THE OMAHA DAILY JVEEi SUNDAY , JULY -1 , 1897.
SPORTS FOR THE DOG DAYS
Cn-Eory Comment oa Events Here , There
and Everywhere.
BIG MONEY DOWN THE GRAND CIRCUIT
Ornunioiil ) I In * Prnrlf of the Vetir-
VN. KiiKlNIi Mi'llioiln V
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FltliliiK.
In colIORo circles everywhere they are
till talking of Cornell's late brilliant vic
tory over Yale ami Harvard on the Hudson
nnd I suppose the chat will be maintained
UD to the regatta season or 1S9S. While not
near enough to the keat of war and being
compelled almost wholly lo rely on the ro-
Doris In the eastern dallies for details of the
lludcon boat races , there Is certainly no one
p prejudiced as to dispute the unqualified
superiority of the Cornell methods over those
of either the Yale or Harvard crows. It Is
patent , too. that this biipc-rlorlty rests with
the methods and not with the stroke' , for
the difference In the three strokes Is hardly
appreciable. Had all three crews been rowIng -
Ing perfectly thu stroke which they had boon
taught , there Is not one In ten who could
Kivo Idenllfled them by that moaiui only.
The differences which do exist are so slight
ns to be of no material weight whatever In
determining which erow may win. The
Lrhnnnh is ono of form , not of stroke , ana
It Is Charley Courtney who Is to be thanked
by the Cornell oarsmen for their Miocess.
Courtney Is undoubtedly the greatest coach
In America today. He has been so for a
number of years .although until two years
ixjo he ornctlrftl on n wrong theory. When
be look the Cornell crew to Henley In the
Hummer of IMi.'i he Maw there the Kngllsh
htrokc as noirly perfected ns It could bo
Been. He recognized Its merits itnfl em
bodied Its prlnolphs In the stroke which lie
Inught the Cornell crow the next year , not
withstanding all statements of Cornell men
nnd Courtney hlm elf to the contrary- This
Is ulalnlv demonstrated by the rowing this
year of the three crews taught In the same
o -'iool side bv side.
U was not a victory of the American over
the Kngllsh stroke In nny sense. It was a
victory for the Kngllsh stroke , for that Is
what all three rowed. There Is no such
thing ns nn American stroke , unless by th.it
is meant the chort , snappy stioke rowed by
Cornell three years ago. Tb.it stroke nt
Cornell at least has passed out of exlslence.
Its merits were weighed by the greatest
Judge of rowing America boasts when his
rrew met the English crews at Henley , and
it was found wanting.
The grand trotting circuit for 1S07 , which
opcnn nt Detroit , thence to Cleveland , Co
lumbus. Fort Wayne. Glen Falls , Ite-ad-
vllle and New York , offers rare Inducements
for the summer campaign. Detroit oltcrs the
most money , with a total of Km.UoO for a ten
days' meeting , but the purses are not so
large as thoac offered nt Cleveland the fol
lowing week for a five days' mentlni ? . De
troit has two stake raeo.s. ono for J10 , MO mid
the other for $11,000 , but has only throe purses
of $2.009. the others being of $1.500. Jl.LWJ
nnd $1 000 each. At Cleveland , on th" other
hand , there are eight of $2,500 nnd seven of
$2.000 , thico being down for each of thp live
days. At Columbus the total la $23r 00. made
up of fourte"1 purses of $ tfiQO and ono of
$2,100 for the free-for-all pacers. At Fort
Wayne there are six pursts of $2.000 , e-lght
of SI.200 and two of $1.000 , both of the two
lust named meetings being of live dnys. C.Iei
Falls is a nrmbor of the Grand Circuit for
the first time tills year , and , ninny believe ,
for the only time. Glen Falls suffers from
Isolation and It requires a large local popu
lation to support a circuit trotting meeting.
Hut the great Independence day attractions
Tir those interested In light harness homes
wlM be found within the gates of Charter
Oak park , Havtfoid , Conn. , ntxL Monday , July
C , when four of the fastest harness horses
will struggle for fume and , Incidentally , the
puree. The owner of each of these contest
ants Is Independently rich. and. although
ecch horse represents a comfortable fortune ,
even In Huso ilayn of milllonalris , not one
of the owners would hesitate to give doublti
the money paid for his horse If he could
acKleve ono thing. . It Is something for whl-h
every man who bas hold the rolns over Hie
back of a fast trotter or pacer has hoped and
longed a mile In two minutes. A bravo ef
fort will b ? made at Charter Oak on the day
named to reach the speed for which so many
have Bought , and It will not be at all sur
prising to those who have been watching the
elally work of the great pace-o who will com
pcto If thin Is accomplished. Kvery eornl1-
tlon now flfcms to warrant that some mlghtv
fast driving will be seen , and with such
evenly matched compelItnrs there * will be no
time for any renting by the wayside after a
start Is made. John 11. Gentry , who has
come within half a sccend of traveling a mile
Inside of two minutes , will be one of Hie
star att.actlors. Then there will be his
etablo companions , Hobert J , with a record
of 2:01',4. : These two flyers arc owned by
Lewis O. Tewksbiiry of New York City. It
now \i \ Mr. Tewk biiry's boast that he owni1
the fastest two light harness horsca In the
world. Next to Robert J. Is Star Pointer ,
with a record just ono second slower than
llobcrt J. , hlo former slablo unite. James
A. Murphy Is the owner of Star Polnler.
Frank Agan Is the slowent of the quartet
as far ns record tlmo lo concerned , but Agnn
has been the contending horse when the oth
ers were making their boat performances.
II W. Hublnger of New jlavei Is the owner
of Frank Agan. and the otberj must be In
tlio bent condition to boat him In npllt heats.
It will bo n great disappointment to those
who have undertaken bringing the horses
together If the turnout of spevtnlors Is 1114
n grand ono. The purse of $ CiOO ( Is a largo
ono , and It may bo a long tlmo before an
other such Held of pace-s Is neon together.
As It Is , the Interest In the race Is wltlc-
epread and them will be men from sections
widely separated.
Nothing Is talked of In wheeling clrclrn
nowadays but the annual moot of the League
of American Wheelmen , which will be hold
ill Willow Grove next August. This la the-
eighteenth celebration of the annual event ,
nnd at no time before lias Ihero boon such
rntliui'limm shown us already displayed In
preparation for the busy week In August ,
whoo ulie-t-lmi'i ) from all over the country
will afcscmhlo at Philadelphia. It can bo
snly said that this will be the banner year
of the League of American Wheelmen's ex
istence , for thu membership In Ihat body lia.i
grown so steadily In the last year nnd the
wheel has become to universally popular that
hardly a household throughout this broad
Jnnd but what -posscte-ed of a wheel or Ib
thoroughly acquainted with the sport. The
League of American Wheelmen IK the largest
and most powerful organization ol Its kind
In Iho world. It was organized nt Newport.
11. I. . May 30. 18SO , when comparatively few
people rode wheels , and , In fact , they were
only cecn nt long Intervals In the east.
wlioio all the riding at that early day was
routined. The * objects of the orginlzatiou
were nt that time , as they are at this day ,
lo promote the general Interests of cycling
to ascertain , defend and protect the rlghU
of wheelmen , to encourage and facilitate
tonrlne , to promote the building unfi preser
vation of good roads and lo govern ell ama
teur sports In connection with the bic.ycle ,
A strange coincidence , says Ktl Cole , con
nected with the Hrooklyn Handicap and the
Suburban this year was the fact that tlio
premier heavyweight Jockey , Fre.l Taral , dii |
not have n mount In either race. This was
owing lo the withdrawal it the last mlnulo
of Hastings from the Hrooklyn and Flying
Dutchman from the Suburban. This left no
opportunity for Tarnl to get a mount In
cither race * , us the engagements had all been
made for the remaining startere. It la the
n.rs ( tlmo ho has not bad a mount In the
tprtng handicaps In years. Although the
rare colvcd thu problem of the belt JV'ite ul
thu time. It has not decided In the public
mind thai Dn Hruih le the crack of the
Tear , for the hlKliCdt class horses were In
their strtbUs on Tuesday suffering from ail
ments of ono character and another. Hand-
prlng bas u dltcased hoof , Ilequltal Is tuch a
poor grubber that bet cannot be trained as
a boruo nhould be , Hastings U just getting
over u lamcnc i. and Duck Matulo U BO lame
( bat ho liny not race again. ThU being the
tlluallon , It In more than likely we klull
have lo wult until ( he fall meetings before
I lit qurillori of champion It decided.
b won bis title to firI bailer
among the 3-year-oldfl of the United States.
Ila crowtrlng triumph was achieved at St.
Louis on .Saturday last , when he defeated
for the first time the only horse of his age
which ho had hitherto been unable to beat
In a race. Ornament's win at St. Louis a
week ago and the Oakley Derby Thursday ,
has Interested the whole thoroughbred world ,
nnd hundreds will take delight In watching
this magnificent horse run his race. In the
cast ns clear a field awalta Ornament's com
ing. They have no good , consistent 3-year-
olds In that section. Ogden , able to tnkc
Ornament's measure as n 2-year-old , Is sadly
out of line this scafon , and the others-
Don do Ore , Oclagon. Ituddha and Voler and
such have shown such eccentricities of form
that none of them can be stamped an firM-
class. They we-re hoping In the east to bring
Ornament and Typhoon together for the tlrst
tlmo since the- Louisville Derby on one of
their tracks. There will not bs any very
loud calls for Typhoon now. He was most
disgracefully beaten nt St. Louis , although
Puckvidcrc Is a colt of no mean proportions ,
and Ornament Is such a magnificent horse
that any 3-year-old on the continent Is very
apt to look shabby while running behind
him. Ornament Is In this country what
Galtec More is in Kngland.
Another rholco pipe dream floating on the
sultry summer air Is that Charlie MltclMl ,
the pugilistic humorist , Is already packing
his carpet-sack for another visit to the home
of the eagle for the purpose of challenging
Jlm'Corbntt. It Is alleged , too. that Cbolly
ban something like $2rioOO In his clothes lo
innki * solid his overtures to Jim. Hut the
funniest feature of the affair IH that Hilly
Hrnily , the oM Omaha newsboy , says that
Corbett will Jump at the chance for a go
with Mitchell like n trout after a nice ripe
grasshopper. And I bollcvo him. I would
think , hnwevr , that Corbntt would hide his
head every lime the name Mitchell occurred
In his presence. He certainly can never for-
; ot how he robbed the ICngllshman at Jack
sonville , bow In his cowardice he stood over
ami struck him while ho wa < on his hands
and knots , and how at Dishonest John Kel
ly's suggestion. In tlio last round , when
Charlie was hanging dead to the world on
the ropes , ho crossed over the ring and
knocked him down and cut. Nice specimen
this fellow Is to talk about Fltzslnimons hav
ing fouled him at Carson. Hut how Is Cor-
bplt going to accept a challenge from Mitch
ell wh'ln Cboynrkl , Mnber , Shnrkoy and c\en
Steve O'Donnell have boon barking at his
door ever since that lovely llagellatlon he re
ceived out In the Sage Hrush otatc. Ho has
said all along that he would meet no tighter
but Kits ! , nnd the reason he > said that was
because he knew bo would never have tl-e
chance. I believe If Fltz were to consent to
give this domestlcaled braggart a return
match tomorrow ho would begin running th ?
moment he heard of it , and that he would
only stop when he ran Into a stone wall ,
brick school house or something like that.
The laws of nature can be violated with
Impunity by no man. There Is a limit to
the endurance ! of llcsh anil blood , ami , 'I
might very well add , mentality , too. Thl'i
Is n truth sadly realized. This Is n truth
sadly realized by Ihose who rcconlly sontl-
mentallv pinned Ihelr faith to the ranting
ox-champion and treated with Indifference
the bid of the long , freckled boy from the
bottom side of the globe for the proudest
r.-'i-k In the world of the blffors. It was tlio
same way witluJohn L. Thoss two festivi.ls
of fists added a chapter to the rocortls th.tt
will hold a place of prominence In the
niinnls of the ring as long ao mankind pa > s
tribute to this , the most vigorous typo of
'duslcal culture. The fall of Sullivan and
HIP n-vcii'laiiry of Corbott and the rise of
FHzslmmons have been told In ten thousand
ways and call for no repetition here. Hut
what I want to get at Is that there is a
limit to human sufferance. Corbott has
ludlelously subsided and if it wasn't for the
fact that he In a brother of Joe Corbett. the
wonderful young pitcher of the Haltlmoro
I.so ) ball team , his name would rarely creep
Into print. Unlike Corbett , however , after
tbe fashion of the brook. It seems that
Sullivan Is to run on forever. Poor old
fellow ! How he Is to be pitied ! Training
for n fight with Fitzslmmons ! Isn't that
the sheerest Idiocy ? Hut. thank heaven , he
does not Intend to fight Fltz or any ono else.
A little fake was cooked up between the
pair for Hrooklyn next Monday , but the
notice will not even let them pull this off
nnil the rod-hots will not have the chance
lo see the gray-headed , hog-fat , decrepit
old man battling agalnft the modern
crimson-topped Achilles.
There cnn be now no reasonable dispute
about the supremacy of Cornell above other
American colleges In aquatic sport. To
win three out of four races within ten daya
is a performance unequaled In theanna'ls
of American boating since 1676 , when Cor
nell ran away with all the honors In the
famoiu fiarrtoga regatta. Cornell has now-
defeated the 'varsity crews of Yale , Har
vard. Columbia nnd Pennsylvania. It ! ia.-
also defeated the freshmen crews of Colum
bia find Pennsylvania , and lost only the
freshman race with Yale and Harvard. That
It has not thfs year established n now
world's record for four miles may bo said to
bo tine only to the fact that It was never
pushed sufilclently hard to accomplish that
performance. Cornell already holds the
world's record for four miles. 10 mlnules
anil 2ft seconds , which It established Int. !
year In n victory over Harvard. Columbia
and Pennsylvania. Courtney and otlicr
competent Judges of the Cornell 'varsity
crew of this year have all along stated that
this year's crew Is fully ten aeeonds faster
than was last season's crow.
Yesterday's race with Columbia and Penn
sylvania was the leant satisfactory of .any
of the races. The result was universally
anticipated before the crews ever Blurted ,
and It was an lnipos iblllly to got nny bets
hero or elsewhere ngnlnsl Cornell. The nc-
cldont to the Pennsylvania shell is to be
deeply regrettoil , especially ns a slmllnt
thing hnppcrcd two years ago to tbe crew
of the Fame university. In addition to
granting the title of "Queen of the Amor-
loan waters" to Cornell , there are only two
Incidents of Friday's race that need to bo
commented upon. The first Is that the
victors are thorough sportsmen fair , honor
able and got erous. Although they have
been compelled lo row Iwo hard races within
eight dajs. because of Yale's snobbish re
fusal ( o ei.ler Into a contest with Columbia
and Pennsylvania , the first ihlng the Cor-
nolllans did after winning tlio race was to
olfor lo row Pennsylvania , whose crow had
been compelled io drop out , over tlio same
course again the next day. While the
offer was declined the fact lhal It wuu made
speaks volumes in praise of the sports
manlike qualities of the winners.
Cornell , tills year more than ever before -
fore , has been esteemed to be * a lot of light
weights who could make fast time only on
smooth water nnd with all conditions favorIng -
Ing them. The victory In Friday's race ,
when the water was running high with ugly
swells. Is proof of the fact that Cornell
can win boat races In all kinds of water.
It Is always supposed that In a rough
coiiit-o. the odds are In favor of the heaviest
sot of oarsmen. Probably they are , but
Cornell foigot to bo prejudiced In this way
and jUBt rowed through the waves and tan
away from the big men of New York City
ami Philadelphia In the most' hollow man
ner conceivable.
Ill view of Its regular , oft-repealed and
decisive victories , this question naturally
arises : Would It not bo well hereafter In
boat races with other American college
crews to handicap any crew hailing from
Ithaca , trained by Courtney ami clinging
steadfastly to American Ideas of oarsman
ship and watermanship ?
Goddard. since ho turned the tables on Ud
Smith In South Africa , Is being boosted as a
bidder for thu championship , but It is doubt
ful If ho lo anything like the GoJdard of
old. In any case there la a return date with
Peter Mahcr awaiting him when he teaches
this country , ami public opinion will require
him lo accepl Mailer's challenge befoio It
will consider him entitled to a crack at Fitz
slmmons. All things considered Hob seems
to have worked blnifclf aloof from the bal
ance of the heavyweights In comnittdion.
I4a Id In a dare all by himself.
Hefore I dlunlM Sullivan , however , It oc
curs to me that I ought to do the old fellow
jiutlce. There U not a flghter before the
public today who elands as well with the
people of the count'y ' who follow fighters and
lights as John L. Sullivan. There never was
a time when he for a moment lost preitlgo
with the people. Ills flret and only tU-lcat ,
if sue-h a thing > vaa possible , only Intensified
the feeling In his behalf Till * feeling for
John waa even stronger in New York than
In hid home city , and U exhu today , and b
in as much evidence a < it ever was in the
old dayv. For bit be did and what he
dared they remember bun today and It U to >
bad that the bobbles will deny him tbe
chance to pull out a little dough by a go with
Fltz tomorrow afternoon.
All hopcn of the Crcedon-McCoy contes't
being pulled off In the cast are not dead , as
would ? ccm by iDrady closing up his short
lived Palace Athletic club. A Syracuse. N.
Y. , athletic club , through Its New York rep
resentative , has offered a $9.000 purse for the
two middle weights to contest for. If the
Syracuse club can pull off the bout the men
will no doubt accept It , and the mooted ques
tion of superiority between them will be
finally settle-d. McCoy ami Choynskl for the
past week have been Indulging In a bitter
war of words. Choynskl says he will knock
McCoy out In ten rounds or give him half e > f
the stnte of Rhode Island , and McCoy well ,
ho Is Im n regular hysteria , he wants to get
at Joe so badly In his mind. In fact he
proclaims loud and long that he Is open to
fight any man In the world , big or little ,
white or black. Hut he Is overplaying him
self. Let him get through with Creedon ,
then do his talking.
Peter Maher nnd Tom Sharkey have been
mntohed for n finish content. The only thing
stipulated In the articles of agreement out of
the ordinary was that the conlrst should bo
pulled off anywhere but California , and this
proviso was furnished by Maher. At present
Callfornli seems to beau tit the b.tt place to
give such a battle , and 1 think Peter l.i
foolish to bar It ns n prospective battle
ground. Carron City would be a poor place
for Ibc bout , as few would care to journey to
Nevada to sre them settle their differences.
In 'Frisco the contest would tlrnw n big at
tendance , which would be of fltiiticlal benefit
to the contestant" and the promoters of the
battle. Although the men are matohcd , they
are practically as far from a contest aa they
were before their managers put their
flgnaturea to the agreements. Su-rkey Is In
Ireland and Peter has just been married , anil
each Is just as big a dub as ever.
Kill Livlgno , It Is said , will Journey to
Knqland and lake on Tom Causer , who Is )
now regarded ns Us premier l.gut-.velght.
Dick Hurgc wants to box Causer , imd so
doe * ) Livlgne. It Is quite likely that the
Saglnaw lad will moot both tlu mei ,
after he IIBH got down to bii lni-"s In the
queen's realm. Ono certainly bni to admire
the lightweight champion's alicrUy in
accepting challenges , and the number of
aspiring lightweights whom he glvrs
opportunities to gain the championship.
Lavlgne Is every Inch A champion , and a
lighting one at thai. I only hopu Ihat he
will not stir up a hornet's ncnt 301113 day
by taking on any one that tukks ha can
light.
Married men particularly like to hear of an
old bachelor getting married. They have be-
eume very tired of bis superior airs , and
want to see him humbled.
According to n special dispatch from Phil
adelphia a woman In that town "has appar
ently eloped with her own husband. " Now
If she falls In love with him the neighbors
may a * well give up the chase .
Among Ihe attractions which we shall "an
nex" with Hawaii are Ihe thirteen Ah Kong
sisters of Honolulu , each one of whom lias
Inherited a million. One of them has al
ready been annexed by a gallant commander
In our navy , anil a young American attorney
! is preparing to wed another. Hut there are
eleven still left all of them said lo be beau
tiful anil accomplished.
An elopenunt on foot Is n novelty In tbc-so
day , yet this wus the method taken by
Pearl Thomas and Millie Jolirson of M orr.fi ,
Tioga county. Pa. , who weie arrested by a
constable disguised as a trout lloheruinn.
Thomas and the girl , who Is but 15 yeatt-
old , eloped from Morris and taking a moun
tain road walked to Mouloursvllle , a dis-
lance of forty miles.
At Chattanooga , last Sunday afternoon , in
the presence of several thousand giusts who
paid to see * , William Robertson , expert rifle
shot and , broncho buster , a member of Mus
tang Walter's Wild West show , nnd Mica
Cynthia Kennn were married. The couple
took- their places In the car of the balloon ,
which was In readiness , and as soon as the
ceremony was performed the balloon was cut
loc < 5C. Up probably 100 feet and above the
Tennessee "river tbe bride became fright
ened and jumped out , nanowly escaping
drowning. The groom stuck lo Hie balloon
until he arose probably 1,000 feet , and llieii
gradually descended. After the bride had
been rcocutd from the water and resuscitated
and the groom had been picked from the
tangle of ropes the couj-lo were placed on an
Improvised platform at "liter View and held
a public reception.
A pretty 11-year-old girl , with liquid blue
eyes and golden hair and all that , appeared
in the Atlanta , Ga. , police court
recently , and before the case was
over a most remarkible story of
young wlfchood and grass widowhood was
unfolded to the recorder. The child , for
pretty Jessie Pearson in scarcely mor ; . thin
a child , was arraigned for quarrelling with
her old aunt. Mrs. Henley , and it was shown
that flic had bscii guilty of the shocking act
of throwing a skillet at the aunt's head.
The recorder pondered long and well before
he spoke , and then bo decided to give Ibo
youthful grass widow a lecture. He said :
"Jes'ie. yen are too young to try and whip
your wliolp family. The truth Is , you ought
to bo spanked yourself. In spile of the fact
That you have a hnsbinil somewhere. The
I'ext thing > nu know I will have to fine you
pretty heavily , and then you may not bo able
to piy It. and will haveto go to the stockade.
I will let you go Ill's ' time , but you had
better take care in the future nnd behave
yourself , and not presume too much upon
your nulrlmonlnl prccoclouness. "
One day lart week a law firm at Slielby-
vlllo , Ind. , had a call from Mary Shaw , a
wealthy widow , residing ton miles In the
country. Mri * . Shaw Informed the attorneys
that her mltslon was a matrlmonlil one
that slio had come to tbe city determined to
return hnnio a married woman , providing
she could secure the proper man. After u
short consultation the woman was Informed
thill they had a person In view , but that lie-
was much her junior. This tdie stated was
what she wanted , an active middle-aged man ,
ono who could properly look after her large
farming Intcrct'to. Tlio attorneys lost no
time In fending her William Downard , a
gardener. Ho was Informed of what was
wanted with him nnd readily consented. Tlie
woman asked for a private Interview , which
was granted , and In five minutes Mated fho
was ready for Ihe knol. which was lied by
Squire Andrews. 'After handing ihe at
torneys a cheek for $2" she took her now
hurhatid by the arm and to her carriage ,
which they entered and departed for their
home. Mrs' . Downard Is worth $30,000 nnd
Is aged C3 ycary. Her husband Is aged 38.
"
TIII : ( . - : .
At Hrldgelon , Me. , a man PI years of age
dug up two young maple trees on his blrth-
dav. carried them forty rods and planted
them at the edge of his driveway.
John Howard Hryant , a brother of the
poet , William Cullen Hryant , who lives in
Princeton , III. . Is blmtelf a poet. On his
' .tilth blrthdav. July 22 , n reunion of Iho
family will be held at his borne.
The tlealh of James Monahan at Inde
pendence at the ngo of 100 years Is really
no reflection on the excellent climate of that
w.'tlon of Missouri , since It was a cancer
which hastened Mr. Monaban's taking off.
The earliest Uving graduate of Harvard 's '
Samuel Ward ( "handler of Philadelphia , who
was graduated In Ihe class of ' 22. Dr. Wil
liam L. Kin-sell of Hnrre , Mass. , now In bin
' .Kith year. Is tbe oldest living graduate In
point of ago.
A dispatch to a New York paper says that
Miss Hetly L. Purdy of Derby. Conn. , cele
brated her 100th birthday by taking a fhort
ride on her niece's bicycle. This old woman
was engaged early In the century to marry
a wealthy young Englishman. Her lover
died a-khlpboard of fever contracted while
tnknp | tare of a sailor. Miss Purdy re
mained true to her first love.
The Western Union Telegraph company's
"messenger bo > " at Hrauford. Conn. , Is Fred
erick Miller , aged S7 , who has a local repu
tation for hU long walks. A message came
addressed to a man In North Hrauford tVo
other day , five miles from the Hranford office.
Miller started out. and when he got to Noith
Hranford he found Ihat ( lie man lived in
Northford. On he went , five miles more ,
found his man , delivered the message and
started back , covering a distance of twenty
mile' * , for which lie re-celved the sum of $1.
HaUnt'ss Is either hereditary or eaused
by sickness , mental exhaustion , wearing
tight fitting bats and by overwork and
trouble. Hail'o He-newer will prevent It
WCSLD
SomethltiR of ft cyclone struck bicycle trade
circles last week , v hen the announcement
was made that ono of the leading manu
facturers cut off "u per cent of the century
price heretofore maintained for high erode
wheels. Tlu > innnufactiirlni ; company H >
question has held to the $100 price with
greater persistency than any other mnnu-
facturltiR concern. In cuttliiR Us price to
$75 , and cheaper makes In pioportlon. It
RlKiiallzcK the collapse of the combine which
has held up the ee'iitury price for live yoais.
It means a pcrmanont reduction In the e.x-
orbknnt prices exacted for nn article of
general use.
The collapse In price wan not unexpected.
The wonder Is that Itaa deferred to lout ; .
With tliu market overstocked with 'PC ,
models , must of them telling for $50 , the
tank of selling the ' 07 model at $100 WHS too
much , for the trade. There Is no practical
illlfere-nco In the two makcH , but the manu
facturers , having adopted the iullllney : cus
tom of bringing out new ht > les every year ,
found they bnd exhausted the supply of
novelties , and therefore failed to produce
this year a wheel with sulllclent Improve
ment to maintain the former price of $100.
A reduction was Inevitable ,
There Iri little likelihood of manufacturers
reluming to the $100 mark , at leubt for chain
wheels. There Is some talk of a chalnleas
\\hcel for next year. AH that would be a
decided departure from present makiH , It will
readily command a higher price.
The brand of booze is not given , but It
was the rlnht stuff. Alfred Allen , a book
peddler , appears to have carried a load on
his wheel , for while pumping aiong In th
vicinity of lllngliumpton X. V. , he ran Into
a. colony of sinkcs. The story gotn that he
saw the reptiles ou the road ahead of him.
but was going so fast that ho could not stop.
He realized that he stood a. pretty good
chance of being stunx while going past them ,
as a ratlconake to as quick as lightning to
strike. The noise of the wind had put them
on the defensive and the rattles wore giving
tliat well-known warning to keep away.
Allen saw that he was In for It , so taking
h'fi feet ftom the pedals and putting them up
as far as possible he went conntlng down the
Mil at a lively rate. AH the bicycle passed
the snakes twenty heads flatted out and Allen
soon felt them whipping him about the back
and legs at every turn of the wheels. He
became KO excited that hi * paid little atten
tion to the linnfllo bars. The wheel eoon
shlrd to one side of the road , dumping him
over an embankment. When he got his
equilibrium he picked up the wheel nnd
found minified about the spikes aid : fprockot
chain a mass of de-ad rattlesnakes , criltihcd
and torn into ribbons.
War correspondents returning from Gcoco :
are loud In expressing the conviction that
the bicycle is one of the most valuable r.o-
sibtants a man engaged In that work can
have , says an editorial in the Now York
Times. Few of the correspondents had them ,
for they had expected a campaign among
mountains where only rugged bridle paths
exist , but as t-oon as tileletreat over the
plains of Thiewily began the wiser memheis
of the brotherhood sent to Athens for wheslc ,
and found them of great use on the level
roads between Larissa and Volo. The Greek
soldiers were not tempted by the bicycles ,
to whoso use they were almost entirely un
accustomed , but the repali lilts were fre-
qiic-ntly stolen , and much trouble resulted.
"Not only did the wheel , " says one corre
spondent , "prove much faster , even on the-
Greek roads , than either the Greek horse or
carriage , but to sling It onto a train or
( ile'iimer was the work of a moment , and a
horse Is by no means so easily manipulated
On three ImpoHunt occasions my stuff
reached England nt least a whole day In front
of that sent by any other Kngllah corre
spondent , and It was due to the bicycle every
time. "
An unusual accident happened to a bicycle
rider nt Carlisle , I'a. While P. P. Laventuro
of Xowville was riding along the pike ho
passed a liorpa grazing at the Bide of the
roid. The horse trotted after the rider , wheat
at once struck a faster gait in order to get
away , but the horse caught up with the
bicyclist. The horse then kicked the bicycle -
clo and rider Into a stone pile. The blcy-
clo was wrecked and the rider very badly
cut and bruised.
"It Is not dltllcult to understand , " says
an old rider , "why cycling has ousted walk
ing as an exorcise. An average pedestrian
covera about thirty Indies to each step.
The average wheelman at one revolution of
his pedals ( which is equivalent to a stop )
rovers about seventeen feet , and ns the
movement Is so easy and devoid of fatigue ,
bo usually raises his foot twice as often In
the same time , thus covering thirty-four
feet -while the pedestrian goes two feut and
a half. "
The bievclo Is now hold responsible for the
deterioration In the quality of farm help.
Farmers complain that just as soon as their
helpers get the COWB milked and the chores
dime , they jump on their bicycles and are
off for a spin Instead of sitting on the fence
and whittling sticks or admiring the sky
or praying for rain.
Senator Ptowart of Nevada , the foster
father of "the crime of "IX , " has fallen by
the wayside. In fact , he has taken wveral
falls , for ho Is just learning to ride the
bicycle , and is determined to conquer or lose
his whiskers In the attempt.
The bicycle Is likely to prove a much
more important factor at the summer re
sort tills year than over before. The average -
ago guest of the younger element will go
provided with a wheel , and the young man
or young woman without one will be left
out of many an enjoyable time. The hotel
people appreciate this , fact , as IB shown by
the advertisements and circular matter
Ucmeil by them for npoclal Inducements are
offered to cyclers , and the number of good
reads and cycling opportunities dilated upon
as carefully as any of the other advantages
enumerated for the purpose of attracting
guests. At resorts where driving hus al
ways liocn ono of the leading features , the
liverymen look on this with continued feelIngs -
Ings of dlcgust , wlille rumor has It that the
inmlLsto and drcssmakim are not altogether
pleased at tlu < outlook. Fur fashion has
decreed that cycling. IB the proper thing ,
and to be In the swltn one must pose as a
rider no matter hem much or how little
tint wheel may actually to used , and milady
will use a cycling costume for many occa
sions whom In former yearn she required a
much more * oxtcwdvo wardrobe.
The beet weight for a woman's wheel Is
from twenty to twenty-five pounds , and the
smooth running qualities cf all the trust
worthy makes have now reached so hlfli a
standard of excellence that there Is little
choice among ( limn. Generally speaking.
say a writer In the * Independent , It In bo-l
to ride as high a frame as poes.blo. fo that
tliore ne-cd not be many Inches of saddle pent
let out above. Ileslde the fact that it looko
unsightly , an exposure of five or six Inches
of this post tends to make the entire ma
chine lacking In rigidity Much depends
upon the proper adjustment of the saddle ,
which should be perfectly horizontal , tipped
neither to the fiont nor to the roar , and
placed Jutt high enough to allow the leg to
be almost straUhtened when the pedal U > at
Its lowest point. There are many excellent
saddles now made upon the meet approved
hygienic principles , and as teen as a womin
finds ono which Is comfortable , she need look
no further. The handle-bars of the machine ,
should be weir raised , GO that the rider may
lt erect , and the handles should not be lee
far apart. If there U plenty of space between
the ba-s and the saddle , mounting and dis
mounting will be rendered much easier. The j i 1
avctagij woman had belter not undertake to
ride with a gear higher thuri sixty-six or
kixty-tight because If the does , she will find
that the extra amount of force which thu , |
has to put Into every push of the pedals 1 i
ujO'C exhausting tbaa the process of nuking |
a few more revolutions with le s effort In
each one.
Selecting a bicycle skirt appears to bo a
dltllciilt thing with many riders , and lit this
Instance , like matters of street dress , the
advice of other persons Is frequently sought.
Of course , there are certain dro ? es used for
street wear that could not be upod for the
bicycle , but then , again , there nro feme
diesses that are suitable for both purposes.
As soon as a skirt gets worn at the bottom ,
mainly due to trailing on the ground , ll-o
Industrious girl makes the dross over main
In another form. A good ninny , how -vcr.
discard the dresws. It Is suggested that the
skirts which are worn or soiled at the bottom
tom be used for a bicycle skirt. This rim
be done by cutting off live or six Inches or
perhaps moreto make the skirt long
enough to suit the taste ol the weir : r .ind
using the goods cut off for patching | ur-
luises , In ease a snag appear * * In the M.irl ,
duo to Its getting hooked In the wheel < , r
through an accident of some sort. The color
of a bleyole skirt need not bo limited , and
any potty color can bo usod. However , innst
skills the writer has seen worn by bl. < v , | isth
are of plain colors , with no design , though
It does not nec-es.-jarlly follow that im de
signs can be used In the skirt material.
\VHIII/ : roil T\v7Tvrv MHV.
/.Immrrimm I'roilliM * u > liillc > etc < < >
Cut rr n Mile In For 1.1 .Seconds.
I cannot see how the speed of the bicycle
can be Increased unless by combined power ,
writes A. A Zimmerman In the New York
World ; that Is , by building a larger machine
and p'uttlng ' more men on It. It does not
seem Improbable or unlikely that In the near
future a wheel will uo produced capable of
seating twenty men. On such a wheel the
gear could be made of Immense size , and iTio
combined leg power of all tluae men would
be able to drive It to a speed which now
seems almcut Impossible. The time attained
on a single wheel , paced , for a mile in In the
neighborhood of one minute and a half , 01
very close to that of a running liorwe. Il >
constructing th's wheel and putting on It tlu
best professionals in tlio country , I figure
that the time for a mile would bo reduced to
under one minute , probably about forty sec
onds. A mile behind a lallroad train linn
bicn traveled at nearly Ibis gait. Why , thei ,
should this machine , that could be geared
to nearly 300 am ) driven by Immense power
fall in such an undertaking ?
The leg power of a man on each down
ward drive Is approximately 400 pounds ,
and the gear and mechanical devices In
crease this to at least f.OO pounds. With
twenty men pushing the pedals , the rtt-
fliilting motive power amounts to 10.000
pounds of Ilirce and regular roU-tion. Tin
progess ! of such force , delivered In unison
must be of the fastest pace. No living per
son can overtax his Imagination as to the re
sult. With cacli man bending low , to put
every atom of energy and strength Into each
movement , breathing almost one breath nnd
each encouraged by the efforts of the man hi
front , what a force could bo applied to till ?
monster whrel ! Starting' gradually and
Rallied speed at every stroke until the twcnlj
men as one man eeem to cut the nlr at light
ning dash , twenty faces In the agony of ut
most effort and determination , make up a pic
ture to impress upon the memory the porifi-
bllltics of the bicycle ! It would accomplish
more than horse or engine , powers for s-peee
that have pcdomlnat : < > d tor nearly a cen
tury ; yes , it would outdo the wind and send
it back to its cave disgusted with the Inven
tive genius of mortals.
The possibilities of a break in any part of
a bicycle of this description can only bt
thought of w'th horror. A broken boll , a
loose screw , an injury to any of the vital
parts means that twenty men would bo
mangled beyond recognition. Not even the
recent Long Island railroad disaster eould
scatter death more swiftly or crutli human
bones with moro certainty. To lie sure , the
exhilaration of hurling through the -vind at
such wonderful speed tends to drive such
thoughts from the rider's minds. Like c v-
ttlry men In charge , their blood Is up and
a devil-may-care feeling prevails. The fict
cannot be lost sight of , however , that death
lurks in the air nnd needs only little urging
to appear with awful suddenness.
How soon the record smashing device will
appear cannot be foretold , but the fact that
Americans demand the fastest and best In
nil departments of speed Indicates Its early
advent. It only needs a manufacturer with
the necessary pluck and energy to htart
this giant wheel a-rolllng. The riders can
easily bo found. I'ut Michael In front , fol
lowed by Haiti , Cooper. Sai.ger , .Johnson , tlio
Hutlors and perhaps myself. Such an aggre
gation could fairly "lift" the monster on Ito
way , and could pedal themsolvth Into tlio
fame of having made the fastest mile In the
history of the world. No other mechanical
or human device could compete with such
a wheel In Its mad night against time.
in TTIHII : : > Tii7j HAILS.
Ilinv Hilly Million.Viis OuMvlKcd l > >
Virginia SluileiilN.
Gen. "Hilly" i.Mahonc , the fast-lighting Vir
ginian , neve-r lowered his flag voluntarily In
the face of an enemy but once in his eventful
life , relates tlie Washington Post. That was
when a lot of college students got after him
down in southwestern Virginia In the early
seventies. The general was then president of
the lately consolidated line of railway from
Norfolk to Hrlritol. Within ton miles of
Ablngdon , this way , Is located the famoimold
Methodist college , Emory and Henry , redolent -
lent In naiito of the piety of Hishop Kmory
and the patriotism of Patrick Heniy. At the
period mentioned there was a "salt train"
that used to pass the college en route from
Saltvllle to Ilnslol dally at an hour Unit en
abled the students to ride on It down to
Abingdon , where some of them vl.sltoil the
girls at the female colleges of the town. The
others usually visited the local Jag foundry ,
anil n turned to college to enliven UH classic
quietude with whoops and yells not required
by the Ciceronian cult of oratory nor found
In the preparatory discipline for nemo.s-
tlionean declamation.
The college authorities W'.TO anxious tu
break up the Ablngdon excursions , hut they
ran by a tort of ancient prescription and the
faculty hesitated to taboo them outright.
They reported to strategy nnd got General
Mahono to quietly order the sjlt train to wont
pant lint college station , oblivious to all sis-
Hals ami defiant of p'U't ' custom. The first
afternoon that the train frlsknd by anil left
the cullow collegians amazed and dlsuustid
tlioy considered it n mishap only , duo perhaps
to some demand cf urgency upon tlio engineer
to meet a now schedule. . The urcontl day
they wore lelt In a like plight , and this time
they were neither ch'iry nor I'hrlsllan In
their objurgations It was evident to tlu in
that they were HID victims of n conspiracy.
A cam 11 f resulted In sending forth a spe
cial ciminlsslon to firm out tlio mystery an I
spat the miscreants ,
That evening three of the boys M't out for
? altvllle. At Glade Spring they loaded up
with the tlcklc'rs of old Hiram Thompson's
best biigjulce. When Ihuy reached Saltvllle
they soon got the engineer of the alt train
In tow and headed for no > d's reucrve , where
nightly carousals with a loose ami lusby
crowd of countrymen could be found. The
engineer got boo/y enough to give the whole
game away , and next morning the. special
commissioner. ' reporte-d throughout college
and campus that General Mahonc was In
U'ague with the faculty to "hhoot the train"
and deprive the bojs of their time-honored
plvllegis. : A midnight caucus wus held by
the ringleaders of college devilmint In gen
eral and ways and mians propcued to cir
cumvent the d'jughty general and ihn faculty
For more than a week there bad been
student riot breeding over a dozen firkins of
rancid butter that had been imported by one
of the college refectories. Some fhrewd stu
dent propped that both grievance. ) bo dealt
with at the same time. It was resolved
to "bring the butler and thu bullglno" to-
gt'ther , and suon the knockcnup were- sum
moning from thiir beds ihu reliable spirits
who could be trusted for such an adveniure-
is that in hand A half hundred willingly
efpondul
U did oot take long to force the door i'f
the sprltmhousc nnd yank out halt a do/on
firkins of butter strong enough to stall any
train in the laud. A hundred bands wrro
BOOH bu y spreading the offensive greanc
along the rails of the track until they were I
smeared for half a mile either way from
the college Rtatlon. The fast Southern rv
pros train was due along about daylight ,
and the boys washed up In the spring branch
and went back to their quarters to await the
rocket.
Soon the traln'H headlight came over the '
grade from Glade Spring , nnd prosontlv ( bore
was heard a whirr and whizz of whirls tb. >
frantic snorls of the engine , then a drnl
standstill for the train and a long nhisilc
for help from the engineer. Ho bad run
out of snnd and was spinning on the gi.i < -
The train crow was soon out hunting m-io
sand , and throwing dirt and graxi 1 on the
rails as the engine painfully plnchod along
with the heavy train. All bands were mak
ing the morning nlr lurid with \ariixniod
profanity , nnd speedily this was inn'on rd
by the special and tninilty cursings of tin
nvnkenod and disgusted passengers
It took the train just two hours to git'
nw v from the buttered rails , nnd it took
General Mahono only a few horns timro
lo cover the space on a .ipeelal engine be
tween hyr.i-hburg and the college. I
Ills arrival was greeted with nu ovaInn ! by
the students , and the madder bo sb.iwr.l
himself io bo the wilder grow the du-oi-s
and chaff of the college boys. A hurrto'l
consultation with the faculty was followed
j by n request from the general lo luivc
speech with the students. He mouniid tin'
platform at the station and pnu-enled to declaim - '
claim against "tho ou' age" perpetrated on
Interstate eoiumorop , the crime" against the
I'liltod States malls , and so forth : but the
boys laughed nnd Jeered more oxnsporntltigly
us the general grew moro vein men ! and
SUUIIK his old white slouch hat to punctuate
his points. At length nlmo.-t frothing at the
mouth , the general shouted :
"What tlo you want ? "
"The salt train ! " leplltd 200 voices as tlia
of one big giant.
"Well , bv . you limy have It. Good-by"
Leaping onto the engine , the general pull' '
out on the back journey , ami the boys lui' '
no more- trouble about the schedule of th
salt train.
! : ATS < > > Avnr.m
li't'iini ( it Nti iiHMilM Hriii | ! rl nm ; ( irriti
> < trvi > unit Slilll.
Kvorybody In the Hrooklyn bicycling worltl
knows "PeteFisln r , a trick rider of oiub
teen years' experience1 , both on the "old or
dinary" and on Iho saftly. Mr. Fisher man
ages a riding school In Hrooklyn and Is mas
ter of moro tricks than a monkey. He rides
all around the place with the front wh
balanced In the nlr , seemingly without tin
exorcise of any particular effort. With hi ;
back to the handlebar and with his armt.
folded he rides as easily as most people eai
under ordinary circumstances. It Is us t
hurdle rider that he shines conspicuously
lie can jump his wheel over a slxteen-iucl
hurdle. Owing to the limited space whlcl
he tin * In the cycling academy he uses ai
eight-Inch hurdle. A ten-foot board wlilcl
NVHH made to stand on Its edgt > by milling >
thin strip to It. was placed In the middle o :
the lloor. Mr. Fisher circled around It n feu
times and then came down tlu- center of the
lloor like a I'omanclie on a broncho. A quirl
movement of the handlebar sent the fron
wheel over the hurdle. The second followot
It with another twist. Another circling o
thp arailemy floor followed and Mr. Flshor'i
wheel was lifted sideways over the hurdle
The most dllllcult feat of all was the llylnf ,
leap over the hurdle , which was made upoi
the smooth asphalt of Hanson place. Brook
lyn. The rider swept down the street ami
with a Hying le-ap cleared the hurdle will
several Inches to spare.
Another feat for which Mr. Fisher is wol
known is bis riding up stairs. Ho can rid
up a short Might with case and confidence
provided there is a corresponding Illglit 01
the other side for him to go down , lie cai
ascend tlvo or six oteps Hide-wise by pullln.
up on the handlebars , at. he does In his bur
die race. He considers the living leap hi
best feat.
Mr. Fisher made a century run wlthou
any handlebars , just by way of diversion
Ho rode with the Century Wheelmen for ;
spin to Patchogue. On the upright wher
Iho handles should have been he lilted i
wooilcn ball an Inch anil a quarter In dlainc
tor. This he used as n rest for his hand *
Mo.st of Ihu time ho hud his arms folded
lie got down to Patchogue with the slov
division of the party. He came back will
the fast division. He saw a friend bobln
him whoso eyes bulged and whose limbs
were weary. He took his friend In tow , am
came to New York like a seagoing tug will
a craft In distress.
l.'l.X . \-\VllilKI. .
Chicago Itecord : "How those two mci
glare nt each other ! "
"Yes ; they must be rivals for some glrl't.
affection. "
"Not much , they are rival bicycle dealers.
Detroit Free Press : Teacher How man )
bones are there In the human body ?
Pupil I don't know. I haven't learned tt
ride a wheel yet.
Yonkers Statttsmnn : He I am looking for
ward to the time when 1 shall make you one
of the happiest of women.
She You are very kind , sir ; but I do not
think my father would allow me to accept t
bicycle from you.
Indianapolis Journal : "I don't bollovi
women nit around and say mean things nboui
ono another's dress ns much as they u = ed to. "
"They don't. Tlioy ride around and uliusi
ono anothci's wheels. "
Washington Star : "Miss IlofUlars thinks
that a woman ought to have just as many
cares nnd rcsponslbillticH as a man , " iabl ;
on ? young man.
"When did she say that" asked Iho otlicr.
"Ycftorday evening , while fho let me do
all the pedaling up hill on a tandem. "
Philadelphia North American : Sprocket !
I vaf > sorry not to keen my appointment
with you , but , you see. my wheel broke
down.
Hud.scn Why didn't you ocmo In on the
train ?
Sprocket ! Heavens ! And ride with those
miserable non-bikers ? Never.
Chicago Tribune : "The oily wat full nf
them blamed blblckles till you couldn't rest , "
< mld Uncle' Xeko , speaking of bl.s visit , after
he had returned lo Ma homo In L'pcieek.
"Mverywher's I went I wan dodgln' of 'cm.
Wheels win wlii/gln' all the time. Keller
on a btreel corner had a telescope p'lntln' at
the t-Ky. I pnlil him r , cents to look through
It. KII' If you'll believe me1 , all I saw was
another darned wheel ! "
On county roads the boys nnd girls
Mjko merry parlies on their wheel ! * ;
In happy rows the phalanx wlilrta.
While on Iho summer daytime steals.
Itut , when the evening , vweet with dews ,
11 Ids all mankind to drop Its lnaiU > ,
Toward home they lug , In twos and twos
The boys and girls on country roads ,
Till' : .MOIIKII.V FOI ll'l'll.
.SiuncTvlllc Journal.
lot the llreoraokeiH bang !
Let tlio loekelH fizxl
Let Die Hoiimn o.-indle-u pop !
l.i't the plnvflioL-ls wbl/ : !
Hum red llrton theIIOMIK !
Itlng your cow hollr , boys !
Pelehnilei Iho glorious Fourth.
Never mind the noise !
Illuw your horns before the sun
Itlscs from bin bed !
Hlng the i bureli hulls ovcrj whore ,
I'ilnt Hi" ' old town red !
Fill up I'lielo KUmu'H gun
Wllh n double load !
I.i-t her go ! fJIrls In tlio way ?
let 'em cle-ur tlio roatl !
Wbnim the cymbals ! Kent the drums !
Shout lo boat Die bund.
For the glorious Fourth Is here !
Dovnututo Ibo lau-J !
Te-nr down Klgnboardw ! Itnt up trees !
Uon't Ixj fqueainlxli. lioy !
He's the hlggi-st patriot
Who makes the blggt-Kt noise !
A Dunkirk woman , whott UKllinony is un-
inpeacbable , has recently returned fiom a
visit in Athens , Crawford county , Pa. , and
reports having see'ii a Mr. Scott who , at th'
igu of b'J ' yearH , Is cutting a new t-ct of teeth.
le already has nine beautiful nnv troth , and
three more are nearly In sight. He reads
its newspaper without glasses , having alio
regained hlk second sight.
Vim. vigor and victory these are the thar-
actcrUtlcc of De > Witt' . I.title Karh KUcrt.
thci faniouw little pllU for constipation. Ul-
loiitnets bud all stomach and liver troubles.
' Selling Them
Out Fast.
IS'.tti Model Illnhest ( ir.ulo
$100 $ Peerless Wheels
We arc overstocked and
must have the money.
NEVER SUCH BARGAINS
EVER HEARD OF.
Omalia Bicycle Go
Kitll lllHl
ED T. HEY DEN , Mnnngor.
HE
No ctbi r win i-l ban
ciiu.ille 1 tbe ici-ord of , the
"Sialtlinv" | In nttalnlnn
lt prewnt primilni'iioo na
a leader in I be trail'- , and
tblK ono fact In HlK-nlll-
ciMit : but. wbllo pro < Uji *
nnd pn t rep'.itiitlon have
tbelrVi'ljbt. . iirosiMlt
worth In f moro Inipntt-
aiu-e , anil l tbe pur
chaser of each "PpsildliiB"
Il'tycle ' we nivo.tlue re-
eulve-tl.
To wn send
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This Eisgasii
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We rent wheels by fhe
day , week or nianlh.
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