The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-13

hungry or last years clothes have TO
be turned inside not for this years
wear-and-tear. one must have wheel
TO be in IT, This statement was made
10 a business man the other day and
his Disguised reply was, yes, have
a wheel and I'm in tin the mud on
Fort street most OF the time" But then
that was only one out of the 1 500 riders
in the city of Honolulu, Cinnamon and
japanese included. That was the case
of a man who uses his bicycle as a con
venience and not as a pleasure, a man
who attends religiously to his bearings
keep his tires pumped up full and
tight" allows no chance for the handle
bar TO turn Just in time TO stab you in
the chest" and does all other things
necessary TO the preservation and easy
running Of a wheel because il is a
matter of business. He cares nothing
for the nickle-plated handle-bars flash
ing the sun, or the moon, along the
Waikiki road, wants nothing TO do
with "starbOard and port" light, and
cares for nothing but to get to a place
and back as soon as possible. HoweY
er, here are hundreds of others, who,
as they stubbornly proclaim the su-
premacy of their watches, though they
may have stopped days ago. make
claims that theirs are the best wheels.
For these latter have been collected the
cycling notes which appear below.
To show the popularity of bicycles,
here are just a few ladies who have
recently learned TO ride: Mrs. Wfddi-
field, Mrs. c. L. Carter, Mrs. E. F.
Bishop and Miss Agnes Walker, and
still there are more to follow.
The question has been asked: why
is it that clubs have not already been
formed since so many society people
have purchased wheels and have learn
ed to ride?" A club was to have been
formed at Waikiki tonight, but owing
to that feeling which usually comes
after dancing 10 or 16 dances, with a
dozen or so extras thrown in, the meet
ing proposed has been postponed to
some date included in the present
moonlight nights. The membership
will be large.
Someone has asked for suggestions
to men as to the easiest mode of learn
ing to ride a Wholesome way that
will obviate the necessity of some good.
but internally swearing friend, trot-
ting along by the side of a beginner
and trying. to the best of his ability,
to stop that ship-like motion that kills
and is the source of so much unsought-
| for after-dinner muscular exercise. and
the cause of a perceptible lengthening
| of the almond eyes Of the Chinese
I laundryman. Then, here it is in nut
" 10 no
bars. put your left foot on the step
and jump lightly from the ground off
your right. pushing yourself along at
the same time You will not get very
| far at the first start. but just keep il
I'D until you can run along for quite a
distance balanced with your left foot
on the step. Gradually place yourself
half on the seat, and then more and
more at each start, using the pedals
/ little by little. Your collar will melt
but YOU can learn in one evening and
have the pleasure of the after din
ner exercise all TO yourself
Then some one wanted to know the
| names of the different makes of BIZ
cycles in Honolulu. A detective would
have TO be employed to ferret out the
many makes that have come into the
country during the past four years; but
here are the principal ones, with the
names of their agents;
Cleveland. Westfield and Walker
/ Special. Harry Walker; Rambler, Co
lumbia. Ideal, Pierce and Hartford, K
o. Hall &, Son; Remington, Crescent
and Lyndhurst. II. Hackfeld & Co, I'm
periaI and Waverly, T. w. Hebron
Tribune. Hawaiian Hardware Com
many: Sterling. Frank Atherton; FL
dredge. +. ID. Tenney; Syracuse, Fred
/ Warehouse: Barnes, Clarence Mac
farlane. Then there are the Union
Eagle. Thistle. Viking, B. & II. Spe
ciaI. Monarch, New Clipper Warwick
and other bicycles which have ne
agencies here.
AS TO tandems there are the Tri
bune. Cleveland. and Rambler.
Then how did the Eagle bicycles ge
here? Just ask the riders of the Z. 5
5. Alert.
Black seems to be the favorite colo
for bicycle frames. Maroon is perhaps
next and then come yellow. olive green
pink. blue and other colors.
CAPTAIN Griffiths of the bark Alber
is an enthusiast on bicycling. III
knows of the principal racers, tn
tracks in the States, big events and cal
talk on any line whatever pertaining
TO bicycling matters.
What's the advantage of one
third mile track? >" queried bicyclis
while he was talking with Mr.. Desk,
about that soil out in or out of Cy
1ornere lake. Well the racers can b
seen face to face three times during
mile race. unless they fall off and thel
the fall can be seen more easily.
John Silva. popularity known as tn
Manoa Wonder, viii make trip U
4ilo soon for the express purpose o
: making a record trip to the Volcan
and back. This. he says, be viii do j
four hours or depart forthwith on IN
Annie Johnson for San Francisco.
Ruby Dexter's picture hangs in
prominent place in Tom Kings bicyci
shop on King street. The home traipe
is out in back Sylvester wore out on
OF the rollers the other day. He Wen
4 hn NJ "a