8 THE SPORTIlSra 3LIFB. July 15.

CYCLING.HERE, THERE AND EYERYWHERE.

Bereral Siamew princes cycle.A rattling affair A loose bearing1.Baltimore ha* a Cycling Country Club,TlnUlitd to oil Well lubricated boirings.Ooes without saylnfl; The deaf mute rider.Paper wheels for cyclea may come ID tbenear future.Never wear rubber-soled shoes for cycling purposes.Scotch wheelwoineo outnumber their English sls-

ttri.The crop of "useful accessories" leema 6T*r to in-

croaia.Felt pedals are nwd by all the crack road riders

abroad.A man who rides a hobby always wants the whole

road to himself.A study in still life The fallen racer after he

strikes the track.The California Division has an annual picnic day

among; its fix turea."Velotheropy" is the latest medical term for the

practice of cycling.Denver has organized the Wheelmen and Investors'

Mutual Security Co."Bicyclenmmhlp11 Is tho latest product of the

Cycling word-coiner.Englishmen laugh at the hullabaloo we kick up

Over our century runs.Send two cents in Hf&mps for THE SFOKTINQ LIFE'S

»ew advertising cards.Two wheelmen have pushed their machines to the

top of Mount Vesuvius.England id fighting the railways for lower wheel

transportation charges.Tire* filled with cotton wool are satd to be almost

entirely puncture proof.No trade la the world has turned out as many

olid felloes as cycling his.Mud guard* when usod at all are too abreviated.to

be either picturesque or perfect.Any man could excel Kauftman in his tricks if he

only usetl a wheel that New Howe.A Fitchlmrg, Mass., companv, with n $50,000 capi­

ta). Is to bring oat a new chuinless safety.Bicyales are now getting to be so low-priced that

dbalura have no more sales fur velocipedes.A new front-driving tricycle, very light and low, Is

tuceting with favor among foreign exports."What is the worst time of the year to leurn to

i»Ue a bicycle?" -'The full; I should think."Cincinnati will enforce ao eight-milo-an-hour

K;w ngainat whoolmen ruling within city 1 links.Corn-cob handles are the latest non-vibrators and

anti-perspiration fixtures to be attached to blcyclco.The old ordinary equipped with a pneumatic re»r

Wieel makes ati ideal mount of the diroct-driver typo.II. P. Qtiii, of Milwaukee, has been elected to ft

membership on the (joveruiug Board of tho N. C. A.An English enemy of Gladstone describes the G. O.

1!. as "u patented, non-puucturable, pneumatic states* tian."

HTuny friendships between horsemen and cyclers last Iwciiuse there is the width of a street between the f lien da.

A California Chinaman riding a wheel was almost scalped by his pig-UU coming uncoiled and catching in the wheel.

A f ct of THE SPJRTIJJG Lira's new illustrated adver- tisiox cards can bo obtained for a two-cent stamp to defray postage.

If rumor be correct the patents of the Palmer tire fur Lii^laud may be acquired by the Duulop Company at un early date.

A modest bearing i« in alt things commendable; e\en in a bicycle the bearing that creaks and groaus Is abhorred by till.

THiidem riding often causes a wheelmnn to bo mNe-led, eipeciully when he has his beat girl on the trout of hlrt machine.

Hat traps, though good for th^ir non-slipping qnal- ItitH. arc distinctly tiresome to the utter of thorn, owing to ihelr nbratury powers.

An English maker hna received from America an order for a sixty-inch ordinary with piieumatic tire?. The tribe of fools never growa less.

It makes even an oU rider shivor to seo the chances wheelmen tako when riding through th» heavy trafflc ou tli9 streets of tlte large cities.

Th" cyclists' signal corps of tho Colorado National Gt;ard is prepitiug for an exhibition in Chicago iu August. It hns about thirty members.

It in proposed now to photograph each unknown hirer of a bicycle, for future reference in caeo tho Vheol and renter both turn up missing.

The Atalxnta Wheelmen's great century run starts from Newark this morning at 8 o'clock. A twelve- hour limit hns been placed upon the event.

Tho limited number of expert wheel builders and tho great demand for bic.rcka fn Fr.auce la causing a vnst deal of trouble to French manufacturers.

The imaginary ills of tho wheelman are many. When he (eels I nay he blamed lus machine for it too often whon tho fault Is iu the nmn, not the mount.

New Jersey CHn Justly boast of having (he fastest bfcycle rider In the world, (lie best roads in the coun­ try, aud the prettiest bicycle club house in the Uuion.

Ofttcialinn driven Into a corner attempts to question the motives of honest men who did the driving, but such defence will uot avail; the handwriting is on theW:ill.

A new English Invention Is a "pnonmttia road Unlf." Moat men find sliding and slipping e*ny enough on a pneumatic without gutting a ''skate' 1 ot. it.

A rider with a dog attached to his wheel by a bit of string was recently seen riding up liroaJ street, Fhiu- i!ol|ihU. Verily, tho genus fool has many members In cycliue.

Knglish wheelwomen claim to have solved the di­ vided bkirt costume question by pinning together tho buck anil ttie front of tto dross between the leet with safety pins.

If Anthony Comstock ever comes across the last IsMi" <.f Cycling Life and sees Sanger's picture there he u'iil C!>.nse a lot of trouble for our orange-colored coiiteint'orary.

"Mnluncholit Pno^turarum" Is one of the most prevalent of all cycling diseases, and yet the scientific hart s have not as jet alluded to U in their screeds apainet cycling.

A Cincinnati whoplwoman had her wheel ran away with her nnd deposit b"th itself and the rider safe in a muddy ditch, from which she had to be rescued by parsing travelers.

A S\racnsochib captain In calling a rnn ordered his men to wear "whito collars, cutTs and gloves.'* It ither an antique admonition to the comfort-loving wheelman of to-day.

Someone has discovered that cycling is decreasing In the large cities. Tlie discoverer evidently has not discovered that ho Is an ass when he stands sponsor for inch a statement.

One of tlie attractions at Boynton's water show in London is a cyclist vho mounts bis wheel at tho 'op of tho building and then coasts down a long "chute'* into a tank of waler.

A newly patented pneumatic has three Inner tubes. One of Ihese Is more than the ordinary rider can take care of and keep utipuncturod. What he will do with tbron of them is a question.

Keep your eyes open when riding in the vicinity of haw ball-playing gamins. It Is au-visabln to have titlls in the bearings of a wheel, but the same thing in tuo spokes is not to be sought after.

A cvcl^st who ia a cyclist will come to feel towards a machine which has carried him long, satoly and well almost as tho Anb is mendaciously and poet­ ically reported as feeling towards his steed.

Touring through Germany and Switzerland not only affords the wheelmen excellent rc>adn and grand scenery, but can easily be accomplished at an average expense to his bank account of one dollar per day.

Hev. Pink Plunk on Amateurism. "Do man dat be- Hovesithat dere's only one road in dis bysicklin', deah bre.tdern, an' dat one is do one he's a ridin' ou, is de kind oh a rider dat makes de debble jump for joy."

We are to have a horde of "dead broke" wheelmen now who have been induced to g't into that style of riding bv reading Wylio'fl clevtr account of bis, the first, experiment In tlie line. It's a shame and a pity, too.

The Detroit Wheelmen, encouraged bv the proceeds from their recent successful race meet, will again lake unto themselves a local habitation as well as a name, arid will secure a club house equal to their fjrmer one.

The cunning kid now places an Innocent-looking pasteboard box in tlie way of the* cyclist. Tho box has a brick in It. It would improve things if the boy had the brick placed in uim by a well-directed iu- shoot.

The newest patent for chiM-carrying is by means of an extension over Iho rear wheel, upon which the child ails a-stradule of the driving wheel. Just how the man mounts when the child ia sealed we are not informed.

A new brake-'poon, Intended tor use on pneu­ matic tirep, is nothing but a stiff brush which is said to fill the "long felt waut*' for a brake that would Mftlu' without breaking the rider in paylug uis bills for lire repairs.

A young wheetwoman named Jennie Rash made the acquaintance of ft iitae-looking chap Waring the unnio of Fratmlro while riding around Asbury Park; then tho couple eloped. Mias Jeanie waa indeed iasb, very rash.

A letter carrier in Wllmlngton, Del., haa demon­ strated the value of the bicyclo as an aid to the mail service. Although but nowiy appointed, he mado the collection round iu 40 minutes less time tbau is taken by carriers on foot.

Iho King of the Belgians Is one of the right sort. He baa had the ends of the foot paths round his palace at Lack en arrange:! so that cyclists can rids upon the footpath without dismounting. The Belgians call this "Improving the roads.' 1

Little Willle Wobbles, the only soprano cycler in the world, has just bought and paid 8355 for Grum­ bler hobby-horse. Wo print this as an example of modern advertising methods aud real live cycling journalism at the t&mo time.

"Who is that fellow with a tig crowd around him?" "He is a rider who has just made a record of 400 miles without ft dismount.'' "Dear mel Aud do you mean

to say that the Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto Animals has not Interfered?"

Htra's the basis for an article on th« part of the supporter of the aluminum bicycle: "Aluminum is found combined with 19$ othtr metals. It Is found In

C«ry known country op the globe and constitutes the rger part of the earth s crust."Through evefv rift of cycling discovery some learn­

ing anomaly drops oat of the darkness and falls as a golden liuk Ipto the great chain which drives trj» gear wheel of the sport in an onward course of ever-increasing rapidity.

The method at present employed by many firms for stearin* the chain cogs to the back wheel hub of a safety has proved In s.«v«ral canes highly nniatfsfaor- tory, cot to nay txaspertting. Tne key used is liable to loosen by degrees, aud finally to drop out.

"The word 'scorcher,* as applied to an extremely fast rider, Is said to be derived from the supposition that Ins pace burns or sooroue* the road," Wheeling, Do tell! We always tbouaht it was because he got "roasted" by the press and "baked" by his efforts.

If the bicycle, which increases the amount of work that nay b« performed by the body, is a fit object to be specially taxed, then every other machine, devic6 or tool which Increases the amount of work that may be performed by muscular effort is also a fit subject for taxation.

"Will the gentleman please let me pass?' 1 she sweetly said to a coople of road hogs who were takintr up the entire road. "1 won't," said one of them gruffly. "Oh, yon needn't; \ asked oflly the gentleman," and then Ih* smiled, sweetiy at tTie other driver,who had pulled out a bit to let her get by.

The lor onto JtftiH says: "Harvey da Croi, president of trie American Dunlop Tire Co., of New York, and Stephen Colder, of (he Now Howe Machine Co., of Glasgow, have both joined the H. P. levies Co., Lt;?., oftlilBcljy. Mr. Qold«r has been elected vice presi­ dent of this enterprising concern."

Pursuing the regular order of buslnem at a recent moetiBuf of tli* Brooklyn Stenographers1 Association tth«n "Denettta of the Profession" was reached a racmbnr fiuggektvd that the shorthand people organize a bifiyclo club to gain tlie exercise much needed by the cratt, and th« proportion was carried With a rush.

Tho Boy n ton Bicycle Railroad had aft accident last week, which shows that even railway*, when copy­ ing b1 cycles, are not free from cycling accidents. Tlie btake, failed to work, and the whole bicycle train ploughed through a depot at Patchogue, while the engineer and fireman took the most pronounced aud injurious form of header*.

Kauffman sa>s that ho will return to Germany as soon as ho has closed up ftome private business affair* which caused him to return to America. Mr. Kauff- nmn says it is easier for him to earn $500 per month riding abroad than it is to get one half that amount borf, while the difference in coat of living grdaily in­ creases the value of bis earnings,

"All, Professor, all my money cannot clvo me th« mastery over Mils machine that you hate," said Miss Bcodio to the riding school teacher who was endpav- ing to teach her how to rid«. "No, Miss Boodle, it cannot, perhaps; but It in of iuesilmable value, never- thslf>3». It gives tho proprietor of this establishment and myself tuch great confidence."

Kocboster proclaims its disgrace to the rnbllc by collectlug from ocer 0000 wheelmon 35 cents per an­ num in payment for the granting to tht* wheelmen the privilege of riding on tho sidewalks, the streets being unfit for use by cither man or Least. If ever there was a profitable field for good roads enlightenment Rochobter iiuut be granted firtt claim for same.

"When one maker fn England finds himself over­ stocked and Sf Us out at a reduction the trade don't lilce it, as it affects the sale of other wheeh; but they are uot such monumental idiots as to luwor their prices too,and why our Transatlantic contemporaries should imagine American makers were piulc-struck on nricts by this move we are at a loss to discover." Cgtfut.

Two Hoboken wheelmen while riding through a New Jersey whortleberry swamp were held up by tramps and robbed of their valuables as well as stripped of iheir clothing. Tl;ey rode hnme a rter dark, uffln? back Mroots nnd alley\VRVS when posalbU*. Both riders Agree that the stonea told of the number and fierceiieea of Jersey inue^uitoea are in no wise ox- aKgerutiou*.

"Milwaukee Is a namo well known DOW amongst English cyclHK therefore they mny be interested to know that the Rusk Guards there have formed a cycle corps, tlio first in the State*. We are not quite sure, but we believe that tha ft ink Guards are 'slops,' not 'swaddle*.'" Whetting. We are sorry w» can't enlighten you on this v«ry important point, but we must confess we don't know what a "slop" or"avvad- die" IP.

A ciirirm* recipe is elven by a correspondent of the C. T. C. Qasette to render air-tubes of pneumatic tires self-mending. A cotipie ot tablespoona of flour is m;-.do intn a thin paste and poured into tho tube. Th« writer alleges by this means lie has ridden A tire punctured la several places u long distance, and thtit tho only objection is that the damn exudes slightly through the punctures and wets the canvas of the outer covering.

Eastern fakirs, It ii said, can suspend animation atill by simply swallowing their tongues and c >n-

trolling their heart and mind. If the medical alunnl-t nnd other fakirs of anti-cycling speech and thought could, by swallowing their tongues and controlling their minds, be dpad to tho world for the next cen­ tury, what a feather it would be in the cap of science, and what an incroaso In tho number ot sensible hu­ man beings as well?

It ia interesting to know that bicycling has become very popular in Cyprus, the old home of Venus, and that Larnaca, the capital of the island, has a flourish­ ing cycling club. What with locomotives ou the fii'fcu*, Bernhardt acting in Athens, King George wearing tan shoes (as he does) and the native Cypri­ otes careerinjr about on tho wheel, it would appear that tho harbiirians of the West are repaying many of their debts to the ancient Greeks

This is a busy age, au age in whtcn men fire obliged to quicken their pace in order to keep abreast of the hurrying, lushing crowd. Tho days of so-called ele­ gant leisure and deliberate case are past, and even those who are not obliged to work for their living work for their pleasure. That is to say, they hurry so nuich in taking their pleasure that it censes to re­ main a pleasure and becomes instead, thereof a tall. It is these facts which account for the number of the scorchers wfyo afflict cycling.

"It ha* often been remarked," says the Cycle Record that cycling seems to wonderfully strengthen the

senses of sight and hearltjg. This peculiarity is more noticeable at night time, and it is doubtless through being constantly on the qui vive In th« Imurn of darkness that the faculties are improved The trained eyes ttnd ears of the cyclist are able to dis­ tinguish objects and hear sounds long before tho av­ erage pedestrian, and bo is able to locate the position of a lumbering vehicle with an Instinct born of long practice."

Cravenetttd serge fs one of the fory best materials for woman's use in cycling ever invented, and in navy blue ic shows stains and dust far k-s* than in black. It has a peculiar advantage in one of tho sudden showers one naturally tries to provide acaiust in sum­ mer riding, since by it-t waterproof quality it sheds the wet, and does away with thi neoi of the hot mackintosh. A little shoulder cape of this ssrge ^ an excellent addition to a frock of the same it is not hot to ride in auU it keops one beautifully dry in a heavy shower.

Ia Freemasonry so dead that cyclists are more indif­ ferent to their fellow-cyclists than one layman is to auothei? It seems very much like it. Wo hear that so-and-so ran over n broken bottle and cut his tire, cursed, repaired nnd departed. Did he take the trouble to kick the bottle Into the guttei? Another rider collided with half a brick in the road, and had he been on an ordinary, or even on a front-driver, be must Inevitably have "come <.ff.'-' But he did n<-t "come oft." No, not even voluntarily to remove the brick, which would almost inevitably U[set the next rider.

A damper has been placed upon the advertising ardor of an enterprising bicycle manufacturer in Pnris. This man hnd a life-sized jointed figure made. He then painted its faco and clothed tt in the correct costume of a Paris policeman. The dummy was then seated on a bicyclo and the bicycle drawn about tho streets by an ndvertiniug car. Quite a crowd, followed thfs bicycling policeman through the streets. At length the crowd assumed such large proportions that some flesh and blood policemen, unmounted, felt it their duty to interfere, and arrested the dealer and the dummy both.

The importers of bicycles for their own personal uso havo repeatedly endeavored to enter them at the Cmtom House ss personal or household effect*, free of duty, but iu every case which has thus far arisen ihey have been over-ruled by the collector of customs or the board of general opprainers. In order to have the question settled for once and all, Acting Secretary Ilamlin, anxious to do as complete justice as pce-l- ble, under existing law, to the owners of bicycles bringing them into (his country, has asked the Solici­ tor of the Treasury to carefully examine tbo question of (heir proper clat-sifkalion.

In the wcods near Paris are to be found cafea, where livened attendants take care of your machine or your horse, while you bask in the bright sunshine, watch­ ing tho passers-by and sip your wine or coffee. You never hear of long excursions. There appears to be no Mecca for the Parisian cyclist, nor would he look upon a trip of 40 or 50 miles on a Sunday or any other day as a pleasure. He Is lethargic, takes life easy, en­ joys himself and is, in fact, a butterfly. His land is a beautiful oue, the air is relaxing aud his weather is consistently fine- Ho "U' 19 himself to his surround­ ings, just as the hardy eons of a more northern land do to their home.

The Pittaburg Dispatch, fn a recent article on local wbeelwomeD, save: "There is no particular coatume known as a cycling habit; an ordinary street dress serves the purpose as well as almost any other. The lady members of the Keystone Club all wear the club green, but havo the material made np to suit their owu sweet wills. The costume most usually worn is a plain dress of dark blue with a jaunty cup to match. The simpler andplainer the costume the tetter. There is no particular make of wheel favored by the lad ion; tastes differ. The new nickel- plated wheels are growing in favor with owners of well s'ocked purses."

Scotch wheelmen have long been agitating a "uni­ versal lights" bill which would force every user of the highway at night to carry a lighted lamp on his vehicle. They got the law and now they wish they hadn't, as here It is: "During the period between oue hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise t-very person driving or in charge of any vehicle which la goingJ/dBter than a walking pace shallcarry aud exhibit, attached to each side of such vehicle, a lighted lamp so constructed and placed as to exhibit a light in the di­ rection In which the vehicle Is proceeding. Any per­ son contravening this by-law^fihall be liable for each auch offence iu a penalty not exceeding £ii."

CliEVEliflJSlDS!QUICK

CLEVELAND wheel;Qoy on top;

fci<J% fast;Sudden stop.

Broken wireIn tb: track;

Punctured tire;Alack! Alack!

Boy dismayed ?No, not he.

CLEVELAND rim,Don't you see!

in ease of

Tire from rimHe quickly takes;

Complete repairsAs quickly makes.

Tire replacedIn about a minute.

Don't you see,He's strictly "in it."

is.oi,Repairs begun

X2.03,Repairs done.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

Two minutes lost.He faster rides.

Makes that up,And more besides.

<aA. bonier1 S) (0., (JleOeland, ©tyo.

THE C^EDEfiDflIs the Best Bieyele in Hmerdea To«day FOP

the Prdee, $115.OO.It is not to be placed in the same class with the re-

duced-price-Auction-Sales-Room-Bicycles that are be- ing talked about.

The

Cfedendais worth its full value and is a far superior bicycle in every way to

* many of the so-calledPACEB.high grade wheels.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

fl. G. SPflliDlHG & BROS.,CHICAGO. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA,

FORTY CROPPERSFrom the Irish Cyclist's Cropper Competition, June yth., 1893.

"During the last year I FELL BETWEEN FORTY AND FIFTY TIMES. In all those falls, the machine, a

'RALEIGH,'never budged, and is AS SOUND AS A BELL."

SO MUCH FOR THE "RALEIGH" MOUNTS.

Won the one mile Invitation Race at Ball's Bridge on Wednesday, the 7th inst., defeating Ireland's best and Watson and Camp, after which he started in the twen­ ty-five miles, but was run into the iron railings surrounding the track, smashing three teeth, loosening two others, cutting his chin, and nearly dislocating his jaw. His "RALEIGH" was doubled up by the tremendous force of the collision. The lower and upper main tubes were bent, the front forks forced back, the wheel and spokes crumpled, the handle bar badly bent, and the saddle forced three inches out of its position, but

NOTHING WAS BROKEN.THE RALEIGH CYCLE CO., LTD,

* BANK & GREENWICH STS., NEW YORK

"Only two of tho American papers to hand this weatt hail apparently heard of Ziuiuieruiau'rt return. One or thwe, the Philadelphia SPORTING Lire, tikea a calm, sensible anj judicioua view of the situation. It knows nothing, it SAVS, which happened bafuro ho left America which would cause the N. 0. U. to refuse to licence him, aud It wisely decides to ftwiiit further Information before commenting seriously upon It. On the otber hand, ?'*<« American Athlete lias hoard that both Saoger and Zhnmtirman were to return, and hftfl taken it for granted that the Union has refused both men licenses, and metaphorically stands ou its bead and kicka at perfidious Albion." The Cyclist.

"For an evidence of the really phenomenal growth of hieycling in tlii* country ono hai only to glance at tha club fixtures published almost dully in the lfei-al<i. All over the country road aud track races ore sched­ uled months ahead, and thousands upon thousands of wheelmen take part in them. The facts that tlie 1199 of tbe wheel in rapidly growing in favor with women, and that reputable pby«ician9 everywhere indorse tho exerclae aft one of the must health-promotion; for both sexes, doubtless have much to do with the sport's ad­ vancement, Oue thing is certain, outride of racing and base ball no pastime has takcu such a hold on our health-loving people M h«s cycling, and for personal benefits ft is superior to both of these." .New York Herald Editorial.

"The bicycle is beginning to play a prom Inent part In the more serious business of life. Xt Is probahly only a question of time when it will supplant the horse for mtuiv purposes. Recently three of the Fair- mount Park guards wero mounted on bicycles, and we are informed that the results of the new departure havo been very gratifying. It is faid that more guards will thortlv be supplied with the wheels. Sooner or later we shall probaMy see aome of our po­ licemen riding bicycles. Tho most serious difficulty in the way of this accomplishment is that arising from the condition of the streets. Bloetof the city's paving la of a character that makes bicyclinst decidedly roueh and uncomfortable, if not impossible. But our paving may be better some day. Let us hope BO, any- way.;/ Philadelphia Call

Parisian wheelwomen seem mostly content with a short ekirt reaching to the knees and usually made of blue serge. There IB absolutely nothing conspicuous about this costume, either on or off the machine, in the case of the young, elfght riders. It is merely the dress of the school girl, and carrit-s with it the sug­ gestion of youth and happy Innocence. In Rouen, however, a really conspicuous dress w»g recently seen on a lady tricyclist- Commencing with a pretty straw hat, she found a loose shirt of a tasteful pink material ample protection in the Intense heat down to the waist. From the watst to the kin'esa pair of bright maroon tight-fitting pnntaloooe left her hmba as free M her husband's, besides diminishing her exposure to windage. Black stockings and neat ehoes completed the costume, which appeared to excite no attention from passing podeatrlani.

The board man, who saws wooden articles from the paces of calendars, catalogues and other such inter- eating sources of cycling copy, for the To order boasts always of his love for amateurshlp and the L. A. W. The same wooden worker owes to-day for his right to cull himself a League member, he having over two years since induced a prominent and enthusiastic League worker to pay for his entrance fees and dues in the League he loves so much. At the tlmo tho "touch down" was made, the aposlleof League love promised to repay the gentleman who advanced him the money to enable him to become one of the elect. The geutleman still has that promise, aud any one wanting a pure amateur pledge to pay promptly at the much reduced rate of one cent on toe dollar, cau have this board man's bill at that figure, fiow often M e eee eamts in priut, who we know are aneaki ia private.

SERCOMBE-BOLTEMTGCO.MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.

THE KNOW-IT-ALLS.

Experience Teaches Many Things Even to This Class.

The cycling world seems to have gone mad ou the subject of our light racers, and it is one winch is spreading among novices to an almost alarming extent. The gen­ eral impression is that a machine is of no earthly good unless it is of (he lightest possible build, and the general public are coming to think that beoauso a specially built light mount will carry a record breaker through without mishap, one taken from the every-day stock of a maker ought to oomo out an equally loir weight and bear the average rider equally well. It rs, perhaps, of little use telling the average rider that there is such a thing aa nursing a machine, and that he is incapable of the teat, for the delightfully simple reason ihat your average rider is often a young gentleman who knows or fancies he knows at the end of one month's sweet ex­ perience far more about cycling mechanics than many men who have been studying the subject from the birth of the boneshaker.

Where Goodman Lives, Too."I was amused by the remarks of a couple

of youngsters behind me in the grand stand at the park yesterday afternoon. One was a trifle unsophisticated and his companion took advantage of his credulity. The bicy­ clists had lined up for a half-mile race, away across at the other side of the track. Just us the smoke of the pistol announcing the start could be seen in the grand stand and the men who had pushed off the racers started across tbe field to «ee the finish, the following dialogue ensued behind me:

" 'What are thos« fellows running across the field for?'

" 'Why, that's part of the race; the man that gets across first and ahead of the bicyclists gets a priie.' " Hartford Pott,

SHALL WE ANNEX HAWAII? YES.Shall We Have Our Wheels Fitted With

SEDDON TYRES? YES.Shall We Give Up the Old Fashioned

! White Washed Tyres? YES.The New York Recorder of Jan. 29th says: "We ven­

ture to predict . that before many months the Red Tyre will be to the front on road and path, and instead of rival manu­ facturers having to distinguish their wheels by different col­ ored rims, other tyre opponents if there be any will have to whitewash their tyres to make them distinct from the con­ quering 'Red One.' "

The Recorder knows a good thing or two about tyres.

Tb< TOURIST, TK« Road RAt€R, Patb RACCR, Tb* Record BR€AK€R,

Hav*SULKY

Aod, IN FACT, All Ov/ocrs of Wb?*lsTb«m Fitted Witb tb? Best Tyr?,

THE SEDDONAMERICAN SEDDON'S TYRE CO.,

Reade Street NEW YORK.

FIGURES TALK.The DONLOP TIRES sold up to May 15th, 1893, number.

You can't go wrong in getting a DUNI/OP !They cost a little more, but-

AMERICAN DUNLOP TIRE CO.,160 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.

$1055In cash will be raced for on the new track of the

Troy Base Ball Club, Troy, N. Y., onJuly 30 and ai as follows,

Under National Cycling Association Rules

2O :No. i ONE MILE OPEN, purse $100, divided, $50, $25, $15, $10.No. 2 ONE MILE NOVICE, heats, purse $50, divided, $25, $15, $10.No. 3 ONE-HALF MILE HANDICAP, purse $100, divided, $50, $25, $15, $10.No. 4 ONE MILE SCRATCH, Championship of Rensselaer and Albany Count.

ies, open to residents of said counties only, heats, purse $55, divided, $25,$15, $1°, >i>5-

No. 5 ONE.FOURTH MILE HANDICAP, purse ijUoo, divided, $50, $25, $15, $10. No. 6 TWO MILE HANDICAP, purse $150, divided, $75, $35, $25, $15. ~

SECO1XT3D JDA.'Sr—TTTXjY 21:No. 7 ONE-HALF MILE OPEN, purse $100, divided, $50, $25, $15, $10.No. 8 FINAL HEAT, NOVICE, purse $50.No. 9 ONE MILE HANDICAP, purse $150, divided, $75, $35,'$25, $15.No. 10 FINAL ONE MILE SCRATCH, Championship Rensselaer and Albany

Counties, purse $55.No. ii ONE MILE, OPEN TO 2.40 CLASS, purse $100, divided, $50, $23,$15, $10. No. 12 FIVE MILE HANDICAP, purse $150, divided, $75, $35, $25, $15.

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