The record-union., 1898-09-25
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
CONCERNING THE ROAD RACE
TODAY.
A Challenge to the Renos-Train-
ing-Learning to Ride--New
Models-Odd Inventions.

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| It would crafty a reasonable desire
on the part of self-respecting and
law abiding citizens if the police would
snap up few of the reckless and fool
ish bicyclists who insist upon riding
upon the wrong side Of the highway,
and in whirling around corners from
right to left instead of wheeling to the
center of the street and then turning.
! And precisely the same is to be said
of reckless and impudent drivers who
perform the same dangerous and life
threatening feats. It would not shatter
the nerves or sap the vitality of the po-
lice to make few examples of these
people, while the effect of such arrests
would be most wholesome.
/ The law on the subject is simple rea-
sonable and involves no hardship. 1t
simply provides that one shall keep to
the right of the center Of the highway;
that in turning to the left the rider or
| driver shall not turn until he reaches
the center-as nearly as conditions will
permit-of the intersection. He is then
to turn into the new course upon its
right hand. BY thus doing collisions
with those on crossings are all but i'm
possible, since pedestrians and ap-
preaching drivers can see all the cross
inSs and the coming of a bicycle or a
wagon toward them.
But when short "cat-a-cornered" cuts
across from right to left are made. dan
ger is invoked and collision is liable
with those coming toward the intersect-
ing street upon one at right angles to
1t. This rule Of turning and keeping to
the right is enforced in other towns and
cities, and all their people approve il
| why, then, is it so hagrantly, persist
entity and contemptuously violated in
Sacramento?
| To-day at 10 a. m, weather permit
ting, the second Of the Capftal
City Wheelmen series" of road races
will take place over the course from
TWenty-eighth and streets. out the
lower Stockton road, and to the upner
Stockton road, via Duden's, finishing a
| quarter Of mile above the railroad
crossing, beyond Thirty-first and p
streets, the distance being eight and
| three-quarters miles. 1t is to be hoped
that every entered man will go" The
This class Of races is of the most bene-
HclaI KIND. The conditions are exceed
lngly liberal. and the sport rational and
helptuL The handicapping is bettered
In this race, because the first one gave
time and riding basis from which to
make more just handcaps. The prizes
are OF character to reflect lasting
honor upon the winners, and tending
to cultivation Of the very highest pos
sible club spirit
The Capital Citys have CHALLENGED tba
Renos to flfty-m mile relay race over the
Keno track for the 9th, Of October and
await favorable answer. The G q
Ws whipped the Renoites Handsomely
last fall, and now with their best rid
ers in training for the Series road
races here, can go over the hills into
the higher altitude and do it again. de-
spite that hump IN the Reno track
with which the Sagebrushers surprised
the valley men last year.
Inc Z. c. w. men We're wise not to
enter Tor the Baker & Hamilton trophy
race last Sunday, because of the un-
united pacing allowed. No one OBJ
1eces 10 this unlimited pacing for clubs
eohgested in small territory. But the
sacramento team could not, without
enormous expenditure, have taken q
regiment OF PAGERS to Alameda County
II, therefore, had no show against srcb
clubs as the Bay City and the OLYMPIC.
with their unlimited, PAGERS Thicker
1t is said, than leaves ON the trees hv
the roadside ~
New York Tribune: The Youngsters
always emulate the deeds of their
elders. and it is not surprising that
interscholastic athletics should have
come 70 the front. In fact, boys of
from 10 to IS years old are now ac-
cofnpllsnang what college men of from
IL 20 ~ years did a few years ago
Inns IS certainly an admirable show
ihs' out with it comes a clear note Of
warning. Several Of the schoolboy
atnletes in the last year or two have
broken down completely from the
tralnng, and it should be kept plainly
IN mind that the boy Of 10 has not an
IRON constitution and cannot always
stano the severe training of his elder
brother. The inevitable consequence Of
entertaining the boy at school is that
ne viii be no good when he gets to
college. Also. his constitution NAV
nave been knocked out. So the people
IN control of interscholastic athletics
should restrain the ardor of their
youths somewhat. There are better
things for the boy of 10 than the win
ming of a race at all hazards and at
all risks. What should be taught to
the schoolboy is the spirit of true SNORT
and friendly rivalry-that spirit that
few years ago made the Oxford
ale games in England an event actu
ally of international interest and SYM
pathy.
In q word, track and field athletics
IN America should be conducted so as
to build up the body and at the same
Tune bring genuine recreation to the
mind. AS the Greeks in the days of
their wisest rulers found that the races
and struggles of their young men made
strong and beautiful the bodies of fu-
ture generations, so with zeal and mod
Grafton in athletics we shall be able
IN America to build up a race full Of
endurance and strength for good things.
Fl. t. Cornish: Sleep is one of the
most important things connected with
training. A man in training should
certainly be able to sleep well, and he
should sleep at least eight hours every
night He should be in bed at 1O:3o
p. m. at the latest, and he should
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