The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-29

more than another or dropping one shoul-
/ der. Tire cychst himself very seldom
knows OF his delinquencies. and II Is
| usually necessary for q friend TO point
| them out.
The city fathers OF Columbus. o.
having discovered that a rider to scorch
must hump himself" went at once t.
| the root of the matter by constructing
an ordinance which reads In part as fol-
lows: whoever. while riding any bi-
cycle or tricycle., shall sit in a bent form
leaning forward, with his or her head
inclined so as to prevent a perfect view
| OF persons on or crossing any OF the
streets, thoroughfares or public places
in said city, shall be deemed guilty of q
| misdemeanor."
Conservative New York, after a sea-
son and a half's experiments with night
| racing on the part Of this city and Buff
falo. last Thursday night concluded. not
without a great deal Of trepidation, 10
| try the game also. The affair was rea
sonably successful; but 1t is astonishing
that Gotham with its reputation for
push and go-aheaditiveness. had not
indulged in this phase OF the sport long
ago.
The daring and dangerous feat per-
formed first in the world by F. W. Os-
good, the manager of the Brooklyn BIZ
cycle rink of riding down the chutes on
bicycle. is now being initiated by 9TH
ers seeking notoriety in various parts
of the country. From st. Louis comes
| the following: ''The latest scheme of
st. Louis cyclist IL to ride down the
Shoot and Chutes' To say that this
feat is creating a sensation is mildly
expressing 1t. The mile-a minute
scheme is not for an instant in it.
Since the first successful attempt. the
management, recognizing the fact that
wonderful performance of this kind
| would prove great drawing card, en-
gagged the wheelmen to ride down the
31a seconds. OF course. an exceedingly
high gear is used to enable the rider
to keep his feet on the pedals
The Franch war office has decided to
disband the cyclist corps.
The Japanese bicycle story Is going
the rounds again, Notwithstanding the
fact that the consul general to Japan
recently reported that Japs were unable
to make durable wheels.
It's now time for some trick rider to
ride up the outside of Bunker Hin mon
ument. He would get down fast
enough.
Cabanne makes his first appearance
since suspension September l.
The foreign long distance riders are
approaching dangerously close to 300
miles In twelve hours. Constance HUI
ret, the French wonder at that branch
Of the game, recently rode over 2SS miles
in the halliday: In the course of which
he rode 100 miles in 3.4l.21 As. $50 miles
In 5.41.24 3-5. 200 miles in 1907 3-5 and $50
miles in l0.l9.54 2-5. How are these fig
ures for high? The best American rec
ord is that of Troyman. at Louisville,
on the Fourth of July last, when he
covered 232 miles. $500 yards.
The theory that man astride wheel
can snap fingers at thunderbolts dur
ing an electric storm was rudely shat
tered the other day in Chicago, when a
workman returning home on his bicycle
was struck TO death by a lightning bolt.
In France and England the seat for
q lady on q tandem Is usually in the
rear. In this country the fair one Is al
ways on the front. where she has to bear
the brunt of the wind and dust and can
not see whether her partner is loaf
Ing" All combination tandems built
in this country have the drop from in
front. and that Is where the fault lies.
The foreign makers are a few years in
advance of us in this respect.
1.-The bicycles latest vocation" says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat. sis as
an advertisement for third-class ac-
tresses, who. by tipping the police in
large cities get themselves arrested for
scorching and then get into the news
papers"
Through the mediation Of O. s. Bun
nell, a peace was patched up between
Hadfield, the suspended rider, and
Chairman Gideon: Hadfield went to
Gideon and said ne was very sorry for
having acted as he did. and gave the
chairman full and succinct sctatement
of the moneys ne had received while rid
ing as an amateur. both from tire and
bicycle manufacturers. whereupon the
"Ax-man" raised the embargo and al
lowed him to ride In today's races.
Ray Grouse. Allentown's crack ANA
teur formerly of Philadelphia has been
east into the outer darkness" Of pro-
fessionalism ON the charge of having
received pay from manufacturer.
Madeline Fitzpatrick. wife of the one
legged trick rider. Is sweeping every
thing before her In Europe. She won
first prize Of S5 guineas from 40 compet
itors at the fancy costume carnival at
the Olympia. London, on August Z. In
the presence of $1,000 people. The prize
was awarded for the most graceful rid
ing, with the finest wheel and the most
original cycling costume.
1t IL Interesting to note that cycling
has the effect of thinning the
obese and fattening the thin. and this
may be partly explained by Murchison's
that excessive leanness. as
we'll as excessive corpulence, Is often
caused by inaction Of the liver. and the
the functions of that organ, causes the
of what was only symp-
tom.
John ]. Brough. Of Manchester. Conn,
covered 10000 miles In Il tour Of the
world. just completed. OF this total
10000 miles were covered on water and
1900 on his bicycle. The rest was by
railroad. Mr.. Brough left New York
August II. 1895. He visited Ireland.
England and and Wales and
then went to France. At Frankfort,
Germany. he won 50-mile bicycle race
and with 1t prize of 800. He was put
In prison for three days in Constanti-
nople for being without d passport