The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-05

Hamp declines to give a description of the
tire at present, for the reason that he is
making an Improvement on it,
A folding bicycle is on the market. 1t
can be placed in a small packing case and
is convenient for tourists and eXcursonistS.
H. Tt. Hearsey and George Marott re-
turned yesterday from two-days' fishing
trip to Cambridge City. They caught two
fish.
Miss Helen Gould is an adept at cycling
She has six wheels at Lyndhurst her coun-
try home, and is building a private cinder
path.
in the Chicago Associated Cycling Clubs
Memorial day road race is believer in
high gears. He rode a wheel geared to
eighty-six.
ionable fad in the East. 1t is carried out
on a small scale with as much pomp and
ceremony as attends the christening of an
ocean steamer.
caught the fever, which comes from the
East, or gally ornamentlng bicycle frames
rated like a band wagon.
Ralph Mueller, an employee of the Bowen
Merrill Company, left his wheel in front of
the Lemcke building yesterday morning. 1t
was stolen before he returned. 1t was a
new Outing, enameled black.
Harry Pierce salesman in the H. T. Con-
de bicycle department, says he has a seven
teen-year old phenomenon on his staff for
race with any of the local crack-a-jacks.
The Zigzag club finds that it will clear in
the neighborhood of $3.50 on the Memorial
day race. Something was made out Of the
programme advertising. Treasurer Perry
has placed to the credit of the club every
dollar of the entrance fees.
Referee Van Sicklen, of the Memorial day
road race, has made his official report to
Chairman Erdelmeyer, Of the Zigzag rae
ing board. Hermann BaaSe and Rundell
Watson are given second and third PLACES
respectively, the order in which they fin
ished.
The White Cycle Club, with its womans
auxiliary, will go to Cincinnati tomorrow
by invitation of several Cincinnati clubs.
The ladies will be entertained by the Cary
Cincinnati Club. All wheel riders are in
vited.
c. F. Snapp and S. T. Singleton, who went
from this city to enter the road race at
Frankfort yesterday, did not succeed in en-
tering, as the race was strictly for local
riders. The two riders rode back to this
city on their wheels, covering the fifty
miles in two hours and tWenty-seven min
utes. This is thirteen minutes faster than
the record.
P. S. and w. c. Whitall, brothers, rode
through this city yesterday, en- route from
Minneapolis to New York They are out
merely for pleasure and have no long tales
to tell about fve-thousand-dollar wagers
and time limits placed upon them. They
have been on the road about three weeks
and expect to travel slowly, reaching New
York in August.
The Zigzag Club will go with the White
Club to Cincinnati on an excursion to-mor-
row morning at 7:15 over the c., H. & d.
road. 1t is believed that four or five hun
dred wheelmen will 60 1t is requested of
all who contemplate going that they pur-
chase tickets this evening so that the rail-
road people may know how many baggage
cars will be needed to carry the wheels
In passing cyclists on the road going in
the same direction it is we'll to ring one s
bell. Otherwise the turning of the rider
in front in either direction, done through
ignorance of another's proximity, is likely
to cause an accident. Timid riders apt
to think that the ringing of a bell behind
him means get out of the way" but it is
seldom that such is the case. At any rate,
if the one in front observes the warning
and goes steadily on without swerving in
either direction, a collision is not likely,
both being on their guard.