The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-18

| noon F'rankenburg and Louis Megroz,
VINO reached Bedford Rest at 11:59
O'Clock, having completed the 100 miles
| IN flve hours and II minutes, which is
four minutes better than the record.
| Next to the finish was w. C. Osborn of
| the Century Road Club, who arrived at
l2:32:3O. Charles Mock, who got in at
| 1883, was third. The fourth rider and
ilfst woman to finish was Mrs. Nellie
Benson, who reached the starting place
at 1885 o'clock. At o'clock she
started on the second 100 miles. The
second woman to finish was Mrs f. r.
Payne, who was 14th in order of ar
rival. Only about 80 of the 100 survived
the first 100 miles. and there were just
four who started for the second cen
fury. These were Mock. Egloff, Mrs
Benson and Mrs. Payne. Mosk finished
the double at 1850 O'Clock Sunday
night, Egloff at s o'clock, Mrs. Benson
at 9:2S.
When man can get up race after
race and win with clockWork regula rity
that man is a champion. That is what
Charley Miller. the Chicagoan, mas
been doing for some time now, and
there is no man who disputes his claim
to the longdistance championship of
the world. 1t is true the Chicago man
is not quite SO good when he is riding
anything under "a hours, but at the
SIiEulHS Wofk lie is pTe-efHlnent. Ills
recent victory in the 100-hour race at
Roubaix, France, was most creditable.
Like everything else of a China
mans, his wheel is from four to six
years behind time, according to the
American wheelman's IDEAS says a
wheelman who travelled in that soun-
try. For instance. it was a very short
time ago that pneumatic tires we're
first used by the Celestials, and those
only on the old heavy models that have
not been seen in our cities for several
years, and which cause nea"iy rs much
interest as circus parade # ridden
through any of our main streets. 1t
may be possible that il is beea ,se tie
poor quality of their ancient mounts
that the Acknowledged athlete Requires
more and harder training than others:
but. whatever the cause, the ChinlTan
trains for nearly year, and n a man
ner that would put an American orack-
erjack into good condtion-for an am
bulance case.
THE training is divided into three
terms, each consisting If about 100
days, so that it lacks little of a year
for the entire process 10 be sGne
through. First, the work must be be-
gun at the time of the new neon, or
it will not benefit the athlete. No par
ticular reason is given fo- this. or ;,Gy
the 800 days are up, other than the
fact that the Chinese have way of
doing everything differently from any
body else on earth. After it is seen
that the moon is all right, the Celestial
begins to rise at a. m. daily and walks
in the open air drawing seven deep
breaths. Next the rider undergoes a
gentle massage and takes long walks.
He seldom eXerts himself enough to
run, though occasionally he mounts
his wheel and takes a few miles spin
or. rather, a wobble.' This is kept up
during the first 100 days period. Little
attention is paid to eating or taking
may be.
During the second period the mas
sage is performed with the assistance
of wooden planks instead of the human
hand; the athlete rises a little earlier,
walks farther and rides farther and
faster. The work OF the last 100 days
is very similar to the first two terms.
Not only in his training is the
Chinaman peculiar, but in his every
day riding through the poorly paved
or not paved at all, lanes that are called
streets, he is as picturesque as his sur
roundings.
I'm Pekin the authorities have had to
make laws similar to our bicycle orli-
nances. 1t seems that the worshippers
of Confucius have been in the habit of
riding no hands, and at as high a
speed as they could attain, caring
naught for the life or limb of the peace
able pedestrians who CHANGED to get in
their path. The younger riders have
been especially troublesome, and a short
time ago a youthful Chinaman ran
down an old woman in this manner
killing her outright. This was too much
for the residents, hence the newly en-
acted laws"
1t is interesting to note the rise and
fall of bicycle prices during the last q
years. In 1877 a well-known high grade
wheel sold for $3.50. In six years the
had advanced to s142.50. In 1885 the
ordinary" or high wheel, reached its
highest value, and the best grade sold
for $3.50. This price gradually dropped
until in 1887 the best wheel sold at $780,
In 1888 the rear-driving safety made its
appearance and sold for $135, and four
years later, when pneumatic tires were
added, the price was $3.50. From then
on the price steadily declined. Bicycle
manufacturers sprung up all over the
country like mushrooms, and in 1897
the best grade safety sold for $500 and
was guaranteedfor one year. The chain
less bicycle enjoyed it's first boom last
year, and this again raised the price
to $125. The chain wheel, however, de-
creased in price. At the present time
the best chainless is sold for SIS and
the chain wheel for $50. There are
many wheels on the market that sell
for great deal less than $50, and as
thousands of these are in use they
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