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to serve twenty-eight days with tn
flag. This may perhaps furnish tn
real reason of his not attempting tn,
much.talked of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. recort
ride.
The British foreign trade in bicycles
for the calendar year of 1895 was Sc. .747,
OH 81; for 1896 it was 9,056, APO. .23; fol
1897 the returns are not yet complete, but
from January to September inclusive
the most important months for the bicy.
Gle trade, there was falling off of more
than l3 per cent.
1t is announced that series of nine
indoor bicvcle meets will be given in
st. Louis from February Is to March ]
next. the building is much finer one
than Madison Square Garden in New
York, is heated and has an excellent
track. L. A. w. rules will govern and
over $1,000 in prizes will be given.
Charley Fitzpatrick, the famous one
legged trick bicycle rider, who has been
performing at Keith's Bljou Theatre,
Philadelphia, leaves for Cuba and South
America on Wednesday. He will be the
first trick rider ever seen in those coun-
tries, as he was the first to eyer visit
South Africa.
Since prices OF wheels have been cut
down and high-grade machines are soll-
ing for the same price that the !ow-grade
bicycle formerly did, it is noticeable
that there is less enthusiasm in the
discussion of the relatives merits Of each
make.
Cordang, the Dutch crack, who has
been training at the Crystal Palace, Lon
don, during the past season, is about to
return to his native country at once, and
after short rest will journey to Nice,
where, it is stated, he will spend the
winter.
Harry Terrill, of San Francisco, known
to the cycling world and to his parents
as the "Wanderer," is again contem-
plating trip to France, where in 1897
he made the best showing on the cycle
path of all the Americans who invaded
that country. Terrill has raced all over
America, in Hawaii and in all the Euro
pean countries.
Hale, the Irishman; Frederick, the
Swiss, and Joyeux, the Frenchman, Sat-
urday sailed on the St. Paul from South
ampton in company with j. G. Kennedy,
the representative of the American Rae
ing Association, who recently went to
Europe to secure talent for the coming
inning Of the indoor racing in Madison
Square Garden. Other noted foreign
riders are scheduled to come on a later
steamer.
"Major" Taylor lowered the one-mile
worlds record Saturday by three-fifths
of a second at the Woodside track,
affair. He also lowered
the half-mile record. and did it twice,
cutting another fifth Of a second off in
the second instance. His mile was made
in 1872, cut of three ffths of second
from the mark held by Taylore, the
Frenchman. The "Major" was paced
by 'quint" teams.
A great deal of enamel is scraped from
the frames of wheels in the effort to re-
move mud that has dried and caked.
The use of a wet cloth on the mud to
soften it will obviate this, and riders
who care for the appearance of their
mounts should never attempt to scrape
the mud off without wetting it. Some
advocate keeping the frame slightly COW
cred with vaseline.
"Plugger Bill' Martin, OF Lowell, has
made arrangements for another trip
abroad as soon as the American racing
season is finished. 1t is his intention to
compete in France and England. II will
De his second trip out of the country, as
be returned this season from successful
one to Australia, where he had many
'aried experiences, including suspension
md Jail.