The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
CYCLE IN PRACTICE
NEW YORK GIRL USES ONE To
OVERHAUL A RECKLESS CAB
MAN.
FRENCH ARMY Is FAVORABLE
TO THE USE OF THE ED
sTEED IN MILITARY MA
NEUVERS.
NEW RULES FOR PACE-MAKING
Are Proposed by the National
Cyclists Union for the Riders
of the World.
NEW RULES FOR PACE-MAKING

This story comes from New York:
81 was drunk, Your Honor, and did
not know what 1 was doing"
Fined 3d." said Magistrate Brann.
ut is not half what he deserves, but
/ am satisfied" said Miss A. Lagrasse.
II chased that man two miles and
brought him to court to teach cab
men a lesson. 1t is no use for them
to try to get 1--WE from a woman who
knows how to ride a bicycle"
This incident in the .Yorkville police
court was the sequel to an exciting
street pursuit late Monday night. Miss
Lagrasse Is a dressmaker and an en-
thusiastic cyclist. Circumstances com-
pei her to do most Of her riding in the
evening. She is usually accompanied
by her uncle. William Wunsch. He is
sixty-eight years old, but he is as en-
thusiastic a cvclist as his niece. Mon
day night at 10 o'clock the two were
on their way home down Madison We
nue.. Near Fifty-irst street they saw
a cabby driving at full speed uptown
on the downward side, to the incon-
venience of several other persons, who
demonstrated with him in vain. Miss
Lagrasse and her uncle turned aside
to avoid him, but at that moment the
cabby took 1t into his head to uru
into Fifty-f1rst street. In doing sc he
struck Mr.. Wunsch with the Wheel Of
his cab and knocked him over. Miss
Lagrasse jumped from her bicycle and
escaped injury.
I'm not much hurt" shouted Mr..
Wunsch; you follow him Do not let
him escape"
Miss Lagrasse mounted her bicycle
and followed the cabby, who was by
that time nearly to Fifth avenue, lash
ing his horse. Miss Lagrasse scorched
after him and easily overlook him.
After a long tussle Miss Lagrasse
finally had the fellow taken in by a
policeman.
European military authorities have
been at variance concerning the prac-
tical use Of the bicycle in the army,
but it seems now as If the clouds Of
doubt were lifting and that official
steps will be taken by the leading gen
erals Of the great powers to bring he
wheel into regular use. Many of the
modern war contrivances originated in
the United States to be perfected in
Europe. The most notable case of his
kind is the war balloon.
Capt. Gerard, a young officer Of the
regular French army. has don more
for the progress of the military bicycle
han any one else. He is an inventive
genius of a rare order, having a COM
plete knowledge of the science of
mechanics, and to his fertile brain and
enthusiasm is due the clearing away of
many obstacles which seemed to make
the use of the military bicycle an i'm
possibility.
A full battalion of regular soldiers
have been assigned to him, and these
are drilled daily on the bicycle. They
go on long rides through the country
and are put through the evolutfons of
war times. Rapid-firing machine guns
are carried on several types Of wheels.
including tandems, double tricycles
and the regular bicycle. These guns
are rugged in various way in an effort
to discover the best method for dis
tributing their weight and that Of the
ammunition.
French and German army officers
concur in the belief that the perfected
military bicycle will afford q means
for the rapid movement Of light ar
tillery. and all the efforts just now are
concentrated in that direction.
The L. A. w. now has a total men,
DerSn1p OIL tU,oof, VI lLC new In0In-
bers New York furnished 244 (total 49,
$3.50. Massachusetts 26 (total 9,48O),
Pennsylvania SO (tota1 1859, New Jer-
sey As (total 4,576). Ohio 6 (total 1856.
Illinois II (total 1883, Indiana 1 (total
975), Iowa ] (total 1885, and Missouri
7 (total 2,163.) 1t will be noticed that
the New York state division now lacks
only 172 members of the 90 900 which
Chief Consul Potter expected to have
by Jan. 1, next. At this time last
year that division had 9,179 members.
Wisconsin's eaembership has increased
to 1885.
Pacemaking has become such a
prominent factor In bicycle racing that
regulations to govern 1t are occupying
the time Of American and foreign rae
ing authorities almost as much as the
amateur question. Racing men claim
that pacing as now conducted in COM
petition affords some riders an -ad-