The record-union., 1896-05-17


oughfares. The idea is to protect pneu-
| matte tires. One of the most sensible
laws ever put into force is this self
same statute. 1t will prove a boon to
wheelmen. Tires have been punctured
| on the road through the carelessness of
people who have Uttered the highways
with all sorts of rubbish. Wheelmen
| find that they can legislate and will do
| so. If some of the agitatOrS will now
turn their attention to the highways
another good turn will be served rid
erS.
Down on Long Island Sound is a
| divine who believes in cycling and ali
| it's incidentals. This gentleman is a
Wheelman himself, and on Sunday rides
| from his house to the church with as
much enthusiasm as the Sunday scorch-
| er who finds this day particularly
| adapted for century runs. But this
| clergyman does insist that the wheel
| men shall come to church, and invites
them all. He has bicycle stand at the
| side of the church, and his good will has
| been the result of having a full congre-
| cation. many feminine cyclists coming
| in bloomers to attend service before HE
| ing themselves to the country side,
where the scent of the hawthorn is
| in the air and where nature looks her
| best.
Don't drink cold water. Gargle the
throat and rinse the mouth with it
when thirsty.
Don't lose sight Of the fact that the
bicycle is a great developer Of phys
ical beauty.
Don't permit a nervous apprehension
to affect you when learning to ride.
Don't deviate from a regular mode of
living. This applies to the track man
particularly.
Don't be afraid of the man who pulls
out ahead of you at the beginning of
the race.
Anyone who wishes to get the most
out of a vacation, both in healthful in
vigoration and pleasure" says a writer
in "Harper's Weekly will find a
wheeling tour superior to any other
means. Nothing so completely takes
the mind from business; the wheel de-
mands and will have all the attention
that is not absorbed by the scenery, or
circumstances of the trip; business and
the ordinary cares of life are quite for
gotten. The lungs receive a thorough
revivifying, and the circulation starts
into healthful activity; sleep becomes
sound, appetite voracious and digestion
perfect. Certainly this is an ideal con-
dition for an overworked brain-worker
or a man enslaved in the routine of
business"
A Partisan cycling paper year ago
offered a prize for the invention of BIZ
cycle ''knickers'' that can readily be
changed into full length, well-fitting
trousers. A Bavarian knitting mill
owner has just patented such a gar
ment. The material is a tricot of pure
wool, both warm and elastic. The shape
of the trousers is in the fashion, and the
material can only be discovered upon
close inspection.
When it is desired to use them as
bicycle trousers, the legs are pulled up,
the hose and garter being fastened
over the bottom of the trousers.
A new quadricycle is out that differs
| materially from similar machines ia
| miliar to wheelmen. 1t consists of a
| frame of two straight bars in line with
each other, two crank shafts upon each
| bar, having each a sprocket wheel, a
| single chain connecting three of the
wheels and a second chain connecting
the remaining wheel. This quadricycle
! is remarkably light in weight for it's
| size, it having been specially designed to
make the construction as simple as pos
sible.
| More American cyclists are it is said.
| to make the European tour in search
| Of the nimble dollar. Harry Wheeler,
| Charles NJ Murphy and Earl Kiser are
| the names of the men who have decided.
| in consideration of a salary and ex-
penses, to cross the ocean for the pur-
pose of riding a certain American man
| ufacturer's wheel on the European race
| track.
| Robert G.. Ingersoll, the talented ag-
nostic, is one of the latest converts to
| wheeling, says the American Wheel
man." His conversion to this has been
easy. while his conversion to Chris
| tianity has been laborious and fruitless.
However, the stately lecturer, now that
he is a racer, can prepare for scorching.
| California racing men are agitated
over the threatened suspension of ]. r.
| Edwards and Allen Jones of the Olvm-
pic Club Wheelmen and f. NJ. Byrne of
the Imperial Cycling Club These
crackajacks rode with Terrill at Heads
burg. Terrill at the time was under
suspension by the L. A. w.
| Jackson-They talk of putting some
OF the messenger boys on bicycles.
| Jenkins-Is that so? Then we will find
out just how slow bicycle can go with
out falling down.
DO you notice how much shorter the
Rev. DR.. Saintly's sermons are than
they used to be?"
Yes. His congregation has made
| him present of a bicycle
Murphy tseeing Caddington go by
in his golfing costume)-Fer tn love
av hivin. If OF had legs loike thin
oi wouldn't be afther turnin' me shtock-
ms down to show thin,
| A Frenchman has equipped his wheel
| for NH climbing purposes with a pair
| of direct acting cranks on the front
wheel and second saddle near the
| handle-bar
| It is proposed to erect in Berlin small
open pavilions in public streets and
places where wheelmen may store their
| bicycles for a trife. Such payilions
are to be erected at almost every street
| crossing and on all public squares.