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cycling .notes. :
lit UllRlKTOIMIRR Sl.r.
. The p.rfbrmjmefe bf Mr. ' j. SI 'Loan In win-
hing tiie TeniMile G'lnfmiliohiiiip on Saturday
etkirlpi fllni' its A feplbliilld Hder, pbsseBSed of
good itaying poTrors,.,'ajii|ity lo keep up
a swinging pace over - a long dfntanoe - and
quite .bio to answer (lis fastest pitofe of
any man ill tllS obloniss in h rscj run
OrithoUt paco iiiatcirsi \Vhat lie cauiil do
behind s taiidem or triplet lias yet to Ue demon-
stratcd. Tbo wondoffiit pirt of hik putfnrm-
hncs is that for the first six thiics lie bibUpleii
till til po.-iitibii, fdf tiio Mbxt two Inilei herun
second, and ih the ISsfc two lie actually
pac.d hlintclf lit the ffont, only losing tii
lead: for about 100 yards, for a man
to pace himself at tile 'end of nudh a hard race
hiiil . then win with an undeniable sprint it
som.thing phenomenal; I'ortn is an iindonbted
favorite With thH public owing to tho plnclly
anil hohdSt way in wbiolrii. always races, iichbs
It was hilkiiid of hitri tb ady lib whs ihterfereit
.'With bj , M'Lekti, dr tli&t liib latter and k»
Lfswis conspired td bring liim down. M'lioanat
lib stdb ttf tlla ftico interfered pbrsbiifiliy with
Pdtti, find it Is equally uiitrus that ho con
spired with K. Lewis, Ydtthg M'Lban woh an
hoiioit rnbe on his merits, and tlla oiunmiltob
recognised this by uiihaisitatingly dismissing
1'orta'k protest. ei-.,,
Pidoitfiahs would nbt run the ssridds ritks
thoy do at prbsfint iii MelfjouHie of iidiiig hurled
to the ground fey ibmb awkwdrd oybllsts, Hbr
indeed woiild thbro be so many onsimltios, if the
authorities bddptb'd tlinilbr tegulatloris to thosb
in ibrco in vjenns, wqero ail uicyoio riiicrs
hbfotb qiitainlhg (ig rthis ni on td ride 1 iii
the publlo stroets kte required to pass an
6xittilii4tidni Tlfoy havb to fidb bbtwebri
boards laid on the iioor without touching the
sides ptedgbbi At tho word of commnmi tliey
m(i4t bh dble id dismount, cither rigiit, left or
biibltwardi bnd until tiie,.. rider passes this
examination satisfno torily.- a libeucd to ride tin
tlld piiblio highway is rifusolt iiihi. Siicti a
Stateof oflloionoy id' dismounting is freqUbiitly.
hseful at sbuio of otir strbct, corners, but brt the
Whole such a regulation is scarcely necessary, as
ari itnskilfai rider teadiiy finds the arbwdbd'
streets no place for him. _ .
bottSh Roivi iii Hyda is now atmost de
serted by. equestrians, Whereas the portion of
thti pfitk most fiu'brlid liy-'cyollstH is thrdnged
With pSdjilti Who U4Vb trbrisferrbd their allbgi-
ancs frorn the horse to th bicycle; There i. a
ttdry diirrent oil tliis sdofS ot is mail who was
«q mufch tngroirsdd with" Ills latest lbye— the
cyo)o — that lib allowed hls hbrso to stand iii tllb
stable, eating his head off/ till his gfbotti told,
nltn of tins edndltioii of' litis Stood; ithtlidr thbil
sec IiiS'.hdrsu hiirlt ftif want (if e'xetblsd ho used
td titi the librSe with a .long- halter tti tlio bhdlt
itay of thb iilftchiHe, nfid iko for a quilt 7 or '8
ifiilbS pdflal ivtry itiotiiiilp1 '
It Is curious to note haw- differently oyolists
are tteatbd Iii Sbrfio dlihnttlJo hk obinpitreli with
tithbrs. In Auetraifa they are treated ina
UObrlkil ilfiui ri a r liy the drivers of vehicles aild
hbriemeli, while pblibomoti have little sympathy
for. the wheeler. In Brussels, hliwbver, luetbafl
til tiding rbgarddtl as hutosstk and ilitetlopohi,
tho polico liave made speoial rbjjiihitlbus to
bnklita tllSIf dafetjri All vohlbtet ate conlpblleil
tti carry lahipll, td (llivb' Riowly ivhen turning
itrebfc corners, and' leave roum for oybllsts to
pa«L To sqilabze a byblist Bgdirist tilt; ourb 15 h
serious oflcilcc. ' '!'
.The foliiuving as iiluitfrtting the batlibllcity
of the Wiibel is desbrlHbd'',by &il feye;\vitiless : —
I' While walking iu tlid fitiW-piirk hear Hiihtihg-
tbHAVuUlie, Bbstoll, I WltrtPsiibd a ytitihk Wdihhti
in a nstty oydling dbsl'iviiid— not liloomcrs—
spbtillbg toil, id h UllfVe ih' thb pntk, Wiibfi shb
oolliilcd With a colored glil,' also oil a v/lieel, tlio
i'dihlt hbihg tlihE libtll fcTIp '.TiiBt then a Oliliieto,
who was also oil a Wlidelf came and With,
tiie grnbb bf a Chesterl'icid alighted nnd kiutliy
pfefetrbd blSlktahbo. '-It (Whs a curious pot
ptijiri'i tlf Otilof Siid bltdhfnitahcei"
Paper chasing on hioydles' promises to be a
favorite amusbiiieilt in cMintiy lldlghhtitilddils
iii Khglaiid dlttitig tlio Wintbl' itibhtliS, and 1s
welbbmed by . hostesses (With lioiiSU piiftida oii
thbif liaHds. Tlid idol ii fcnYt Oil last Dccbinher in
tllb New Forest, hull lirtS btiert catried duf with
dbhtiilbrahlb SlibceSSi
NewthatHydo Park1 has become- the happy
llllhtliig grolllHl ot the cycliiit, the . wants of tub
etiorinaus oontinqbut uf 'SlhKft sobietil that goeb
oh Wh.bls is holii cafbfert'Tori A delightful
tea room has just bein'-oiiShbU in Albert Gtttb
Bir 'tho Ladibs' OWd'(TmAA5soclatidh; Wh'ete
blbyblldg Ufehkfasfcs flte'td'fHtn;onb tit ift chief
features; Altlioiigii it'-'is'" a 1 ' ladies' own,'
gbtitldhlbn ate b finally ivelcbiiidcl.
Tho. latest thing id Sphiltsli bull fights is to
ptit-ihb nihtaddt tih a bidycle ihstead of ahorse.
Carlos Rollrlgiiez, a weil'-known cyclist, - and
B»ai|8, tliti pldiiddr. of flie't.IuSdrille tie Mnzznn-
titli, hoth entered the nfeftS"jqteiy mounted ofi
Uytijek.- l'he former eoop'taiT uway from the
BUlt,- but the inttdr stooii'his grdUnd, inid being
u liable to turii quickiy c'dbugli, both machine
aild rider wore thrown lii'gh' iu'tiie air by the
infuriated animal. Tide 'rMcr wns, happily, not
huff, but the mnohih'o ilelmmbtrated that taii-
breakablo oyoles do not exist.'
IJidyolistB in Golden-' Gate ' Park, San FtahV
oiebO) whd viblatk any of; the park rlilds are
brought up short iu a surprisingly literal aild
ratllot lldtSl itihfihef. The' 'park palleetheii
thero are experts with The lisso, of "rlath, as
thdy pffcfbr to call it. anil-many stories are told
of their skill in laSSding t'dnaway horses. It is
against the rules for a hicybllst td tide tnoro
thaii tfeil f h 11 d h nil lioiir ih tiie pbrlt ; nnd If ahy
tooroliSf violates tho l-ulbs, lie is tGlnor'selossly
roped, and is brought updllte a frnotious bullock
by tho cowboy policeman. And they can do
tflti tfidk dyer jr time;
It. is staidd tbht MeSsrk; fiingbr aittl Co. ilivb
bddh ilivltbd tb send throb Models lid Liixjj
tricycles to Mnrlborough ltdnso for inspbotion
by. the PHhoess of Wales. « The I'rinoo lias also
ordered a " trike " from'Mossfs. Humber;
..Thb-gold mbdbls won by Pat soils ill the h'lvb-
Mlle.OhaniplouHlilp, dlnl by.hl'Ldau, who won
tho 'J'en-Mils Championship on Saturday after
petfutmiHg the fexbemlihgly. cridltablo fdat of
lilrtklllg UI8 tiWil pads (lui-iiig.tlio last qharter of
thi race, tttird tin view dli .Snturrthy at Clou's
nlUSIb tfat-oli'd'USfi Cdlllht-stl-Set, hild Wero
greatly admired. Thdy ttMd Mhriufabtured by
Mr. -E.-. 'I. liiadklinw, jeweller, of Queau's-
wqllr. ..
Ihe Bftvftrinu Minister of' "War in stated to
have Authorised tbo purchase df 9000 cycles, to
bg„U'nb(i fdl' the ihfdntfy of stiafpshdutbrs.
DiiHnJ tllb Christinas week in Paris, dh the
wiilter path, Jttbqiloiln nilii Mnurlcu Farlnltli, oh
atnitdbln, rbdc ond qhiirter iiiile lap III 25 abb.
Thlk is at tho rdto of 1 . min. 40 sbo. for the
ilille;
Tho invincible Welsh professional cyclist,
Jamqa MiohabI, on Christinas day in Paris, far
the third timb beat llohltottrs, tlid groat Trench
rider, who had challenged him.
Tiie chairman of the .Simpson Lever Chain
Limited; OcldUdl G; G." Paget, ahtioubcbd at tllb
last meeting that the company had orders for
'3000 chains, aud was already doing good business
ill cohveHing innbilincs.
, The latest statistics give . England 1,300,000
riders, arid a ohpital of £6,000,000 inveatod in
the bloyolo business.
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