The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-22
GREAT is HE WHEEL
Its Remarkable fsct Upon Many
Branches I Trade.
SOME BUSHES MEN KICK
The Horse Cro1s Fat and Lazy,
the Livery Mn Looks Sour,
But the Eaker and
Butche smile.

business activity 1t has alread,
wrought marvDus change in the
daily habits and conditions of livinf
OF many thousand Of people. 1t is ar
element Of comfet. convenience and
pleasure and a ioiseless temperance
promoter. The cylers are the happiest
- people in Ameria to-day, says the
omaha Bee. excot, perhaps, the BIZ
cycle dealers, bu lots of other folks
are very unhapp, for the craze for
oicycing has intefered seriously with
sneir various BUSINESS interests. The
butchers and bakrs and grocers seem
10 De the only trsdesmen not affected
by it. They THRIVE and grow fat. and
Inc their pockets. Why? Because he
VINO rides must ct, and the most as
tonlshing stories are told among wheel
men and wheeIw,men of bird-like APP
, petites that they lave grown into those
OF the ravenous wolves and due only to
the exercise in th open air.
wheeling has c,rtainly interfered Sc
riousiy with the carriage trade, and
/, everyone knows hat ii has made horse
nesn dirt cheap rhe liverymen say that
bicycling has almost ruined their BUSH
ness. The railroad managers own that
II mas cut dow their passenger lists.
Barkeepers declare that wheeling has
caused the drinking of intoxicants to
decrease. Druggists avow. that the
scription trade very materially, and If
people require fewer drugs they must
demand less doctoring, so IL must have
cut down tie practice of the medical
profession. Jewellers and piano dealers
groan as pdhetically as the carriage
men and hose shoers. Theatrical man.
ayers are thu latest to unfold a tale of
woe and lament the havoc In their re-
ceipts brought about by the wheeling
lad. Business and professional men
aon't seem % be angry because wheel
ing is taking money out of their pock-
ets. They are simply stunned when
they think Of the hold that the bicycle
mas on the public. There are two
classes of professional men, however.
who are ouspoken in their objections
to so much bicycle riding, and they are
allied against an amusement which the
doctors almost universally advise as
healthful. And queer enough combi-
nation 1t ie, too, this one of the stage
and pulpit. Theatrical managers OBJ
1ect to bicycle riding because they say
that IL hurts the patronage of the play
houses. Some ministers are raving
against the wheel because not only the
young people, but the old ones, go rid
ing In preference to going to church.
In the opinion of some of the whole
sale upholstery men, the bicycle is re-
sponsible for the quiet that reigns
"hiOhS icldll tSId DuSnmentS. Inc
wheel Is popular, and in many in
stances entire families must be sup
piled with them, and the younger peo- |
pie are are willing to forego other lux |
nrfes in.the shape of upholstery goods, |
etc.. If they can have their |
wishes gratified in regard to the
wheel
!, The bicycle promises to do more than
he gold cure for the cause of temper
ince. Newspaper and magazine writ
RS have already begun to comment on
he change in the habits of young men
Who are given to bicycling Instead of
their idle hours in saloons or
ounging about the boarding houses,
he wheelmen have taken to the coun-
ry roads. Intoxicants of all kinds are
schewed by enthusiastic wheelmen. A
ong ride in the sun is practically i'm
ossible II the system is heated with
rink, and the discreet wheelman will
ave none of Ii.
Since the season of 1894 the Fountain
'erry track at Louisville has been the
iecca of wheelmen, the teams coming
ere to train in the spring and again in
he fall for the annual assault upon
ne record table. The work in most |
istances Is the same, spring and fall,
nd is just plain work, without any
Ills, at that. The average patron of
he sport is apt to regard cycle racing
; simple affair, wherein a man
lmps on his wheel and rides for about
vo minutes for the sake of winning
lie 5000 diamond put up as a prize in
lie mile open; but a few days in train
g quarters will disabuse the idea and
ave in its stead the impression that s
Icing is pretty hard work and that q
rcuit chasing is hardly to be consid- !
ed in the light of a midsummer's
oil Att 1
the track each morning and after Q
ION, life is happy enough down here S
r the man in training. for everything \
made as pleasant for him as possible D
Id there is plenty in the nature of
nocent, harmless recreation and a
nusement to keep him satisfied. a
'ony" Landenwich is the same old a
my OF old. and every racing man in
e country knows what that means.
lie accommodations are being en- 4
-ged and improved. The wide lawn
d its heavy shade prove an attract
place at midday, and the men
mble about over the park benches or
2 thick carpet of Kentucky blue
ass like so many schoolboys. In the
ening popular amusement is torch
hing. The river is but a short walk a,
I'M the park enclosure and fish are n
ntiful Half a dozen of the men will 81
In party, one bearing a flaming m
ch TO attract the fish and the others n
milling the rods and tackle So far mi
Use little excursions have been uni
'mly unsuccessful, but men in train
! are allowed 20 eat but sparingly of
y form of fish. and the result of their
1T makes but a seldom appearance
the breakfast table.-The American O.,
-,
he story is current that one OF the ' -
est and largest manufactures of BIZ
les is going to make chainless
cells altogether for 1897. Various cir
Instances are quoted which lend color 20
the rumor. most important of all be- III
the fact that this company has
ght the patents for the device. :
ny experienced riders were favor
y impressed with the chainless 81
eel which was on the market a few
sons ago. The company which made
vent into bankruptcy, however, and
style Of machine has virtually dis