The evening times., 1896-04-17
MURPHY IS lFKRSANGtR
Posts a Forfeit fq,a Series Of
Three Rftss).
TO REPRESENT HR La. W.
Around the World on wheel-The
English "Cycle Meet Tea"-Bicycle
Island-HOw Lady Should Mount.
Interesting Gossip.

Charles F. Murphy, the professional BIZ
cyclist, has deposited with the American
Wbeelnian SlUU to bind a match bet wcen
himself and Walter & Sanger of Mil waukee.
Murphy's challenge calls Tor series or
three races for purse OF 5000 To 81 600,
the races to take place within sixty days
after May 30 the limit on which the ac-
cep,ance is allowed. Murphy is training
1T Savannah, and Sanger is expected TO ar
rive there III Il short time.
Isaac B. Potter chief consul OF the New
York State Division OF the l.. a. W, has
been appointed by Sterling Elliott
delegate to respresent the l.. A. w. at the
meeting Of the Amateur Athletic Union, to
be held Saturday. Mr.. Potter VIII confer
with the officers OF the A A. U. in relation
to framing satisfactory articles or alli-
ance between the two organizations.
Baron Ernest william Frederick Will
leave New York on the 18th instant on
cycle tour around the world. He intends
to cross the United States, then sail
for the Orient. and continue his louricy
until he rea chcs New York again, mean while
visiting the various places OF interest in
both the old and new world.
One of the novel Institutions OF the
English cycling world is what is termed
IA cycle meet tea" For this new society
function the hostess sends out invitations
for a meet tea A foreigner might i'm
agine, If ne were not conversdnt with " that
dabolical English language that this
was certainly not vegetarian gather
ing, but this 1t gcnerallyis is. The guests all
respond on their wheels. and Il miniature
bicycle meet is the result, wound up by the
pleasing national custom i'll England OF
taking tea
The secret of bicycle popularity is not
appreciated by the average layman until
ne finds himself astride of one and sub
ject TO its magic influence. Its whole
value seems TO lie in the fact that the
wheel has revealed TO man that his ma
tural powers of loComOtion can be mil
tiplied. With the same amount of energy
required TO take one stride, a rider on
7O-gear wheel can cover Is feet of ground
almost 4 realization of the magic power
OF the seven-leaGue boots.
In Europe cycling has given rise to an
other form of emplo ymeUt fur women, that
of cycling ChapCroD. Taking into COns!d-
Grafton the marvellous development of
cycling among the elites OF soc.cty, 1T is
safe TO premise that there wSll soon be a
large demand for ladies' who possess the
necessary qualifications for the post. Those
ladies who re devoted TO cycling, but find
1t too expensive luxury for their pockets,
have now an opportunity for making their
hobby a rcmunerative occupation.
In Rhode Island the people seldom allow
a bicycle thief To escape. A short time ago
Charles II. Stanton, a lprorninent citizen
of Westerly, went to newspaper office
on business. leaving his wheel outside.
Upon his return lie discovered that some
one had borrowed the machine. A clue
was secu red, and with a friend. MI.
Stanton chased the thief forty miles, fl
naliy locating him asleep in hog car near
flaGman's shanty along the road
The wheel was a little the worse for wear.
but still fit To ride. Stanton hunted up Il
constable, who aroused the sleeping thief.
and took him before 4 squire, who COM
mitted him To jail.
There is n dog in Paris that rides
bicycle. He takes a spin on a tandem
with his master. NJ. Henri de ThierSant,
with as much enjoyment, apparently, as
person would derive from that pleas
ure.
Perhaps he gets more. Dogs that are
clever enough to learn bicycle riding may
enjoy 1t hugely. Who knows?
The dog is a thoroughbred Scotch Cor
to balance himself and keep his seat.
InasTnuch as the dog is only rassen-
ger. NJ. Thersant makes him get off gong
uphiIls. Accordingly he goes up on his own
legs and waits at the top for hiS master TO
bring the machine. Then he resumes his
seat with evident qualification.
The man who is most sworn al in all
| this broad and flowery land is probably
! l...I-a rN.f. :. T.h a
| bicycle rider out without chaperon and
holds him up for S12 for twisting nut
into the OFF hind eccentric. because lie
knows that is all the money the rider
has. and also tliat he has a walk of
! eighteen miles ahead Of him II lie mutt
nies on the price. Tie hope To get square
with one OF these rural pirates with the
broad, hairy chest of the worthy Vul-
can. and the black. sbrunken heart OF
| Judas Iscariot has lived eternal i'll the
| breast of every wheel rider in the world
| that is, as etcrnaly as the man has
ridden wheel. II cannot often be done.
| The blacksmith has all the best Of it.
| His bet is never called. for it is case
of being politely pillagcd by him or OF
walking across plougbed and sandy ground
| to home far away.
'I dislike to see lady giving leap into
her saddle" says a lady Cyclist. land |
| feel sure that it would be far easier, with a
! little practice, to manage it more gracefully.
| The rider should hold herself upright when
| she stands with her foot on the pedal, and
| she would then find herself directly over
| the saddle as soon as she puts her weight
on the pedal and takes the other foot from
the ground. 1t is not jump, but light.
springing movement that is required, and
the rider will find that she sinks naturally
into the saddle. The second pedal should
not be caught too hurricdly, and should
never be looked at. 1t is n great mistake
to accustom yourself to look down at your
pedals, and if the pedal is not caught at the
first revolution, it does not matter in the
least"
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.
Efforts are being made by Franklin and
Marshall College to secure Bull, the Penn
sylvania center, to coach its football team
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