The herald., 1897-04-19
THE WHEEL

There is an attractive field of riders
in the bicycle events in the Fiesta car
nival of sports. Those who attend Ath-
letic park on Thursday afternoon will
witness a program such as could not be
presented at any other time than Fiesta.
In the bicycle races there are fourteen
entries in the mile Queens champion
ship, amateur. The mile lap has nine
of the best amateurs, and in the two
mile handicap there are twenty-one en-
tries, which will make a hair-raising
race. The messenger boys have a list
of six riders, each of whom expect to
win first.
There are seven in each of the pro-
fessonal races, making an entry list
of sixty-two in the bicycle races alone.
The amateur class contains the best
riders in Southern California. Delay
and Casenave will ride under the colors
of the Reliance club of Oakland Delay
is entered in the queens race only. and
has set his heart on winning it.
W. G. Furman of the Postals is en-
tered in the mile handicap. Though a
new rider he is very speedy, and looks
something like McFarland, being of
much the same build.
The South Side club is we'll represent
cd and has some good men, W Broth
erton and Robert Campbell being the
stars. They have also Dandy, Hamlin,
Caldwell and Furman.
Pomona sends w. F.Clark, F. A. Flem-
ing, and A. ]. Gordon to hold up their
reputation. Gordan is the best man.
and is expected to give Cromwell, Ruess
and the rest of the fast riders run for
their money.
In the professional class Bell, Slim
son, Tompkins, Hill and Coty, the pride
Of Pasadena, and Loucks of Pomona
will line up. Stimson is the best of the
local riders. Hill and Coty are both
fast men. Loucks of Pomona is new
man in the class, and being a very
speedy rider will perhaps upset the pre-
vious calculations of the pros.
The date of the relay race from Los
Angeles to San Diego has been set for
May 10.
The committee having in charge the
wheelmens May day reunion at Mon
rovia is receiving verya encouraging
letters from outside wheelmen and the
prospects are very good for a big time.
Numerous parties are being made up
in San Diego, San Bernardino and other
towns to tour by wheel.
While the makers of the best bicycles
are keeping their prices about the $l0O
mark, says the New York Sun, good
bicycle can be bought this year for less
money than ever before. In view OF the
enormous productive capacity of the
factories, big and little, in this country,
and of the constantly increasing compe-
titon, some dealers look for even lower
prices this season, or, at any rate, next
year. They expect that the standard
price for a serviceable wheel will be
eventually as low as SIS or SIG, and 1t is'
asserted that there is no difficulty in the
task of assembling the parts that is
above the skill of the ordinary mechanic.
In the opinion of these dealers the bicycle
trade is growing analogous to the Watcn
business. You can buy watch for $oUO,
and it will be worth the money, or you
can buy one for $5 which, for all prac-
teal purposes, will be just as good as the
other. The $500 watch may vary only
few seconds in a month, while the 50
watch may gain or lose couple of min
utes, but the difference is not Of i'm
portance to the average man. The one
may last couple of lifetimes. while the
other will be worn out in a couple of
years, but the difference in price will
enable the owner of the cheap watch to
buy new one whenever the old one
shows signs of breaking down. Dealers
say the same considera tions apply to BIZ
cycles nowadays.
1t was recently pointed out by a writer
IN hygiene that the intense thirst which
attacks many wheelmen is the result OF
breathing through the lips, thus parch-
ing the lips, mouth and throat. and he