San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-01
CYCLE BREVITIEs.

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Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"For ride ON my bicycle, sir" she
said.
MAY l go with you, my pretty maid?'
Can you do mile in 2:10?" she said.
That's more than I'm equal to, my
pretty maid"
Then stay where you are, for l can,
| she said.
The Misses Semlingers are all
quite efficient in the art of riding.
Charles Bulger, popular fire.
man of the Mission company, is a
wheel enthusiast.
River Avenue, the wheelman's
favorite boulvard, is at last torn
up by the sewers.
An Irishman advertises for a
second hand lady's bicycle.
Widows please take notice.
Neither of the cycling clubs of
this city have yet taken up the
matter Of considering a racing
track.
Our streets, during the past few
weeks have been almost devoid of
bicycle riders, owing to the bad
weather.
| II is almost as rare an occurrence
to see cushion tire wheel on our
streets as it is that of the old style
"break neck.'
The race track at the old Fair
grounds in Riverside park is yet
in good shape and would make a
fine bicycle race track.
The leading dailies OF the north,
especially Of New York.iCity, are
devoting separate columns for
cycling news, each day. =
Richard Burton, the poet, is a
cyclist and recently while coast
ing was thrown from his wheel
sustaining painful injury to his
shoulder.
Several New York cycling clubs
have added bowling alleys to their
club rooms, with which to amuse
themselves during the coming win
ter nights.
San Antonio wheelmen ought to
begin early to arrange for a grand
meet next summer. If they can
not get race track of their own
by that time, the Jockey Club
grounds would answer the pur-
pose.
On December 1 the Harlem
wheelmen Of New York will move
into their new club house, which
is four story brownstone struct-
ure, located at No. 81 West One
Hundred and Twenty fourth
street.
Lord Cudogan the new Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland is an en-
thusiastic cyclist, but d/ng to
court etiquette, which is rigorous
ly observed by him, has never
made public appearance on his
wheel.
Thefts of bicycles are not re-
ported as often of late as they
formerly were. The reason of this
evidently is the fact that the
thieves were always captured and
the wheels recovered, but the lat
ter were sometimes in sadder
condition than when taken away.
A good many mechanics ride
wheels to and from work now.
They can purchase them on the
installment plan, and those who
would otherwise have to take the
car in order to reach their work,
can pay that amount on their
wheel which in short time will
entirely pay for one.
Otto Presger, the famous Next
can trip cyclist, and pioneer San
Antonio wheelman, who is now in
Austin attending the State Uni
versity, has about given up cycling
himself, but is still an ardend ad-
mirer of the sport. He says when
he completes his studies he will
again take to his wheel.
In other cities, bicyclists, as in
San Antonio, do not look to their
own interest and welfare, as they
should. Last week a "good roads"
meeting was held in Brooklyn
with a very small attendance.
Those present were not very en-
thusiastic and the meeting closed,
without accomplishing anything.
, II the rain ever let's up, the
streets will be in better condition,
than they were before 1t began, as
all the loose dirt left by the sew
or contractors will be packed
down leaving the surface of the
street in somewhat better condi-
l ton. The dust, which was Of such
in convenience to wheelmen Is