New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-13

twenty minutes apart the first division staring y,
at L. m. sharp. A fast division WIN s. Wa,,av
$50 a. m. The run proper VIII enc a, y. % - ne
stream where regular and special trains can DC
taken for Long Island CITY or flatpusn- az,
station. Brooklyn II more convenient. E nn re'
will be scheduled In consecutive or 10, nnssd a,
ceIved No rider will be allowed to so hneau vi
the division to which he may he assigned uhue.
penalty Of disqualification. but ne may Ia" oi'"
10 n following division II he so desires
The Madison wheelmen will hold their hrst
official club run Sunday. March 20 leaving the
clubhouse. No 164O Madson-ave at = p m
The run will be through Brooklyn. returning os
way of College Point Preparations are pro-
oeeding rapidly for their spring century run 70
Oakdale on May s. AS there will be two ciuo
nrizes a large number Of clubs have ALREADY
made application for entrance.
The first drop-frame machine is said TO nave
been made in 1855 by w. E. Smith for his wiie
who is still an enthusiastic wheelwoman' lhls
original woman's wheel was neither so grace
full nor so light as the present drop-frame picy
cles Only twenty pounds difference existed De-
tween the weight Of the wheel and the weight
OF the rider Mrs Smith tipped the scales al
eighty pounds and the wheel at sixty But the
next year saw both improved, as the ola wheei
was forty pounds heavier than the new one and
Mrs Smith had gained forty pounds Every
wear since then careful attention has been pe-
slowed upon womens models by the dli1ereht
manufacturers. and this wear the drop-frame
wheels seem to have attained the acme OF eX-
cellence.
sundries will he cheaper and better than ever
this year Dealers say that the demand for
cycle accessories OF all kinds is large and that
heavy trade is expected. This is attributed to
the fact that the prices Of wheels being lower,
buyers feel better able to indulge themselves In
the direction Of fittings. While the demand is
chiefly for cheap wheels. the demand on sun
dries is mostly for the highest grade Of goods
The best OF it from riders standpoint Is that
lamps, bells. luggage carrers. etc. have all
been improved. while the prices on them have
been reduced.
Brazilian wheelwomen show a marked partial
ity for American bicycles instead OF those made
in France or England, although the latter
wheels are much cheaper there. None but we'll
made wheels will stand the rough cobbestone
pavements Of most South American cities. and
the women, after having tested different makes
OF wheels have adopted those OF American
manufacture, as they find them the most last
ing
Some dealers say the demand for chalnless
wheels Is good. others report the contrary. Some
agree that the Enclosed chain model is becoming
constantly more Of a factor. While some dealers
ask SO extra for a gear case and claim that they
obtain 1t easily. others offer It as true part Of
the wheel and ask nothing extra. The latter
class say that before long competition will drive
all dealers TO offer the best American gear case
free, as regular equipment
There Is no longer any doubt concerning the
permanency OF Opening Day" as a fixture In
the cycling trade world. Last months expert
ence was uniformly satisfactory that the
event will be permanently fixed in the trade
calendar.-(Bicycle World.
Dr. Championierre. OF Paris. who has devoted
much attention to the medical aspects Of cy-
cling, speaking OF long distance contests says
1t is useless to eat although he excerpts fruits
in making this statement during violent exer-
else but 1t Is important to drink. and If the
body is in good working order the only result Of
the effort is a decrease in weight
A German bicycle has two seats. one Of which
gradually sinks under the weight OF the rider
while the other. which is geared to the first
rises empty. so that the rider by exchanging
his seat from the lower to the higher seat may
employ the weight of his body to propel the
wheel.
In a new tire a rubber composition is APP
piled to a solid. non-nexible strip curved TO
coincide with a circle less in diameter than that
OF the wheel The composition is vulcanized on
the strip, which is then bent TO a wider curve TO
compress the tire at the periphery.
bicycle saddle is made in sections. the for
ward sections having pneumatic pads connected
by a duct the pads containing only enough air
TO NIL one section. the air being forced from one
section to another as the pads are alternately
depressed.
A new pneumatic tire has an QUITE. casing
and an inner air tube made separate from the
casing. the ends OF which are so perforated
opposite sides as to overlap and connect
forming a continuous air chamber in the tube
An English folding pedal be turned to lie
parallel with or against the cranks so as TO
economic space for housing or packing.
In personal letter 10 President Potter. Chief
Consul g. II. Strong. ot Northern California
says ne expects TO do some heavy recruiting for
the League. and expresses the opinion that the
Californians who led the secession movement
last year are tired Of the effort and would
gladly return 10 the fold.
Much has been heard Of the deadly bicycle
Statistics show, however, that the bicycle was
responsible for only eight accidents In London's
streets last year. and OF total Of 100 fatalities
the bicycle caused but one.
The Theatrical Wheemen is the name that
the new bicycle club lately organized at the
Casino by the attaches Of the leading theatres
in New-York ard Brooklyn have adopted for
their organization.
Pedalling has a great deal 10 do with Steering: