Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-30

describe the invention, however, one
would imagine that it was the simplest
kind of an achievement in mechanical
cOntrivance.
1T is not at all intricate he said.
Just as simple as you could wish. The
three riders sit in front, the man who OPP
crates the motor has the last seat. The
ar motor proper Is in front of the first
a Between the third and fourth man
are the gasoline tank and the air pumps,
as well as the regulator with it's keys
ana communicating wires, which are
under the control of the operator. 1
touch a key and just so much air is
forced into the motor from which the air
IS drawn through a pipe into the gaso-
line. | touch another key, which starts
the electric spark, which grows larger
and larger under the gradual force of
the pressure. Naturally the more power
there is the more speed is developed, and
this l can hold in check, increase or de-
crease, as may seem necessary to me.
That is all there is to it for the riders
do the rest
Although this portion of the work is
dismissed without much comment by NJ.
Fournier. he is fully aware of the value
OF this feature in the making of a per-
feet run. The combined working power
OF the three riders is a great aid to the
ar pressure, and, moving together har-
monlously. as the Two forces must do. a
f>N - " Ahdt AiIit iJlI u De i6NOIu.
ttonary in the racing of cycles.
although comparatively few experi-
mehts nave been made in this country as
yet, the tests that have been made have
oeen sufficient to prove hat the new in
fernal machine has not been over-esti-
mated. and already cyclists from all
parts of the country are wild to get into
llne with this innovation in the art of
racing. Among those who nave rode
miles paced by the demon quad are
- kIEnC o1J y-,, Man. r>t
fastest unpaced record was 1902, but with
the AID of this machine he was able to
surprise even himself. AT Manhattan
Beach he did a mile in 1:3S, and later
ne broke his own record when. at WASH
lngton, he covered a mil in 1881.
The actual time made by Pierce was
not as good as that of Fixes, and vet his
achievement was a most marvellous one.
HIS position as the champion 10O-mile
rider of the world has long been adj
could cover that distance in 3 hours. -
minutes and 5 2-5 seconds, in the face of
a strong breeze, blowing straight in from
the sea.
After such successful experiences bv
.Wo such men as Elkes and Pierce it is
not strange that professionals as well as
amateur crack riders have become pos
sessed by one idea. to try their luck at
making records when paced by the de-
mon quad. Internal machines are
provluins the chef topic of conversation
IN circles where bicycle racing is a mat
ter of interest. and everywhere If is
agreed that the new invention is des-
lned to be the important factor in the
making and breaking of records in the
future. " '"e
Despite the faith in the new invention.
however, many racing men and cvclists
III general have bAn unable to ,1nder-
otahu why the men paced by the Internal
machine should be able to cover the
slouhd at such a rate of speed. There
nav oeen instances in which the old
style OF pacing has been too fast for
the rider, and yet nothing seems tn no
too fast for the man who is being naced
ny the demon quad. While NJ. Fourier
IS silent on this point, Elkes has sle-
sesteo a solution to the mystery that
may or may not be correct. After he
nag recovered from the WEAKNESS that
followed his feat of 81 he was yery will.
ing to talk about his achievement ana
at that time said:
me race seems like a dream, a night.
mare from which I have lust awakened
! remember it all. however, although
mere was little to remember but a wild
ausn TO keep up with the Internal ma
nut' nevertheless, I think 1 have solved
the mystery of the wonderful sneed ~
~ nothlng more nor less tina the fact
mat the force of the atmospheric pres.
sure is broken by the action OF the motor.
= aei. practlcally no pressure at all; there
was no resistance, nothing to impede the
progress Of my wheel, no matter how
s"s "Ao4e 50
The most thrilling "infernal machine;s
race LOOK place at Manhattan Beach. Al
aanaein, ~nlpulat by Miller. the long.
Instance champion, did rs miles In 80
smashing all 25-mile motor cycIe
records. ~"