New-York tribune., 1897-12-12

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Sans, Of Baltimore. is aimed straight at Ster-
ling Elliott: mo person who is a party TO |
contract with the League Of American Wheel |
men shall be eligible to the office OF president,
vice president. secretary or treasurer OF the or
ganiZatior.
Says a friend OF the wonderful little Welsh |
rider: Michael never drinks anything hut tea ,
and ale. He Is a great tea drinker. but seldom |
touches water: and he never smokes never has
smoked, in fact. a cigar or cigarette. Talking |
upon the foods that racing men should take, he ,
advises NO vegetables. as they tend TO fatten. |
and warns them off all highly seasoned foods
chicken game pies and pastry. He regards
coffee drinking also being bad. He has given J
the subject Of training greater attention. per
Il to fine art. And so he Is able 70 tell us /
what he has consumed In food during his SIX
years Of racing The food l have nave taken Ken, mo
said, which is. beyond any discussion. the most
healthful animal food that can be taken for the
purposes Of training
powerful and entirely new metal l-piercing
device II in use at the Woolwich. England arse
nal. 1t consists Of a sort OF gun which, by
means OF powerful explosives, shoots clay bull
lets against forged plates twenty five cent?
metres thick. The gun stands seven to eight
metres from the plate: three or -FOUR puIets alo
shot in succession, at an angie OF 10 arsi mi.
The explosives are so strong that the ca! pui-
let's strike the metal at velocity OF 500 metres
per second This device is. according TO Inc
Engineer" result OF the practice or oicycie-
builders who give a beautiful polish TO steel by
PROTECTING fine sand against II at great
velocity
None but expert riders can maintain perfect
.,uu,hr,uu going at a speed OF less than six
miles per hour Ten mile. an hour is only ordi-
nary travel for a bicycle. and fifteen miles would
not attract much attention except when the
streets or roads are crowded In other woIus,
a bicycle gets over the ground more rSp.nS ,"r
the unaccustomed eve can tell, ana tnls leaturS
OF rapid and easy moving Is the ch'et Vpai"'
OF the pastime.
It ia said that James spicer. New-Jersey
farmer. was In Port Jervis recently. and traded
with Joseph Thayer for an ordinary bcycie,
giving in exchange a horse. Twenty-Five heads
OF cabbage and a rabbit cog
tn. postal authorities Of ST. Petersburg have
lately been experimenting with tricycle. carriers
for collecting letters from pillar boxes ana post
offices.
A bicycle bell has been invented which may
he fastened to the pedal side turn OF the
foot presses a lever. which engages the c'apper
on the crank and rings the bell
long they cramp the knees
Many riders pedal more strongiy with one leg
,hor rho other An uneven pedalling action Is
a prolific cause OF side-slpping
A club Of cycling doctors has been founded In
Berlin
c,vcI,sts desiring 10 toin the League OF Ameri-
can Wheelmen may obtain full printed informa-
t,on and membership blanks by sending names
and addresses to the Cycling Editor me IT'D
une.
THE ROADS IN FAIR CONDITION.
sourwHAr DAMP AND MUDDY FROM RAIN AND
roc pr-r EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TO-DAY.
| Ad,,,cex received at the headquarters OF the
| Naw.York state Division OF the League OF
| American Wheemen. from its numerous corre-
| snondents show the general condition OF the
roads within fifty miles Of this city TO be fair'
| although the roadways within Greater Ne"-
! York are damp and muddy. owing to rain anu
fog. Here are some OF the reports
New-York City-Asphalt strips have been lala o"
| Western-ave which makes snort cut from fo,u-
| ham 10 Harlem. All breaks In the asphaN S.iip.
| :, wastchester-aye have been repaired. ROADS Oh
| sny.nth-aye ST. Nicholas-ave. and Riverside pi'e
| 80 ,n nav condition FOR riding. being heavy ana
r,uddv in places North Broadway Is In sood shape
pelham Parkway is now open from the o'S'o"
| Road to Baychester. Tar,
| 49,. tho Bronx-The roads In and around Fort
- .rd Yonkers are in good condition and win
co,d weather will be excellent by Sunday In Tar
v,own and Sing Sing the roads are fair 10 gooo.
being more or less muddy and wet Inc roAus VI
Fishl<ill are impossible The roahs Oh HaniS''a''
will. and New Rochelle are heavy ano mudoy' ui'
18th roads being wet and unridabe. Macadam
road, NJ West Farms good TO excellent earth ROADS,
fair 70 good Roads in this section arc much I'm 4
nroyed on account of the mild wcltner. Il nc nc
roads OF Port Jervs are soft and In lrving6on tney
fair but somewhaI wei The roaa to- to- peswar.
Waier Gap IL fair. In Mount Vernon the roads are
muddy. ,,. .,.,. -. IN a.. fair. OCEAN
partVeyy moor Glenmore-ave. is fair. Merrlck
Road good for nearly the enare i good riding
Of Valley stTedm l nsn Ts IN are ad mady so0' JeTchS
Of Far srs are fair n o
good Patckogue roads are muddy Roads ads OF - aI
tha roads are In fair shape for rlding =, l.,
'''S West shore OF the Hudson River-Ali roads N
and around Middetown are soft and muddy ROAD sni
| dirt roads OF Fort Montgomery are rough No.
New-JerseyA roads Of keyPGr. nn andPon are PIor
aSa S, roads OF Orange good; earth roads, fair AZ
roads of Railway are in fairly gooG riding conc, c0nai
ton. The macadam roaos oa rem maj FOR ridinS
The roads OF Shrewsbury are good put some"na
roHgn ien N fsand-'rhe roads of Staten Island arr
gsTerallv good but Richmond Terrace Jay ana Ba!
sts from Port Richmond to Fort Wadswor,h aIons
the trolley-uacks are not IN "'s'-'as' '''"e w"
diponr Observation-Disclosures and earth roads In NIL
ford are in muddy sSane Vii be better to-day
CPICEETERS TO MEET.