Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1896, Page 20

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If you are too fat the chances are at least two to one that you eat too much. It may be that you are a moderate eater and drink too much beer or ale, or you may be moder- ate in botn eating and drinking and take too little exercise. Finally, you may be the vic- tim of some constitutional disorder whicl: prevents the oxidization of your food. * In any case, you are not a sound person, but have the se of obesity, which the doctors call poiysarcia. Of the nostrums for the cure the doctors say they are all, without discrimination, “thoroughly ‘ientific.” Some, the doc- 2rmful and even dangerous. Mr. Banting tried his system on himself thirty years ago and succeeded in ridding himseif of forty-two pounds within a twelve-month. This was a great success on the face of it, but many others who have tried to follow his example have found the treatment too severe. The Banting system, whicn was, in substance, a gradual starv- ing, is not often used. Schweninger’s system is a modification of that devised by another German, Oertel. Obesity is much more common in Germany than in the United States, and many of the cures came from that nation. Oertel's is not a starving cure, but a sort of bracing up. Its inventor contended that if the circula- tien of the blood was improved fat would be eliminated. He prescribed mountain climb- rause, as he said, “the force required body to a great height entails ion of large quantities of fat.” ystems” involve as much exer- eise as the fat man can take without ex- haustion. Mountain climbing is excellent, but not always possible. Any walking in the open air is good in its way, and the bicy- cie isa boon. But, after all, there can be no eure without a di Ail the diets restrict the quantity of fluid to be taken, especially with meals. Here is @ system credited to Schweninger: Moderate exercise for an hour befpre breafast, after a cold bath, with friction. Breakfast, § o’clock—Meat and eggs or milk, followed by a walk. Second breakfast, 10:30 o’clock—Meat or fish and a glass of white wine. Another walk. Dinner, 1 o’clock—Meat, vegetables and fruit compote. Supper, 7 o’clock—Meat and fruit compote or salad, with a glass of white wine. No other fluid is allowed with meals, and bread only sparingly. Bread, by the way, is @ form of food which, together with sugar, the fat man must eschew. ——+e+_____ The American Duchess. From the Gentlewowan. Sentiment did not Me dormant, at any Fate in the heart of the first Duke of Marl- borough, two hundred years ago. Blen- heim, built with the money which Queen Anne granted the great duke for all the services he had rendered his country, was called by him “The Palace of Love.” And over the fireplace in one of the halls is written: “I do so wish there was not one vnhappy creature in the world, for I have no malice, nor, indeed, any great ambition, but that of being quiet with you, my lovely duchess." The rooms io be occupied by the new duchess are those in which the duch- esses of the last two hurdred years have passed their time for joy or sorrow. The suite has eight rooms and includes a lovely little library. As an American the fair Consuelo will find much to charm her in their arrange- mert and decoration, for the last duchess, “Lily,” had the American notion of fur- nishing each rocm in the fashion of an- other courtry—Mcorish, Indian, Japanese. The Ccuke, mindful of the comfort of his bride, just before starting for America gave orders that a corner of the chapel should be fitted up for her especial occupation—a corner easily reached from her own suite of rooms. When, as Miss Vanderbilt, the young duchess stayed at Marlborough she expressed sometimes, with a pretty diffi- dence, her taste in the matter of furnish- Ing and cecoration, and she will find on her return to Blenheim many pleasant re- minders that her tastes have been con- sulted. —_____+e+_____ A Simple Explanation. From the Chieago Tribune. Yesterday was a busy day for Superin- tendent Lane, who, with all of his assist- ants except Mr. Kirk, spent the day at the West Division High School conducting ex- aminations for principals and teachers. Superintendent Lane and his helpers re- gard these examinations as sacredly pri- vate, and refused to give any information whatever about them. They would not tell What the questions were, nor even give a st of the applicants. Least of all would they furnish reporters with those amusing answers which always creep into some examination paper on such occasions, and yet, for a wonder, one assistant superin- tendent, who was caught in an empty room bursting with laughter and was Importuned for an explanation, forgot himself and told two answers given by a young woman applicant. She was asked “How far can Water be lifted by a pump?’ and “Why ean it not be lifted farther?” and she wrote without hesitation and with a look of tri- umphant sel mplacency, “It can be lifted as far as the spout.” “It cannot be lifted ; further because the spout is no higher.” ee Can Be Imagined. bury Gazette. Fitzbooby was intoxicated he?” Duzzey— n the full sense of the word.” CYCLE NOVELTIES New Phases of the Widespread Wheeling Craze. oS A BICYCLE ON ICE Unique Contrivances for Rapid Transit. A NEW USE FOR A HORSE YEAR AGO THE northern wheelman gave up riding at the approach of winter. It was no fun to ride in soft snow, so he stowed the wheel away in the cellar or woodshed, and for four or five months went about on foot. But he found that when the soft spring days came and the roads were dry enough to ride his muscles were lax and soft from lomg disuse, and that it took rim a month to get in riding shape. He be- gan to wonder why he could not ride all winter, in spite of the snow and ice, and his Yankee ingenuity set to work upon the problem, with the result that the ice bi- cycle was evolved. As will be seen from the picture, the front wheel is removed and replaced by the skate attachment, held rigidly in place by the axle nuts. The rear wheel Is fitted with a metal band encir- cling the “tread@’ of the tire and clamped at intervals to the rim, this metal band having a‘series of teeth, which bite into the ice when power is applied. In all other respects this machine is the same as that ridden upon the road. A wheel so fitted can be run over hard snow to a lake or river, and once upon the ice finds its element. Friction is reduced to a minimum, and with a favoring breeze the rider can strike a 1:30 gait with ease. Sails have been fitted to the ice bicycles, enabling the rider to coast when going be- fore the wind, or to tack against it. This scheme has met with a very favorable re- ception ‘n Holland, over a thousand sets of skate attachments having been shipped to that country during the recent fall sea- son. On the long ice highways of the canal country the ice bicycle will work like @ charm. The Water Bicyclic. Another novelty is the water bicycle, to be run on the briny waves wherever the will of the rider chooses to take him. A machine of this kind, the only one in the United States, made a visit to Washington, and was for some days at anchor off the arsenal wharf. It excited much comment and inquiry. It is a peculiar apparatus, al- rrost indescribable. Two long copper cyl- inders, tapering at each end, and floating kaif out of the water, support a platform fcur or five feet high. Upon this platform, which can be raised or lowered at will, is lecated the driving and steering apparatus, which consists of the frame, handle bars, saddle, pedals and front sprocket of an or- dinary bicycle. A long chain connects with @ sprocket on a 52-inch paddle wheel, mounted between the cylinders at the rear end, and the handle bars connect with a rudder projecting behind the cylinders. To propel the machine the rider simply slides into the saddle, pushes the pedals, and off he goes, looking like an extinct species of water crane. The Hippocycle. But perhaps the most unique construc- tion of the year Is the hippocycle—a horse- driven quadricycle. This machine has four forty-inch wheels, the two rear wheels drivers and the two front wheels steerers. The horse will propel himself, the vehicle (which will weigh about seventy-five pound) and one or more riders, who will steer and govern the machine. The horse, as shown in the picture, is mounted on a horizontal revolving endless platform, built upon two roller-supported chains. It is in realliy a treadmi!l, built up of slats, supported vpon endless chains, which run over sprocket wheels and transmit power to gear wheels connected with the drivers. The platform of the machine designed is four feet wide. The only harness needed is a collar and traces, the latter attached to a stationary part of the machine. In running the horse pulls at the traces and starts off on a trot. He does not advance a foot, for the plat- form moves beneath him, but the whole machine, fitted with pneumatic tires, steel spokes and a high gear, goes racing along the road at a gait never attained by an ordinary carriage. The saving to the horse in expenditure of powér is very great. With a common phaeton or buggy the horse is constantly at work, whether the gradient be for or against him. Down hill he must keep up his pace to prevent the carriage from run- ning on his legs, and up hill he, of course, pulls the entire time. But with the hip- poeyele it is different. On every incline sufficient to carry the niachine on its own impetus the horse can be as much at rest as in his stall at home, a ratchet similar to that employed in the old “Star” bicycle al- lowing him to stop without hindering the forward movement of the carriage. To this advantage may be added that of a level and uniform surface for his feet, and pro- tection from the sun and rain afforded by a light protecting roof over the cycle. Should he get “‘balky,"’ or should he fall from any reason, the platform will merely ccme to a stop, the machine running free. If this should take place while climbing a hill the ratchet would prevent the cycie from go’ng backward down the hill. A powerful hand or foot brake 1s pro- vided, bearing upon a drum on the driving axle, and to prevent the horse from being thrown suddenly forward by Its application, or backward by a collision a padded breech- ing is arranged fore and aft to catch him. One of these machines has been success- fully used in Paris, and it is proposed to have a little car or “trailer” for passengers, = case two horses being used side by side. By Dog Power. That the abstract idea of the hippocycle fs not entirely new will be seen from the EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR® PAGES. picture of the dog-power vehicle. This lady was probably fond of an outing, but too poor to purchase horses and carriage. So her husband, being a wheelwright ard blacksmith, conceived this scheme, and car- ried it into execution, utilizing the pet dogs in a very novel manner. In this case the two animals run side by side in a wide wheel, similar to that seen in a squirrel cage, the lady sitting behind and steering by the rear wheels. A patent was granted for this construction in 1870. The weight of the apparatus may be estimated at 300 pounds, and how these two little dogs could ever Propel it along a road is beyond compre- hension. The Latest. Over in London they have a new cycle— whether to give it the prefix uni or bi has not yet been determined—which is alto- gether different from the models seen on the streets of Washington. Instead of be- ing on the wheel the rider is inside. As shown in the above picture, there are two wheels, one inside the other. ‘The inner wheel maintains a stationary position, which is necessary because it has fastened to it the rider’s seat. Around it revolves the outer wheel, with which it has three points of contact, three grooved wheels, that form a runway. The power is. ob- tained by the simple action of a spring at- tached to the treadles, and it is promised that great speed will be made when the wheel is properly used. Lightness and sim- plicity of construction seem to be its best points. The rider, being suspended below the machine’s center of gravity, maintains a level seat whatever the seat or grade. TESTING FOR COLOR BLINDNESS. Skeins of Worsted Are Used in the Examinations. From the New York Times. The test for color blindness to which the trainmen of the Brooklyn bridge, in com- mon with all other railroad employes, are annually subjected is a proceeding to in- terest the curious. On the appcinted day the 120 men comprising the force are ex- amined in turn to determine their ability to distinguish colors and different shades of the same color. ‘The test is conducted under the supervision of the surgeon and the chief engineer. About 200 skeing of ordinary worsted form the only equipment neces- sary. These represent red, orange, green and white as the main colors, with a vast numter of slightly varying shades of each. It Is easy to realize how many different tints there may be of the first three, but one unaccustomed to a clese observance of cclors would find it hard to believe that there could be so many shades of white as are there exhibited. When a man steps forward to be exam- ined he is asked to pick out, first, perhaps a skein of red, ard then one of orange or green. After it seems evident that he is able to diztinguish readily between the strongly contrasting colors, there is a trial of his pe:ception of the sometimes barely noticeable differences of shade. This !s discovered by handing him a skein and ask- irg him to sort out from the rainbow-like mass before him all those which match it exactly. The process {s repeated with other colors until it is proven beyond a doubt that the men has no symptom of the pecu- liar form of blindness in question. Particu- lar attention ts paid to the reds and greens, for, by an odd coincidence, these two col- ors, which have come to be universally used as signals, are thcse upon which a person wi-h any terdency to color blindness is likely to fail first. It ts not incommon to find that men who have no trouble with other colors are unable to tell a bright red light from a green one. Such a defect in an engineer or any of the train hands would, of course, be fatal. When a case is discovered the man is at once removed and put to work in another departinent, where a nice knowledge of colors is not essential. Of the entire number of men examined at the bridge office a few weeks ago not one failed in the test. This is an unusual record, for on nearly every previous occa- sion there have been at least two or three who have wavered and gone down before the strict requirements. ———_+e+____ NEVER SAW A NEGRO SANTA CLAUS. The Argument Was a Convincing One and He Withdrew. From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. “Does yer tell yer chillun dat Sana Claus brings um dere good things on er Christ- mus?’ said Uncle Sawney to Lucindy Brown the other day. “Ob cose I doesn’t,” said Lucindy some- what petulantly. “Doan yer knows dat yer orter do dat, Lucingy, so’se ter bring um up wid de proper reverence fur de glad Christmus time?” sald Uncle Sawney, rather pity- ingly. “Now, Uncle Sawney, yuse so uppety ertout tellin’ folkses what dey mus’.do ter raise dey chillun right dat I wants ter ax yer jes’ one plain, hones’ question.” Uncle Sawney nodded his head in ap- proval, and Lucindy proceeded: ‘Now, an- swer me dis question, Uncle Sawney—Hab you eber seed er nigger Sana Claus?” Uncl2 Sawney appeared nonplussed and seratched his woolly head though*fully awhile, but at last owned up that he never -had. “Den doan yer know,” said Luciniy triumphantly, “dat de nigger baby befo’ he am ole enongh ter unnerstand erbout er Sana Claus knows dat no white Sana Claus ain’ gwine cum down er nigger's chimbly ter bring er nigger nuthin’?” Uncle Sawney saw that he had gotten the worst of it, and walked away muttering to himself that it was no use to try to teach a negro to he like white folks when “dere bery color am ergin 'em.” —__—_—__+e+—___ Feel Their Hair Stand on End. From the New York Tribune. A singular form of amusement indulged in by the cash girls of one of the large department stores was accidentally dis- covered the other day by a reporter. As the sport interferes somewhat with the or- dinary transaction of business it is to be feared that its vogue is doomed. The re- porter was looking at the books, which are kept on the second floor of the build- ing. Just as he was making up his mind to take a particular volume his attention was attracted to one of the floorwalkers, who came up hurriedly and asked of a saleswoman standing near: “What is the matter with’ those tubes now? They’re stopped up abcut half the time, and I can’t find out what the trouble is.” “Well,” came the laconic reply, delivered in true East Side accents, “the little girls downstairs is always lettin’ their-hair blow up the tubes.” “What!” exclaimed the man. The re- porter’s book ceased to interest him, and he Hstened for the explanation with unconceal- ed attention, visions of streaming locks and the scalps of Bluebeard’s wives arising be- fore his imagination the while. - “Why, they just put the ends of their braids in the tubes, and fhe air draws them straight up, and I suppose they like the way it feels,” said the girl, with a grin. “Well,” remarked the floorwalker, recov- ering himself, “that's the greatest thing yet,” and meditating upon the inventive genius of cash girls, he proceeded down stairs to arrange for a freer working of the pneunatic tubes. And the reporter was so entertained by this attempt on the part of the youngsters to feel their hair “stand on end” that he very nearly went out of the store without buying the book he had se- lected. —+e-+-____ Unsurpassed in One Respect. From the Somerville Journal. First Little Girl—How many teeth has your baby got?” Second Little Girl—“Four.” First Little Girli—“Ours has seven.” Second Little Girl—“Well, your baby has not had the ammonia, anyway, and ours had it when she was only two months old.” IN THE WHEEL CLUBS re fe Discussing the Camiig Meeting of the Ieagne SSS AN IMPORTANT GARERING PROBABLE Control of Racing’ to Be Con. sidered: LOCAL NOTES: Of INTEREST The annual meeting of the National As- sembly of the League of American Wheel- men will be opened February 10 at Balti- more, according to announcement of the president of the organization, Archibald C. Willison of Cumberland. The headquarters of the league will be at Hotel Rennert, wkile the assembly will convene in the Royal Arcanum Hall, directly opposite the hotel. This meeting promises to be one of the most important in the history of the organization. The subject of racing control will be discussed at length, and the result will most likely be the relinquishing of this, or else a general change in the classification of racers and the management of the same. At the recent meeting of the New York division rezolutions were passed against the league controi of racing, and it is very like- ly that the New York delegates will attend the assembly meeting fully instructed in this regard. The division has an even mem- bership of 10,000, fully one-fifth the total league membership, and its delegates will have a good deal of say in the matt: Perhaps outside of racing matter amendments to the constitution and by- laws, which will be brought up at the meet ing, will be the most important proceeding. Most of the amendments proposed are only of minor importance. The chief une pro- vides for the abolition of the organization in any state or territory where the member- ship is less than twenty-five. A proposition will also be presented doing away with the league year, and allowing memberships to expire one year from date of publication in the official organ. Another radical change is in the matter of applications for mem- bership, which heretofore have all been sent to the national secretary-treasurer, who, after deducting the portion of dues be- longing to the headquarters, remitted the balance to the seeretary-treasur2r of the division to which the member js attached. The change suggested is to send the appli- cation blank to the division secretary- treasurer, who, after deducting from the dues, sends the matter to the national sec- retary-treasurer. The amendments will be presented by the committee on rules and regulations, of which Aibert Mott is the chairman. The National Assembiy is the body which has vested in ii the management of the league. Fifteen members personally present at a meeting constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, though voting by proxy is permissible. The membership of the assembly is composed of all chief con- suls, all vice consuls from divisions having 200 or more membership, all secretary- treasurers from divisions having 100 or more membership, delegates for every 200 division members and’nil ex-presidents and ex-vice presidents. In this are included ail the national officers and the chairmen of all standing committees. League bicycle clubs are allowed delegates for the first twenty members on their rclls, another for the next eighty, and an additional represen- tative for each 100 members thereafter. The local subdivision will be represented at the assembly by the chief consul, Mr. Wiliam T. Robertson, the membership b ing entirely too small to be entitled to dele- gates. Since his appcintment to office Mr. Robertson has been waiting for the local records before getting down to work. Until he receives these he will do nothing. He has the appointive power of a secretary- treasurer, but as yet he has not made his decision, and it is not likely that he will for a week or so. Capital Bicyele Clab. Last evening Mr. H. K. Willard, ‘one of the members of the Capttal Bi. Club, gave a srereopticon lecture at the club house on 15th street to the members and their friends. The subject was a trip to the Bermuda Mr. Willard and several of his friends tak- ing in the trip last year. The lecture prov- ed to be very interesting und Was made more so by the number of pretty views thrown upon the screen. ‘The playing In the pool and_ billiard tourneys is waxing warm and getting more exciting as the close draws nigh. Mr. A. S. Mattingly of the ciub and Mr. George Aucum took a ride to Martboro’ on their wheels Monday, but on account of the weather the trip was anything but pleasant. Washington Road Club. A polo team will shortly be organized in the Washington Road Club, which will be- long to a league which it fs proposed to create. The playing will be done on the ice at the skating rink in Convention Hall. c. L. Palmer and W. F. Fitzhugh re- signed from the club at the last regular meeting. Cc. E. Ganse is reported to be on a good road to recovery. This is glad news to his many friends. John C. Wood left the city during the week for a business trip through Virginia. He will remain away for over a month. E. A. Bennett has returned home after an extensive trip up north. Charles H. Carr is the Road Club’s junior racer and will enter the track this season. He is only fifteen years of age and rides a fifteen-pound wheel, geared to seventy-two. He has ridden a mile in three minutes flat. Columbia Cycle Clab. The final organization of the Columbia Cycle Club was made at a meeting held Monday at the residence of one of the mem- bers. A constitution and an emblem were adopted. Officers were elected fcr the ensuing sea- son as follows: Presldent,Charles E. Wood; vice president, Rudolph Jose; secretary- treasurer, Howard Fisk; captain, Robert Christie; leutenant, Robert Brott. Sydney Martin and George Cator were elected to membership, and during the week three more applications were received. Thomas S, Wood, a brather to the well- known racer, had a successful operation performed on his foot during the week. In the Sterling road race he injured his foot, and for the past two weeks has been con- fined to his home. Altair Cycle Club. At a meeting of the Altair Cycle Club, held Monday John F. Swindell, the president, re- signed from orfice on account of ill health. David L. Reynolds and Commodore T. Oliver Probey were elected to membership. The club now has forty names on its roll, and is in a very flourishing condition. ‘| It was decided to give a banquet in the fore part of next month, but no date was set. At the next meeting the club will arrango matters. =, The following officers were elected to serve for the year: Presidént, Rezin W. Darby; secretary, Robert W. Cox; quartermaster and treasurer, Waltet T. Weaver; captain, F. Baker Weaver; Meutenant, William Britt. See Queer Wheelmen. 'The Queer Wheelmen held a meeting Tues- day evening at their headquarters, 510 11th street northwest. A number of minor busi- ness details were attended to. The club has the scheme of a coming enterprise well un- der way. + The dance committee held a meeting Wed- nesday evening, at which the final arrange- ments for their dance were completed. The event occurs on the evening of February 5, at National Rifles’ Armory. The contract for the printing was given out, and the in- vitations will make their appearance some time during the week. It is needless to say that the design will be unique and attrac- tive. Arlington Wheelmen. The annual banquet of the Arlington Wheelmen will be held Tuesday evening at Hotel Johnson. For the past month a com- mittee, consisting of Messrs.Geffinger, Potts and Reinhardt, has been at work on the matter, and this committee has selected the date and place, besides looking out for the }a suitable club house. the’ other preliminaries. The affair will cele- brate the club anriversary, and the festivi- ties will be appropriate to the occasion. A business meeting will be held prior to the banquet, at which an election of officers will be held, and other club business attended to. Only the members of the clu» and a few out- siders, specially invited, will be present. The Arlingtons are interested in securing The need of suit- able headquarters is felt by all, and it is mosi likely that something will be done at the annual meeting toward estabiishing per- manent quarters. Military Cyclists. The invitations for the dance of the Wash- ington Military Cyclists, second separate company, D. C. N. G., have made their ap- pearance. They are neatly gotten up, and present a tasteful appearance. The invita- tion fs printed in invitation engraving type, and requests the pleasure of the company of the recipient at a reception to be given Mon- day evening, January 20, at National Rifles’ Armory. The patronesses of the event are Mrs. Oiney, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Senator Davis and Mrs. Senator Henderson. ‘At the last meeting of the company Wil- liam H. Snyder and John Extein were elected as privates. Loenl Cyéling Gossip. There is a rumor afloat of the organization of a new Dupont Cycle Club. Donald Mc- Donald, who played on the Columbian Uni- versity foot ball team, is said to be behind the matter. Another aspirant for racing honors has appeared on the local horizon. He is R. W. K. Pollock, and it is announced that he is in daily training for his work this coming season. He has a little track of his own in New Jersey avenue southeast. Nothing has so far been done toward re- organizing the Potomac Wheelmen. The movement will be started later. Grenter Use of Pneumatic Tires. The use of pneumatic tires on all kinds of vehicles, in addition to bicycles, seems to have been a prediction that was well founded. They are already being used extensively in all the larger cities on the wheels of various kinds of carriages, and the increasing demand proves the efficiency they give and the satisfaction they are giv- ing. It is hard to reckon the difference between riding—for instance, in a brougham—with or without rubber-tired wheels. The comfort of the tires is beyond the most sanguine expectations of the inexperienced. The smoothness is particularly noticeable in these heavier carriages, where all the scrap- ing and crunching of the wheels is done away with, and the gliding nolselessness aéds a ten-fold pleasure to driving. Bicyele Stables Aboard Ship. If the owners of the various lines of steamships tnat make winter trips and ex- cursions to the East and West Indies and southern ports, would equip their steamers with bicycle stables, it would be a delight to tourists. The expense of keeping on board a supply of standard wheels would not only be of tne greatest value to travelers In ex- ploring when on shore, but they would also be a source of revenue to any company, and probably pay for themselves many times over. Breathing While Cycling. The pleasure and benefits to be derived from cycling depend almost as much upon the manver of breathing as upon muscular strength The easier a person breathes the easier he may ride; but by easy breathing should be understood long, regular respira- tions, avoiding any approach toward short, quick breaths. Those troubled with nasal disorders are often compelled to breathe through the mouth, and when riding at a good rate of speed rapid inhalation is almost unavoidable. This manner of breathing Is always injurious, and is more than apt to lead to heart or lung trouble. Mere rapid- ity of movement is not in itself sufficient to bring about this “shortness of breath,” as it is familiarly known, but must be accom- panied by intense muscular effort in order to produce it, and may, therefore, be at- tributed directly to general muscular fa- tigue. When a rider begins to feel weariness of this kind he should at once reduce his pace or dismeunt and rest, making at the Same time a practice of breathing through the nose, with slow exhalations through the mouth. Precautions of this character en- lance the pleasure and enjoyment of wheel- ing, and add greatly to the benefits that are to be derived from the exercise. Cycling Notes. Sterling Elliott has announced himseif as a candidate for the presidency of the League of American Wheelmen, coming out With a iengthy platform, in which he fa- Vors the retention of racing control by the league. Count Leo Tolstci, the Russian author and philanthropist, has taken to the use of a wheel in spite of the sixty-seven years through which he has passed. To accom- pany and protect him his daughters have learned to ride. T. M. Cooper, the phenomenon of last sea- son, has connected himself with a circus at Detroit for the benefit of the wheelmen of that place, who are anxious to raise $20,- 000 to erect a new club house. John lawson, the “terrible Swede,” per- formed a wonderful feat in riding a mile on a home trainer in .48 1-5, the first quarter being ridden in .05 1-5. The track records for the world are .22 4-5 for a quarter, and 1.40 3-5 for a mile, flying start. In view of this it is possible for the records to be lowered considerably. Dr. Henry J. Garrigues, who has made a close study of cycling, says that in propel- ling a machine the muscles of the body are the real motors, the bones form levers and the joints are the hinges between them, ai- lowing them to work under constantly varying angles. The authorities of St. Augustine, Fia., have limited the speed of bicycles in the city limits to five miles an hour. Rev. Dr. Talmage advises young men to sit up straight when they ride. Darwin says the human race is descended from the monkey, but the bicycle will turn a hun- dred thousand men of the present genera- tion In physical condition from man to monkey. In the present Australian racing season the cash prizes amount to over $36,000. W. W. Hamiiton succeeded in establish- ing a new record for a third of a mile un- paced. At .Coronada, Cal., on Christmas day, he rode over a poor course in the Zast time of} .41. Little Johnny Spark, aged twenty, of Canton, Ohio, who tips the scale at 450 pounds, is-0ut with a challenge to race any man his age and weight for a purse of That Zimmerman’s fast riding is due mainly -to his own abilities is evidenced by the fact that he uses only a sixty-eight gear machine. Frank Brenier, a South Akron, Ohio, wheelman, recently entefed a restaurant and ate an oyster stew, a whole fried chicken and a dozen fried oysters. Some man in, the place, astonished at this gas- tronomical performance, offered to wager that Brenier could not top off his meal by, eating a quart of raw oysters in five min- utes’ time. He was taken up and the hungry wheelman finished the quart in four minutes. On Christmas day Edward Drouin, the eccentric millionaire of Atlantic City, N. J., whose capers have frequently got him into print, proffoted a bicycle race between the messenger boys employed by rival tele- graph companies. He gave a $200 watch to the winner. The Christmas number of the Cycling Gazette, published by Emil Grossman & Bro., Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the most elaborate bicycle editions ever issued. It contains over one hundred and seventy pages, and is printed in many colors. The reading matter is valuable and interesting, but what makes the edition much more valuable lies in the fact that excellent half- tone pictures are given of all the racing men of the year. In addition to this, half- tone cuts, of good size and prettily ar- ranged, are given of the various manu- facturers and cycle pubiishers, and also the leading cycle manufactories in the country. The edition sells at 25 cents per issue, National Oarsmen Meet Tonight. ‘The executive committee of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen will hold a meeting tonight in New York. The se- lection of a course for the next champion- ship regatta will create no little discussion. As last year’s regatta did not benefit the hotel keepers of Saratoga, they are loth to come forward with contributions of money, as in former years. Meanwhile, the busi- ness men of Newburg and Poughkoepsie are hustling about, with the expectation of having the next regatta held on the Hud- son river at a point between those cities. MOVES BY EXPERTS Some of the Chess Games Played at St. Petersburg. BRILLIANT SCHEMES THAT WON Valuable Lessons for Dovotees of the Sport. ORITICAL POSITIONS The following games in the St. Petersburg chess tournament are among the most in- teresting in that struggle of the masters. They are the Ruy Lopez attack of Pillsbury on Lasker ard an Evans gambit, played by Tschigorin against Steinitz, which contains a novel defense and most masterly play by the veteran in the middle game. Ruy Lopes. Pilisbary. White. Pillsbury. White. Pr—gre 45 PK 23 Rtxltych c Steinitz. White. White. Bi 43 PBS 13 B—-@, B-KB4 44 RxKBP 14 Kt—-BSKtxKt) 45 P—Kt 15 BxKtch PxB 46 ROK 16 Oxkt Q-Q: \47 R-K (36 BxB 57 R-B 5S RBS by R-Kte 60 R—QBS 61 K—RBS \62 R—BT 43 Resigns White's Move. Black—Steinitz. After Nincteenth White—Tschigorin. ‘The following are other interesting games: Queen’s Gambit Declined. Pillsbury. White. Pillsbury. Tschigorin. White. Black. After White's Move. Black—Tschigorin. Twenticth ook 30 B BLP Pr Bee Ee cee EF oa eee ® BK R «0K-K2 BA 19 B-KtS - P-OKta | 41 BQ? PBS 2R-Q " pons | 42 Bo Bot 21 P—QB3 Rxltch 43 + Brkt 22 Kuk I44 Ku Drawn Queen’s Gambit Declined. Pillsbury. Steinitz, | Pillsbury. Steinitz, White. Black. White. lack, P_K3 Pitta i 9 25 BxR 26 B-Kts: 27 KtxQ 28 R-BT CHESS, Topics of Interest im the Local Clubs. Arrangements are being made for an Inter- Several of the lead- ing clubs of the city have indicated an in- tention of sending teams to compete. The club whist tournament. 45—B to K2. 46—Kt to Q5, ch,resigns. Evans’ Gambit—Second Round. Tschigorin. Steinitz. | ‘Tschigorin. Capital Hill Whist, Chess and Checker Club will be represented by Messrs. C. O. Jackson, Frank Barnard, J. T. King and D. H. Borches, while Messrs. Brown, Talla- ferro, Davis and Young will compete in behalf of the Mt. Pleasant Club. The teams from the Washington, I Street and Capital Bicycle clubs have not yet been chosen. A meeting, the date of which has not been selected, will be held soon ‘to perfect the arrangements. Mr. Usina continues to lead in the chess tournament at the Capital Bicycle Club, with Messrs. Quackenbush and Barrick nearly even for second place. Mr. Rines, the latest entrant to the tournament, is making a favorable record against ‘the more experienced players. The score is as follows: Usina, won 19, lost 2; Quacken- bush, won 9, lost 2; Barrick, won 12%, lost 312, Douglas, won 6, lost 3; Carr, won we lost Tz; Rines, won 8, lost 10; Macdaniel, won 7, lost 11; Falck, won 8, lost 16%; J. L. Wirt, won 8 lost 16, and Calver, won lis, lost 9%. er’s book entitled “Common Sense in Chess” has been offered as a - cial prize to the player who first finishes all his games, barring the first and second prize winners. in the individual match tournament at the Washington Chess Club the champion, F. M. Wright, outmaneuvered Capt. O’Far- rell in a four-knights game, and effected @ pretty mate in thirty-six moves. The score stands: Wright, 2; O'Farrell, 1. Mr. Hanna won the second and third games handily from Mr. Martin, and won the match by the score of 3 to 1. Messrs. Gichner and Patterson continue wg ng side in their match, the score being 1 Usina played his first game in the tourna- ment and defeated Tibbetts in a cenier counter gambit after sixty moves. Mr. Otte defeated Tharp in their third game. Aken ageos and 1 drawn. e entries in the continuous tou at the Washington Chess Club now bumber forty-two, and more are being added every day. These tournaments will probably do more for the improvement of chess playing among the members than all the other tournaments put together, as they stimu- late more careful every-day play, and the avoidance of ill-considered moves. The tournament is inexpensive, too. ‘There is no entrance fee, and the games cost the logers at the rate of one cent a game. The fund thus obtained goes to purchase prizes, Members are not required to play their games under the rules of the tourney, but there are one hundred or more games a day played in the tournament. The scores will-be tabulated at the end of each month. At the annual meeting of the Washington Chess, Checker and Whist Club, 614 12th street, held Monday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, E. P. Hanna; vice president, W. A. Gwyer, jr.; secretary, F. B. Walker; treasurer, C. Jackson; executive committee, the above officers and Messrs. J. E. Mac- farland, James Patterson and J. S. Martin, jr. The constitution was amended so that the executive committee shall include the officers of the club. The finances of the club were reported in a satisfactory condi- tion. The treasurer was instructed to post the names. of delinquent members. Mr. Charles P. Latham of Richmond, Va., has beén in the city the past week on busi- ress. He hus found time to visit the Washington Chess Club, of which he was formerly a member, and make it lively for the best of the players there. The judge is lcoking in splendid health. Checker circles continue quiet, only a few games having been added to the tourna- ments at the Mt Vernon Club the past week. Mr. Ward has been absent frpm the city for some time. In class A Mr. Farqu- har hae added 3% won games to % loss to his score, and is crawling up to Mundelle, Fitch has added two wins to his credit. The score is as follows: Ward, won 3144, lost 10%; McHardie, won 23, lost 9; Mun- delle, won 41%, lost 26%; Farquhar, won 37%, lost 24%; Pedal, won 31, lost 25; Wen- deii “5 22%, lost 26%, Jackson, won 17, lost 16; Fitch, won 22, lost 40; Miller, won 4, lost 8; Smith, won 8, lost 20, and Whit- ford, won 10%, lost 40%. Murry continues to lead in class B, but Stephenson is pushing Grove herd for sec- ond place. The score of the leaders is aa follows: Murry, won 47%, lost 15%; Grove, won 21%, lost 12%; Stephenson, won 35, lost 21; Cramer, won 13%, lost 0%; Walker, Won 24%, lost 20%, and Burton, won 2ta lost 204. Base Ball Gosst; It now transpires thet every playcr in the St. Louls team despised Fred Ely. Other pipe stories are in order.—Exchange. Arthur Irwin seys he will expose the names of the players who misbehave in 1896. Thet will make Arthur popular with the players. And then they will do good work—or punch him inthe jaw. Pittsburg’s latest capture is Tom O'Brien, the outfielder who played on the New Castle team of the Iron and Oil League last year. O'Brien is an East Ender, and in the estimation of Manager Mack is a very promising young player. Esper hes been taking the best of care of himself during the winter, and is in ex- cellent condition. Manager Mack says the reason he wants a few second-class pitchers is to give sev- eral clubs in the Jeague a*show. Arthur Irwin says Rusie, Meekin and Clarke will- pitch in their regular turn. That is, until Mose Freedman interfere: Tebeau insists that he doesn’t know any more about the permanent makeup of the Cleveland team than does any other per- son. It all depends upon the men them- selves. Regarding the proposed removal from the game rule, Maneger Mack says: “I do not think such a rule will ever be adopted, and certainly such a rule is not needed.” ‘The Néw Yorks dic not have a signal last year, and yet played good enough ball to clear $100,000 for the club. Irwin should take waraing. Managers are frequently judged by the gate receipts. Look at Mc- Closkey. . President Kerr of the Pittsburg club is congratulating himself with being the only man in the league who has ever bested Mr. ‘Von der Ahe of St. Louis in a money deal. He says that he was wililng to give Hart, Cross and $2,500 for Ely. He only gave $750.—Globe-Democrat. * Last year Rusie and Farrell received $3,000, and Meekin got $2,700. New con- tracts will be sent to the two former play- ers, calling for more than the limit, while Meekin will have to sign for less money, with the provision that if his arm is right he will again receive $2,700, Pitcher Hawke of Wilmington, who is on the reserve list of the-Baltimores, will be of little usé next season, for the reason that the arm he broke last spring has healed badly, and, in consequence, will have to be broken over again. If he does do any work next season it will not be until the latter part of it. “ George Davis is growing wise in his day and generation. He was in New York Mon- day, and refused to make any prediction about the 1896 pennant race. George has not yet forgotten the lesson that the winter of 1894 taught him. Comiskey says -he will never play ball again, though he may be seen on the coach line occasionally with his St. Paul team. Comiskey once excelled as a first baseman. He played a deep base, so much ground did he cover that Von der Ahe once said: “Dot Comiskey beats all of dem. He plays first und second und right field.” —Globe-Democrat. “I am glad that Pittsburg got Ely,” says Tebeau. “Our team is so strong that Pittsburg would have to get seven or eight other good ones before it could hope to give us anything like a fight in the-race for the pennant. 1 want the race to be close and exciting, and nothing would please me more than to see Pittsburg give us a fight. But they must not stop where they are if they hope to do it. They must get a num- ber of other good players.” Manager Hanlon is in New York. Han- lon went to New York to meet Ward, and to do what he could toward securing Ward's release from the Giants. It looks now as if Ward will get what he wants, as it is stated that his club never had a con- tract in writing with him, as is required by league rules. Billy Hart is credited with an indispost- tion to play base ball in St. Louis. It w probably be demonstrated that Mr. Hart's disinctination will be very easily overcome by writing $2,000 in the body of his con- tract. If Mr, Hart gets ‘as much money in St. Louis as he could anywhere else he will be glad to go there. It is money, not sen- timent, that makes base ball pleyers con- tented. It is idle to argue that because a man cannot make % per week outside of a Lal field that he should be glad to sign with one club for N30 per month when a half dozen clubs would be glad of a chance te pay him twice as much. ESS Aes From, the Boston Conzier. The Tom tu’key is a fust rate critter fur hol'in’ up the dignerty uv his sex. Yew will never fin’ it necessary tur put a notice uv “Han’s Off” on the han’l uv a buck saw. Afore yew take it fur granted thet silence gives consent, be sure yew ain't foolin’ roun’ a deef an’ dumb pusson.