The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
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likely to be a hard man for the best Of
them to beat, and abe reputation Of Ameri-
hands.
Last season at Denver, Col, he rode
half mile handicap from scratch IN IS Is
seconds. This is the worlds record in COM
petition. He broke the worlds one mile
competition record three times. At Wal
oa Mask ne l9weGed II from F, 2 70 4 AZ .
and finally at Denver. he rode a mile i'm
competition in ! minute and $50 seconds
This stin stands Charlie Murphy has not
met tommy Johnson In competition since
1884, but during that season they met i'm
fifteen different races and of these Muir
ply won eight.
Earl B. Kiser is not so well known to
the public generally as tho two
former men, but his riding dur
season of 1895 brought him into a position
of great prominence. He Will be a most
formidable competitor for any man that
lines up on the track with him this season.
Willis B. Troy is probably the most
prominent man in his line in the world
He was at one time IN charge Of the oy-
represented zimmerman in several of mis-
most important transactions K was ne
that crossed the ocean and made the big
deal which induced Zim to leave the ANA
teur ranks and turn professional, and was
Zimmerman'S manager the first season
he raced in this class in Europe He was
the manager and promoter of the first
cash prize league ever started in this
country, and last season he had the entire
o.
Island, where race meet was held week
1y, with big cash prizes that made this
track the headquarters for all the fast
professional racing men here.
The publication of the fact that this
strong team, under the management Of
Troy, is about to invade Europe, has
caused quite a sensation. The viii all
sal! together On Wednesday, and viii make
their Headquarters in Paris.
The first woman in America to ride
bicycle was a Mrs. Smith, the wife of w
g. Smith, the inventor Of the drop frame
bicycle. Mrs. Smith saw and admired the
safety wheel, and also saw no reason
why an adoption could not be made which
would enable women TO enjoy it, as well
She begged her husband to think os
something. He did, and the result is the
now much ridden wOmans drop frame
bicycle. This was in 1SSS. The first wheel
constructed was the one ridden by Mrs.
Smith. It weighed exactly sixty pounds.
In those days no one believed that wo-
man could possibly keep her equilibrium
or manage on anything lighter.
This pioneer woman rider weighed e:gh-
~ pounds a that time. Now this order
has been reversed This year her wheel
weighs twenty pounds, while she has
gained the forty it has lost.
~,yYhat is known as a hygienic cushion
frame is now being applied to machines
by several manufacturers. It is composed
of pnuemauc telescoping tubes working
one within the other A graduated spiral
steel spring is contained in the inuermost
tube for the purpose of upholdng the
weight of the rider. Double air pockets
are also provided within the tubes to sus-
tain the thrust of the rider " len crossing
distractions. The advantages claimed for
this device are manifold. 1t is said hat It
does away with the jar and strain to The
rider and the wheel; that the durability
of the wheel is increased; that no pumping
device is necessary, and that all this IS
attained without radically altering the
construction of the machine.
The general tendency to lightness =
things. pertaining to the CONSTRUCT. Apla
bicycles has caused the cycling pu. 49,
partially to lose sight of the highest a ~
vantage to be derived from the use ST
the pneumatic tire. When pneumarice
were first used fun two-inch tire was
considered none TOO large 1t was not
necessary to pump it to extreme hard
ness in order to preserve either the tire
or rim Of the wheel and its wide track
and great resiiency impaired to the rider
sensation Of floating along in the air
with a delightful ease never dreamed ~
~ the earlier days of solid tires For
ROAD riding full two-inch tire is none