The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-16
Bicycle Notes.


Piety suffers when it meets an aggravated
tire puncture face to face.
So far only three professionals have
taken out license in Scotland, where Glass
b has just been abolished.
The wide-tire bill introduced in the Rhode
Island Legislature by the l.. A. w. has
passed and been signed by the Governor.
Jimmy Michael will ride a wheel geared
while Stocks, the Lnglishman, will ride
one geared to 100.
BY the decision of the Pennsylvania
courts a bicyclist is required to dismount,
stop, look and listen" before going over
a railroad crossing.
Teddy Hale will start in a twenty-four-
hour race in London this month. He is
quite a hero in the eyes of the Brltishers
since his recent remarkable performance
in this country.
Philadelphia has appropriated $4O,0 900 for
cycling paths in Paramount Park, and the
authorities of Buffalo have allowed So
coo for bicycle paths and three miles of per-
manent oadWay.
Lucien Lesna, who was in America some
years ago, is at present breaking records
in Australia. He expects to come to Amer
lea in the fall and compete in the long-dis-
lance races scheduled.
1t is agreed by learned writer's that one
person in every seven is insane to a greater
or less degree; with six of every seven
somewhat daft on cycling. If. therefore,
cycling is a craze" as many have said it
is, then who shall be called upon to act as
the custodian of the crazy people?
The track on which the flyers will race
at Glasgow for the worlds championships
in July will cost $4,000. The Celtic Foot
ball Club, which owns the grounds. is
building the track, and the Scottish
Cyclists Union will lease it for the occa-
sion for $3.50. The course will measure
312 laps to the mile and will be banked nine
feet at the corners. The surface viii be of
cement.
A writer on hygiene advises all riders to
breathe through the nostrils while on the
wheel. He points out that the intense
thirst which attacks many riders, especial
y women, is the result of breathing
through the mouth, thus parching the
lips, mouth and throat, and he advises that
the mouth be kept shut against inhalations.
he says; When you can't make a hill
without opening the mouth twere better to
dismount than to continue the exertioI,.
Even when dismounted and the breathing
is labored the mouth should be kept
closed"
Hill-climbing is an art that cannot be
mastered all at once, but requires constant
practice. perseverance and pluck. Those
whose hearts fail them on seeing an up
grade and at once diSmount, will never be-
come hill-climbers. The best way Tor the
novice TO proceed is to make up his mind
that he will climb just as far up the hill as
he can manage without undue exhaustion.
his pace should be steady, and for a nun
dred yards before arriving at the hill he
should slow up and so nerve himself for
the effort he intends TO make. If these sim
pie rules are borne in mind and acted upol,
practice and experience will do the rest.
II WAS at a MUSIC nan lndI L Witnessed
a clear case of diabolical possession says
l.. F.. Austin, in London Sketch. "A young
man rode a bicycle; he made the front
wheel paw the air; he took the machine to
pieces, and careered around on the frag-
ments; he crawled all over that bicycle, and
tied himself in knots among the spokes.
The entire house watched this spectacle
breathlessly without applause. Why, in
deed. should we applaud the evil one? |
don't wish to provoke that uncanny young
man TO charge me with libeling his profess
SiOnal skill by assembling il to demOnology
and witchcraft. All / say is. that if this del
fcate point were submitted TO a really re-
ligious jury, composed of cyclists, / should
have no fear of damages"