Evening star., 1896-01-11
Cycling Notes.

Cycling Notes.
Sterling Elliott has announced himself as
candidate for the presidency of the
League of American Wheelmen, coming out
with lengthy platform, in which he IA
vors the retention of racing control by the
league.
Count Leo Tolstoi, the Russian author
and philanthropist has taken to the use
of wheel in spite of the sixty-seven years
through which he has passed. To accom-
pany and protect him his daughters have
learned to ride.
I. M. Cooper the phenomenon of last sea-
son. has connected himself with circus at
Detroit for the benefit of the wheelmen of
that place, who are anxious to raise $2O,-
| 600 to erect new club house.
John Lawson, the terrible Swede," per-
formed a wonderful feat in riding a mile
on home trainer in AS 1-5, the first
| quarter being ridden in .05 is. The track
| records for the world are ID As for a
quarter, and LAO 3-5 for a mile, flying
| start. In view of this it is possible for the
records to be lowered considerably.
| DR.. Henry j. Garrigues, who has made a
| close study of cycling, says that in propel-
| ling a machine the muscles of the body are
| the real motors. the bones form levers and
| the joints are the hinges between them, al
| lowing them to work under constantly
varying angles
The authorities of st. Augustine, Fla,
have limited the speed of bicycles in the
city limits to five miles an hour.
| Rev. DR.. Talmage advises young men to
| sit up straight when they ride. Darwin
| says the human race is descended from the
| monkey, but the bicycle will turn a hun
| dred thousand men of the present genera
tion in physical condition from man to
| monkey.
| In the present Australian racing season
the cash prizes amount to over $4,000.
w. w. Hamilton succeeded in establish
| ing a new record for a third of mile un-
paced At Coronado, Cal, on Christmas
| day, he rode over poor course in the
| East time of Al.
Little Johnny Spark. aged twenty. of
| pounds, is utjt with challenge to race any
man his age and weight for a purse of
$1,000.
That Zimmerman's fast riding is due
| mainly to his own abilities is evidenced by
the fact that he uses only a sixty-eight
! gear machine.
| Frank Brenier, South Akron, Ohio,
| wheelman, recently entered a restaurant
| and ate an oyster stew, a whole fried
| chicken and a dozen fried oysters. Some
| man in the place. astonshed at this gas
| Economical performance, offered to wager
that Brenier could not top off his meal by
| eating a quart of raw oysters in five min
utes time. He was taken up and the
hungry wheelman finished the quart in four
| minutes.
! On Christmas day Edward Drouin, the
whose capers have frequently got him into
print, promoted bicycle race between the
messenger boys employed by rival tele-
graph companies. He gave 500 watch to
| the winner.
The Christmas number of the Cycling
Gazette, published by Emil Grossman &
Bro, Cleveland, Ohio, is one Of the most
elaborate bicycle editions ever issued. II
contains over one hundred and seventy
pages, and is printed in many colors. The
reading matter is valuable and interesting
but what makes the edition much more
valuable lies in the fact that excellent half
tone pictures are given of all the racing
men of the year. In addition to this, half
tone cuts, of good size and prettily ar
ranged, are given Of the various manu-
facturers and cycle publishers, and also
the leading cycle manufactures in the
country. The edition sells at 25 cents pei
issue.
National Oarsmen Meet Tonight.
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