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pupil falls to ward him he catches him. The
strap gives q feeling or security. and tie
pupil pedals with q confidence not BORN OF
black and blue spots.

| pupil falls toward him he catches him. The
strap gives q feeling or security. and tic
pupil pedals with q confidence not BORN OF
black and blue spots.
| CANNOT MOUNT.
The question OF mounting and dsnlount.
| ing is not taught, except casually, as the pu-
pill mounts and gets off. So, when he ar.
| rives ashore, he has yet a lesson to take.
The "road lessons So necessary TO every
| learner. are easy things after the expert
encc aboard ship. The hills and dales pre-
| sent no terrors and the question of ''turr-
| ing OUT has been learned from the extreme
caution necessary in avoiding the ropes and
| posts aboard ship. But the car tracks, the
| wagon wheels, the ruts and the slippery
! places must all get their share OF lecturing
| from the instructor. But after being taught
| at sea, one or two road lessons VIII sur
| flee even for the most cautious.
| So great is the cycling craze now that
| ship captains are more than willing to
| give up part OF the decks TO the e2er-
| else, and they are perfectly prepared to
| stretch ropes or in other ways fortify
| the sides, so that all danger or accident
| is past. People In falling from wheel,
unless in going down hill, do not fake
| headers. There would be no danger OF
| diving fraDtically overheard from the sad
die OF refractory wheel. When begin
ners fall they get dump" The Wheel
wobbles, they try to catch themselves,
| make wrong movement, and down they
go all in a little heap, with the bicycle
on top, by some strange arrangement
OF things. .
The one who really works at these lessons
is the Instructor. He, poor, responsible
man, feels it a disgrace to allow his
pupil TO fall, and when he takes a begin
ner he practically pledges himself to keep
that pupi! in the saddle until he has
learned to keep the saddle for himself.
Aboard the ship the first lurch sends the
timid balancer out OF the little leatbern
triangle'of a saddle plump into the long
suffering arms of the instructor. The,
second >lurch sends the pupil far the
other way, and 1t is one full lesson be-
fore he learns that the saddle of a bicycle
is like the saddle or a horse-always ready
for you If you are ready for 1t. The
saddle will hold you if you will only
stick fast to 1t. But, oh, dear, it takes
practice before faith in wheels and leather
is developed.
THE OUTFIT.
The bicycle Instructors outfit is a kit
Of tools. for mending bicycle; set If
saddles for all tastes, and wheels both
masculine and feminine. He has to deal
with people who are not used to putting
up with everything" and he must accomno-
date himself to them. The woman who can
not possibly sride anything but nickel
wheel must be met as far as her de mands are
concerned. And the man who has heard OF
such and such a sad die must have it pro-
duced for him, even though the willy in
structor has to carve the saddles name
underneath it to meet demands.
II cycling aboard ship is half us much
fun as ON land there will have to be cycle
galleries constructed around the decks,
and cycling hours will be buletined for
all to read. A rainy day gallery will aso
be built, and cycling at sea will be the
subject OF many word picture.
CLARENCE RUSSELL