The herald., 1896-04-20


strike both ankles at every revolution
of the sprockets. This record beats Ham
iltons of Chicago by four-fifths. w. j.
Evans of Santa Monica, S. III. Kiser OF
DAYTON, o, and w. NJ Randall of Roch-
ester, all established new records.
Floyd A. Mcfarland of the San Jose
Road club is the first amateur, or for
mer class A man, in this part OF the
state to come out in his true colors. He
has requested the racing board to trans
fer him to the professional class. He
will probably be followed by Edwards,
the Olympic crack, who has determined
to travel with the cash prize riders.
Edwards will ride in the professional
class for the first time at the Oakland
races on May 1st.
1t is now definitely decided that the
national circuit is to open in this state
and not at Denver. The opening meet
will take place at Oakland on the lst
of May in conjunction with the Fabiola
carnival fete. From Oakland the circuit
chasers go to Santa Rosa to race at
the opening at the new three-lap track.
The next meeting will be at San Jose on
May 9th. Then a weeks rest is contem-
plated, and on the 10th the rendezvous
will be San Francisco on the six-lap
board track at Central park. A jump
will then in all probability be made to
Santa Monica, and this is the only meet
as yet scheduled for this part of the
state, but there is every prospect Of
Pasadena securing date, There is also
no reason why both Redlands and
Santa Ana should not have meets be-
fore the 30th, which is the date already
scheduled for Phoenix.
From the trouble over the relay race
it seems possible that the Bay Citys
may refuse to deliver the cup to the
Garden City cyclers. The former club
& n IA o. a
question of the disqualification of /.
Percy Mills.
| Robert NJ Welch evidently intends
| to enforce racing rules to the letter.
He recently stated that where he found
| professionals riding under the guise OF
| amateurs he would, in addition to trans
| ferring them to the professional class
suspend them from all track riding for a
period, the extent to be governed by the
offense.
C. S. Wells, w A. and H. F. Terrill
| leave San Francisco today to train at
Santa Rosa.
The last bulletin of the racing board
sent out by Chairman Welch approves
| the following Pacific coast records
| Three-quarter mile, flying, paced, B, c.
S. Wells, Coronado, Cal. February 10
1896, :15 2-5; third mile, flying, un-
paced, professional, w. w. Hamilton
| Coronado, Cal, March q 1896, "a Is;
| two-thirds mile paced, professional, w
w. Hamilton, Coronado, Cal, March 2
1896, :5S as; one-half mile. flying, un-
| paced, tandem, professional, w. A. Ter
rill and w. A. Taylor, Coronado, Cal.
March 2, 1896, :52 3-5.
Both Melba and Calve have taken t.
| the wheel in order to reduce flesh. Dust
is also an expert and the other day
created sensation in Chicago by tax.
ing her lunch in public restaurant with
her bloomers on.
A compact is to be made by which
league members may enter Canada with
out paying duty on their wheels, pro
viding they return by the same port
Champion E. c. Bald lately contrbut-
| ed an article to the New York Journal
| entitled Are You Learning to Ride &
! Wheel? and discourses how to find healtl
and pleasure in the pastime. Bald de
clares that when he first began to rid,
he was a puny boy, but during singl,
| year he gained wonderfully in botf
health and strength. He says he ha:
| never experienced an hours inconven
lence or suffering as result of riding
He does not believe that the "bicycl,
| face, hump or mania exist except il
cases of few extremists on the mind o.
| cranky doctors who never rode a wheel
| His own acquaintance among bicycl,
| riders leaves him with the impression
that "the bicycle face is a healthy
happy face. that looks as if it's wearel
, was entirely capable of taking care O
himself and enjoying life thoroughly
The hump" he admits has a little
more tangible existence. for there ar,
some riders who affect scorching posi-
tion whenever they ride, and do hav,
the appearances of being deformed. Balt
recommends young riders to keep
check on their ambition and not to over
estimate their ability. Finally he doe!
not admire bloomers for ladies and pre-
fers the shirt waist to the sweater. Th,
best saddle for a lady he believes to b,
short and broad one of soft leathe
and made with short nose. What Bale
regards as the correct position in ridin.
allows considerable weight to rest upoi
the handle bars. If you set as straigh
as ramrod, he says, your spine get
all the jar of the wheel and your calve
all the physical development that /,
gained. If part of the weight is thrown
upon the arms, they, the muscles of tn,
chest and to greater or less extent tn
whole body will be the gamers.