The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-30

then In tours, then eight in a rov. anG
lastly rs straight across. When the
lines are kept true the effect Is delight.
full. Then they wind like the letter S
n single file from the top of the hall
down and back, then the ladies' start
from one corner, the gentlemen from
the opposite, and they cross each other,
Ole at Il time, near the center, forming
a letter X. They end by forming a
ring in the center and winding in and
out until the leader has been to the
center and out again. Then they ride
out to the dressing-rooms and that
completes the musical ride.
NeNt may come Il potato race. The
leader comes out and places at inter
yhls down the hall three potatoes on
the right and three potatoes on the
left, the same distance apart. When
the signal is given a girl on n bicycle
starts down the right side, a man rides
down the left side, until they reach
the potato which Is tarthest down the
line. They dismount, pick up the po-
tato and carry it on their wheel back
tic the leader, dropping it at his feet.
hey turn, ride back, dismount for the
second potato, ride with it back to the
leader, and SO on, until they have each
gathered up their row. Usually a girl
VIII mount more quickly than u man,
II IS, therefore, more apt to win In a
potato race. Two more couples try
their skill in this direction, and then
there is n final heat for the winners.
Next comes an overture by the band,
when fancy riding may be introduced,
ana u clown and possibly u stuffed fig.
ure tied on 10 his bicycle will make a
little extra fun.
The tifth feat might be the winding
Of II May pole by II little girls in white
dresses mud g%urlands on their heads
and their bicycles also bedecked with
pnper roses. Then follows an obstacle
race. Two long benches are placed
across the hall, another at the extreme
eud of the hall, on which rests a box
OF soda crackers, and at the upper end
the hall II table containing several
glasses of lemonade. When all is ready
a signal Is given and four young men
on their wheels ride down the center
lift their bicycles over the intervening
bchches. mount again, ride up to the
cracker box, dismouni, eat one cracker
ana return as them came, pausing nj
he table to drink a glass of lemonade,
after which they make a complete cir
'uit OF the hall before the race is ended.
Next the lancer is danced" II one
may be allowed that word, by 10 men
maidens on their wheels. They
.orm in W sets and go through thu.
'gures OF the l%ancers, circling around
'ach other instead of turning part.
lers." and ending with the grand chain.
making one Of the prettiest items of
he evening.
The thread and needle race consists
IT four young Indies riding down the
All and each presenting Il young man
With n spool of thread and needle, He
must thread the needle while she waits
II her wheel. When it is returned to
cr she rides back with ii to the leader.
Its'ing ut the ring is the most diff.
vi, feat for the amateur bicyclist to
tempt. 1t means being able to carry
long spear while riding at full speed
nd putting this through u series of
.t,gs. which are suspended from n yib.
ttitke arrangement, over the riders
cad. This can be arranged in three
eats. with II prize for the winner.
If one has tried to see how SLOWLY .
1e can go on a wheel without actually
iiling oil one will know how difficult g.,
is to win IN n tortoise race, where the ,
ctor is he who comes in last. g,