The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-10

is receiving long strings Of wheel
men daily.
The '97 models in saddles are the
easiest things you have -un up
against" they are told. sit on one of
them and you'll think there's no JOY on
earth that isn't yours
1t seems to be necessary to tell the
buyer that real comfort has lot been
disregarded in the crea ton Of the sad
die. Everything that the rider and the
physician has clamOred for has teen
introduced in the construction. A
passing" of the Importance of weight
is apparent. Nobody demands a lieht
saddle any more. Other things, such
as ease and dura bilty, are placed first
on the questiOner's lips. Last year
racing machines were cried for and
some grew to think that it would des-
ecrate the bOulevards to appear Cn-any
other. With the light machine came
request for light, dainty saddles. ANY
thing, so long as it won't weigh much
and so it looks right at the same time"
CRIED OUT FOR REFORM
Grumbling gradually became a men
tai factor in the makeup of the rider
The saddles pleased in short distances
put when club run was attempted or
century undergone a cinenAatOgraphe
Of unpleasant things was presented.
This experience, coupled with a little
observation, assisted in bringing about
changes almost transformations in the
sa ddle Wheelmen used to wonder why
a girl who was a poem of grace when
walking, could be such a pitiful freak
on a wheel. When they knew she was
the unconscious victim of an ugly ar
ranged seat they were charitable but
they were wild for reform. Now they
have nearly all those things beauty,
hygiene or comfort could suggest. They
can sit on raWhide rubber, leather,
felt. rattan, wood steel, celluloid,
woven wire; they can get all the en-
joyment they want out of an alumni
UNI lacing. Not any one shape is ia
VOred. There are round, corner con-
cave, heart-Shaped and crescent STYLES
with round cushions. or fiat ones. seats
that tilt and seats that slide If a per
son has permitted q. lot OF superfluous
flesh to get the best of him he can
make the game with fate tie by
selecting fat mans saddle, especially
designed for him. Ii is a pneumatic
affair and is a combination intended
for either men or women The weight
is eighteen ounces; it is 1134 inches
wide and inches long.
Even jClting has been dispensed with
the majority of the saddles being equip
Ped with springs, making the motion in
riding as smooth and gliding as the
tWO-step. Some of these little convent
ences have been borrowed and occa-
sionally recreated from the product of
an ingenious Frenchman. In sucn
cases the saddles are characterized by
a little more than the ordinary weight,
many OF the new saddles weighing over
three pounds.
SGMFI FRENCTI DESIGNS
The clip in all of them is heavy and
perhaps clumsy in appearance This
is partly due to the French preference
Tor 7s-irch tubing for T post, L post or
direct post The BOureat saddle has
been reproduced by Americans and is
built on a sort of hammock plan; the
seat yields to pressure and will in
short time assume the shape required.
The recently patented hygieniQue is
made Of steel plate. curved in front
padded and covered with leather. If
there is a jolt due it is hustled into
the front part of the steel plate
through a short bent wire spring, while
the rear part Of the plate makes
things enjoyable to the rider. # is
poised in the end of a horizontal spring
whose front end is connected with
ears depending from the front part
of the steel plate by leather straps
The ears are made by bending down
the material Of a cut out in the front
part of the steel plate. The Lamplugh
saddle has two honeycOmbed pieces of
rubber laid on a metal plate Over the
whole thing there is soft leather de-
pressed between the two rubber pads
by strip of enameled iron screwed
to the base plate. In the Sar saddle
the leather covering is shaped over
metal base with central longitudinal
depression. The softness, which is al
ways sought after, is produced by
heavy felt pads.
Initiate the saddle according to your
weight the makers Of the OseOzi ex-
claim. The saddle is made of pigskin
and incloses a small inner rubber tube.
which, when inflated, relieves the pres
sure upon the parts of the body liable
to injury, and conforms with the vari.
Gus movements Of the rider
The Sager saddle is made with
threeply wood base, surmounted by
felt pads one inch thick. The leather
is placed down to the base Of the
frame, covering the edges completely
the leather. One piece covers the top
and is pressed into shape, making
surface void OF seams.
FELT-LINED AND PADDED.
Almost al the Garford saddles are
felt-lined. and padded The cap-paddel
saddle, made by the Garford con-
pany, has the top pads with double
leather resting on a piece Of fat Ieath-
er instead OF directly on the frame
There is play in the pads and also i
the fat leather, 50 that the saddle
easy. In this and the other paddle.
styles there are broad cantles and rGr
row rommels. with fine side lines.
The base OF the Sims saddle Is cor