Evening star., 1897-02-20
B ICYCLE BRIEF S

The state racing circuit In New York will
begin Immediately after the intercollegiate
meet at Manhattan Beach. This will
make the circuit start in the upper part OF
the state about June 4. and wind up in the
metropolis about June 21.
A neat and useful attachment to a lamp
Is the swivel joint. that permits the lamp
to swing, so that it is always in an upright
position, no matter what happens to the
wheel. One might have the worst spill In
the world, but amid the wreck Of rubber
and steel the lamp would bob UP serenely
right side up. 1t is also a pretty lamp, and
will burn for about six hours.
The bicycle baggage question is being agi-
tated in England. In consequence of the
many complaints Of damages inflicted to
bicycles in transit in the railway uains,
the council of the Cyclists Tourist Club
mas offered prize of Sl,000 for the best de-
sign for baggage car specially fitted for
the safe conveyance of wheels. whether
singly or in numbers. The designs will be
passed upon by committee consisting of
practical bicyciists and representatives of
the leading railway companies of England.
The stories that portion of the member
ship of the l.. A. w. in the south and west
would secede because the assembly refused
to sanction Sunday racing are gross exag-
gerationS. The l.. A. w. in that district
cannot afford to secede from the ma jor or
ganization, and it Will not do so. The rae
ing board would simply blacklist every
rider. and the track and the rebellion would
end in short order.
Whether many of the manufacturers will
hire racing teams this year or not is a
question which is causing much comment
at present Several of the makers are t;nk-
ering with the subject, but they are rather
deliberate about making up their minds
and the pros are getting nervous. W nile
referring to the hiring of teams it might
refresh the memories of some veterans to
inform them that Jack Prince was the frs:
racing man in this country who received a
salary for riding a certain make of wheel
Prince received the handsome remuneration
OF S1o a week, and he paid his own ex-
penSes.
Tom Cooper denies the report that he
Will not go on the circuit this season. He
says he will follow the national circuit in
America, and will race steadily except
where greater Inducements entice him to
go to meets outside of the circuit
Dad Moulton, the well-known trainer
mas been engaged to train the University
of Wisconsin track team, and will leave
Minneapolis for Madison one day next
week. 1t appears likely that the old man
VIII become fixture at Madison, as he
has already been asked what terms he
would make fer a permanent engagement
He will have charge of a team on the ma
tional circuit this season.
1t is the general opinion, possibly out
side of Boston. that the removal of the
office Of the president of the l.. A w
to New York city will be good thing all
round. AS a distributing point the metrop-
oils cannot be exceiled. President Potter
will have his headquarters located in a
few days He will make good road work
specially for some time to come.
An agricultural writer figures that the
loss to the farmers of the country by the
use of narrow wagon tires, through the
wear and tear of horse flesh and the loss
of time, amounts to the enormous sum of
$500. .0000D0 a year.
The Rev. John L. Scudder of the Taber-
nacle, Jersey City, has a stable erected in
the assembly room for bicycles to be put
in during service by those who ride to
church. He claims that 1T is no more un-
Christian to ride to church on a bicycle
than 1t is to hitch uD a horse and drive
there and there are thousands of churches
that have stables for the accommodation
Of their parishioners who come to worship
on their wheels.