Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

| the defect in the law. and as soon as he did
he returned a fine of Si2.67 which he had
imposed on man named l. w Gardiner
Up Jersey Justices who have been doing a
lahu once business filming derelict bicycle
riders nave ceased operations, and are now
dlschargIng all offenders brought before
them.
This will be cheerful news to the him.
dreds OF wheelmen who have been held ND
by country policemen and consrabIes in
Camden and Burlington counties At
Moorestown several justices of the peace
and small army of farmers whose crons
Iailed TO pan OUT have made a good Inv
ing by arrestnS strangers who rode on the
side paths on the city outskirts The CON
STAPLES hide behind trees a mile or more
OUT OF town, and If cyclists are caught nd
ing on the COW paths they are subjected to
arrest, brought before justice of the peace
and fined
There is no stated sum. The justice first
sizes up the unfortunate Wheelman. and
he is fined according to his looks The
hrst fine is Slo. but 50 has often been taken
when the wheeiman was short. A proml-
nent CamUen business man recently fell
INTO the hands of the Moorestown consta-
bles; He was riding on path a mile out
OF the city, when a constable jumped from
penihd tree and placed him under arrest.
He was arraigned for trial. and the JUS
tee imposed a fine of SO. The business
man was little short of ready cash, and
so informed the squire at the same time
offering to leave his wheel as security
How much money have your" asked the
justice.
Il have but &c." was The answer.
We'll, that will do, but remember and
keep off GU: sidewalks when you get around
this way again. said the justice
The business man protested. but that did
no good. He paid his fine and left, threat
enlng to carry the matter to the courts.
Now that the law upon which he was fined
has been found to be defective. and the
justice had TO legal right to fine him. the
business man proposes bringing suit against
him.
Only desperate necessity could urge n
wheelman to take such chances as were
faced one day recently by Joseph Z. Ev
erett of Brick Church, n. J. Mr. Everett
is lawyer, and, having a most important
engagement in a neighborng town, deter
mined to take the morning train to the
place in question He miscalCulated the
time, and did not discover his error until
warned by the train whistle. He is elderly
but is an expert wheelman, and, jumping
into the saddle, he dashed off to the depot.
Just the train started persons on the
platform him riding with head down
and feet moving like piston rods down Har-
rison street to the railroad. At the cross
Ing the cycllst turned on to the gravel
track between the rails and scorched down
the read after the fast-receding train. AS
the last car passed Evergreen place, NOV
ing at a speed which would have caused
an experienced train jumper to hesitate,
the cyclst rode abreast of the rear plat
form. Still pedaiing with one foot ana
graspiIg the bar with one hand, the scorch-
er reached over and clutched the railing on
the platform. With quick movement he
swung himself clear of the saddle, draw
Ing his wheel after him by twinng his
other foot around the frame, and landed
safely on the steps of the car. The feat
was witnessed by at least twenty persons,
and all agreed that it beat the record for
any trick riding any of them had ever
seen.
Medical publications throughout the
world, having come to regard the wheel as
an established fact, are wisely warning
their riders against such indulgences are
calculated to result injuriously. The Brit
ish Medical Journal gives the following
warning to middle-aged cyclists:
ANY form of exercise or sport which
makes serious demands on the attention
on Quickness of eye and hand and on en-
durance ought not to be taken up by peo-
pie who have reached middle life and are
engaged in sedentary occupation, only with