The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-17
MERTENs' FAST TIME.
Is Doing Great Work at the Train
Ing Track.

A. G. Mertens the st. Paul boy who is
training under Tom Eck's direction at Ches-
ter park, near Cincinnati, recently rode a
quarter in rs 40, unpaced. on 6S-gear
wheel. Earl Kiser, Merten's team mate, is
reported as doing twelfth in s 3-5 seconds.
and Eek thinks he will give the winner Of the
Bald Cooper race a match worth racing. Fri
day the pair rode an unpaced mile in 2:03 3-5
Among the latest arrivals are Tom Butler,
the Boston flyer; DR.. Brown and Wood, of
Cleveland, and the fast Buffalo man, Clint
Davis. Training will cease there about May
20. the riders make their debut at the
Decoration day races.
:. The Century Road club will hereafter dis
tingufsh double" and triple century
from a single century, so far as bars are
concerned; in that single bar double the
width of the regular century bar will be al
bar three times the width Of the regular
bar for triple" centuries. When applica-
lions are made for double and triple cen
turtles. each separate century must be applied
will not approve applications for double and
triple centuries made otherwise
Gustav Schmidt, New York sculptor.
has conceived the idea of making lfe-size
wax figures of riders There is a growing de-
mand for such among cycle dealers, to be
used for advertising purposes. Incidentally
it affords lucrative employment for the
sculptor.
Col. Charles w. Pickett. the editor of the
New Haven, Conn.,, Leader, owes his life to
the bicycle. He is sufferer from dyspepsia,
and in taking a dose of medicine through a
mistake swallowed over 100 drops of nux
vomica. Hastily mounting his wheel he
scorched to the nearest doctors Office, where
he received treatment for the poison.
''Uncle Joe" Cannon, representative from
Illinois, Is as enthusiastic a rider as any
the regulation knickerbocker cycling costume
he may do so in the near future. He has a
way OF fastening his trousers about the ankles
so that they will not get tangled up in the
had tucked them into his boot legs just prior
to starting out to pillow ten-acre lot
It is announced that Cornelius Vanderbilt
will shortly join the ranks of the cycling
fraternity. Since he was stricken with paraly-
sis last July he has been using machine,
the exercise of which was equivalent to rid
ing wheel, with the idea in view OF paliat-
ing the effects Of the shock.
The Knickerbocker Athletic club, Of New
York, one Of the SWEETEST concerns in the
metropolis, has elected Robert L. Ware, OF
817 Osceola avenue, st. Paul, to non-resi-
dent membership.
One medical man whe believes in cycling
has figured out just where the benefit de-
rived from wheeling comes IN He says:
"The muscles most used in riding are un-
dcubtedly the muscles of the thigh, which
reach standard of fine development in many
instances. The muscles Of the calf are en-
larged to a great extent, while the tendons
in the ankle are strengthened. The continual
drag on the handle bars tends to strengthen
the muscles of the shoulders and the arms
little care will keep the chest expanded
so that it can also be benefited
The duty on bicycles in the various coun-
tries is as follows: France, IS. U.s. Italy, $11 40;
Russia, $3.50; Austria $15.75; Spain, $9.62.
Tom Eek has posted $1OO with Chicago
newspaper for match for Earl Kiser with
the winner of the Bald-Cooper race. The
conditions are explained in letter to the
paper It runs: ''When 1 signed Earl Kiser
1 concluded that if he came up to my eXpec-