The record-union., 1898-07-18


was leading and in the best possible
position for the sprint. Had he ex-
pected any one to make full quarter
of a mile squirt as Eldred and Noyes
made, the result might possibly have
been different.
Sacramento has gritty little rider
in young Moehler, and had it been any
other rider than Peck, the little fellow
would have walked away with the
handicap. AS it was, he had lead of
fifty yards when the last lap COM
menced and Peck did not catch him
until the last turn was reached, and
then only after a most sensational sort
of ride. Sacramento is certainly
developing some good riders, to replace
the many they have lost, and when
Jakey Hirsh and Bob Smith get in
form again the Capital Citys will be
able to hold their own with any of the
clubs when it comes to racing.
Wheelmen's clubs cannot be too care
full in commencing the work of commit
tees laboring for their Welfare. We
know a club not a hundred miles away
which has failed to do this. 1t has a
Race Meet Committee that has worked
successfully for it as few committees
do = labored day and night, gave up
time and money in it's work, and
snatched success from seeming i'll
fortune, and turned a neat sum into the
club treasury. But when, in honest
graduation, it submitted its report, IN
which any club might take pride, not
word of commendation was vouchsafed,
but instead there came trifilng crlu-
cism concerning a beggarly expendl-
ture. This is not the way to encourage
i self-sacrifice and honest effort. Com
mendation costs nothing, and when 1t
is deserved it goes a long way toward
promoting energy and devotion.
Shoddy cycles are usually shod with
shoddy tires, and with them the riders
troubles usually begin.
When starting out on a ride, mo-
ment spent in testing nuts and bolts
may save great annoyance. Loose
nuts have been known to result in
wholesale wreckage.
An odd addition to the chainless fam
| lily is the product of st. Louis IN
ventor who processes perfect faith in
the expectation that his machine con-
tains a mile-a-minute possibilities. The
saddle is placed at the end Of an os-
cllating lever, so that by lettering
up and down the rider sets in motion
a train of mechanism which acts upon
| the rear hub.
| Many riders who are habitually care
full to keep oil away from tires, still
allow it to collect on the frame ada
! cent to the head and crank hanger
| bearings, unmindful Of the fact that it
will permanently destroy the luster of
| the enamel.
A wheel worth riding and worth own
| ing is worth keeping clean. Three min
utes morning and evening is time
enough to devote to it. Wipe your
wheel twice a day, use an old oiled
rag on the spol1es. keep the chain clean,
and once a month boil and oil it, and
your cycle will do you credit.
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There is demand for tall frames
this year, says an English exchange,
and 26-inch and 2S-inch seem to be
the most popular, the latter so much
so, in fact, that it will be necessary
for makers to list them as standard
this country is for low frames.
| The following is the cost of electric
for training behind the machine; f12
| twenty-five kilometers; Els for fifty,
and f36 for 100 kilometers.
| cyclists keep two machines for their
own use. If a man rides in all wealth
ers two wheels, one for good and one
for bad weather, will always prove a
good investment.
| A well-known scientist has stated
| that when at rest a man consumes 500
cubic inches of air a minute, but that
when he rides bicycle nine miles an
hour the air consumption each minute
! jumps up to 1,6O0 cubic inches. At a
speed of twelve miles an hour the air
consumption leaps to 2.300 cubic inches,
While at eighteen miles an hour the
| rider increases his consumption to g.
| OO0 cubic inches.
Every cyclist in the State ought to
| JOIN the California ASSOCldI6Q CycilHS
Clubs The fee is small, the benefits
great. 1t gives one fine road, special
hotel rates, a years subscription to the
| official paper, and, above all, it con-
serves good road work and wheelmen's
| interests generally. A note to Stanley
G. Scovern, the Secretary, San Fran
cisco, will bring reply Of particulars.
| In Western Sports" (San Francisco)
| for July 10Th there is a fine two-page
| illustrated article descriptive Of a trip
| awheel to the Lake Tahoe region. The
story involves a thrilling adventure,
and it is told in the cozy room of the
Puritan Club in this city, and it is a
! clever one, too. 1t opens with the or
| ganization of a group for the trip, and
! then came the start, the narrator say
| ing: In the cool air Of that early
morn, how we did skim along over that
! splendid stretch of cycle path which
| the Capital City Wheelmen have so
thoughtfully constructed as far as Fol-
! SON." which sentence is quoted to show
/ Sacramentans how that wheelway is
appreciated by touring parties-and by
| the way, there is needed right now $50
worth of clearance and repair work on
| the path, and which is the reason for
urging all cyclists to procure a wheel
| way badge that Mr.. Benefits energetic
| Wheelway Committee may be in funds
| for the purpose.
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