The record-union., 1896-08-09

twenty, fifty and even hundred miles,
according to his physical vigor and ex-
rerience, with little perceptible fatigue
and with a most delightful sense of an
ilnation. He has become master of his
new power-the most valuable he has
acquired since he learned to walk-and
it is henceforth a part of his equipment
for his struggle with life. Is it probable
that having once become possessor of
a power like this the human race is 60
ing to abandon it? AS well might we eX-
pect it to abandon railways and gas and
electricity!-J. 3. Bishop, in the August
| Forum.
| Does a girl lose caste by riding a
: wheel? Emphatically no. 1t is as prop
er to ride wheel as to ride a pony or
to walk. But a girl must ride with
grace and fearless courage. She must
have the right kind of saddle must
have her handle-bars at the right. hight
| and be dressed SO that her skirts will
| not entangle or entrap her. There is
! no pleasure which surpasseS that of
| swift motion, when one is young and
| strong and the blood courses buoyantly
| through the veins, whether the motion
come from skating, running, riding or
| gong forward in any sort of progress
| which requires exercise. The old Greeks
| understood this, and one of their fa-
| Vorite gOddeSSeS was always flying
| along. Look her up in your mythology,
| and you will find which one / mean.
Her name is very short, and popular
| American author wrote a beautiful
| story about her, which / am sure you
| all have read.-Harper's Round Table.
|
] The bicycle is blamed for many
| things, but one of the most remarkable
| complaints concerning the wheel was
| that made by a fisherman. Never
| caught a thing" declared the old man..
| Never got a decent bite. Got up be-
| fore daylight, spent $3 in fares and So
| for sandwiches and rum, and never
| teched 'em. F'ishin, amt what it used
to be, anyhow" he continued mournful-
| ly. I've used to go round the wharves
| most anywheres and bring in a good
mess. Now you can bring anything
but jag"
"Wha-at? What in the world has
the bicycle to do with it?''
| II don't know-everybody says it's
| the bicycle. You see, the bike has just
everlastingly knocked the spots out of
| ffshin, n everything else-so they say
| Few years ago it was the Sherman
| law. Then it was the Mckinley law
Next year it will probably be silver
Just now it's the bicycle. S plum dis
| coUragin', but 1 s'pose we've got to
stand it."
Professor Graeme NJ. Hammond, the
New York nerve specialist and physi-
clan, has written a timely paper on the
| influence of the bicycle on health and
| III disease. He finds that most men
| who have ridden a great deal for a
number of years have acquired simple
cardiac hypertrophy. which is due to
a simple increase of muscular tissue
and is in the nature of a healthy
| growth induced by exercise. He makes
| in their connection this somewhat re-
markable statement: The simple hy-
! pertrophy Of the heart observed in
| most bicycle riders who have ridden
scnsibly Will become more common and
| finally will be accepted as normal, and
| what is known to-day as the normal
heart will then be considered degener-
| ated." The professor thinks that mod
crate exercise in an erect position on
the wheel is very beneficial for very
many ailments outside of those of the
pulmonary stripe.
The cyclists of this country are look
ing toward Louisville, where the an
nual race meet of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen will begin on the 10th
and continue five days. Everybody had
a royal time at Asbury Park last year.
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State will in all probability not be sorry
that they made the journey. The Ken
tuckians are hospitable people, and
the visitors will be looked after The
racing features promise to be the best
ever given at a national meet A large
crowd of enthusiasts viii go down from
New York and the East, and arrange
ments are being made to run special
trains by more than one of the roads.
Some time ago Colonel Taylor. the
owner of Joe Patchen, the pacing king,
made the statement that he did not be-
| lieve there was a wheelman living who
could race with his horse on even
terms. AS a result of this a bicycle
firm in Chicago has decided to accent
the proposition. The firm consulted
with w. w. Hamilton. who holds the
worlds mile record, and wired Colonel
Taylor that they would match Hamil-
ton against his horse for $4,000 a side
Colonel Taylor accepted the chal-
lenge, and viii name Il time and place
for the contest. Great effort will be
made to have the race On the Washing
ton Park track some time in August O,
early in September. There is no doub,
that such a contest would excite the
greatest interest among horsemen and
wheelmen throughout the country.
At Louisville the giants of the path
will meet. Bald Cooper, Gardiner
Zeigler, Allen, Tom and Nat Butler and
Sanger will fight for the supremacy Nc
matter how many victories one man
has achieved during the season, he
has got to maintain his position at the
| annual meet of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen or hand over the laurels
TO his triumphant opponent. The mer
mentioned are almost equal in point OF
strength. They are capable of battlins
for the honor as no other men ever bat
tied on the path before. No matter who
gets the crown at Louisville. he viii
wear it till the men come together
again at Hampden Park in Springfield
One of the questions that agitates
the wheelwoman's MIND is whether te
wear high-laced boots or leggins ane
shoes. High-laced boots, made of soft
leather that harmonizes in color witt
the costume. are neat and Stylish Pm