The record-union., 1898-10-08

orS of the California Associated Cycling
| Clubs against taking control of WheeI
I racing for the whole country was wise
and We are pleased that it was unani-
nous. No greater mistake could have
| been made than to do as the Eastern
| riders asked. Work to be we'll done
must be near the work. Arms-length
business is i'll performed. Besides the
{. A. c. c. cannot afford to lose It's
distinctive character as a Coast asso-
| citation.
| 1t looks now as if the expected fifty
mile track relay race between the Sac
ramento and Reno clubs is off. The Re-
notes give no promise Of accepting the
challenge.
is it not a good plan to go out on a
tandem first with some one else who is
doing the steering and able to take care
or you before attempting to ride on a
single wheel? l never have been on
any kind of bicycle excepting a tan
dem, and l guess it is good way to
learn how to ride; isn't that so?' This
is proposition made by a man to a
dealer who conducts an instruction hall.
The dealers reply was: mo greater
mistake in connection with cycling
ever was made than that of entertain
ing the idea that a man who goes out
on tandem with another rider in
charge is fit to begin Ring a wheel
alone. 1t would be also as unreason-
able to think of beginning to learn BIZ
cycle riding on a tricycle. or in a baby
carriage. 1t is true that tandem rid
q Or Ctn in yt-hn tJonro
travelling on a single machine, and
that 1t requires a man who is some
thing Of rider to properly manipulate
double or triple or quadruple ma
chine, but for the man who plays pas
senger to think that he is learning the
art of steering, pedaling and balancing
as individually applied is ridiculous. A
multicycle steers hard; it requires
judgment, tact and some strength to
hold it in true course.
The distribution of bicycles to the
employees Of German towns increases
from day to day. In the cities Of Han
over and Ludvigshafen, and in some
towns of less importance, machines
have been distributed to the municipal
employees in order to facilitate their
work. The Municipal Council Of Co
logne has just decided that bicycles
shall be reckoned in with the communal
budget and placed at the disposal Of
the following city employees: Tax Col
lectors, policemen, foresters, commissa-
ries Of police, Sergeants de vile, watch
men, men Of the Health Department
and in the departments Of water, gas
and electrical supply, controllers, and
all clerks in the employ Of the city
The machines remain the property Of
the city; they are simply loaned to the
employees. Forty marks a year are al
lowed to the borrowers of each ma
chine to keep it in order. 1t is ex-
pressly forbidden to use the bicycles
except in the performance of the city's
service.
Treat your bicycle as you would your
horse; before you start see that it is
fitted for it's journey. Ride carefully;
when you come back clean it there and
then.
So large number of Brooklyn
school children ride to and from school
on their wheels that special arrange
ments have to be made for caring for
them, and long rows of racks are pro-
vided in the easements of the school
buildings, and the janitor has to have
assistance in handling the wheels. At
some of the schools it has been found
necessary to charge the children for
the service, and it has been decided to
make them pay 10 cents each week to
meet the additional expense of the
work
1t is estimated that there are 3,120,-
600 cyclists in Germany, each one of
whom has to pay a tax of 80 cents to
have his name entered and to receive a
number for his machine, together with
a book, which he must carry about
him, as 1t contains a description Of his
person.
Before she got her bicycle she sometimes
used TO make
The beds and wash the dishes, and help
her mother bake,
She would even sweep the parlor and
dust the bric-a-brac,
And once she did the washing, though it
almost broke her back.
But now she's got her bicycle she doesn't
do thing
About the house, but day and night she's
always on the wing.
She's done a dozen centuries, and more,
I've heard it said.
While her mother does the washing,
sweeps and dusts, and makes the
bread
She looks extremely natty in her brief
bicycle skirt
She often talks with strangers, and she
has been known to f1irt
Her health was never better: brown and
rosy Is her skin,
But her mother, if you'll notice, is look
nr~p1 and h
Jean de Reszke, the great operatic
singer, thinks London delightful as a
bicycling center There is scarcely a
day." he says, when I do not enjoy
a spin upon my wheel. Very frequently
I bicycle down to Richmond, almost
always on the days when I have to
sing. Gentle bicycling I find most ben
eficial to the vocal cords, and the flight
through the fresh air is soothing to
the throat. My brother quite agrees
with me-"
New York Tribune: In discussing
the racing question the other
day one of the wise men of the
L. A. w. said: This talk about the
the League giving up the control Of
racing is all wrong. To whom are they
going to give it. There is not an or
ganization in the field to-day capable
of taking hold Of the sport and conduct
ing 1t as the L. A. w. has and can
continue to do. While the League
could with justice to itself have drop
ped the sport two years ago, it could
not afford to do it now. Many abuses
have found their way into the sport in
the last two wears and it would look |