The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-28

the best riding Of the course. In any
event, the C. c. WIS are resolved that
there shall be no hard feeling, and
that good terms on which the three
clubs stand shall not be broken, or
good feeling marred They care most
for the pacing charge, and want proof
positive of that, or withdrawal of the
charges
Concerning road racing and packet
carriage why should there be any pack
ct at all? The thing is to get the men
| through Other evidence than mes
sage delivery, that they went through
| is best, and easily made if the relay
| judges are to be trusted. Why not
| have road racing between club teams
run in this way: Let each CLUB nave
/ two riders instead Of a rider ana
trailer for every relay. Let them pace
each other as much as they please, but
/ take no outside pace. The man VINO
comes in first at the end wins for his
/ club. Of course, exchange of Wheels
I in case Of accident should be allowed,
as now. That would simplify and bet
ter the races. and add much TO thelr
interest, and not make a test OF speed
depend upon an accident such as losing
the message.
It is q. settled thing now that Jimmy
Michael will ride both bicycles ana
horses this year His chief mount our
ing Julv and August will be bicycle,
Ehnt before that he will ride as jock
Iev \ couple of times at the Baltimore
races His manager, Dave ShaIer'
would like to have him stick TO the
wheel. but Michael is hard hit with the
idea of taking to the turf. AS mat
ter of fact. Jimmy's chief idea IS mon
ev making. and he would ride on
merry-go-round or any other ola thlils
that Maid him well. He is fearful that
the cycle racing game may lose IT'S pop
uIarity. or that he may be deIeateu
and become a back number, ana &C
cordingly he is getting ready to chanSe
his calling at the proper time. Shafer
has signed with the American cycle
Racing Association to have Michael
ride in six races under the auspices OF
the association during July and August,
and not to ride any other races during
that time. The arrangement is one for
a percentage Of the gate receipts, with
a guarantee of SIS, 600 for the six races.
1t is stated that the medical exam
nation of the conscripts in France for
1892 has diclosed the fact that such
prominent racing men as Bourillon,
Neupont, Dechamps. Dumont, Provost
and Domain are physically incapable Of
bearing arms because of heart trouble.
7 ia fO
petent judges say, that because a man
is relieved from the necessities of con-
scription, the medical grounds given are
sound. but in these instances their ac-
curacy is accepted by bicycle critics,
who agree that undue perseverance in
the intense high pressure work Of cycle
racing invariably produces a perma-
inent muscular development Of the heart
which medical men regard as disease.
AS a matter of fact, very few old ath-
letes are free from heart troubles, and
some Of the most brilliant equine he
roes Of the past have succumbed to
heart failure long after their active
career had ended. Moderate racing will
not cause heart disease but racing per-
sistently, year after year, will develop
the heart to such an extent that when
the racing path is abandoned 1t is too
large for its work. Unless considerable
care is taken its tissues degenerate for
lack of necessary exercise, its valves
Iossify and heart disease follows.
Another chainless wheel which has
appeared is described as follows: The
sprocket wheels have straight teeth on
the inner face on a raised edge, and
the gear is one that turns the corner by
means Of square-cut teeth, that mesh
directly instead of by means of bevel
teeth. The manufacturers say: 1T
has generally been the accepted rule
that in order to transfer power by
means of cogs, from one shaft to an
other running at right angles, the cogs
must be V-shaped and cut on a bevel
plane Spur gears have hitherto been
used only for engagements between
wheels turning IN a direct line with
each other The new chainless looks
much like a beve1-gear wheel at first
glance, but a closer inspection shows
that the teeth on the inside of the front
sprocket or pinion wheel, as we'll as
those on the driving shaft, are perfect
ly square and mesh together as spur
gears"
Another bicycle for which a mile a
minute powers are claimed has APP
peared in New York It is the inven-
ton of DR.. A. MILFORD Hall, who, as ed
itor Of the "Ndacrocosm," won fame by
denying Huxley's theory of aerial sound
nerves. The pawl and ratchet prin-
( ciple is employed in the new bicycle,
the ratchet moving on ball bearings.
The foot action is straight up and
down. and the power is transferred by
means Of levers. Peter Fisher the
trick rider, has been creating sensa-
tons by going out on the boulevard
with the first model and running away
from tandems and quads. The cycle
I certainly travels like a streak. but its
mechanism is Of a kind that offers more
possibilities Of arrangement than the
chain and SOrOcknt