The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-13

day, when he will join the National Circuit.
He reports himself in good condition.
Carrying children on bicycles is prohibited
in Belgium.
Samuel Drucker has decided to ride a
Stearns Special, one of the best of the high
grade wheels made.
Manager Hanlon, of the Baltimore Base
ball Club, has given Pitcher Cogan his I'M
conditional release.
The Racy Club, of Noblesville, will have
o road race Sunday. Many indianapolis
wheelmen will ride to Noblesville to wit
ness it.
In the game yesterday between the mines
of the University of Chicago and Michi-
gan University the former won by d score
of 4 to l..
Walter Sanger is now in Denver in train
ing for his match race with Hachenberger.
After this he will make an attempt to low
er the mile unpaced against time record
A. L. H-achenberger, of Denver, so reports
state, rode 100 miles on the road the other
day in 5:25. He now proposes to try to an
at present held by Louis Gimm.
1t is said that the Turks have used
bicycle scouts in Macedonia, so that word
could be conveyed at once to the nearest
telegraph station of any advance of the
Greeks from their own territory.
A Crescent Club will be formed Friday
night by riders of Crescent wheels at II. T..
Hearsey Cycle Company's store. The club
will join the Outings, the Waverleys and
Zigzags, who will go to Noblesville Sum
day.
During the month of April there were 124
renewals of l.. A. w, membership in the
Indiana district and fifty-four new MEM
bers. So far for this month there have
been twenty-seyen renewals and twenty
eight applications for membership.
A meeting of the Indianapolis Cycle and
Athletic Club will probably be called for
tomorrow night. Mr.. Hearsey returned
from Chicago yesterday and Mr.. Smith is
expected back to-day. The subscriptions of
A-aI- e., fha nGgnnintiO1 y hafnp
made freely.
Here is the translation of a notice affixed
to certain omnibuses in Florence, according
to a lady who has written thence to an
English frined: Female cyclists wearing
the rational costume, or being otherwise
indecently dressed, are not allowed to use
these omnibuses."
At a big cycle meet held at Padone, Italy,
on which occasion the royal family were
present, the prizes emanated from the King
and the princess. So much was the King
interested that he asked to be allowed to
hold the watch in the final of the scratch
race, which was won by Minozzi.
Police Sergeant John Lowe has learned to
ride q wheel and expects to get one of his
own in a few days. lie will probably enter
the Memorial day road race and ii he wins
the time prize he will doubtless receive
many offers from manufacturers to turn
professional and ride their wheels on the
circuit.
President Arthur l.. Garford, of the
Cycle Board of Trade, has called a meeting
OF the executive committee of the associa-
ton to be held in New York May "a. Among
other things they will decide whether or
not national cycle shows will be continued
under the auspices of the association.
The Fat Mems Club will start toward
Cartersburg, Sunday morning about {
o'clock. The member will probably be
strewn along the road between this city and
Mount Jackson during the morning. Some
of the members are p. j.. O'Meara, w. II.
Nickerson, Otto Keller, Charles a. Book
walter. and negotiations are said to be
pending by which ID. Il. Shideler and IL. II.
Beville viii be taken in.
In England ten or twelve thousand miles
in a year Is considered as good a score as
a bicyclist can compile in the course of or
binary road riding, and without making q
toll of a pleasure. But Archie Gracey, of
the Philadelphia Century Wheelman, whose
claim Of 22,S4S miles for 1885 has been &C
cepted by the Century Road Club as the
record score, says he made lo6 centuries,
runs of 100 miles or over, last year.
Inventors are turning their attention to
wasted space in cycle construction. one
has conceived the idea of utilizing the hol-
low tube of the machine for the storage Of
acetylene and carbide gas in "A compressed
form to supply the necessary light which
the law requires. Another ingenious inVen-
ton suggests packing the oil can and re-
pair kit within the handieDar. ,Couti not a
flask and a sandwich case be similarly
disposed Off
Interest in cycle racing In Paris is slowly
decreasing, and unless some great alter
alton takes place the large gates" of
which the Parisians boast win be greatly
reduced. That racing in Paris, as in Lon
don, has been overdone of late there Is no
doubt. In almost every country now cycle
racing forms one of the chief sports, and
thus a larger field is open for the pros,
who are now distributed III almost every
part OF the world.