The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-15
Notes For the CyclerS
sPoKEs FROM THE WHEEL.

"Choppy'' Warburton. the famous train
| eri for some time resident of Paris, talks
| about coming TO America.
| man who has been there remarks that
it is easier for a camel to scorch through
| the eye of needle than for the buyer OF
a bargain bicycle to escape the repair
mans day of reckoning.
Vienna inventor has devised a COM
| bustible handle grip; hiatt is, it contains
an infiammable substance that will keep
| the handle warm. The duration of thr
heat isfour hours and the grip cost but
$50.
In cycling neither lender nor Dor
rover be. for a loan oft loseth both itself
and friend, and if your wheel is smashed
the borrower seldom proffers more than
his thanks. and you pay the repair bill or
buy a new mount.
statistician has arranged a table
which Shove at a glance how cycle speed
has increased in a decade. In 1891 Hol-
helm held the record for a hours. which
was 361 miles and LIS yards. Shorthand
held the record in 1892. 1893 and 1894, al
though the best that he could do was 46c
in 1895, rode 474 miles and 1,56s yards. In
1896 Goodwin was credited with 476 miles
1,702 yards. The biggest jump was made
this year. when the German, Cordang, ran
the record up TO GIG miles and $40 yards.
Nile. Neva went for the female rec
ords of 50 kilometers and 90 miles at the
Buffalo track the other day. and succeed
ed making the first distance in 1:34.10 As,
and the so miles in 2:3635. In the two
hours she covered G. kilometers 10 meters.
The woman was watched over by Stein
during her ride.
A number Of bicycle riders have bad
habit of passing carriages, carts. etc, on
the wrong side. This IS a serious mistake,
for if a driver were suddenly to pull over
to his own side of the road a collision and
smash up might result. Then, again. cy-
clist who passes q conveyance on the
wrong side puts himself tout of court" in
case of damages to his machine or per-
son.
Bourillon, Nossan1, Fossier, Bocquiliion,
Williams, Poscarme and Domain are the
most prominent of the French racers who
have to enter the army for the usual per-
iod of three years. Bourillon, the pre-
sent crack, commences his term IN Nov
ember, 1898. Jacqutlin, it will be remem-
bered. only served one year, but this is
a privilege accorded only to sons of wild
ows.
Herbert Seaton, of Louisville, will this
year be a member Of a big tire company's
offer and will be on one of the best teams
in the country. His team mates will be
Arthur Gardner, r. Brown and Charles
Miller. Seaton and DR.. Brown will do the
short distance racing for the team, while
Gardner will take the middle distance
work and Miller the long distance.
The Penn Wheelmens last run of the
season is to be held in the near future.
date of which will be published later It
is to be the usual oyster supper run. and
will be under the command of Lieutenant
Theodore Spiker, the present duties en-
cumbent upon Captain Gunther rendering
it absolutely impossible for him to under
take this, the last official run of the sea
son.
Rev. Francis A. Smith. S. J., one Of
the three priests conducting a mission at
st. Peters church, Roxbury. was killed
recently on Hardison avenue by collision
with team while riding bicycle Faith
er Smith was widely known in the Jesuit
Order and in missionary work. especially
in the south. He has also conducted a
mission in Lynn within a few years He
came from st. Johns college, Fordham,
N. Y.
Nearly every rider knowns what it IS to
have trouble with the chain bolt that
liVIyc
the chains are joined. Many pathetic
scenes have had for their central figure !
a perspiring victim struggling to substi-
ute piece of wire for a chain bolt that |
1as dropped out and been lost In the /
lust Of the road. 1t will be welcome news |
hat an indianapolis chainmaker has de- |
used a thin plate which pivots on the |
side of the chain link and shoves into /
place. so that there is no possibility of the /
BOLT working loose. The idea is being /
copied by other chainmakers.
English manufacturers have taken a
step that will do much toward providing |
'iders with accurate, well wearing chains
All the makers have united in an agree
nent to use n certain template" or
'templet," which IS pattern gauge. They
lave selected what they believe to be the
vest one. and henceforth all English
'hains will be Of uniform pitch" no mat
er what the design. This is an advan-
age TO bicycle builders also. inasmuch
Is it enables them to use any make of
hahn. II similar move were made IN
America chain driven bicycles would be
much improved.
Ankle motion comes into play between
he two horizontal positions. forward and
backward. A rider holding his wheel in
heck begins TO "back pedal from the
ime the pedal IS in IT'S lowest position.
Every bit Of pressure which bears on the