Evening star., 1897-04-17
BIC ycLE BRIEFS

1t is claimed that there are over 10000
tandem riders in New York city.
The coming intercollegiate bicycle meet
In June promises to witness lively stfug-
gle between Yale and Columbia, the latter
winning last year.
American ingenuity leads the world in a
mechanical line. especially in bicycle ma
| chinery. according to the great English
technical journal Engineering. The Amer
! lean makers have stepped in the field
reached the top NOTCH and are at the pres
| ent time reaping a rich harvest in selling
at their own price special cycle-making
machinery which cannot be purchased
from British manufactures
The bicycle population of New York city
rs placed by newspaper of the met1Opo-
| lis at not less than $4,000. If this is so, it
| is no wonder that the New York division
| Is the banner one in the League of Amer
| lean Wheelmen.
The number Of cycle paths now COM
pleted and the number now in course of
construction seem wonderful, considering
the fact that three years ago the cycle
path was an unknown thing.
According to patent Office official, there
dies patented as there are bicycles. The
bicycle itself Is almost free from patent
and the public can make any kind of a pat
tern of wheel they see.
- tiitai cl lOlulUB safety bicycles, D1cy-
clettes pliantes. is now being conducted by
the Belgian military authorities, which
will extend until the end of this month.
Spain has on an average of 5000 hours
OF sunshine year, leading all countries
| in this respect. Itaiy has 1850 hours
year, Germany LOO hours and England
1,4O0 hours.
The recent Philadelphia cycle show must
fact that a dividend of 800 per cent was
recently declared on the capital stock of
the cycle board Of trade. which gave the
affair: The stock of the board is placed at
10000
An English physician advances the
theory that low-gear wheels are more dan
gerous than high-gear machines. because
the slow movement Of the leg on one is
less trying to the heart than the quick ac-
tion on the other.
1t is said that in Paris there Is an inter-
national band of bicycle thieves who have
warehouses for the storage and sale of BIZ
cycles In all OF the large towns Of Europe.
A bicycle stolen in one country is sent to
another. and the police are never able to
recover it.
Last year 1t Is estimated that there were
over I5OO0 wheels In use in Indianapolis.
This year the total is expected to reach
the 10000 mark.
American bicycles are now being sold in
Arabia. There may not be as much poetry
about the Arab stced of the future as there
was In the past. but 1t will go faster
The Arizona legislature has passed a bill
compelling railroads In the state to carry
bicycles as baggage.
A bicycle room has been set apart in a
new high school building in Deroit that
will provide accommodations for not less
than 800 bicycles
The Canadian Wheelmen's Association
has asked the Ontario government to en-
act legislation which will place bicycle
paths on the same basis as walks for pe-
destrians.
The road race from Vienna to Berlin this
year will be one Of the principal events of
the year In Germany.
The bicycle racing fever in Australia
must be very great. and not infrequently
there are from 10000 to 5000 spectators
In Coolgardie a track was built at an ex-
pense of $500 while the receipts for the
first days races amounted to $4,000
The National Cycle Track Association
proposes to establish as an annual custom
mile handicap sweepstake race for a
purse OF 5000. the entrance fee to be di-
vided into four parts of 80. 25 Is and 10
per cent to the first four men, the winners
10 De decided by points. This race will be
ridden In seven heats. one heat to be rid
den On each of the seven tracks in the
eastern division of the assoca ton.
II IS estimated that there are 6U0OOO hi
cycles in the state of New Jersey
The Cyclists Touring Club of England
mas offered prize of twenty guineas for
the best design of a baggage car adapted
Tor the safe convenience of bicycles.