The San Francisco call., 1896-03-09
BICYCLE BUILT FOR SIX.
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The Sextuplet Attracts Much
Attention in Golden Gate
Park.
The Naphtha Cycle to Be Ordered Off
the Park Drives-Opening Day
of the Sutro Baths.

The attraction at Golden Gate Park yes
terday afternoon was the sextuplet rid
den by crack bicycle riders who were in
the saddles in the following order: Dick
Award, Harry Terrill, Allen Jones, Oscar
Osen, Theo. Dodge and H. II. Hopkins.
The announcement that the six riders
would start at o'clock sharp from
Stanyan-street cyclery drew shortly be-
fore that hour an immense mber of peo-
pie to the main drive, and they lined both
sides until they stood two and three deep.
At the Cyclers' Rest here were several hum
dred cyclers dlsmounted, standing by
their wheels waiting to see the passing
show
1t was expected that the novel machine
would fly at rate of speed equal to that
OF lghtning-express train, but In this
there was disappointment, for when the
sextel passed Cyclers' Rest it moved at an
ordinary rate of speed and was paced by
half dozen safeties on each side, while in
the rear followed hundred or more
cyclers on all sorts of wheels and in all
sorts of garbs. It'was novel sight and
that was all.
A young man named Harry Lamar drew
a good deal of attention to himself by rid
ing a naphtha bicycle. The machine ran
without difficulty and the rider did not
have to exert his limbs, but his machine
is "a1snorter," that is, as it moves the
prOpelling machinery causes a series of
slight successive explosions, and these
noises starile the horses, who are unaccus-
toned to them. 1--WE will have to look
after this young man." said Superintend-
ent McLaren, ''and advise him to use his
machine outside the park limits. We can
not afford to have anything in the park
that will frighten horses, cause runaways
and possibly injure and kill people
The museum in the park is one OF the
points of interest visited by a large num-
Der of people. ..One thing that pleases
me-" said G. P. Wilcomb, the curator, yes
terday, "is the fact that many people
come here not merely to walk through the
different rooms. but come again and again
to study the exhibits. and what is still
more gratifying is the fact that many take
written notes of the exhibits.
"On the 23d of the present month we
will close our year, and the books show
that during that period nearly half mil
lion of people have visited the museum.
During the past year the number of visit
ors to the Smithsonian Institution was
only 300 ,OU0."
During the past week P. J. Bugbee of
Reddlng, Shasta County, presented to the
museum over 100 specimens of minerals,
LHc lIOlu ILLS Otate, Tue TculdlU-
der from Arizona. j. L. Bardwell has
placed in the museum q number OF rare
articles, including Cantonese vase,
bronze stOrk, incense-burners and an an
tique teapot.
The last of the electric tower was being
moved from the grand court yesterday
afternoon.
A large number of trees have been placed
around the grand court preparato ry to
setting them out around the court. A
circle of palms will DE planted and form
the dividing line between the cycle track
and the carriageway.
The S1tro Baths were we'll patronized
yesterday, many being under the i'm
preston that they were to be opened to
swimmers. The formal opening will not
be until next Saturday, when there will be
speechmaking, music, and swimming in
the lar ge tank.
Work on the boulevard is being pushed
ahead, and the road is graded to the point
where it joins the one that leads from the
ocean to Ingleslde. The track OF the Park
and Ocean Railroad, which stands in the
way. OF extending the boulevard in a
straight line north, and which the officers
of the company said should be moved to
the east, has not been disturbed.
Yesterday afternoon as one of the trains
of the Park and Ocean Railroad was pass
ing by the Olympic grounds, boy named
William Mannix,. living at 50S& Fell
street, jumped off, fell and rolled over
several times. The train was stopped, the
boy placed on board and taken to the
company's Office at the terminus, where it
was ascertained that he was badly bruised
about the head and face.
At the Haight street grounds the an
nounced ascension by Miss Essie Vida and
Prof. Markeberg was only half success.
There were two causes. for the failure; one
was that there was not space enough to
make the ascent and the other the cloud
laden atmosphere which prevented the bal
loon from rising as it would or perfectly
clear day. There were two parachutes at
tached to the balloon, one below the other.
Miss Vida took her place on the bar con-
nected with the upper parachute and rose
above all Instructions. but the second
dragged on the ground and struck against
the trolley staging and hung there until
someone cut it loose, allowing the balloon
with Miss Vida to ascend. When Marke-
berg saw that he was in danger of being
dashed against the platform he jumped
from the trapeze bar. The balloon was
soon lost to view in the clouds, but did not
remain up long, for it commenced to de-
scend before Miss Vida got ready to cut
away and when she did get free her para
chute had only 200-foot fall. she came
down with rush in vacant lot near Ma
sonic avenue and Haight street, landing
with severe BUMP on the sand,
There are more than seventy halls in
Paris devoted to fencine, each presided
over by q fencing-master more OF less