The record-union., 1897-09-10
THE CYCLERS COLUMN.
BIG EVENT OF THIS MONTH
A TEN-MILE RACE.
The Trouble a Horse and a Beaf
Made-Depew and His Wheel
A Chapexone Association-Bat-
tie of Gears.

A Chapexone AssOci2t1on-oat- L
tie of Gears.
Entry blanks are now out for the
big wheel meet to be given in this clty
on September 26th under the auspices
of the CAPITAL City Wheelmen The
programme is a most attractive one
the best all-around schedule, we think
that has been made up on the coast TO
this date. Great interest Will center
in the mixed professional and anna
teur championship race.
The clubs around San Francisco Bay
hold their annual ten-miie road race
October 10Th 1t is believed that there
viii be fully 200 entries. 1t IS IfeA-
for-all event and the list OF prizes
is as long as a pantaloon' leg Inc
meet will be held over the triangle
course over in Alameda County.
4 horse ran away in Dutchess County
New York. the other day, and scared
q tame bear nearly to death, says the
Cycling Gazette" under the caption
IAN Unsanctioned Race" The fright
ened bear ran as he never ran before,
and the horse came tearing down the
road after him unable TO stop, but
crazier even with terror than bruin
himself. Then came the crisis in which
the bears little remaining courage
oozed out at his claw points. Just
ahead. without warning, he was con-
fronted by five bicycle girls in bloom
ers. over a stone wall he rolled, vel
ling like mad and laming himself IN
all four legs Anybody who has ever
seen 8 Girl knows what they did. All
yelled. and most Of them tainted. one
tried to climb a tree and tore an ex-
pensive costume hopelessly and contin-
uouslv. The wheels whose tires were
not punctured on a barb wire fence
we're utterly wrecked by the madden
cd horse. which also demolished hun
dred and fifty dollar buggy. The horse
is dead. Now there is war between
owners of chattels and fathers OF girls
ia Dutchess County over mutual oblt-
cations and reciprocal recoupments- II
the owner Of the dead horse will pay
$40 for one limp, yellow dead bear, the
proprietor of the latter win desist from
his present intention to "cutta de
man"
Sundry ancient maidens of Albion $
Isle have banded together in a society
called the Cycling Chaperon Assocla-
ton" for the purpose OF proV1alns
proper escorts for young English Wheel-
women. If the Wheelwomen OF Eng
land are like their American sisters
they frequently ride at considerable
speed. and the scope of the splnster
usefulness must be exceedingly limited
Ladies Of uncertain age have not given
indications of speed on the few occa-
sions when critics have seen them put-
sure a horse car or flee from a mouse
If the young wheelwoman conforms her
pace to that of the cycling chaperoh'
the chances are her escort would pe
So much disguised that the ride would
not be repeated. But, mayhap, the
spinsters pursue a course of rigorous
training that enables them 10 ride
faster than a walk
Chauncey NJ. Depew has passed out
of the elementary school of bicycle IN
struction at Newport and IS now an
enthusiastic member of the "go-lt-
alone" class He rode three miles
without assistance a few days ago. l
am getting along very nicely with my
wheel - he remarked during his visit
to this city last week. THE chief draw
back in my case is that my practice
is broken in upon so frequently. l no
sooner get used TO my wheel than
am Obliged to leave it and come TO New
York to attend to business. By the
time that I get back to my wheeling
I have lost the knack of manipulating
The machine and must learn all over
again Perhaps [ may bring my bike
to town and keep up the exercise here
in the early morning
I am convinced that bicycling is an
excellent thing. and I mean to stick to
it. It is not difficult TO learn how to
manage a wheel, and with proper care
danger from falling is reduced to a
minimum. Practice. of course, is nee
essary to become an adept. I have had
no hard falls thus far"
Mr.. Depew rides in the regulation BIZ
cycle garb. with long socks. knee trous-
ers. negligee shirt, and cap, all Of
dark color.
New York Times: According 10 NJ
J.. Bridgman, manager of a iorge cycle
making concern of this city, who le-
Gently returned from a tour in Europe.
the Chainless wheel is tie chief t0lic
of discussion among cycle manufactur-
ers on the other side as il IS in AmeIi-
ca. Mr. Bridgman accompan / Colo
mel Pope and A. G. Spalding OH the trip
and was with them most of the time
He admitted they had looked over .>lt-
ents. but he would not say what was
the significance of their visil There
has Ecen considerable talk about
movement among the holders 2f Chain
less cycle patents of forming trust, or
mutual protective association. and
some Fave thought they found aHu-
sion to this in a recent speech made
by Mr.. Bridgman at a dinner $iveI in
his honor. at which he said: Il think
that next season viii be larsely ekper-
mental for the chainless wheel. and
that some time viii elapse before il
entirely supplants the chain wheel In
the first place owing TO the greater
expense of production, the price Will
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