The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
cycle Notes.

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ID: r. Cruise has become member of
the L. A. W.
John Boone now rides Ferris wheel,
purchased of l. l.. Davenport.
Joseph Stretch and wife are to be seen
alnost every pleasant evening on their
handsome tandem.
Most bicycle accidents are caused by
the riders failure to look where he is
| going. Eternal vigilance is the price of
safety on the wheel.
Persons with delicate hands should not
wear heavy gloves when riding, as the
folds at the roots of the fingers causes
callouses to form, which become very
sore in time.
When it is necessary to remove tire
tape, valve stems or any other thing
attached to tire, use benzine, and be sure
to have only sufficient quantity. Too
much will only cause trouble in removal.
Before using pump, work the piston
two or three times, enough to blow out
any dust which may have settled in it. 1t
is much better to have the dust dis
tributed over the ground than to have it
lodged in the valve.
Watch your tires. A long period of
dryness is very harmful to rubber, there
fore tires should not be stored in hot, dry
places. The dryness acts quite as harm
fully on rubber as damp does on steel. A
good wipe over with wet cloth is an
excellent thing for the tires after every
ride.
A cycling party from Salem were in
town on Wednesday afternoon, and took
supper st French's. The party was com
posed of the following: T. j. Yorke, ]. W.
Acton and wife, Judge G. Fl. Sinnickson,
Miss Adeline NJ. Sinnickson, l. o. Acton
and wife, VIM. Morris, Herman Morris,
Chas. Mecum and wife, G. E. Gill, Wm.
Sberron and wife and Miss Minnie Eakiu.
At Catford Hill, Kent, England, in
July, ten of the thirteen riders who
started made the ascent. This is one of
the severest tests that the bicyoler
encounters in England. The course is
1, 140 yards, and the rise more than 430
feet. The time of the winner was 4
minutes So 3-5 seconds. After the con-
test, II. j. Herbert astonished the crowd
by riding backward up the hill on
ohainless machine. In reporting this
event one of the papers speaks of it as "a
tremendous feat considering the binding
of the gear" To man up a tree it
would seem that "the binding of the
gear" could not have been a very serious
drawback. Indeed, the average bcycler
will be rather inclined to believe that
there was marked unbinding of gear,
muscle, or something or other that per-
mitted this wonderful feat.
At Charles River Park Saturday
McDuffee established a new worlds
record for a paced mile, flying start, at
1 minute 38 5 seconds. lowering the
existing record, held by w. W. Hamilton,
by one second. Jimmy Michael and his
American hour record are also beaten,
and standing where Michael recently
stood is Lacerne Lssna, with bunch of
records containing all American marks
from II 70 80 miles, and also the Ameri-
can hour record. McDuffee was paced
by a sextuplet and quint, while Lesna's
pacing team consisted OF IS men divided
four squads of two quads and two quints.
Lesna rode in fine form and steadily,
notw outstanding that his pacing was
decidedly jerky. Lesna created new
American marks from II to 80 miles
inclusive and new hour record of 80
miles, 10 30 yards, 10 inches.
Racing men and those who take only a
passing interest in the sport were dis
cussing at length the two remarkable
records made at Boston on Saturday.
McDuffee's worlds record of 2:3S l-5
for one mile caused many to shake their
heads and say that the chances were that
the timers had made mistake. Others
who have watched the remarkable time
trials took just the opposite view of the
case, AID we're confident that, wonderful
as McDuffee's performance seemed to be,
the new figures would not stand long.
They said that pacemaking had improved
to such an extent this year that the
chances were that some of the fast riders
y uuid make the mile in :35 before the
season was over. They say that MoDuffee
is not by any means one of the fastest
riders in the country. Lesna's record
at Boston of riding over thirty miles in
QUE hour may not be beaten for some
time, and they don't expect to see it
beaten Oh the Manhattan Beach track on
account of the wind. Lesna's fastest
mile was his first, 40, and his slowest
mile of the thirty was 2:07 1-5. The last
mile was made in 1 :57. Lesna made new
American records from eleven to thirty
miles.