The record-union., 1898-03-28
OF INTEREST TO CYCLERS.
PREPARING FOR THE RELAY
C. C. w. MATTERS.
Novelties in Wheel Sundries-In-
creasing Interest-Women's
Costumes.

Costumes.
The C. c. w. of Sacramento are in
active preparation for the 1O0-mile
trophy relay of next month between
the two Stockton Clubs and the Sacra-
mento Association. Thirty men are en-
tered for the c. c. w. try OUT on the
/ 10th of April, and these are in train
ing every evening at Agricultural
Park. Acting Captain Milne says he
has no fear about getting fine team
of men out of the lot; that while it is
true the club has lately lost some good
relay riders, it is developing others
equally as good, and he will work out
team of ten that will keep the trophy
in the club room. The Stockton clubs
are hard at it also and feel confident
at last they will be able to down the
c. c. WIS which will be glory enough
for one year.
The c. c. w. has issued an address
to the membership to be delivered
within a few days that sets forth in
strong language the advantages of
membership in the club and also the
benefit of the organization to the COM
munity. 1t has also in preparation a
neat badge to go free to all members,
testifying that they contribute bymem-
bership to the building and mainten-
ance of wheelways. A similar badge
to be marked Patron is for non
members and are to be sold at ST each.
In each case they will be worn. on the
wheel and testify to the manly spirit
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use that in which he has not some in
| terest. In addition the club has agreed
to give all its receipts from limitations
Tor the next three months to the
Wheelway Committee. All this ought
to bring $1,000 to the committee, which
VIII enable Chairman Bennett and his
| colleagues to maintain the Folsom
path and build at least twenty miles
of additional wheelway. By the way,
he ought to push towards the foothills
and meet the path of the Auburn
brethren
The terrible accident to relay rider
Lester Young of the G. c. w causes
ms host of friends inexpressible grief
While at work upon a ship in San
francisco he fell into an open hatch
way and suffered a fracture of the
Skull which may cause his death. Mr..
foung is an exceedingly popular cy-
cHst, modest and prepossessing young
man, warm friend and a champion of
| the interests of his club.
president Goethe of the c.. G. w
who has been for eight weeks confined
TO MS rooms with severe rheumatic at
tacks' is better and his friends EXPECT
| 10 see MN soon at the helm of the
cluo again. In the meanwhile the Vice.
! PRESIDENT discharges his duties. Can
/ tdln smith, who has been two weeks
SICK IS growing better daily, and in the
meanwhile Lieutenant Milne has
charge OF the c. c. w. racing section
ana or the club outings, and we'll dis
charges the important trusts.
spring and pneumatic seat-nos+s ara
becoming more popular, while wooden
| handle bars seem to have talxa, q hoo;I
seat ~
A New York man has invented a
| chainless wheel which is claimed tn
upset all previous mechanical theories
! OoV4lpd
teeth are necessary for CARRYING mower
around a corner by making front
piilioh Wheel, with square-cut teeth.
Turn drlVlng shaft with the same
Kno OF teeth, set at right angles In
general appearance the bicycle looks
like true bevel gear.
A music box for bicycles has an
peared and musical road rides bv
| moonlight are in order for next s11m
m9r.
Concerning the statement made by
some riders of chainless wheels to the
effect that the new style makes them
! get muscle bound, it is said by others
that this passes away with experience
and continued riding
Some gear cases which have ap-
ppeared this year are criticised on the
ground that the sprocket and crank
hanger bearings are left exposed.
while rim of felt bears on the rim of
the sprocket to exclude dust The
extra friction produced by the felt is
said by the makers to be insonsider-
able.
In half-Oriental half-racing cos
tune Van kui TIE of Japan poses as
the first native scorcher About him
cling enough poetry and realism to
mark him the most picturesque rider
among the Japanese He had read of
the American racing costumes. Hg
adopted part of one, and in a sort of
I ADOl0pV
about him, hoping to reconcile his
friends to the creation. It is also said
he then rode wheel of American man
ufacture-a novelty at the time. The
romance attached to him runs TINS.
1t was on this bicycle and dressed in
this costume that Yam Kui TIE rode
from one Of the interior towns to the
palace of the Mikado with the first au-
thentc message of the defeat of the
Chinese army in the war between
emma and Japan. The wheel rests in
the Royal Japanese Museum
In E. S. Edwards, more familiarly
| known as Teddy" of the New York
Century Wheelmen, we see another
worlds champion. On March 7th. Mr.
| Edwards completed his sixty sixth con-
secutiVe century, breaking all previous
records and ending his days work in
the fast time Of eight hours. Sixty-sis
hundred miles in sixty-six days-that's s
a feat that no other man but Edwards
has accomplished-a feat that it is al
most safe to say no other rider of to-
day can accomplish, but Edwards isn't
even satisfied with this. He proposes
| TO undertake and successfully finish a
task that no other man ever will be
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