The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10

aliza;ion that every fiber OF the body has
been brought into active use IneFe is no
comparison between horseback riding and
bicycling In this respect While the horse
Is a companion 10 the true hOrseWOman
which she IS loatn TO give up. ner wheel
becomes something much better II IS soon
Identified with its owner as horse never
Tho exnert rider forgets how she rides
as she f9rge-s how she hreatls. She
threads her way through crowded streets
as readily as she walks them. and with
as li--e effort and annoyance
in speed che bicycle has beaten the
horse. and eNccls everything but the To-
connective. quarter Of a mile has been
ridden iu - rs seconds, a mile in one min
ute 20 l-5 seconds. ten miles IN twenty
minutes. lH Is seconds. I'm an hour a dis
lance ot - miles, a. yards has been COW
errl- Oh twenty -four hours 7-9 miles, 7'-
yards These records were made on race
tracks or smooth roads. but rapid wheel
ing is also possible over rough country.
Last winter a lest run was made between
two western army posts, Fort Meade and
Fort Yates. when $50 miles OF difficult
travelling which would have taken cav
airy uuup nine DAYS, We're traversed in
seven days and a half by "a detachment OF
cyclists on an ordinary road there are
plenty OF Whcelmen-and some women
who can do lo miles In six hours or less.
Nothing is more irritating 10 the veteran
cyc-lSt than 90 have some novice tear along
9ea--d MIN ringing MS bell for room 70
ucIily the ringing 81 a bell is an acknowl-
edeement that he is not skillful enough In
The art of handling his bicycle TO ride
around people, and so desires them 10 get
out of his imperial way. Such persons
should have mature judgment enough not
20 attempt 10 ride i'm the most crowded
parts Of cities. But they have not. They
seem 10 think that the street is made for
them alone. and, at the sound of their lit
gle bell every one must jump 10 make way
for their majesty. The veteran riders dis
dam % ask any odds OF any situation they
may ind themselves i'm. and are too proud
90 Jet any one know that they are in the
least disconnected or incOnvenienced in
any manner by pedestrians. hOrsemen or
street cars. The ringing of a bell is prima
facle evidence of a lack of confidence on
the part of the rider TO navigate without
some one getting out OF his way.
There is much agitation among cyclists
in Europe just now over the selection of
patron saint Plenty of good advice has
been given. One suggests that St. Ger
trude the patron saint Of travellers should
be chosen. Another reminds bicyClists
that Elijah went to heaven on wheels.
Wnlle third; whose business, presumably.
II IS 10 attend 10 Heraldry, thinks that one
Of the saints with wheels in their coats of
arms should be given the preference. And
so the agitation continues without the
momentous question approaching any
nearer settlement.
1t may be news to cyclists, but French
physician declares il to be a fact II says
that unknown TO themselves bicyclists de-
velOp a general vibratory condition of the
body. In other words, they become human
tuning forks. 1t was DR.. Petit who gave
the French academy of medicine the Tip"
on this, and since then French and English
bicyclistS have been surprised when they
have complained TO their medical advis-
ers that they felt unusually restless and
could not account for the reason to learn
that they had uncOnSciOusly acquired the
''vibratory habit" The medical journals
are taking the matter up and soon Amer
lean doctors will dOubtessly also begin to
prescribe for the cure of this strange new
disease.
For the benefit of the thousands Of rid
ers who do not fully understand the pro-
fessional clause in the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen rules, il is hereto APP
pended:
Clause A-You sacrifice your amateur
status if you ride wheel for money, in