The record-union., 1896-07-05

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How dear to my heart are some things
of my boyhood
Which my garret collection presents
to my view,
And there 1 behold the old wheel of
my joyhood-
The first safety cycle that ever I
knew.
I recall when got it, and proud 1 was
of it,
Though it looked like a blacksmith
had made it to sell;
1t was great wonder, and much did
l love it,
This old-fashioned safety that pleas
ed me SO well.
This bucking old safety, this hard
pushing safety,
This squeaking old safety 1 used to
love we'll
Of course it was not very pretty for
beauty,
But a poem on wheels was this old
thing to me,
And l thought it a roadster that did
its whole duty
Qn a way that would make you all
laugh now to see),
You could tell it down street half a
mile by its rattle,
And that was the reason it needed
no bell,
But, ah, ON the track it won often a
battle
And a mile in 2:5O brought many a
yell,
This bowling old safety, this spas
modic safety,
This shaky old safety that once pleased
me we'll
OF course you will see it was never
baH-bearing,
And the labor was something hercu-
lean and vast,
Promoting profuse perspiration un-
sparing,
And it didn't go much on it's shape
very fast
There was nothing at all about it
pneumatic
But it took lots of wind just to make
it's pace tell,
And each spin 1 would take was a jour
ney ecstatic,
For I rode with head high on this
wheel / loved we'll,
This rusty old safety. this unplated
safety,
This dangerous safety that once pleas
ed me well.
II is long laid aside, for the tide of
Improvement
Has since passed it by, I'm not sorry
to state,
For the world has a wheel of a differ
ent movement
Whose qualfty's far In advance of the
date,
None other comes near it, its riders
revere it,
'Tis the hight of high grade and ex-
ceedingly swell;
It's grace, style and beauty to all men
endear it,
My charming new safety 1 now love
so we'll.
My hght-running safety, my perfect
new safety,
My wonderful safety that pleases me
well.
There seems to be need of consider
able repetition regarding the rule o
the road as it applies to riders of the
bicycle. 1t is, of course, the same
for them as for those who drive or walk
but its requirements are frequently vio-
lated. When meeting a vehicle comins
towards her a cyclist should turn ou
to the right, and when passing ont
going in the same direction as herself
to the left. II this simple formula were
strictly and universally adhered to-
large proportion of the trouble which
occurs on the road would be obviated
1t is most often disragarded in the cas-.
where the rider has to pass a carriage
OF another wheel going in the same di
Tection.
There frequently seems to be plenty
OF room to shoot by on the right side
but it ought to be remembered that th'
vehicle ahead has the first claim to tina
side of the road and would have I,
move in closer to it If crowded by any
thing coming the other way. Then tht
erring rider would be caught in ''pock
ct" and might have serious reason I,
regret the attempt at unlawful passing
When two cyclists riding together wisi
tC so by a wagon ahead, they vii
sometimes separate. one passing OF
either side of the vehicle. This is alway
wrong and extremely inconsiderate o
the driver, besides being likely to fright
eli the horse: and if he SHES, one ride
or the other is bound to be hurt
There is one important point to b.
iDOhtu out lOT III passing from btui4lu
and that is to watch carefully for any
thing coming in the opposite direction
II you have been riding behind a car
riage, and perhaps could not see tn
whole road ahead, ii is dangerous [,
turn out and pass suddenly before as
certaining whether the coast is clear.
An experienced bicyclist said recentl,
that nothing annoyed him more on hi
trips than the carelessness of man,
riders about turning around i'm tn
middle of a nuch-frequented street o
cycle road. They will do this wthou
the slightest sign or warning to thos
behind, and without even looking owe
their shoulders to see who may be near
Under such circumstances it is ofte,
impossible to avoid collision or a
the least a fan for the innocent ride
following, who swerves Violently [,
one side to avert disaster. If a vehicl
drawn by horses should be coming clos
behind. there is danger of the thought
less turner being run over.-Harper'
Bazar.
William Ingram, of Schaw, Ingram
hatcher & Co. Of Sacramento ha.