The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

running in circles, merely for exercise, the
girls and their grandmothers play AT the
good old-fashloned game Of croquet. For
this unusually wide, high wickets.
fastened into .4oles In the floor and are set
very far apart, pretty well usurping the
entire space OF big arena Huge hard
gutta-percha balls. brightly painted and
numbered, are knocked about by long
handled mallets, tipped with brass. Now
Ii requires not only considerable clever
ness in managing ones machine, but a
stout right arm TO get. with any success,
through a game Of bicycle croquet, but the
exercise II supplies is admirable.
Stout women go In for croquet awheel,
10 reduce Their bust measure and regain
p,iahility of the waist line, while the slim.
clever young creatures, who have no su-
perfluous flesh 10 I'd themselves of and
who have conquered all other intricacies
OF fancy wheeling practice. for exhibition
nights, try writing their names, long
words and notices.
The process sounds almost absurdly sim
pie. and yet 1t is one OF the very hardest
things 10 do All one needs IS a long stick,
with chalk crayon on the end. piece or
moist sponge on the other and big black
board on an easel In one corner OF the
academy floor. C.rcl!ng round the floor, as
the rider nears the board, she slows up
and commences to write on a ruled line.
Her work must be done while she moves.
for not only has she TO keep her balance,
but must get out OF the way of some rider
who Is following, armed also with crayon
and sponge.
II the first wheelwoman has allowed her
letters 10 sag below or run above a limit
line the writer who follows has the privi-
lege. with her sponge, of blotting out the
offending letters. or she can let the error
go and give al her energies TO trying 20
inscr.be her own name or sentence below
the writing Of the first cyclist Since only
& very few letters can be written n every
halt the contestants circle thu floor many
times. always adding 10 their work, or
rubbing out incorrect chalk marks in the
writing OF others. An umpire stands be-
side the blackboard 10 see that no wheel
woman either spends al her time rubbing
out false marks or .gnores g,aring errors,
IN order 70 work only on her own SEN
tence. and that time is called after a GER
tain number OF visits TO the board.
Some women who do bicycle ll.ere-
ture." ss they call II. can write a whole
word neatly and with graceful tfoursshes
N passing once; others since the acad-
emies have opened have learned - DO
their initials with most elaborate lettering
a. a single halt. and a the evening wheel
Ing matches a word IS given. Whoever
writes Il out IN the fewest visits 10 the
board ana most neatly gets prize. OF
the skin displayed IN doing IL most RAPID
~. "Consangulnit IS The most elaborate
collection OF syiish'es Yet done n NO
visits. and q smart little maid Of IS holds
that record mp 70 date.
Something good deal more lively and
accompanied ny music IS the demand this
season for evening wheeling. and the
d-ils and lantern para1es az last winter
stand no chance a. al IN comparison wien
the new fad Tor dancing a-waeel- Tbs IS
an especial feature In the bicycling CLUB
houses. of course. tae general public
never finds It's WAY into tho huge circular
arena Of the newest cycling club OF New
York.
\ melancholy interest IS attached 20 this
bufla.ug. freqgente8 by tbs 400. n that
few years ago = was leaa.r- r.alne club.
ard the ring where four footed thorough
breas lately cspered on She faubark Is now
covered with 8 capital wheeling aoor. The
walls have been done 2 white and gold. a
tufied scat runs around three SIDES Of the
arena. music sns }5li "a oatconv. and by
to9rAinE g series % springs tire electric
light from above ia sae8 through rose.
yellow. white or hae hf3tss
Iost valued. hcweEer. 81 All The aa53-
lions - cass handsome ara exclusive c.us
= man wAo IS teaching the members SO
walss. lire 90 fer fhe lsneerS. choose tas.r
partners for a Set5lion d. arrange the.r
games for a carnival u.shf
For All these elaborate performances che
usen wear black knee hreeeA-z. v-.th back
SIX hose. 0ste1t-leather ha5f Shoes short
tailed dinner coats snS evening -inen TIE
woman APPEAR hat+ess n hlgn-ua. }za4
. leng-s.Reved hed ces reSt slaho~ates.-
trimmed and auk.s-iore whsfa serge Eqes-
ton or c2sueTs-hA.r skim The retV5en :
danced n a constant variation af drill az
c5ations. VITA women wheeling n rows
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