The record-union., 1896-08-02

| the cemeteries to-day as the result of
| road races for the tempting prizes that
are offered The exertion is too much
fer them. They take to their beds and
in short time. no doubt, many of them
will be called to their reward" The
physician says that he has made an in
vestigation and that not one death has
occurred in Pittsburg which can be
traced to bicycle riding
4 y
YES" said my drummer in talking
upon the matter, "the big bicycle manu-
facturers who are up to date very gem
orally concede that horseless wagons
will be the popular coming means of
travel. They will hurt the bicycle trade,
but there will be business for both
True, the first cost of a horseless wagon
VIII be very great, but then you can
ride IN them and not have to wait and
that is what people are after. And then
one horseless wagon will not cost much
more than four or five bicycles, and
you Will find plenty of men who have
to provide that number of wheels for
their families"
Most men and women look better
walking, riding or dancing than push
ing wheel. The wheel, however, has
advantages which overcome what it
loses on the score of grace and beauty
1t holds out a form of exercise that
makes hard work attractive Even men
ana women who work hard all the week
Will hail a ride on the bicycle with
pleasure. 1t seems hardly just there
fore, to condemn a form of amusement
which is innocent in itself, and which
affords so much pleasure, because a
proportion who resort to it exceed the
strict limits of propriety
What is known as hygienic cushion
frame is being applied to machines 1t
| is composed of pneumatic telescoping
tubes working one within the other. A
graduated spiral steel spring is con-
tanned in the innermoet tube for the
purpose of upholding the weight of the
rider Double air pockets are also pro-
vided within the tubes to sustain the
thrust of the rider when crossing OBJ
structions. The advantages claimed for
| this device are manifold. 1t is said that
| 1t does away with the jar and strain to
| the rider and the wheel; that the dura-
bility Of the wheel Is increased; that no
pumping device is necessary, and that
all this is attained without radically
altering the construction of the ma
| chine.
| Tom Cooper, who leads the profession
| al racing men on the percentage ladder
| is youth who is trained to perfection
| In fact, 1t is said that he can never get
| in finer physical condition Old trainers
| say that unless rider shows progress
| he must go back. This is apt to happen
| in Coopers case. He is now in that rare
| form where his condition Is faultless
| There is chance of his breaking down
any day. Unless he pays strict attention
to himself the strain is apt to break him
down. Experienced men at the game
| say that he cannot last the season out
at his present gait.
The flexible leather tired wheel. de-
| scribed recently in the New York ''Trib-
une, was mounted upon a bicycle frame
last week and given a test of it's run
ming powers. Two wheels of the same
make, with light frame, We're found to
weigh about as much as the usual type
Of bicycle. Mr.. Woods the inventor,
and few Of his friends tried the run
ming Of the machine and were jubilant
over its success. They think the solu-
ton of the -puncturable tire problem
is at length in a fair way to be realized
Mr.. SlOper (whose wife is a bicycle
enthusfasO-There you go again, my
dear. Can't you let up on the bicycle
talk; don't you know you are injuring
your chances of going to heaven, as
well as driving me almost crazy?
Mrs. Sloper (startled)-Why, what do
you mean, John; is this one of your
sacrilegious jokes?
Mr.. S.-No joke at ALL Do you sup
pose you will be admitted to the heaven
ly choir when you can harp only on one
subject?
Rivierre, the famous French long-dis-
tance wheelman, recently rode 533 miles
1863 yards in twenty-four hours The
old record made by Huret was 529 miles
Sll yards. Rivierre was paced by four
'quads, three triplets and three tan
dens. He consumed twenty bottles of
lemonade, one quart of bouillon and four
quarts of tea during the ride.
1 had little bicycle,
AS you have, l dare say;
And I loaned it to another man
To ride mile away.
He racked it and he twisted 1t
And punctured, too, the tire.
l would not loan my wheel again
For all the fellows hire.
When they mean a silver dollar why
don't they say so, instead of calling it
a wheel?" testify asked the man who
detests slang
1T is called a wheel to catch the BIZ
cycle vote" alleged the man who Just
won't take things seriously.
Wheelmen should avoid all sweetened
drinks when on a tour. They only
serve to increase the thirst The most
beneficial drink is ginger ale, and if
served in large glass with a fresh
broken egg in it and thoroughly mixed
the potion is delicious and exceedingly
refreshing
Do you want to know whether vour
saddle is at the proper angle? If so
ride mile or more with only one hand
on the bars; this viii cause you to shift
about in the saddle if it is not at the
proper angle.
Sweaters with wide sailor collars
edged with stripes of red. white or b,ua
are the newest wrinkle in that line
The collars are worn outside the coat
practice makes perfect at one time
was true,