The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-18

Woodside Park track Philadelphia. state
that thev will have the track itself fin
ished and in perfect shape Tor riding by
May 10.
In order TO get the best service out OF
chainless wheel riders who use them
should not pound on the pedals, but
should maintain an even pressure and
motion as nearly as possible. The habit
of making fierce alternate thrusts on the
pedals is born of the experience with back
lash on chain wheels. This is partic-
ularly felt in hill climbing, when If one
foot does not quickly follow up the force
exerted by the other Roadway is lost.
The list Of membership of the different
cyclists touring associations in thu: world
shows that the League of American
Wheelmen comes first, with 100000
members; Touring Club de France,
6O,0OO; Cycling Touring Club, 10000;
Allgemeine Radfahyar Bund, $4,000;
Belguims Touring GLIB, 1900; Italian
Touring Club, II 300.
Pat Mcdonald, who was greatly in.
strumental in keeping eddie" Bald in
good shape last year, is again with the
Bison, and predicts that Bald will for
the third season be the American cham
pion in competition.
His Royal Highness the Duke OF York
has recently purchased tandem BIZ
cycle, and intends to enjoy tandem rid
ing in conjunction with his sister, Prin-
cess Victoria, next season. -
They are agitating for cycle track out
in Calcutta, but the difficulty lies not so
much in finding the necessary funds as
in getting a material that will stand the
excessive heat.
Jimmy Warburton, relative of
echo py's," will lie one of the National
Cycle Track Association riders and will
ride under the supervision Of Dudley
Marks, Tom Linton's manager.
A kilometer race will be one of the
novelties in the way of race to be tried
at the Woodside Park Casino track, Of
Philadelphia, the coming season. This
is to give the foreign riders chance at
their favorite distance, and acquaint
the public with the European style of
racing.
Lizzie CLAW, of Berlin, Ohio, recently
lowered the worlds record for 100 miles
at Springfield, Ohio, from 4 hours AZ
minutes and l6 seconds to 4 hours 30
minutes and Is seconds.
Henry Smith, of Baltimore, has an
nounced that he will try for the Ameri-
can twenty-four-hou road record on
April "a. He will use the Century
Cycling Clubs century course on the
Shell road, in Baltimore, which istwenty
miles long. Smith broke the twenty
four-hour record about a year ago, riding
3l4 miles. He accomplished the feat so
easily that it was thought he could have
done much better had he tried. A few
months afterward Elmer Davis added
two more miles to the record, and there
il has remained ever since.
A new saddle post is hollow and has
in the tube a spring which is suitably
supported at the lower end and pro-
vided with means for adjusting the ten
sion at will.
In an improved English saddle par
allel stretcher links, one above the
other, are pivoted at their front ends to
the supporting frame, and at the rear
ends to rigid bracket depending from
the back of the saddle. Springs are ar
ranged between the rear of the saddle
and the saddle frame.
The complaint made by the wheelmen
that the fierce light of the acetylene
lamps dazzles them so as to make turn
ing to one side more hazardous seems
to be reasonable. There would be how
ever, no necessity for such a complaint
if those who use the carbide lamps
should adjust them 60 that their rays
would fall on the ground instead OF glar-
ing out horizontally.