The record-union., 1898-07-30
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
THE TERMINALS LOSS-A COM
PLANNING WHEEL.
The Trade-Women Awheel-Fro-
posed Amendments-Ser1 or
Races-Life Of Machine.

The destruction of the c1ubrooms OF
tbe Terminal CITY Wheelmen Of Stock
ton by fire the other day, eXcltes sym
pathy among Sacramento club men ana
letters of coincidence have gone for
ward Tt is hoped that the story that
the beautiful silver relay trophy, Wein-
stock. Lubin & Co. cup, was not SO bad
ly damaged as is reported. But If 1T
is "a wreck as one paper describes 1t,
of course the Terminals will have the
cup rebuilt. That the club is bound TO
do even if community pride did not
move them, as it will.
The Race Meet Committee of the Cap
ital City Wheelmen has resolved upon
series of three road races, ten mile, tri-
angular courses, beginning and finish
ing at the same point. The first is to
come off August Dist, and one each in
September and October. The prizes will
be White wheel and gold medal a
silver and bronze medal, silver bar
pin for all who enter, and q bronze
roadster bar TO suspend to the silver
for all who finish. OF course each bar
will represent position. There are to
be also two time designations with
medal prizes. The determination will
be upon the percentage of points made
in the whole series This is well. It
ought to bring out all riders in the
club of any pretension whatever. A
ten mile course calls for no harder work
than three mile one where such
sprinting Is necessary under handicap
In the series each event viii be newly
handicapped. The outcome ought to
give the G. G. w. a fine team with
which to challenge the Olympics for
that fifty mile fiat track relay about
November.
San Francisco Post: Many local cycle
dealers, owing to poor business, are be-
ginning to assert their aversion to the
credit system of selling wheels. Cash
sales are more desirable now than ever,
and some dealers, although they know
it is almost impossible to do away with
the installment plan, are nevertheless
trying in every way to decrease that
part Of their business. The main rea-
son for their anxiety in this direction
is that business done on the instailment
plan leaves them in a position which is
hard to locate. In other words, the
balancing of monthly accounts fails to
let them know clearly just where they
are at. AT this, more than any other,
time in the history of the cycle indus
try IS that knowledge most desirable.
With system Of cash sales maintained
dealers would have little such trouble
When bicycle squeaks in some part
that cannot be located it is usually safe
TO say it is somewhere in the head Of
the wheel. Most riders forget to oil the
vvh
bar to turn smoothly, and from con-
slant neglect these bearings emit a
complaint.
In many European cities and coun-
tries laws have been enacted with re-
gard to women riders which are, to say
the least, decidedly quaint One Of the
most sensible halls from Vienna. where
1t is contrary to the law for any wo-
man to remove her hand from the
handle bar while riding through the
streets. Woe betide the "wobbler." for
in Germany she does not stand a
chance. Every wheelwoman there must
pass through an examination before
the city police before she can be grant
ed permit to ride through the streets.
and this official document must always
be carried with her, and be produced
If required. She who has a partiality
for ringing her bell will find Florence
place after her own heart, in that
the law there compels every lady
cyclist to carry two bells to warn pc
deStr1anS Of the machines approach.
France has no use for grumbIing hus-
bands, and madam, ere she can join
the Touring Club, must obtain a signed
declaration from her spouse permitting
her to do so. In Russia they manage
most things ''by order Of the Gar"
and cycle riding is no exception to the
rule. Before the members of the fair
sex are permitted even to possess a
wheel they must obtain royal consent,
and this is granted quite sparingly.
Matters are a trifle better now, but six
months ago only a very few women
were riding in that country, and for the
most part they were members Of the
royal family.
At the next meeting Of the Board of
Governors. August 9th, of the c. A. c.
c. there ought to be a full attendance,
as four important amendments to the
laws are TO be passed on, one to strike
out the word amateur; another to
give every club three delegates in the
board, and every fifty unattached
members of the c. A C. c. one dele
gate. The others simply adjust other
sections to fit the proposed amend
ments.
New York Tribune: Club runs hav-
ing fallen into a measure of disre-
pute with the large cycle clubs, the
members Of these organizations have
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