The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-17
CYCLING CHAT.

| CYCLING CHAT.
THE NOVICE THINKS 1T OVER
TO ride. or not TO ride--that Is the qucs-
ten.
whether It's nobler In tho mind TO suffer
| The jaunts and Ieers of many pedalers.
or to take legs upon stccd OF steel,
And by propcllng end thcm?To ride.
to mount.
No more, and by u mount to say we end
| the
smashups. and tho thousand frightful
humps
That bikes nre heir to-'tis n consumma-
tion
| Devouiiy to he wished. To ride, to mount;
To mount pcrchancc to fall; Az. there's
the rubber.
For while we stride these wheels what
When We have fallen with dull siekcnIn9
thud,
| Must give MS pause: there's the respect
| Tint makes the learning such frikhtful
life.
For who would bear the sprains. aud tho
The slippery mount, the bikes own freak
ishncss,
The pnng OF bruised heads. tho blackencd
| Tho insocncc OF ridcrs and the slame
| That finished cyciers Of the unsteady
When, he himself might all this trouble
| shake
| with stin, upper lip' What must
To mount and fall under Elitterin9
Ru, that the sickle of Father limo
Would cut us or-forevcr dis'anced IN
the race.
! Aud makes MS rather foot Y out In time
Than iiy TO curves to which wa are not
| Thus bruises do make towards OF US NIL:
! Aud thus the native hue of resolution
| Is siciSli.d Ger with many II bandnScd
head.
And sprintcrs Of great strength and
promise
| with this regard their wheels set away.
n md 1.t..A I'M An ar ,fl Enll
| Fair Daisy poli--vsion in bloomor,.
| BE all my spills" remembered. M.
The regular meeting of tho Star Wheel
| club held In It's rooms Monday last was
| one OF the most enthusiastic In tho his
| tory of tho club. when the meeting was
called 10 order the table was literally
| covered with business and plans of i'm
| pnrtanuc. After ttuI,snc ting routine bust
| ness the election OF new members WAS
| taken up and handled with dispatch. Tho
| following were elected to inemhcrshp:
| George l.. Vaughan, a. V. Kellogg. a. l..
| l'nlhhnn. Charles II. Ashc. seymour Han
, fra. A II. snsrre' nuf9s cagH,- Frank
| geometry, w. McNthew. n. II, lligsin-
| hothnin, Walton Scuiry. Dr. II. W. Knox
| aud Clls,rcs Robinson
The subject Of the proposed excursion
| 10 Galveston on the 3ist instant was then
(; discussed aud the remarkable unanimity
to foreshadow ~ n bowling success. An
excursion committee was named az fol-
l9we ,,o r =. ,i.t, J. H. Mc,tenhemer.
q, hlb'rt. Ike Eialn. A. Y KELLOGG, u. j.
Eyres. Hon. John II. Kirby. Roy spor-.
Frank mig, y, G. Colby and J. Hayes
guhilcs This committee was given fun
| power to act, aud the arrangements that
| IT makes ns 10 iransporiAtiOh and equip
mcnt VIII bc final.
Ih' meeting was adjourned after a heat
cd debate. in which all participated, ms to
| lhc stand the cyclists are 10 take on tho
| many violations OF tho road laws they
| ar" nj present subjected to- This question
| VIII lbs finally disposed OF at the next
regular meeting on the 2bth instant.
| 'po not scorch on a crowded street, is
advice that is being continually drummcd
| Mt II certain class of riders. but seemingly
IL nvnlle,h nothing and ono man or hoy.
who Ia continually and cvcrlastingly do
| ing fancy scorching. or. IN base bail phras-
| coloGy, doing grand stand playing" does
| more real harm TO The sport in his com
| munliy ana makes more enemies TO rid
.rh In general than any one who dciiber-
| ntcly makes I. his special business to
| cry down md work against the cyclists.
| The wheel hns gained the almost uni
vcrsal support OF all lovers OF out door
| cXcrciao and has been n great fnctor IN
| the much needed reforms of the day. Rut
| there is much yet 10 he accomplished
The wheel orors n brond and unlimited
| mysterious and "a yet undiscovered way.
ria their. rnniss of the greatest OF az
cycling posts. namely. street scorchcrs.'
they could accomplish much IN Inform-
ing the strict and burdensomc iegss'n-
ton that they are now forced e. bear;
| But the scorohcT stil lives, and VIII
continue 20 flourish, and to "scorch.' even
after dcn,h's chilly hand shall lie laid
upon his burning brow Why; Oh why.
| must the many conservative riders shiisr
for the faults of the few! Don't think
that the scribe writes or icckons without
| his host, for once upon II time he was
| NH
| street scorchcrs and could now down
| riiers right and left at this KIND OF WORK;
| dnnylc innumerablc scalps al his belt anu
| nine for more to conquer Get out on the
| country roads or race tracks and do your
nns o ana nIa Sgn! t !ps A You D ars
| coming conuucrer. Then ana on'y tnen
may the truo wheclinan forever silence
| and get on the shelf the hayserd laws
ana restrictions that they are at present
! Handicapped ny.
II the rootpath end OF that rootatorini
excursion on the 3lst instant stirs up hale
tho interest that the wheeling end has.
Houston stands fair show of being en-
tirrIy depopulHted on tne above dntc.
| The committee Of the Stnr Wheel CLUB.
| which has the wheeling end In hand. re-
| ports that II has about completed us
| work and has met with success far bs,
| yond It's most sanguine hopes--in iact' ~.
| whcclmen who can scrape up II mount ana
u railroad fare will be on board the tram
| prepared 10 root. President Mettcnhelmcr
| has called n meeting OF tIliH rofiiiti.rc w.
| tomorrow tMondny) night, at the office OF
| Captain Rudrsili. Moore Bros. Burncte
| building. nj S:ib o'clock sharp. where each
| member will be personally commissioners
| ON detail work Prcscap''
| A WORLD BEATER.
| on the 9th OF this month at tho annual
athletic contest at the Annapolis naval
academy. Mr.. Robert W. Henderson OF
Columbus. Ohio. and OF the class Of %.
| carried off the honors Of the occasion by
| winning u handsome medal for genera!
| exceliency. and broke the academy record