New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

to the machine it is accepted without question.
Wheels are handled with reasonable care. too.
At the station in jersey City a bicycle and its
owner allowed TO ride up 10 the level OF the
trains on the baggage elevator and the elevator
can also be used in leaving the station. At the
Broad-st. station in Philadelphia there Is sim
liar arrangement
Among the live people ir the bicycle trade
none more enthusiastic over the goods they
offer for the 9S trade than the Victor folks.
w c. Overman, manager OF the Overman Wheel
Company's New-York branch. at No. 70 War
ren-st. when seen in this connection. was sure
that the several samples he had 10 show repre-
scented the best development of the art. The
regular Victor for 9S (model $50 will be sold at
500. In appearance 1t is trim and "snappy'-
more so than any Of its predecessors The
principal mechanical changes are In the
straight-lne sprockets. DISTINGUISHING wheel
bearings. narrower tread, new head bearings
ard improved lines in the frame. The object or
the straightllne sprockets is TO reduce the fric-
ton OF the chain and obviate all the trouble riders
have had with chain driving under severe con-
dtions. such mud. water and grit OF all sorts
From the evidence OF the dynamometer and the
actual mud tests shown. these troubles appear
to be a thing of the past. These snrockets VIII
be used all models Of '9s. The new huns
the chain adjustment. and outside nuts. me
wheels may be removed from the frame with
out disturbing the bearings The model 81
which will be sold at SO. Is on the lines or the
road racer which has achieved a wide popu-
larity. The $50 wheel (model 30 is new and Is
expected TO make a ten strike, not only because
MANY who know Victors will be glad to md
machine Of this make at so low price. but be,
cause Of it's intrinsic excellence. The lines and
tubing are the same as in the model %
Much stuff has been sent out from the West
recently, and 1t has received some publicity. re-
- Ia anil
facturers to control the output and the price Of
bicycles. One OF these items was sent out from
Toledo last week and contained the information
that the Western Wheel Works was one Of the
movers in the new combine r. Lindsay Cole
man, who Is the president OF that company and
the ex- president Of the National Board OF Trade
Of Cycle Manufacturers had this to say about
the matter yesterday: 80 far as our company is
concerned there has not been any agreement or
understanding Of any kind made with any other
bicycle manufacturer for the purpose Of directly
indirectly controlling the output or prices Of
bicycles, and under no circumstances would we
enter into any such arrangement or combina-
ton The line Of Crescent bicycles for 9S will
consist Of twenty-five models. ranging IN price
from So to $40 The mems chainless wheels
will have frames ranging from twenty-five to
twentysix inches while the drop-frame wheels
will range in height twenty, twenty-five and
twenty-four inches Both will list at SO The
chain wheels will list at so and the tandems at
SO The company claims that it sold $1,000
wheels this year,
Persons prowling in Piccadilly, London re-
Gently were much interested at the sight OF
three wheeled tricycle. being steered through the
swarm Of vehicles. The machine had been built
and patented in Chicago. 1t resemblcd an or
binary safety but behind the back wheel "A
small wheel, so arranged as to bear great por-
ton OF the riders weight. This small wheel
was connected. or rather hinged, to the frame in
an extremely ingenious way, and for the purpose
of reducing vibration 10 a minimum.
1.-THE cock pheasant" says THE London Cy-
cle" sometimes exhibits great fearessncss and
ferocity. even going SO far as to attack man.
cyclist. while wheeling his machine through a
plantation in the vicinity of Hascmere. Surrey,
was assailed by a pheasant which doubtless en-
ragged by his intrusion on it's privacy. flew at
him. beating him with its wings and peckng at
his legs. He aftorward heard from the bailiH Of
a neighboring farm that the bird was In the
habit of thus attacking all who passed that way.
and that several Of the farmhands who used the
path were in the habit Of carrying sticks to
beat off this curious assaant
For twelve years the little Columbia pad cal
endar has been gaining in prestige. yet the thir-
teenth edition. which has just been issued seems
TO have outdone its twelve predecessors by an
uneoualled combination Of good things. The ar
rangement of the 1913 calendar is convenient
and helpful. Plenty Of space is allowed for
memoranda which can be used from day to day
in the form of journal and preserved rec
ord II one desires The arrangement OF dates is
such that they can be referred to in a moment.
and the moons phases are indicated for the BEN
eft Of cyclers who wish TO keep posted on the
best time for night riding.
The League Of American Wheelmen offers S125
in cash for photographs Of bad country roads.
for hpcp
until June /, 1898: 1t is not limited to members
os the L. A. W.. but is open to all alike The
arst prize will be $50; second prize. so; third
prize SIS: fourth. $40. and five prizes OF 20
each. The League Of American Wheelmen has
nuhIished extensive literature on good roads, ana
tbe hest of the pictures received under this prize
competition arc to be used In iiustrat1ns ar,-
,acted that members Of the l.. A. w. and wheel
men generally who are able TO use th ictnres n
had roads and incidentally taking part In the
competition for these cash prizes. Photographs