The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16
FRESH CYCLE NEWS
A. b. OVITT EXPLAINS THE PRO-
POSED CUTOFF THROUGH
GLADSTONE
TO TEST LEXINGTON TRACK.
WHAT A LONG DISTANCE LADY
RIDER SAYS ABOUT THE
WHEEL.
10 TEST LEXINGTON TRACK.
CARMICHAEL AFTER THAT RECORD
Partial List of st. Paul Women
Riding Wheels This Summer
for the First Time.

A. B. Ovitt is authority for the state
ment that there is to be cutoff
through Gladstone connecting the
Maryland avenue cycle path at the foo'
| of Lake Phalen with the White Bear
path about one-half mile west OF the
county poorhouse The objection to the
| White Bear path has been the hills IN
the neighborhood of Hazel Park. This
was the only available path last year
| and will continue to be maintained Tor
residents of Hazel Park and North 81
Paul, but the completion OF the PAIN
on Maryland avenue to Como park ana
| the building on the west side OF como
| toward Minneapolis will make the
| White Bear path a very popular run
| this summer The association reallzes
! the danger of the crossing at the rail-
| road at the foot of the hill beyond the
noorhouse and has made arrangements
| to build the cutoff through Gladstone,
| which will avoid these grades, ana nope
| to avoid the railroad crossing alto
| gether.
Commissioners Hardick, Kellerman
and Ref went over the route with A.
B. Ovitt and W. S. Morton, the two lat
ter representing the Cycle Path asso-
citation, and laid out what they con-
slider will be a very desirable route Tor
the new path. The county commission
ers will also assist in widening the
present White Bear path, and Mime
apolis promises to take up the path on
the west side of Como park and make
the connection complete between the
park and East Minneapolis.
Cyclists will see the great advan-
tages Of the proposed route by COM
pairing it with the present one on the
map.
The Lexington cycle track will be
tested for speed today at 10 o'clock if
the weather is favorable. About fifty
of the local racers will be in atten-
dance.
H. A. Strait, of 81 East Fifth street,
has been delegated to place the Cycle
Path association transfers on the wheels
Of subscribers to the cycle path funds.
He is one of the busiest men in town.
Gus A Madison has come to an agree
ment to try conclusions on the speedy
riders at the head of the lakes. The
match is for a SIS purse and will be
run June IA at Duluth, on London road
Mrs Archie Mathies, who is probably
the best long-distance lady rider in
this section of the state, outside pro-
fessional lines, when asked about her
interest in wheeling for this season,
said: ~ ..4..4a,;
Interest in wheeling, once, aroused,
you know, is unflagging. Mys.husband
and 1 have. made a century run already
this season, and intend to make good
many more. About diamond frames
for ladies? I have nothing to say for
puhlioa ton. would say, however,
that ladies will find riding much more
pleasurable in the face of unfavorable
wind or billy runs, if they resort to
the use Of toeclips. They should try
to get them so as to support the. sides
OF the feet, as well as prevent the pedal
from turning over and missing the foot
just when one is taking little start
down one hill to mount another. Toe
clips are mostly adjustable to any sized
foot, and are merely nominal in ex-
perse. No. I do not think long runs
injurious to health. I do not find them
So I think wheeling most healthy
exercise
John Pruml, an employee of the Mas
solin Engine and Thresher company,
had a very narrow escape from ser
| icus injury Wednesday. AS it was his
| wheel was hopelessly wrecked. Riding
| down Seventh street, he lost control
| of the wheel, and ran into a horse,
| which plunged, kicked the wheel, and
sent it under the rear. wheel of the
! heavy coal wagon, which the team was
| hauling. The wheel passed over the
| bicycle, breaking the frame diagonally,
beth rims, and smashing the forks.
The saddle and handlebars remain in
| tact.
George Biggs is training for. the
! Decoration day races.
Had Dan F. Carmichael been favored
with good roads throughout the route,
and a fair wind last Sunday, he would
| have annihilated the Mortified record
| AS it was, he reached Rosemount an
| hour ahead of the record time for the
| Mortified century at that point. He
was obliged to give up the ride between
| RoSemount and Pennington on account
| of heavy roads.
| The Laurel Cycling club took a run
| to Lake Harriet on last Friday evening
| About forty members were in line. 1T
| was pronounced the most successful
and jolliest run Of the season up to date.
| On their return to the club house, a
| collation. was served,z and dancing was
the feature Of the restspf theeyening.
| Ss* *~'aSSAENFS
| A spirited controversy took place
very recently on the old cycle path be.
tween the Twin Cities, Cyrus B. Elliot
| of 346 Sibley street, a friend and g
Minneapolis teamster being the princi-
! pals While the road was in good con,
dition, the driver insisted on driving
! his heavy load over the cycle path
leaving large and long tire prints on the
track The ST. Paul gentlemen re
| monstrated vigorously, but the team.
ster, assuming that in this case might
was right, remained stolidly indiffer-
| ent.
TT is too bad said Mr. Elliot, that
not content with chasing us off tbs