The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-25
WHEEL NOTES.

The following letter was received by
a. W. Game 4 few days ago with in
structions to push the enterprise therein
mentioned:
Dear Sfr:-The 80 L. A W meet club
OF Denver, Colo, are endeavoring to es-
taolish fund whereby they may be en-
sbied TO place III one hospital in every
large city in the United States a free bed
for the benefit of injured wheelmen to be
called the Denver Wheel Club Free Bed,
and we have started this hospital chain
letter for that purpose. Please make
| three copies of this letter as 1 have DONE
changing the date, of course, and send to
three of your friends; put the next high
est number at the top of it Numbering
All three alike, ana sign your name
send this letter with ten Om cents to
| George NJ. Geraghty, president box 1907
Denver, Colo.,, with the names of those
10 whom You have written. If you don't
! wish to help in this worthy and charit-
! able undertaking please send this letter
I TO some one else, as any break in the
chaln viii result in serious loss to the
| hospital fund When the No. 50 is reached
the chain will end.
/ Everyone should be interested in this
undertaking and as it is good thing.
push it along.
Charley Evans has donned his riding
suit, which speaks for itself, especially
J - ! ~
John Beck and Mrs Beck are attending
riding school these days at NJ. r. Evans.
under Professor Arthur Liday's tuition
Earl Cummings will not race this year.
at least not in Salt Lake city as he con-
templates visit TO Germany this sum-
mer.
The Columbia folks will have their tan
dem on the track about April LIST.
Browning Bros. have received their line
of RemingtonS. They are dandieS with
large tubing and the tread down to four
and one-half inches.
Mat Browning. of Ogden. is around and
looking up his interests in Salt Lake city.
Walter Beattie is. now a full fedged
wheelman, having learned the art and
purchased bran new wheel.
I. P. Gum is in town, and hobnobbing
amongst the wheel fraternity. Gum will
not ride this year. He was declared
professional by the /. a. w. racing board.
A F Sharpleigh, the manufacturer of
the Syracuse, writes NJ. r. Evans the fol-
lowing: when you are going to have
any race meets in your section, will you
kindly forward US your programme and
entry blanks so that our racing teams
may make proper arrangements to
This shows that the racing fraternity
is fully alive to the fact that Utah is
coming to the front as a racing center.
The Syracuse tandem will make its ap-
pearance about the Ist Of April
Joseph A. Smith. of. Cache valley, the
enrolling clerk for the constitutional con-
vention, has been talking wheel to all the
Joseph will take lessons in racing and
purchase a wheel, swelling the ranks of
the whee1men one more.
Mr.. Brastow, of Wells-Fargo's bank.
has disposed of his cid wheel and now
rides g very new one with the brand
of Rambler" upon it
The Salt Lake Hardware company.
agents for the New State bicycle. say 1t
has caught on immensely. why we
cannot fill our orders; being unable to get
wheels fast enough from the factory to
supply the demand" This is a new
wheel in this part of the country. and
shows quite nu-'her Of improvements.
Tod Game has ordered his racing wheel
from the National people. Tod will ride
a II or 1S-pound wheel this year especial
" made, for him. Tod ought to be
times this year.
The Coop Furniture company, agents
for the Affair. show a wheel with i'm
provementS that are claimed to be orig
inal with them, such as the aluminium
rim, which for lightness and dura bility
certainly can't be exceiled. The frame
is a decided feature in bicycle construc-
ton. being reinforced in all places neces-
sary.
Horace Ensign is now past grand
master in the art of propelling g bike |
having graduated last week. at was
tough for a little WHILE says he. 81
never had any idea there were so many
rests, stops, quavers, trills, spells and
andante movements"
Marion Black, representing the Small |
ley bicycle and ceebra ted Plymouth |
wood rims. wass howing his line at the |
Western Hardware company's last week. |
Mr. Black is a racing man of note, hav- |
ing beaten Boles Hamilton and Gerwing, |
the Denver cracks a number of times. |
As soon as the racing season opens he |
goes into active training, and rides in the |
Interstate circuit through Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois.
The, Smalley Buck" racer created a |
sensation among the wheelmen last week |
To see a man get up and stand on the |
spokes, jump on the frame with the |
wheel leaning against a post, jump up |
and down on the cranks and medals etc. !
of 16-pound racing machine, was enough |
to astonish anyone.