The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-23
Anaconda Neos.

is 20 miles. without much of a stop any
where from the first to the 10th ISile.
An average ride for a woman who prob
ably has never taken much exercise is
10 miles, with several dismounts, to
walk up most hills, and get the varia-
ton on the muscles furnished by little
walk. An average ride for a young
man in school or college, who has been
In pretty good condition for some time,
IL not absolutely in training, is from 40
to 80 miles in an afternoon, without
much stop. An average ride for a girl
of healthy outdoor life and training
for there Is always a certain amount of
physical training in outdoor life-is 20
miles in day. with several stops. Here
are four grades, so to speak, which
merely give us basis to work on. Now,
as to the time occupied. In the first.
the mans 20-mile ride, it would be safe
to say, two hours should be occupied in
doing the ride. In the second, or wo-
mans 10-mile ride, about an hour and
a half altogether would be required.
That is to say, she will wheel at the
rate of seven or eight miles an hour to
occupy a good Is minutes in walking.
The third case, that of the young man
In training doing so miles, ought to oc-
cupy under four hours. or, at any rate.
not much more than four hours.-Har-
pers Round Table.
Hamilton. Ont. has a bicycle club
composed exclusively OF Master Ma
sons.
Says a physician: "a greatly mis-
taken notion on the part of the enthu-
siastic wheelman is that a ride before
breakfast is very beneficial. short
ride may be, but in nine cases out of
ten, 1t has just the opposite from the
desired effect. According to expert
ments with the dynamometer. a man is
his weakest when he turns out of bed.
The muscular force is greatly increased
by breakfast, but it attains its highest
force after the midday meal. 1t then
sinks for a few hours, and rises again
toward evening. The chief foes of mus
cular force are overwork and the other
extreme, idleness. Many of the great
workers of the world, IL not all, have
been early risers, but early risers ought
always to be supplemented by early
breakfasting."
De brightes' polish of'en kivers up de
poohes' kin OBJ material in de maxim
OBJ err wheel
Eff er man axer youth fer de loan OBJ
youah wheel, jes AK him ter show his
credenshuls.
Wen youse tryin' ter sell er wheel,
make de price right at fust; no noah.
no less, ana zen STICK t..
'Membah, chile, faint allus de fellah
wat has de bigges' hump dat wins de
race.
1t doan make no sort OBJ duffunce wat
er woman weahs; it's de way she weahs
it.
Don't tink youse de on'y one dats
got de bes' bisickle; de reilly good uns
is all bes'.
Doan fergit wen youse sco'chin' dat
odder folks hes some rights youse boun
ter respec'.
Wen you want ter ride youah nabur's
wheel, you'd bettah speak befo' han.
1t may sabe futuh trubbel
'Membah dat you ride er bisickle ter
improbe youah health; not ter destroy
it.-Wheel Talk.
What is here said is prompted by the
comment offered by a millionaire fat
man, as a gray-haired lawyer passed
by on bicycle He said: 81 have bet
ter use for my time"
From a purely worldly standpoint it
is impossible to deny the relation of
time to money. Time is money-after
tho manner of the flesh--and there is no
getting away from that fact. If to the
amount of money annually spent for BIZ
cycles were added an approximate mon
ey valuation of the total number of
hours devoted to the pastime, the result
would be something appalling to the
Mammon worshipers.
But there is another point OF view.
Time is more than money, being life it
self. The ideal life is not the one en-
tirely spent in the drudgery of money
getting. Men who cling desperately to
business or profession during their
waking hours year in and year out
waste a great deal of time. Such may
get money, but they lose the highest
pleasures of living and very rarely find
length of days.
Time spent in rational enjoyment of
healthful exercise is wisely disposed of,
and cycling, which affords both, is
worth a great deal more than it's cost
estimated in dollars and cents. A pas
time which rejuvenates both mind and
body confers no privilege of idleness
and may be entered into as a worthy
employment of the most sacred of all
gifts, as time has been called.
Don't be afraid to put a reasonable
amount of both time and money into
cycling. The investment will yield
good interest.-American Cyclist.
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