El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-30

George Bovee is still following the
races in California and is making good
time FL Paso will get good account
of George this season if nothing hap
pens.
Cycle racing is just now at stand
still in the west on account of the up
heaval in the L. A. w. ranks. There
are no prospects of a national C rcult
m Let in the west during this spring at
any rate.
The local track mana gers have dec d.
ed to go ahead and hold Sunday race
meet on the last Sunday in April
They are willing to stand the conse-
quences and be fired out of the l.. A.
W., if necessary.
A bicycle Instructor offers the follow
ing suggestions to beginners:
| l. Grasp the handle bars ligb tly.
Do not stitfen the muscles of the arms
and shoulder
2. Turn the wheel gently in the
direction of which you feel you are fall
ing. Do not jerk it, but turn it
gently.
3. Do not be afraid to bear down on
the pedals. The faster you go the
more easily will the wheel be controll-
ed, but do not attempt screening until
you feel that you are master of the
| wheel.
4. Always look ahead or rather to-
ward the pOfnttO which you wish to go.
If you look down at the wheel you are
almost sure to be ''rattled, and if you
fix terrOr-Stricken gaze on any OBJ Jet
you wish to avoid you are almost sure
to run in to it.
1t is almost the invariable rule that
the beginner after few minutes of
| struggling with the wobby machine
begins to com prehend the prime pie by
which be is to prevent himself from
falling.
In the matter of footwear. it is evil
dent that the average cyclist pays too
little attention to his best interests.
Last season thousands OF riders pushed
over the highways of the country with
feet incased in the mo lish pointed-toed
shoes which fashion dictat I'd for ordin-
airy street wear. However good it may
be for walking, nothing worse than the
pointed shoe could be cho-en for BIZ
cycling. The requirmentS of perfect
shoe for cycling are substantial sole,
plenty of room for the toes and lacing
carried well down, to insure ease and
fit sufficiently close over the lower in
step to Ounteract the natural tendency
of the foot to work forward with the
riders downward thrusts on the pedal.
The hubs are the most troublesome
of all parts of the bicycle to clean.
They are exposed good deal, and if not
carefully looked after are sure. to rust
sooner or later and spoil the looks of
the machine. Unless the cyclist has
unlimited time 10 spend over his ma
q n n 10 Il r.,
grease the hubs we'll with vaseIine and
leave it on, excap5 when the weather is
"set fair" This will save great deal
of knuckle scraping and tedious polish
ing with tips of the fingers.
Edward B. Warman the eastern eX-
pert in the science of physical training. |
gives some useful advice to those cy-
cliets who wish to secure the possible |
benefit from the exercise. He says to
an eastern scribe:
Three things must be observed if !
one wishes to realize the real benefits
and pleasures of cycling, viz: Correct |
position, breathing through the nos
trils and moderation.
Correct position does not imply that
one should sit perfectly erect. but that
he should be in perfect position from
the hips to the heal. i. e.. perfectly
column without the sem blance of a
hump One may incline for Yard, but
should not stoop or bend. There should
not be the slightest crowding of the
digestive organs.
The head should retain its correct
position with the BODY if one
wishes to avoid the bicycle eye The
position must be such-if health aud
pleasure are desired-that every organ
of the body can full Y anu naturally per-
form its proper function.
Even when one is hill-climbing it is
not necessary to assume the uugaiuly
pc ition that is now common in or
binary riding. One may, and should,
incline forw ard in order to be able to
throw create pressure on the pedals.
1t Is not necessary, however, to bend
so far forward as to cause the body ard
legs TO assume position at right an
giles with eaCa other. and then to drop
the head over the handlebarS in an
endeavor to complete triangle. Such
a position is neither helpful nor health
full to the rider, and is not even pleas
urable TO the behoders.
''rhus, with correct position mouth
closed, and at far rate of sOt ed. the
results of bicycling arr highly bene-
fetal: the breathing bee Ones deeper
and fuller, the lungs are expanded, the
upper air passages are cleared IF the
mouth Is kept shut, the brain receives
new life force, The pulse is quickened.
the liver loses its torpidity, the bloo1
is purified, the dyspepsia takes its
flight, headaches are as quickly dis
PEELED as i, the dew before the morning
sun: in short, life Is made worth the
living.
The following computation may be
of as great interest to the reader.
When "a man walks mile he takes, on
an average, 2,263 steps, lifting the
weight of his boy with en- sep: but
when he rides a bicycle of average
gear he covers a mile with the equiva-
lent of only 627 steps, requires less
force, bears no burden, and covers the
same distance in One-third the time
X
Frank Z. Pria'. the well known cy-
cling critic of New York, says there is
every indication that the coming sea-
son Will see a sill greater interest in
the mum bel' of women riders Woman