii,
dfsordered mOnomanlacai. ~" ~
world through the spokes Of the wheel.
r.e0or1ed the springs OF human pctipH us
closely connected with the hahole oaIs,
II l had ever been vain, hopelul' e5Dus
tic confident / was no longer so wa.
reduced L fancicd. TO the loWtst terms ot
abiect self depreciation. Ilou6S,tL
brSathed throbbed. talked Dicycie. ing
bicvciA Dursued worried, tortured me
lost my appetite. my cap9clty iyi -
never particularly GOOD; ! ran goEn W.. "a
0eeh below what / had ,Welsnl' lUl +.
years. Still my physiejai r ngsii' es'tceiient
whatever fright be said OF my, me- -.
health. Ny wrath al myseil uccl'li,- ".
5egrees began 20 be s9urlcaI' s.l -
tio AZ my own expense. l peipelin ,0u q,
L,,,5~od rnordant Jokes an hour OF NY
Numbering. nonbicycling sell. sul, az ~
DSrson saiirized dld not seem TO mlhd IL
ape, TReed niS Machine played various tricks
o, me II was very malicious 700. lL
Took advantage Of my ieck. Of SKIN ana e. e.
T@ricnce. The chain would SIP on, Hns
Ire would slip OF, likewise;t ne h3iH4ule3
you'd GET twisted; the pedals Woula ~
bent bV sharp collisions with tee ear ,i, -,
I vas thrown in every variety OF lud,i ~.
forward. backward. sideWise. one lanS
! tbe handle bars would strike me a q, a.,.
otber. the pedals; at another the loIW ,.l'r@
I v,bcei [ would fall, sometimes. cNDul.
minute or two. 1 was bruised Cn 0d , IGidhg
Li",r from hio TO heel. My legs, ana llislk
,rarc covered with yellow; blue plIPio 10
| and black spots, as I found on BIgl"t -
Gov The morning bath. / looked as -. u I
| b@1 heen tattoocd by a highIy accom-
/ riiebed PoIynesian artist MI.
| ~ have discovered that the blcycle' -
, Wild beast or brutal human belnb' j., -
| u,.iipnaut thing until II mas neen ptDr-
NV famed While II worried me 'os
t1rad me struck me, bruised me iapi'o-,,,e ~
| ~ eroff al my annoyance ana dlseJl. w., =
, ~, n was simply untamed. Wheh J. ~ ~
| r1o',rt H. guide Il. control TX, IL la ~
! san,e machine but subdued, COM, 80
! ted made subservient 70 man VIZ .rE
| ,ieasiirc' The general public Know %
/ ,-heei In its tanned aspect ne ne i,, ne
/ l-rovys III I'm it's savagery. You mus -
t'r n or II win master you. Like ",,i'tS
! otrer things material and senuene' ,,(,oF
ne Won choose 10 make IT, eilnet 6oo~
anger VI '''' units HENRI ROWNE.