The evening times., 1896-10-28
CURRENT CYcl|I!!G GOSSIP
More Canadian Records Brok-
en- at BrantfOrd, Ont.
BICYCLES NHHf MISSION
Two Boston Girls Give Pleasure to
Patients-The Best Method of
Carrying Luggage on Wheeling
Tours "a Matter of Disagreement.
Wind Furnished Free.

on a perfect track
The first record to fail was the quarter
mile professional, Angus Mcleod riding 1t
| in % 1-S seconds, paced.
The quarter mile professional record un-
| paced, standing start, was broken by Fred
| Westbrook, time, 20 seconds, beating the
| record Ii lseconds The mile omen record,
amateur, was broken by X. U. clancy time,
| ::O3 3-5; former record, 2:O5 The two
mile amateur record was also captured by
| Blaney In 4:23; previous record, 4:29. The
| one mile, flying start, paced, was woL by
Angus Mcleod time, 53 20, beating tho
record 80 seconds.
| In the half mile amateur tandem, flying
| start, BOake and Tucker rode it in %
seconds, beating the Canadian record <
| seconds and IN aking new worlds amateur
| record
FREQ Lougheadrode a mile, standingstart.
| unpaced,i in the remarkable time Of 2:O5 I-5;
| the first half in 1903.
| The bicycle has found a new means of
| beneiitiug mankind. The young girls in
| Boston conceived the delightful idea Of
| sharing the pleasures OF cycling with
| those who We're not so fortunate as they
| in having the strength and health BeCcs
| sayr TO propelling the bicycle
| They carried out their bright idea by
| calling each day at one OF the hospitals and
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| with them. Lashing their wheels together
| with coupler they slung an invalid's chair
| betwee them and went for spin after
| spin, none Of which were the less enjoy
| able because someone else besides thenIselvs
was being invigorated by the fresh breeze
and pure sunliuSht.
The best method Of carving luggage
when on a wheeling tour is a matter OF
disa greement among cyclists fond of this
| method OF taking vacation. The usual
mode is by strappinG a lag shaped TO
the frame within the diamond. A CON
siderable quantity OF clothing and other
necessIries can be transported in this
way, bat there are drawbacks 10 this form
of luggage carrier. one is that-the straps
are certain after two or three days to
wear away the enamel on the frame, and
at the end of tour lasting two or three
weeks the steel of the tubing will be visible
III four OF five places.
No matter how tightly the straps are
drawn, there Will he Some vibration To the
load, and the constant wearing VIII cause
damage. Another objection is more ap-
parent since the narrow tread came into
general vogue. This has compelled a re
duCtion i'll the width OF the luggage carrier
.na cut down its capacity; at the s.lIne time
if 1t is filled full a S possible, it bulges
on the sides, 50 that the knees OF the rider
come III contact with 1T atfevery revolution
Of the pedals. Then, once more, no bag
of this kind can be used by whee.womcn
who ride drOp-frame bicycles.
In preference to such IL bag some riders
wrap their luggage in Il bundle, cover 1t
with 4 rubber cloua ansi strap the baggage
to the handle bar The appearance of a
large package there is ugly, and If the
package weighs several pounds the adj
ditional weight placed So high up tends to
make the machine top heavy and less
easily manageable. Others, again, make n
bundle OF this sort n nd attach IL to The frame
under the saddle, but there is usually
trouble in ma king a secure fastenin" there
1t would seem easy TO make an attach
ment for holding luCgage-Carrier to lie
placed over the rear wheel, which might
lie used as easily on WON ems wheels al on
mems. 1t should fasteu to the frame in
such way as not to mar it, and the holder
itself should be Of the telescope sort and
easily adjustable to hold little or much
The convenience of the rider will be greatly
promoted If the luggage holder can he
opened and closed quickly. At present
small bag can be procured which fasteus
to the handlehar by straps The straps
are not likely to do much harm to the nickel
bar, but tie friction Jf the lower part Of
the bag is pretty certain to have a Tad ef-
feet on the cname FL of the head of the bicycle
There is food Tor thought In the an
nouncemcnt that in the new High School
building in Detroit room has teen set
apart that will accommodate not less than
300 bicycles.
The idea is not Il new one, hut this is he
lieved TO be the first time that distinct
arrangements for the accommodation Of
cyclists have been made in the plans for Il
school building.
Public schools generally do not need 20
provide bicycle rooms. as the pupils live
near them, but such rooms are a necessity
in the case of high schools and private
schools that draw pupils from large area
School authorities are beginning to ap-
preciate this fact. although some OF the
conservatives are slow to accept a new
idea that seems to verge on the revolution
ary.
1t is not an uncommon thing nowadays
Tor repair shops 10 give free use of foot
pumps to all comers, and some of the repair
men are sufficiently cbliging to do the
pumping for casual passerby, with the
expectation OF gaining his good will and
possibly job Of repairing at some later
day.
As novel means of attr9 citing atten-
ton to this custom, the keeper OF a repair
shop in one of the Hudson river towns has
put out a sign IL this effect: wind Free -
Pat Powers, the manager of the six
days bicycle race, to be held in Madison
Square Garden in December, said yesterday
that forty entries had been received for
the contest up to date.
Cycle spectacles are tue newest thing in
wheeling paraphernalia. They are not in
tended especially, as might be at first
supposed, Tor persons afflicted with the
bicycle eye although they may be found
beneficial for that ailment, but they have
been invented for the sole purpose of keep
ing the dust out of the cyclists eyes as he
wheels along a sandy road. They do not
magnify at all, but are made of plain glass.
The glass may be blue, If desired, to modify
the giaring sunlight: but most of the specta-
cleS have clear glass.
Jimmy Michael, the Welshman, still fur
thcr lowered the ten.Imile indoor paced
record at the Coliseum, Nashville, Tenn
last night. Monday night he placed the
record at 21:35 80, and last night low
cred it to 81 80 80. ,.r
At Cumberland Park yesterday after
noon John S. johnson rode a quarter,
paced, in % 2-5, which is fifth of a sec
ond faster than the worlds record, held
by Earl kiser, but tbeInark will not stand
because of the fact tbatsno official referee
had been appointed for the meet.
SUICIDE OF NEWSPAPER MAN.
Found Dead in Hotel From an
Overdose of Laudanum.
Ogden, Utah, Oct. 2S.-I l.. Welsh. OF
salt Lake. was found dead in n room in Il
hotel in this city yesterday from an oyer
dose of laudanum.
Welsh wasa prominent politician and news
paper man and for two years, 1924