The morning times., 1896-08-16
Simple "Cupid" Trick Brings Aps
p!ause from Audience.
Tricks Learned in Three Trials.
Any Smooth Place Is Trick
GTound-DismOunt from
the Rear with Front
Wheel in Air.

front wheel. Lift The hand carefully off
the handlebars and reach down IL is only
few inches TO the tire Catch hold Of .1o
tire. Lean on it. Hold the wheel still.
Maintain your balance by the right hand
and left foot and you will find you can
stand this way for a long Time long enough
10 allow the audienccto applaud itselftired.
THE STEP RIDE.
handsome trick. and a hard one. un-
less you naturally balance easily, is ridDy
upon one pedal and upon the rear step. On
every diamond frame there is a back step
for mounting. Place the right foot updn
this step and the left foot upon the pedal II
front OF this step. Now ride. You keep
your balance by throwing the weight on the
handle bars, wherever required. II you
ride on the left side OF the machine your
weight must be thrown ON your right arm.
Never forget that this appreciation Of
weight is the secret of balance. The
minute you step upon one pedal you
must throw yourself upon the arm furthest
from that pedal. Stepping on the Iefe
pedal is the easiest way if you throw your
weight on your right ann. Any woman
viii show you how TO do it. for this
is the WAY she gets off her wheel. II il her
easiest motion after she has Iear rned II.
though il was long, weary experience
learning.
PEDA LING THROUGH
For the trick of pedailipg through the
frame YOU must have an assistant at
hand when You practice or you will get
the worst fall YOU ever lad. Once learned
and you can laugh at diienimas.
Place the left foot on tie left pedal nd
YOU send the machine forward with
spring Have the pedal high when you
mount and get hold of both sides OF the
handle bars. AS soon as you are eoing
fling YOUR ri ght foot through the frame and
rest IL upon the other pedal. You are ROW
riding through the frane- The machine Will
tip little towards the left. but you can
balance. Riding this way is hard and it
looks hard, but after you have learned the
preceding tricks this will not lie such a
stumper as YOU may think.
For all these tricks you need heavy
wheel. At least tweBty-six pounds. and
as much heavier rs you can get Remeni-
Der that it is not speed you want. but bal.
ance and strength. A certain well-Rnown
trickster did his famous around -the-coun-
try tricks upon a wheel weighing thirty
twopounds. With light wheel you wrench
the machine in these turnings and twist.
ings. The stronger the frame the better.
A light machine breaks and runs away
from you at the critical minute. You need
to be quick as lightning TO do tricks with a
light wheel.
The only trick woman can do in skirts
is the one of standing still She must
learn to ride standing upon her pedals.
Her weight is mostly upon her hands She !.
slows up +, turns the front wheel to the left
and tries 10 stop balancing carefully and
slowly. Gradually the machine Will come .
to staDdstiil As soon as ii pauses she
holds the machine s,ill and waits APPLAUSE
After a man has learned all these tricks
he must get off his machine in q way he
fitting his skill This lie can do only hy
from the back And this is .
a trick that he will need 10 practice many
days TO get.
he rides along at fun speed Quickly
the front wheel comes up off the ground !
Two three and four times he lifts the 'front.'
wheel with jerk. Then suddenly with
a mighty haul, he lifts the front wheel
entirely off the ground and holds it high
before him. The machine is going rapidly1
all the while. Holding the front wheel
high IN the air the rider slips off the hack
of the saddle. His horse" careers fofl
4 minute then settles back TO be two
wheeled animal again. The rider has dis
mounted with the prettest trick of all. D.,