The herald., 1895-01-31
THE SPORTING WORLD At LARGE
The Great Cycle Manufacturers
Exhibition.
A. G.. Spaulding Elected President
of the National Board.
Current Gossip About Events In the
Great World of spers-soms
Personal Notes.

The National Board of Trade OF Cycle
man ufscturers opened their first an
nusl exhibition OF cycles in Madison
Square garden. New York city. on tho
10th and the show closed on Saturday
night last. after having run q week.
On Thursday night the directors mst
and elected A. G. Spsulding president.
Phillip Gormuly, first vics president;
George Pope, second vics president; W.
A. Rsdding, treasurer, and A. Kennedy
Child, sscretsyy.
Cyclists frow al. par.a of this country
were present and showed keen inter
est in the r.tiorsl exhibition of cycles
and cycle sundtiss.
No new cycles were shown, but the
improvements in special parts were
many, and of such a character as to call
their meriss to the ATTENTION of every
body.
An electric sign extended across the
entire east end OF the garden, which in
itself was marvel. This device was
JUS feet 10 length by 35 feet in width,
and contained 1892 lamps OF 29,147 can
die power. The woads on ths sign are:
'First national show. under the aus.
pices OF the national board of trade"
Between the letters SH aud OW there
was a bicycle 20 feet 10 length by Is feet
in height. with wheels having diane
ter Of s feet and spokes of half inch,
the large gear "a inches and the small 8
inches. The crank shaft WAS inches
in diameter, the frame tubee 3 inches.
Che hspdes 90 inches and the length OF
the eeddls SO inches. The length of the
ehais was feet and its width IL
inches, snd the handle of the crank s
inches. The pedals. measure inches in
length and the width was 8 inches.
The wheels and every working part OF
shis monster bicycle were operated
every evening OF the show.
Among the novelties were an exhibis
tion of motor cycles run by naphtha and
Q bamboo cycle.
The list of entertaining artists included
the Powers family, the Wilmot duo, Kill
patrick, the one-legged wonder of the
age Maltby, the 'Bssu Brummell" OF
the trick division, who was in this city
for the Heating company short time
ago, and the Msrtell family.
The first American cycle show was
held in 1886 ut the annual league meet
in Boston. 1t was given under the auA
HplCos VI tbo Oiu DOokoh DiOy CiuDI sho
greatest cycling organization in Amer
lea. About 20 firms exhibited, and the
affair was a decided success.
No show was held after that until 1891,
when the associated clubs of Philsde-
phia announced an exhibit. The trade
rushed eagerly to show their goods.
This time there were perhaps SO firms.
and the show was held in one OF the
Quaker City armories. In 1892 they held
another show. Last year two shows
were held in this country. one at the
Madison Square garden and the other at
Philsdslphis.
The New York city show included all
+ the firms in America, and there were
about $50 exhibitors, and during the
entire week about $4,000 people visited
the chow.
Amoug the antiquities displayed wai
the first Wheel manufactured in the state
of Illinois. 1t is cumbersome looking
affair, built on tbs plan of an ordinary.
Au ingenious Illinoisau made it for its
own use years ago. utilizing buggy
wheel to develop the locomotion and 6
sewing machiue wheel for the steering
apparatus. The saddle is made from
the end OF plain box, and the spring
was overlooked One can imagine how
many "headers" the inventor of the
clumsy machine must have experienced
before he found that his wheel was
years from b9iOg perfect.