The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
TRIALS OF W%HEELWoMEN.
THE WEATHER rs ONE, AND BAD
PhYING rs ANOTHE6.

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....-o.. r,.... a, ~. strco,. ar the city.
Wheelwomon naNo hot y -
ruptcu piSs' u - -. .,aInr and
mucn' pht raih puts u Ioto'so " nse,a,v
thoy No nau pieh'1o VI -.,h,.i-
"asa nhou"S y a opo." ..u,s.saa onotb.r
asts were IN hisn io,'nol' n"n.,h W and ar.
how mucn cooler lney knew = nd shoro.
ranging ior 'ons runs W AZ. ..aa,hor than
But ono can no more count On '"o Tmosdov
on ohos mo'-en""' ""u -. .,o,n.olvo.
came .he street sprihNiero Thay ,voro
go nnu iooueu ''''se ~. ..o. h,t m
hoC nsht s"i"hot i"mo 'nN Dt.- ~, law
"nu", eho"',' y" 80"
wv S'ieN' ouu oNo.'uo'y ssesasn ond Z, ,,mo
wi oen1 u Va - ~ A. aarrio. dovr
"'uuish d" "o.nn III, nona-
~ o.. 80 - tho pod., nuoh.
.i"''nb aS.S,,r. ,,,l thoy ,ongod
ers pun, PAM, Inv pe pns rheo,s on sva,ss
n.y." 49, 49, n.a,,U muc, IN tbo shady runs in
Ihey Kept pretty hiuch W IL sh'u, i"'o III
the Park. and it was well thoy did 30, for about
8 o'clock great black clouds cane booming
along from every direction and met with a
bang, and a hundorshower fell that lasted we'll
nv - -. - 49,.
the price OF a caoIn uay 'ose' herseil snu :,
along with their dripping burdens, thoy grinnod
~
triumphanuy, as mocn us 70 say:
Thursday was a fine day for the sport, for tho
weather w,s not only clear All day. but quite a
bit cooler, and there was no dust. But Friday
was muggy and threatening, and at first tho
heelwome didn't know what 70 40 ABOUT
making their arrangements for Sunday. Still
NV sne. .nat nn"n toon - trm.t;na IN Tho
pest run tnat any one eyer ooA' 'ru''i"S III 'H'
The condition of the streets around town after
r.a,,.u,. IT. go, ,,.h ,hot 10 got oil tho
, aous' 80 ,ain,n ""S .hou, oo nd' and had roads
One of tho academies ON the Boulevard was
crowded with riders OF all ages siZes' ana
stages, who had taken refuge there from a pass
ing shower. and that was when tho subject
-
came up. e,
DO you know said a stout, red-faced
"nsl' nn .'.h eno Nv IT, $3.50
epehu htue money hNing up inc CITY s'ree's.
Just look at mel All mud despatched beyond
'"@Shat has that got to do with improving the
eoinp to tour through the Seilowstone PARK
RRwheel. '0u' 'n'ousn 'N' DIN
the ston EoS wSeeeIwyo M "HWerY man Woman.
and child in This eity Who rides a bicycle Knows
t mnSlEn arc in ar Seventv second street tree and the
Ronieyard WINS coming along there awhile
ago in the wake Of a street sprinkler, and here /
thrown fiat nv those tracks. and aIl nre expert
riders. Men 90 down there nearly every day.
and it would univ take n few dollars tn mt that
place p9,sr d in such ,sh no a,l3,sn thns the 1o a .FsSks would rid
t IN nsrfe a rev con oiGfSs Up ~ hish''e'n street, are
There are other places" sang out a scorcher
T T6rtr Tiass di stpsaf an rram Madison an aW car tsa aSs t6 az
bsne of my life. They will make me old before
NV time and i've been ridiuU a vheei since n
~
The cars Coming from the east and west and
dawn Hedisnn avenne are confnsinp enonrh'
hnt add tn them car tracts in n dnnrSrons con.
dition at the foot of a steep hin. and no rider can
think Of it. much less ride over it. without a
mGns y, INV hooies >, said a matro, "are tbo
tracks at Seyenty-second street and Eighth
to and from ron the Park Park and the BoulevaEEd d't ans
Riverside. and they are. i believe. in a worse
eondition than any yet mentioned: IT, 4 dis;
Sopnjar Observation-Disclosures in the CITY hut so much
R "a beer been done to free free city riding from ron d dis 6
i0 If w siss t st,yt N Would 10 tax see e Sn9se P bieyeii sS 81 a
year and spend the money In improving The
That ete eyepy Rider Would be perfectly wiling IA
nav IL. and lust think how much Comfort and
Va" we I Wonldn.t be Wiling to q nav n bicvcle
tax" spoke up a woman whose cycling suit dis
@PlssSSis nt n i l ssss q s ,9So is w fsssS of t fism sSs sv sf1s
viii make a terrible kick about it. / believe
since the day that he bicycle was Introduced al
there has been some talk Of putting a speciaI
taS on IT. In fact. the councils Of various cities
h@ have en carefuiiiy cor considercd the mntter' and II l.
said that every farmer throughout the country
who ever heard OF the proSosition fayors IL
ar course they favor if Who wouldn't Ike
to yet tho roads around his farm nut in first,
LAS conditinn n : snnebndv cise's exnensa
Excuse me from a bicycle tax. ia rather TAX
q Few risks over car tracks cobhle stones "nt
holes in The asphalt in The civ and run Tho
Hsmut Of rough places on the country runs. MOI
that I think snvthino of n ioIinr ia The in,
Justice OF such a tax That i Object to-" - ~
'"Sou are RIGHT" chimed in n dozen voices
vhiie ennaiIv as many dtssentod. " o"' 'o"
" mink That there arc many arguments IN
favor Of n hicvcle tax" shonied n tail siraighi
girl above the voices Of the others. ITO begin
with cvclists nse the roads "a great drni IN
sIhoniS he WiIIin~ to contribnte sometbin@ n i'm In,
nrove and keen Them I'm. And then. bicvcles ar,
uDuries' and not infreouently moon veniencc
endaneer. and intimidate pedestrians. and al
iIn n u shonId he taxcd"" ""o al
.frommv rot =" interrunted n sbort-skirtef
woman. IBicycles are necessaries. and as fol-
nedestri,ns t6ey certainly inconyenience en-
denIer. and iniinidete ma far more than wa n,
them An old woman irving TO cross the stree
IN front 81 me scsred mo dreadfuiiy inst hetor,
I can,n in n here Tibat's no nrpunnnt "u'' 'ot'
u NoAlS AA az AANt q NV 80 athAshAN