The sun., 1897-11-14
CYCLING.

4ucCuoiACoI autnOTItIte Say tudt VI
chain is very old method Of transmi
; ting power. OF late years it has bee
superseded by other devices, particular
spur and bevel gear. The chain, ,althoug
an excellent driver, will not retain il
accuracy because of elasticity. 1t bt
comes elongated and loses its fit of til
links. The teeth of bevel gear mechan
ism, when fitted accurately, give ol
heavy machinery better service than
chain. 1t is said that a bevel gear whee
has been ridden 25,O0O miles without ap
preciable wear.
At Belleair, in Florida, yesterday, Pea
body captured the four amateur race
and ran his winnings for the season t.
no tirsts. In the quarter-milc open rac'
Bald was doubly defeated. Loughcad
the quartcr-mi.e national champion, ant
Kimble taking the measure of the Bison
The managers Of the Princess Park
track, Paris, announces that he las re-
ceived challenges in the name Of Arthur
Zimmerman against Jaap Eden, Borril.
lon and Jacquc,in for races in 1898. The
first meeting is likely to be between
Zimmerman and JacqueIin, who has just
finished his time in the army.
Castor Rivierp will take part in the
six-day race at the Madison Square Gar
den. He is one of the best known long
distance riders in Europe and expects to
win the race. He has won the celebrated
Paris Bordeaux race three times, and has
covered 527 miles in twentvfour hours
on an uncovered track in bad weather.
He will train at Atlanta, Ga.
Here in America we usually carry our
pumps in our pockets, and long for Il
foot pump whenever the pocket size is
used. In England cyclists carry Il long
pump which will initiate Il tire with few
strokes, fastened to the top bar or rear
brace Of the frame.
The announcement that Albert II. Pos
tel, Of Lansdowne, Pa, proposes to start
about January from Florida, accom-
panied by Frederick, Turner, Jr., of the
Geographical Club, through the South
to Mexico and South America, thence up
the coast to Alaska, for the purpose of
demonstrating the utility Of the recent
Improvements for ice cycling. He will
be the first to attempt on a bicycle the
"Northwest Passage"-into Russia and
thence through Europe, Asia and Africa.
Should he find it impossible to make the
entrance into Europe from Alaska at the
time he reaches there he will return to
Philadelphia through Canada, c"oss the
Atlantic and finish the circuit trip FRI m
London.
Spoon brakes are used by some of tie
speedy indoor racing men. They enable
rider to regulate his speed on turns Of
Il board floor track that is not banked,
and prevents the wheel from ''skidding. ,
In the days OF the old ordinary vile
the rider who could negotiate the turns
on board floor track the best generally
won the race. William +. Murphy, who
We'd with Willie Windlc and the great
Zimmerman, could never ride ON Il boau
floor and get any Srrcd ont OF his ma
chine. Several nasty falls on the turns
made him s,udouS. The result was
that he poured several pounds OF bir' :
shot into the backbone of his bi@\c'r.
This had the effect of steadying him
when he was riding at top speed anc
doing the turns. He showed marvellous
speed during race until the plug in the
backbone of his machine fell out anC
with it hundreds OF lradcn pellets.
These rolled over the hoor and riders in
the race were soon scattered all over the
arena. The winner Of the race wa!k' q
half Il lap to the finishing tape, while tie
balance limpcd or were carried there.
At Brockton, Mass, surveyors having
the work Of measuring the
course over which +. +. German, Of that
city, went ON Il bicycle on Friday and
Saturday in a trial for the American road
record, found that German made 81!
miles in the twcnty-four hours, seven
and onc-half miles better than the Amer
lean record. He made century in 6
hours, 6 minutes and 90 seconds, and
lowered the New England double CEN
tury record to l3 hours, 81 minutes an,
81 seconds lie also lowered the Amer
lean triple century record to - hol RS, 10
minutes. In II hours and As minutes
German went l75 miles, ) miles better |
than the twclve-hour record.
Charles McMurphy, of New York, yes
terlay rode II mile on bicycle faster
Than any man over rode before. His tim, |
was minute 4-5 seconds.
TURF TALK.
Racing is to resume on Thursday.
This is the latest report, and from Il re-
liable source, The demands of the horse