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OUR thanks are extended to all who so kindly adted as officials on the occasion of the 24-hour road race. It was an arduous dutj to keep on watch all night, and a cold night at that. Certainly it was an adt of the most decided friendliness, thus to put themselves to great personal inconvenience, and we can assure the gentlemen we appreciate it.

A MOST remarkable case of narrow-mindedness, is that shown by parties in New York City, who will not sell land to any one intending to build a house for bicycle club purposes. Three times have the New York Club been refused, by parties who had land to sell, for no other cause than that it was intended to use the lot to build a bicycle club house. We might expedl this unreason- ing opposition from some little towns, but when it comes from men living in the great metropolis, where all are supposed to hold liberal and advanced ideas, it is amazing, indeed.

THE following taken from the Cyclist: "A private match — 'aye, for love' — is likely to shortly come off between two well-known frequenters of the Ripley Road. One of the contestants being a pro- fessional, nothing hangs to the match, so that a sheer love of con- test alone has prompted it, and if the two antagonists are neck and neck at the top of the last hill, one of the best bits of sprinting ever likely to be seen will be on view." Herein, we of America, can feel our superiority, and inflate our chest with the air of freedom and liberty; that is, providing you breathe outside the gate of a race track. It is a strange, but lamentable, natural condition of things, that produces air of the most virulent and deadly nature, if you hap- pen to breathe and pump your prettiest in a race with a professional, for a prize, on a race track. Under such conditions it blackens your character, is cause for a bill of divorce, in favor of your wife, and is the means of branding you as an outcast and a loathsome thing, to be avoided by decent people, including all the members of the L. A. W. But the scene changes. Outside the gate of the racing path, you pump, breathe, scorch, and race for prizes on the "King's highway." Under these circumstances, all nature joins in calling you a bully boy, the birds of the air swell the chorus of adulation and admiration, and if you are tough enough to "get there" ahead of the professional, your dear wife gives you an extra hug and votes you the grandest man in all Christendom, while your fellow towns-

men call on you, and tender the office of Mayor of the citv, or Gov- ernor of the State, because of your prowess on the wheel, in competi- tion with professionals, o/^/j/r/f the dreadful gate!! When Puck flapped his fairy wings and clapped his chubby hands, he must have had in mind a prophetic inkling of the chaotic and ridiculous condi- tion of things, as indicated above, when he said, "What fools these mortals be."

LANTERNS AND CYCLES IN ELIZABETH.

The lantern parade of the Elizabeth Wheelmen, Saturday, 29 Ocftober, was a very successful and pleasing affair. The front of the club house was almost covered with lanterns of all sizes, styles and colors, and a large number of stores and private residences along the line of march were also handsomely decorated, in honor of the occasion. The visitors began to arrive about eight o'clock, and by half-past eight East Broad street, from the railroad to Linden street, was one blaze of light. Each cycle Avas provided, by the club, with two lanterns, but dozens of other lights were used as well. At S.45

CAP'^AIN BERRY GAVE THE ORDER TO MARCH,

and the line moved forward in the following order: Captain Berry,

E. W. ; Color Bearer Caldwell, and Bugler Lukens, E. W. ; First Lieutenant Bonnett; First Division Elizabeth Wheelmen ; Tricycle Division E. W. ; Atlanta Wheelmen, Newark, Captain A. W. Show, iS men ; Essex Bi. Club, Newark, 6 men ; Hudson County Wheel- men, J. C, Captain Baggot, 13 men ; Ilderan Cycling Club Bayonne, Captain Tunison, 20 men and i lady; New Jersey Wheelmen, Cap- tain Theberath, Secretary Dennison; Plainfield Bi. Club, Captain

F. L. C. Martin, 22 men; Roselle Ramblers, 8 men; Union County Wheelmen, Westfield, Captain T. H. Burnett, 13 men; unattached riders; Second Lieutenant Hazard, E. W. ; Second Division Eliza- beth Wheelmen; Sergeant A. S. Brown, E. W. With the Ilderans rode Captain Dennison,

OF THE SAVANNAH BICrCLE CLUB,

who is on a visit to the North. The Roselle Ramblers carried a transparency with the club name.

The column rode at a slow pace through the principal streets to the Union depot, where the tricycle division fell out, and the bicy- clers took a short run to and on the boulevard, and back to the club house. The total number in line, was about one hundred and fifty, including four tandems,

EIGHT LADIES ON SINGLE TRIKES,

and a number of gentlemen on "three-wheelers."

Arriving at the club house, refreshments in abundance were pro- vided, and all hands expressed themselves well satisfied with the manner in which the aftair was condudted, as well as the treatment accorded them by the Elizabeth Wheelmen boys. The ladies were highly' complimented for making the run, which was tiresome on account of the slow pace and rough streets. Very few mishaps oc- curred on the line of march. One of the Ilderans took such a grace- ful header that it was mistaken for a new evolution, and one or two others made a wreck of lanterns, but no one was hurt along the whole line. The number of ladies in line was the largest that ever paraded in this State, and they added an agreeable feature to the procession. It was hard on to twelve o'clock when the last lantern went out and the tired wheelmen went home, and

THE crCLERS' DISPLAY WAS OVER.

Citizens along the line were very generous in displaying lanterns, colored fires, etc., and the large crowds on Broad street attested their approval with applause. Among the decorators were E. J. Runyon, F. C. Gilbert, S. B. Bowman, E. C. Hazard, J. C. Clire- hugh, T. Bergen, and Dr. Oliver.

J. E. Savell, the popular captain of the Warren Wheel Club, who was married a few daj's ago, has been presented with a hand- some time indicator by a few of his Roxbury friends as a gentle re- minder of passing hours, hoping that its bright face may ever recall pleasant associations and kind memories of those who wish him abundant happiness in the new life before him.

The photographs spoken of below by the Senator, have come to hand. They are excellent pictures, and very astonishing withal. We onlv wish the Senator had taken the trouble to mark the cele- brities. "I send you, by this mail, a paper of Maltby's great ride over the pier wall, tw-enty-five feet above the sea; also, two photos : One of start of 'Wood vs. Temple' race for the final match, two miles, which Temple won. The other is a group of English cy- clists, with Temple and self standing in centre."

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4 Nov., i88y

In the Bicycling World, issue of MINNEAPOLIS LETTER. Oetober 21st. I notice a paragraph

quoted from a Minneapolis paper, in "f AY-PHOEBE " regard to a race track which will be

•^ ' sprung upon the good people of

Minneapolis next year. The fol- fowing portion of the quoted paragraph, "The track will be con- duced by amateurs, and square races will be the feature," was com- mented on by the editor of the Bicycling World, who drew the inference that the writer intended to convey the idea that honesty and professionalism do not go hand in hand. Now that is just the way it looks, but the paragraph was not written with the intention of slurring at the professionals as a class. I must confess it con- veyed a diredt and unmistakable meaning to the reader, which I am sure was not intended by the writer.

People are getting tired of this amateur and professional "color line." I know I am. I have known so many mean amateurs, measly, contemptible amateurs, and have also known many fine fellows in the professional lists, that I am heartily wishing that the League were open to all American wheelmen, who are of good charadler. No other athletic organization attempts to be so exclusive, or so signally fails.

Next season there may be a Lake Harriet loo-mile road race, and it will be a big one. We want to beat Clarksville time, if such a thing is possible, over such a sandy course as the Harriet boulevard. The laps are scant three miles each. Mr. Overman, when here last month, was charmed with the location, and said it was the finest place for a big road race he ever saw. [This is too short a course for a loo-mile race. — Ed.]

"WiLKESBARRE gave Roland Reed a rousing reception , at Music Hall. The bicycle club occupied the two front rows, and threw flowers on the stage whenever Mr. Reed appeared. He played 'Cheek' the first night, and 'A Woman Hater' the second, and the applause was, if possible, more hearty. We are glad to chronicle Mr. Reed's success ; but our correspondent does not explain his ex- ceptional reception. Is he a native of Wilkesbarre, or a member of the bicycle club.'" This from the dramatic notes in the Spirit of the Times. Perhaps the enthusiastic "bald-headed row" of Wilkes- barre pedal-pushing fame can arise and explain.

I AM always glad to read "Rachet's" letters; they are always newsy. There's a little dark-skinned cuss in New Orleans, La., who is young, a good rider, and a facile and versatile writer. His initials are R. G. B. I wish he would take a tumble to himself, and send the Bi. World a letter once in a uhile. I can assure him it would be appreciated. [Will "R. G. B." take the hint.?— Ed.] I am strongly in favor of the Owl's suggestion in regard to the "veterans" forming a society, but am inclined to think well of the suggestion of the "Raven" that eight years constitute the length of experience in things bicycular necessary for the enjoyment of membership.

I AM sorry to see the resolutions adopted at the L. A. W. Board of Officer's meeting at the Grand Union Hotel, a few days ago. I may be wrong, but I am decidedly in favor of road racing, and think the League will overstep its authority if it attempts to put a stop to It. I think if there is no harm done, and the people like it, and (as in Minneapolis) the road and park officials do all in their power to make the race a success, that the aftion of the League, were it to attempt to forbid such praiftices, would be very juvenile and unwar- rantable indeed. I think the League had better devote itself to tour- ing and highway construction, and let road racing severely alone.

Take the "much-slandered Morgan" (the phrase is not a new one, and IS certainly merited, which is more than any fair-minded gen- tleman can claim for the abuse), there are few finer fellows in the country, but just because he happens to be a professional, bah ! several journalistic fistulas throughout the States, spend their "best bad language" in his behalf, if such a "bull" is admissable. Senator and his "American team" will ahi<ays be -jelcome to Minneapolis as long as they maintain their reputation for being fast and honest

riders. But beware, O ! hippodromer, beware, for the moment thy foot is within even so much as the gates of the city, the "press" shall be pitted against thee, and it shall cry out with an exceeding great cry, and shall tell men what you are. Minneapolitans love square races, and are going to have them.

Minneapolis has been bled somewhat by certain professionals, who brought disgrace upon themselves, and disfavor upon a fine, healthy sport. Louise Armaindo has settled down within the bonds of holy matrimony with (rumor says) a wealthy real estate man in Eau Claire, Wis., and it is hoped for the sake of the sport she may never again mount a wheel. I think the sooner the female bicycle rider is hooted ofli' the race track, the better for our sport. We should not encourage anything so questionable. Many of us have sisters, and wives and mothers, who Avould instinftively blush to be seen at a race meeting where ex-trapeze performers, and variety queens rode against time and morality, in an unbecoming and un- womanly position. The sight of abbreviated ballet skirts and tinsel at a race meeting is one which should meet with nothing but hisses, and even the abbreviations are often .omitted. The "whoop-it-up- Eliza-Jane" spirit of old Black Hills dance houses is being gradually supplanted by one of appreciation for square and sportsmanlike races between men of good charadler.

I do not like to brag about the Western States, as my cycling friends are mainly in the East, but there are some rattling old riders in Minnesota. I think I can pick out some of next 3'ear's winners, sliould they take care of themselves, and train. Colie Bell, a young boy of about iS, is likely to show championship form next year, as will J. R. Stockdale, if he will only be careful of his health. Both are fast, and have lots of sand. Bell's strong point is his final spurt, which few men, even although able to lead him for miles on a long race, can answer, if Bell holds a good position at the finish. E. A. Savage, I think, has seen his best days, and may retire with honors. E. J. Hale is a good man, and would do better if he did not over-do the thing and ride too much. The same may be said of Purvis-Bruce, who has generally trained oft' every vestige of fat be- fore a race, and is generally in indifterent condition. But say, they're going to put a heavy weight on the market next year. Geo. Bartlett, the "boy wonder," as he is known to his bosom friends (I won't say w'ho they are), is a coming tricyclist. He has power enough and some sand, but his wind is no good. The only way to get any pace out of him is to get him scared, and then he can go; whew! that fellow can go when he's afraid of being beaten. He has made the mile on a tricycle, over sandy roads, in 3.34. George is a rider that reminds one of Thos. Worth's "Theophilus Wobble," but he gets there just the same.

THE R.1 VEN. "

The daily press here for the past week has

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of a Prof. King on a marine bicycle. An ex-_

amination of this so-called new invention on my part, brought about the renewal of an old acquaintance. This bicycle is but one of the same old pattern that Hazlett made famous by his interesting ac- counts, several years ago, through his articles in the Wheelman, but since this Prof. King has managed to push it across Niagara river, near the rapids, it has suddenly blossomed out as an extreme novelty in marine architecture.

Such wheelmen of this city as are voters, will make their presence felt at tlie polls on eledtion day, in favor of the introducer of the Liberty Bill, Mr. Cantor, who has received the nomination for State Senator from the district in which all the wheel clubs are lo- cated. The wheelmen's vote will be a compliment on their part that Mr. Cantor certainly merits.

The feeling here is, that everything considered, "Senator" Mor- gan and his crew have brought no discredit upon the country they claim to represent in England. His own and his crew's racing has been fair and above board, and a little above the average worth, while the "Senator's" oratory and performances with the pen, are by this time well enough known on both sides of the water, to pass as pre- eminent in professional racing circles.

The New York Club, through its absorption of the Ixion Club, among other things, fell heir to their annual fifteen-mile road race, which, by the b^-, was the first regular road race established. Under the New York Club, this race will be continued, and for the sixth time, will be run over the club course, from Yonkers to New York, on eledtion day. The contest will be extremely lively, and as the course is equally composed of the best and the worst possible speci- mens of road, both the racing and the road riding contingents of the club will have an equal show.

It is strange how deep and unreasoning the prejudice against cycling and its adherents is, and how far reaching it extends in un-

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expe(5ted direftions. The New York Club is the latest sufferer from this. Having perfe(5led all arrangements for the purchase of prop- erty for the building of their new club house, they were somewhat surprised at the last moment to have the owner decline to complete the sale to them, as he had just learned of the purpose they wanted the property for, and both he and his neighbors were against bicy- cles, bicyclers, and bicycle club houses. This is the third example of this prejudice they have encountered in their search for a suitable location. In each of the three, the owner was willing to sell for a club house, but when he learned it was a wheelmen's club, then the case was altered, and the sale refused. What idiocy !

The "respeAs" Mr. John A. W(ills, in your last issue, pays the Board of Officers and myself, is about such as one would naturally expeift from the source from which they came. Mr. Wells' alleged association with transadtions showing no intimate acquaintanceship with either truth or honor, has naturally caused him to fall into the error of the inspired writer, and declare "all men are liars." Both the subje(5t and the person, though, are a stench to the nostrils of all honest members of the L. A. W., and it is neither my intention nor desire to drag either from their dishonored grave, though I do desire to protest against being declared eligible to the high position of a friend of Mr. Wells', by being first branded as a liar, though the gentleman's well-known ability in this line makes an}' denial on my part, perhaps, unnecessary. [This must end — Ed.]

This city in athletics, like many other affairs, takes the lead, and sets the example for the balance of America, and it is therefor, per- haps, the fairest standpoint from which to study the question of amateurism. In general athletics, the amateur law is openly vio- lated, and to such an extent has this grown that there is probably not one amateur in ten so-called, who is entitled to the term. Men whose ability has lifted them, athletically speaking, above the or- dinary run of their competitors, are openly bought and sold, by the various rich amateur athletic clubs, at the head of which stand the rival organizations of the Manhattans and the New Yorks. So strong has the competition grown, that the supply in this country has become exhausted, and now, no sooner does a man abroad show any prominence in athletics, than he is flooded by cable and mail, with flattering offers to come to America and join the ranks of one of these a/«(7/«i/- athletic aristocracies. Comparing the continuous recriminations and disgusting disputes caused by this course of acftion, and putting the class of amateurs in the L. A. W. in com- parison, no one can possibly argue that any abandonment of our present strift amateur law will bring aught but evil and degeneracy to the cause of wheeling.

We would like to see Grove do

PITTSBURG andVICJNITY. I !!"'? 7°''^ on a racer; he is

built that way, and there certamly ^^nijQljFSNE" '^ considerable outcome in him;

' moreover, if he Avould get his

blood up, 3'ou could depend on a race meet each year. Its doubtful whether Seidell will do the hustling next year that he did this, as we heard him do some tall growling the week of the meet, at the amount of work it took. If he quits, we would like to see Grove step in. There is a great deal of work conneAed with a meet, and it is not every man that is com- petent.

On the quiet (don't speak above a whisper), Kaercher is after the booby prize in the Keystone's road record contest.

Among those who have been accused of the authorshin of these notes, are Fleming, Stiefel, Murray, Bidwell, Bean, Cofiin, Minne- meyer, and others. Well, guess away boys, and success (.') to you all !

We heard a prominent wheelman say : "Calfskin cases for League tickets are desirable, but the League should not peddle them ; let a manufafturer have the contracSt. It will be cheaper and more satis- faiftory." So say we all.

We would like to hear a plain statement of "Crank vs. Star," by H. Fleming, Jr. He has chased each a season, and if all we hear is true, he prefers last year's mount. Also Coffin, he has tried the safety, and quit. Wherefore, Mr. Coffin.'

• There are just eleven men around here who claim to be champion coasters; now let some of the unterrified get up a coasting contest on Ice House Hill, or Hiland avenue, and settle it. The talk you hear about coasting makes one tired. Enough said.

Critchlow, of Beaver Falls, is reported to have said that he could ride from Girard, Pa., to Buffalo, N. Y., and return, in a day. We would recommend an application of cold water and towels to his head, with a view to reducine the swelling. He is a very strong

rider, but we haven't a man in Western Pennsylvania who can ride that 216 miles in a day. We would like to see the gentleman try it.

Lenz has the largest mileage in Western Pennsylvania that is well authenticated. We hear of a man who occasionally takes a spin who leads him, but where did this gentleman do his riding.' Annual mileages are curious things, and pass most men's under- standing.

If the next L. A. W. meet is held within three or four hundred miles of Pittsburg the Western Philadelphia contingent will show up well numerically. We all would like to attend once, anywa}', and see what thej' do, and how they do it. What's the mat- ter with Baltimore?

They say that Fairfield is now after first prize in the consolation race. The winner was disqualified by winning a club champion- ship, and now it is claimed that the second man also won a prize. This gives the race to Fairfield, and he should have the prize if the above statement is correft.

A Philadelphia paper says that Wilhelm and Schwartz will come together at Reading on Nov. 4. This will show whether Wilhelm really is the best man in the State for five miles Wil- helm failed to lower Schwartz's Lancaster pike record, but they say the wind was blowing a gale.

Asa Dolph, e.\-champion bicycle rider, and Miss Flora Smith, of Loudenville, were married in Wooster, Ohio, last night (Oft. 27). The circumstances surrounding the wedding are somewhat odd. The couple notified Wooster parties of their coming, but the tele- gram was not received. They arrived late last night, and went to the house of some friends, but found them in bed; determined to get married, however, they proceeded to the house of a German preacher, in the southern part of the cit^', with an old woman as guide. The preacher was aroused after much trouble, but refused to marry them, thinking something wrong. For an hour he held out, but finally agreed, and the last word was spoken as the clock struck twelve. The couple started on a trip this morning. — Cleveland News and Herald.

A PARTY, comprising Howard Smith

?.Tmxr (VE-DCE'TT- smn^rc (glasses and all), C. W. Higgins (the

NEW JERSEY NOTES. \t^ ■ , ,,, ,.„■. ' r^ t a w^n „.. /^^

-' "genial Walt ), C L. b. Walker (63

■ R.4TCHET.

years of age, but still good for all day), Fred Coningsby (of Coningsbj'-Morton fame), "Shorty" (the one who is willing to scorch anybody — Star riders preferred), and an "unknown," left Oraton Hall at 10.30 on Sunday, 23 Oiftober, for a country ride. "De gang whooped 'er up by" way of Montclair, Caldwell, Franklin, Hanover, and Columbia to Morristown. Three of the party, how- ever, hung back before reaching the town, to raid an apple orchard, while the rest scorched ahead, to order their dinners. The way they went at the edibles, caused "mine host" to groan, but to noeftecft, as "they never left the table till the plates were cleaned." After leav- ing Morristown, they were too "heavily' laden" to do much scorch- ing, but managed to get along after a fashion. On the return, they took in Madison, Chatham, Summit, Spring Lake, Valley Road, Centre and Harrison streets, and Central avenue, arriving home dusty, tired, and (I must tell it) hungry again. The Morristown hotel keeper said he "never saw such eaters." About fifty miles was covered on the trip, and raiding apple orchards, and taking oc- casional "involuntary dismounts," served to make the ride a pleasant one.

The Ilderans of New York are to ride out to the road race in a body — not in the body of a stage, as was reported.

- A BICYCLE track is to be one of the features of the new athletic grounds of the Pastime Athletic Club, of Hackensack.

Members of the Essex Bicycle Club take runs nearly every Satur- day afternoon, and are occasionally accompanied by members of other clubs.

The bicycle school in Oraton Hall will be re-opened in a short time. Smith intends to have some fancy riding at short intervals during the season.

Charles Dickens has been engaged by the Atalanta Wheelmen to give several readings from his father's works, in Association Hall, 14 November.

Saturday, 22 Oftober, Messrs. E. E. Sergeant, Righter, Harris, and Dennison, took a fifteen-mile spin through the Oranges. The ride consumed about an hour.

Messrs. Kerr and Dennison have arranged for a ride to Plain- field on eledlion day, and the party will probably be increased to a dozen or more before the start.

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Seven cranks, four Stars, one tandem trike, two crippers, and a Kangaroo passed the corner of Market and Hroad streets inside of an hour on Saturday afternoon.

The Hudson County team will be Stenken, Kluge, Baggott, and E. M. Smith. Nothing the matter with this for a winning team, provided Kluge is not barred out. lie will, under any circum- stances, ride, and will make a go for records, if not for points.

"( ).}'oi' know" as well as I do, that we have had good

weather for the past week, barring one day, so we'll "drop it." Last Sunday was a "riding day," in every sense of the term, and was taken advantage of by any number of boys who love fresh air.

Where, oh! where, is the American Wheelman? Did Rogers carry it east and drop it in Boston harbor, saying sic IransH gloria tnundi (cycling) .' (The chappie from wliom I get my Latin is visit- ing his best girl to-night, talking "spoons," so I had to do the best I could.)

In your last you state that "Stenken does not feel over joyful at the faiil of Kluge's re-entrance to the amateur ranks. * * * " There are no two men on the list who are more friendly toward one another than the "two Charlies," so I fail to see the point. Will you please enlighten.''

Some of the flyers praiflicing for the road race say that the course, in some places, is not just as it should be for fast work. At the foot of the long hill near IVIilburn, the road has had a top dressing of sand, which is soft to the depth of three or four inches. It will be thoroughly rolled, but it will not be as firm as it should be.

The IVheel suggested some time ago that ropes be stretched on either side of the road, near the finish, on the Irvington-Milburn course, to keep back all those who had no right in the road. I hope this suggestion will be a(5ted upon, as it would save much annoy- ance to the officials, as well as riders. Whether the rope is used or not, one faft must not be forgotten by those interested in the race, and that is, that, although the supervisors grant permission for the race to be held on the road, it is none the less a public thoroughfare, and HO person has any right to force a vehicle oft' the roadway. Drivers of vehicles will willingly clear the road if asked to do so, but if some of the unthinking enthusiasts attempt to lead horses oft" to one side, without consulting the driver, trouble is likely to ensue, and the driver will have the law on his side.

Academy street is known as a first-rate place for a coast, the road, which is unpaved, being hard and smooth in good weather. As it crosses High and Plane streets, however, both of which are constantly traversed by vehicles, it is seldom, indeed, that any wheel- man is fool-hardy enough to risk his neck there. Last Tuesday, a wheelman came bowling down regardless of consequences, and reached the corner just as a pair of spirited horses, drawing a coupe, started to turn in from High street. The colored driver of the team, with a glance, took in the situation, and quick as a flasli, he swung his team upon the sidewalk to the left, the cycler, thanks to the driver's presence of mind, being thus enabled to clear the car- riage safely, though by less than a foot. One of the horses cut its leg against the curb, but the driver simply said, "it's better to kill a horse, boss, than a man ; but this is a bad place for tobogganittg."

Charles Richards Dodge has

^lrAC'T^T^.Tr^T^nr,T srrt'ri^c been with US for a short time, and WASHING! ON NO rhit. x,- ■ -^ u v. n • j %,

his visit has been greatly enjoyed by

'i 7? /i Jirnr T?t? " those among his legion of friends

KAMBi^nn. ^^^^ ^^j ^^g g^^j fortune to meet

him. Although now a full-fledged Bostonese, he still has a tender spot for his Washington friends.

Howell Stewart, another of the racers of that day, still gives much of his attention to wheeling. But now it goes on four wheels, and holds his brag prize — a young Stewart.

Wm. Muelheisen, Jr., who met with a bad accident at the recent races in Baltimore, fracturing his lower jaw, is doing well, and his friends of the Cycle Club are much rejoiced thereat. This was his first race, and is likely to be his last one.

The Sunday run of the Cycle Club, with a contingent from the Baltimore Clubs, was a delightful one, and was thoroughly enjoyed. The Washington boys had several obligations of hospitality to re- pay, and they tried hard, and with success, to pay the debt.

John M. Killitts, chief of the Publication Division, Signal Ofiice, has resigned. He goes to his old home in Ohio, to engage in the praiftice of law. Mr. Killitts, in addition to his regular duties, aAed as private secretary to Gen. Hazen, the Chief Signal Office, for some time before his death. He was an adtive wheelman, having held the office of President of the Capital Club for two terms.

RECORD OF

THE WEEK.

Capt. Smith, of the Cycle Club, met with an unfortunate acci- dent at his repair shop, a few days ago. A piece of iron flew from the blacksmith's anvil, and entered the fleshy part of the leg, above the knee. The doctors probed for it unsuccessfully. Charlie says the pain is bad, but the disappointment he suffered by being unable to take in the entertainment of the Baltimore boys, is worse.

On the road to Cabin John's Bridge, on Sunday last, B. W. Hanna was met with. Ridefs of three years ago will recall him as one of the local cracks of that day, and the winner of the Willard Hotel cup, at the races, during the League meet here. He was considered a good man in those days, but we are a "fast" people, and he has given up the track. He is the p»ivate secretary of the Secretary of the Navy, and enjoys the confidence of his chief to a marked de- gree.

A TIP to the Los Angeles wheelmen. There has lately arrived in your midst, a cer- tain gentleman by the name of Howard P. Merrill. He is connected with the Times- Mirror of that city. Hunt him up, drag him out, and make him do his prettiest for you. He has ideas, and knows how to pracftically apply them. He was educated in a splendid school, (i. e.) that of Springfield, Mass. Un- til his departure, he was one of the pillars of that most energetic of clubs, the Springfield. Wheelmen of Los Angeles, put him to work.

Capt. Savell, of the Warren Wheel Club, has returned from his wedding trip.

It is very probable that the track records will be given a rest in this counti'y, for this season, anyway.

Last Monday Senator Morgan instituted a six days' bicycle tournament at the Waverly Market, Edinburgh.

The Dorchester Club believes in encouraging the boys, and so they will give a race for boys onl^', on Thanksgiving.

Mr. Edgar Davenport of the Museum Company is quite a rider. It is rumored that he will become a member of the Boston Club.

London W. and Dr. Kendall enjoyed the hospitality of E. C. Hodges, of the Boston Club, at his shooting box on Ponkapoag lake.

There will be a large dinner for A. Kennedy-Child at the Boston Club, if he manages to establish the loo-mile tricycle record for America.

At the fall meeting of the Harvard Athletic Association, held last Saturday, R. H. Davis, 'gi, made the college record for two miles, in 6.02 1-2.

The Providence yottrnal says that Chief Consul Davol may come up to witness the loo-mile road race to-morrow. We shall be most happy to see him.

The Cyclist thiriks that Howell, Woodside, Temple, with Morgan as manager, ought to constitute a broom that will sweep the Ameri- can track next year.

The monthly meeting of the Warren Wheel Club takes place at their rooms, next Wednesday (the 9th) , at which the winter enter- tainments will be talked.

We are moving on and improving, as we note with joy not a sin- gle cycling scribe has got off the tandem chestnut in relation to the marriage of W. A. Rowe.

The use of colored sashes to distinguish the contestants in the twenty-four-hour road race last Monday, was favorably commented on by the men themselves, and the lookers on.

The Faneuil House, Brighton, has been, and is, a great cycling centre this week. Last Sunday crowds rode over to discuss the "probabilities," and the great news from the West.

MiDGLEY, of Worcester, on a Springfield Roadster, will have a try for our lOo-mile race; and Carmen, of the Cambridgeport Bicy- cle Club, is one of the most notable amateurs entered.

Whittaker is out with a challenge to race Percy Stone from one-quarter to 100 miles, and as an earnest that he means biz he has deposited $25 forfeit in the hands of the editors of the Record.

All the English papers sympathize with us at the bad luck we experienced with our big race. Bi. News gives us words of comfort, and this is grateful to our wounded feelinks. Thanks, Bi. News.

We were getting quite anxious as to the existence and well-being of the writer of Recreation Notes in the St. Louis Spectator. After a silence of a couple of weeks he bobs up and says "sassy" things

4 Nov., 1887. THE BICYCLING WORLD

COVENTRY MACHINISTS' CO.

LIMITED.

On Friday evening, August 12th, 1887, on the Coventry Track, Messrs. Allard and Oxborrow succeeded in lowering all Tandem Records from 2 to 10 miles, BEATING THE EXISTING RECORD FOR 10 MILES BY

One Minuti! 561 Seconds.

Covering the whole distance in

27 MINUTES 56 SECONDS,

Also 3o seconds faster than ordinary bicycle record.

MACHINE RIDDEN WAS A

Timekeeper : G, H, lUston, Official Timekeeper to the N. C, U.

230 6OLPDS IVEHDE

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Men on Good

PVT THE pOBDS WPEBE THET ST|IY.

It is about a year since Stillman G. Whittaker made the following set of World's Records on the Cra^A^fordsville course, viz. :

10 Miles in 29 Minutes 1 3-4 Seconds. 20 Miles in 59 Minutes 35 4-5 Seconds. 100 Miles in 6 Hours 1 1-2 Minutes.

And these records have stood ever since, notwithstanding the fact that the competitive trade have done their utmost to acquire them.

While other manufacturers have built special wheels for this purpose, which differed materially from those they offered the public, all of our performances have been on the identical wheels listed in our Catalogue, and we claim, therefore, that they are remarkably significant, and demonstrate un- questionably the

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Then that performance of Frank Dingley's on the Lynn Track :

100 Miles in 5 Hours 38 Minutes 44 1-5 Seconds.

Being 25 minutes better than the American record and ii minutes better than the English record. Quite a number of attempts have been made to lower this by other makers since, all of which proved to be failures.

We think the above is ample evidence to convince the most skeptical, and to efface any im- pression to the contrary caused by the false statements of our traducers.

Respectfully submitted,

GormuJiy \ Jeffery Mfy> Co.,

CHICAGO, - - TTmJm,

^^r^Send for the last edition of our Cataloarue.

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THE BICYCLING WORLD

II

about us and "able-foa'zVa'" proof readers. We always thought mind had more to do with this branch of producing a paper. But then what can you expect.'

The papers are busy copying the Globe's item that Kennedy-Child is going for a 24-hour record. Nothing is further from the Kid's notion. He, however, has an eye on the 100-mile tricycle race and record.

The Pacific coast Athlete and Wheelman is away oft" in crediting Dingley with the five and ten mile records ; these have been held by Rowe for over a year. Better revise your record list, Mr. Athlete and Wheelman.

The Los Angeles (Cal.) Athletic Club will give a great meeting Nov. 24. Among the events will be four bicycle races. Here is a chance for Merrill to infuse some of the original Springfield go ahead into the affair.

It will be remembered that we spoke of having discovered a mon- key at a farm house between Wellesley and Needham. It is now quite the caper for all cyclists to stop at the house, and form the ac- quaintance of little, fat "Jocko."

Why does not the N. C. U. establish an American branch, and in this way govern road races. It certainly would be of greater value to the American riders than the establishment of the C. T. C, with the utmost respedt for the last-named body.

In the article of Ordinary vs. Safety, the Cyclist avers that the ordinary will coast better than the safety. We find our experience proves just to the contrary, and that a safety will out-coast an ordi- nary every time, the "weight up" being equal.

After a year's sojourn in Australia, Fred Wood turns his face towards England once more. We should think Mr. Wood would have ample reason to long remember his visit to the new continent. We hope his little difficulty in the colony will not make his home- coming in any way embarrassing or unpleasant.

An evidence of careless cutting and editing, is shown in the faift that this erronious squib, printed by the Globe, is going the rounds, uncorreiSted : "There were thirty-eight names added to the L. A. W. membership rolls last week, swelling the total to 1173." Fafts often get twisted, but such a palpable typographical error as above, ought not to go unchallenged.

During the 34-hour race, and just as he had. gone his no miles, Hollingsworth remarked, in answer to our query, that he never felt better in his life. He was going wonderfully strong and well, and had his competitors pushed him as we hoped they would, the records would have had a loud call. As it was, he rode very easily, and when they stopped him at the 164th mile he was not in the least

The English military authorities seem to have queer notions as to the capabilities of the cycle. Witness the remarkable tests called for in the late heats at Aldershot. Speaking of these tests the Cyclist says : "Asa practical cyclist, we fear that the military authorities who have the use of the modern cycle in view as an arm of the service have started with erroneous views of the capabilities of the machines they aesire to employ. The military c^'clist who, when engaged upon a momentous and important duty (whether of scouting or dispatch-carrying), attempted to ride over the course or the obstacles set up as tests on Friday would be worse than mad. We know nothing of war tactics, but we do know something of the capabilities of the modern cycle, and believe us, O ye Mighty Ones of the War Office, cross-country running isn't one of them."

A correspondent, who signs himself "1097," goes for the Raven and his spoke theory. This is scientifically expressed, but as near as we can get at his meaning, he expressed neatly, that we so bung- lingly tried to in our last issue : "Please have your scientific editor draw his blue pen all through such painful crooks as the Raverfs last, in you issue of 21 Odtober. Those who know anything about mechanics, know the angular velocity of a revolving wheel is alike at all points, that all points equally distant from the centre, have the same velocity about the centre, and that a point on the periphery of a rolling wheel discribes a cycloidal curve, with a constantly vary- ing linear velocity, parallel to the surface. Therefore, we dislike to have such articles dished up to us, especially when revamped from an article going the rounds of the daily press. I am sorry the doc; tor wasted a plate for such a cause."

An eff'ort was made to have Temple and Maltby appear before Her Majesty the Queen, but for some reason or other Victoria did not care to witness the proffered exhibition. This is too bad. As an advertising value it would have been great to have announced that "by special command (i. e. reqtiesi) Messrs. Temple and Maltby appeared befgre Her Majesty and a whole lot of Dukes and

"Dukesses" at Balmoral Castle. The royal head on several occasions was observed to nod approval three distinct and separate times, and trustworthy witnesses aver that they heard the royal vocal organs murmur the word "bravo!" It is understood that the Qiieen will confer the "Order of the Pearl Shirt Button" on Temple, and on Maltby the "Order of the Tin Pepper Box." Now how nicely that would read at the bottom of the posters, and how royalty-hating Americans would have flocked to see the happy mortals on whom royal eyes had beamed, royal lips approved, and on whose swelling bosoms glittered the order of the "Button and Pepper Box." Oh, yes; it would have been a drawing card in democratic, equality- loving (.?) America. We will wager sovereigns to red coppers that if W. J. Morgan could have secured an audience with the royal lady he would have fixed things so that the whole danged American team would have been invited to stay at Windsor for a couple of weeks, and who knows but that the Senator might have had the Premier- ship offered to him on the first convenient opportunity.

A PLEASANT occasion indeed, and one long to be remembered, was that which took place Thursday evening, Oct. 27th, at the resi- dence of the bride's parents on Burchstead court. Mr. William A. Rowe, the well-known wheelman, and Miss Alice B. Ayres of this city, formerly of Portsmouth, N. H., were united in marriage by Rev. A. A. Moore, of the Central Congregational Church. The impressive Episcopal service was used. The event was witnessed by the immediate families and a few intimate friends. The bride was dressed in a Gobelin blue ottoman silk, trimmed with ottoman plush. In her corsage she wore a bouquet of 21 souvenir roses, emblematic of each year of her life. The presents to the newly wedded were profuse and rich. Among the large number was a silk plush parlor suit, presented by Placide Herbert, an elegant hand- painted china dinner set from the Pope Manufacturing Co., oil paintings, and all the articles which are usually presented on these occasions. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe departed to take the train for New York amid a shower of rice. They will spend two weeks away, and on their return will reside at 85 Maple street, where they will receive friends. The young couple have the best wishes of a host of friends and admirers, to which are added the congratulations of the Bee and a multitude of bicyclists. — Lynn Bee.

A REMARKABLE performance was executed by Maltby, of the American team of bicyclists, at present in Aberdeen, Scotland, Monday, Odt. 17. Maltby, in presence of a large number of speiSta- tors, rode upon a one-wheeled cycle along the wall of the North Pier. His progress from the point of the pier to its upper end was one which showed exceptional daring and skill. During the journey a boat was in attendance in case of the rider losing his balance, and falling into the sea, but fortunately he accomplished the surprising feat in an astonishingly short time, without a single hitch. The following day, Mr. W. S. Maltby rode on a unicycle from the light- house on the North Pier along the sea wall to the upper end of the pier, which is the second time he has accomplished the feat. While working his way along the top of the sea wall, Maltby and his ma- chine were photographed by Mr. Morgan, Market street. There were about 300 people present, who gave the daring and skillful cyclist three ringing cheers when he finished his feat. Maltby was dressed in light racing costume, so as to be able to swim, in the event of his falling into the sea, and Morgan, Temple, and Wood- side were at hand to give assistance, in the event of its being re- quired. A bet of £1; was on the feat, which of course was gained by Maltby.

A VERY exciting scene was witnessed one day last week in the south of London. Mr. Sydney Lee, of the Kildare B. and T. C, was travelling slowly along the highway on a tricycle, when a one- horse wagonette, containing altogether six men and three women, was driven straight at him, and he had just time to throw himself on the footpath when the cartwheel went over his machine, smash- ing it up in the most wholesale fashion. Mr. Lee ran after the wagonette, and seized upon the back, whereupon one of the men struck him. Being a particularly powerful man, Mr. Lee, who was a little soured — shall I say.'' by the incident, went for the horse's head, and, half pulling him round, made a spring at the box seat. As he did so, one of the men bent over to strike him, and Mr. Lee, catching him by the collar, pulled him out, and he fell on his head in the road, where he lay insensible for some time. Springing up, the enraged cyclist hurled one of the remaining two on the box into the body of the trap, and the other, saying it wasn't his fault, gave up the reins, and Mr. Lee drove the now thoroughly cowed party to the neighboring police station, picking up en route the fallen brave. In consideration of the damage done to the latter, Mr. Lee con- sented to accept full compensation in lieu of charging the men, two of whom broke down and became almost tearful. It will be a long time before they interfere with an athletic cyclist again. — Sporting Life.

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4 Nov., 1887.

HOUJNGSWORTH AN EASY WINNER OF THE Z4-HOUR

RACE.

The result of the lirst annual 24-hour race, held under the aus- pices of the World, was a surprise to every one, in that Hollings- worth managed to shake his competitors so early in the game. The story is briefly this : At precisely 3.13, A. Kennedy-Child, officiat- ing as starter, gave the word, and away went the men. The first round, the men all rode together, with Neilson in front. The first round was made in 1.31 (the length of course is 2omiles, 2552 feet). Rhodes stopped for three minutes, but he soon managed to catch up with HoUingsworth and Neilson, and so the trio jogged along to- gether, at a comfortable gait, Neilson and HoUingsworth finishing the second round at 6.30. During this trip HoUingsworth came down a cropper, but no harm was done; Rhodes in seven minutes later. On this round all three men took a rest and a bite of some- thing. On this round Neilson took a header, striking his knee, thus virtually putting him out of the race, and so he stopped. Hol- lingsworth thought they were "all out," and so leisurely pedalled along. He soon became aware that he had a competitor left, as Rhodes dashed up alongside, and away went the pair at a good clip. The faster pace proved to be child's play for HoUingsworth, while Rhodes, arriving at the Faneuil House at9.50,even with the former, showed signs of distress, much to the chagrin and amazement of his friends. Every effort was made to induce him to proceed, but he would have none of it. In the meantime, HoUingsworth was just beginning to feel chipper, and so, after a pause of three min- utes, he pulled out, with Berlo for pacer. Feeling that he had it his own way, he took things very easy, finishing the 102 1-2 miles, in the not remarkable time of Sh. 9m. Just about this time Neilson had been prevailed on to carry on the war, and no sooner did Billy Rhodes find that his stable companion was on the way, than he would also go. This, however, was their last lap, and after having gone round once, nothing could get these two men on a wheel that night again. It was an off day for the Viiftor team. Sam continued to amble round at a very easy gait, but at the termination of the eighth lap, having covered 163 3-4 miles, and being then over eighty miles ahead of Neilson, and si.xty ahead of Rhodes, the judges and referee decided to call HoUingsworth off, and give him the race. He finished feeling so fresh that it was patent that he had not been pushed one bit. He stoped at 2.54 A. M., so the time for the 163 3-4 miles is I3h. 39m. Up to 2 A. M. the weather was fairly good for record riding, but after that hour, the wind increased, so that by sunrise it was blowing a gale from the northeast, cold enough to freeze a red-hot stove. If we had been fortunate enough to see Hol- lingsworth with competitors who had put him along, some big time would have been shown. The officers who had kindly offici- ated were ; Dr. W. G. Kendall, referee; judges and checkers at the Faneuil House were Geo. L. Haynes and R. E. Bellows ; checkers on Craft street, F. G. Gibbs, H. A. Lienhard.and Mr. F. N. Storrs. At the turning point at Wellesley we had a tent, and at that point, and along the road to Needham Plains, we ourselves took charge, and were ably assisted by W. S. Doane and J. G. Dalton. There are only three points on the whole course that it is possible to cut, and these points were most zealously guarded.

THE HOUR AND zs-MILE TRICYCLE RECORD BROKEN.

On Monday 0<5lober 17, at Coventry, Messrs. AUard and 0.x- borrow broke several of the existing records for tandem riding. The pair were the previous holders of the best times up to ten miles ; but from eleven miles upwards they established a new set of figures. The pair completed 20 miles 715 yards in the hour, 21 miles occupy- ing 61 min. 43 seconds. The previous best time for this distance was Mr. and Mrs. Smith's 67 min. i 3-5 sec. Below we give the time of records taken :

II o 32 13

12 - - - - ,- - - - o 35 10 2-5

13 o 38 9

14 - - - - - - - - o 41 6 2-5

15 o 44 2

16 - - - o 46 58 2-5

17 o 49 50

iS o 52 48 4-s

19 - o 55 54 3-s

20 ■ o 58 51 2-5

21 - - - - - - - -II 43

22 ------- - I 4 45

23 -------- I 7 50

24 1 10 51 1-5

25 I 13 42 4-5

Our suggestion to the gallant youth of England to fight shy of Mr. and Mrs. Smith'e performance was evidently not in time to pre- vent the attempt. AUard and Oxborrow rode a Marlboro' Club.

HILL CLIMBING.

College Hill, Providence, was the scene of a climbing contest last Friday. It was a competition of Stars, and the exhibition was an exceedingly satisfadlory one. College Hill is the "Corey" of Providence, and every ambitious cyclist has made more or less suc- cessfully attack on same. The result of the contest is as foUows :

(i) T. Lakey, 1.13

(2)W. Lakey, - - - - - - - 1.20

(3) W. C. Campbell, 1.30 1-4

(4) H. Worrall, ---... j.ji 1.2

(5) C. E. Monroe, 1.38

(6) C.J.Campbell, ------ 1.42

(7) John Carr, ------ 2.03 1-4

Mr. W. J. South a(5ted as timer, and he had to do some good run- ning up grade, so as to time the start and finish. The prize, a hand- some silver cup, given by Mr. H. F. Campbell, was awarded Mr. T. Lakey. * * * [Will our informant please give grade and dis- tance from start to finish of the College Hill course.' — Ed.

THE SAFETY RECORDS FROM 6 TO 20 MILES GO.

At Coventry, on Wednesday morning, Oift. 19th, A. P. Engle- heart lowered the world's safety records from six to twenty miles. The day was perfeft for record-breaking, and with Buckingham, AUard, Oxborrow, Brown, and Chambers as pacemakers, Engle- heart rolled of his miles as foUows :

MILES. M. s.

I - - - - 2 51 3-5

2 5 47 4-5

3 - - - - S 41 2-5

4 - - - - - II 39 4-5

5 - - - - 14 36 4-5

6 17 34 4-5*

7 - - - - 20 30* S- - - - -23 31*

9 - - - - 26 27 4-5*

10 - - - - - 29 24 2-5*'

11 - - - - 32 24*

12 - - - - - 35 20*

13 - - - - 38 15 i-s*

14 - - - - - 41 16*'

15 - - - - 44 20*

16 - - - - - 47 203-5*

17 - - - - 50 21 1-5* 18 53 27 3-5*

19 - - - - 56 22 3-5*

20 - - - - - 59 16 4-5*

PREVIOUS BERT.

M. S. 17 46 2-5

20 49 3-5 23 46 26 43 29 34 3-5 32 52 35 54 38 55 41 542-5 44 55 47 53 2-5 50 48

53 44 56 39

59 27

♦World's records. Distance in the hour, 20 miles 474 yards. Engleheart, as usual, rode a Brookes's rear-driving safety, and now holds all safety records from one to twenty miles, his previous best performance from ten to twenty miles having been made on a "Kangaroo" on August 27th, i885. The timekeepers were Mr. G. lUston (official timekeeper N. C. U.) and Henry Sturmey {Cyclisl), Mr. S. Golders {Bicycling Netus), as usual, scoring the laps. — Bi. News.

THE MEASUREMENT OF OUR TWENTY-MILE COURSE.

The greatest care has been exercised in making the measurement of this course exact. Starting from the Faneuil House, eastern door, and leaving the yard by the western entrance, the course leads down Washington street to Oak Square to Tremont street, the first mjle post is reached on the right hand side, just beyond the cluster of houses standing on the left of that street. Thence along Tre- mont to Park, Vernon and Richardson, the second mile post is just this side of where Richardson bends to the left to take street cross- ing railroad track. The third mile post is at foot of telegraph pole on corner of Watertown avenue and Crafts street. The fourth is on Waltham street, some 200 yards beyond where Crafts turns into Waltham. The fifth is in West Newten, at the foot of a large tree about 200 yards beyond the railroad crossing. The sixth is on Washington street, at the foot of a lamp post just before the gas house is reached. The seventh is right in Lower Falls, and is placed on the left hand, opposite Ward street. The eighth mile is about one-eighth of a mile this side of Grantville Centre, and the ninth is 150 yards beyond the railroad signal post, which stands right on the edge of the highway. The 10th mile is on Wellesley avenue, after the turning point, and is about half a mile beyond, and half way down the little hill just before turning into Great Plain avenue. There is no particular distinguishing'mark to place

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the nth and 12th miles, but the 13th mile is on the first corner on right hand side of Highlandville street, after turning at Needham Plains. The 14th post is at Highlandville, on high bank just a trifle bevond, and opposite the school house. The 15th mile is 300 yards this side of the Charles River bridge. The i6th mile is op- posite cemetery, about 200 yards before reaching Boylston street. The 17th is in Newton Centre, about 300 yards before the turn into Beacon street. The iSth mile is one-third of the way up the second hill on Beacon, before reaching Hammond street. The 19th is at a point just beyond the narrow roadway between the reservoirs (no stake placed here). The 20th mile is 370 feet south of the end of asphalt walk on Chestnut Hill reservoir, and the distance from this post to starting point is 2552 feet, via Chestnut Hill avenue.

THE IVEL TANDEM.

The cut heading this article represents the "Ivel" tandem, on which Messrs. Mills and Tingey made their remarkable record of 301 miles within the 24 hours on the road. We present it to our readers because the form of three equally' sized wheels has always been held by us the coming and true type of the successful tricycle. We have always insisted on the necessity of the large front wheel and smaller drivers. That this type, or a very near approach to it, we are more than ever sure will be the style of the tricycle of the future. When we look back on the 50-inch drivers and 16-inch pilot wheel we do not wonder that scoffing people avowed that the tricycle had no future. We can remember how the first 40-inch drivers ever imported, and which we owned, was looked on askance by the knowing ones, and how diminutive they appeared even to our eyes. Now we look at the 40-inch wheels as being somewhat big, and whether a 36-inch driver is the minimum for use on Amer- ican roads is still a problem. That the tendency still is to reduce the drivers and increase the size of the pilot wheel, is proven most conclusively. The great success of this little tricycle with 30-inch wheels all round, and the fact that the rear-driving safeties are so easy running, also prove that the small wheel is the proper thing, except in instances where sand is deep, and in such cases we would advise the would-be wheelman to content himself with the use of shanks' mare or the legs of a four-footed beast, as means of cover- ing the ground. The above cut will explain itself, and will show the simplicity of the frame and general construction. As to the exact size of the wheels, we cannot at present lay our hands on the necessary data to speak positively, but we are under the impression that they are all 30 inches. To say that the wheel weighed some- thing under seventy pounds, and yet carried these two heavy men at the rate of some 13 miles an hour over roads, speaks volumes as to the excellence of the workmanship and material.

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THE Z4-H0UR RECORD OF S. G. WHITTAKER.

We had to hold our paper in order to give the certificates of offi- cials, as given below, in Mr. Whittaker's great ride. We cannot give the story of the race this week, but we shall next. We have

also written for some information bearing on the matter, all of which will have our full attention next issue :

Crawfordsville, Ind., Oft. 2Sth, 1887.

We the undersigned, officials for Stillman G. Whittaker in his 24- hour bicycle ride, against the road record of 305 miles made by A. A. McCurdy, do hereby certify to the best of our knowledge and be- lief, that said Whittaker covered 323 miles in 23 hours 50 minutes 35 seconds: Referee — Wm. F. Schroeizer. Judges — E. H. Comer, C. E. Gilbert, E. H. Cowan, M. D., Lou Lee. Timers— C. L. Rost, M. H. Insley, Fred T. Brown ; T. W. Eck, extra timer. Checkers- Checker 25-mi!e post, W. B. Ramey; checker 27 i-2-mile post, Harry C. Hughes; checker 4-mile turn, R. K. Krout, Jr. ; checker starting point, Milan Overton. Starter — W. E. Rosebro.

Start, Oa. 27, 1S87, I P. M.

MILES. H. M. S.

SO 3 00 17 2-S

105 6 44 22 1-5

iSS 10 39 40

2IO IS II 33 2-S

260 18 34 42 2-S

31S - 23 12 37 3-s

323 -----.-- 23 s8 3S We the undersigned, official timers, certify that the above time is correft. Fred T. Brown,

M. H. Insley, C. L. Rost, (T. W. Eck, extra timer.)

Mayor's Office, "1

Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 29, 1887. J To all whom it viay concern : — This is to certify that the above- named gentlemen, who officiated as timers, judges, etc., on the oc- casion of Stillman G. Whittaker's attempt to beat the road record of three hundred and five miles. Oft. 27-28, 1886, are all reputable citi- zens of Crawfordsville, and are reliable and trustworthy in every respeft. Byron R. Russell,

Mayor of Crawfordsville.

State of Indiana.

Montgomery County. Wm. B. Ramey and Henry A. Ramsbrook being first duly sworn upon their oaths, say that they carefully measured the entire course over which Stillman G. Whittaker made his twenty-four hour bicy- cle run, which he began at I o'clock P. M., on Thursday, Oct. 27th, 1887, and that the distance so measured by them is correct, to the best of their knowledge and belief.

Wm. B. Ramey, Harry A. Ramsbrook. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of Oct., 1887: William T. Brush, Notary Public. I hereby certify that I appointed the above-named chainraen, W. B. Ramey and Henry A. Ramsbrook, to measure said course, and believe that they did their work honestly and correct.

E. S. Simpson, Civil Engineer. Oct. 29th, 1887. •

HERE ARE TWO REMEDIES.

Editor Bicycling World : I would say in reply to Mr. Fisher, that the reason that most wheels do not track is caused by the neck falling heavily against the side of the slot in the head, and can be remedied and made to' track by taking the backbone from the forks, placing the neck in a vise and bending sidewise till straight, which can be told by applying a straight-edge, or putting in place and sighting from large wheel to small ; if there is a twist in neck, straighten by twisting. If it is in the rear forks, as it sometimes is, it can be made to track by putting a piece oi flat steel through the rear forks and wheel, and twisting till straight.

Jas. a. Spead.

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4 Nov., i88y.

WE TAKE A TRIP.

About a week ago the editor was sitting in the reading room of No. 36 St. James avenue, cogitating on the woes of this life, the thornj path of cycling editors in general, and the partic- ularly thorny condition of his own especial path. There is no doubt but that there was a cloud on the brow of the editor, and it lightened very little by virtue of his tlioughts, until the simultaneous advent of the Do<ftor, Papa and the Kid brought a little sunshine into the editor's heart. "We are otf for a trip to Middlesex Fells to

pay Mr. and Mrs. B a visit, in their camp at Spot Pond, and

we want you to come along." We had the pleasure of Mr. B 's

acquaintance, and as the suggestion was presented to us, we invol- untarily began to hum the refrain :

"We'll all go a-cycling to-day, etc." Why this gay little song should present itself to the editor's mind

on the mentioning of Mr. B -'s name, we cannot for the life of

us say. "We will give _vou five minutes to put on your togs," quoth the Kid ; so we hustled into our nondescript costume, yclept a cy- cling riding suit, and were waiting at the door before the lazy trio were ready to go. Ye editor has "an eagle eye," and he uses it, too, so when he discovered that Doc was riding a machine minus a bolt in a place where "de" bolt ought to be, he announced the fa(5l, and thereby caused Doc to indulge in unseemly language, at which. Kid, Papa and ye editor were much scandalized. The unparalelled skill for which Doc is notorious, enabled that worthy to pilot the incom- plete machine to Porter's station, without breaking his neck.

At Porter's a halt of five minutes was called, and Doc, after due diligence and search, aided and abetted by an hostler, found a car- riage bolt, which, by driving in tight and snug, made the machine sound and staunch. Just after leaving this point, the editor found he had left his oil can behind, and so turned about to retrace the few yards and secure it. The party waited for him, and Doc made some remark about the can, that raised the ire of the editor. From being mildly sarcastic, they became boisterously abusive. Papa and the Kid "poured oil," but alas, there was no water to smooth, instead there was a raging fire, and so the oil added to the flames. Hotter and hotter grew the discussion over that measley little oil can. In faift, so hot had it grown, that the paint peele^ oft" of the houses as they rode by, and an unfortunate chicken that passed, "by chance," had all the feathers singed oft", and was cooked to a cinder in a twinkling. The Kid and Papa, by means of arguments in the shape of bricks and other missiles managed to quell the riot, and avert a conflagration. Reason once more asserted itself and shame perched on the red cap of the editor, while remorse and a very dry throat, prompted him generously to invite the crowd to "step into the Mystic and take' sumfin," an invitation that was accepted with a celerity that could only be equalled by themselves. Here the editor and Doc pledged renewed and undying friendship, over a bumper of Bass, much to the disgust of Kid and Papa, who saw in future quar- rels future Bass's. All was calm and peaceful as a May day, until arriving at Maiden, when through the lack of knowledge as to proper route, b}' Kid, and the wrong dire(5lion given us by a cross-eyed and evil-minded infant of the female persuasion,' we wandered over grades and surfaces comparative only in their degree of vileness. On nearing the top of one of these precipices we heard a yell, and looked up just in time to see Kid's form disappear with such abrupt- ness as to leave his hat suspended in mid air. "He is dead," we shouted with one accord, but no; we heard his cheery voice warn us : "Say, you fellows had best get a good grip on your brakes." In- vestigation proved that Kid was unhurt; he had fallen on his cheek. Papa concluded not' to negotiate the h\\\, o. la toboggan, and so, after consulting the C. T. C. hand book, to find out if there was any rule laid down, to extraA him from such a dilemma, he calmly (and of course with dignity) grasped a telegraph pole with one hand, and his machine with the other, and thus gained the lower level. The Doc still had rankling feelings over the oil can feud, and so he sug- gested that the editor "could float down, as his head was so light and gassy," a remark received with the silent scorn befitting it. So down the telegraph pole they both slid. Once more on the right track and away for the camp. The editor got a "hot box" before they arrived, and the Doc, out of contriteness of heart, got oft' and walked along also. "Here we are," said Doc, "and now for a jaunt through the woods of half a mile;" and so on these two trudged, until a break in the woods revealed a flash of white canvas, giving us notice that camp had been reached.

A beautiful spot it proved to be. Tall pines, with the ground free from undergrowth, the grass sloping gradually down to the pond, an'! a pretty, pebbly beach; high rocky banks on either hand, sur- mounted with luxuriant growth of maple, beech, and pine, in all the glory of the autumn foliage. The camp itself consisted of two tents, one with side walls, and one without. From the peak of one of the tents, the "meteor" flag of England floated. All, and more, of the conveniences and comforts that one expecfts camping, were to be seen

on all hands. That a lady was the presiding genius in that spot was made evident by the presence of work baskets, pretty cushions, and lounging chairs, and last, but by no means least, by the lady herself. Two fine dogs were lazily sprawling about; a sail boat lay in the pond, fastened to the pier, and a gun was leaning against a tree, "handy, in case any game strayed that way." We had beetl taking all this in, and much more, when our olfaiftories were saluted with odors sweeter than those of "Araby, the blest," as they told of cooking, and our appetite was in accord with the hint to sense of smell. Soon round the festive board we gathered, and though the Kid did pay the most assiduous court to the "Loving Cup," the rest of us managed to get a good pull at it semi-occasion- ally, to our great satisfaftion and content.

Too soon the time came for the visitors to turn their faces Boston- wards, but all good things must have an end, and the visit to Mr.

and Mrs. B 'scamp was no exception. Our host and hostess

accompanied us to the highway, and soon we were speeding home- wards. Doc and Kid "lit" out, as they had engagements, so Papa and the editor plodded along, as becomes age and sedateness, arriv- ing at the club house seventeen minutes after the scorchers. It will

be of interest to note that Mr. and Mrs. B have been camping

out on the shores of Spot Pond ever since the first of June, and a jolly time they have had. The thanks of the editor are due to the trio who "took him on," and to Mr. and Mrs. B for an ex- tremely pleasant outing.

THEN AND NO W.

■ In days of old, full many a time "You've heard it told, in prose and rhyme. How down the street rf wheelman came, And chanced to meet his beauteous flame Just where a pup in ambush lay. To tip him up upon the way. And make him wish that he was dead. While gyrating upon his head.

In days of old

You've heard it told.

But nowadays, it's otherwise,

The safety craze new joy supplies ;

The boulders lose their terrors grim,

Stray cans and shoes are naught to him ;

He laughs at rocks, he kicks the pup.

But, in the end, things even up;

For, as his maid he gayly greets.

Some unwashed urchin always bleats —

"Hi, look at der big man on der melosipetes .'"

Pedals.

TRADE NOTES, CLIPPINGS, AND ALL SORTS.

Mr. Wilhelm, of Reading, Pa., made a gallant efli"ort to reduce the Lancaster pike record, from Paoli to Fifty-second street, Phila- delphia. The present record was made by Mr. Schwartz, of Read- ing, Odt. 13. Wilhelm failed to touch the record by about six min- utes. A tremendous head wind prevailed, and considering this fa(5l, the time made was creditable.

Mr. Daniels, trainer of Sam Hollingsworth of the Columbia team, went over our twenty-mile course last Sunday, and gives it as ■ his opinion, that, after a rain, it will prove one of the fastest courses in the country. There is no doubt but that if two or three little stretches of from one-quarter to one mile long (about two miles in all) could be improved, it would be the fastest course in the country, that is, for a twenty-mile stretch.

Charles Whittier, of Lynn, is quite an ingenious individual, and he has been experimenting in making a wheel according to his own ideas. We saw the machine out at Brighton last Sundav. It has much the appearance of the Star.

GoRMULLY & Jeffery Call attention this week to several of their road records made a year ago. The Dingley loo-mile record, made on a Roadster, is also pointed out as proof of the easy run- ning qualities of the "Champion."

The "future of the ordinary" seems to be a theme of pressing in- terest among English wheelmen. For our part, we shall be pleased to pour the oils of our wisdom on the troubled waters, bv assuring our transatlantic brethren that the ordinary has a very healthy future. Only one thing, and that is the introduiftion of the rear- driving safety, puts the nose of the ordinary out of joint, insomuch that the latter will no longer hold indisputable sway as the only ma- chine, as it has up to this time.

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The Irish Cyclist and Athlete takes on itself thus to comment on the failure to run the looo-mile race: "The Bicycling World's 1000-mile road 'race fell through. The amateurs (save the mark!) composing the Columbia team, struck for higher pay, which Col. Pope refused to give, and this led to the collapse of the whole affair." With all due respecSl to our Irish contemporary, we do not see what "save the mark" has got to do with it. The C. and A. is woefully out on American affairs, if it supposes the "Columbia team" are posing as amateurs.

MiDGLEY took a big ride on his Springfield Roadster the other day, the 63 miles of tough road between Worcester and Lynn being rur by him in the excellent time of 5 1-4 hours.

The manufadture of medals and badges is reprsented at the Massachusetts Mechanics' Fair building by Mr. John Harriott of No. 3 Winter street, Boston, Exhibit 270. Mr. Harriott stands at the head of designers and manufactures of this specialty, and the handsome display here made is worthy of his reputation. Four large medals, each about eight inches in length, formed of gold of different colors, and ornamented by enamel of various colors, form an elegant centre for the elaborate display of medals, badges and pins of every description. Mr. Harriott also shows several sheets of the designs, which have won forhim a reputation, second to none.

McCuRDY is out West, and 'tis said that a man by the name of Tom Rowe (no relation to W. A. R.) is ready to make a match for Mac to ride Percy Stone, for any sura from $100 to $1000 a side.

The Rudge Company have taken a new departure, and have formed themselves into a regularly organized stock company with a share capital of £20,000. The name of the concern under reorgan- ization is "The Rudge Cycle Co., Limited." Mr. Woodcock, so long conected with the active management of the Rudge works, has retired, though the prospectus says he is willing to give the new directory the benefit of his experience and co-operation gra- tuitously. The shares are now on the market at £5 each, to be all paid in by the ist December. Additional works are to be erected, and every effort made to increase facilities for supplying the foreign trade as well as the home.

At the annual meeting of the Springfield Bicycle Company, held last Saturday, it was decided to change the main office of the com- pany from 19 Pearl street to 147 Washington. Board of Directors elected for thp ensuing year : Benjamin S. Lovell, J. L. Yost and J. B. McCune; J. B. McCune President and J. L. Yost Secretary.

We never knew what comfort in coasting and negotiating rough roads w-as until we mounted one of the Victor safeties. It is a grand machine for one who does not like to be bumped.

Mr. Shurman of Lynn made an attempt to "do" Greenwood's Corey Hill record last week. He felt quite bad that he "o«/i' rode up twice and two-thirds ;" but when we learned that the Springfield Roadster he made the attempt on was geared to over 70 inches, we congratulated him on his achievement.

The Springfield Bicycle Comiflny have decided on the pattern of wheel they will place on the market for 1SS8. They have already made great preparations to have a large stock to meet the demand of the public. They will make the present well-known wheel with parallel bearings, and will also make a machine with ball bearings all round.

The Reins and Whip is a publication that the lovers of horse-flesh cannot afford to be without. It is full of pracSlical suggestions and hints as to the care of horse and dog, and gives the latest wrinkles in the line of vehicles.

The Coventry Machinists' Co. capture another wreath of laurel and glory in the tandem record of Oxborrow and Hale in their 20 to 25-mile record ride lately. The successful attempt was made on a Marlboro' Club weighing 49 pounds and geai-ed to 70 inches.

Howard A. Smith & Co. have a new Rudge Bicjxlette in their window, which attracts a great deal of attention.

"At the Piedmont Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. 21,1887, the American Light Champion was awarded the first prize and diploma, and also received first prize for Champion Roadster, Light Safety, boj's bicycle, girl's tricycle and child's tandem, competing with the Columbias, Victors and New Rapids. Clarence H. Smith."

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THE season of 1S87 is practically closed. The manufacturers, importers and dealers have now struck their quiet time, and the racing men have as a rule put their wheels away, and are busy discussing the events of the past, and making plans for the season not yet born. We do not propose to dwell long in retrospect at this particular time, but we cannot but notice one or two features that have made the season of 1887 remarkable. Path racing interests have fallen to a very low ebb, and we regret to say that proprie tors of specially made tracks have had a disastrous experience. Racing on the road has grown in favor, in consequence of which two parties, so to speak, have been formed; one that favors this form of sport, and one that conservatively believes that road racing is not a proper form, because it is not technically legal. That this question will assume still greater importance in the near future, there is no doubt. There have been some changes in the im- porting trade, and undoubtedly there will be more before the season of 1888 opens. The year 1887 is also remarkable in that it saw the close and satisfactory adjustment of one of the bitterest legal contests ever known in cycling history, the same year saw the open- ing of another fight in the courts, and the final adjustment of which is still pending. At an early date we propose to enlarge on the narrative of cycling during the past season, covering the sport and trade in all its branches.

THE State of Illinois has for the past week been a spot, towards which all the country has turned its attention. The fate of the anarchists has been one that has excited almost everyone, and by the time these words are being transferred from the type to the paper, the fate of these seven misguided creatures will be sealed. There are other things in Illinois that are just now exciting the at- tention of cyclists, not of such grave moment as that of Spies and his confreres, but still of more than passing interest and importance to cyclists at large. We refer to the a<5lion commenced against the City of Jacksonville, 111., because the authorities refuse to interfere with the rights of wheelmen on the highway, and the arrest by the authorities of a cyclist, who was riding on the streets of Anna, 111. When we consider that these suits are conduced by men who call themselves lawyers, we pause in amazement, as we think of the dense ignorance displayed by these limbs of the law. A very little investigation would show these lawyers (?) that the highways and streets of the land cannot be closed to riders of the cycle. Bicycles

and tricycles have time and time again been adjudged vehicles, and riders have been made ainenable to the laws that govern the use of vehicles on the highway : nothing more or less. In view of the fai5t that the Park Commissioners of progessive New York had to have this idea driven into their heads, we suppose we ought not to won. der that the legal fraternity of Anna and Jacksonville should be in darkness as to the established rights of wheelmen. Would it not be well for the League to coUeift all decisions in similar cases, have them printed in some cheap form, and sell them to the Divisions at cost? From time to time, as occasion required, and cases were de- cided, additional sheets could be struck oft", and furnished in the same way. Still further, why not devote the pages of the Bulletin to printing such decisions for as many issues as necessary, so that the extra cost of setting type would not fall heavily, as an expense on the treasury. We wish the Executive Committee would take this idea into serious consideration. The copies of the Bulletin con- taining these decisions would be invaluable.

HERE IS WORK FOR THE ILLINOIS DIVISION.

The following correspondence will explain itself. We can, how- ever, add our assurance to City Attorney Yates that he need not fear any dire results from such an outrageous suit. We have called the attention of the Secretary-Editor to this matter, and we have no doubt but that such a mass of legal decisions and rulings will ere long be in the hands of the Jacksonville City Attorney that our friend, the "road hog," will get cold comfort in the suit he brings. We have taken steps to get such information together, and it be- hooves all good wheelmen to turn in and assist Mr. Yates in getting all the legal points he may need in putting a quietus on the suit brought by the densely ignorant citizen of Jacksonville, 111. :

Jacksonville, 111., Nov. 4, 1887. Overman JVheel Co., Boston, Mass.:

Gents — Our city is being sued because it does not prevent bicycle riding in the street. Please send us list of all judicial decisions known to you or your legal advisers bearing on question of legal status of bicycle as vehicle, &c. Very truly,

Richard Yates, City Attorney.

Boston, Nov. 7th, 1887. Mr. Richard Yates, »J7 West State street, yacksonville. III.:

Dear Sir: — Your letter of Nov. 4th startles us. We did not Sti^" pose that even towards the southern part of Illinois there was to be found a community so dense in their vision, or so thick-headed, as to undertake to rule bicycles off the streets. Certainl3' the only thing you need to do is to give them time to cool oft"; to open their eyes. Surely such a case would never come to issue.

Bicycles and tricycles have rightof way on the highwaj's. through- out the country, except Jacksonville. In no single instance, so far as we are informed, has a suit similar to the one proposed, been suc- cessful; and the bringing of such a suit can only be accounted for by dense ignorance.

We w-ould like to ask the perpetrators of this suit for their defini- tion of the highway: To whom the highway belongs? What manner of vehicle is permitted on the highway? what color of paint shall be used? Would a tricycle be permitted on the highway if an ox were attached to it, either before or behind? May a man wheel a squeak- ing wheel-barrow through the streets ? Are baby-carriages permitted ? Children with hoops to roll? What shall be done when a man, for his own convenience, pulls a buggy through the streets?

In the meantime, we will gather up some of the evidence in the case and send you. Very truly yours. Overman Wheel Co.

It has been suggested, from an excellent quarter, that the World give some handicap races of 20 or 25 miles for amateurs alone next season. We propose to give some short road races for amateurs during 1888, but whether they will take the form of handicaps, we cannot just now determine.

The Radfahn Humor is the name of a German comic paper. In a late edition there is a sketch giving the suggestion to cyclists of how to tour during the winter months. They represent a cyclist dressed in proper manner, with Tarn O'Shanter cap, and knapsack, all en regie; the touring cyclist is depidled, mounted on a home-trainer, plugging for dear life, whilst a boy is seen at a winch handle behind the canvas of a panoramic view of the Lake of Geneva and the Cas- tle of Chillon steadily turning on the rotary scenery.

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W. E. Crist, the amateur cham-

WASHINGTON NO TES. ^\°p,f ^? '^^">' '^^""^'^ is thinking

of following the example 01 Vander- " RAMRT Fli " bih, in donating the Grant trophies

to the government, to be exhibited in the National Museum, and contrib- uting his numerous prizes for so laudable a purpose. He has enough of them to evoke a very creditable coUeAion, and I am cer- tain they would attraft as much attention as many of the articles now exhibited.

"Give a dog a bad name and it will hang to him," is an old adage which is strongly exemplified in the title of the "Cycle" Club. The name of tliis organization is the "Washington Cjxle Club," but in its early days, the desire to be concise led to the dropping of the Washington, in speaking of it, and it ought to be known as the Cycle Club. As all bicycle clubs are necessarily cycles, the title is rather too general to suit some of the members, who have tried hard to engraft the full name; but it is hard to change old customs, and it will, no doubt, be the "Cycle Club" to the end.

At the recent regular meeting of the Capital CUib, the plans of the amusement committee for the winter season were submitted and approved. The previous entertainments of tliis club have been of a high order and given great satisfacftion, and this season's pro- gramme is looked forward to with pleasureable anticipation.

Pettengill, "our Pet," as he is familiarly known, has tendered his resignation of the Presidency of the Cycle — no, beg pardon — the Washington Cycle Club, which he has so successfully held for sev- eral terms. It is hardly probable that it will be accepted, as to leave Pet out of the Chair, would be like the play of Hamlet with the melancholy Dane omitted.

'DUQUESNE."

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PI^TSBUHGand VICINITY. f^'^TJ^'. Seidell, Murray, Smith,

McGowin, Steifel and A. C. Banker, as they plugged along the road Oct. 30, in the cold. They were out for "centuries," but nary a hundred did any of them make. The roads were poor and the wind was fresh; but this mattered not; it was the thermometer that used 'em up. In spite of heavy gloves McGowin had one of his fingers frost-bitten. Steifel and Banker had to pedal down the "Horse Shoe," on the Perrysville; McGowin and Smith got otf and walked to get warm ; Seidell and Murray started on their 100-mile run, but Murray quit at 35 miles on account of a break; Seidell rode over So, and rather than continue on alone in the cold, cold world, hunted a stove at a roadside inn. If conditions had been favorable there would have been six "centuries" made that day.

Hicks ("Flying-start Charlie") and Eck against the universe. They should formulate their views and forward to the L. A. W. Committee on Revision of Constitution and By-laws.

They tell me that Tarentum has the fever; Banker's riding school is doing a heavy business, and in the near future those who cannot ride wheels will be ostracized by good "sassiety."

The Banker brothers rode to Harmony and return, and doubled up some on the Butler plank, on Nov. 3. Their mileage for the day was 116. This is probably the last of the centurions for this season.

All riders of the Star bicycle will be sorry to hear of the death of Mr. Smith, of the H. B. Smith Machine Co. His name will al- ways live in cycling history as the manufacturer of a unique, ser- viceable and distinctively American machine.

WiLHELM defeated Schwartz in a five-mile race, Nov. 4, in 16.41;. This is supposed to settle the long-disputed question, and we hope it does. We understand that this is Wilhelm's last year on the path. He- may, like other stars, do the farewell, "positively last per- formance, &c.," again next year, but is hardly likely.

The Allegheny Cyclers expelled three of the delinquents at their

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last meeting. Why they plucked three and let the rest oflF is inex- plicable to us. One of the parties who was expelled once held the highest office in the gift of the club, and we think it would have re- dounded more to the honor of the club to have remitted his dues and elected him an honorary member, or laid his case on the table, than did the action which they took.

When they have a meet at New Castle they always want the Pittsburg boys to be sure and come up, and they'll make it pleasant for us. Well, we go, and they keep their word, and we always have an enjoyable time ; bul they never reciprocate. At our last meet there was not a New Castle man on the track. The referee was a member of the New Castle Wheelmen, but lives in Beaver Falls ; is a member and past Captain of the Beaver Valley Wheelmen, to whom he owes his first allegience. The question forces itself upon us: Are they making a convenience of us.' Tell us somebody ; Oh, tell us quick!

While out in Wellesley the other night, PFCnpn OF checking the twenty-four hour contestants, AJtL AU we had some amusing experiences. One es-

pecially caused us to smile, and is really worth relating : We had obtained the kind consent of Mr. Kingsbury to ereft a tent on his land at the jundtion of Wellesly avenue and Washington street, and consequently had taken measures to make our temporary shelter as comfortable as circumstances would admit. We had among other things procured a large kerosene lamp, which, when lighted, made the tent a shining and conspicuous objecSt. At about 1.30 A. M., while we were outside, we were approached by an individual, who, bv the unsteadiness of his gait, indicated that he had been imbibing too freely of Sp. fermenti in some form. He at once approached us, and with thickened speech, undertook to advise us that tramps and gypsies were not allowed to camp round in the good town of Wellesley. We assured him of our peaceful disposition, and that we thought the proprietor of the land would not have much objec-^ tion to our temporary sojourn there, that we were tired and footsore, and we hoped he would not compel us to "move on." After consid- erable talk, in which we kept up the illusion that we were gypsies, we finally managed to mollify the self-constituted guardian of the peace so that he finally allowed that we appeared quiet and decent, and as the children and wife had, no doubt, retired for the flight, he would let us remain for the night, but he further warned us that we must strike camp at dawn, and seek some other tarrying place. To say that it took all our powers to restrain explosive laughter, and keep a grave and humble mein during the discussion, but poorly ex- presses the tremendous effort to hold in. We watched the man as he wended his devious way, and when he was well out of sight and hearing, we gave vent to inerriment, and the grin did not leave our features during the balance of the long watch.

Rhodes rode a very plucky loo-mile race, considering that he had no outside aid.

The St. Louis Cycle Club will take possession of the Natatorium building, and will fit same up as headquarters.

We are glad to hear that Jack Rogers is back in St. Louis, and will get the American Wheelman out "regardless of dates."

Mr. H. B. Smith, of the H. B. Smith Machine Co., died at his residence in Smithville, N. J., last Saturday morning.

The Ohio State 24-hour record has been captured by E. J. Douhet of the Cleveland Bicycle Club. The distance covered in 23h. 45m. was igo miles.

The St. Louis wheelmen will divide the joys of turkey-eating on Thanksgiving day, with the delights born of a paper chase. So also will the Boston Club.

Now that Greenwood has beaten Percy Stone, Belding is anxious to have a go at the former. The De Soto route will be the scene of the contest, if it comes ofT.

W. A. RowE and Asa Windle were out at the Faneuil House last Saturday, watching the World's loo-mile road race. Rowe was the recipient of many congratulations.

It is said that only two outsiders have ever climbed Son-of-a-Gun hill, near St. Louis. The two who hold that honor are Geo. Hen- dee, and a Mr. Gard of Louisville, Ky.

The Viiftor team has disbanded, in faft, there was no "Vidlor team" in our loo-mile race ; Rhodes entered on his own responsi- bility in that race, bul he rode a Vidlor.

As a direft result of Tom Steven's sojourn in Teheran, Persia, it is stated that six machines have been imported, and are ridden, four by Englishmen and two by young Persian nobles.

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The Wheel had an accurate account of our our 24-hour road race, but it slipped by heading the article "W. A. Rhodes the vidlor." The editor evidently did not read his copy carefully.

We judge that old Boreas must have been trying for record last Saturday. At some points in the course of the 100-mile race it was all the riders could do to make any headway against the gale.

Good-bye to road racing for the season of '87 after this week. Our next "annuals" will be ridden during the month of August or September. November is too late for long long-distance work.

The St. Louis Cycle Club and the Missouri Bicycle Club will fraternize this winter. The first of these joint entertainments will be a "Smoker," to be given by the St. Louisians to the Missouris.

It is funny how persistent thp cycling press is in asserting that Kennedy-Child is going to be married. There is not a grain of truth in the rumor. K.-C. has no intention of doubling up at pres- ent.

Those who remember handsome, curly-headed Bob Cripps at Springfield, during the 1885 tournament, will be pleased to hear that he has so far recovered from his bad accident as to be out of the hospital.

Carmen, of the Cambridgeport Bicycle Club, showed himself to be a good man at too miles. He stuck to the professionals like a thoroughbred for go miles, at which point he began to show signs of giving out.

Fifty minutes inside the 50-mile tricycle road record, and only four miles to go, when the machine of Kennedy-Child broke down and spoiled his pie. It was too bad, and the genial Kid had lots of sympathy.

Last week (Wednesday) A. A. McCurdy and Chicago's young flyer, R. H. Ehlert, ran a ten-mile race from Drexel boulevard and Cottage Grove avenue to Jackson Park and return. Ehlert won the race in 32. oS.

One thing can be said in favor of our 20-mile course, and that is, only one man, Lyon, took a header during the whole loo-mile race. Hollingsworth and Rhodes did the entire distance without leaving the saddle once.

Wheeling has discovered a crack American rider by the name of "A. W. Rose," who holds all the world's records. Who is "Rose," anyway.' We never heard of him. Perhaps W^/4?£/;kj- can put us on the path of discovery.

Hollingsworth will probably enter the six-day race at Minne- apolis, to be given some time this month. If he goes, Charlie Daniels, his trainer, will see him through. Daniels has a great pride in the successes of his Indiana boy.

Some bold, bad person, said the L. A. W. Pointer, of Oshkosh was dead. It may be so but if 'tis so, then a very, very well materialized ghost made its appearance the other day in our office, dated OcJtober, 1S87, and numbered 7, vol. i.

There is a writer out West who hails from Sheboygan, Wis., and signs himself "the Owl." Is he any relation to the New York bird .' and we wonder if he can evolve any such original ideas as to "how handicapping should be done," as our wise bird of Gotham.

Anna, 111., is the scene of the latest "outrage." A Mr. Charles Goodman was arrested for riding a bicycle on the streets of that town. Mr. Goodman will fight the case to the bitter end, and we hope the League will be able to back him up morally and finan- cially.

The Wheel is whooping up the name of Jacob A. Cantor for the State Senate. Mr. Cantor worked heart and soul in the interests of the wheelmen and the Liberty Bill. The wheelmen of New York, therefore, propose to reciprocate, and work heart and soul for Cantor.

We adopted the colored sashes in place of numbers in our late races, enabling checkers to distinguish the riders as far as the ej-e could reach. We think we may use colored caps next season, in place of sashes. We recommend this idea to managers of all race meetings.

In the six-days' race (eight hours a day) at Edinboro', Lumsden and Dubois were exaftly even at 500 miles on Friday, at six o'clock. This, undoubtedly proved a very interesting race, as the two leaders were riding for blood. The other contestants were not within eighty miles of Lumsden and Dubois at the last advices.

Thanks Mr. Bassett, this is just what we aim at : "Recognizing the necessity for something in the way of system in the organization and carrying out of contests on the road, the BicYXLiNG World is

promoting a series of raceSi which it is conduifting with commend- able attention to detail, and in a systematic manner." — Bulletin.

A correspondent to the Cyclist urges the adoption of the old style brake on the rear wheel of bicycles. The inefficiency and dan- ger of this obsolete mode of applying brake power is too apparent to ever come into use again. Much better dispense with the brake en- tirely, than depend on an attachment that is worse than useless.

It looks as though the anti-cycling element in New York citv would not keep still, as it is feared that an effort will be made in the Legislature to pass a bill exempting the New York city parks from the a(5lion of the Liberty Bill. The effort will be futile, as it is hard to conceive on what ground New York city particularly, should be exempt.

Percy Stone answers Whittaker's challenge, and deposits $50 forfeit with Mr. J. A. Lewis of St. Louis. He is willing to meet Whit in the five races proposed, for any amount of money, and will race him at any time between April i and June i, 18SS, on such tracks as may be agreed on. Now, Whit, brace up, and accept the conditions.

"The Bicycling World's 20-mile course was a good one, and its management of its races a pattern of its kind. Too bad that the idea did not develop early in Oiftober." — Herald. [Thanks for the compliment, and rest assured that the time for the next 24-hour and 100-mile races under our auspices will be run not later than Sep- tember.— Ed.]

It is universally admitted by the members of the Columbia and Vi(5tor teams that the Bicycling World twenty-mile course is second only to the Crawfordsville, Ind., course. In view of the fadt that dry weather and high winds had prevailed for two weeks prior to date of race, this admission is gratifying to us. With rain, we doubt if a better twenty-mile course, all things con- sidered, can be found the country over.

You are right, Sporthig and Theatrical Journal, when you say in regard to road racing : "Public opinion is sure to decide one way or another, before long. If road racing is as bad as some say, it will have to go. If it is as good as others say, it will become a perma- nent institution. It is believed that this question will be. settled locally, just as many other half social, half political questions are being settled. Road racing will flourish where it is wanted by the public, and die out where it is not wanted."

Karl Kron is said to have smiled last Saturday, when he opened a marked copy of the Nexu Zealand Referee, dated 7 Gftober, and read this verdidt of the antipodes : "There is no doubt that whatever has been said in way of praise of this book by the wheel literature of the world, is well merited. 'Ten Thousand Miles on a Bi." has value, both to those who take an interest in cj'cling, and to the general reader, not only as a work of reference, but as a means of instrudtion, amusement and information. The dog's head is really a work of art."

The Special ir does not seem to have manj' friends out west. The Post-Dispatch gives them this dig : "The Spectator says that a certain local wheelman must be the Record's St. Louis correspondent, be- cause only he is mean enough to attack a certain St. Louis cycling editor. If meanness is the criterion for deciding the correspondent's identity, the charge that the Spectator men are furnishing the Record letters, is already established, as no one but the Spectator was mean enough to insult the entire Boston party that visited St. Louis last spring. That the insult was gratuitous, is shown by the Spectator's complete back-down. Certainly those who are mean enough to at- tack a body of visitors will not be too pure to attack an individual." Yes, and the World was a "great, large, elegant" fadlor in securing that back-down.

"Mr. Louden, Sr., also replied, endorsing Mr. Singer's remarks re keeping up Coventry reputation. * * * xhe American-made machines, he said, were only found in the South and West, and in Me.xico. He had little fear but that Coventry would still keep up its name and reputation." The above is from Bi. News, and we place on record our disbelief as to Mr. Louden ever having said anything of the kind, and we go further and unhesitatingly assert that we be- lieve that Bi. News, with its well-known mendacity, has deliberately place these words in the mouth of Mr. Louden, who is known to be an intelligent and well-informed gentleman. We are none the less aware that Coventry will still keep up its name and reputation as being* unsurpassed in the excellence of its producStions, but that does , not necessitate the deliberate lie as conveyed in the italicized words.

Now that dear old wise bird, the "Owl," gets in his work and prates about handicaps, their disadvantages and the proper remedy. List, Oh list, to the wise words of Minerva's pet bird : "The only way to handicap and yet retain this feature is by a system of weight

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carrying, corresponding with that practiced in running races with horses. In other words, instead of A allowing ten seconds or a hundred jards in the mile to B, let him give him so many pounds weight for the distance, and then let both contestants start from scratch at the same time. The carr^'ing of the extra weight can be accomplished by attaching it to the saddle, and weighing the wheel before and after the race." We wot not but that the "Owl" has struck it, and we shall expect to see poor W. A. Rowe wobbling round the track under the extra weight of some 60 to 75 pounds, so as to allow his 3.20 competitors to have a show. We think the Owl's idea on excellent one, only we should like to move an amend- ment: Instead of making the man rrnrry the weight, whv not make him drag it.' This method would have the double advantage of smoothing the track, and making things interesting for the fellows in the rear. Yet another idea {niiy thing for novelty). Why not have a patent attachment on a brake, by which so many pounds pressure could be applied on the tire, thus impeding the running of the wheel. We are chock full of suggestion on this same line as that of the Owl, and we have no doubt that with the hints we throw out and those of the bird of wisdom, "we two" shall be able to ad- just this handicap business down to an allspice.

We remark with the greatest pleasure that the first place in Eng- land "our" John L. Sullivan made for was Nos. 139 and 140 Fleet street, the headquarters of the C. T. C, and the office of Mr. Ernest Shipton. We are well aware that some will aver that Mr. Sullivan visited the office of Sporting Life, but we are sure that it was the preconceived idea of the management that these two great men, the foremost man man of England and of America, should be brought face to face at the earliest possible moment. A late cablegram gives us the particulars and incidents of this, the greatest meeting of the nineteenth century. It tells how Shipton, in a voice choked with emotion, urged on John L. the advantages of at once joining the C. T. C, the beauty and originality of the badge, and above all, the great prestige that John L. would obtain by becoming the bosom friend of himself, the Great E. R. S. It is said that the Boston pet is not voluble when emotion stirs his soul, and on this occasion we hear he made no exception, but gazing on the Secretary's face with a "longing, Lydia Pinkham look," he fell on Shipton's neck weep- ing, thus bringing this interesting interview to a sudden, and we fear, fatal conclusion.

Wheelmen will regret to hear of the \TT7jMr "vzrDcn^ Ar^vcc death of the Hon. Hezekiah B. Smith, NEW JERSEY NOTES. ^^^.^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ Smithville, N.J.,on

"■RATCHET " Friday, Nov. 3, the immediate cause

being neuralgia of the heart. Mr. Smith was well and favorably known wherever wood-working machinery is used, and was always enthu- siastic in promoting the cause of cycling. Mr. Smith was a New Englander by birth. He came to New Jersey about 1834, and owned at the time of his death the entire town of Smithville. He had served creditably as a member of the New Jersey Legislature, and leaves a host of friends. His estate is valued at about a quar- ter of a million, and by his will he provides that the large machine shops at Smithville shall be kept in operation for an indefinite period, and also that the income from his estate shall be devoted to the construction and maintenance of a school for the free education of young men in mechanics. The trustees appointed by him to carry out this design are Andrew J. Smith, Charles H. Chickering, E. F. Burns, Joseph J. White, B.W. Storey, G. D. Fields, Benja- min Crozer, Eayre O. Lippincott, George Lippinco'tt.

"Jay Phoebe" — if I've struck the right man — I'd like to have an answer to my last letter. I thought the postal would fetch you, but "nixey fetch." If I've missed the mark, there's no harm done.

The Passaic County Wheelmen, of Passaic City, give a medal to the member of the club first making 3,000 miles in a season. Cap- tain Romaine is the winner this year, the record at this date being as follows: Romaine, 3,075 ; W. D. Banker, 3,Soo; Fred Shuit, 2, 300; Will Abbott, 1,500.

A GREAT howl has been made about Kluge riding on the Hudson County team. If Kluge was a four-minute man, no objeAion would be made, but the fai5t that he is as fast for twenty-five miles as any member of the "Alphabetical Association," makes it very necessary to "squelch him."

"As soon as a man becomes an expert, or a fast rider, fire him out of the amateur ranks," seems to be the idea entertained by some cycling enthusiasts. Well, gentlemen, if a man must be fired be- cause he's fast enough to win prizes, why not apply the same rule to mechanics, and say that when a man becomes expert in a particular branch, and is thereby able to command a better salary than his fellows, that he should be ruled out of the trade.

There has been a "kick-up" and a "bust-up" in Trenton, and two clubs instead of one will be the outcome. For a long time, ill feel- ing has existed among the members of the old Trenton Bicycle Club, and last Thursday week it resulted in the disbandment of the organi- zation. On the following night, however, one of the facftions gathered and formed a new association, giving to it the old name, and articles of incorporation were immediately filed by the trustees. The opposition propose also to orgrnize a club, and it will thereafter be nip-and tuck between them, for the honors.

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TNE 1 00- MILE TRICYCLE ROAD RECORD BEATEN.

Friday, Oct. 21, C. W. Brown, of the North London T. C. and N. R. C. C, made a successful attack upon the 100-mile tricycle roa'd record. The route selefted was from the thirty-fifth milestone, one mile north of Hitchin, to the forty-fourth milestone three miles north of Shefford, then back to Henlow Crossing, and on through Biggleswade, Buckden, and Norman Cross, to the eightieth mile- stone near Peterborough, and back to Henlow Crossing, finishing at the thirty-sixth milestone two miles north of Hitchin. The roads were in good condition, but the rider was troubled with a strong head wind on the outward ride. Brown was started at 10.30 A. M. by H.T. Whorlow, the timekeeper, and he finished at 6h. im. 46s. P. M., having accomplished the ride in the splendid time of 7h. 31m. 49s., and beating both Mill's and Webb's times. Brown was led from start to finish by pacemakers, all of whom did him good ser- vice, viz., W. C. Goulding and F. C. Brasnett, North London T. C. ; J. Thresher, of Hollaway ; and Messrs. Goodman, Rowe, and others, of Peterborough. Mr. Bidlake, C. T. C, assisted Mr. Whorlow at the finish. The machine ridden by the record-breaker was a "Wasp."

SAFETY RECORDS GO.

At a comparatively early hour on the Coventry track, Oct. 19, A. P. Engleheart made a very successful attempt to lower the safety records from 6 miles up to 20 inclusive. The day was calm, and he had good pace making. He rode 20 miles 474 yards within the hour. His mount was a "Brookes" rear driving safety, which machine now holds all the world's safety track records from one mile up. Timing w-as done by G. Illston and H. Sturmey. Below we append times, which are now track records for the safety: MILES. ST. s.

6 - 17 34 4-S

7 - - .20 30

8 23 31

9 - - . 26 37 4-5

lo - - - 29 24 2-5 -

" - - 32 24

13 -------- 35 20

13 ------- - 38 15 1-5

14 -------- 41 16

15 ------- - 44 20

16 - - 47 203-5

17 ■ - 50 21 1-5

18 --------- 53 273-5

19 - - - - - - - - i6 22 3-5

30 - - - - - - - - 59 16 4-5

THE TRICYCLE RECORD FROM 21 TO so MILES.

Oct. 2ist F. W. Allard started to do the world's records on his "Marlboro' Club" for 50 miles. At 40 miles he was 9 minutes ahead of record, but at this point a severe attack of cramp forced him to slow down, and only by the exercise of the utmost pluck did he manage to complete the distance within record time. He suc- ceeded, however, having some 6 minutes to spare. The record times are given below :

MLS. 21

23

24 - 25 26 -

27

28 -

29

30 - 31 32 -

33

34 - 3.5

H. M. S.

MLS.

I 06 07

36

I 09 12

37

I 12 iS

3S

I IS 25

39

I 18 32

40

I 21 41

41

1 24 50

42

I 28 01

43

I 31 IS

44

I 34 2S

45

I 37 36

46

I 40 52

47

I 44 OS

48

I 47 20

49

I so 35

SO

H. M. S.

1 S3 S3

- I 57 13

2 00 31

- 2 03 55

2 07 21

- 2 10 49 2 14 20

- 2 17 56

2 21 45

- 2 25 27 2 29 16

- 2 33 07 2 36 S3

- 2 40 32

2 43 S3 3-5

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THE 10 MILE ROAD RACE

AROUND DRUID LAKE, BALTIMORE,

Competed for by teams of B men each from the Maryland Bieyele Club, the Baltimore Cycle Club and Rambler Cycle Club, all of Baltimore,

Won by the Maryland Bicycle Club Team,

ALL BUT ONE OF WHOM RODE

Ne'sv Rapid Bicycles.

POSITION AT FINISH:

TIME.

1, H. L. Kingsland, Rapid Light Roadster, - - 30.44

2, Richard Whittingham, Rapid Light Roadster, - - 31.03 1-5

3, Walter Grescom, Rapid Roadster, - - - 31.03 2-5 5, J. Kemp Bartlett, Jr., Rapid Roadster.

8, E. F. Le Cato, Rapid Light Roadster. 13, S. H. Shriver--fell- Victor Roadster.

THE FIRST MAN IN WAS

JI. L. Kingsland, RamDlGr DudIb Dluli, rWUig a

HJEWl tiaPiDl flJGHf] [ROADSTERl

In the marvellous time of

30 Minutes 44 Seconds.

The Fastest Time Ever Made in a Road Race.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF NEW RAPIDS.

SAMUEL T. CLARK If, CO.,

2 and 4 Hanover Street^ - - Baltimore,

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Good Men on

J

PUT THE pOBDS WHEBE THEY SljIY.

■ It is about a year since Stillman G. Whittaker made the follov/ing set of World's Records on the Cra\vfordsville course, viz. :

10 Miles in 29 Minutes 1 3-4 Seconds. 20 Miles in 59 Minutes 35 4-5 Seconds. 100 Miles in 6 Hours 1 1-2 Minutes.

And these records have stood ever since, notwithstanding the fact that the competitive trade have done their utmost to acquire them.

While other manufacturers have built special wheels for this purpose, which differed materially from those they offered the public, all of our performances have been on the identical wheels listed in our Catalogue, and we claim, therefore, that they are remarkably significant, and demonstrate un- questionably the

^1^

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EBSy * PP * PLITT * OF

Then that performance of Frank Dingley's on the Lynn Track :

100 Miles in 5 Hours 38 Minutes 44 1-5 Seconds.

Being 25 minutes better than the American record and ii minutes better than the EngHsh record. Quite a number of attempts have been made to lower this by other makers since, all of which proved to be failures.

We think the above is ample evidence to convince the most skeptical, and to efface any im- pression to the contrary caused by the false statements of our traducers.

Respectfully submitted,

GoriDully \ Jeffery lil|fg, Co.,

CHICAGO, -

H^^^Send for the last edition'of our Catalogue.

€1*

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COREY HILL RIDDEN 4 1-2 TIMES WITHOUT A DIS- MOUNT.

Hal Greenwood will have to come back to Boston and get back — if he can — the record for the greatest number of times Corey Hill can be ridden without a dismount. Last Saturday Harry Sherman, of Lynn, mounted a Springfield Roadster bicycle, and in the presence ofW. A.. Rowe, Charles Whitten, J. B. McCune, and a dozen other cyclists, started to see how many times he could ride Corey Hill without a dismount. He had accomplished the wonder- ful and unequalled feat of negotiating it four and one half times without a dismount, when his handle-bar broke and brought the trial to an end. At this time it was evident that Mr. Sherman was good for at least one time more, but as it is, he and the Springfield Rosdster have accomplished something that it is likely will not be beaten for some time to come.

J. G. Bradley, South End Wheelman, and I. Van Dusen, Tioga Club, were the only starters in the inter-club bicycle race. Bradley led for three laps, when Van Dusen spurted and took the lead. The pace was too fast for the latter, and Bradley easily regained the lead on the last lap and won in 3.15.

A WONDERFUL TANDEM RECORD FROM 2b TO 30 MILES.

During the remarkable attempt of AUard to cut the records for 50 miles on a tricycle, the Cyclist thus describes the wonderful ride of one of England's oldest and most respedted riders. We quote the Cyclist account: "During the ride of AUard, F. S.Buckingham came out on a tandem with Major Knox-Holmes, " just for a little ride," as the Major put it, and, plodding till 25 miles were reached, they commenced establishing records from that distance upwards to 30 miles.' The times, although nothing wonderful in themselves, established records which will probably never be beaten, the Major being in his 80th year, and likewise not in training. The united ages of the two men figure up to 115 years. A roadster " Premier" tandem was used, and the Major expressed himself highly pleased with their ride, the last quarter having been done in 49s., which, as the Major informed us, was " faster than he had ever ridden in his life before." The times established as records are :

MILES. H. M. s.

26 - - I 45 IS

27 I 49 33

28 - - - - - - - - I 53 50

29 I 57 18

30 --------21 20

WEST PHILADELPHIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

The meeting of this association held last Saturday was successful, notwithstanding the strong west wind that prevailed. The bicycle events resulted as follows :

Novice race — (i) D. L. Douglas ; (2) J. H. Crossley. Time, 3.25.

F. E. Bechtold and J. G. Bradley were in the mile race for South End Wheelmen. The former won by twenty feet in 3.16 2-5.

A one-mile match race between J.J. Potter, of Camden, and H. C. Middleton, of Philadelphia, was won by the home representative, who showed to the front on the last lap by a very brilliant spurt. Time, 3.21.

I. Van Dusen had a walk-over in the mile race for members of the Tioga Bicycle Club. Time, 3.33 2-5.

The half-mile bicycle race for Philadelphia riders only, was won by T. A. Schaeger, of the Pennsylvania Club, in 1.26 2-5; John G. Fuller, University of Pennsylvania, second; and I. Van Dusen, Tioga Club, third.

There were eight entries in the one-mile, three minute limit, but W. I. Wilhelm and H. B. Schwartz of Reading, and F. M. Damp- man of Honeybrook, were the only starters. Wilhelm made the pace at the start, and .held the lead until the fourth lap, when Schwartz showed a big burst of speed and finished first, Wilhelm second, Dampman third. Time, 2.58 4-5.

The event of the day proved to be the one-mile bicycle race for the 3.20 class. The ten entries were divided into two heats. The iinal heat found J. G. Fuller, H. Synnestdvelt and J. Van Dusen facing the starter. The men were well bunched for two laps, with Fuller having a slight advantage. Bechtold gained the lead in the third lap, and from this out it was a test of endurance. Fuller lapped Bechtold on the fourth lap, but it was only temporary. Both Synnestdvelt and Van Dusen spurted on the last lap and they beat Fuller in the last hundred yards. Bechtold won in 3.093-5, Synnestdvelt second, Van Dusen third.

J. J. Potter and H. B. Weaver, both of the Camden Club, had a spirited one-mile bicycle race, the former winning in 3.26 2-5.

The half-mile bicycle race for boys under sixteen years, was won by W. W. Taxis, who beat Murray Killiner, of Reading, in a close race. Time, 1.34.

T. A. Schaeffer, of the Pennsylvania Club ; H. T. Harding, Ves- per Club, and D. L. Douglas, of Reading, started in the one-mile bicycle race, 3.10 class. Schaeffer took a long lead at the start, and won easily. Time, 3.01 1-5.

THE BICYCLING WORLD'S 100-MILE ROAD RACES.

As we rode out toward Brighton early last Saturday morning, the atmospheric conditions were not at all unfavorable to road racing. The air was clear and sharp, with scarcely any wind. However, as the time for starting the men in the 100-mile race approached, the wind increased in velocity, until at 9.33, the time the men were went, it blew a cold gale from the west. The starting point for this race had been marked on Richardson street, Newton, 352 feet back from the two-mile mark, or about ten feeteast of thehydranton the right hand side of the street. The following men faced the starter for the 100-mile bicycle race : Samuel T. Hollingsworth of Russia- ville, Ind. ; William Rhodes, of Dorchester; Frank Carmen, of Cam- bridgeport; Fred Midgley, of Worcester; G. L. Lyon, of Lynn; and P. J. Berlo, of Boston. The starters in the loo-mile tricycle race were A. Kennedy-Child and R. G. Beazley. After W. W. Stall had photographed, the word was given, and the men meanderedoff at an easy gait. On rounding into Washington street, the gale struck them with such force that it was all the riders could do to hold their own against the cold blast and the clouds of dust. In view of the condition of things, we had abandoned all hope of record time, and our only anxiety was whether the men could hold out against such a tremendous blow. The first ten miles the wind was right in their faces, then for about three miles it blew them along, the last seven miles it quartered. No one seemed inclined to cut pace, until Lyon lit out and began to draw away from the other men, who were riding in a bunch. By the time Wellesley was reached, Lyon had a lead of a quarter of a mile, and the others then began to pump along at a fair gait. Rhodes soon got a good lead, and at one time on the second lap, was three minutes ahead of the second man, Hollings- worth, with Carmen a good third. Lyons, in the meantime, had shot his bolt, and had to get away down in the rear, "nowhere" in the race. The second lap was made quite fast, and was a settler for Berlo and Midgley, who dropped out. In the meantime, Hollings- worth and Carmen had caught Rhodes on the third lap, and these men rode in close company for the remaining distance up to ninety miles, at which point Carmen, who had shown excellent qualities, began to weaken and fall behind. Rhodes and Hollingsworth alter- nated in the lead all the way, and though Rhodes tried several times to leave the Russiaville man, he found the westerner sticking closer than a brother to his hind wheel. When it became evident that it would be a desperate race on the last mile, the excitement ran high, and Rhodes was named as the probable winner. It was pitch dark when the two men sped into the road between the two reservoirs, and the final effort was at once commenced. Faster and faster ran "Billy," and closer and closer came the Columbia man; each man was apparently doing his level best, but when near the granite gate- way, HoUingsworth's friends shouted to him to make his effort, he responded in a way that took the breath away of his pacemakers and opponent. So fast did he run the last half-mile that his fresh pacemakers could not hold him, and though Rhodes responded to the spurt pluckily, he could not go as fast as Sam, who finished a good twenty yards in front of Rhodes, amid the greatest excitement. It was a splendid race, pluckily ridden by the three men, and splen- didly won by Hollingsworth. The time was S.14, not fast, but con- sidering the tremendous wind, very good. Hollingsworth and Car- men rode Columbias, and W. A. Rhodes a Vidlor.

THE TRIG r CLE RACE.

Child and Beazley were sent off with the bicyclists, and for a time

they kept right along with them. Beazley, however, had not gone far when he stopped, not being able to push his machine against such a strong wind. This left Kennedy-Child all alone, but he de- termined to keep on and see what he could do with the American records. But for the collapse of his machine he would have made havoc with the 50-mile American record, at any rate, as he was with- in four miles of the fifty-mile mark, with fifty minutes to do the distance in, when the axle of his semi-racer broke off short, thus destroying his chance of doing anything. It was a great disappoint- ment to his fellow-members of the Boston Club, and it was worse than an aggravation to himself, as he had put in good work train- ing, and he had a record well within his grasp when his machine broke down.

The officials were : Judges — G. L. Haynes and R. E. Bellows ; referee — J. S. Dean ; timekeepers — T. E. Lambert and F. G. Gibbs ; checkers — H. A. Leinhard, F. G. Gibbs, C. W. Fourdrinier, and W. S. Doane.

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THE CLAIMED UNI CYCLE RECORD.

W. B. Everett & Co. are in receipt of a dispatch from' Denver, Col., which states that C. C. Hopkins made 12 11-16 miles within the hour, riding a 53-inch Apollo unicvcle. Mr. Everett informs us that the particulars will be forthcoming by mail in the course of a week.

NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY INTER-CLUB ROAD

RACE.

(^Special Dispatch to the Bicycling World.')

The fourth semi-annual road race of the New York and New Jersey teams' Road Racing Association on the Irvington-Milburn course, started at two o'clock yesterday (Nov. S), and the Kings County Wheelmen again captured the cup. The individual prize was captured by Kluge, who made the twent^'-five miles in ih. 31m. 3 I-2S. At five miles he was 46s., and at ten miles, im. 25s. ahead of Stenken, who shortly after kicked a ratchet box out of his Star, and mounting another wheel, he finished in 20s. Harry J. Hall did not ride. Warner, of the Ilderans, fell and cut his head at the sixth mile, but finished. Smith, Hudson County Wheelman, broke his Star and finished on a crank. Baggott, Hudson County Wheelmen, fell and cut his knee on a spurt. In the Kings County Wheelmen : Knox, 1.42.45; Wilson, 1.3S.52 ; T. J. Hall, Jr., 1.37.30; Marion, 1.43.29; 73 points. Brooklyn Bicycle Club : Todd, 1. 43.19 ; Mead, 1.39.37; Williams, 1.47.47 ; Waters, 1.40.30; 65 points. Hudson County Wheelmen : Kluge, i. 31. 03 1-2 ; Baggott, 1.42.35 ; Smith, 1.50.40; Stenken, 2.00.1S; 52 points. Ilderan Bicycle Club : Brad- ley, 1.36. 21; Schoefer, 1.47.36; G. L. Warner, 1.59.05; Clan, 1.56.50; 44 points. Elizabeth Wheelmen: Berry, 1.47.05; Bowman, 1.42.12; Gilbert, 2.00.22; Jenkins, 1.54.43; 39 points. Union County Wheelmen: Rhett, 1.50.00; J. E. Warner, 1.52.44; Burnet, 1.49.03; Farrington, out at 2omiles ; 26 points. The Hudson County Wheelmen team rode under protest, and Kluge will not get first medal until Executive Committee decides the question. Cold wind blowing clouds of dust in the riders' eyes, with bad roads, kept the time down.

THE STORY OF WHITTKER'S GREAT RIDE.

Last week we had barely time to print the certificates in this case, and this week we present the story of Whittaker's great ride. As intimated last week, we have written West for further informa- tion, which up to the present writing has not come to hand, and we fear will not reach us in time for this week's issue, as part of the in- formation includes a draft of the course, giving cutable roads, and how they were guarded. As this draft will have to be reproduced for printing in the paper, we fear that this issue will have to go without it. Now for the story as told by an eye witness :

"The start was made promptly at i o'clock P. M.,the pistol being fired by Mr. W. J. Rosbro, City editor Argus News. At the crack of the pistol, Eck gave Whittaker a good send off, and in a short time he was out of sight. The officials were all carefully seledted, and each man at his post on time. The weather was all that could be asked for, not a breeze was stirring. The night proved to be almost as light as day, and was quite warm, in faft, the weather could not have been better; it seemed as though Providence had done all it could for the plucky rider who had undertaken such a hard task. Each time he made the round trip he was received with cheers and everybody seemed to take great interest in his attempt. The farmers would drive their horses into the ditch to give him all the road, and they even turned out and raked the road in rough places. The bicyclists in from the town were astir on the road at all hours of the day and night, as no one seemed to desire sleep.

One little incident happened in the early morning, which came near putting an end to this great performance. Something was seen running up the road; Whittaker remarked to Dingley, "there goes a gray squirrel." Dingley replied, "no, it's a skunk." Whittaker, not dreaming of the result, ran up alongside of it, and got his reward in full. When he came to the tent on that trip he had all the room he wanted. Eck would not change his clothes for fear of his getting chilled, so the poor boy had to go on with the same clothes on as before, consequently at 2S7 miles he was taken violently sick, and was about to cry quits ; it seemed as though he could not go on. Dingley shook him up, however, got him started once more, and he held out pluckily to the end. About 12 o'clock Friday, teams, car- riages, bicyclists, and pedestrians were seen heading towards the finishing point to see Whittaker come in. At twelve ininutes past twelve he was seen coming over the hill ; he was quickly turned round, and all hands made after him out into the country. Such a dnst has not been raised round here for some time, the road be- ing full of carriages, bicyclists and pedestrians. He rode out as far as the four-mile stake, when he was checked by Mr. Wm. Ovington,

who had followed him on his bicycle. Then every one made a scramble for the finish, but by this time a breeze had sprung up, the first since the start, and it blew direiSly in the rider's face, which made it hard pushing. At the top of the hill he had four minutes to spare, but his speed was gone, and he finished quite weak, cross- ing the line, having travelled the greatest number of miles ever made on the road in twenty-four hours. He was loudly cheered by the crowe, who surrounded the hack which bore him, Dingley and Eck to the hotel, where he was well looked after. He was in a thor- oughly exhausted condition, and he had lost seven pounds during the ride." Saxon.

MANCHESTER BICYCLE CLUB ROAD RACES.

The Manchester Bicycle Club held its handicap road race on Wednesday, Nov. 2, for the following prizes : ist prize, gold medal, donated by the club; 2d, silver medal, donated by Chief Consul Bennett; 3d, cut glass berry dish, donated by Clint. A. Moore. The course was 6 1 1-16 miles, over the Mill Dam and Fletcher's Island road, starting and finishing at a point near the shoe shop in East Manchester. There were ten entries and seven starters, with the following handicaps : D. E. Price, 7 minutes; A. E. East- man, 6 minutes ; F. O. Moulton, 4 minutes; H. M. Bennett, 3 1-2 minutes; J. E. Newton, 3 minutes; C. H. Fish, 2 1-2 minutes; Moses Sheriff, scratch. Price's handicap was such that he kept out of sight of everybody, and easily won the gold medal. Newton, by good riding, passed Moulton, Bennett and Eastman, and cap- tured the silver medal. Eastman, who proved the dark horse, took third prize. Fish passed Bennett a mile from the finish, and he and Moulton came in, the last mile together, being tied for fourth position. Sheriff was expedled to take a prize, but took a bad header on a rough hill near the Mill Dam, and came in a badly used-up condition. Bennett was awarded the leather medal, to be won on all club runs. The following times were made: Newton, 34m. ; Fish, 34.40; Price, 35.55; Sheriff, 36.00; Moulton, 36.10; Bennett, 36.15; Eastman, 37.15. C. D. Palmer was handicapper. Both medals will have to be won three times, in order to become personal property. Price was presented with a hat by H. M. Moody, and Newton with a pair of slippers by Philbrick and Webster. The club will hold a series of short races 'Thanksgiving Day. C. H. F.

HARE AND HOUNDS RACE.

The Boston Bicycle Club will give, on Thanksgiving Day, a hare and hound run, open to all cyclers. From the entries, one or two hares will be seleiled. Two medals will be given as prizes. Entries close Tuesday, Nov. 22, and may be made to E. G. Whitney, Cap- tain, 36 St. James avenue.

W. E. CRIST.

There is no doubt but that the man whose name heads this arti- cle is one of the most prominent of those who race in the amateur ranks, and any information in regard to the speedy Washingtonian, will be read with interest. A reporter of the Washington Evening Star has been coUedling some fa<3;s in regard to Mr. Crist, a portion of which we reprint herewith :

Crist is not yet twenty-one years old, and the knowing ones say that no one can tell what he will do when he reaches his prime, and has been carefully trained. He has been riding a wheel about five years, but has been on the track only three years. His first race was in 1SS4, when he entered the three-mile novice in the spring races of the Capital Bicycle Club. He finished second to Webster, the star rider of Smithville, who was riding in his fifth novice race. Crist's performance on that day satisfied all who saw him that he . was destined to become a speedy rider. He was the happiest boy in Washington, and to-day prizes the silver medal he won by getting second place more highly than any of the hundred he has since captured. From that time he has steadily improved. Now he is a young man five feet nine inches in height, weighing ordinarily about 170 pounds, in training less than 160, thoroughly athletic in build, and, above all, of excellent habits. He has the strength, the endurance and the confidence of a splendid racer. He is well de- veloped throughout, without a weak spot about him; although, if anything, his legs are his best points. When he strips for a race the muscles of his arms and chest show up well, but his calves look like a bundle of whip cords, while the muscle just above the knee are abnormal in their development.

THE CRIST SPURT.

All these good points combine to enable him to make his remark- able spurt at the finish, which has so often carried him to vi(5tory. No matter how hot the pace is, he is never so winded that he cannot go faster when coming down the stretch. The Crist spurt has dis-

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heartened many a flyer who was confident that the vidlory belonged to him. Crist is generally satisfied if he can hold his man up to the last quarter. Then he lowers his head so that his nose almost rubs the ure, and spurts like a demon. Neither he nor anybody else can keep such a pace long, but he is generally able to keep it long enough to pass his man like a flash, and hold him back until the line is crossed.

AN OPINION OF A RIVAL.

Phil. S. Brown has ridden with and against Crist oftener than any other rider. He accompanied him in nearly all his racing tours during the past season, and he regards him as head and shoulders above all amateurs. "Crist's final spurt," said he to a Star reporter, "is the secret of his success. He never knows when he is beaten, and is, therefore, never too tired to make it. I have often tried to make the pace so hot that the spurt would not be forthcoming, but have generally failed. I have become used to it now, but the first time I met him on the track I thought I had the race. When in the last quarter, however, he passed me so fast that I felt as if I was standing still. I have since learned that the spurt is but of short duration, but it generally takes the heart out of a stranger, and he doesn't try to even hold him."

HIS DEFEAT BY RICH,

Although Crist is generally regarded as the champion amateur, he does not hold that title, for he was beaten in Cleveland in the one-mile championship race by Rich of New York. Crist himself does not think he was beaten. The majority of witnesses thought that the race ought to have been ridden over again, so close was the finish. Crist spurted in the stretch, and the two wheels crossed the line almost simultaneously, but the Washington boy was riding the faster, and a rod after the line was crossed he was a length or more ahead. A good many people think that Crist held his opponent too cheaply in this instance, and was not in the best condition. At any rate he showed superiority later by easily defeating Rich at Hart- ford in the mile race, and by leading him nearly a hundred yards in the five-mile lap race. He met Rich in four races, and won three of them. Another man who succeeded in winning a race from Crist this year was Powers, of Canada. Before closing the seasou, how- ever, Crist endeavored to get up a match race between Rich, Powers, and himself, each to offer the championship prizes won by them as trophies, but neither would accept the challenge. The Washington flyer has won nearly a thousand dollars worth of prizes during the past season, and his room is adorned with pictures, clocks, and all kinds of decorative and useful articles which he captured, while a bureau drawer is entirely full of medals in cases. CRIST'S RECORD.

His best mile was in 2.38 1-5, made at Roseville in the one-mile 2,45 limit race. During the season he has ridden in fifty races, winning thirty-eight first prizes, eight second prizes, dropping out of three handicap races, and having one fall which prevented his mounting his machine.

The following is his record : Woodstock, Ontario, four races, two winners, two seconds. Hagerstown, Md., three races, two winners, one fall. Championship, five miles, Washington, D. C. Balti- more, Md., five races, four winners, one second. Wilkesbarre, Pa., seven races, six winners, one second. Cleveland, Ohio, seven races four winners, two seconds, dropped out of one handicap. Rose- ville, N. J., August 20, four races, four winners. Williamsport, Pa., five winners. Hartford, Conn., two winners. Roseville, N. J., Sep- tember 17, four races, three winners, dropped out of one handicap. Albany, N. Y., two races, one winner, dropped out of one handicap. Atlanta, Ga., five races, four winners, one second. Baltimore, one second.

A NOVEL BUSINESS CALENDAR AND STAND.

By far the most novel, convenient, and valuable business calendar for 1888, is the Columbia Bicycle Calendar and Stand, to be issued by the Pope Manufafturing Company of Boston, Mass. In this calendar a new departure has been made, decidedly unique, and dif- ferent from any previous attempt in calendar construdtion. The calendar proper is in the form of a pad, containing 366 leaves, one for each day in the year, to be torn off daily. The leaves are five and one-half by two and three-fourths inches, and a portion of each leaf is left blank for memoranda, so arranged that the memorandum blank for any coming day can be turned to immediately at any time. The pad rests upon a portable stand, which takes up but little more room than the pad itself, and when placed upon the desk or writing- table the entire surface of the date leaf is brought diredlly, and left constantly, before the eye, furnishing date and memoranda, impos- sible to be overlooked. Besides the month, the day of the month, and the day of the week, the numbers of the days of the year passed and to come are specified, and upon each slip appears, as in the previous Columbia calendars, quotations pertaining to cycling from leading publications and prominent writers on both sides of the

ocean. The notable events in cycling are mentioned, and concise opinions of medical authorities ; words from prominent wheelmen, in- cluding those of clergymen and other professional gentlemen; rights of cyclers upon the roads; general cycling statistics ; records; the benefits of tricycling to ladies ; information about costumes ; direc- tions for road-maktng; and other matter interesting to the public in general, and to the cycler in particular, appear from day to day. In fadt, it is an effe(5tive, attraiSive, and fresh cycling encyclopaedia, crowded into convenient measure. A matter worth stating, is that all of the paragraphs are entirely new from previous years' calen- dars, and that, although there seem to be but little when read from day to aay, altogether the items would make a medium-sized pam- phlet, and, added to the collecSions of other years, a large volume — a coUeAion of quotations whicli shows how popular and universal cycling is getting to be all over the world.

SOME " WERSES" ON THE RACES.

Last Saturday evening after the 100-mile race, while wandering round the reading room of the Faneuil House, we picked up an old envelope on the back of which we found the following, written in beautiful chirography of A. K.-C. :

"I never knew a little trike. To glad me with its easy way. But when I came to push it hard,

It was sure to go and break its bloomin', bally axle, and

let me down when within easy distance of knocking

a record."

[We cannot exacfttly admire the utter disregard of meter in the

above, but it has a Walt Whitman flavor, that will, no doubt, please

some. The tender pathos is undeniable. — Ed.]

We were led by the finding of this gem, to see if we could not get our muse to grind out something tart, and we think we have suc- ceeded, as follows :

Young Sammy came out from the West, *

And he said as he pulled down his vest:

"Gee whizz! on my jigger,

I cut quite a figger;"

And he ran right away from the rest.

Here's another of the same delicate flavor : The Colonel, he sat in his chair, And he lifted his hat in the air. When he heard of the race. And HoUingsworth's pace. He remarked, "Ah there, my size!" [Unfortunately "poetic license" does not stretch far enough to ad- mit that the last line rhymes, but as our regular poetical editor had gone out to fill the growler, we had to do the best we could. — Ed.]

Still another suggests itself:

There was a young man of Dor-<-/iM-tah,

Who remarked, "I can win on my Vic-tah."

But though he was tuff,

He stopped in a huff.

And his 58-inch, it was left-ah.

Not wishing to be partial, we turned the crank once more : There was a young man who ran third, (And all said that he rode like a bird,) Frank Carmen's his name. And he rode for pure fame. But the PRIZE he would much have preferred.

Still another twist :

A man nam-fi/ Lyons, from Lynn, Whose 1 — gs were exceedingly thynn ; He led at the start. In a way that was tart ;

But in consequence of Boreas, dust, and a combination of circumstances, among which was his inability to ride fast enough so as to get to the loo-mile mark within the time limit of three weeks, he failed to score a viftory. [Again we miss our poetical editor, who has just gone down stairs to "see a man." — Ed.]

And last, but not least :

The Referee's name it was Dean ;

But seldom, alas, was he seen;

They looked in the bar,

('Twas not very far,)

And there thev found Referee Dean.

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BENT BACKBONES.

Editor Bicycling IVorld : In answer to Mr. Fisher's letter about crooked backbone and its remedy, I would say that if Mr. Fisher is not mechanic enough to know where to find the difficulty he ought not to be trusted with repairing same Avhen found. If we all knew everything the world (no pun intended) would be ready for the millennium. The trouble is liable to be in any part of the machine, and generally can only be located by experienced observation. In some cases it baffles the oldest heads in the shop for some time.

In noting the charmingly egotistical way in which our friend claims that he "knows something about it," I would mention that I have been a rider for nearly ten years, and have been in the busi- ness almost all the time, handling thousands of various wheels, and yet strange to say, invariably find that I do not_know as much to all appearances about wheeling as the riders who have ridden shorter times and gained large invoices of knowledge from paper and ink. By the way, will you kindly let me know how to mend mywatch — the hair-spring has strightened out.' If I knew just where to bend it would be able to repair properly.

"Inexperienced Old Rider."

HOW TO LOCATE AND REMEDY THE BEND IN BACK- BONES.

Editor Bicycling World: In reply to Mr. Fisher's query in your issue of October 28th, allow me to suggest the following method of determining why the wheels do not track : Lean the bicjxle against a wall, and take a position in front of it, and lower than the centre of the large wheel. Place the nose in the plane of the wheel, with one eye either side thereof, and you can accurately see whether or not any portion of the backbone is in said line. If the wheel runs true and in the centre of the fork, it is evident that the forward end of the backbone is in the wheel plane. Now hold the wheel so that the middle portion of the backbone is in the said plane, and a glance will show whether the lower end is out or not.

To repair without tools, lay the bicycle down on the side toward which the lower end of the backbone is bent; place a block under the lower end of backbone and apply weight on central portion of backbone. If the bone be oval, better lay a piece of board on it so as to avoid the slight risk of bending it. The application of weight as directed will tend to lift the wheel from the ground, which ten- dency must be resisted until the neck bends back to the desired position.

If a strong vise is accessible, remove the backbone from the head, grip the neck firmly in the vise, and use the bone as a lever. The application of heat will cause it to bend more easily, and with less injury to the metal.

Backbones seldom bend; but side-wise bends can be detefted by laying the bone on a plane surface and noting if both sides lie down alike. A table is a good surface, -because the rear fork must, of necessity, projecS; over.

If both neck and bone are straight, the fault may be in the head or rear fork. If in the head, it can be seen by sighting down the head in the plane of the wheel, and will usually be found where the fork side joins the head. Remove the wheel, grip the head in a vise, and bend each side back separate!}'.

If in the rear fork, place a stiff" lever through the fork while the wheel is therein, and twist until the wheels are in the same plane, which can best be determined by standing the bicycle on its head, and sighting from behind the small wheel, instead of from before the large one.

There are other methods of finding bends, but this is the handiest, and, like shooting a rifle, is capable of great perfection.

Chas. E. Duryea.

Washington, D. C, 5 November, 18S7.

\V. C. Herring, the New York wheelman, is in London, study- ing medicine, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

TRADE NOTES, CLIPPINGS, AND ALL SORTS.

Mr. Eliot Todd, of St. Lduis, is off on a three-months' tour on a tricycle. He goes to Louisville, Atlanta and New Orleans, th'cnce back to St. Louis by some other route. If Mr. Todd accomplishes this, he will hold the long-distance touring tricycle record for the United States. The distance travelled over proposed route will be in the neighborhood of 2000 miles. He will ride a two-track ma chine.

The past month has been remarkable in the English record- breaking annals. First, Mr. and Mrs. Smith broke the tandem records from 21 to 35 miles, and now. Major Knox-Holmes, a gen- tleman of So years of age, with a companion of 35 years, establish the path tandem records from 26 to 30 miles. The last quarter of the 30 miles was done in 49 seconds.

The Coventry Machinists' Co. seem to be piling up records for their machines lately as will have been noticed by referring to this week's issue and several late issues giving English records.

"It will, no doubt, be a novel thing to your readers to hear that the 'iron wheel,' the pride and glory of every true-hearted British rider, has been lately the cause of raising a religious discussion amongst the ecclesiastical authorities of the Jews in Italy. As it is well known, bicycles and tricycles are in great vogue in Italy, and they have been introduced as a speedy means of transport in the army, which contains a large number of Jews. Now, the majority of the Rabbis will not permit the Jewish soldiers to ride a machine on their Sabbath, arguing that a ride on a machine is a fatiguing exercise, and comes M'ithin the category of labor. The more en- lightened of the Rabbis, of course, oppose this argument, from the standpoint that riding a velocipede, far from being a fatiguing exer- cise, is, on the contrary, a most pleasant one. Well, is it not curious that the dear, innocent cycle should be transformed into a block of stumbling to the Jewish Rabbis.""' — Cyclist.

This is the way the Philadelphia Item looks at it: "This second New York snubbing business is but one step in the march of events towards the inevitable, and that inevitable is the evolution of strong self-governing State Leagues instead of one unwieldy, and there- fore almost of a certainty ill managed, national organization."

We hear that the Overman Wheel Co. will manufafture their own tricycles and safeties for next season, but that the Ames Co. will continue to manufafture their ordinaries, for a time longer, at least.

The attention of manufa(5tures is now turned to the question of how to overcome the chief fault of the rear-driving safety, namely, the difficulty of steering. That this fault will be overcome to a very large extent, there is no doubt. The latest claimant to having solved the problem is a Mr. H. Wilson of Quick Road, Cheswick, England. The details are not yet made public, but as soon as they are we shall catch on to them and give our readers the benefit.

The King bicycle does not seem to materialize, although it has been promised for a long time. We now hear that Reber & Saich are to bring out a wheel of their own.

The New York Bicycle Club shows a very good total mileage up to 0(5l. 31, it being now 22,432. They are anxious to strike the 25,000-mile mark before January ist. Mr. E.J. Shriver shows up with an average of 31 1-2 miles per day, and J. O. Jiminis with 39 9-10 miles per day.

The Philadelphia Item is talking up the idea of State Leagues, in- stead of a national organization. This may be all very well for the large States, but it will be death to such Divisions as Louisiana and California, for instance.

The Long Island Wheelmen have gone into winter quarters, and very fine quarters they are. The new club house is situated on Bedford avenue. The house is a beauty architecturally, both out- side and in. Luxury and excellent taste are evident in every part of the structure, and the Long Island Wheelmen can rest happy in the knowledge that they occupy one of the most convenient and beauti- fully appointed club houses in the country.

The lady tricyclists of Providence do not like to give up the idea that they cannot have any more excursions, so as a final eftbrt they determined to have a run last Tuesday. Starting from the club house at S A. M., they wheeled to "What Cheer Cottage," Roger Williams Park. The return was made to Providence in good sea- son, and a collation was served the hungry riders at the club house.

The Atalanta (N. J.) Wheelmen have done a wise thing in secur- ing Mr. Charles Dickens to give a reading in Association Hall. This step ought to be one whereby the cofters of the Atalanta Club will be filled to overflowing.

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BOSTON, 18 NOVEMBER, 1887.

TT TE are not pessimistic, usually, in the view we take of matters ' * and things, but when we contemplate the possible visit of a European team next season, we are led to ask ourselves, "where will we have them race?" "Senator" Morgan has in view the bringing over an aggregation of European talent, but it behooves him to see if he can get tracks to race on. In the matter of the Lvnn and Roseville tracks, a change of proprietorship may mean a change in the use of the land. This, however, is yet a problem, and we only hope that the new proprietors of these two tracks will be able to see it to their advantage to cater to the cycling element, and keep up the condition of the paths. The Springfield track will have been in dis- use nearly two years, and two years without care, in this climate, praftically means destrudlion. The advent of a half a dozen of the best men of England and Continental Europe, would do much to galvanize the lagging interest in racing, and we only hope that the Senator will be on hand with his team, that Rowe will not find the joys of domestic life so powerful as to forbid his appearance on the track, and that Springfield, Lynn and Roseville will be rescued from the shade of disaster and negleft under which they are strug- gling; so that the racing season of 1S8S will be remarkable for its brilliant history in the United States, as the past year has been a record year for dullness and stupidity.

"VTtTE append below a decision rendered in the courts, "which is » • right in line with the position the World has held, that the League had a right to expel its members for any infraction of its rules. It always seemed to us to be a good law, which holds that any club or society can try under its own rules, and, if found guilty, expel a member who, in any way, has broken the rules of the or- ganization of which he is a member. We may take exception to some rules as not being wise, just, or sensible, but if any man joins a club, the rules of which make the wearing of a blue necktie cause for expulsion, he must not growl if he is called on to pay the penalty of his rash aft, without expecfting the law of the land to step in and order a stay of proceedings. Here is the decision :

"A recent decision by Judge Barrett of the Supreme Court of New York in regard to the rights and duties of club members, proceeds upon the principles of common sense and of justice. A member of the New York Club, one of the chief associations of the kind in that city, was cited to appear before the board and show cause why he

should not be expelled. He was accused of having obtained, by a promise which he afterward failed to keep, payment for professional services rendered to the club, and also of prevarication and other questionable condu(5l in the affair at a later stage. Thereupon, the accused member, asserting that the board was composed of his enemies, brought a bill in equity, alleging that the charges against him are false, and praying the court to issue an order restraining the club from expelling him. The by-laws of the club, however, provide for a trial in such a case within the club itself, and under rules framed for that purpose. The plaintiff, therefore, when he joined the club, submitted himself to its jurisdiiftion, and cannot in- voke the aid of a court without undergoing a trial according to the laws of the club. All that a court of equity can do, and so much Judge Barrett declared it will do, is to see that a member of a club, against whom charges are preferred, shall have a fair trial in ac- cordance with the rules of the body."

' I ^HE racing man of the future will be an entirely different being -*• from what we are at present used to. The training of the muscles and the strengthening of the wind will be absolutely ignored , and the brain will be the portion of the human anatomy that will alone receive attention. Brawn and staying qualities will be held at a discount, and instead of a contest of speed and endurance, Avhich we poor mortals of low tastes still love to witness on the racing path, races hereafter will be conflicjt of intelleft, a struggle between tacfticians. We draw this delegable conclusion from the fa(5l that Hillier preaches the doAine of loafing and tadlics as being the proper caper, and Prial says "Amen." We regret this muchly, as we shall miss the fine athletic forms usually to be seen at race meet- ings, and in their place we shall have to school ourselves to the un. accustomed sight of racing men displaying abnormally developed skulls, and painfully attenuated trunks and limbs. The develop- ment of breathing capacity, and of the reiliis fermoris and the vas/iis interims, etc., will, in the knowledge of the modern trainer, be as so much useless trash, but the study of phrenology will become a necessity in the education of ye trainer of the future. What par- ticular traits will be required to make up the most successful loafer and winner (we suppose we should say tadlician and winner) we cannot as yet determine. As our phrenological chart lies before us, we feel that we ought to try and give our readers some sort of com- bination whereby they could guide themselves as to what will go to make up a successful racing man of the loafing (we mean taftical) pattern. We must confess, however, to being entirely at sea as to what will be the corredl make up of this prodigy of the future, but we can see that the components must include "casualty," "self- esteem," "secretiveness," and possibly "aquisitiveness." We think, however, that as the News and the Wheel have put there seal of ap- proval on the loafing taftics, and the ban of their disapproval on the athlete, who vulgarly wins a race by grit and speed, they ought to furnish a waiting world with a corredl list of "bumps" to be de- veloped, and some method, other than by headei-s, of ^'■how to develop." We bid a long farewell to the hearty, robust racing man of the past, and offer our hand in welcome to the dyspeptic, large- headed, scraggy-limbed racing man, Avho, in future, will dominate our racing paths a la Hillier and Prial.

The Dorchester Club held a very successful progressive euchre partv last Tuesday evening. Club members and their friends were out in full force, and six prizes were awarded the luckj' winners. It is proposed to alternate progressive euchre with drive whist, every other week. This club will give a road race, five miles, for boys living in Dorchester, on Thanksgiving Day, starting from River and Washington streets, Milton, at 9 A. M., sharp. After this race, a hare and hound paper chase will be given starting from the same point. All cyclists are invited to attend. Hares to be selefted at the start. On Dec. 15, the club will give a social at Lyceum Hall, Dorchester. Dancjng from S to 12 ; Richardson's orchestra. En- tertainment Committee— C. I. Drake, W. S. Doane, W. Clapp, W. S. Shellenbach, and H. Mears.

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WASHINGTON NO TES. " RAMBLEIi."

The latest "fad" in tricycling in this city is the organization of a military company mounted on the prancing three-wheeler. Mr. A. F. Dinsmore, a very ardent tricycle rider, suggested the idea to the com- mander of the District troops of forming a company to join the District