New Britain herald., 1926-08-02
A CYCLIST AT Se YIELDS A LESSON

vigorous and healthful exercise 1 that has lesson for us all, par ticularly in these days when the balloon tire life is tending to make us soft.
 Mir. Frost who has been riding his bicycle over long distances for 3s years. plans to make a little run from Boston to Washington, and will take the roundabout route through Providence, Hartford and New Britain in order to clip off no less than 500 miles. And to make the trip doubly interesting he says | he will try to pedal the route in 50 hours. One would think such grind for man in his 6Oth year would topple him over - indeed, 1 most younger men would topple over long before the 800 miles were finished. But our astonishing rider expects to be none the worse for the ordeal; he is always In the pink of physical condition, and since his 21st year has ridden more than 140.00o miles on his bike.
 Mir Frost came into the office the : other day and we could not help marveling at the old mans wire knit frame - or is he really an old man? It was not necessary to ask him if he believed in exercising the body as a means of staying in good health. He is a walking - and rid ing - example of the last word In health and igor He rides "a little" every day, meaning he thinks as little of pedaling between here and Troy, N. Y, his former home, as the average motorist thipks of driving to Hartford. And he has it all over any motorist we ever met for good. healthy looks.
 The story Of his early life Is now pretty well known; how at the age of 2i years he was given up as "incura ble," suffering exceedingly from asthma and kindred ailments. He learned that long distance bicy- cle riding was good for asthma, and decided to try 1t. The more he rode his bike the less he suffered from the disease, until 1t entirely disap- peared. Today he is able to pedal up any hill in Connecticut at full tilt and reach the. top without knowledge of having done anything out Of the ordinary.
 In this age of taking things easy Mir Frost is a beacon light in the direction of healthy living. There Is not soft muscle on his frame, and he says he never feels the strain of pushing his bicycle: his muscles never ache - 'I got all the ache out of them years ago, he succinctly tells intervieUers And when the ache is all out oi them after trip that shows they are all right"
 : It is said that when the average man gets an automobile and begins 10 ride in 1t to and from work. ant everywhere else he wishes to go he gets so that he can searcel! : walk four city blocks without feel ing the effort This physical soft ness is getting 10 be one Of th' |: drawbacks of the age, and physi clans are claiming already 10 not the effects Mankind cannot afforc to permit itself to deteriorate phy
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 nihilate distance without exercise and the need for more effort tt keep the. body in trim Is getting t' be generally recognized. There il no danger Of such wise men as Mir
 Frost falling into the prevailinl habit. One can recognize the valu of the automobile without becom
 ing victim of it's conveniences.
 Few. of course. would care tt pedal bicycle over long distances But most of us can exercise our selves and improve our genera
 health by indulging in more walk
 ing Hiking. in truth. Is having remarkable revival in some cities and for this reason. The man wh does his share of it feels twice a good when sitting behind steerinj wheel.