The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-24


known to have instigated offences or
this character. It Is to be hoped SUCH
cases everywhere viii be as stringently
dealt with as the stealing Of bicycles
now is in many courts There Will be
no sympathy with the man who has
just been sentenced TO nine years in the
penitentiary for stealing three ma
chimes. 1t was his second offense.
When caught in the country after
lighting up time without lamp, the
average cyelist generally flies to a Chi
nese lantern. On a calm evening these
paper globes are a success, but II there
is the slightest breeze blowing, they
swing about in an alarming style ana
throw grease all over the luckless
rider A far better plan is to purchase
what is generally nown as fairy
lamp. They are not dear, only a Few
cents. and another penny will purchase
a candle TO place inside. The glass
globes may be purchased in any color,
but pink is the best, while the wire
is already there by which it may be
attached TO the handle-bar
At a cycle show in Paris one of the
exhibits was a bicycle shower bath ex-
hibited by an English manufactured
and generally acknowledged to be
practical device fer combining exercise
and a bath The machine consists or
a shallow tub, in which is placed a
frame work consisting of a saddle,
handle-bar, pedals. sprocket, wheels
and chain. The small sprocket wheel
is secured to a rotary pump, which is
fastened to the back of the frame. The
movement of pedaling works the
pumps. and the water is discharged
through the regular, appliance. The
quicker one pedals the larger is the
discharge. The device can be made to
fit into any bath tub.
According to figures submitted by the
General superintendent of the Long
Island Railroad, a fuM-sized baggage
car may be made to hold from 200 to
225 wheels, if they are properly pack
ed.
All the new houses in Berlin, Ger
many, have niche just inside the hall,
protected by a grating, for the storage
of cycles.
Tracking war balloonists on bicycles
to prevent the aeronauts landing OH
terra firna has recently been tried at
Paris and Orleans. France.
Many cyclists have found that the
tops Of their bells make excellent drink
ing cups. safer and more pleasant than
the cups supplied at public fountains.
and very useful when no cup is handy.
Teddy Hale mas issued challenge to
j. F. Stocks TO ride for six consecutive
hours for $500 a side at the Catford
track, England. The long distance
champion has been training for some
time with the special object of meeting
Stocks.
Something new in records has just
been established in Denver by Schrey-
er G. Meixweil, who rode unpaced 1913
miles in twenty-four hours. Meixwell
was in the saddle twenty hours, resting
the other four hours. and finished fresh.
This is the first time ride of this kind
has been attempted. and stands as a
record. The ride of Meixwen is only
incidental to carrying out a wager
which he is fulfilling, to ride 10000
miles within the year He started this
task on July 4th, and up to the present
time has completed almost $500 miles,
which is we'll within his schedule.
As a result of the National League
of American Wheelmen meet in Phila-
delphia it was expected that the Quak-
ers would assume the Head in State
membership over New York. Last
weeks Bulletin" evidently gives fig
ures received before the meet, as New
York by it's announcement still leads
by over 10000 members. Philadelphia
League of American Wheelmen officials
have stated that over $500 new mem
bers have been added during the week
of the meet, and these will be publish
ed in the next bulletin. Last week s
statement gives the following: Total
gain, Oil; total membership, ~, 744.
New York-Gain, 333, to 24,212; Penn
sylvania-65, to 20. 1863; Massachusetts
-114. to 1854; New Jersey-S1. to
6.097; Illinois,, to 2SS6; Ohio-31, to
.. $50; Wisconsin-10, to 2,410; Con-
necticut-21, to 1925: Missouri-19. to
LOS; Michigan--34, to 1909; Mary
land-36, to 1,6SS; North Carolina-5,
to 739; Rhode ISLANDS,, TO 1880.
Last years total gain for the CORE
spending period, 933; total member
ship. 63, 400.
An English cycling paper, under the
caption Where America Lacks" prints
the following: IF America is ahead
of us. as it is alleged she is in many
respects, it is pretty certain that she
has not beaten US in the matter of
road construction. Notwithstanding
the advanced state of America, it Is
said that the condition of the common
roads and highways of the United
States at the present time is similar to
that which prevailed in England and
other parts Of Europe $50 years ago.
It is strange that though America has
produced many clever engineers,
though she has developed her railway
systems to a degree of perfection I'M
known in this country, and tutored the
engineering world in other ways. yet
her roads are almost as bad as they
can possibly be. One can hardly rec
oncile this statement with a country
which is generally considered to be up
to-date in every respect, but such in
deed is the actual state of affairs
The pioneer cycle tour around the
world made in 1884 by Stevens is de-