New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-25
CYCLING WITH HOUNDS.
PLEASURE AND EXCITEMENT IN A FOX
HUNT AWHEEL
From The Badminton Magazine.

From The Badminton Magazine.
IF you cannot get crumb. you had better eat
crust"-so runs wholesome old proXero; ano
adopting 1t for service IN these cycling GAYS
there is middle course open TO those VINO cannon
afford 10 ride and do not care to follow on 1901
domitabe persons who can face the sensation Of
finding themselves Some seven or eight miles from
home in open country the hounds and field gone
clean away store or so of heavy clay on each
boot. and the prospect of steady plod honewaTd
WEAKNESS very much indeed remaining.
Now how much or how little one sees on cycle
cumstances There road riders on horseback
who hunt and talk, but do not go straight or PHI, in
deed, ever jump anything bigger than dram Iaa
There cyco-hun who speed on gayiy so long
Ss he s and ord or they have
no inclination they are of the kind VINO put the
bicycle in corner Of warm room amG G &c from
dust cold. to whom every splash Of Dirt Is a de
the acme Of ali horrors CYCLIC hunting is not for
them. To anything Of the fun means; IN n Inc
to keep the machine upright in anything. be 1t
clay, mud frostbound ruts; to crash over stones.
highbacked drained fields Of the Midland couh IN
ties, not to shirk water splash, but 20 take al
things possible, rough or smooth, turnpike or Iahe
Under these conditions great deal can Dc zone; .
At almost every meet may now De seen ue-
tachment of cycists-that is. II the ROADS De moo
eratey good and firm 1t is OF no use b tor surface IS
slippery it has been for the greater part OF the
besides the rider to have a cycle slipping and wob-
bling about in front among the legs OF horses.
10 ne pouHd the offending cycst under their hoOfs
yet in greasy weather II IS doWnIlsht lmp t
make toerabiy certain OF evading danger. ,.
on dry morning matters are very different 81. ~
ON %i' second horse men Their standing orders are
SeS Se d mqa ' Certain guide When one does not
the country; but the best way 10 see Is 10 set On
Reeppg out C Of The traic obtain brds-eye view
of the whole run. There is plenty Of exciting Work
easy st 10 watch the chase and keep eye on the
road at The same time 1t can be G1ne fh0 n spy
professor We may turn out and sTowl at Ine coId
the mud, stones and ruts but once a. lhe hge r a
instinct most in evidence is a determination 10 so
as long as the rider can Keep gong
THE START OF AN IDEAL RUN
Tho description Of one run may serve for all
Runs vary in detail Of course, but the broad put
lines are the same. 4 fine crisp morning; blne
haze hanging over the far distance D t mn6 1g
a watery pale The mounds are up ana are
Standing about parti-coloTed, eveT-moving crowd
Members Of the hunt In PINK ana PACK; erooiHS
most workmanike\ looking Of headsear-or in me
snd Butcher Boots weeds and CATERS; horse
breaker or two schooling young one (3f Whon
trick OF being handy with their heels), and group
of cyclists wei IN the rear me more low nc Oh
case as their horsey brethren. Some who mean
spending day in the open have lamps and local
man TO boot. So. sparkling fringe 10 the crowd.
they stand at ease til the signal IL given TO start
on streams the train reinforced by late corners
who canter up behind, TO the demoralization or
nervous cyclists for of all horrd things hoofs in
the rear are most unsteadying. AT gate dll-
sion takes place. The mounted section go TO the
border OF the covert the fields; the follow
ers on wheels. propelled or drawn stick TO the
road. The latter think they can "go one better
and make for the highlands. halt at the top TO
listen TO the varied cries and whip cracks coming
from the thicket below. wei as 10 get breath
While glancing down. long, low, red brown fox
with dropping white-tagged brush, sneaks from the
underground. crossing the hlll below; boy sees
him and IN a second a strdent series OF Gone
aways!' wakes the echoes few seconds
more and pied hound springs head first into
the lane. followed by others. all in full
cry After them come figures in pink and black
then a surge OF the field sweeps up the hill
and away they all go through opposite gate,
helter-sketer up wind to the north The cyclists
have the whip hand over the other followers here.
The hill made most horses with traps behind them
go slowly, and they are numbering somewhere
astern while the crest of me ridge the cyclists
on below This Is CYCLIC hunting in perfection-out
OF the press seeing all that goes on, sandy road
SO that there is fear OF side slip, and still
morning with Just puff or two Of wind from the
northwest
7or-C,1 COr>-c FOR THE CYCLISTS