The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1896-1898, 1897-09-22
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they were foGlr years ago. The English
people are a 4 money making people al d
the wheel riders have been content
with their wheels. so Of course the
manufacturers were only too glad to
keep in the samsrut One sees a gres I
mauy American Vheels both in Paris
and London. Our\ \machines received q
back eye over They're, though, for 8
great mauy cheap wheels, which could
not be sold here, havAe been shipped
there by the trade an& sold to retail
men, who gave out tho indigestion that
these rattle go bang affairsS were the
best American wheels. All tkse same
the American wheel is becoming h very
important factor in English and NCon
tinental trade"
"Tell US about the wheslwomen of
Paris" urged q school girl. "And
abut cycling there. at must be like
fairyland"
"Cycling in Paris is great" replied
the authority. THE Parisian women
ride well, but not so we'll az Americans.
They all wear bloomers and ride dia.
mond frame machines. Some of the
women ride in mems hosiery, exposiDg
their bare legs, but this is the excep-
tion and not the rule, as is so often as
serted. A great many men ride bare
legged. In England the women go TO
the other extreme. They wear very
long skirts and ride the 10 Jp frame ex-
e ustceiy. Wheeling is an all the year
round bust, ess with the women Of
pfria fnr
weather or atlnos pheric changes.
The cyclists in Frauce are a great
factor. Everything possible is done
FIR their pleasure and comfore. TT e
Pa(ais 81 ort, the most wonderful bicy-
Gle academy in The world, j. Il most in
terestiug and beautiful! place. 1t is
bull with Whist might be called a Sc
ries of spiral galleries, and rs a pupil
grows more aud more proficient he or
she goes higher and higher, 1t is one
mile FROM the top gallery, where II pu
Dit IS supposed to take Il diplomt :, to
he gronnd floor, where beginuers rake
their fir+t lessous The walls of each
gallery IRE de;,r-tei with scenes from
every cDnntry, aud beautiful plants
and palms adorn the place. OF coorsc
Il Gue cafe is connect, d with the Palais
Everything II PHis has the cate at
Taclment. That IS the most impor.
SAINT. Whi, tchooi is owned by Il stock
company"
"ls II true that they have on door
schools therey" asked a VIII, elvom.n.
Yes answered Mr.. BrIdgma0, "anG
that's something we ought to have
r Sht here In New Y org. The most IA
| NOUS outdoor school in Paris occupie
Il large spec, about equal TO one of
our blocks. 1t is sur~ouuded by high
board fencN, and ~t the main entrance
is Il magnii cent cafe. A circ lar track
iS built around the space. This is made
of clay and covered SO efficiently to keep
the surface from being affected by the
rains. On this races are held, and
when 1t is not in use for such purposes
cyclists are at liberty to ride there. In
the very centre of the space is u level
circle where beginners are taught 20
ride. and between this and the pace
tra:k is the queerest bicycle path
ever eaw. 1t is series of ups and
downs, and riders are supposed to
learn how to take hills here. They go
from the leyel circle to this track. The
most beautiful beds of flowers and rare
plants adorn every inch Of space not
Aiven up to wheels In this outdoor
academy, and 1t is perfect from an ar
tistic stand ooint. Ali the old racing
tracks in France are banked at q tre-
mendous height. When the racing
men are taking some of the curves on
the famous Seine track they look as IL
they were riding at right angles. and 1t
is.s startling sight to see thirty or forty
makiog that circuit at full speed. The
newest track, the Pare de Paris, on
which Huret made his wonderful rec.
ord, /, a half-m in circumference and
is not banked nearly 80 high as the
old tracks. The reason for reducing
the banking is that 1t is hard for the
motor vehicles. which the French use
for pacers, to go over a track banked
go high"
do you mean to say they have motor
carriages pace their racers instead of
quads aud so on, as we do?" asked a