San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-12
CYCLE NOTES.

CYCLE NOTES.
Theo. Banks new idea of a spring
tire is being much discussed by the
wheelmen.
Miss Kahn of Marshall street has
surmounted the preliminary difficult
ties of a new rider and has mounted
a wheel.
Jeweler Hertzberg began learning
the mysteries of cycling last Friday
morning on Commerce street and sue
ceeded very well for beginner.
There is cool beer saloon at the
crossing of the seven-mile Salado, but
this has nothing to do with the popu-
larjty Of this read for club runs.
a merchant who allows all his office
boys and clerks to ride his wheel dur
ing the day should not complain that
it costs more to keep bicycle repair
ed than it does to feed a horse.
Farmer George Epson says this fall,
after the crops are in, theNfarmers on
the Salado are going to make a pres
ent of good road to the city by
working it themselves. There is one
bad stretch on the road to the seven
mile crossing of the Salado in the city
limits.
The Italian scissors-grinder who
was nearly killed by his horse run
ming away by being frightened by a
bicycle rider Friday morning, was a
road hog. He would not give a par
ticle of the road to the wheelman,
and when the latter rode against his
horse the animal got out of the way
himself. A wheelman has as much
right to part of the road as peddlers,
hackmen, butchers and delivery was-
ons, it should be remembered.
Tandems have become wonderfully
popular this year, and a new tandem
which has just appeared promises TO
be more popular than any of its pre-
decessors.S The little machine is
known as the Juvenile Tandem"
and the youngsters ought to be happy
Many inquiries have been sent to the
makers this year for a double ma
chine for the little folks, but the man
ufacturers have been so busy turning
out the regulation bicycles that they
have not given attention to the mat
ter that the demand would seem to
warrant. One firm has taken the mi
tiative and has turned out a lot of
these tadems, and the wise business
policy which prompted this move is
already apparent.
The members of the National Cycle
Board of Trade throughout the couu-
try, as well, as all others connected
with the bicycle industry, will be
gratified at the stand taken by Presi-
dent r. Lindsay Coleman in regard
to the Eastern National show. AS
has just been announced the exhibit
will be made in Grand Central Pal
ace, in New York City, in February
Of next year. Both Philadelphia and
Boston were considered by Mr.. Cole
man, because of fiattering offers, but
in summing up the probable benefits
to the public and trade at large, he
. quickly reached the conclusion that
the metropolis is the only place TOR
such an educational exhibit, as the
annual show has proven to be. Since
announcing his decision in the matter
Mr.. Coleman has received many let
tiers and kilograms complimenting
him on the stand taken. The manu-
facturers especially are pleased be-
cause of their escape from the clutch
es of the Madison Square Garden
management, which has heretofore
charged the exhibition for every nail
driven in the building. ANY fear
that the Grand Central Palace is not
large enough for the show may be dis
PEELED. for it offers over 100000
square feet of space-more than
double the space ever occupied before
by any cycle show. The outlook for
the next show, according to Mr.. Celc-
man, who is in the best position to
judge, is particularly promising. He
feels sanguine that there will be more
exhibitors in line that at any previous
show in this country or in Europe,
and that the number of visitors for
the week will not fall short of 100000.