Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-04-12
A CRUCIAL TEST.

THE STANDARD OF SUPERIORITY AS EsTAB.
LISHED. BY THE CYCLE EXHIBIT.
The careful statistician who attempts to
classify the one hundred thousand riders
of the wheel in Chicago will be as
tonished to find how large q proportion
of the cyclists are connected with its real
estate and building interests. 1t is signifi-
cant but not surprising that over and
beyond all other professions, trades or
occupations the real estate operator
should be found amongst those foremost
in availing themselves of nineteenth
century methods of travel, for even the
physician, the exigencies of whose call
ing demands a convenient and reliable
means of rapid transit, does not feel a
more imperative demand for the cycle
than does the real estate man to whom
time is money" and who finds that this
means Of transportations is available be-
You'd all others.
Realizing these facts the recent Cycle
Exhibit was anticipated with interest,
and means were adopted looking toward
O thorough and unbiased report regard
ing the relative merits of the various
mounts offered the purchasing public
with view to the selection of the best.
tn such en-. might be editorially endorsed
manufactures. OF course journals de-
voted to the interests of the bycicle In
dustry can not make such distinction as
they rely largely upon the advertising
patronage OF the manufacturers for sup
port and were the really best selected and
brands, the ones disseminated against
would withdraw their advertisements
from the columns of the paper making
the distinction. However, the Real Es-i
tate and Building Journal is in position
to make. selection upon merit and has
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satisfaction to its readers who must look
in vain in bycicle publications for unpre
JUDGED advice in making selection Of a
wheel. Upon the opening of the exhibit
this paper assigned trusted member of
its editorial staff to act with mechanical
expert who has no interest in any partic-
ular, wheel, and who by the way was for
merly connected with the largest Cycle
manufacturing concern in the east. These
two men without betraying their mission
to any. man, made thorough examine
ton of every line of wheels exhibited,
carefully and iudiciously weighed every
tarers aad noted ne all expressions 81
those most competent to express Intel
ligent opinions. This exhaustive and
painstaking search was conducted dur
ing the entire six days of the exhibit and
ut its close the two representatives of this
Rapsp met eo to Of notes eo Igon Sa6
AhS W u poiAt VA AIiAhAhe q uCOAblCu OoVAA
were gratifled-but not surprised-to
find that each was ready to award the
palm of pre- eminent superiority to the
same wheel, viz, the Monarch. Both
conceded that such preponderance of
points existed In favor of the Monarch
whether viewed from the vantage
ground of the experienced mechanic or
from the standpoint of the editorial
writer who in his way has had an equally
long experience with the wheel, that no
other decision could be given. The read
er should remember that this decision
was arrived at after the most thorough
investigation with no friend to reward,
no enemy to punish and no interests save
those of our readers to serve.
In view of such facts those who have
neither time nor facilities to make such
may rely upon the just
ness of the verdict. Taken as a whole the
the Monarch ranks above any and all
other wheels and is emphatieally and I'M
qualifledly the best. For this reason we
commend it above all the rest whatever
claims may be made. The decision is
based upon fact which is above ques-
ton or argument and should be of bene-
tit to every reader who contemplates the
selection and purchase of a wheel for the
season. /