The record-union., 1898-05-06

ries of best two in three races, two
miles, five miles and one unlimited dis
tance. the riders starting from opposite
sides of the track The ive-mile race
will be run in Boston May 10Th, and
the second of the series on the Berkeley
oval the week after.
The pacemakers secured by the Ma
tional Track Association for their cir
cult this season include H. NJ. Parker,
w. T. Sager, E.. w. Swansborough,
Hugh Mclean, F. H. Allen, F. P. Kent,
]. Warburton, E. F. Leonert, W. b.
Sherer, w. w. Gray, A. Gray, Charles
S. Hslshaw, J. Boyd Anderson, Jean
Gougoltz, Dominique Lamberjack, Pc
ter Smith, James D. DriscoN, w. L.
Tenzler and George Thatcher.
A new toe clip that has appeared has
top of leather, and is patterned after
the Mexican stirrup. The top laces
in front, to fit any size of shoe, narroWs
to a point at the base, and the part
upon which the sole of the foot rests
is of cross plates, roughened to prevent
slipping. The clip is easily caught, Is
neat, and saves the shoe from damage.
1t is reported that an attempt was
made recently to smuggle diamonds and
| other precious stones to the value OF
several thousand dollars into the coun-
try in the frame of a bicycle. Wheel
men returning from abroad who hap
pen to fall under suspicion of the Gus
tom officials, may now expect to have
their wheels knocked apart or holes
f11bf
A new bicycle attachment is a re-
volving sweeping brush in advance OF
| the wheel which brushes away such
obstacles as nails, glass, etc.
A new pneumatic tire has an outer
casing and an inner air tube, made
separate from the casing, the ends Of
which are SO perforated on opposite
sides as to overlap and connect, form
ing a continuous air chamber in the
tube.
A German cycle 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
may employ the weight Of his body to
propel the cycle.
! A bicycle saddle is made in sections,
the forward sections having pneumatic
pads connected by aduct, the pads con-
! tanning only enough air to fill one sec
| ton, the air being forced from one sec
/ ton to another as the pads are alter
nately depressed.
|
! A new tire is made Of wire and some
! textile material, cotton, hemp, etc.
woven or braided together so that the
! textile threads run spirally around the
! tube and the wires run diagonally
across the tread of the tire.
| In a new tire a rubber composition
! is applied to a solid non-fexible 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 peri
! phery.
When a boy he rode a broomstick,
With it nicked the household goods,
! Tramped down the peeping onions,
Rushed with frenzy thro' the woods.
| In his youth he hied him blithely
To the nabob liveryman;
I Squandered all his weekly earnings
For an hour with mettled span.
Now on captive atmosphere
He is quite content to ride,
| With his blOOmered Mary Jane
Spinning coyly BY his side
New York Tribune: Among the
guests at the Clarendon Hotel are Mrs
Charles Macy and Miss Macy. The lat
! ter, when asked by a Tribune" re-
porter her opinion on bicycling, ex-
/ pressed herself as entirely in favor Of il
and as enthusiastic as it is wise to be
'I think" said Miss Macy, that the
| exercise can be overdone, and thai
young girls are most apt to ride toe
| much in their ambition to make a Ions
run. They get a cyclometer fastened
to their wheels and become Fascinated
| by watching it register, and so ride or
and on, unconscious that they are be
| coming exhausted. Then the real bene-
fits of the exercise are lost. For me,
find that twenty-five or twenty-thret
miles is enough for one spin; but that
| too. depends on the road the tempera
ture and the wind Five miles agains
a strong wind is equal to twenty on {
! calm day" When asked if city Of
country riding were the most agreeable
to her, Miss Macy said that she liked
! both and was not dismayed by crowd
ed streets when you are used to your
wheel and confident in your control o.
it, she said, you think no more o.
riding in a crowd than of walking II
one. and no one thinks of being nervou:
about walking in crowd. The more
you ride the higher you want your sad
die and you feel much better with il
| high"