The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28

/ hold enough air-to give a smart tug at
| the wheel without being able to lift 1t.
navigation And this can be ascertained
only by experiment, 1t is said that on a
| clear, brisk day balloon can tug harder
at its rope than any other day
When loosened a balloon of proper size
will start frantcally upward in the direc-
ton of the wind. 1t is first fastened to
the bicycle. When IL finds 1t cannot
rise it will remain upon the end Of it's
rope Juggling frantically, dancing and
prancing to windward. This tug is
where the power comes in. 1t is sufficient
if a wheel is resting against a fence to
pull ii over, or to upset a beginner upon
! a wheel if the wind is in the wrong direc-
ton. And this is speaking of balloon
of ordinary size, say four or five feet in
diameter. This is, of course tiny compar-
/ ed to the size of balloons for aerial navi-
cation. But 1t is big enough to exert
The actual use of the balloon as n
means of carrying the bicycle along is
/ peculiar. 1t is either very useful or not
/ useful at all. If the wind happens to be
! the way you are going, the balloon is an
/ excellent thing as an assistant. If the
| wind Is otherwise, You cannot use your
/ airy friend.
In all kinds of cycle navigation. even
/ in the use of the cycle itself you must
] bear in mind the fact that enjoyment is
/ the nrSt consideration. Blot out the
| pleasure of the thing and you blot out
| cycling. The world moved along without
/ the bicycle wheel and ii can move along
I without it again. Its excuse for existing
| is the fact that il is such grand snort
! the greatest and most invigorating pas
| time in the world.
The means for propelling the wheel are
| under the same limitations as the bicvcle
J They are used because they are such finn
| Take electric apparatus, the steam power
| the motor, the trolley, the countless
! springs and small inventions for making
| the wheels go and see how comparatively
| little they are adopted. Except upon diff
| hcult mountain tours "a bicyclist's legs
| do not ask for assistance.
| But when it comes to something that
| is fun ia itself and is pretty, then the case
, alters itself. And that is the way with
the balloon in cycling. 1t is not meant for
| a great discovery, or a great practical
use, but as a grand sporting assistant
| when sport is wanted.
On Il fine cycling boulevard of a brislr
day the greatest enjoyment can be had
racing with balloons with fast jders
ana good balloons great rate of sneed
| can be gotten up. The balloons are like
salls' they carry you along and the
only Skin needed Is the management be-
| fore the wind.
In riding with a balloon there must be
an engineer In a quad race the en-
gineer Is the man in front He MANAGES
the balloon, and the man behind him
bic, on account of the placing of the steer
ing apparatus of the bicycle, the second
man becomes engineer and has the balloon
rope where he can reach it,
The art in using the balloon, is to let
out string when there is a good wind.
Let the balloon get up FOR enough TO
! exert It's strongest pressure. This IL win
do at about ten feet. Lower than this n
| IS not Iree from the ground air and the
| lolaSe hlndrance. Here il will trg
| along Wei until there is a shift in ire
vino. Quick as thought the engineer