The evening times., 1896-08-06
lB0UT THE CYCLE N Brazil
Interesting Report of French
Consul at Sac PaulO.
HIGH PRICES PAID AT FIRST
Today the Quotations Are Consider
erably Lower-Six Days Races at
Madison Square Garden Promise to
BE Great Success Popularity Of
Wheeling mMexico on the Increase.

Brazil seems to be a good field for bi-
cycle business, judging from the recent
report by the French consul at Sac Paulo.
..Since the opening of the Paulo bicycle
rink says this consul, ''inaugurated Sep
tember, 1855, the trade in bicycles, til
cycles and similar articles has taken a
considerable extension in Sac Pauio, In
which tile population, exceeding 1S0.0 900
Inhabitants, composed of every nationality,
tends to develop all kinds OF sport. The
first machines were imported about nine or
ten months ago of French AMI English man.
ufacture. the former by Clement and the
latter by Swift, for racing and ordinary use.
They brought very high prices, with a
slight difference between the two makes
The English wheels were worth from $500
to $22O, and the French wheels about
prices for bicycles Is some what tlower-Eng-
lish make, for racing, $3.50; for ordinary
use. 81 40; French make, for racing, $3.50;
for ordinary use. Sl36.
Italian bicycles, though selling as
high as, the Others, are not so much in
favor. Very few of them are seen be
sides those introduced by the Velocipedist
Club. All machines used have pneumatic
tires. The few with solid or hollow India
rubber tubes are common or secondhand,
and have no sale. Except the mechanic
employed by the club above mentioned;
there is no person in the city that either
repairs or sells tools and exchanges pieces.
1t would seem that manufacturers of hi-
cycles would find great advantage In en-
tering in direct communication with the
Velocipedist Club of Sac Paulo and ud-
dressing their letters to its president,
Mr.. Steidel.
But what would offer the best chances
OF success for manufacturers desirous Of
securing the benefits OF trade almost new
In Sac Paulo would be to send one or two
intelligent agents, thoroughly acquainted
with the business and able to set up the
bicycles shipped in sections, repair them,
fix and replace any part needed or in-
jured Custom duties on bicycles are par
ticuIarly high, with 60 per cent additional
OF the original tax. For instance, bi-
cycle quoted at $50 would have to pay
$3.50 duties, plus 60 per cent on the
S2S. .SO''
The six days race for the championship
of the world, scheduled to take place in
Madison Square Garden, New York city,
December to IL, inclusive, already prom
ises to be a great success Such lannon's
professionals as Shock, Waller, Alberts and
Golden have sent in tEeir entries. together
with others, and it is expected that Cha--
lie Murphy, the Brooklyn flyer, now in
France, and Harry Maddox, the fisher lad
OF Asbury Park, will also figure in the
great struggle. Fred Titus. who was q
star in the days OF class b. may also COM
pete. There is 10 doubt about the entry list
being the most attractive ever secured.
There will be short races for professionals
and amateurs every evening during the
prog ress of the long event.
wheeimen in the United States, geIer-
ally speaking, have little idea OF the ex-
isting cycling conditions in Mexico. The
pastime Is more popular than one would sup
pose Take San Luis Potosi, for instance
This is a place of F5,0oo inhabitants.
situated in the mountains. about 200 miles
TO the north west OF the City OF Mexico. II
is 6,00o feet above sea level, and basn't
had a drop OF rain for seven years. Drink
ing water is not obtainable. and everybody
drinks wine. While on a visit there a short
time ago r. p. Searle, the famous road
racer of Chicago, who is now travelling
agent for Crescent bicycles, took ride
in and about the city. He found the roads
only fair, while the streets of the city were
very bad. The pastime, however, is grow
ing in favor, and it is believed that In time
the use of the bicycle will result largely
in securing better roads, as has already
been the case in various sections OF this
country
Most Of the ailments which are COM
much food OF q rich nature, and too much
drink OF sweet or alcoholic character,
combined with far too little exercise in the
open air. The liver attempts to get rid OF
the superfluous materials thrown into the
circulation, and, being overworked, re-
bels, and gout, rheumatism, gravel, dys-
pepsia headache and constipation are the
outward and visible signs Of Its inaction i'll
those who live too well-a sedentary life.
The prescription OF a bicycle and the recon-
mendation to use il wisely and well, works
like charm In such cases, and in all the
syInptomatic ailments which arise from too
much '.acid'' In the system. 1t is interest
ing to note that cycling sometimes has the
effect of thinning the obese and fattening
the thin, and this may partly be explained
by Murchison's observa tons that excessive
leanness, us well as excessive corpulenee,
is often caused by inaction Of the liver,
and the stimulus of regular exercise, set
ting thefunctions Of that organ right, causes
the disa ppearance of what was only symp-
TOM British Medical Journal.