The herald., 1896-01-06


future they decline to meddle with such af-
fairs. Again, the distance that the circuit
chasers have to come when they undertake
a California trip seems to have caused a
large number of them to back down. There
is nothing like travelling in one of Mr.
Pullman's denominations that will tend to
put the bicycle rider out of condition for a
smashing race, aud all races on the na-
tional circuit ARG expected to be of the phe-
nonenal vtrety. These seem to be the
principal objections to the holding of an
other dational meet in this part of the
stf.te.
Now comes the other side. Every one of
the circuit riders went back last year, en-
tn siastic over the treatment that they had
received at the hands of their entertainers
while they were in California. They found
here good tracks, elm. that simply
made a man ride and a list of prizes that
m ,de them open their eyes at seeing
what was usually offered in the wild AID
woody west. As a consequence of their
stay, they found that here was climate
that for training purp )ses was not APP
preached by any other section of this
great country, Florida not excepted. They
| found that there was a large part OF the
world that they had not yet seen, where
| the entrance of the bicycle was not yet an
| assured fact. Their visit has been pro-
ductve of such an impe us to the bicycle
| trade in this section as had never before
been felt, and the hearts of the manu-
facturers were thereby made glad. New
agencies have been established all over
Los Angeles d surrounding counties, and
the cause of this may be directly traced to
the coming of these same famous bicycle
riders. Surely the balance of benefit
seems to be on the side of their return.
Now, if these men should return to this
country of ours, the bu den of expense
should no be allowed to fall on one or two
nppia shouI1prs il did hafOra Sippp IL
has become a source of benefit to all those
who are directly interested in the trade of
wheels, why should not these same dealers
bear The brunt of the cost? If the expenses
of the affair were to BE- divided pror ,ta
among the various bicycle houses, a sum
could be raise that would be ample to
pay all the expenses of advertising, prizes,
etc. The proposition would be purely
business one, and the benefi s accruing
would be he advertising that would be
given to the C ,use of cycling. Some mar
row-minded dealer might object on the
score that his wheel was not directly bene-
flied, but his attention nigh be called to
the tact that anything that advertised the
bicycle business was in measure benefit
inx him. The next circuit meet is long
way off, but the above proposition might
be taken into consideration for what it is
worth.
AMONG THE CLUBS
New Year by holding the first club run of
the year. The members started from the
club house at 1905 a. M, January 1st.
There is every reason to believe that some
members of the club have not yet got back,
as they were conspicuous by their absence
at the Pasadena meet. Their destination
was not stated when they m 4de their start,
and their arrival at any of the government
hotels has no yet been chronicled VI
The Citrus Wheelmen hold an important
business meeting Thursday night at the
office of Dr. Manning, in the Potomac
block. Arrangements will be made for
ladies' night to bS given by the club, and
all members with ideas concealed about
their persons are earnestly, prayerfully
and tearfully desired to be present. From
the past reputation of the club there is
every reason to believe thai any entertain
ment that they may get up for the b ,nefit
of the ladies will be decided social sue.
cess.
The Roamers Road Club made extern
sive arrangement for the entire club to
appear at the Pasadena races, each men,
Der clothed in the nice new white suit that
the club has adopted for gala times. When
the time for their appearance came, the
la ger part OF the club had disappeared,
and single solitary white duck ecmens
roamed at large over the grounds. The
Teso were iar, idr away 'ile many anu va
rious tempt ,tions of the new year having
seduced them from their allegiance.
By the way, is the Crown City Cycle
Club of Pasadena going to hold its annual
road race this year? The last one was
most decided success, the racing and time
being quite up to expectations. Should
the club conclude to hold another, there
would be no difficulty in finding plenty of
men who would ride over the excellent
course. such an event as this should not
be allowed to drop.