Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 28, 1895, Page 16

16 CYCLE OF OUR MODERN TIME Rules that Give an Air of Fashionable Righteousness to the Wheeling Fad. LADY WHEELERS AND THEIR ESCORTS Lenther and S Whatever enjoyment obtain from @aily Intercourse with others is possible o through our to the laws of that etiquette which governs the whole machinery of soclety, keeps every cog and wheel in place at Its own work and carties all things a‘ong comfortably to their consummation. Cyeling baving taken such a mighty hold upon the 1and, it has naturally followed th an etiquette of cycling should be established and that it should be well defined and rigldly regarded by society, fhere are the details of meeting, ing, right of way and various other points which are carefully observed ,and give the desired air of fashionable righteousnéss, with- out which, for many people, the pleasure of meeting tn a social way, on one's wheel, would be but legendary. It Is distinctly understood in the first place that “‘eycling'’ is the correct word; the up-ta date young woman does not speak of bi- cycling nor of wheeling. A WHEEL WOMAN'S MANUAL. It in town, the early hours of the morning are chosen for a ride through the park. This 18 on the same principle that it is considered good form for a young woman to drive only in the morning, that is, when she herself is the whip. In the country the rules, both as regards cycling and driving, are not as rigld, The malden, however, who is a stick- ler for form, does all her cycling in the hours which come before noon—unless there be a special meet, a bicycle tea, for instance, or a spin by moonlight, Neither is it correct for a young woman to ride unaccompanied. In the matter of chaperons we are becom- Ing almost as rigid as the French, who do not allow a young girl to cross the street, to say nothing of shopping or calling, without being accompanied by an elder woman, her mother, relative or a friend as a chapegon, During the past few years there has been a tend®ncy in America toward a closer imi- tation of all French etiquette which has brought in its train a strict construction of the duties of a_chaperon. MAIDS DO DUTY. The unmarried woman who cycles must be chaperoned by a married lady—as every one rides nowadays, this is an affair easily managed. Neither must the married wo- we our obedience mount- £ MPANIED BY HER MAID. man ride alone; falling a male escort she is followed by a groom or a maid. A woman is very fortunate it among her men or women servants one knows how to ride a bicycle. Ladies occasionally go to the expense of having a servant trained in the art, Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twombly, for example, had her maid take lessons so that she could accompany her on her trips, which are frequent ones about her country home at Madison, N. J. Mr. Twombly, however rides and frequently joins his wife. when the presence of the mald is naturally dispensed with. If one possesses such a commodity as a brother or a husband he can always be made useful on a cycling excursion. Never is a man better able to show for what purpose he was made than upon such occasions. The man's duty to the woman who rides might be made the text for a long sermon; but long sermons are wever popular, there- fore it may be better to state briefly that he must always be on the alert to assist his fair companion in every way in his power— he must be clever enough to repair any slight damage to her machine which may occur enroute, he must assist her in mounting and dismounting, pick her up if she has a tumble and make himself generally useful and inci- dentally ornamental and agrecable. He rides at her left in order to give her the more guarded place, as the rule of the road in meeting other cyclers is the same as that for a carriage, to turn to the right In England the reverse is the case. The rule of the road is a par: For in riding your cycle alo It you keep to the left you ar right, And If you go right you are w dox quite, "sure to be ng. MASCULINE USEFULNESS. In mounting, the gentleman who is accom- panying the lady holds her wheel; she stands on the left side of the machine and puts her right foot across the frame to the right pedal, which at the time must be up; pushing the right pedal causes the machine o start and then with the left foot in place, the rider starts ahead—slowly at first, in order to give her cavaller time to mount his wheel, which he will do in the briefest time possible. When the end of the ride is reached the man quickly dismounts and is at his com- WHEN STOPPING TO SPEAK TO A WOMAN. , In the mean- time, assisting herself as much as possible. This Is done—that Is dismounting, in the most approved style by ridiug slowly, and when the left pedal Is on the , the welght of the body Is thrown on it, the is crossed over the frame of and with an assisting hand, the rider easily steps to the ground. In meeting a party of ecyelists who are known to each other and desire to stop for a parley it is considered the proper thing for the men of the party to dismount while in conversation with the ladies. As to the furnishings of the bieycle, to be really swagger, it must be fitted out with a clock and a bell, luggage carrier and a cyclometer, the latter being an absolute sine qua now to the woman who cares for records. From five to six lessons are always con- sidered necessary before ope can even master the detalls of “riding; at her second lesson Mfss Fair was speeding down Bellevue avenue with all the ease and grace of a veteran rider of the iron steed CYCLI At Newport there wh ide the twos COTILLION. the latest fad of society folk » ride is the bleyele cotillion. The originated with some of the leaders of Michaux club. Round the riders go in and threes or In single file—these smartly clad enthusiasts, weaving in and out figures as nearly resembling the figures the ball room cotillion as posible, on the nickel plated steeds, one of the most expert ridérs belng selected to lead Mr. Belmont and Mr, Willlam Travers are both equally clever as leaders, Mrs, Travers fs one of the most accomplished cyclists at Newport; other skillful riders are Mrs Elisha Dyer, jr., Mrs. Whitney Warren, Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Mrs send, Miss Turnure, who took in Paris and brought back some extremely chic eyeling costumes, and young Mrs. Astor Coaches, landaus, victortas and T car at a discount at Newport this summ tead it is the reign of the bicyele, | Bellevy glittering carnival. lessons are in- and A LEAK, ol Invented New Yorker Eew of the tools now provided for plug- ging leaks in tires afford the convenience and rel'ab I'ty the task calls for, A New Yorker claims to have solved the difficulty with a mple contrivance which grips the plug. inserts it, and holds it in pl The instru- ment is constructed in three sections, formed %0 that when closed together they coliectively form a tube, which is contracted at one end, the tube or sections being tapered at that end and formed to readily penefrate the puncture in a pneumatic tire. The sections are also provided with external profections, which collectively form sectional disks, sur- rounded by an ordinary rubber band, sprung into and resting within the external surfaces of the disks, which normally ho'd the sec tions together and thus contract the tube. A plug carrying plunger or holder accom- panles the instrument, and also a device for enlarging the puncture, if necessary. The plunger s provided at its lower end with a socket to recelve and hold a headed plug, made of rubber and having a_suitable head or handle at the other end. The instrument also has a collar, provided with three tapered pins, which serve to expand the tube, if nee- essary. The best feature about the tool is that “it prevents the cement from being rubbed off the plug while it is being forced through the puncture. The same inventor is also confident that the day Is not far distant when the chaliless bicycle will take the place of the present bicycle. He has been experimenting in this direction for several years, and has recently perfected a bicycle which dispenses with the sprocket wheels, chain, 40 per cent of the frame and the ordinary peda's and pedal cranks, By its peculiar construction, say if 100 pounds are placed upon the saddle, it will take forty pounds to ralse the front wheel; hence it is perfectly safe. The driving levers have a rise and fall of fourteen inches; hence the rider's foot travels twenty-eight Inches, while by the present chain bicycle the rider's foot travels about forty-two inches. ~ The driving levers belng nearly double the length of the present pedal cranks now used on the chain bicycle, it is claimed an increase of power is obtained—hence an Increase of speed. ortn by o R Many Over for It. The use of leather for the outer pneu- matic tube Is being extensively tested in France, in military as well as civillan cir- cles. The resistance of leather is consid- erably greater than that of rubber, and it will better stand the pressure from within and the exterior agents of Gestruction, such as nails, hoops, roots, or sharp pebbles. It is not absolutely imperforable, but it is at least as good as the fine steel band which was experimentally placed between the outer and inner tubes, and which was pierced by needles and tacks. Leather offers the great- est impenetrability in relation to its thick- ness without impairing the necessary elas- ticity. It Is further improved by a prepara- tion which renders it impermeable to water The leather tire is easily repaired in case of perforation—any cobbler can sew it up— and this repair is permanent and not likely to get out of order. Other advantiges claimed for the leather tire are: Greater lightness; it will not get out of shape as does rubber, and it will not slip on asphalt pavement or wet roads. The new material for the tire seems to meet with great encouragement on the part of the military authorities of France. “There s no material known,” says an American manufacturer of tires, ‘““which can be used in the pneumatic tires, and which possesses lightness, life, elasticity and non- puncturability. You may take a piece of hose half a quarter of an inch thick. That is practically puncture proof, but there is no comfort in riding on tires of that sort. One might as well ride the old style solid tires and bo done with It. They are non- puncturable; they are also uncomfortable and altogether out of date. The ma Jects of pneumatic tires are lightne comfort in riding, and there is now no ma- terial known which gives those two things and s at the same time nonpuncturable, It is the business of a pneumatic tire to absorb the shocks and vibrations which a wheel en- counters. If you put enough stuff into the tires to make them half solid and non- puncturable they will not absorb vibration, and the rider must take the bumps and jolts of the road as he finds them. It is, possible to get nonpuncturable tires, but in making them you must sacrifice the life, lightness, ease and comfort of the tires now in use. Wi Rubl ING CO '3 ovelties in Bloo nd Sw ters, A combination skirt and bloomer ad- justable costume has been patented. The skirt may be made in any color, but should be of such serviceable material as cheviot, serge, broadcloth or flannel, which may be suitably trimmed for young or not so young cyclists. The skirt when arranged for street wear looks like an ordinary skirt, but it can all be drawa up so that none of it is in the way of free motion in propelling a wheel, The adjustment is made by the simple man- ipulation of a cord on either side, held in place by rings and weights, The %kirt can be placed at any desired length simply by pulling this cord. It is the fashion of the swell bicycle set in New York to give out-of-town teas, and the members are supposed to ride to the “‘meet. So they do—in carriages, and the wheel Is transported in a case behind. Then the fair rider walks into the meet park, with wheel rolling beside her, and thus countenanc is given to an adorably shocking costume. The popular design for this sort of rig is a very full pleated skirt that reaches short of the knee, is hung with jaunty precision and stands out at the back deliclously. Any sort of a natty bodice goes, and the belt that clasps the tiny walst is aflash with a bril- liant buckle. A headdress of some .dalnty design tops the pretty curls. Sweaters with wide sailor collars, edged with stripes of red, white and blue, are the newest wrinkles in that line. The collars are worn outside the coat. The new sweater fis much dressfer than the neck-choking style and is creeping into popularity. AN IMPOSSIE UMES. me Fetehi ra E TASK, Syndicate Could Build Wheels In u Year. The story recently sent broadcast to thg effect that a western syndicate had contracted to produce 400,000 bicycles by the 1st of March, 1896, is decounced in knowing quar- ters as idiotic bosh. A Chicago manufac turer says (he number cou'd not be pro- dueed by one factory in a ddzen years. “Nearly every bit of bicycle material that can be produced next year,' he says, “ha been contracted for already. For «xample: Two months ago 1 oidered from o big east- right foot the machine, ot | James Town- | aventie is the scene of the gay and | her | THE OMAIIA TN A AL ACI MWL SR i s NS DAILY BE®: SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1805, AR MANKATO, MINN. $ISUPER! F sy Having secured the sole sale of the product of the Hubbard Milling Co., we are now able to place in the hands of every housekeeper the celebrated tive Fl The Hubbard Mills, located in the famous “Big Woods Region” of Minuesota, long famous for its superior quality of Hard Fife Wheat have special advantages for selecting the ‘hoicest spring wheat grown, and with the newest and most approved machinery, makes this flour by far the best ever produced, and in placing a shipment of twenty cars with your grocers, we are certain of only the highest praise for a flour that will revolutionize bread making, It costs you nothing to try it. Every sack is warranted in the strongest terms: OMAHA. R. L. Vier Lange Gro V. I, Svancina Bros., ed Armbrust C. Sorrensen, i Vintor M. L. Hylen 1nd ( J. Jensen, 20th and Martha-st Wilke & Sauter, 2th and A, Pete th and Le Wm. White, 2403 Leavenwuorth, M. Rachm Leav th. Howell & Sons, 1713 Leavenworth. H. Rachman, 714 S. 16th. M. Neer, 704'S. 16th st Fred Bruning, 134 S, 16th-st A. M. Back, 10th and Arbor-sts. 0. Stribling, Tth and Pierce o. H. Parker, 16th and Corby. M. Back, 6th and Pacific. Vinton-st \worth-sts. Lansen 101 Woolworth, wW.J H « D. & Co., 211 S, 2, Evang, 0 S, 20th, Highes, 2th and Cuming Fleming & Co., 20th and F ¥leming Co., T4th and I Herman, itth and Capi Dailey & Luboid, 223 N. 13th. Jokn Kennedy, [ith and Cass. Bommers Bros,, 2th and Farnum. Pratt &, 28th and Dod William Gentleman, 16th a 1. Newman, N. 16ih! Heimrod & Hansen, 16th and W 1. M. Mullen, 17th and Cummis Jepi & Noid.'19th and Charles P. Cavanagh, 18th B H abber, th and Grace, Johnzon odlett, 20th and Lake. Max Sehlager, 30th and Pinkney. B. G Wi cnam glas, ny “has, rele is” Co, 108 Villlam Eyrne, V. Allisony Werrick, ot . 1th ¢ Br Hin 314 N il 1 d Cass, D. beter, M, J THESE GROCERS SELL HUBBARD’S SUPERLATIVE FLOUR. . Michael, 1ith and Califorria, SOUTH Sith and O 2th and L. Q W19 R Kraus, 18th snd b, These Bakers Use It. J. E. Wilson, Central Bakery, OMAHA, 24tn ++ 19th and Cuming F. I\ Mulligan, North 24th St. and I and R Union Pacific Bakery, joth and Lalk. New England Bakery, North 16th St. ern mill 200,000 feet of steel tubing. The an- more than 100,000 fect, and it 1 wanted it to order at once. 1 wa'ted a day or #o and got another telegram saying that if T did not take the tubing at cnce I could not have it at all because it could be all sold twenty-five times cver. That is the way it fs in all branches of bicycle manufacturing. Orders for parts are flying around the country with no one able to fll them. Other manufacturers come to me and beg me to help them out on their machines. I have to refuse, for T have all my factory can do and find it hard work, although 1 have been at it for months, to get the material 1 need myself. 1 have pur (nased in this country and in Europe and there are agents of lots of firms today run- ning around the streets here and abroad with money in their hands and yet unable to buy material. established their lines of communication and know where to get material when it is to be had. Now, where is the new syndicate to come in? If the firms now at work make 800,000 bicyc'es next year in this country, which I doubt taeir ability to do, they will use up all the material that can be produced. It dossn't grow. You have to walt for the machine shops to make it, and they cannot make much more than has been ordered al- ready.” WHEELS. ING THE Question of Bieyel Rights the Public Highways, The vexed question of the rights of bieycle riders on public highways bids fair to become one of the stock problems of civilization, says Harper's Weekly. To the local city father and the reral legislator it has opened up a boundless field of intellectual activity, a field in which we may expect to see the bucolic mind indulging itself in the most surprising and eccentric gyrations without let or hinder- ance. Already there is a very fair crop of bills on the subject, but the season in the western legislatures has evidently been a backward one, and it is feared that the gen- eral average may Indicate a shortage. In this emergency it Is gratifying to reflect that foreign ideas are still on the free list, and some recent suggestions on the subject from the Parls Figaro may possibly serve as seed corn fov future experiments. Among other REGULA he on pedestrians shall be duly numbered and registered, and that they shall be compelled to ring a bell or blow a horn when crossing a street or meeting a bicycle on a public road. At night all unmounted citizens shall wear a lantern depending from the neck by means of a stout cord, and be furnished with the regulation red side lights. No citizen shall proceed at a faster rate than one mile in two hours while within the city limits, and this provision will particularly apply to mes- senger boys and people who are in the habit of attending local conflagrations. Any pedestrian who gets knocked down by a bieycle shall be mulcted in a heavy amount for the Wt offense, and for the second he shall be transported for life to a mountainous district. It is hoped that a strict compliance with these regulations may do away with the annoyance and danger now attending the use of the bicycle. Pittsburg has imposes a_(ax machine owned by persons over 14 years old The city will provide a stamp or plate to be attached to the outside of the framework, and held in place by the axle nut. Transients | and people who pay a similar tax in adjacent places are exempt. A penalty of $5 attaches to nonpayment of the license. The work of -putting the ordinance Wactical operation devolves upon the police who are required to report to the city treas- urer the names of all residerts over 14 years 0ld that own bicycles or tricycles, Including fitms or corporations which rent out ma- chines. The police must also report the { number of wheels owned by each person or |'firm. To make the law effective the police are charged to stop and investigate each case where the license plate is not in plain view. Wheels not tagged are to be retained by the police until the license is paid, and to enforce payment proceedings before a magis- trate are to be Instituted. A RAILROAD ROAR, passed an ordinance that into The Bleyele Cutting Into the Profits of Suburban RHusiness. A representative of the Milwaukee rallroad in Chicago utters a wild complaint against the bicycle fad. The Milwaukee road has heretofore enjoyed a profitable busingss con- veylng the weary Chicagoans to sylvan re- treats near by, but the craze for two wheels has made such inroads on the company's business that the managers look upon the growing fad as an invention of the old harry He confesses it Is raising cain with the company's receipts, Local trains are no swer came by telegram that I could not have | The existing firms have all | needed reforms the Figaro proposes that all | of 60 cents a year for each | IT MAKES THE BEST BREAD EVER BAKED. An absolute guarantee to this effect goes with every sack, ALLEN BROS___Sole Distributors — WHOLESALE GROCERS, Oth and Jones Sts-, Omaha. longer crowded, and seats that formerly com manded a premium are vac Yet there a re n for all things. the w prefer the bicycle to the railroad coach it because they can start at any moment aud j can be always aseursd of a seat. In pla | of smoice and cinders and crowded cars they have the needed vigorous exercise, the pure air and all the which nature ves. They do not question the inestimable value of the railroad. In fact, the most polgnant regret may accompany the performance of what they consider their duty to themselves. At least there is a grain of consolation even in the face of this calamity—bicycles are not adapted to the transportation of freight. staked off and the old Hosfords and the Randa inning ball game. ime_opponents , engeged in a five- game afforded a great deal of amusement for the pizyers and specta- tors, the batting was not very strong or cither side and the batteries did most of the work. The score was 9 to 7 in_favor of the Hoxfords, so Ben got even for that defeat at Bellevae, Kuehn, Malone and Spencer offi- ciated in the points for the Hosfords and Smith, Jackson and Peterson for the Ran- dalls. ' Had not Dave Harding swallowed the ball Mr. Randall claims the v would have been with his Indians. After the ball game everybody found seats at the Turn- verein hall, where the Omaha Turner boys gave a fine exhibition of parallel and hori- zontal bar work. The balance of the day was spent in_Beanington park, lounging in the cool shade and spinning yarns. Here the Turners initiated a few novices Into the mysteries of their game, which is a species of the famous “Rope club” imitation. In the happlest mood possible the party d their wheels homeward late in the afternoon and reached the city in time for supper. Messrs, Dahl, Bixby, Williamson, Carothers, Gilbert Nichols and Schwanck of the Ganymedes, Captain Moeller and twelve of his mer Turner_boys, M Randall, Bouk, McCor- | mick, Parish, Swoboda, Peterson, Hosford, Kaliski, _Gunther, Guttma Millhouse, Jenkins, Edghill, Rohrbach, Spencer, Ehlers, Freeman, Hartson, McMillan, Mahanah, Jack- son, Harding, Bauer, Guldner, Sancha, Mel- ton, Shelda, Porter and Smith of the Tour- | ists constituted the part Mrs, Randall, Miss Eastham, Miss Cherry and Miss Hemple made the trip to Benning- ton last Sunday morning. Messrs. Bouk and Spencer, who were to chaperon a party of century riders over the Tekamah course last Sunday, gave up the job at Coffman's on account of the mud, and returned with the entire party in time to ac- company the club on its run to Bennington. C. E. Jenkins and Leonard Hartson have made application to the Tourist Century club, each having ridden a century within the prescribed time. ‘“Jinks" has a great story to tell about his 100-mile spin. Ak him’ to tell it to you. The Tourist Wheelmen, to the number of thirty or more, paid a social call to the Ganymedes _at their club. rooms Tuesday evening. The party was entertained for the brief time of their call by Messrs, William- son and Smith. The Ganymedes are camp- ing at Lake Manawa anl were not apwised of the intended visit, hence the small num- ber upon the reception committee. Louis Coulter and others of the Tourls are encamped upon the shores of the classic Manawa for several weeks' outing. The party is having fun as only a party of wheel- men_ can. Why would it not be a good idea for the Century club to have some neat signboards | painted and plant them at the end of some of our fifty-mile trips? Or, for that matter, in one at the turn of the Tekamah course, the twenty-five-mile mark above Elk one at Blair, one at Glenwood an have the distance measured ac cyclometer, and the boards to b plainly marked with the number of mies and other necessary information. Think it over, you centurions, and take some definite action” at your next meeting. And while we are speaking of signboards, it would not be a bad plan to put up a few guide posts around through the country for the direction of touring parties Color Sergeant Jones made a fiylng trip to his Towa home last week D. J. O'Brien, the Tourist representative at the national meet, is home agaln, sunburned and as jolly as ever. He has not combed all of the briny out of his hair yet and turns up his nose in contempt when he sees Court nd beach or Manawa. Davy, Asbury Park has spoiled you for an Inlander. Lieutenant Randall is organizing a drill corps among the club members gnd wiil soon begin the task of familiarizing the “awkwa squad” with military movements wMch may be performed in the saddle. The squadron will be composed of about twenty-five of the best riders and the movements all executed by bugle call. Today, provided the roads are ridable and the weather fair, the club will wheel up tc Missouri Valley in full force, stopping at Council Bluffs to fake on the Ganymedes, and again at Reel's station, where a game of ball will be played between the 'Medes and the Tqurist ball tea After the gamse the en tire party will proceed at an average pace to the Valley, where dinner will be served at the Cheney. The first section will Pump House at 7 o'clock sharp, and the sec cnd section about 8 o'clock. Every mem! of the club should turn out and make run a hummer. Prof. Duberry Malore, the colored 'gem man w acts in the offclal capacity of club | mascot, went out on the run last Suuday and started the good luck ball rolling by blowing 1t T H KNOWING. » Whe Sexens. Thirty-three per cent of the wa | Asbury meet wore bloomers, sixty chewed gum and forty per cent the handle bars. Chicago and for the record wheels. 5 Notes of In 5 of Both nen at the per cent bent over i Greenwich, Conn., are rivals ot successful robbery on year's output of wheels is estimated at 400,000. Next year's product, according to Hardware, will reach 700,000, The cycle club ball in Chicago, ten da ago, in which both sexes appeared garbed in their wheeling costumes, is severely criti- cised by the press. The bloomer was there nspicuously, and provoked this outburst from the Tribune: “It is the essence of ugli- nes the concentration of hideousn the climax of suggestiveness, For these rea sons it is sure to be discarded sooner or later by woman herself as a costume off the wheel for there are few women who will voluntarily adopt a costume which robs them of their A ank Amiong the promising young bicycle riders of Nebraska, 0. 0. Hayman of Grand Island today stands foremost. Hayman began his racing career in 1893, winning his first race at Wood River, Neb., on July 4 of that year During the balance of the year he competed in ten races, winning them all. Among his competitors were some of the fastest men in western Nebraska. Last year he opened up the season by running first in the team rac between the Grand Island and Hastings wheel clubs teams at the Kearney meet last September. He made a clean sweep, win- ning five firsts. Defeating Nebraska's fastest riders during the year, he started in twe six races, getting eleven firsts, nine seconds, one third and was unplaced in but five races which is a remarkable record considering that he had been riding but one year. So far this season he has been showing splendid form | At the Kearney state meet he won the one: | mile state championship easily; also the one | mile open, in which race he lowered the state record seven seconds, riding the mile in 2:22, He also holds the five-mile lowa state record of 1243, which was made at Sioux City last September, and the ten-mile ebraska record, which is 28:02. Hayman was born In Cincinnati, O., September 17, 1876. He is a quiet, unassuming young fellow and not in the least affecied with that | dreaded malady known as “swelled head,” so common to speedy oyolists, He uses splendid track generalship and If nothing intervenes | to retard the progress he is at present mak- | ing he will soon be.among the front rank of the fast racing men of this country. it aves from & arint's Note Book. It was indeed a merry gathering of cyclists at Bennington, Neb., last Sunday, the occa- sion being a joint Tum of the Ganymedes, Turners and Tourlsts. The rain of Saturday | night had caused the surface of the clayey roads to assume a-somewhat sticky as far west as Irvington, however, a light shower mad only laid the dust and hardened the crust, so that the | Wheeling was superb. Douglas county has some beautiful roads and the thoroughfare which leads out from Waluut Hill and winds | over the hills toward Irvington is one of | them; the cyclists appreciated this fact last Sunday when they left the city paving. The excellent system of grading and draining leaves this road in fine shape, even after the hardest rains. The Ganymedes were the first to go over the road and arrive in the hos- pitable little burg. The “Pourists with their usual big stricg of riders were soon upon the Towa boys' heels and after an_enjoyable ride, in which no one dropped back, dis- mounted at Oft's hotel. Later on the Turners hove in sight clad in their cool uni- forms and presenting a military-like appear- ance. After an hour or %o of hand shaking and getting acquainted dinner was annoynced, and, of course, disappeared. It was a good, nature Beyond that point, - the | | state’cir | directly wholesome, genuine dinner and enjoyed by all. After dinner the cyclists and half of the town's people repaired to Mr. Oft's clean | cut Bay field, where a dlamond had been up his tire at Walnut Hill. This was fixed up and the party had hardly gone two blocks before Ben Hosford picked up a railroad spike with his rear whee! and had to mend a big hole fn the tite; a few miles further on Billy Carothers punctured and was laid out. Some one suggests (hat the mascot change bis hoo- doc by carrying a rabbit foot. The personnel of the Tourist ball team for the game with the 'Medes will be, Randall captain and right field; O'Brien first base; Hos- ford, second base; Jackson, short stop and pitcher; Smith, third base and pitcher; Toozer, catcher and third base; Peterson, middle and catcher; Malone, left field; Spencer, catcher and middle. quarter-mfle, widen the stretches to abouf thirty feet and bavk the turns more, they would have (he best quarter-mile track In thg state, but as it is now it is about as bad as there Is anywhere around, [y Fairmont, Neb., has a team of horses which they’ would like to match against any bicyele rider in the state for a five-mile chase, the horses to run 4% mites, while the bi- cyclist rides five and they have all kinds of money to bet that the horses can win. They don’t want much; most any scrub team in the country could do that. If the Fairmont people want to run their feam ten miles wo have several wheelmen who will give them a quarter-mile start and guarantee to ,hcat them. We are willing to give them half tha earth, but when It comes to the whole thing we draw the line. Whisperings of the Whe The state racing boards of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri should get together and form an interstate racing circuit. This could be done with very little work and would greatly benefit both race promoters and racing men. Start the circuit say in eastern Towa, coming west through Nebraska, thence south to Kansas, east through Kansas to Missourl, where after riding at the dif- ferent meets racing men could return to their respective homes or hunt other flelds where they could do still more racirg. There aro any number of race meets advertised to take place in Jowa during August, while in Nebraska Fremont, Lincoin, Grand Island Hastings, Superior, Nelson and many other of our smaller towns are preparing to give 1ace meets during tue same month, and with very little trouble these could be arranged into state or interstate circuits by the state racing board. Kansas and Missouri will also have race meets galore during August and September and many of our fast racing men are preparing to ride at the Kansas | state meet which fs ‘o be held in Topeka August 15 and 16. In most all of the east- ern states they have state and interstate circuits, and there is no reason why we should be behind our eastern brothers, Let the local racing board look into the matter at once. If it is tco late to have an inter- it, it surely is not too late to have a state one. The rapid growth of the cycling habit iy transforming the customs of our nation. It has created an frresistible demand for betten country roads and city driveways, encour- aged the popylarity of honest, manly teur sports, offered healthful outdoor recrea- tlon as a substitute for unnerving stimulants and s constantly opening up new avenues of trade and commerce hitherto undreamed of. The results of the safety bicycle are simply phenomenal. sional men are rapidly taking to the Many of Omaha's prominent doctors, lawyers and ministers may be seen dafly on their wheels. Some of them use it fon pleasure only, while others use it in their buginess. One of Omaha's prominent phy=- siclans says: “I can easily make as many visits in half a day with my wheel as T could formerly In a whole day with the horse. This glves me more time for new business or for pleasure. I now enjoy an afternoon’s outing, which would not be pos sible were it not for the wheel.” Among our professional men who ride the bike are Dr. Galbraith, Dr, Merriam, Dr. Connor, Dr. Ginn, Rev. S. Wright Butler, Rev. Mo- Cormick, Rev. @rank Crane and others tco numerous to mention. - Cyele Notes. Several manufacturers propose introducing compressed paper rims next year, as a means of reducing weight. Mme. Casimer-Perier, wife of the ex-pre 1« Profe wheel. The new Charles street cycle park Is to be formally opered August 5 with a twelve- | hour race, two hours each evening for six | evenings. The track is eight laps to lhe! o and banked o 3 0 high that A T e o i tor s fider tb sip | dent of France, is an’ enthuslastic bicycler, ol on_them. Areh lights will be hung | Her husbind Knows what the turn of fors over the center of the track, thus | tUne's wheel is. making the park as light as day. New | Down in West grand stands have been bullt, and Manager | Criticised the blo Mardis is doing everything to make it an | Woman and was persuaded with ideal bicycle park. The entries to the six- | to offer an ample apolo day race o far are mostly local men of but Inez Creditor, one of the wheeling little reputation, the speedier ones not caring f Wichita, Kan., saved a goodly, to compete in such a Icng contest, as it would | portion of the town from destruction by rid- leave them in no condition to compete|ing a mile on her wheel and giving the agalnst the cracks that will be here to ride | alarm to the department. in Omaha's great national circult meet. Both The bicycle face s all right in a sense,” of the Nebraska state champlons, Hayman (says the Troy (N. Y. Times. It i and Pl say they will un no circum- | the features which glve bicycling its stances compete in such a long race, but, | fascination. It is one of the first however, the race may develop some men | of the bleycle treatment for blues, s ine that are’ faster than cither of thes: dicates that for the time the ordinary per- — plexities of life are minimized and the weiry brain is turning its attention in other direce tions.” During the last twenty years the improve- ments in rallroads have been remarkable, but they must be more remarkable in the next twen! When we see crashing past us that enormous mass of iron and wood called the vestibule train we are prone to wonder at tho wide difference between the construction of this train and that of a bleycle. A twenty- ! one-and-a-half-pound “‘safety will carry a 150-pound man at nearly the rate cf speed as the train, but for every 160-pound man the vestibule train must carry a dead weight of between 3,000 and 4,000 pounds. W, as bicycle is a practical machine, the train must be unnecessarily heavy; and, if there is such a discrepancy in one important point, may not an equal discrepancy important poiuts? An experienced trainer, asked fo c the best information he could give racing man, answered ag follows most everything except ‘green stuff,' toes and turnips. Make beef, dry t weak tea the principal articles of food. Do not be afraid of ice cream and ripe fruit ag your wmeals. Be In bed at 9 o'clock each night and up at 6 in the morning. Take & cool spray bsth cu rising Do not use to- bacco or drink any kind of liquor. For rube bing mixtures, o dear to all racing men, use witeh hazel mixed with a very little pepper- mint oll. MiX in the proportion one pint of witch hazel to & cents’ worth of the otl. Do not depend 0 much on the mixture as on the rubblng. Have the body well rubbed over. Knead esch muscle. End by brisk rubbing, In order tc briug blood to the surface nlcely."” r m Beach er costume Fla., of a a a man wheel- revolver 1o 1s one Omaha in Mr man his hic ble make has a promising youpg trick rider Henry E. Tagger, an old time racing Mr. Tagger performs some feats with ory wheel that seem almost impossi- 1 with practice he will undoubtedly | a fine trick rider Dave O'Brien returned last week from Asbury Park, where he has been attending the League of American Wheelmen National meet, Dave says to say that he had a good time would be putting it mild. Why, the wheelmen just owned the town and anything y wanted they could have for the ask ing. Last Tuesday evening while train grounds Messrs. Hayman, Pixley rode a trial mile in 2:11 2-5 ting one-third mile of the pace. Hayman Anished a wheel length in front of Pixley, with Denman but a few yards back. This is remarkable time, consideriug the condi- tion of the track They hope to be able to cut several seconds off this vet and will make another trial Wednesday, evening. g at the man and ch set- ndense a new pota= t and Alvis P, Swoboda, ing for wheel 1 geared to 112 his first races at rcet here in October. the Omaha Sandow race: He will ride inches and expects the Natlonal Circ Is a t t There will undoubtedly be some go tung up by the State Fair aseoclation for wheelmen to go after during fair week When Lincoln had it bicycle taces were on the program ecach day. Omaha will surely do as much for wheelmen as Lincoln did. The University park track could be made one of the fastest in the state if the manage- ment would lengthen it and make it a full A prizes [t