The herald., 1896-08-03
THE WHEEL

who have reason to believe that they will
stand a show for the championship cy-
! cling events to be contested at Spring
field in September You may have all
the annual meets for the past dozen
years in one, assemble the crack racing
men for years back, do what you will,
but the true champion of America IS
never crowned until the championship
event is settled at Hampden park. Here
are the races of the year. and here all
eyes in America are centered when the
cracks of the country meet. For years
now this annual field day has been the
cynosure of all eyes. Champions have
been crowned since the sport came into
vogue. and it is at Springfield that the
man will be picked who may gracefully
wear the crown. This year Tom Butler
will struggle for the honors that Eddie
Bald obtained last year. His most Bit
ter antagonists will be Bald, Sanger,
Gardiner, Cooper and Zeigler. 1t is said
that Tom Butler will not be able to stand
the strain of constant competition and
will be dead to the world" by the time
the fall circuit is started.
There is no time to waste if cyclists de-
sire to strike a telling blow for good roads
at the approaching election. There is
room for great improvement in all offices
man should be ee1sctdtf WIS anitjaq @, the
street when he meets it in daylight at
least The incumbent most certainly
does not In no city under the sun OUTSIDE
of Los Angeles are contractors permitted
to build streets of round boulderS as
large as pumpkins. The money expend-
ed in this manner is worse than wasted.
ncl a 60 rnnRiEn close
tention Outside of two or three, the
present members of this body know as
little Of what they are supposed to be
elected for as the average American SOW
ereign knows of the financial and tarlll
questions. See that city work is per
formed by the city under competent men,
and not farmed out to enrich private IN
divlduals and friends of the officials.
Twice the amount of work can be ac-
complished and the quality improved 100
per cent. Look up available candidates,
and, when election day comes, strive to
have the 5000 voting cyclists of the coun
ty vote as one man for progress, economy
and good roads.-Pactic Field.
Notwithstanding the fact that thous-
ands and hundreds of thousands of bicy
Giles have been sold this year, 1t is not re-
markable that there is still a large
enough demand for high grade wheels to
| keep the manufacturer of standard hi
enonrb and owe that the n,,rrbaser If a
| chean wheel will annreriata for bis
nount has nroba hlv gone TO nieces before
this, and had he added to the price he paid
| for il the LITTLE more that would have
made enough to buy a, first-class bicy-
! Gle, all his expense and trouble would
| have been avoided Manufacturers Of
standard bicycles have tried to make the
| public understand that there is no pos
sible economy in buying bicycle because
/ 1t is chceap. They are all alike all bad
! ly made, of poor materials, and unsafe
| for any one to ride. Experience has
| shown, and is showing every day, that
this is fact and, as for having them
| continually repaired. it is simply throw
ing good money after bad. The best
| thlng TO 90 with wheel of this kind is
TO give II away, or throw it away, and
e s',I ny purchasing one that VIII
M the OIL When one rides bicycle
III BUSINESS pressure or health. the an
NY t' at,Ee pi o"hlhB Wheel mat is con
~ H. . ~ ~ iepaIi Shpp' or that can
~ ~ ua'eu ~ SIMPLY the result OF
th;n 80 20, - JieaP MiieeA al inns sort OF
,,,,,iio "a Fay n a a ana the bicycling
evnensa ~ - 20 % ,ri,ls MAJ niue more
nv IN no o,,d w iiiii"s 10 wise ecoho-
The barriar ,,.h;ot, g.,
the wov ~ ~, s,'tla. lol tIine stood N
Iau,naI vaIia,, Ee,, - W tHe Examiner
d TT c,,,-th " Ieisy flue' says
1... d,aIiI ~ ete i-Aaihlher' IS peinS
to as,t,se1 i ,, teu anu al IS pam
! SGlllHS again. j ne members of he rae