New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
SOME VETERAN RIDERS OF THE
WHEEL.

WHEEL
REMARKABLE RECORD OF Mr.. MOTT OF BALTI-
MoRE-A GRANDFATHER, But A MARVELLOUS
HILL-CLMBER-L r. POTTER AND THE
PRESIDENCY OF THE /. A. W.
There are still some riders who will tell
you that wheeling Is fad, and that II will die
out as other fads have done. such as roller
skating and some other pastimes. If you ask
person who rides a wheel at present. or has ever
ridden one In his life. he will probably tell you
quite different story. Especially vigorous will
his answer be If he has spent goodly part OF
his life a lover of different sports and has
only in recent years taken TO the wheel. The
bicycle rider. who has been a follower of
some other sports. is an interesting individual to
meet He has been accustomed to going to
sporting contests. where he has sat on bench
and applauded with the rest. OF course he has
received some benefit from being out In the open
air and his mind may have been eased or bust
troubles to a certain extent. but that was
all. You ask him about his cycling experience,
recent as II may be- and he will become enthusi-
astic Immediately He will tell you that in
cycling he has got in the game himself. so to
speak that he not only enjoyed his outing, but
that his health has been benefited materially.
John NJ. Ward. the ex-leader Of the New-YOrk
baseball players. has been an active athlete for
the last twenty years. Two years ago ard
abandoned active participation in baseball ana
went into a law Office and began TO pound
Blackstone lie took no physical exercise at all
for several months. Then | began TO feel
wrong" said Ward TO the writer, and FOR the
life Of me did not know what was the matter
| lost my appetite and my color and my friends
began to ask me what was the matter with me.
/ was az much in the dark as they were knew
that was spending much time in close office.
but did not realize that that was the trouble.
One day I met an old friend who was physical
director In an uptown gymnasium, and he took
me to task at once. He told me that all tnat |
needed was more outdoor exercise. You see !
had for twenty years been baseball player. ana
that had kept me in almost perfect physical con
dtion | had stopped too suddenly, ana the
natural reaction had set In. My system SIMPLY
demanded exercise. Some one TOLD me OF tne
beauties Of the bicycle and how much good 1t
had done him, and | concluded to purchase
wheel and 10 spend my spare time on the
machine The result was magical nave had
no trouble since then. and no longer Wohue'
at the wonderful increase in cycling all over the
world. II Is certainly a magnificent recreation
and pastme.
Fully to recognize the beneficial results or
cycling one has only to see some OF the veteran
cyclists and many Of them can be FOUND al the
annual gatherings Of the officials Of the League
Of American Wheelmen Will r. Pitman' VINO
first rode a wheel in this city Is as hardy Well
developed a man for his age as one wouid ma
IN a davis walk. His physical development al
WAYS excites attention in the bathing season at
Manhattan Beach. Pitman rides with the same
enthusiasm to-day that he did ten years ago
such veteran riders as George d. Gideon, the
chairman Of the Racing Board OF the L. A. w
4 q Wilson. the eX-president or the L. A. W.,
Albert Mott ex-Chief Consul OF Maryland. ana
San
and pop" Brewster. OF Philadelphia are hvlng
examples OF the healthfulness OF bicycle riding
They are almost perfect types of healthful man.
hnod and there are few footpads in the land
who would care TO tackle them single-handed'
| Possibly the most remarkable one OF the lot
| "a Albert Mott OF Baltimore. Mr.. Mott mas ior
wears divided his sporting attention between the
wheel and baseball and 1t might he diilcui'
matter for him to decide which he loves the
| more Many OF tho followers OF baseoaii VIII
| recognize him when It is known that he was the
author Of the IT. r T" letters on basebaii ar
| eairs sent out from Baltimore. Mr. Mott IL an
! athletic marvel in his way. He mas passed ,ne
/ half-ccntury mark In years, ana yet ne II co'-
| s,aered one OF the strongest riders IN the Couh-
| 80 today He rides a wheel geared To S'i.,
| machine which many sturdy young man y.
| twentv-nve years would be unable TO has.,l
| over uneven or rough roads He rides perlecuy
| sroc, with high handle-bar and he was never
| known to cry enough even on the hiihest OF
toughest roads He never tries 10 outrlde any
body but makes II a point never 10 """" any
I one TO outrde him.
~, , ,our over the billy roads about Baltimore
last Sunday Mr. Mott was the host FOR com
many Of riders from this city and Brooklyn Inc
route selected was a hilly one. and before the
dav was over Mr.. Mott was the only man III the
party who had not been compelled 10 VAIN "p
a single hill although some of the cyclists had
m
enthusiastic wheelwoman. and is said to have
been the only woman who has ever been ao'e u
ride nm the steep incline to the lake IN pru'd
trut park in Baltimore Few wheemen In TINS
countrv will care To attempt the feat MT Moli
himself has Just completed one or the MUS, "
marka bl, records possibly ever made ne iNes
IT, a nr.ttv home about six miles from his place
Of business in Baltimore. and ne Is surtouhueu
by an interesting family For 3o' cons"cu ', ~,
days he has ridden his bicycle TO anu .'" ~ ',
,Iaco Of business-a distance of about hfteen
miles-without missing "A single DAY. NJ 'i u
through snow. mud. rain and storm. ne haS
clothing Of course to suit the climatic cohu'
lions. Mr. Mott is grandfather He tninKs
that Isaac Il. Potter IS the man 10 tau w
League of American WheeImen to more tri
umphs and National usefulness. MI: MOI -
not onlv a Wonderful man from a physical point
OF view but he is an l.. a. W. diplomat
p Anthony Brock. the secretary or the ASSOC
ciated Cycling Clubs of New Jersey. has sent 10
the Hudson County freenoders the io"o"'e
communication:
The following ia an abstract OF the section OF
Laws approved March 3. 1926 TO require an sucn
hrycIes tricycles and similar vehicles to carry y
suita ble ala RIM bell attached to the handle-Dhr OF
such machines. which, when rung may De heatu
one hundred feet distant our law makers wnen
that the same shall be protection to the general
public. We find. however. that the law Is laetah.H
ahtseJ in a manner whereby the wheeman In his
overzeaIous ambition to make his presence APP
parent. has adopted bell OF such proportion that
he has become a menace to the public safety. AFTER
much dcliberation the matter we feel that IL Is
our duty to call the attention of your honorable
body to this fact. and We do respectfully petition
YOU to frame such ordinances AS you may consider
wise n control this dangerous practice. Ringing OF
such bells when passing horses close by VIII al