The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-02-16

Fred Weterhouse has taken the agen-
cy for the Syracuse wheel.
No more races for while. Every
ones energies are or should be bent in
the direction of the Kewalo track.
The regular annual 25-mile road
race will be held in San Francisco on
Washington's birthday. The event is
causing no small interest and specula-
ton here as some of the riders are
known to various wheelmen in the city.
F. w. Davis is doing a rushing bust
ness at the academy in independence
park pavilion. His work goes on, rain
or shine
The various bicycle agencies report
business brisk"
In dispatching Joseph NJ. Hill on
journey around the world the SYRIA
cuse Cycle Company have undertaken
an enterprise that is new to the bicycle
industry. 1t is already assured that at
many points which will be an object
of visit he will enjoy special advan
tages through favors from the highest
officials. In China a welcome will
await him from the Viceroy of the En-
pire, Ii Hung Chang, himself an
, adopted chief of the Sycamore Tribe
, 1t is not too much to suppose that the
representative of the Syracuse Cycle
Company will be accorded honors by
the Viceroy that no other commercial
ambassador could command. Mr. Hills
mission is not that of a selling agent.
1t is in the mind of the Syracuse Cycle
Company to obtain through the in
, quiries and observations of an expert
an accurate knowledge of the growth
of interest in wheeling throughout the
, wide world. One of the points in Mr..
Hills mission was to see Fred Water
house who had sent an order for the
! celebrated Crimson Rims" The
wheels have not yet arrived but Mr..
i, Waterhouse knows every point about
!, them in advance. Mr.. Hill knows his
q business.
: Here are some points taken from
4 people who wax funny" on bicycle
. matters:
$ Headquarters in the saddle" is a
a club motto recently adopted.
: Don't be too caustic In your criti-
o cism of someone else as he appears in
t passing The kindness of nature is
D shown in the fact that we cannot stand
on the curbstone of the boulevard and
s see ourselves roll by"
: BE aisy on the barking dog. If you
t can't be aisy, try ammonia-in the kiyi
|, pump"
: Don't sit on your wheel like lump
r of inocuous desuetude; it hurts the
Z, wheel, somehow"
S ''Politeness is like a pne umatic tire
: in that it eases many a jolt in the
d journey of life"
9 RACKET AND BALL.
: Tennis is just now claiming no small
e part of the attention of those interested
p in the game. The tournament of course
# is the main topic of conversation. The
1t raising of the standard of playing in
Y Honolulu has put matters in altogeth-
it er a new light from the years or ever
a year ago. The additions of clubs tC
Vt the ranks of the tennis fraternity
If bringing with them new talent anC
d the constant hard practice of all the
Is tennis men during the past two month:
t. has caused the greatest uncertainty a:
d to where the championship will go
/ With the Pacifics, the Beretanias, the
Valley Club, Punahou and Kamehame
e ha in line, constituting in all some 10(
i men, the tournament must needs be o.
d the most intensely interesting and ex
e citing kind The competition will bt
e most keen.
1t AS to a meeting of the Hawaiian
e Tennis Association it must be called
for today as this is the last before thu
II 18th of the month, and the constitu
J. ton of the organization states that i
:. must be held before that date At tn,
1t meeting the date of the tournament
l. will be decided on and other matters
/; pertaining to tennis, will be arranged
l. Last years tournament was a grea
/ success, and it will be remembered
q that it took place during the month o
: May. This time was chosen after dut
a, deliberation, it being found after thu
= days are longer and cooler and people
<, more disposed to turn out than latel
o in the year. The same holds true fol
this year, and it is hoped that although
/ the month of September has beer
spoken of by many of the tennis men
1t May will still hold the fort
, Ladies' Day at the Courts of the Be
retania and Pacific Tennis Clubs. are
u being very well attended and the mem.
. bers are gratified to see that more
, strangers are being brought around by
their friends. For the Pacifics the band
concert on the Executive building
. grounds Wednesday afternoons have
. been most pleasing feature
u The junior members of the P. T. C
8 will give their seniors a good tussle
in the next tournament and it would
:. not be at all surprising if they were
y to win honors. Such players as Willie
Roth, Wilder Wight and George Full
Ter are not to be taken as any small
e factors in the tournament
Only about six men play regularly
u at Punahou, but there is good material
even within the ranks of such limited
g number. Messrs. French and Babbitt
Q may play together, and if the do, be.
u ware Kamehamehal
o On the P. t. C. courts Thursday
n Messrs. Babbitt and French PLAYED
e against George Fuller and Willie Roth
The Junior P. T. C's were beaten. but