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who, by the way, is from Chicago. and
not from Boston, won the five-mile L.
A. w. championship at the L. A w.
meet at Louisville last August. Becker
| says that Barnaby joined in with Waller
in asking him to pace the last two miles,
| and That Waller, Barnaby and Conklin
| each promised to pay him s. a piece for
the pacing, which they did pay. He
maintains that he had no idea of giving
an unfair advantage to Waller or any
body else.-New York Times
BRITISH MAKERS.
THE Cycle" has this note of warning
to the English bicycle manufacturers:
| There is not the slightest doubt that
| British manufacturers will require to
make big profit, not only to compete
/ with foreign makers in other countries,
but also in order to maintain their prest-
| 1ge at home. American makers have al
ready shown what enterprise can do,
even in a country full of National pre-
| Judices, as ours undoubtedly is, and
| from information received from a most
reliable source, we believe Germany in
tends to follow the same lines as our
| Yankee brethren"
WATER CYCLE
| The latest invention in the water-cycle
line is described as follows: This bicy
Gle emanates from a Portland inventor
named Maxon, who claims for it advan-
| tages over every other water machine in
| existence, and IS willing TO wager it to
| beat anything in bicycle form that navi-
! gates the water 1t is a cigar-shaped
| cylinder, made of aluminium. Ii is
| llSht, although ten feet in length
| Underneath it, buried in the water, is a
| large keel precisely like that of a racing
yacht. Regular bicycle machinery is at
/ tached to the craft. A large sprocket
! wheel, a gear case for the chain and a
simple driving mechanism all correspond
closely with the everyday bicycle The
PEDALS turn the sprocket wheel, which in
turn causes the cigar cylinder to revolve
| Spinning round with lighning-like ra-
| pidity, it forces or screws its way
through the water at great speed. At
the rear there is a rudder for steering,
which is controlled by the handle-bars.
CYCLING SPORT
! Cycling is the sport Of sports, and it is
continually broadening its sphere of use
| fulness. The reasons for its ever-in-
creasing popularity are manifold, the
principal one being that there is no other
method of lOcOmotion that is at once so
practicable, cheap, speedy and pleasur-
able. To many the bicycle is a necess-
| ity; to all it is a continuous delight. The
father will cut down his expnnses, the
wife will curtail in conducting the
household and the children will sacrifice
anything to get a bicycle; and generally
the machine proves a blessing to all con-
cerned in it's ownership.-New York
! Tribune.
ROAD MAKING.
| The Government is to undertake a
series of experiments in road-making as
! object lessons to the people. Samples of
| improved roads will be built at New
! Brunswick, n. j., and at Geneva, this
State, under the direction of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, who is a practical,
| progressive man, and greatly interested
/ in the Improvement of public roads. 1t
is marvellous that the good roads move
| ment has made such rapid progress.
| Only few years ago Essex and Union
| Counties, n. j., started in at enormous
| expense. Then New JERSEY as a State
! took the lead, followed by others Now
the National Government is instructing
the people how to make permanent roads.
! New York Times.
! ROYALTY AWHEEL.
| The young Princes of Germany are all
| ardent bicycliStS, particularly the Crown
Prince. He is also devoted to rowing,
ard he and his brother Ethel may be
seen, after their lessons are over, pull
ing about on a small lake in the park
| The Princess Pauline of Wurtemburg,
a niece of the Duchess of Albany is an
accomplished wheelwoman. The mag
nifcent seat of the Marlboroughs, near
| Woodstock, is now looking it's best
| There is a constant coming and going of
guests most of them using their bicy-
| cles
| THE WHEEL IN RUSSIA
! The following are a few of the regula-
tions applied to cyclists in the domains
of the Car, as reported by Consul Gen
eral Karl to the State Department at
Washington: Before a person is al
lowed to ride wheel in the streets of
! st. Petersburg he must procure a per-
nit, which is issued by a city official
The applicant must first pass an ex-
animation on the wheel before one of
the cycling associations of St Peters
burg. When the applicant has received
a certificate he files it, together with
an application to the city officials. BY
special order of the City Governor
the person who receives a permit to
ride a bicycle must give a photo of
himself, which is attached to the per-
NIT. Each person riding a bicycle must
| carry with him the permit with the
existing regulations printed on it. When
| several wheelmen are riding together.
| they must ride one after the other,
at a distance not less than fourteen feet
| between each bicycle. Riding a bicy-
Gle in racing costume, without a coat,
or in such costume as would attract
| special attention is prohibited.
TO MEND THEMSELVES.
| Cyclists carry tools to mend their
wheels, but few think of the necessity
| for carrying anything to mend them
| selves. Remedies for ordinary contin-
| gencies can be carried in a small case
or package tied to the machine in an
out of the way place. For sprains and
! bruises it would be we'll to carry a
small bottle of a mixture consisting of
equal parts of alcohol and witch hazel.
Adhesive plaster, a few muslin band
ages and a vial of collodion will be
found serviceable in treating cuts and
abrasions. For faintness it is a good
plan to carry a supply of aromatic
spirits of ammonia. This is very val
liable stimulant, and should be used
in preference to brandy and other al
coholic preparations, as it does not pro-