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Although the reason Is hardy half over ,
the question of models for 1897 arc already
being discusses. It Is likely there will he
a few changes from this year's style , hut
they will not ho radical , Little It an }
clmtiKC will ho made In wclsht.
The ilemnnd for hrakes this year , It Is
said , will compel the manufacturers to fit
their ' 07 wheels out with this accessory ,
leaving It to the option of the purchaser
whether ho wishes a hraltc or not. The
aversion of some riders to the present style
of brake seems likely to result In the In
troduction of nemo new attachments which
will bo effective In bringing n blcyclo to n
stop and at the same tlmo not mar ttiu
outlines of the wheel , The demand for
gear cnses on wheels Is also likely to compel
recognition from the manufacturer. It Is
expected that somO of the big manufact
urers will provide Hght-welRht gear cases
for riders similar to thnge In use In Kng-
land. Oear covering Is a great convenience
nml help to riders , and while It possibly adds
from one-half to ono pound weluht to a
bicycle , Us value overcomes the draw
back.
"Tho prlco of wheels In 1897 Is something
I don't llko to talk about before this season
Is over , " said a manufacturer to a Chicago
Times-Herald reporter. "I would llko to
finish selling ' 00 wheels before I begin to
talk about ' ! < 7. Still , I must admit that I
have given the question of prices for next
year a great deal of thought. I would like
to nee the makers of high grades keep up
to $100 , for that would give a. guarantee with
every wheel sold that the makers would
be willing to spend more money In defend
ing. But I fear they won't oc able to keep
the prlco up. The public seems to expect
that , with nil these failures mid talk of
failures , bicycles ought to bo much cheaper
next season. It Is funny. Isn't It , that any
reduction should bo expected from a prlco
that la breaking so many manufactuicrs
now , hut It Is expected , nevertheless. And
I suppose It will como. Yes , there will prob
ably bo two kinds of 'high grade' wheels.
There are people who want the best and are
willing to pay for It. They had rather pay
$100 for a bicycle they know to bo good than
to save n few dollars and run chances. "
Some riders , especially women , complain
of having their feet "go asleep" after
traversing three or four miles. In most
cases the probable explanation Is that the
soles of the shoes are too thin. With rattrap -
trap pedals theio should he a good thickness
of leather between the foot and the sharp
points of steel , otherwise the pressure will
cause the numbness which Is described ns
the feet being asleep. It Is a common de
vice to have t\\-o strips of leather fastened
across the solo of the shoe , to prevent slip
ping , but with toe clips these are not' so
necessary as without them. A firm grip on
the pedal In so to bo desired , however , that
some riders use both appliances. An En
glish authority of the highest standing ut
terly condemns lee clips as tending to nul
lify the free use of the ankle Joint and con
ducing to "digging. " This ankle motion , or
"tinkling , " has been dubbed the most Im
portant part of a cycling.education , but It
Is a mystery to many , _ rtylers. Even the
experienced ones \vho" use It do not all know
Just wherein lies Its clllcacy. C. W. Brown ,
the expert of "The Cyclists' Touring Club
Monthly Gazette" of England , describes Its
'object to be to get tho.pfrlal past the deal !
centers. At these two -points , downward
pressure on the pedals exurts no propulsory
power. When the pedal approaches the top
dead center tlio heel should be 'lowered
Thus the force applied at the dead center
Is not downward but forward , BO that there
Is In reality no dead center. When the
pedal Is nt the lowest point the heel shouli
bo raised , and then the pressure Is cxertec
backward. Doubtless many people use this
ankle motion who never heard of It. It Is
out of the question , however , with the pedu !
treating against the heel , an awkward ,
'wasteful mode of'rldlng which many women
employ.
nicycllHts .vlio Indulge In club "runs" or
who travel along country roads , where the
members of the party may at times bo
widely separated , arc Interested In an
Idea which has been Introduced In the bi
cycle clubs of I'rniice. In that country the
whlstlo Is much preferred to the bell as a
means of alarm and for club "ninn" or
use when moro than two cyclists go tour-
Ing. The wheelman has established a per
fect code of signals. In which he uses short
and long sounds on his whistle. Some of
these signals are :
Ordinary alarm , three short notes.
Halt , ono long-drawn note.
"Como abend" or "Follow me , " two long
notes.
"Where nro you ? " or "Wo are hero , "
three half-long notes.
"Turn to the right , " one long-drawn note ,
ono short ,
"Turn to the left , " one long-drawn note ,
two short.
"Look out ; them's danger ahead , " ten
sharp notes In quick succession.
Call for help , three short and ono long
note several times In succession.
Thcso signals nro now pretty well under
stood among the clubs. It might hunellt
American cyclists to toke the matter up
and introduce u similar cede of signals In
this country.
Wheelmen Insist upon causing ceaseless
nnnoynnco to themselves and their brethren
by falling to comply with DID common
rules laid down for nil riders. So many
accidents have happened on the road , which
might have been avoided with a little
caution that It Is necessary for them to
observe the following hints ;
Keep to the right of tbo road. Never
neglect this.
Hrqucst permission of pedestrians for the
right of wnj.
Turn to ono sldo for n heavy load , even
If you Are. . ixii the right Mile.
H ever ready to assist a female rider
In distress un the road , without the tflr-
nmllty of an Introduction.
Don't scorch , Tliln means you.
Hide no fiistrr than an olght-mllv-an-
hour gait In pushing through villages where
you are unfamiliar with tliu ordinances.
It will save you money , < /
And don't any : "Cet ! out of the way,1' to
any clmiico pedestrian who may appear In'
your path.
"The fcccrct of hill climbing , " says Frank
Dampinan. an expert cyclist of Philadel
phia. "ls the continual application of power.
If the rider Jumps In hi. , nark , using great
force for a time , ho tires himself , and does
not Recuio RH good results us when rutrh-
Ini ; the pedal at thu very top of the stroke ,
with toweled ht'fl nd using the iitikle
motion-he follows It almost the complete
revolution. Ily this method h icr.urcs
not only power of thu thigh mu&clne In the
puuh , hut the calf mimcle HH well , It Is
a well known fact that the majority of the
bill-climbing contests have hern won In
tbo past on Starr machlnr * . Thcvo worked
with a lover and ratchet motion , autl a
nklllfd rider won able to keep his entire
power concentrated on the niuchlno , to
propel It forward all the time , and thereby
EJln n distinct advantage over the lever
style. "
The following , compiled by Coloucl Al
bert A. Tope , li a good thing for county
coininUxlonrrt to study over , and the tax
payer can learn eouio things aluo ; The
eriibiu returns show tlmt tlicrr are la the
United States uliaut 15,000.000 liorto , over
2.0PQ..OOD mules and 49.000 asses. The annual
cost cf feed fur these animal * In about
? 1,575,000.000. On fine stone roads one
hoise can haul hi much as three horses
can haul over the average dirt road nt this
country. U la estimated that It would to
necessary to build about 1,000090 uilleu of
macAditmlzed road In the United Sta'e * in
order to havti ni goo'l a itt < > iu of public
ulKliwnyi as U found In tcvertl European
ftatci , At | J,000 per wile thl * would lu-
\
volvo an outlay of $1,000,000,000 , a pretty
argc sum.
Hut If one-half of the draught anlm.ils
could be dispensed with by the building
of such roads , there would be nn annual
saving of $788,000.000 In the feed bill. This
Is 3 per cent Interest on $30.000,000,000. $
Consequently , If road bonds wcro Issued ,
rearing 3 per cent Interest , more thun
' . ,000,000 miles of macadamized road could
io built without Increasing the annual
expenses $1 , The people are actually pay
ing 3 per cent on $2G,000,000.000 In order
: o keep up the present bad roads , while
t would not cost them one-sixth of that
sum annually to build the 1,000.000 miles
needed In order to put this country on
a par with Franco In the matter of good
roads.
mc'vci.r.s AS i.iKUSAVnits.
Iliw KiMilifii .TOUCH DciiiniiNtrntiMl
Their AvnllnlillH.v In n Cjolutii' .
In many places and under various circum
stances the bicycle had been used as a lifesaving -
saving device before , says n correspondent
of the Now York Sun , but It devolved upon
'
Sherman , Tex. to demonstrate Us prac
ticability as a devlcu for getting people out
of the way of a tornado.
It may , perhaps , be necessary to remind
thu reader that on May 1C , 1890 , Shcrmim
was struck by an awful tornado , which de
molished a great number of houses , wounded
hundreds of people and killed eighty-nine
outright. Sherman people themselves have
such a vivid recollection of this event that
It will bo many long years before It will bo
necessary to remind them of It. It was
nearly 5 o'clock on a Friday afternoon when
Lho storm struck. It had been raining hard
lust before , and many people In town were
watching the clouds. The average Texan
believes that his weather needs just a little
watching , and hence during a hard rain he
usually keeps at least one eye open for sus
picious actions on the part of the clouds.
The first suspicious action on this afternoon
was a sudden tendency to clear up. All at
once you could see blue sky behind the big
cloud. Then the cloud began to roll Itself up
Into a big ball all In one plnce. and before ono
could realize what had happened a fully de
veloped tornado was bearing down upon the
town.
At first glance It appeared to be making
straight for the court house and the main
business part of the town , and a wild rush
to get uway was made by those who were
watching. Many of the clerks and other
business men had ridden down town or
tholr wheels that morning as usual , am' '
It so happened that several of these were
among the number of cloud gazers. Hardlj
had the storm cloud gotten under full head
way , when down the street dashed a num
ber of these riders. East Jones street
seemed to be the one most sought as a wnj
of escape. Down this street the little pro
cession scorched , each man earnestly be
lieving that he was riding for dear life
This race down East Jones street was In
teresting enough , but It failed to estab
llsh anything as to the availability of the
bicycle as a llfesaver In cyclone time. It
Is true that the riders all escaped Injury
but It Is also true that they would have
escaped Injury even had they remalnec
where they were. They had ridden cast
but the storm passed further west than
the square.
It remained for young wheelman namec
Reuben Jones to have one of the most ex
citing experiences Incident to the storm
and nt the same time to demonstrate th
adaptability of the wheel to this new use
Ileuhen miscalculated the direction of th
storm even moro than the others did. II
started west. The fact that a certain verj
pretty young woman lived In the western
part of the town may or may not have ac
counted for his miscalculation. Down Wes
Houston street he darted like a flash , the
across the big Iron bridge spanning I'eca
creek , then up the mild Incline know
as Grey's hill. As he dashed alon
ho soon realized that ho was running dl
rcctly Into the pathway of the app'roachln
storm. The only thing to do was to kee
ahead , and. If possible , to get across th
track ahead of the cloud. Scarcely had h
gotten 200 yards beyond the bridge whei
the storm , which proved to be following th
creek bottom , struck the bridge , tore It fron
Its Iron pillars , twisted Its solid steel gird
era Into the most fantastic shapes Imagina
ble and throw It down , a mass of twlstec
tangled ruins. As the track of the. storm
proper was not more than 100 yards wide
Reuben was by this time away from It
mult ) fury. However , the air about him wa
full of Hying timbers , one of which mus
have struck his hind wheel and gone clea
through. It was afterward found that thro
of the spokes were cut In two as neatly an
cleanly as If It had been done with a knife
Reuben says that he has no recollcctlo
whatever as to when this was done. lie ha
so much to shako him up that the Jar whlc
the timber must have caused was never no
tlccd. By starting In on one side of the toi
nailo , riding clear across its track ahead o
It , and escaping unhurt , he clearly cstab
llshed a new use for the bicycle and Is ac
cordlngly entitled to the thanks of the who !
cycling fraternity of Texas.
Before leaving the subject of the blcycl
In Its relation to tornadoes , It might bo we !
enough to state that at least one cycle sul
fcred In the Sherman disaster. Where I
came from or to whom It belonged nohod
knows. All that Is left of It Is the rcmnan
of n big oak tree In what used to be a lar <
grove of oaks Just behind where Captal
Ely's elegant brick residence formerly stooi
Doth wheels arc gone , but the handle bar
and frame are still there. They are abou
twelve feet from the ground and are gro
tesqucly twisted around the ma lined bu
storm-defying tree trunk.
Tx KUAXCU.
TJic Vnlli-.v of < lnSiluc ( lie 1'iirniIlK
of Cj'uIi'i'M.
It Is four years now since the French gov
eminent has levied n direct tax an bicycles
This IUH made It possible to procure trust
worthy statistics AS to the number and dls
trlbutlon of bicycles throughout the country
fn 1S92 the number of velocipedes that pal
the government tax was 119,000. This ha
incrcagtil In 193 to 132,276 , an Increase o
13,000 ; In 1&94 to H9.0SO , nn Increase o
' J.7,000 ' , and In 189S to Just under 160,000 , a
'In'crcnso of 11.000. U seems clear that s
Uiuig as the fashion lasts the number o
bicyclists will Increase from 10,000 to 1B.OO
a year In France. At present It Is calcula
ted that then1 are 400 bicycles In the countr
to every 100,000 Inhabitants , but that Is
general menu- ; bicycles are not spread evenl
over the whole territory. It might be sui
posed that'the place where bicycles ar
densest IB I'itrla , where thcio ore 26,00
velorlpidcf , u number exactly equal to tha
of the winci shops. Hut there are other de
partments which surpass the Seine In th
proportion of machines to population.
Thu proportion to 100.000 Inhabitants Is
for the Marne , 925 ; for the Auho , 873 ; fo
Selue-et-Marne , 600 ; for Selnc-et-Olse , 845
The Seine- has 728 , the IJure 71 , the Ols
C ! > 6 , the Huru-tt-LoIre C51 , the Lolret < UO
In them departments the proportion of ma
chines to tr.lmhltantb ls highest ; they fort
a compact body around Paris , ttnd may h
descrlh < < l. roughly , an forming the bast
of the Seine , the dUtrlct In which the road
are the eunlent , the landscape most pleas
ant and test known , and the hotels th
most comfortable. Marnc and Auho to
gcther form the ol < l province of Champagne
lliu other departments the suburban ilUtrlc
of Tails.
Next In Importance ore the department
tottnril tlm < ust , the neighborhoods of UCE
tuicon and Illjon , It Is lu the eaet o
France tlmt thn KTCHI hleyUn factorle
are situated. The mountainous department
are those , naturally , where the fe.west bi
cycle * are to bo found. There ore only
twenty-live in the wtiulo of Corsica ; seven ,
thut In. to 100.000 Inhabitants. One curloui
xUtlil'.cul coincidence U that the geographical
graphical distribution of tlio blcyclo In
Fiauco U Identical with tlm distribution
of tilvorco * . Atld from tune ufflclai * U-
Intlcs , the Touring club hag published
ome Interesting figures. There arc 8,000
women cyclers In France , ono In twenty
f the whole number , and the proportion
f women Is Increasing. The professions
tint take to bicycling arc , first , clerks ,
then merchants and persons living on their
ncotnc , followed by doctors , civil servants ,
awyers , engineers , etc. , deputies and sen
ators winding up the list.
NOT A "CUA7n. "
octal Mini Kfoiionilo Influence's ! of
the Illoyc'le.
It Is an error to call bicycling a "craze , "
lays a writer In rlio Forum. It Is some-
hlng very different from that. The simple
act Is that the human rnco has discovered
new power for Its own uso. Frorr the
; arllcst duwn of civilization man has been
jxperlmontlng with the wheel , which ho
nvcntcd to Increase his powers of loco-
notion , Finally ho has hit upon a device
which makes his own body the source of
lower. Ho has placed wheels upon his
'cct , and as a result finds his powers of
ocomotlon- multiplied by five and even ten.
Instead of walking five or ten miles , with
more or less effort and fatigue , ho finds
himself traveling ten , tcwenty , fifty , and
even a hundred miles , according to his
physlclnl vigor and experience , with llttlo
perceptible fatigue and with n most de
lightful sense of animation. Ho has be
come master of his new power the most
valuable he has acquired ulnco he learned
to walk and It Is henceforth a part of his
equipment for his struggle wtlh life. Is It
probable that having once become possessor
of n power like this the human race Is
going to abandon It ? As well might we
expect It to abandon railways , and gas , and
electricity !
Th > economic effects of this new force lu
human nff.ilrs afford much material for
cuilous and even amusing study. It Is es
timated that since the passion got under full
headway , less than five years ago , fully
JIOO.000,000 have bocn spent 'n purchasing
bicycles In this country alone. The output
for this year Is estimated at from 700,000
to 1,000,000 machines , at an average price
of ISO each. Of course , n now blanch of
business of such dimensions as this must
disturb moro or less other kinds of busi
ness. A million people cannot buy blccles
at SSO each and buy as many other things
ns they would otherwise have bought.
Naturally the dealers In luxuries are the
first to feel the effects. The loudest out
cries como from the makers of watches nnJ
jewelry. Many of them Imvo abandoned the
business entirely and substituted for It
bicycle-making. Tl'cy say that formerly
when n sou came of age , or Christmas day
cimo around , a favorite family present was
a wtch ; now It Is a bicycle. The girls used
to save their pin money with which to buy
car rings , or a breast-pin , or a locket ; now
they hoard It for a bicycle. Not only mupt
the sons and daughters have them , but
the patents as well , so that all the family
savings go In one direction. The daughter
who has been ambitious for a piano con
cludes that she will not wait longer but
will get a bicycle Instead , since It costs
less. There arc many other complaints of
Injury to trade which might he enumerated ,
but I must content myself with the men
tion of only ono other , which Is , perhaps ,
the most moving of all , It was made by a
barber In New York City. "There Is noth
ing In my business any longer , " ho said ,
the blcyclo has ruined It. Before the
bicycle crnzo struck us the men used to
come In on Saturday afternoons and get a
shave , and a hair cut , and maybe a shampoo
pee , In order to take their girls to the
theater , or go out somewhere else in the
evening. Now they go oft on a bicycle and
do not care whether they are shaved or not.
You see where It hurts our business Is that
when a man skips a shave today , we can't
sell him two shaves tomorrow ; that shave Is
gone forever. "
_
1MIKSSIXO THE I'nilAI. . .
I'OWIT E\crlvil In Propt'Illiif ; the ni-
ojcl nt Ullforuiit Sivo < lN.
In a recent communication to the Paris
Academic "des Sciences M. Bouny gives par
ticulars of a series of experiments made to
determine the power exerted In propelling
a bicycle at different speeds , says En
gineering. The method adopted was to
take an autographic record of the total
force exerted on the pedal throughout a
complete revolution. To this end a disk
was mounted on the bicycle crank con
centric with the pedal pin. The pedal Itself
was mounted on stiff springs , and points
fixed to It traced curves on the disk al
ready mentioned. If no pressure was ex
erted on the pedal , these latter curves wore
simple concentric circles ; when , however ,
the rider began to work , the springs on
which the pedal was mounted yielded pro
portionately to the pressure applied , and
the curves then drawn showed , by their
deviation from the circular form , the value
of the force applied at any part of a revo
lution. One of the pointers In question
measured the force applied In a direction
perpendicular to the piano of the pedal ,
while , } he other showed the pressure ap
plied parallel to this plane. The latter Is
by no means nn Insignificant quantity , ns
nil good riders shove their pedal forward
ns well ns down. The angle the pedal made
at nny moment with the crank was also
automatically recorded.
An examination of the diagrams thus ob
tained showed. In the first place , that there
was no absolute dead point , such ns occurs
with an ordinary connecting rod and crank
motion , and secondly , that there Is always
some pressure on the pedal during the line ,
the negative work due to which has to bo
subtracted from that done during the down
stroke to obtain the net amount
used In propulsion. The experiments
were made at speeds ranging from
10 % to 2iyt miles per hour , the machine be
ing run on n wooden racing track. The re
sults , reduced to oven English measures by
means of n formula of Interpolation , were ns
follows :
Work done per
Speed. Semi-revolution ,
Miles per Hour. Ft.-lb.
10 .18.58
10 % 20.98
12.5 3G.98
1G.O 47.50
17.5 50.75
20.0 03,62
21U 66.08
It will bo seen from the above figures that
the average pressure of the foot required on
the pedal Increases rapidly with the speed ,
being at twenty miles an hour nearly three
and one-half times as much as at ten miles
per hour. Unfortunately , the gear ueed Is
not noted by M. Bouny , and so It ls Im
possible to deduce from thu above figures
the average tractive resistance of the ma
chine at the different speeds. Probably nt
the higher speeds named a large proportion
tion of the total work done was expended
In overcoming atmospheric resistance , and
the run of the figures might be changed
considerably If the trials were conducted on
a roughlsh road Instead of on a smooth
track.
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TIIU IIICVCM : ix TUB AIIMV.
with It III .Moiitnim.
Some tlmo ago a manufacturer opened up
negotiations with Lieutenant James A. Moss
In relation to putting a company of his men
on bicycles. Lieutenant Moss made an In
vestigation , and decided to make the experi
ment. Ten wheels are now In possession of
the soldiers at Fort Mlssoula , Montana , and
some severe experiments are to Ita made ,
Lieutenant Moss , who is lu command of
the corps , Is getting his part of thu work In
shape , ami will be ready for the real work
this month. In the meantime , the men will
he In training for the long rides they are to
make when their Meld service begins. In
speaking of their work to a reporter for The
Anaconda Standard , Lieutenant Moss Enid :
"During the past four or five years the
bicycle , as a practical machine for military
purposes , has been attracting the attention
of military men both In this country and
abroad. In foreign armies , however , the
matter has been brought to a more practical
stage than In this country. An early as
1870 the bicycle was used In the Italian
army. In France , Austria , Switzerland , and
other European countries there are now in
the armies regularly organized bicycle corps.
Recently there have been numerous ex
periments made In this country , both by
olllters of the regular army and by the
National Guard. The Interest In the sub
ject has so Increased that there U no
doubt t/iat , In the course oC the next few
years , every regiment la the regular army
wilt have Its bicycle corps. General Mllev
Is un cnthuslait on the subject , and In liU
last report recomrrafnri > d the orgnnlintlon ot
a regiment of blcy ! e hifnntry.
"I IIRVO Just coBipliitcd the organization
of a blcyclo corpsof ten men nt tlio post ,
which will make cctcmlvo experiments dur
ing the summer. SThe work will probably
bo continued Into the fall , as there Is much
to be done In thU line , and ns the experi
ments are the most extensive that have ever
been made In this station of the country
and the nature of i the region hero Is surh
that the work Isth pioneer experiment
In this respect. Tbo vhccl has never been
used In such n country as this , and It has
been assumed thattha wheel Is not adapted
to the country In which our operations
nro to bo carried on. I think Hint \vo will
bo able to demonstrate that the wheel * can
bo used to advantage on nil the roads of
this state , nnd tlmt the men on wheels can
traverse j quickly many of the trails that
have been considered Impassable to wheels ,
On this account the experimental work will
bo of deep Interest to the military profes
sion.
sion."Tho
"Tho work that has been laid out Includes
the jnjild conveying of messages from Port
Mlssouln to other posts several hundred
miles distant , the rapid establishment of
signal stations , route sketching , scouting ,
road patrolling , nnd reconnolsnnco and prac-
tlco rides over long distances with blankets ,
rifles , rations nnd shelter tents. "
The experiment outlined by Leutenant
Moss , under the existing conditions will be
n severe test of men nnd wheels. It Is
proposed to make forced rides of seventy
to ninety miles n day , and the men will
need some training for this work.
i-r for IlcimrtliiK OIINN I.ocutoil
The matter of obstructions In the wny of
glnss , tin cans and other things which
would easily puncture a cyclist's tire has
been the source of much annoyance for
some time past , and after considerable dis
cussion It wns finally decided to hnvo a
register printed with blank spaces for giv
ing the location , nature of obstruction or
complaint , time discovered nnd time re
ported , and by whom the report Is made
and have the same placed at some con
venient place , where these entries could 03
made by wheelmen nnd others.
Such a book has been gotten up nm
placed nt Kuhn's drug store , corner Fif
teenth nnd Douglas streets , where It will
bo found , nnd nil wheelmen nre requested
to make n note of any obstructions of this
kind and enter It on the register nt once.
Chief Slgwart of the police departmen
has very kindly consented to have the
officer who may be on this beat Inspect the
register hourly Just before making his re
port , and any complaint which may bt
entered therein will bo Immediately re
ported to headquarters and a special officer
will bo detailed to look Into the nintter nn < :
have the same removed.
The larger majority of the property own >
crs know , or should know , that there Is ai
ordinance In effect that If such things nre
left In front of their premises they
Iny themselves liable to arrest and Imprison
nicnt or fine for each and every time thai
these things are found In the street.
It quite frequently happens that some mis
chlcvous boy will place these things In the
wny of a wheelman to sec him get his whee
punctured , and again , many people thought
lessly throw old bottles out Into the street
knowing that It la not Just the proper place
for such things.
It Is to be hoped -that the plan adoptci
will In time do away with this state o
affairs and that whenlmen may ride along
the street without watching every Inch o
ground for fear of .winning Into a lot o
broken up glass. NorIs this true of wheel
men alone , but the glass Is just as llab
to Injure or lame horses , and It Is earncstlj
requested that any one who may chance tc
observe nny kind1 , of obstruction whntevc
will see that It Is properly reported by hav
Ing a full nud complete description enterec
In the register and the police will see tc
the rest.
Perhaps you may pass the place In day
light without runnlng.Jnto It , but the nex
man Is liable to. rome along after nlgl
and suffer Injuries to his wheel or hor-r
whereas , If .It IB by this new plan mad
known to the onictaltt. It will be removei
without delay nnd tyou will be doing an ac
of kindness to every user of our publl
thoroughfares.
Every citizen should be Interested In thl
matter Indirectly who rides n wheel or drive
nny kind of a vehicle , nnd Kiiould thus al
and assist the Associated Cycling clubs t
do away with what has for a long time bee :
a menace to them , and the property o\\ncr ;
will In all events seek to catch the gitllt
parties If they come to n realization of th
fact that the ordinance Is about to be ver
rigidly enforced. Respectfully yours ,
W. C. BOUK ,
Secretary the Associated Cycling Clubs
of Omaha.
MoICIiilcjI.'IIVOIH flood ItunilN.
In reply to n letter addressed to Hoi
William McKlnlcy at his home nt Canton
0 , , asking for his standing toward the goo
roads movement , Mr. James Bovle , hi
private secretary , sends the following coir
munlcatlon :
My Dear Fir : Major McKInley Is no\
absent from the city and It devolves upo
jno to make acknowledgment of yours o
the 20th lust. Enclosed I send extract
from Governor McKlnley's message to th
legislature In 1892 and 1893.
Pursuant to his recommendation made 1
1893 the legislature created a good road
commission and the appointments were dul
made by the governor , and the commlsslo
Investigated the subject and made a repor
to the legislature. I regret that I hav
not got a copy on hand , but Iwill write t
Hon. Martin Dodge. Cleveland , O. , who wa
n member of the commission , and ask him t
forward you a report. Yours very truly ,
JAMES BOYLE , Private Secretary.
Following is the extract from Governo
McKlnley's message of 1892 ; "Tho grea
need In many sections of Ohio Is good coun
try roads. This Is a subject of Importanc
not only to agriculturists , but affects ever
material Interest of the state , and Is re
cclvlng very general attention throughoii
other states of the union. '
'I Invite theat
tcntlon of the legislature to It with the ob
jcct that some plan may be devised whlcli
with the concurrence of the people , wll
lead to the Improvrtnent of our public high
ways , so that they will be serviceable I
winter as well as In summer. Many of ou
country roads are almost Impassabie durln
several months of the year. They shoul
bo good the year round for the safety an
convenience of travel nnd transportation
The consideration of this subject by th
legislature Mould lead to discussion union ,
the farmers of the state , which would fur
nlsh valuable suggestions to the legislature
It Is evident from the poor and Ill-con
structcd roads which wo find In many par
tlons of Ohio , that the laws relating to th
subject require attention , and possibly , re
vision. "
Extract from mennago of Governor Me
Klnley. 1893 :
"Without reproducing what I said a yea
ago upon the subjcuU of good roads , I be (
most earnestly to < nsU the consideration c
the general assembly , to that subject. I
Is attracting uttantton In all parts of th
country , and In 310 state Is theregreate
necessity for good.1 roads than In our own
I suggest that the > -gencral assembly author
ize the appointment of a commission to In
vcstlgato and carefully consider all plan
proposed and experiments being made , am
to submit a report , with recommendations
In tlmo for the moating of the first sessloi
of the next general , assembly , the commls
slon to serve withoutmy. . "
From the foregplng ; It will bo readily seen
that Hon. WIlllaiA McKInley Is heartily In
favor of the "Good .Roads' " movement an
that he has already made a step In the rlgh
direction.
It is noted with pleasure that be I
In favor of thus joining hand
with the League of American Wheelmen In
this matter and lending his co-operation
and aid In the establishing and maintenance
of better roads and Improving our publl
highways. As Intimated In thin article
the wheelmen are not only benefited , bu
every citizen of the United States may shan
In reaping benefits from an effort In thl
direction ,
The local wheelmen have for a , long tfmi
been agitating the building of several cych
paths out of Omaha and the various clubi
of this city represented In the Associate !
Cycling Clubs of Omaha recently organize !
a. political committee whose duties will bo
to recommend those men for office who thun
favor the "Good Roads' " movement as we )
.as other matters of vital Importance to
wheelmen.
The voters thus represented run up Into
the thousands , and their support this fal
will figure very materially not only with.
the election or rejection of local candidates
but also with these who hnvo to do with
the national nffalrs of the United States.
A\nnt ( lip llcro'M I'lrtor ,
Tlio following pithy epistle wns mailed
Thursday to the town marshal ot Florence !
OMAHA , July 30. Mr. Green : KcfcrrltiR
to the recent arrest of a couple ot Omaha
wheelmen and the manner In which snld
arrest or "hold-up" was accomplished , In
which yourself and "deputies" played a star
engagement , permit me to say that I hnVo
had several requests from the publishers of
astern newspapers for your photo. He-
Icvlng that your conduct upon this occa-
Ion wns duo to a desire for notoriety nnd
o show n number ot strangers that the
linnhn boys could not run the town of
"lorcncc , especially while you held your
irosent position , I furnished these papers
vlth nn account of the "hold-up" and now
'Ml be hanged If they don't want your photo ,
t you have ono which 1 would bo allowed to
iso for this purpose I would be glad to have
t , but would prefer one \\hlch would show
otirself and "deputies" drawn up In line ,
vlth revolvers nnd bowlc knives ready for
action , nnd If the photographer could pos
sibly do It I would llko to have the language
vhlch you used upon this occasion engraved
or photographed beneath the picture. I do
lot believe that you will over have n better
chance to place yourself In n position where
you will gain notoriety nnd draw attention
o the town of Florence , nnd would ngnln
request that the photo be taken and mulled
to my address. If your extreme modesty
would prevent you from 1m v I UK such a photo
taken , and you will notify me what time
you will have your "deputies" In line I will
be glad to furnish the picture.
Hoping that you will not deny thousands
of people the privilege of looking upon the
face of "tho hero of Florence , " and assuring
you that the language used upon this occa
sion will not bo copyrighted without your
permission , I nm , JOHN D. HOWK.
TonrlHt Whrrl Xod'M.
For some unknown reason the Tourists
appear to bo losing all Interest In roud
riding. The club house register shows the
members as having registered for several
places , borne to Qlenwood , Ulatr , Carson , la. ,
and other points were visited last Sunday.
One or two conturlnns made their weekly
100-mllc spin.
U wns suggested early In the season that
the country tours be mndo not over fifty
miles In length , that thu captnln bo accom
panied by thu Imlanco of the road oinccrs , as
well nH the president and the other club
oinclals. The I'npllllon Joint run , we believe ,
Is the only instance where this has been
done and the absence of the club bearers
nscll ns the larger number of the mem
bers on the regular weekly runs elicits this
bit of Information.
A trial by Captain Spencer of the short
runs was attended with such poor results
that longer rides were scheduled , but up-
patently without any material change In
attendance Many of the boys nro brimful ]
of enthusiasm nt the regular uiectliiRs , but
they are conspicuous only by their absence
when the hour arrives for a "called run. "
Speaking of the national meet we desire
to give the local consuls a pointer nt this
tlmo. We arc Just In receipt of the follow
ing letter from .Michael G. Helntz of Cincin
nati , O. "Shall not be nblo to spend more
than one day nt the Louisville meet. If 1
go nt all. It would give mu much pleasure
to meet you. I nm sure of one thing , the
stranger always hns n good tlmo In Louis
vlllc. I toured to that city last year In a
round-about way , covering moro than COC
miles , and hnd much enjoyment in Louis
ville. If Omaha does not want the meet
until 1S9S , It is too early to make pledges
now. My preference , all things else being
considered , would be to give il
to a city which shows Its faith
by Its good works. You will recall
that Toledo last year , while a candidate for
the ' 9C meet , made tremendous growth It
membership. She gathered In more recruits
In two months than Louisville did In the
past five years , and has now a membership
almost equal to the Kentucky division. Lot
Nebraska come forward with recruits am
she will gain favor. Trusting to see you n
Louisville , I nm yours , " etc.
This menus we must get out and hustle
memberships must not bo allowed to go bj
without renewals being made. True ,
nro adding a few names to our list everj
week , but this inust be Increased. Then
are hundreds of wheelmen within thi
boundaries of Omaha who should Join tin.
League of American Wheelmen , and probablj
would If the matter was broatchcd proper ) ;
to them , and they were brought to rcallz
the benefits which they derived from becom
Ing members. The editors of the Western
Cyclist offered , some tlmo ago , a $10 goli
badge to the Nebraska local consul wh
secures the most new members between
January 1 , 1890 nnd December 1 , 1S9C. Ther
Is nn extra inducement. If you nro not
League of American Wheelmen mcmbe
don't wait for some one to call on you , bu
make It a point to call on one of them , ther
are several In Omaha , nnd every wheelman
should Join this organization. The amoun
you will save If you attend the natlonn
meet at Louisville , Ky. , this summer wll
moro than repay you tenfold by being i
member of It. A cnrd will be Issued to thos
who dcblre to Join that
now will serve ns i
"pass , In lieu of the fact that the time Is to :
short to procure the regular mombershli
card In the usual manner before August 1C
No doubt longer remains that the closln
day of the state circuit will be a gala day li
Omaha , and that It will ecllpso any othe
similar event ever held In this city , thi
management give every assurance. A glanc
over some forty-five or fifty entries show th
following Tourists as having entered : Pro
fesslonals , Gndke , "Dad" Holton , McCall
Fredrlckson , Jack Cullcy , nnd in the nma
teur clnss nro the famlllnr names of Loul
Flescher , H. S. Thomas. J. Mlllhouse , Dai
Brewer , Ed Shrndcr , Trcd Uarnum nm
Charles W. Martin.
It Is earnestly requested that every Tourls
who can possibly attend the rnres meet a
the club rooms , corner Fifteenth and Doug
Ins , and go out In uniform. Mr. Wllllan
Lyle Dickey and Charlie Thomas have beet
laboring zealously for the success of tin.
meet , and now It Is but just to them , ah
well as the contestants , that we attend tin
races and aid In milking the event a credl
to Omaha.
The prize list Is a large one , and the pro
gram Is replete with a large number of races
asldo from which several special events nre
booked which will make In all a day's bpor
worth going many miles to witness. Many
records will probably bo lowered , and tin
track will bo In the pink of condition.
Tickets will be distributed out among th
various clubs of the city , and the mcmb it >
should assist as far OH possible In swelling
the attendance up Into the hundreds. Interest
torest thus created will very materially uli
In procuring for us the national meet li
1S98 , Put up good races , and HCC that they
are liberally patronized , the results tha
follow are very apparent to every wheel
man.
Another rousing meeting was held last
Wednesday evening by the ' 90 Meet club
and several matters of Impoitatiec dlsciiKBci :
and committees reported piogiess In the
several duties assigned them : It la con <
fldcntly expected that a largo dclcgatlni
will leave Omaha on August S for Louisville.
Ky. , and will take with it at least u full
carload of good things , which ulll bu freely
distributed among the League of American
Wheelmen at Louisville , It linn not been
daelded Just what It will bring bock lu
the car , but possibly Davy O'Brlrm will bhi |
back a carload of Kentucky's production , nl
which It boasts so much , viz. : Ilcautlful
women , fast horses , fine liquor and tobacco.
It Is earnestly requested that all those who
desire to Join thn 0 in aim ' 9G Meet club
will advise Mr. O'llrlen In person nt by
letter at 120 North Fifteenth ttrect of tholr
Intentions at the earliest possible moment
IJach person should place their ordwh for
suits at once In order to Insure their being
ready when the time comes to start. Thin
matter should not be neglected.
Several members came forward .it the last
meeting and deposited f5 cash as a guaranty
of good faith and to show that 'hoy fully
Intend to go.Tlie name IE placed to their
credit as tlmt much paid on their tronb
portation and this gives the committee n.me
thing to tshow Just who arc going and who
are not. Let every member of * ho dub
como forward Immediately and do likewise ,
Accommodation ) ) mubt b provided now for
the party and If you are uolng kindly malco
It known In order that proper arrangeuu no
may be made.
A sample of Nebraska's hospitality was
Indulged In by the members at the meeting
ednesfiay tilght through the kindness of
F , W. Fitch , and , while several of the boy *
talil they were simply In "tralnlm : " for
what tliev expected to get when they arrived
at the national meet , It was pronounced as
being No. 1 , and a vote of thanks In hereby
extended Mr. Fitch for lib "treet" and It
will be our turn next ,
.A meeting has been called /or next
Vednosday evening , August E , nt whlrh
vcrythlng should bo In readiness , nn 1 It Is
cquested that every member of the ' 9' ! Meet
lub will nttoml. Also these who are in *
crested In Omaha securing the national
icct In 189S. Let this meeting bo une full
f enthusiasm nnd It Is safe to say that the
imaha delegation will be Able to roUln n
rent deal of the push nnd energy which Is
innlfosted nt that time to assist It In Its
crsonal work while awny.
YV"lil | iprliiw of flip AVIii'H.
The principal topic of conversation among
ocnl wheelmen during tno past week has
) een the coming state circuit meet , which
s to bo held at the Old Fair Grounds track
icxt Saturday , nnd the ' ! > $ meet club's trip to
-oulsvllle , Ky. . where U will take In the
intlnnal tnrct nt the League of American
Vhcelmcn the second week In August. The
tain circuit moot bids fair to eclipse nny-
hlng of the kind ever attempted hero before ,
t hns been nearly three years since Omaha
IBB hnd n good out-door meet nnd local en-
huslapts will undoubtedly appreciate the
net tlmt It will afford them nn opportunity
o witness better races than hnvo ever been
leld here before. Up to date over forty en
tries hnve been received , nnd nmong them
arc the best riders of the west. There being
such n largo number of entries It will be
iccessnry to run trial heats Saturday morn-
ng.hlle the finals will occur In the nfter-
loon. Below \\lll ho found n short sketch of
tome of the most prominent professional
Miters entered :
Reddy Maxwell of Wlnflcld , Kas , has been
on the path for the past three yenrs , during
which time he hns ridden with nnd won
rom some of the fastest men In this country ,
lie Is nt present the holder of the world's
.hrce mile amateur competition record. Ho
ins been showing excellent form on the
S'chrnskn circuit nnd is looked upon ns
; ho probnblo winner of most of the open
professional events nt next Saturday's
meet.
E. E , Mockctt of Lincoln , Neb. , Is ono
of Nebrasltn's fastest riders , nnd also ono
of the foulest In the west. He hns been
riding for the past six yenrs nnd Is n
thorough track general. Ho Is showing
greater speed this year than over , nnd will
undoubtedly give Mnxwell n hard race for
first honors.
H. E. FrcdrlckFon of this city is another
of Nebraska's fast men and has probnbly
competed In and won moro races than nny
other rider In this vicinity. Ho IB Improv
ing dally In his riding , nnd some flno work
may be expected of him hero.
II. C. Gndke , nlso ot Omnlm. hns hut re
cently Joined the professional ranks , hav
ing made his debut nt the Fremont circuit
meet on July 22. This Is Gadke's third
year In the game and ho has a long string
of victories to his credit , among which nre
[ ho ono mile Nebraska state championship
In 1895 , and the one-quarter , one-half , ono
and two mile state championships for 1890.
He has been training hard for the coming
races and will undoubtedly give a good ac
count of himself.
John ] > awson of Chicago , known ns the
"Terrible Swede , " Is ono of Illinois' best
riders , nnd , while he has not been winning
with great regularity on the Nebraska
circuit , nt the same time he Is showing good
speed nnd on Omaha's largo track should
show up well.
Homer Falrman , nlso of Chicago , Is
practically a new man in the racing gnme
ns this Is , you might say , his first year
at real racing. He won the Chicago road
race In 1895 , nnd Is looked upon as n very
fast man.
"Dad" Holton Is one ot Omaha's old-
time reclng men , having followed the game
since the early days of Jnck Prince nnd the
old exposition building. Ho has not been
following tlio circuit , but has remained at
home and trained faithfully for the coming
meet. His tinlner says that he Is In finer
form than over , and will make somebody
ride to win.
C. K. Donnian of Omaha was n shining
light in western rncing circles In the days
of. the good old ordinary , nnd .In 1890
captured the Nebraska state championship
on this type of machine. Ho has decided to
try his luck nt modern cycle racing nnd
has entered In all of the piofesslonal events
He has been training for , the past three
weeks nnd Is showing a remarkable burst
of spceck
Besides the above such professionals ns
McCall. Proulx. Gustuverson , Hall , Lafferty
and many others will compete. A rate of
ono nnd one-third fure for the round trip
hns been secured on all roads leading Into
Omaha. This will undoubtedly bring many
wheelmen from throughout Iowa , Kansas ,
nnd Nebrnskn to witness the rnces ,
D. J. O'Brien and his ' 98 National Meet
club will leave Omaha for Chicago on Sutur-
lay evening , August S. They will remain
n Chicago all day Sunday , leaving there In
ho evening for Louisville , A Urge delegn-
Ion of eastern wheelmen will Join them in
ho World's Fair city anil accompany them
ho'balance of the distance.
W. 1 > . Mardls , manager of Charles Street
park , went to Chicago Tuesday evening last
md returned Tuesday. He will soon put on
mother professional six-day rnce , nml
ieveral of Chicago's speedy riders have
iromlseu ) to be present and compete. '
Local clubs have been doing very llttlo
ruling during July , nnd nearly nil of the
club captains hnve declared all July and
August runs oft on account of thn hot
venthcr. The beginning of September will
ngnln sco the clubman taking his regular
Sunday country tour and as the fruit
season Is at Its height In September water-
uclon nml grnpo runs will be In order.
A new style of bicycle thief hns made his
nppcnrnnco In many of the largo eastern
: ltte , but has not yet reached Omaha.
lo\\cvcr , It may bo well to wnrn local
cyclists In advnnco nnd describe the
smooth game ho plays. He generally works
with women. Ho accosts a rider and tells
icr tlmt her tire Is fiat , or that n spoke is
loose , or that her chain Is too tight Ho
apparently fixes up these defects and then
says , "now Just let mo see If It runs nil
right , " nnd with that ho jumps Into the sad-
llo nnd stnrlB off. The spectnclo of bloomer
ivoman standing disconsolately In a street or
nirk road , n grent distance from home ,
wntehlng n bicycle thief scorching off In
the distance would bring tears to t'jea
mused tu1 weeping.
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