New-York tribune., 1896-10-26
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.

Lively interest Is felt -. the Mckinley and IIo-
bart bicycle parade which will be held Friday.
4 The grand 'shars headquarters will he at the
METROPOLITAN Cycle 4 rademv. SiXtioth-st. and tho
I Boulevard. Til" 'ino will form the streets north
of SixtIethst. and east OF the Boulevard The start
! Will be made at $50 D. All wheels must have
two Japaness lanterns as well as tho regular Ian
/ tern. The reviewing stand will be Madison
Square. Tho officers and marshals aids will be as
follows: Grand marshal p. H. O'Connell: chief OF
staff. NJ NJ. Belding. Jr. Grand marshal's staff
]. w. Walters. c. +. Staubsch F. NJ Frobisher.
! Duane Wyokon G. L. 3chofflcr A. l.. Weissman.
William J. Bradley. W. s Ball. A. G. Reimer p F.
Tilden: Marshal. first division. William II. Coylc;
sIdT n Duane rnonG Wyckof and Mar
/ Pctc- Burkhart and George J. Cook.
Don't let the air out of tire that s not in ITO
save it." Tires better off when standing If well
/ inflated Geae,ally speaking, small tire requires
more pressure than large if it is to carry the
same weight. and given tire requires more pres
sure In proportion the rider is heavy. 4 tire
should always contain enough air keep it's rim
from the ground II IN riding you feel the slightest
! jar Your whe" runs over ordinary obstacles II
IS because there Is sufficient air pressure There
/ Is no danger OF bursting tire. a. many riders
seem 10 fear when the small hand pump IS used.
weakest tires could be burst Ar extensive obser-
walton has found great many tires which were
/ Like other parts OF the Columbia works.
ihe department for making handle-bars Is full Of
special machinery involving d long series OF opera
tions. The interesting Of these is the bending
Of the handlebars. which is done IN two powerful
| gear Presses. heavy iron structures, each having
two huge steel hands groovcd TO III the handle
! bars. These hands descend slowly from above.
and support the straight tubes and bend them
into the desired shape the rams horn" the racer
/ bar. the regular model the upper mass
..rushes them down. Before the tubes for the ham
dlc-bars put into these presses. they are filled
with iosin. which gives resistance under the great
/ pressure. and prevents the steel from wrnkling.
+ Formerly the tubes were filled with sand. but this
was replaced with rosin when the very thin tubing
was Introduced Another precauton against wrin-
anoin,ine of the TUBES with vaseiine Just at the
/ points where tho grooved hands will strike them
prcss he daubs on either side OF /, little vasene
from q cup before him. and the big iron hands re-
spoct the oily substance and deal more gently with
/ the bars.
Many nov riders unduly nervous over the fear
~ puncturug their tires. The old riders never give
/ the matter a thought. and for two reasons-h hrs,,
/ the pcrcontar" Of purctures 70 miles ridden is
small. and. secondly. the matter OF repair Is 40
i 80 through the necessary operation and avoid the
/ dlsasreeabe homeward Journey afoot.
Tho Palma Wheemcn of Jersey city recently
| hold q club century run which something out
/ of the usual order. The cyclists went from New
/ York by boat 20 New Haven. and returned TO New
/ York mex, day along IN" short road through
bridgeport Norwalk. Stamford and Greenwich.
/ reaching home AZ dusk
A J.. HackenberEer brother Of the Western
phcno nenon. has lowered the record for the Dem
vcr- Evans century course. riding the distance lc'
miles in s,3l on the sam" dny Mrs 4 f. Rine
hart rode centur, In So0 ana after haf an hour
rest repeated the distance In 1B
W Maltby formerly Of No ! Park Place. has
/ united with the Maltby Henley Company. Of No
/ - Warren-st who FOR the last twcnty-h years
have been well known through IN" country as
manufacturers OF hardNar" sp"ciaties and silver
plated varc.
4 new club called the North Hudson Bcyclcrs
has been ORGANIZED ~ I'nion HI y. !. The club
starts with hny members. Of which number fifteen
are won or. The lisi OF officers Is n long one and
| includes. President. Theodore Buttcnbaum; vice
! president Ic-eph G Young. treasurer Miss Madge
cording secretary Frederick Schenck: captain
! William Ayrcs. first lieutenant. Loon Chahaud
second lieutenant. August Schaap: first sergeant
George Lacey: second sergeant. fhin Wrtz"I
bearer. FREDERICK schenck Ladies' division: Cap
tain Miss Annie Wallace first lieutenant. Miss
Mahge carleton. second lieutenant Miss Sophie
Wichman.
Tho Colorado State record for twenty-five miles
has been lowered by T.. TYLER Smith. OF Denver.
| His time made IN competition. is l@2"S
Anont Sunday bicycle riding tho Rev G. ~
Sturgeon may ho quoted Don't make the Lords
ia, drcary Enjoy Tho most sun on Sunday. call
IN" Sabbath delight.
An attempt Is being made to induce the President
Of Guatemala to mount considerable force OF SOL
diors on bicycles. The commander Of New-York's
military cyclist organization, Company r - IN"
on the suhicc' OF cycling by soldiers In service to
the Guatcmalan authorities.
ono of tho most enjoyable and well-arranced
.stacs'' seen IN = long time was that held by the
Harlem Whcelr,cn ~ their clubhouse IN one hun
dred-a md twenty -fourth-si on Ssturna! nlsnt
|, Nany people well known In the theatrical world
were present ANA lent then assistance 70 make the
members and their friends nav" good 'ime
Tho Century WhecImen OF Newark will have
| termiIe road race. handicap. on the Elizabeth
snrngdold course on November 4 Twenty-Five
nrizss will be hung up The irst prize VIII he
Pi"rc" wheel
cvcIis,s desiring to Join the League OF American
Vbeelnen may obtain full printed Information and
membership blanks by sending names ana ad-
dresses to tho cycling Editor lrioun'
THE SARATOGA EICyCLE RACE.
,r.,oo, \ Y oct p tspecab.- William A.
,,L.s ,ho won the bicycle race here last night. Il
,,uded among the entries for the six-day bicycle
contcst to begin at Madison Square Garden New
york GUY on December I. Fixes IN twenty hours
covered 81. miles ana isnS ar ,,ls and ian W.
French eli miles: q. r. Schulzc. OF Utica iS' miles
and laps
TUC Use or 4LCOHOL ~ THE ARTS.
vva.hi,gton oct 2i-Thc Joint select committee
r.,,ed at the last session OF Congress TO investi-
cat, and report upon tho question OF the use OF