mirprlslnft that It nhould find credence In re-
tpanslblo publication * .
Die Wi-stcrn league averages , recently
'sauod ' , Rive Mcllrlde of St. Paul the hold
of the taUInK : column with on nvcraqe of
TS7 , Hungsn of Detroit 13 second with .378 ,
nnd Wood of Indianapolis third with .375.
Kill Kear ranks well up nmonf ; the leaders
with .323 , and Merles , Ccimpau , Crooks , Mc-
Vlcknr and Ocnins arc nil In the .300 list.
MeFarlan of Columbus hpatl * the pitchers
lu fielding and "Scrappy" Hol'lnssworlh Is
awarded the , lltlnetloii of being the bwJ
iihlrd Inypman In thu league ns far na figures
KT Indianapolis Iwds the league In hatting
mill Colntntws In fielding.
Dllllilutiil Httxt.
MlnnfapollH has made good Its claim lo
Perry Warden nnd the fans breithc caster.
IMrvard university has twelve candidates
for pitchers and luilf ns many for bock-
ftorn.
CJulnry han nt. last secured a manager In
Joint S. Hay. Thcro la also a deal to get
1:111 : Kliumnn from Manning.
Tito Philadelphia club has won a $40.060
damage cult against the city on account of
a rhnngo of grnrlo on one of the streets ad
joining the hall park.
Ram Dimgan of the Djtrolta Imi been sued
for J20.000 for alienating the affections of
a married woman of that city. Doing a
masher Is not what It used to be.
Monk Cllno Is said to bo hankering after
n etmie.p to get Into a uniform aqiln. Ho
Is now n la'ldppman In the TvMilivlllo fire
department , hut finds the llfo too slow for
him.
him.St.
St. , Joe stork seems to be pretty nearly
unsalable In the bac hall market. Manning
) : UR had only ono offer for the franchise ntul
Unit Is from Topckn. It has been expected
that the St. Joe people would pull them-
fielvcs 'together and tnaUo a Mil , btu they
Gvldcntly think It Is a go-.d thin ; ; to lei
alone.
SA.1I10 01,1) O UIK OP TALK ( SOUS OX
I'MIVIN | ! < .I IviM'ii Tlii'lr .IIMV * In Coii-
Nlitnl TriilnhiK.
The controversy which IB now running In
Rerlal form between Corhrtt and Kltrslm-
mons has had another chapter added to It
during the last week. This occurred when
Cornell stepped before the footlights of a St.
IjOiils theater and offered to add $10,000 to
n $25,000 purse In case that Kit/ met him.
Curhott says It la tlie last proposition he
will make lo the champion , and that ho will
now allow the American sporting public to
force Fltz to another light with him. It Is
to bo hoped that he will adhere to this deter
mination.
Thu other day .Ichn b. Sullivan was In
formed of Fltzslmmons' refusal to sign the
articles which were presented to him by
Din Stuart , nnd gnvo expression to the fol
lowing good flense : "Fltzslmmons has taken
the wrong attitude. HP'S got no right on
earth to dictate terms to norhott by saying
'go light Maher first. ' If that had been said
to him when ho landed here from Australia ,
where would ho have been ? "
American sporting writers sncin to be
coming to the point where they bcllevo that
there Is ( something behind Fitzsimmons' re
fusal of nuotlicr meeting with Corbett , when
there Is such a lot of money In sight for
him. It Is 'hanV to believe that It Is a case
of afraid , for the general Impression still
prevails that the champion would have an
easy time with the long-haired Callfornlan.
In this connection the following four let
ters nro of considerable intofest :
Sharkcy hrs this to say :
VALIjHJO. Cnl. . Jan. 1. I do not see why
I should lie fulled upon to meet Corbctt
again. I whipped him In three nnd a half
rounds In San Francisco. The police then
stopped the tight , as I nnd him boa ton.
After that contort Corbett nnd I signed to
fight to a finish , nnd > wc both put up de
posits for live mouths' . Corbett kept "stand
ing mo olt" and then withdrew MH deposit.
The result wn.s wo did not meet. Corhott
fvldwitly must be afraid of me , anyway.
In Justice to my standing In the .profession ,
I could not meet Oorbett ngaln until he
whips somebody , say M ihrr , Ooddard or
Choynskl. IIH Flt ! > . = lnimons wants him to do.
THOMAS J. SHAUKEY.
Undefeated Cimmplon of the World.
Maher writes as follows :
PITTSinmG , Jan. ! . I am ready to meet
Corbott before or after he gets n match
with KitzslmmonH. and will put up $3.000 If
necessary to show I menu business. If Kltz
whips Corbott I will challenge him. In fact.
I have Jl.COO posted already. So far as tint
championship muddle Is concerned , I be-
Ilevo I am the best man today. Hut In view
of tiio fact tlmt Fitz has svhlpped both
Corbett and myself , I think the ben thing
to bo done Is for Corbett and myself to tight
and lot the winner light Fltz. There are. too
many typewriters nnd not enougn lighters
at work just nt this particular time.
PETEH MA11EK.
Choynskl writes :
CHICAGO. 111. , Jan. 5. I am ready to fight
McCoy. Corbeit or Kltzslmmons. I prefer
to take on McCoy first. Ho promised In
Now York to make a match with me.
Nothing was then said about weights.Vhcu
ho fought Creedon , McCoy welnod ) ; ol'i'io to
103 pounds , nnd for him to quibble about
weights now looks- , like an pfort ; lo pot cult
of a match. In standing on * Corbtt t nd telling
ing- him to go whip somebody of reputation ,
Fltzslmmons Is merely following the
precedent set by Corbett. 1 think Kltz is
right , although It hurts pugilistic Interests.
As for myself , I want to light myself to the
front. This da why I want a match with
McCoy first , nnd then -vltT the other two
In the order named.JOSEPH
JOSEPH CHOYNSKI.
McCoy's letter IP ns follows :
CINCINNATI , O. . Jan. 9.-No. I won't
fight Choynskl nt cntchwelghts. If I meet
a heavyweight It will bo a top-iiotoher. At
present I nm only a middleweight and will
bo content with the championship , Yc.q , I
nni after Kltzslmmons or anyone else who
attempts to claim the middleweight c.'inin-
plonship. I have $1,000 posted with S-im
Austin of the I'ollco Gazette to hind a
match with Kltz. "KID M'COY , "
From the last oplstle It can he seen that
McCoy ha receded from bis agreement to
meet Ohoynskl before taking a shy at Fltz-
slmmons , McCoy is now a'Jter ' that middle
weight championship , and It looks as If he
would get It. .Nothing additional has been
lieard from Tom O'llourke , who expressed
a willingness to post $5,000 as backing of an
unknown whom ho wished to pit against
the Kid.
After trying hard without success to get on
ft match with some of the prominent light
weights of England Spike Sullivan has
finally arranged a go with Tom Causer ,
whom ho will meet In a twenty-round bout
for $2IiOO n side and the largest purse of-
forcd by any of the clubs In England ,
Causer , although having been beaten In ono
round by Dick Durgo two mouths ago , has
a largo number of admirers In England
who are confident ho can beat Sullivan , and
they are willing to bet Sullivan us much ns
5,000 that Causer will surely get a decision
over him. The victory which Sullivan se
cured over Jimmy Curran nt the National
Sporting club of Ixmdon recently has sent
Ills stock up with thu English sports , and
they -will no doubt be ready to cover every
hot made by Causer's admirers when the
contest takes -place. They will box at 134
pounds , weigh In nt 3 o'clock on the day of
the contest. Doth men have agreed to let
the clubs o/ecJhera maJ.o bids for the con
test up to January 21 , and the club which
makes the best inducement will secure the
match. New York World.
Now that Dave- Sullivan has been
ful In arranging miothcr match with Pedlar
Palmer ho .will no doubt try hard to turn the
tables on the clever English lad. Sullivan
claims he knows Palmer's tactics thoroughly ,
and as ho gave the English boy suoh a stiff
fight In their first contest , he will fight
harder this time than before. Sullivan fully
realizes how popular a victory over Palmer
would make him , with the people In this
country , and as It Is Sullivan's ambition to
bo looked upon-as the first boy who ever de
feated Palmer lie will fight hard from thu
moment the contest starts. Sullivan expects
to bet over $1,000 of his own money , outside
of the $2,500 side hot , \vhlch a number of
English sporting men nro putting up for
him In this match , that ho will win.
All talk of a fight between Charley
Mitchell and Kid McCoy Is off. Tom
O'Hcurko some time ago offered a purse of
$ fi,000 for such'An event , but this was an-
sweroJ by Mitchell to the effect that he hart
left the- ring forever. Too much fat la the
trouble- , for Mitchell now weighs In the
nelfibbr-rliood of 275 pounds. Mitchell said ,
however , that'ho would hack Dick O'Drlen
against the Kid to the extent of $1,000.
Tommy White , who returned from England
recently with Jimmy LMrry of Chicago , In
tpcaklng about the chances Den Jordan , the
English featherweight , would bive with
cither George Dlxon or Solly Smith , said :
"If Jordan ever boxes Dlxou or Smith at
122 pounds , or even at 121 paiimta , ho will
surely ho defeated. Jordan would have no
show with the colored lad. for Dlxou would
iilmply punch him when and where he pleased
ju. t ES cosily as I did until ho landed a
wild right swing , \vhlch he floored me with
In the nineteenth round of our contest. If
Jordan comes to this country I will do every ,
thing In my power to arrange another match
with him , as I am extremely conlldeut that
I can beat him. If I am not successful In
getting Jordan to meet mo I will urge Tom
O'ltourko to match Dlxen against him , as I
jm sure Dlxou will surely beat him. "
It A CD MHKTS KOIt TJI13 Sl'.IUIKtt.
Oinnliii to lluvi * It * UnlcH In ( In-
Tr.-iiiHmlHsimrl ClrrtiK.
During the last week the old transmls-
Bourl light harness racing circuit has been
reorganized and hcs been considerably de
creased In size. This was done because it
Is believed that points near Omaha , during
the coming year would -not be able to hold
successful racing meets on account of the
attraction offered by the exposition , As
now made up the circuit Includcn only this
city , Douver , Colorado Springs and St. Jo-
soph. It Is to ho called the Western Circuit.
Omaha secured the dates for which It
made application some time ago , June SO to
July 3 Inclusive. These ate considered very
advantageous. At that time It Is believed
that -tho horses from California on their
way to the circuits In the cast can be In
duced to stop here , while the city will un
doubtedly bo able to attract entries for tht
grand and other circuits which will open
during the following week. The daws are
considered the choicest of the lot. The cir
cuit will open at Colorado Springs , the dates
being May 30 'to Juno 0. Denver will have
its meet from Juno 11 to Juno 25 and St.
Joseph' will close the circuit with dates
from July 4 to 7.
At the meeting , which was attended by
represontativcis from the three other cities
In the circuit and by the Omaha Fair and
Speed association , It was determined to fix
tliojiurses between ? COO and $1,000 , al-
"
tlJougli "smaller ones will probably he of-
tetftl for.colts. It was. also decided that the
money should go to the winner of the best
, three out of five heats. At the meet In
this city last year every heat was made a
race , but this proved to be unsatisfactory
all around. All the meets will occur under
the rules of the American Trotting associa
tion. wAlch Is , more-In. touch with western
tracks than the National association. In
the circuit last year Denver was the only
city which adopted the National association
rules.
A" program "of races and purses is to bo
Issued In n few days by Palmer Clark of
St. Joseph , who was elected secretary of the
circuit.
Ono of the attendants at tlio meeting was
Oliver P. Updegraff of Topeka , Kan. , secre
tary of the Colorado Springs association.
IIo piriclatCfl ns starter at the meet held by
the local speed association last
springand proved to be a
crackajack. An attempt was made
to secure" him again last rail during the
fair , .but previous engagements prevented
him fro'm < coming here. It Is almost settled
now .that , ho will olilclato at this year's
meet , IIo Is a breeder and horseman known
all .other the west. Last fall he was startei
In a Star Pointer race at Indianapolis when
the'champion chipped off a piece from the
record.
Following the lead of tfio Kentucky Breed
ers' association , two otiior organizations have
lately gcno on record In favor of the proposi
tion io bar hcppled horses from all trotting
'
tracks. In California the Pacific Coast Ilreed-
ers' association adopted a resolution agakist
thtt strap , ? on motion" Adolph Spreckle.s ,
who is said to have been the first turfman
lu California to introduce the unsightly and
dangerous contrivance. Sprecklcs Is the
owner of Hulda , 2:08' : , ; DIone , 2:11 : , and
other crack trotters , and Is a member of the
Pacific district court of appeals of the Na
tional Trotting association. At the meeting
of the owners of Charter Oak park last
Saturday a week a refiolutlou was adopted re
questing the National Trotting association
and the American Trotting association to
pass < i rule limiting the use of 'hcpplcs ' to the
season of 1S9S , afterward barring them cei all
tracks In membership witli either association.
Immediate abolition was deemed t } be unfair
to certain horsemen , who have recently oald
high prices for pacers that cannot , It Is
claimed , bo driven without the extra i > et of
harnccs.
At Jefferson , la , , a meeting will be held
July 1 and 5.
The Indian-bred pacer , Prince Albert , has
beta a mlle below 2:01 : ,
The meeting at New Orleans seems to begetting
getting more prosperous as the season
goes on.
The Illinois State Beard of Agriculture Is
settling all claims against the Chicago horse
show at G6 % cents on a dollar.
A Huslan colony of fifty-six breeders
has Just arrived In Missouri to engage in
breeding stock , chiefly noises and cattle.
The Europes'ti record for trotting teams la
held by the American horses , Autraln , 2:10 : % ,
EUREKA-AVe have found It I"
It is to see a business man fumbling
among bis papers with a cigar or
tobacco in bis mouth. He cannot
see , be cannot bear , he can-
net / / ; / / / / . ' . He is stunned
by nicotine and bis mental
edjps are slowly blunting
whilj be nervously sucks
or cl-ews away ! The sit-
iiatfo i would be jaughable
if itere not pitiful. His
buslf 'ess capital health
ant } money are slowly
oozingaway and clearer
business brains are tak
ing the advantage.
But Don't Stop TobaCCO SUDDENLY and wrench
the nerves , permanently injuring them , take
An nbsoluteaml kindly vegetable cure for the
tobacco habit , a kindly antidote for tobacco
poison. Use the tobacco you require and
take BACO-CURO.it will notify you when to
stop by removing the desire. IT GENTLY
WL-ANS.
M | | it Iftllltn C ruU l tin p ral r > 11ut cut
with tin * t i , or r fuoj tki newt. lUo. or 11 Ui ,
lbrf ton * ( fsariiKcJ corf ) f J.IO. PnisfUti , or
HUES I CMKBIUL AJU ILttV , W , , U CIW4SB , HIS ,
and Chatswtirlh. 2:24 : , who trotted a fourth
hr-it ( of a mlle and a furl-inc ) ot Milan , Italy ,
In 2:4Si : , ai 2:30 : Mto for the mile.
I.OCVl , 51'OIITS"HHTTIVC4 \V\IIM ,
Ti'iiniM KiiKPliili-r Sotm *
Ilcnt nnil KM M 1lnjItiiiiii * .
Before the ! winter season Is entirely over
there may be some fun here In the tus-of-
war line. This la nil the result of the en
tertainment which was given lu Turner hall
last Thursday ulsht under the nusplees of
the Turner Wheel club , whlrh was Incident
ally a very successful and enjoyable affair.
The ehlef trouble- arises fiom the result
of the contest between the teams of the
Tourist Wheel eluh and the Turners , which
watt won by the former. The turners arc
Insisting that they did not pull against a
wheel club team , but against one made up
of the beat strong men picked up about the
city. As evidence of this they clto the
statement made by ono of the team when
they protested against a member that there
Is no longer a Tourist Wheel club In exist
ence. The Turners , therefore , Insist that
they have not been beaten by nny wheel
club team.
inul whatever the mcrlto of this contention
the Turners now say that If the Hats ar
thrown open to anybody they will beat an >
thing in the way of a tug-of-war team whlc
can bo gathered together In the city. I
sucli an event , however , they propose t
pick a team from the entire ranks of th
turiivcreln and not of the wheel club alone
As a. result of the ensorUinment , also
there Is another aspiring team the Unlot
I'aciflo freight house boys , who pullci
agnlust the team of the H. & M. AVhce
club. Althcugh It looked on the surface as I
they hail a ulnch , the llurlliigtoti lads hoU
them to a standstill and the contest wa
dcclaicd a draw. The Union Pacific contlr
gent say that this Is due lo the fact tha
they never pulled together before , but the
have given It out that they will practlc
from now on , and will aland ready to rui
up against any team which wants a go wit
them for money , marbles or CI I'K.
Otto Glesene. the strong boy , was nlso ot
the program. Incidentally ho has a grlcv
nnco and to wipe It nwnv ho wants a con
test with Swoboda , nnother of Omaha'
strong men. He Kays that ho stands ready
to compete with the latter lu a contest o
lifting , muscular development or genera
athletics.
U has developed tlmt there are no ofTlcIa
world's blcyclo racing records. Chairman
Mott of the League of American Wheelmen
racing board has received a letter fron
Henry Sturmoler of England , secretary o
the International Cyclist union , Informing
him of this fact. LMr. 'Mott ' began an In
vestlgatlon of .the matter at the time Ed
ward MeDtKIlo of lloston tried for records on
the Willow Grove trade at Philadelphia
McDulIle's remuneration depended somcwlm
on whether he succeeded la breaking o
equallni ; world's records. He did some ru
markablo riding , tlelng Stock of England a
1:33 : 2-fi for the mllo. Several other records
were clipped and then McDuille claimed pay
for world's records.
Mr. Mott allowed the records and rccordei
them as olllclal for this country or wlthit
HID jurisdiction of the League of America !
Wheelmen , but when aslsod whether he
would certify officially that they wcro
world's records he said ho could not do so
He believed them to bo world's records , but
had no documents to sustain his belief. 'Mr '
Mott wrote to Secretary Sturmelor to in-
qulro whether there was not some way o
settling the matter.
Mr. Sturmoler suggests that eacli organ
tzatlon send him Its official records on Jan
nary 1 of each year. He will then com
pllo them and send -copies to racing bean
chairmen or similar olllcers throughout the
world EO that each may decide for hlmsel
what are world's records.
Jack Prince , the veteran racing man who
practically Introduced professional cycle rac-
Inc ; in America and who was at one time the
fastest rider in the world , now r.ias a coliseum
in St. Louis and gave the first of a scries or
meets to be held lt it during the winter
season last night. Prince built the Coliseum
in this city Which is ciow used as the Den
of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Uen and conducted
many successful IUC-CB In It. He left Omaha
In 1S91 and since that time has built
coliseums In many of t'ne southern cities , in-
cludlag Nashville , Memphis and Jackson
ville. It is his intention to hold meets regu
larly In these places during the coming
season. '
WHIST , \XI1 HOW IT IS PLAYED
ArliHrnry mill J'rlvnlc" Coiivoiillonx
mill lluKvil.s KliMvIiiKT Tln-ri'f roin.
Consldeable space Is devoted In recent
whist literature to the ( subject of "arbitrary
conventions , " in which it Is feared there
may bo danger of bringing the game Into
dl-'repute. The executive of the American
Whist league has defined as allowable any
system of play which Is not secret and the
adherents of the plan mentioned believe that
In accordance with tl.ls rule that previous ex.
planatlon to the adversaries la sufliclent ex
cuse .for the system. There lo no doubt at
least on the subject of "secret conventions"
end no complaint of that nature has ever
been entered against any club In the league.
A "private convention , " however. Is mere un
certain. It Is defined ca one remote from the
generally accepted conditions of play and
something that one must be introduced to and
that must be explained to the partner In ad
vance or it will be totally meaalnglej.-j to
him , no matter hew often ho has setn It at
the whist table , It secies to bo generally
agreed that such play Is illegitimate and not
In accordance with the true Idea of whist.
The theory of whist adopted by modern
players has undergone a dlutlnct revolu
tion In the memory of the older players , A
p'aycr who was once the Intimate , constant
partner of Deschapellcs In Paris haa rocmtly
stated tint the thief strength of Deschapelcs' !
play lay In the adroit management of the
trump suit. Upon first taking up his baud
ho would study Its possibilities and glance
at the score to see what he had to hope or
fear. If ho thought his hand would be bet
ter If there were no trumps to Interfere
with It , ho would lead trumps. It Is seemed
en the other hand that his trumps would be
necessary for self-protection , ho would lead
a plain suit. As his partner followed the
saino principle , It was Ueschapelles' plan
When ho was not the original .leader to gov
ern his play by his partner's opening. If
his partner led trumps , Deschapelles 7iiado
every effort to assist him In getting them
out , and the contrary being the case , It
would require very great strength In his own
hand to justify him In running counter to
h's partner's game. In this example- thu
master's play Jils old partner asserts that
wo have the essence of a very simple prin
ciple of whist making the earliest practical
Inlcrenco as to the partner's baud ,
There seems to bo a turn In 'tho tide of
new conventions , Several whist editors are
denouncing the numerous "fads" that are
Invented merely to mystify the adversary.
When BO level-headed a player as C. I ) . P.
Hamilton states oven his signature that any
convention , no matter how arbitrary , U
fair , provided the play Is explained before
hand , It Is time to call a halt. Let us sco
what this might lead to. Suppose there nro
forty teams tit the next whist congress to
play for 'tho American Whist Icaquo trophy ,
nnd that each has prepared a aeries of arbi
trary conventions to govern Its play and that
these conventions arc all different. A few
ilnyu beforu tha contest the captain of each
team sends printed explanations ot these
separate methods. They have now fulfilled
all the required conditions , and , according to
Mi- . Hamilton , it is all fair. Now , will any
one pretend to say that whist under such
circumstances , is recreation or a pleasure to
the majority of the participants ? Does It
U'ad to Improve the game ? ' "Faddists , "
when taken to task for their private con
ventions , answer with only too much truth ,
that all conventions uro private conventions ,
The trump signal. American leads , echo , wd
Albany are pronounced as arbitrary con
ventions.
Th.s Btnteir.cnt Is not strictly In accord
ance with the facts , for a largo number of
the convention ) ) are developments from well
understood methods of play that have been
taught by experience. Still , many are un
doubtedly arbitrary , and the question Is , Arc
these arbitrary conventions necessary for !
the best Interests of the game ? In the j
writer's opinion they are not , as nearly all
of the Information sought can bo obtained by
ohrewi whlet players without them. There
fore , If a committee of our best writers on I
the game , say Fisher , Ames , Trlut , Foster , ]
Hamilton and MUs Wheclock. were author
ized to get up a system of whist In which
every convtntlori pm. . ir iltrary and not
development of a prli . } ii ihould be tabooed
It would at oni - ttn out faddists nnd re
store the gsmc 11 tfir position It held some
flfeen ; years ntv. J As a basis for leads
! roster's " \Vhls § jMfhual , " second edition ,
I might bo taken. BTtey would hold good till
1 we come to thlgljifi < f Jack from kins ,
queen. Jack and two tith n. This Is purely
arbitrary and tiiiaie * * . Tie second round
would probably pro'ojalm ttf jack , and the
missing small fard * the ir.imber. Some
claim that the four tii-st Is at , arbitrary con-
, ventlon. N'ot BO ; It l developed from two
penultimate ami. antepenultimate , which In
turn are ilovclopntftrn from the lowest ot an
I Interior sequenc < > , [ a the lead ot the seven
| from K , 9 , 8 , 7 , < 4l 2 , , etc. , n truly common
sense opening. , ' . I
I Every one hnowfc tiio origin of the trump
1 signal. While It might bn dispensed with , It
Is none the less a development. So with
i the echo from four trumps , a development
| from the unblocking cules. Ace. then queen.
Trim nee , queen , Jack and others Is the
j inturul method of opening sut'.i a suit , hut
! nee , Uicn jack , from same combination Is
j purely arbitrary and could be dispensed with.
In this manner the whole Rame might bo
simplified and those who Insisted on private
conventions should bo excluded from clubs
lu which 4ho majority of members are gentle
men.
men.Heed's
Heed's team of the Omaha Whist club was
again successful on Saturday nlghl , beating
Jones' team flvo iiolnts. Their next antag
onists will beStebblns' team , the other mem
bers being lUishman , T.iomas and Houlter.
The scores for laot Wednesday night wcro
a.i follows :
North nnd South
Heed niidi Helndorft , 101
llurrell nnd Suniuey 1SS
Melklc nnd Jones , 1SI
Shea and Lawrence 1S-
Iliru ami scrnmcr i < a
It.-dk'k nnd Motsmnn 1T1
Uruner and Pope 1GT
Avorapo 1S1
K.ist nnd West
Rlneliurt nnd Serllmer , O. 0 10"
Crummer nnd Jopllu 191
Peters nnd Jordan. . . IS )
Stebblns nud Haulier 1S2
Calm and Shipley 1SI
Stubbs nud Henrltzy 170
Htisvmian nnd Thomas 170
Average 170
About twenty-five members of the club
went to Lincoln last night to have a match
with the Lincoln Whist club. The last
match between the clubs was played at
Omaha , and resulted In a victory for Omaha.
As this was the only time Omaha had been
successful , they are not oversangulno of
success.
The ten highest scores for the month of
Jantmry tire now 'held ' us follows :
Nil me. Seore.l Name. Score.
Scrllmcr , G , O .12 Sumney 13
lielndorft 23 lilrd 11
ninelmrt 21 Scrlbner , A. \ \ ' . . . . 11
Heed 23'Alleo 10
ISruncr 13 jlelitle 7
ClirNN ,
la a study of openings used by leading
chess players In recent tournaments It Is
noticed that conservative openings , those
which do not Involve any sacrifice In ma
terial , are generally adopted. Although the
attack pained from such beginnings la leas
lively and interesting to the observer , it Is
more fruitful of results when the players are
careful and somewhat evenly matched. In
the Evans gambit and the different king's
gambits the black la almost assuroj ot a win
ning end game If ho succeeds In neutralizing
the attack , as ho has the advantage In ma
terial. In moro conservative openings such
: d the Huy Lopez , Giucco piano and the vari
ous queen's payns'openings / , the attack
takes but little risk. - If the defense la cor
rect such openings lead to an even game with
a small handicap against the black. In the
great majority of recent tournament games
the last named openings were used , though
the gambits arot by no means unsupported.
In a tournament ; whlph St. Petersburg Is at
present playing with , the Vienr.a Chess club
the former chose-.the Evans gambit , notwith
standing the claim that the defense can
stand the attack and come out cne pawn ,
ahead. If such an opening can bo supported
in correspondence p'.ay by leading chess
clubs it Is certainly premature for amateurs
to abandon It. . i
The following game from a conservative
opening , though daring and radical In Its
later stagda , was played between Prince
Tadlan of Mlngrella , oneof the most brilliant
players In the world , .ind M. Dltcham. The
score 1.3 from the Hritish Chess Magaztao :
TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE.
. White Dadlan Dhck liltclmm.
1-P to 1C 4. 1-P to K 4.
2-Kt to KIJ 3. 2 Kt to Q H 3.
3 15 to n 4. 3 Kt to U I ! .
4-1' to Q 4. 4-P takes P.
3 Castles. n Kt takes P.
ft-H to K sq.- C-P to Q 4.
7 U takes P. 7 Q takes 13.
S Kt to li 3. S-CJ to 13 5. -
9 13 takes Kt ( eh. ) 9 13 to K 3.
10-H to K Kt 5 , 10 U to Q H 4.
11 Kt to Q 2. 11-Q to H 3.
12-Kt to Kt 3. 12-13 to Kt 3.
13-Kt to Q 5. 13-P to K It 3.
ll-Kt to B G. 14-Q to Kt 4.
1. ) R takes 13 ( eh. ) 13 K to 13 sq.
IG-TCt to Q 7 ( ch. ) in-K to Kt sq.
17-Q to Kt 4. 17-P to K U 4
IS-Kt ( Q 5) to B C1S-P takes Kt.
( ch. )
19-13 to H C ( ills , ch. ) 19-Q to Kt 4.
' ' j Kt takes P , mate.
An International three-move problem con-
: est Is now open with prizes from 100
'lances down oiTcrcd by the St. Petersburg
Zeltunj ; . A two-move competition under
ho direction of the Hlrmlngham , ( England ) ,
) aily Post will bo open until January 31.
There are five prizes ranging down from
Problem No. 8 , by R. G. Thomson ; White
o play and mate in two moves.
IILA.CK.
WHITR.
Problem No. 7 Is done by D to B aq ,
olve-d by II. D. Hammond and J. II. Letty ,
I'ymoro , Neb , Proposed solution of W. 'H. '
N. , St. Paul , Neb. , cannot be carried out
fter P takes P.
Uiii'MtloiiN mill Anr.iv < TN.
OAKLAND. Neb. . Jan. 14. To the Sport-
ng Editor ot The Hep : How much wheat
n bushels was raised In the United States
n 1SCO and In 1897 ? How much corn ? How
nany hoga were there In the United States
n 1SCO and 1S97 , and how many cattle ?
'ours truly , C. S. Lucus.
AHS. There are no reliable agricultural
tatlstles back of 18GG , In that year It was
stlmated that G5S7,04C ( ! bushels of corn and
31,996,908 bushels of wheat wore rained In
ila country. The Agricultural department
las not completed the Ilguro3 of the crop
f 1SD7 , but In 1S9U 2,283,875,163 bushels of
orn and 427.CS1.000 bushels of wheat wcro
alsed , In 1808 there were 11,912,181 head
t cattle and C 1,317.25 $ hogs lu the United
Ejitea , In 1897 tJiV'r.Q were 30,508,403 oattlo
and 40,600,276 hogs ,
OMAHA. Jon. 17To the Sporting Editor
of The Hce : What wcro the weights of
Fltzslmmons and Corbott In their fight at
Curses ! City. A Header.
The fighters were not weighed In , but Fltz
tipped the scales at about 165 and Corbett
at 185.
SIOUX CITY , la. . Jan. 16. To the
Sporting Editor of The Roe : In what year
waa Captain 'Brown ' killed ai Garlleld Park ,
Chicago. J. L. Warwick.
Ans. In the fall of 1892 , I believe.
OMAHA , Jan , 21. To the Sporting EUI-
tor cf The .Boo . : A young lady , Ii5
years old , wishes your opinion In regard to
p. marriage with a man of means between
30 and 40 years. She does not love
him , but has great respect and
cuteem. K you are capable of giv
ing advlco will confer a great favor upon
the young lady. Yours respectfully , S. S.
Smith.
Ans , You bet I am capable of giving the
necessary advice. Hut It would bo Indeli
cate to publish one's Inmost thoughts on
eo sacred a topic. Auk your heart tome-
thing and bo uulded by Us answer ,
President Pottrr of the League of Ameri
can Wheelmen has practically routed the op
position to his re-clectlou. The hope of the
opposition rested on bringing out Gideon of
the Pennsylvania dlvlfclon as a candidate
for president of the league. Hut Gideon
henltated and wrecked his chances. At the
bcglntilng of the wmgalRii Gideon declined
to enter the race. Thereupon the Pennsyl
vania division appointed a committee to
negotiate ; for a ( il.ico on the Potter slate ,
tendering the vote of the division for the po-
Bltlon. Potter effected n deal with this com
mittee , promising to make T. J. Kconan of
Plltsburg first vice president. All efforts
to break the combination were fruitless. At
Its meeting last Tuesday the Pennsylvania
delegates , by a vole of 01 to 3C , affirmed
the action ot the commitloo. This action
makes the election of the Potter filato at
St. Louis a foregone conclusion and rjrovcs
that Mr. Potter Is a much moro effective
politician than Sterling Elliott.
The National Cycle Hoard of Trade has
"troubles to bum. " It was organized to
rcgulato the business and Incidentally dictate
how it should bo conducted. Ono of the
ukases Issued by the board last fall was a
prohibition of cycle b'.iows. It would 1mve
nothing to do with istich projects In the
future nnd Intimated that any upstart daring
to disobey Its orders would be vUltcil with
the blight of 'the board's displeasure. But
Philadelphia 'cyclo ' dciilcTs have Just con
cluded a successful show and booked suill-
clent business to make them Indifferent to
the threats of the combine. The result of
the Quaker City revolt la the starting ot
several fires In tfio rear of the beard and
emcugh heat Is being generated to threaten
Its existence. Small dealers In New York
and nearby cities insist on a show and they
propose to have it whether the board ap
proves' or not. Every move lo the nature
of a kick at cycle combines Is to be wel
comed. They vary the monotony of cycle
llfo In midwinter and Indicate that there are
a few Patrick Henrys In the business.
All kinds of guarantees are offered this
year by the various manufacturers , most of
them covering a period of sixty days after
the purchase of a machine. It Is argued
tl.at any defect In construction Is sure to
bo demonstrated by that time. Therefore
the llfo of the guaranty has been shortened
all along the line. Individuality marks some
of the guarantees , but , generally speaking ,
their Intent and scope are about the fame.
One notable departure from the regulation
guaranty Is In the case of the Western
Wheel Works , which has adopted a double
guaranty for.this year. In addition to Its
agreement to make good or replace any de
fective machine , It also guaranteco the price
of Crescent bicycles as given In the 189S
catalogue for the period covered by its
agency contracts , which expires October 1 ,
1898.
It now appears that manufacturers are not
running after racing men to ride their wheels
for a salary durtag the 1898 season. The
falling off of the trade's support of rac
ing men , Bays the New York Sun , began In
1S9G. In 1897 the lack of support was
marked , and this year there are precious few
racing men who can boast of being salaried
by a maker. Many who Mst year drew
salaries and expenses ccmnot this year get
even expenses. In this dilemma the ppeed
merchant. ? are going back to first principles
and actually buying their racing wheels ac-
ccrdlng to their Judgment , with the Idea of
first proving themselves good performers and
then waiting for the various makers to come
to them with offers to change their mounts.
Whether or not these tactiw will succeed
lu bringing any considerable number of
manufacturers to ir.alto terms may well be
doubted. It was practically In this way that
the trade first began to support teams , when
nearly all the crack-a-jacks now riding wore
amateurs. Times now are very different ,
and makers have not the money to spare
for this kind of advertising. The change
ir.ay have dime Interesting effects upon the
sport. At present only a few of the very
beat nun can win enough In cash prizes
to pay their necessarily heavy expenses of
training and traveling , and finish the sea.son
with a profit. A host of leaser lights in the
professional class can make practically no
showing when out agaia.3t the real stars.
Their only chance to get an occasional piece
or prize money Is to avoid the tracks where
the Jlrst-ratcrs are entered. With no fac-
tnrv sri'arv tr ilpnonil nnon. the tirinv nf
middle-raters must got Into races with only
their peers or get out of the business.
The demand of the American racing men
that the League of American Wheelmen
should take some steps to provide for repre
sentation In the international champion
ship races , which will bo held In France
this year , Is likely 'to come before the na
tional assembly next month. At the an
nual meeting of the league held last year
G. D. Gideon , the retiring chairman of the
lacing board , suggested that the league take
some step ? to send riders over to the
championships. The suggestion received no
attention , and America was one of the few
nations unrepresented In the big mccs at
Glasgow. There seems a likelihood that the
question of American representation at the
world's championship races this year will
recolvo serious consideration at the hands of
the league olllclals.
To the many expressions of opinion as to
the future of the blcyclo ns Influenced by
hovel gear , an electrical Journal adds the
statement that the advent ofthe clmlnless
wheel Is especially Interesting to electrical
engineers , as It Is a reminder of a most
Important chapter In their own experience.
Van Depoele , ono of the pioneers of the
electric railway , ran his first electric street
car by moans of a sprocket and chain gear ,
the motor being flxcd on the front platform
of the car. But troubles developed lee rapIdly -
Idly , and the sprocket and chain finally
made way for the double reduction gear ,
which In turn was superseded by the single
reduction , the form still In use. It Is
thought the bevel gear will pass through
much the same experience , and that when
once Its merits have been demonstrated the
rhnln will have to go , Just as It did In the
case of the electric car.
Prospects for summer cycling camps In
this country are promising this year. Hith
erto very little attention has been paid to
this particular feature of bicycle life , a
feature which Is eujoyod to the utmost in
England. But reports from various parts
ot the United States Indicate that such
camps are to become popular and numerous
during the coming summer. Generally
speaking , the camps are to bo conducted by
blcyclo clubs , and eo arranged ns lo pro
vide certain comforts as well ns mere pro
tection against wind and weather. The
subject of suh a camp IB now umlcr discus-
slwi In several of the leading cycling or
ganizations of New York , and several ex
peditions of the kind will undoubtedly bo
arranged for.
Efforts to solve the brake question con
tinue. Just now ths special attempt Is to
make a brake working on the rear axle op
hub , which can bo operated by the process
cf backpedallng. In 'behalf ' of one of the
recent Inventions In this line It I. ) declared
that while the brake Is In a sense self-i
setting , the movement Is always a gradual
ono. BO that there la no danger of too [
uudden a stopping through the quick actloni
of the brake. This la an Imiwrunt matter ,
however , and , anyhow , many rldor.j would
not core for a brake that begun to set It
self , even very lightly , as scon as they be
gan to backpedal. If a Ujrako of this kind
can be made 'to work satisfactorily , It will
have advantages over any brake nctlns on
the tire since it will bo wholly out of tilght
and the weight Is Insignificant , In ono easel
being stated to bo only seven oimciM. A
bicycle expert who has given noino attention
to this Etyle ot brake saya , however , that
ho cannot give It his approval , since * he
thinks there la too much friction caused at
a place in the blcjvlc where there ought to
bo as little us possible.
President Potter of the League of Ameri
can Wheelmen reports the receipt from the
j Department of State of a communication In
closing olllcinl correspondence concluding
arrangements In behalf of the League of
American Wheelmen so that any member of
that organization may enter Italy nt an
point on the frontier by simply exhibiting
lo the customs olllcluls his member.'hlp
ticket and signing a card of Identification.
Negotiations for similar concessions In
Franco are now under way.
One of the novelties of this year In thr ,
cycling world is a now sprocket , which on n
casual examination does not present an un
usual appearance. If It Is examined closely ,
however. It wilt bo noticed that n large )
number of .the teeth have been partly cut
away , so that the chain gets no purchase on
them as the sprocket goes around. The
Idea Is to reduce Uiu friction by having the
chain Impinge otv only one tooth In live.
In a sprocket with twenty-five teeth there
will bo only five tcetli Hint actually engage
the chain ; the others are bevelled off so that
they simply act ns guides to keep ( he chain
in place. It Is assorted In behalf of this
dnvlco that It Is especially effective lu hlll-
ellmblng' and also when the chain gets
foul on a muddy road. A bicycle equipped
with It Is said to respond very readily t (
proMiiro on the T > edals. Some severe tests
have been made with It , and It Is .declare. . !
tn havu given , complete satisfaction. To oif-
sot the Introduction of the chalnless typo
oi ! wheel It is fair to expect that other "im
provements" In chains and sprockets will
be forthcoming this season.
The experiment of putting policemen on
bicycles , which was made In New York some
time ago , has been so satisfactory that the
number of otllcors on wheels has Increased
from two to seventy , with prospects tint If
will BOOH bo made an even 100.
There Is n decided movement In France In
favor of roller chains. If the bevel-gear ma
chine does not supersede the chain machine
the latter Is likely to know no other kind of
chain but the roller. The roller chain bn-
haves better In wet and muddy weather , so
Us makers nnd many of Its riders say. Tin-
riders report that the roller chain Is not so
Rood as the ordinary chain with .block links
for getting up speed quickly In a sprint race
on the track , but they recommend the" roller
chain on occasions when that item is not
needed. Ono model has Its teeth on the links
of the chain and its rollers In the sprocket.
A man who prefers to ride on the handle
bars of his blcyclo rather than In the saddle
nud who Is happier when suspended over the
front wheel of his machine than when prop
erly balanced over the pedals Is something
of a degenerate among wheelmen , but a de
generate whoso example is not llkuly to be
followed too extensively.
This eccentric rider Is Wllllan Shields ,
better known as "Uube. " Ho Is a profes
sional cyclist njid a trick rider , but he doesn't
coufluo his performances to Indoormutllcnces.
Shiclda Is doubtless the best acrobat wheel
man In this country. March 31 , 1897 , he ro.-lo
down the steps of the west front of the C&IH-
tel building at Washington , D. C. Dozens
have ridden down the cast stops , but Shields
Is the only wheelman who has successfully
made tin descent of the west flight , which
has seventy-four steps and three landings , .
Ho made the descent in fifteen seconds am. '
did not touch ono of the last sixteen steps.
In Cincinnati last July .he electrified a crowd
of spectators by riding out of a socond-storj
window on a ladder. The crowd expected to
see him dashed senseless. If not dead , at its
foot , lie shot down the rungs , however , anil
landed safely In the street.
IIK.VTIXC UIUTAIX AT IIO UK.
Vllicrlcllli 'XVIifdH MoriI'oiuilni
\ln-oml Tim it HrlllNh MaUi-M.
British versus American bicycle trade ils
the subject of a report by Consul Parker at
Birmingham. England , In which are shown
thu great Inroads made by the bicycle manu
facturers of this country. The report In part
Is as follows :
"The ono marked development In this dis
trict during the 'past ' year has been In the
cycle trade. From July 1 , 1S9C , to January
1 , 1897 , this was very rapid. Productive
power was Immensely increased. Small
establishments developed almost without
notice Into largo ones , with an unsuspected
capacity for turning out bicycles. The re
sult was an overdevelopment not only of
manufacturing facilities , but of company
promoting. This Induced some neglect of
selling effort and a disposition to underrate
the possibility of competition , especially
from the United States. In spite of the In
creased use of bicycles all over the world
the icsult of tills was soon apparent In the
comparative decline of exports. This did
not affect the trade with the United States ,
because hardly any complete bicycles have
been sent since the beginning of 1S04. Thor
was a determined maintenance of prices ,
but very little effort to make a good 'bicycle '
at such a cheap prlco as would bring It
within the reach of workingmen.
"Tho British foreign trade In bicycles for
the calendar year 1893 was $ fi,7-17,0i.93 : ! ; for
1S9H It was $9,050,1 0.23 ; for 1S97 the returns
arc not yet complete , but from January to
September inclusive , the most important portion
tion for the bicycle trade , there w.js a falling
off of moro than 13 per cent. If this rate
should continue over the whole year the ex
ports wouU amount to about ? 7,877'J7fi.27.
"This was coincident with a remarkable
expert movement from the United States.
During the past two years , ending In each
on Juno 30 , the total exports ot cycles and
parts from the United States and those to
the United Kingdom are ahown In the fol
lowing brief table :
Description 1SSB. 1837.
Total $ lras.02 ] $7CO-,32i :
To the United Kingdom. . Cl.1,39. 2,375,073
'Not only has the total export of Ameri
can cycles increased by nearly 300 per cent
In ono year , and that to the United K'ng- '
dom In about the same ratio , but the de
mand from British colonies or markets ,
hcretofor.0 held almost exclusively by Brit
ish manufacturers cf cycles , was' greater by
moro than 175 per cent during the period
namol Thus the export of bicycles from
the United Slates , insignificant two years
ago , has grown to proportions almost as
great as those of the United Kingdom In
splto of Its caillor development and 1m-
mcnso capital and facilities. There arc In
dications that the cqnditlons are now fairly
appreciated by the British manufacturer and
that ho will not so easily bo caught again ; i
but , OH the manufacturers of the I'nlted '
States are not likely to surrender without j
n struggle the advantigt-s incident to two j
year * of successful trading , the former must
now fight to retain what he has , to say
ncthlng of gutting 'back what ho has lost.
C V 01,1.VC5OJIAK K.
Puck : Ho I suppose the chalnlcss wheel
la fast ?
Site I surpcso no. I wonder how long It
will take it to reach I'.o bargain counter.
Somorvlllo Journal : Mcoey that a man
payu for having his blcyclo tlrc pumped up
ho ought to charge to his fresh air fund.
Judge : "Yes , a wheolwoman ran mo down ,
but I 8UOHu | . It was my own fault. " .
"How ? "
"Well , I ought to have known enough to
lot a wnir.a > n have her own way. "
Indlaiiapollx Journal : Grinning , the mad
man shook hl chain.
"Well , " laid the wheelman , "If I could do
that , Ituito.iil of having to stick to my ' 97
pattern , 1 think I'd smile a few myholf. "
Chicago Iteoord : Nod That Miss Nlckcr-
H3ti In a pretty good sort of a girl , Isn't nlio ?
Jack Klrat ratu. You < > Jii uhvajs depend
on her. Why , eho orcn docs her fair hnr
ot the work on a tandem bicycle.
Washington Swr ' ! think , " MlJ Ilia
physician to the now patient , "that what you
need Is frwh nlr. "
A. worried look * wtx > t over the patient's
face.
"Great Scotl ! " ho cxclulmcd. "Arc my
blcyclo tltcs flat again ? "
of tinwiHi't. .
There Is every Indication that Omaha will
got ,1 taste of middle distance racing during
the coming summer. Since Jimmy Michael
CAIUO to this country this class ot racing has
steadily Increased In populallty until the
general race going public all over the coun
try Is beginning to demand It. This city
has a number ot protcsslon.il racing n-eu
who would show up particularly well in
mlddlo distance contastj , uniting them bolna
A. 13. Proulx , the French Canadian ; W. V.
Sngcr , the former Denver llyer ; Ge-orsu
Molersteln , Charles llnll and tin ? old tlma
favtirlto "Dad" llolton , wnu will be s iu
on the path again during the coming ta -
son. One of the large local hardware jo < > -
bliiR concerns that handle bicycles exier -
slvely has .arranged to have n triplet and
quadruplet hero fur pacing purposes , \\hllo
a Ilko concern In Council Bluffs will have n
couple of triplets. These big machines M.
ficlher with the many tandems that \ \ llla
In use by local retailers will furnish jt.ti h-i ;
machines enough to make the new dlstaii * a
contests Interesting. This i-lty Is well pro
vided with riders who , while able to Hue oi.t
a pretty warm pace , yet not fast CII MIK.
to win races , can bo utilized ns pan-
makeis and will be used to lien th ( , - . ,
pacing machines. Tlu > new distances nro
ten , ilftceu , twenty and twenty-five miles.
1 hero will of course be the usual numiur
of short distance contests.
H. C. Gadko the promising young loi-al
piofcsalonul rliler who caiuu lo the froi.t
very rapidly lu wratcrn racing circles dur
ing the past few years , promises to give u
better 'account of hlmsair tlinu ever nevt
season. . Ho Is taking the best ot care of
himself during the winter months and is
preparing his system for n nerd course it
training upon which ho will start early lu
the spring. Gudko has an unlimited amount
or speed but nt times scorns to lack ner\o
.mil loses fu-qiiently on this account. IIo 13
particularly good upon largu tracks whe'o
lie can have plenty of room to let himself
out.
It begins to Icok ns though Omh.i 'Wi'.l
find Itself without a track on which to luil.l
blcyclo races at the opening of the comnu ;
season. The old fair grounds track on win. h
all of the Important contests have been hold
during the last few years Is to be turned
into the Midway of the exposition , \\hila
the only available tpck , that at Charles
Street park , Is lu too dangerous a condition
to permit of holding any races upon It the
foundations of the boar ! track having rotted
almost entirely away , and in many places the
boirds of tlie track are so rotten that they
will hardly hold a man's weight to walk
upon. There Is some talk of a track being
built In East Omaha by the Street Hallway
company , but as yet not'iilng ' dellnito has
been decided upon. A gosd track properly
managed should j ; y well hero during the
exposition and someone with capital might
make a good Investment of It by building a
good one third mlle track. The blrdse-yo
views ot the exposition grounds show the _ j
; > lat of a track which may be used for blcyclo f °
racing , It completed In time , but as near as
can bo 'loirned It will be used almost ex
clusively for horse racing of different kinds
luring the exposition.
It Is very doubtful If Omaha people will
lave the pleasure of seeing a cycle show this
winter. The abandoning of the two largo
eastern shows for this winter has had a
enduncy to discourage local shows , although
t was the manufacturers' Intentions to sup-
> ort the latter.and make exhibits at them
hrough thuir local agents. Last year Omaha
uul a cycle board of trade , and there has
jeen an effort nude to reorganize the board
igaln this year , but it has mot with Indiffer
ent success , and but a very few of the deal
ers will have anything to do with It. There-
ore , It Is a pretty sure thing that there will
jo no bicycle show lu Omaha this season.
The TotirMt Wheelmen celebrated their
victory over the Turners In the re
cent tug-of-war match by holding a
smoker at Colonel Harlry's yMcc ca
North Sixteenth street last evening.
A regular club meeting was held , after which
the colonel , who Is ( captain and manager of
tiio tug-of-war team , furnished the assem
blage with specially built cigars , tigethor
with a luii'di ami Just enough of the amber
fluid to wash It down with. Everybody had
a good time and went homo happy.
Owing to his Inability to secure Turner hall
for the prcposed big League of American-
Wheelmen smoker , Chief Consul O'Brien has
; iecldod to postpone the affair until pome time
In February , when he hopes to make It
enough grander than 'wa at first Intended to
pay the members and their friends for their
long wait.
To Any Reliable Man.
Mttrroloas nppllinco nndrno moil Ill's n < mi 1loi
of niro power will bu MMII on Itlal , without , inu flL
2,7"ii" ' 'H"i1/m.f" ' > liy thofiireinosi emu piny In tl.u . - < *
norm In tiio trralmentut nn-ii . wc.iL- , broken , il ! .
rpiu cffiwie i > f i'ti.c'.vorrr , over-
K rrcunul , cunipli'io lea-
Wttf
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BICYCLES
Wo want to hell out. nil of our 'Jnd Ititnd
lllcyoles , anil have c-ul thi > prlri-n to < lr > It.
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