The record-union., 1898-05-12

track at Morris Hights by May 10th.
Cooper will round off his training al
that place. He is now at the Fountain
Ferry track, in Louisville, and is SAID
to be riding fast.
Robert c. Hansell has applied for a
patent on an invention for the protec-
ton of the inner tube of a tire against
puncture. The protective armor is OF
metal plates or scales overlapping eacn
other in a peculiar manner and hinged
or hexibly connected together and 10
a fabric layer as a medium for holding
the plate or scales in position. Ihe
joints between the plates or scales eX-
tend longitudinally or circumferentlal-
ly, which affords the armor all the
flexibility or pliancy necessary, ana at
the same time the armor effectively
protects the inner tube from punctures-
Antolio Tomaselli, the Venetian, VINO
arrived recently to race the American
men of speed, will begin training at
once He claims to be good at any
distance up to fifty miles. He is Il
years old, and weighs 160 pounds. Last
year he won the grand prize at Alex
andria, and also the 320-mile race from
Milan to Monaco. He is the champion
Of Venice and Milan.
A new design in toe clips consists
Of two stout but light springs rlveted
to a light base plate, and passing for
ward around the point Of the toe like
the usual clip, then crossing above ana
spreading to pass around each side OF
the shoe to join the base plate again.
The ends of the spring cannot become
loosened, and the construction of the
clip permits a strong upward pull of
the foot when ascending grade.
A device by which preliminary sur
veys may be taken by means of BIZ
cycle has been invented by John Rid
dell. an electrician of Schenectady, N
Y. The present system of surveying
is matter of considerable time and
great labor. It was a recent record
with the bicycle when a survey Of
1922 miles was made in nineteen hours
With the device invented by Mr.. Rid
dell the completed Typographical profile
could have been ascertained in the time
taken to propel the wheel over the road
surveyed.
The cycling events of the champion
ship meet of the Intercollegiate Ath-
letic Association of America will be
held May 9th.
The wheelmen of New York City have
renewed their protest against excessive
watering of the streets, and, as a re-
suit, the Street Sprinkling Association
has promised to use a sprinkling ap-
paratus which, instead of flooding the
streets, will simply lay the dust. On
asphalt streets where there is much
bicycle riding. strip Of pavement will
be left unsprinkled for the use Of the
wheelmen.
A tandem attachment for bicycles
has horizontal bar connected with
the saddle 10 st tube, a bifurcated bar
extending downward from the rear end
of the horizontal bar and clamped on
each side to the rear stay bars, braces
extending rearwardly from near the
bottom of each member of the bifurcat-
ed bar cranks journaled on each side
at the point of meeting of the braces,
and connection between the cranks and
driving mechanism Of the bicycle.
The value of a covered gearing was
illustrated last week when only one
man of twenty Brooklynites who start
ed on a sixty mile run in the mud
q a
chain wheel with a rubber jointed gear
case.
A new seat post that requires no
binder, either external or internal, is
out The tubing that forms the stem
of the post is split on the bias through
out its length, and the two halves thus
formed are hinged to the cross piece on
top, so that they shift their relative po-
sitions and wedge securely in the frame
when the cross piece is pressed down
in front by the weight on the saddle.
A slight upward blow releases it.
Il
There was a public test showing the
strength of a bicycle frame under va
rious strains and pressures made in
Pittsburg recently. The test was con-
ducted py representatives from lne
laboratories of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, Jones & Laughlins and the Oliver
Steel Company, and an elaborate set Of
data was obtained therefrom, show
ing the elastic limit, ultimate strength
and analysis of metal The informa-
ton should prove interesting.
Estate Of G.. G. Tietjens.
Clarence Carley, Charles c. Holl and
w. H. Luther, appraisers Of the estate
of c. Chauncey Tietjens, deceased, have
filed their inventory and appraisement.
The estate consists of $500 in cash, gas
stock $1,000. promissory notes 1900,
interest in estate Of Henrietta Bell
81, 200; total value, $4,000.
An Iusolvent Debtor.