The evening times., 1896-04-22

That scheme for Il cycling combine seems
| 10 be worrying some OF the manufacturers
judging by the trouble they are taking 10
prove that II Is not casible and how easily
1T can be beaten.
The syndicate, which has been formed
with SlU,OtU,tO0 capital, to control the
business, was organized by {. Weiden-
field, president of the Worcester Cycle
Manufacturing Company. Ii is under
stood that il is their intention to reduce
the pnCcs OF all wheels that are now be-
ing put on the market at 500 by mem-
bcrs OF the syndicate 10 So, ANA thus III
crease the output about 200 per cent.
In most quarters the story of the for
nation Of trust is regarded much the
same as was that about the sig biciC!cs
which the ,aps were TO make aud snip
To tins country, but, w!thstant.Inr. tits,
the trade Is on the qui ylve and any news,
either OF the formation or breaEinr up
OF the trust Is watched Tor with Interest.
Pop Benner, the father OF the fanIgIs
midget racers, John ana Lewis Benuer. las
got blood IN his eye and there Is gOingr 70 be
trouble. pop thinks s"ne OF the other
So called midget racers are doing too
much talking and nothing to show any
ability. He thinks his boys earned their
popular rity hy great amount III bard work:
last season, and i'll order Ia prove their
ability, he will match John, tire Oldest
against any two midget racers for any
sum from $50 up.
Tom Cooper, the racing man. who is
at present at Louisville, is having quite
a lot of trouble, and ii is all on account
OF wanting to he professional. Cooper
has already declared himself To be pro.
frssiUnal. and wrote 10 Chairman Gideon
or the national racing board to declare him
such. Gideon, il is said, paid no attention
to tine letter, no wever.
Cooper wrote him again several times,
but as vet has received no answer. TIE
other day he telegraphed 10 Giicon. This
was also ignored. and now c, Oper has
reached tn. conclusion that he is being
handicapped by some one. He said that
he was of the opinion ihatscme one. he would
not say who, was telling stories about him
and was trying to get him suspended. He
said that he could have on several occasions
violated the rules OF the l.. A. W. but that
he rcfrained from doing so. 81 have never
done anything wrong" said Cooper. ''and
think that am being treated unfairly.
II have done anything wrong | do not
know it, aud think that Chairman Gideon
should answer my letters or declare me a
pro-
The very latest terpsichorean wrinkle il
the bike quadrille. The fad started in
New York's fashionable MichauX Club, AMI
now crack cyclists in all the large cities
are inventing ne W figures for what promises
to be the popular diversion OF the year. 1t
takes an expert cyclist to 20 through the
gyrations OF the Virginia reel without
tumbling, but there are many who have
attained proficiency in the riding academies
during the winter, where they practiced To
music daily.
The bicycle reel is very pretty. anI wien
the music is played fast, it becomes more
exciting than the ordinary reel. Eight
men and eight women range themselves in
two lines along the hall. The two end
couples ride toward each other, and in the
center make a sharp turn to the left, AMI
with their wheels at hair raisin. angle
circle around one another and ride back to
their places.
While this Is going on the other couples
stand alongside their bicycles, ready to
mount at a seconds notice. The riding
is done very rapidly, and the sharp turns
make the spectators catch their breath.
Each couple in turn goes through the
figure, until all have made the da nee.
In Cleveland bicycle dancing mas been
practiced all winter by n number of the
directors and their apt lady pupils nj the
riding schools The "Dutch roil,'' re-
difficult and graceful evolutions are gone
through with In perfect time.
One man has evolved dance in which
the principal figure is that of ''hands-
all-arounh." Four couples take part in
this, as i'm the ordinary Guadrllc, and about
six times as much floor space Is REQUIRED
as when the dance is performed in the
ordinary way.
The race committee of the Metropolitan
Association of Cycle Clubs. under whose
auspices the IrvingtoG- Milburn road race
is to be held. announces that the great event
will be open to all cycle riders. and not only
to cyclists OF clubs holding membership in
the Metropolitan Association.
The municipal council of Paris has. ac-
cording to the Paris Veto. decided to grant
10000 fr. for the Grand PriS. This great
bicycle event is to bc held on the municipal
track in the Bois de Vincennes. The council
has decided that the VelOdrome d'Iliver
lease shall run another year. unless the site
should be required for the works OF the
forthcoming exhibition.
Lewis S. Kann has
Engagement Rings that
fit exactiy-pretty, too
and moderate.
I3f Seventh St,
just below E.