The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-10
hat it never rains. The climate lets one

that it never rains. The climate lets one
wheel every day in the year.
1t is a delightful spin to the pyramids, leav-
ing the busy streets of the city you cross
the great Nile bridge, skirt the lovely park
of Gluzeh, and then run straightaway for
five miles down a perfectly level, tree-shaded
avenue to the things to eat and drink. The
distance is eight miles, and before one starts
back he has plenty of time to climb the big
use the Tomb of the Priest as a dark room
to change his camera p-ates. All the way out
to the pyramids the road is good macadam.
1t is sprinkled not too often, is never muddy,
and is kept fairly clean, though it is infested
by hcrdes of brown babies chewing sugar
| cane, by camels, polo ponies, donkeys, cara
vans, oxen and buffaloes.
It's not such a bad play to reach the river
just after lunch, when the drawbridge is
open to let the dahabeiahs pass UP and down
the Nile. For then the great stream Of
traffic is damned up long enough to present
the most striking mixtures of East and West
that can be seen anywhere in the world.
Bad and Kimble will meet on the Foun-
tain Ferry track at Louisville May Is. They
will ride three heats, one a third-mile, one a
half-mile and one "a mile. The latter will
be paced, the other two unpaced. A tandem
will be used in the paced event. The track
| promises to hold an interesting
meeting on the day of the match, and the
following programme has been arranged:
One mile amateur novice; one-third mile heat,
match race; one mile professional handicap;
mile heat, match race, paced; mile amateur,
| open; one-half mile heat, match race. Bad
has the advantage of Kimble IN that he has
been training longer, but Kimble expects to
make an excellent showing against the cham
pion.
There is reported to be a slight hitch in
the BaId-Cooper match, although it is al
most probable that the race viii come off.
Bald received Cooper's challenge almost a
month ago. 1t proposed a match race OF
on Decoration day. Nothing was said in the
communication of the purse, side bet or pre-
liminaries. April u Bald accepted the chal-
lenge. He waited some time for an answer,
and. not receiving one, wired Cooper at Sa-
| vaTnah, where he was training. A few days
later. Pad received a message from Trainer
Webb stating that Bald's letter had been re-
ceived but five days before. Further than
this, the only thing it contained in reference
to the match was the statement that he Bald)
had better communicate with Perry, of De-
troit. with whom they were conducting all the
preliminaries.
The Touring club, of Belgium, is making
rapid strides and is now sad to have 1880
members. The Cycle Touring club, of France,
is said to have over SO, 200 members.
A cycle track has been erected at Birming-
ham, England, that has accommodations for
$4,000 people.
The Austrian government has authorized the
construction of a special read for cyclists
from Vienna to Baden.
William Rayman, a Yankee cycling tramp,
% years Of age, has just passed through Eng
land. He rode an old solid tire Ridge safety,
weighing about fifty pounds, on which he car
ried 206 articles, adding forty pounds to his
outfit. He claimed to the English riders
that he covered 10000 miles in this country:
Before leaving England he was presented
with a cushion tire machine.
1t is claimed that cycle racing tracks are
row to be found in more than fifty cities in
Germany.
Porta, the Italian, recently won the twenty
| fve-mile championship of Australia, the prize
ba'no FIX (ahOlJt SI10 a gold medal. ribbon and
badge.
The gross receipts at the Austral race
meet in Australia, were $12, $40, and the net
profits $3.50.
The deplorable lack of taste shown by
wheelmen in selecting their suits is a mat
ter Of frequent comment In no particular is
this more conspicuous than as to sweaters,
says the Chicago Chronicle. Last Sunday
two young fellows rode down Jackson boule-
ward in sweaters calculated to make the OBJ
server bilious. One was of sickly green,
the other of Chinese yellow. Either one
alone would have been a horror in itself, but
seen together the effect was so shocking as
almost to provoke sQueamishness in the
spectator. Occasionally, too, a woman is
seen in costume indicating total lack of good
judgment. A woman looks we'll on the
wheel provided she is careful to dress in
quiet colors with clothes that fit her. Quiet
clothes are essential, and the leggings should
come somewhat near matching the cloth. The
hat should De a plain Alpine VI OeIUy, Vi
golf without ornamentation, so that there is
nothing conspicuous about it. With these
things and a fair control of the bicycle any
woman will look well while enjoying the
most invigorating exercise. Choose a color
that will not show the ~dust-some shade of
brown, yellow or gray. The shoes should be
tan, for black shoes, after three minutes on
a country road, must look as scuHed anu
disreputable as any shoes can look, no mat
ter what may be their quality. Paris KIDS
will look as bad as the cheapest calfskin at
ter that first preliminary spin into the coun-
try. Women ON bicycles, OF course never
wear jewelry. Pins should be worn inside
the Jacket, so that they will not get dusty.
You cannot help wearing your club pin, per-
haps, but remember that it is not good form
to show it on the road.
BICYCLE PROVERBS.
A bicycle can do almost anything save
climb a tree.
A drop of oil in time may save many a
gallon Of perspiration.
1t shall be said of all bicycles that their
way is the way Of the crank.
1t cannot be said of a bicycle rider that he
begins the way he should go.
It is a wise cyclometer that can show it's
master an extraordinary days run.
AS the handle bar is bent so shall the spi-
nal column of the rider be inclined.
A soft answer turneth away wrath, but a
soft tire flleth a man with evil thoughts.
The man who looketh behind him in a
crowded path would better be a pillar of salt.
The bicycle hath wisdom which submiteth
to the charge that it is at fault, and not its
master. for running two days alike during
the week.
The rider who pursueth his way with his
head boN~5 runneth to his own destruction.
AS the spoke is bent so shall the path OF
the bicycle deviate from the straight and
narrow path.
The oil cup that goes too long uncovered
will become possessed of as much grit as
the rider of the bicycle thereof.
1t is not meet that bicycles should greet
each other with clasping Of hand. Rather
let them pay a formal, distant greeting.
Scattering Scores.
NEWARK, N. j., May 81 Newark, Is;
Reading. 8.
GLOUCESTER, N. j.. May 9.-The game
scheduled for today between the Athletic