The record-union., 1899-04-21
or IN. Err st TO CYCLISTS.
NEW CLUB-ExEMPT WHEELS
A STATESMAN ON CYCLING.
The C. G. w. Clubhouse Proposition
Dewey Day-Persona1
Notes.

Clarence N. Ravlin, Chairman OF the
Touring Committee of the c. A. Z. C.'
has resigned his position as plcycle
editor of the Chronicle" and western
Sports to join the army OF gold seek
ers in the Klondike. Mr.. RaVlh mas
long been identified with bicycle inter-
ests in California and his departure VIII
be a distinct loss to the sport.
bicycle club has been organized at
Livermore, under the name or the
Livermore Cyclers, with a membership
of "a, and the following officers: Presh-
dent, Richard Aylward; Vice President,
Fred Stahl; Secretary. Raymond Miller;
Treasurer, Will Lowenthal.
Washington, D. c.. has a bar-room for
wheelwomen. AS it does not dispense
cocktails or mint juleps it may be con-
sidered an imitation affair, says a VI
vacious exchange, but in other respects
it is a sure enough" saloon, where the
women may lean against the bar ana,
with one foot on the rail below, say
''have another" while they relate road
experiences between sips of birch beer
and lemon sours. The place is on Penn
sylvania avenue, not far from the Capt.
tai. 1t is fitted up in all important re-
spects like an ordinary bar-room, and
was designed to attract bicycle girls.
There is an oak bar highly polished,
while back of it, behind the bartender,
is a big mirror in which the patrons
can see If their hats are on straight
The paraphernalia of Broadway bar
room is to be found on all sides. Seven
teen different kinds of non alcoholic
drinks are served.
1t is reported that Edouard Taylore,
the French middle distance cycling
champion, who rode in this country
throughout last year and who was sus-
pended by the L. A. w for riding in
outlaw races has asked for reinstate-
ment. The same authority states that
match race of twenty-five miles has
been arranged between Tom Linton and
Eddie McDuffie, to take place during
the worlds championships at Montreal
in August. The race is to be with un-
limited pacemakers.
The Eagle Cycling Club of Napa at al
recent meeting elected the following Of
ficers to serve for the ensuing year:
President, A McCuaig; Vice President,
F. B. Gibbs; Treasurer, E. Amstulz; FL
naneia1 Secretary, C. Mckenzie; Re
cording Secretary, W. Wilson; Captain,
A. Barr.
AS a direct result of President Nip
pert's letter to Chief of Police Lees of
San Francisco nearly every bicycle
there is provided with a bell, and care
is exercised by the wheelmen to sound
their alarms. But how is it in Sacra-
mento. We have a good ordinance on
the subject and everybody violates it
with impunity. Bells are used, but
them
Otto Ziegler, Jr., and his trainer,
Charles Ward, have gone East in COM
pany with Baby Gibson. They go to
Chester Park, Cincinnati, to train.
Ziegler under Wards care should re-
peat his past winnings this year, says
the Cycling West"
The following is now the law in Col
orado: 1. The following property,
when owned by any citizen of the State
of Colorado, in addition to the property
now exempt by law, shall be exempt
from levy and sale upon any execution
or writ of attachment or distress for
rent, and shall continue so exempt, to
wit: One bicycle and one sewing ma
chine That IS the law in California
also, provided the wheel is used in the
business of the owner or to convey him
or her to and from his work or place of
business
A. J. Balfour, NJ. P, in his address
before the annual meeting and dinner
of the National Cyclists Union, recent
ly said that he felt a sort of fear that
his speech in the House on London
government might get mixed up with
cycling, and he had some difficulty in
speaking on the subject in which they
were interested in the middle, as 1t
were, of debate on an entirely differ
ent matter. But, after all, there was a
real connection between the question
of the government of the vast popula-
ton Of the metropolis and the solution
of some of the problems that affected
cycling. They must all recognize the
fact that the urban populations of the
island were destined to grow and in
crease, while the populations of the
rural areas were to some extent des-
tined to diminish by the fact that the
urban districts would eat into them
That was inevitable, and was a condi-
ton of national prosperity and the
growth of great cities. The danger ac-
companying this progress was that in
their great cities a large proportion of
the populations from the circumstances
of their Life were deprived Of all per-
sonal knowledge of the delights of
country life and the beauties of country
scenery. From this danger they had
been saved to a large extent by cycling
and almost by cycling alone Their
grandfathers and great-grandfather
whose life and business kept them
within the area of London at a time
when the metropolis covered a much
smaller area than now, had, neverthe-
less, fewer opportunities of getting out
rapidly and enjoying by means Of
cycling breath of country air, a view
of country scenery and a knowledge of
the magnificent beauties of English
scenery such as we possessed. If that
were SO, then he maintained that no
more civihzing invention had charac-
terized the present. generatio than this
invention of cycling. 1t was recrea-
tion open to all classes, and enjoyed by
both sexes and by all ages. The bicycle
gave them health and variety, and it
was less dependent on external circum-
stances or pecuniary means or prelim-
mary organization than any sport or
recreation with which he was acquaint-
ed These great qualities were spread :
ing the uses of cycling wider and wider
among all classes of the community.