The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-05
Bicycle Notes.

Ordinary dried raisins are both sustaining
and stimulating. A few on long ride will
be found invaluable.
Um Chang was disqualified in cycle
race in the Settlements in China for taking
hold of his pacemaker's pig-tail.
Loafers in Paris manage to make living
by carrying oil cans and charging a few
sous for oiiing up the bicycles of society
people.
England has taken hold of the sprint and
pursuit races now and nearly every pro-
gramme that is arranged has one of these
events on 1t. The pursuit racers seem to
think an unpaced ride from opposite sides
of the track is the hardest race in the world
to ride.
Every purchaser Of a bicycle should make
himself sufficiently familiar with the an
nouncements or catalogue of the manufac-
turer to make sure that the wheel, de-
livered, is fully equipped in accordance with
the makers intention INSCRIPTIONS deal
ers and agents have been known to strip
replace them with inferior substitutes.
c. G. fitzpatrick, the one-legged trick
rider, of Chicago, is spending his hard
Fitzpatrick made large amount Of money
while on trip to South Africa His wife,
Madeline Fitzpatrick, who did turn with
him, was compelled TO leave him lately. and
is doing a turn with Barber, the American,
whose wife accompanies him on his travels.
Barber is a wonderful rider.
Lamberjack, the Frenchman, is known
universally among his fellows as the
Chronic Kicker He lost his position with
the American Association owing to his kick
ing propensities. In Cincinnati he made life
so miserable for the manager of the inter-
national team that instructions were but
lately given to release the rider and send
him to New York, prepared to start for
home The American Association is under
agreement to return him to France, from
which country he was imported last winter.
The latest addition to Tom Eck's con-
gresS of nations is one Rudolph Item, of
Basic, Switzerland who has come to this
country at the suggestion of his fellow
countryman, Karl Kaser. Item is an active
DID, feet 61a inches TALL well developed,
and weighs 156 pounds. His forte is middle
distance racing, and last year he showed
lot of French and Swiss champions the way
to the finish in the thirty-kilometer inter-
national championship of Zurich, Switzer-
land.
An international quint race between Amer
lea and Europe, with Mertens, Kiser,
Gardiner. Miller and Porter sporting the
stars annd stripes, and Eden, Gougoltz,
foreign five~seater, is one of Ecks latest.
His Canadian quint team will be made up
of Mccarthy, Mcleod, McEachron, Thomp-
son. and Dunbar. while in Pasini, Tomma--
SELF, Cissac, Bourotte, Lamberjack and
Stampenbourg he has another sextet team
which could give any domestic team
warm argument
1t is interesting to note how far one
sweep or revolution of the pedals will take
you, and 1T is almost safe wagering that one
cyclist in ten does not know. When you
find out you will be surprised to note the
difference in the distance covered by a
sweep of the pedals and an ordinary walk
ing step. A wheelman anxious to see all
the fine points of his new wheel, which is
geared to eighty-four, was surprised to
learn that one revolution of the pedals car
ried him n feet 8 1-3 inches. No wonder a
wheel is so popular as a means of convey
dnce.