The sun., 1897-12-20
CYCLING.

"Choppy" Warburton. the trainer Of
Jimmy" Michael, the Welch bicycle
rider, is dead, he died in London yester-
day.
The postal authorities of st. Peters
burg have lately been experimenting
with tricycle. carriers for collecting letters
from pillar boxes and postoffices.
Many riders pedal more strongly with
one leg than the other. An uneven
pedalling action is a prolific cause Of side
slipping.
Long cranks give increased power, but
too long they cramp the knees.
It is said that in order to prevent all
chances Of further mistakes the man.
ayers of the six days race, who intend
to conduct three other large race meets
at Madison Square Garden in the indoor
season, will reduce the track to ten laps.
The banking will be three feet higher at
the turns, and foot higher on the
stretches
A number of men interested in honest
cycling would like to know if THE cycle
track in the recent six-day race was
shortened between. the short races en-
Saturday night at the beginning of the
long race in the Garden on Sunday
night !? If SO, who issued the orders !?
The complete and revised story of the
short track, it is said, will not be told
even to the L. A. W., and yet it hardly
seems possible that an investigation is to
be switched off, The responsibility for
the short track should be placed.
Cyclcrs who continually Use their
machines should occasionally cleanse the
surface of the tires, and should there be
any cuts, fill up with a rubber solution,
otherwise the moisture will work it's way
through the cuts, get to the fabric or can
vas and cause the tire to rot Rubber
takes kindly 10 moisture while canvas
does not. Poor material has been the
cause OF fewer tires going to pieces than
want of attention.
add miscellany
The dog show which takes place in
this city in January promises to be a
great success
Every person who owns dog in this
city should enter them. Not for a prize
alone, but to help the venture along.
The University of Pennsylvania
hockey team defeated the University of
Maryland by the score of 6 to 3, in
Baltimore, on Saturday night.
The gear case is coming in for its share
of attention just at the present time and
many will be used on American wheels
the coming season. For q number of
years the gear case has been used abroad
and are spoken of in the highest terms.
The samples shown by the American
are far superior to those
OF foreign manufacture. Wheelmen in
this country are slow to take up with any
new attachment for a wheel, especially
should it add weight to the wheel or be
clumsy in appearance. This has been
the one great drawback to the gear case
in this country, but as both have been
overcome, the gear case will, no doubt,
be universally used next season.
Dealers in graphite and other lubri-
cants are likely to suffer through the ap-
pearance OF the bevel gear and the en-
closed chain models, if the fad of try
ing to see how far Il wheel can travel
without having the gear fabricated con-
tlnues to grow.
A bicycel bell has been invented
which may be fastened to the pedal.
A side turn OF the foot presses lever
which engages the clapper on the crank
and rings the bell.
Charles Ashinger who built the board
track at Willow Grove, the fastest in
existence at present, and which might
have been seconds faster had the veter-
an been allowed to construct the oval
after his own ideas entirely, has been
engaged to construct the Berkeley Oval
track. This track, although somewhat
shorter than Willow Grove, will be fas-
ter, and in consequence will be the rem
devious of the riders who aspire to re-
cord fame Charley don't want to
this one with fourteen foot
pole, thinking it is a sixteen foot one.