New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-11

nxed 1t up so that able to ride about eight
s n iurther on. Again 1t went down and was
iorceo TO hire man to carry me back to Pough-
keepsie This time they decided that The ..ner
tube was defective. and got another In its place.
I Inc man who had brought me in waiting.
ana started to ride back with him. as TO
overtake my friend. who had gone on. the sooner.
We had not gone more than two miles before
there was an explosion like pistol. That Jew
tube had busted The horses head was termed
back toward Poughkeepsie again, and after some
persuasion. l succeeded in getting another tube
In place of the broken one. That time | went
out of Poughkeepsie on my wheel. and there ' ere
no more accidents during the trip which vas
great success. in spite of all that have told. My
bill for repairs was sl2. take 1t that the OK
ploson In the wagon was caused by the heat Of
the sum- the tire had been blown up hard and
no doubt the air expanded a little"
Cycling tours undertaken alone are not nearly
so pleasant those made in parties OF two,
three or four. Some men may prefer to go
alone but most of them prefer to have COM
pany. Yet it is often difficult to get any one to
go with you. Some of your wheeling friends do
not care to follow the route you have selected,
and others cannot md the opportunity at the
time upon which you have fixed. Not every
one can choose the late Of his vacation, and
thus it happens that man who hates to spend
long hours alone will be compelled to make his
tours without a companion. In England this
difficulty is met in The Monthly Gazette the
organ of the Cyclists Touring Club. Any MEM
Der of that organization who wants fellow
wheelman to join him on a trip may insert
notice in the journal gratis He is advised to
enumerate the counties or leading centres
through which the tour IS to extend
One of these notices was follows:
Wanted-A companion for months bicycle tour
on the Continent preferably IN German Siart IN
has had experience of touring in Germany. Address:
scholastic, care OF Editor.
Sometimes under this heading of prospective
Tours there number of these wants
1t might seem that one would run a consider
able risk of getting an undesirable partner, but
the practice has much to commend it. In the
first place. judge from such notice
whether he is likely to agree with the adver
tiser in the questions of expense and pace Be
sides, the relations between two men who are
travelling on wheels together need not be init
mate. They do not necessarily ride side by
side all the way, and II they tire little or one
another they may limit their conversation to
meal hours Even at that, there is comfort
in having some one by to whom you could talk
II you wanted to- 1t would be little more dan
gerous to advertise for companion on yacht
ing trip for then both of you would have to be
together all the time.
Some of these notices are amusing. The au-
thor of one demanded many qualifications in
his companion that any troubled with the
slightest modesty would hesitate before an
nouncing that he filled the requirements. An
other man made 1t clear that he expected to
have entire direction Of the tour; that If he
felt like spending two or three days in place,
his fellow would have to submit, and so on.
1t is doubtful whether any one answered this
notice unless it was some writer who wanted
to sketch thoroughly selfish character.
A number Of Americans belong to the Cy-
clists Touring Club. which corresponds to the
does not concern itself with racing. The initia-
ton fee is only one shilling. and the annual
dues are three shings. THE Monthly Ga
zette' is sent to members free Of CHARGE 1t is
alone well worth seventy-fve cents year.
Americans who make tours in Europe will find
ii of advantage to join this club In England
they will have many privileges, and Will nave
the benefit of special rates at certain hotels.
Their BICYCLES will be admitted free of duty In
France unless the law has been changed. and
their card Of membership may be helpful In
other countries of the Continent. Residents OF
all parts of Europe are enrolled in the club.
Perhaps wheelmen in their conversation
little inconsderate of those present who do
not ride. In group of five or six of whom all
| but two cyclists the talk is likely to
drift TO wheeling later, and once start
| ed on that subject. it is not easily shifted
| Those who are not interested in the sport may
| find the gossip about tours and sprockets and
understand how cycling can be made the sub
| ject of such endless discussion. Those who are
| devoted to the pastime are usually glad TO
| spend hours Of leisure time in talking about
| wheeling in its various phases, mechanical and
| geograp hical. A man who is inclined to think
| foo much about business after office hours finds
this an agreeable and beneficial feature of cy-
| cling 1t not only takes his mind from his shop
while he is riding but at other leisure times
| Thus he sleeps better and starts in on his work
| fresh mentally well az physically.
|
| The case of a lawyer who lived in New-York
| for forty years without ever going to Staten
| Island is not unique. Most men live in beaten
tracks and little of the city save on the
way TO and from business and the theatres and
| opera If they go driving. it is chiefly in Cen
| trail Park. and there on the two main drives
| Those who go in for wheeling soon acquire an
| acquaintance with the city and suburbs that is
most gratifying on the North Side they pass
| through beautiful country lanes and see inter
| esting old mansions. Manhattan Island re-
veals charms Of which they never dreamed
| Westchester County unfolds attractions which
delight the eye and soothe the senses and
New-Jersey and Long Island are found to be
full of interesting spots and regions. These
tours give one enlarged idea OF the grandeur
of the metropolis. and make one better New
Yorker than he ever was BEFORE
An acquaintance with botany adds much to
the endowment Of a trip awheel. Some persons
have been led TO take up this study, or to re-
new their youthful fondness for it. through
their rides among green fields. 1t adds variety
to a days pleasure to halt occasionally Tor
lille botanizing and to return home with rare
or unusually beautiful wild flower lends flavor
of triumph to the journey. The "scorcher,
bent {ike a hoop. would scorE the suggestion or
tarrving to find an interesting shrub or plant,
but the wheelman who has other Ideas than
that of covering given number or miles In
given number of minutes. Will ma that even
slight knowledge Of botany increases the fas-
cination of cycling.
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