The record-union., 1899-06-22
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Among the questions asked in the
application blanks of some English ac-
cident and life insurance companies are
these: Are you q bicyclist?" If so.
is your wheel equipped with brake?
The moral is plain
The speed of the chainless has al
ready been proved in at least one in
stance to the satisfaction of it's makers
and advocates, says the Cycling Ga
zette." The chainless holds the worlds
one mile record at astonishing figures,
a fact that has doubtless dome more
than any other one agency to make
wonderfully popular the style of ma
chime on which the performance was
accomplished. This particular gear,
therefore, has an advantage over other
gears. at least in the eyes of the gem
eral public, and other gears must there
fore do something to catch the popular
fancy. Records must be broken or
must be decided on the race course,
and the result of contests will tell
pretty reliable story. If all riders are
mounted on chainless wheels, certain
ly, on the average, the best gear must
win. If chainless mounted men win
steadily from men on chain wheels,
the chainless will get the credit But
why stop to figure out the details? The
safety's superiority over the ordinary
was proved on the race course, as was
the superiority of the pneumatic tire
over the cushion, and it Is now "up
to" the chainless to demonstrate its
worth
Over $1,000, 900 has been spent by the
State of Massachusetts, in the building
of improved highways All of this
vast sum has been secured from the.
Legisla ture through the efforts of
wheelmen.
To produce a winning team in any
form of sport the first essential is mar
mony, says the New York Sun" II
there is dissension among the athletes,
they almost invariably face defeat. If
there are dissension and utter lack of
sympathy between athletes and their
managers, defeat becomes even more
certain. This applies with special force
in club wheel teams
The Medical Record says: Albu
(Berliner klinische WochenschrifD con-
firms the observation of others that
even in severe cases of diabetes active
muscular exercise, such as bicycling.
may be utilized as therapeutic factor
of scarcely less Importance than reg
ulation of the diet The former has
the advantage of being more readily
applicable, as rule, than the latter,
and for this reason it is worthy of seri
Gus consideration in cases in which it
can be employed Its influence should,
however, always be first carefully test
ed both qualitatively and quantitative-
-ly.
One comes across bicycles in the odd.
est corners. Take Persia, the alleged
land of gazelle-eyed damsels and limpid
streams, and rose bowers. There,
around the city of Teheran, may be
seen Englishmen and English girls hav-
ing a jaunt,' just as you might see them
on the Portsmouth road. When the
bicycle was first introduced into Per-
sia, the late Shah, Nasr-i-Din, While
out riding one day, met a traveller on a
bicycle He was immensely amused
and insisted on having a face. Then
he borrowed the BICYCLE md had it
taken to the palace. He insisted that
his Ministers Of state should ride. II
was mere than the head of a Grand
izic h To !,
Ministers jumped on ard fell off, and
tried again, and came croppers, and
altogether were obliged tot supply his
majesty with half an hours excellent
amusement. The Persian dearly loves
this esort of uncomfortable practical
joke. Says writer: Il had an ex-
perience myself at Ispahan,s in Central
Persia, with the Zil-i-SuHan, brother of
the present Shah. I was spending an
afternoon at the palace, and the Prince,
whose inclinations are chiefly military.
asked me lot of questions about the
usefulness of bicycles in warfare. IN
fortunately, my knowledge of warfare
was a minimum quantity, and I could
only speak generalities. In the grounds
of the palace I rode up and down, just
to give his highness an idea Of how
easy bicycling was. Then he asked
me to ride down particular path as
fast as could. didn't see the gleam
in his eye as 1 set of. T. was going
at a tolerably swift speed, when, to my
horror, spied wall-like drop in front
Of me. 1 was off the machine in a
trice and just saved both neck and
bicycle from simultaneous breakage.
Turning round, / saw the Prince bent,
double, crimspn-faced and nearing
apoplexy from laughter. l do really
believe he would have enjoyed a smash
up Since then I have sometimes
thought that, if only I had broken my
skull, he might have decorated me with
the Order of the Lion and the Sun.
Burmah is a country you conceive to
be chiefly made up of thick jungle and
pagodas. Yet there is plenty of eye
ling in the land Of the Lord White Ele-
phant/ There is a good little club at
Rangoon. and it has runs round the
lakes and occasionally up to Pegu, some
sixty miles away III always remem-
Der my surprise when reached Manda-
lay after sloppy journey along the
jungle paths. I was little eager to.
see this famous city. Suddenly. the
rough road changed to a good level
macadam; there were cabs rafting to
the station and there was a pretty
checked English girl in. blouse and
straw hat, on her bicycle. 1t seemed
so strange to find a girl cycling away
in that corner of the world! And yet
there are many English cyclists in
Mandalay.''
nonIin Will Go East.