New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-16
yrpSry HICYCLE ADvENTf RE.

A gifted correspondent living In tho nrlghborinE
hamlet Of Morrstown sends us the account ~
nm alleged happening which seems Important "
true; or perhaps the Gaze II more important VI
not true. since the presence In the country OF
80 active and agile liar cannot be without In
tcrest To all
our Tcrscy friend writes us that he IL an en-
,husiaatc bicycle rider. something when We can
well believe the bicycle as an Implement OF pro-
erosion from place TO place is receiving ntteh-
ton. II was only day before yesterday that we
were told OF n grand cakewalk by colored c'tl-
gcns at Chapples Grove Alabama when mas
been abandoned In favor OF "A wheeling pa
rade" But to return; our correspondent then
~ a rider Of the bicycle. While recently wheel
ln:; I'm the neishborhood Of Morristown he had
truly astonishing adventure with dogs. NO less
than two OF these intelligent animals attacked
him simultaneously. We have no reason to sus-
pet that they were imaginary dogs. with green
eyes and flashing nostrils. such as sometimes
pursue Jersey gentlemen after TOO Tree IN
dulgcnce in the state electrical nuid; rather we
presumc that live. nesh-and-har dogs really did
waylay him since the canine nature seems, Tor
some unknown reason, to object to the new
means Of locomotion. Granted. then. that two
dogs attacked our correspondent. one Of thcfe
OF any particular breed: the other was fine
speclmon Of the full booied bulldog The monde
script was the larger Of the two; the bull was Of
the usual low build With great width OF beam, re-
treating nose. projecting lower jaw. short ears.
stub tail and so forth. our correspondent takes
occasion TO dwell upon the we-known fact Of the
stubbornncss OF hold ot the thoroughbred bulldog,
and how when his Jaws once close upon an OBJ
jec, nothing in the world can open them except
actual mechanical force In the form OF lever
introduced between his teeth All q this Is read
lily granted and need not detain us.
Our correspondent was directly In front OF the
house 70 which the dogs seemed to belong when
they came AT him The cur was In advance. since
he was the better runner OF the two The BIZ
cycle was II course provided with pneumatic
tires These were new o, the best quality. and
heavily inflated The dog In advance uttered
villnnous bark ard sprang at our correspondent
lie threw his weight on the pedals In an attempt
10 es,apc the fangs Of the beast. lie also at this
point throws his weight on his pen In the evil
dent attempt to escape veracty lie appears 10
have been successful In both cases. The beast
missed our correspondents athletic leg but bur-
led his teeth In the tire OF the rear wheel Of the
bicycle. There deafening report as the I'M
prlslued air rushed out. and our valued CORE
-p9ndent looked over his shoulder to see tho dog
hurled through space twenty yards and align,
In q hoigc Bpt there was no time 10 take obscr-
yat,ons on mete0ric dogs The next instant the
uususpcci.ng bulldog fastened his jaws around
the tire on the forward wheel. There was the
sfno'hered hiss OF escaping air. but the animal
dd not -, 70. But under the astonished gaze
O, our lntclllgen; correspondent the beast sud
denly "gwccd M Ike football 20 the size
% hushci baekct or larger our esteemed ana
vcraclous correspondent dsmoun,cd. pried open
tn, Jaws ~ the now pneumatic animal. picked
him up and tossed him over into his front yard.
whore no bounded up ten feet and alighted on the
veranda = the house. across which he bounced
Ike a tennis ball just as his dumfounded owner
opened the front door 10 see what all the trouble
Was ooout our correspondent shouldered his dis
ahled bicycle and trudged away down the road.
What ought 10 be done In such a case as
this? What IL the duty u the community In
which such 4 this correspondent lives?
Ough; a man OF this sort to be put down by law.
or Is Il best to pay no attention TO him? Here
Is much food for thought.