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A Bicycle Ride to Dunedin
A Club Room Conversation
('• Bab Yardley")
A Few Definitions
A Long Bicycle Ride in New
Zealand
A Month's Tricycle Tour
A Nautical View of a Bike
A Run through Donegal
A Song o' Summer (-'Joey Saw-
tell")
A Touring Reminiscence, or An
Awkward Plight (D. M. M.
Dawson)
A Wheelman's Dress
Alice, A Cycling Ballad ("Aout")
Amateur Racing Record, 74, 115,
203,
American Humourist on Bicy-
cling, An
American on " The Ideal Uni-
form," An
Amongst the Clubs, 25, 64, 113,
195,
An American Humourist on Bi-
cycling
An American on " The Ileal
Uniform
An August Tour
An Awkward Plight, or a Tour-
ing Reminiscence (D. M. M.
Dawson) .....
Bicycle Ride to Dunedin, A
Bicycle Ride in New Zealand, A
Long
Bicycle, That
. Bicycling in India
Bicycling in Tasmania
Birmingham to Liverpool in a
Day
But" erworth's Choice, Mr.
By the Roadside ("Bab Yardley")
Christmas Number, Our
Cliffs, On the
Club Directory
Club Room Conversation, A.
Clubs, Amongst tbe, 25, 64,113,
195,
Cruise on Wheels in Normandy,
Notes of a
Cutting the Record in the U.S.A.
Cycle Mania
Cvcliana
Cycling Celebrities: —
No. 8. Mr. R. P. Hampton-
Robertn
No. 9. Mr. R. H. Leslie . .
214
191
15
160,
265
23
254
154,
256
23
214
177
79
237
105
172
210
89
52
273
133
6->
35
154,
256
27
77
107
107
PAGE.
No. 10. Mr. W. B. Tanner 109
No. 11. Mr. A. A. B. Woodin 147
No. 12. Mr. C. W. Nairn . . 199
No. 13. Mr. Alfred Nixon.. 271
Cyclists in Arms . . . . . . 141
Decadence of Clubs, and a sug-
gested Method of Improve-
ment, The . . . . . . 50
Defence of Racing, In (" Faed.") 144
Directory of Clubs . . . . &6
" Dishing" a London Crowd . . 187
Double Delight (•' Joey Sawtell") 1 57
Dunedin, a Bicycle Ride to . . 177
Duties of a Secretar\ , what are
the 4
Early Self-propelling Machines 89
Editorial : —
Freemasonry of the Wheel 1
Frosts 49
Good Value 97
Cyclists in Arms . . . . 141
Three Wheels or Two . . 185
Improving Tricycles, the
Road Ride 233
Enthusiast. The 152
Fiuland, Wheeling in Russian. . 236
Few Definitions, A. . . . . 152
Five-seated Machine, or Quinti-
cycle 118
Freemasonry of the Wheel . . 1
From Foreign Parts (" Tommy
~B.") 258
From Land's End to Jobn-o'-
Groat's on a Bicycle . . . . 165
Frosts 49
Future of Road Travelling, The 99
Gig that was Made to take One,
In my 122
Gravel and Cinders, 41, 86, 114, 159
202, 270
Good Value 97
Handel Barre's Ride . . . . 226
How the Wheel World Wags. 7, 58
102, 148, 192, 245
Humourist on Bicycling, an
American . . . . . . 265
Illustrations : —
Cartoons —
R.P.Hampton-Roberts .. 13
R. H. Leslie 81
W. B. Tanner 109
A. A. B. Woodin .. ..147
C.W.Nairn .. ... .. 199
Alfred Nixon 271
" A Hold Friend" we may ex-
pect to see at the Meet .. 14
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INDEX.
PAGE.
PAGE.
A New Way of Dismounting
76
Reality
91
A Photographic Novelty
101
Record, Patent, 45, 93, 139, 183
232,
A Quiet Pipe
65
278
A Sketch of the Future
209
Regretted Rides (" Tommy B.")
200
Absent Minded . .
57
Roadside, By the
52
After a Hard Day's Ride
252
Roving Records, 27, 82, 125, 165
210,
And that Settled It . .
190
259
Before and after Bicycling ..
112
Run through Donegal, A
82
Bicyclists at the Meet
63
Self-propelling Machines, Early
89-
Bits from Barnes
88
Siege of Shamrock House, The
218
Bits from Surbiton
213
Song of the Irate Tricyclist, The
62
Drawing the Line
44
Song o' Summer, A
193
Hoff to Appy Ampton
3
Tasmania, Bicycling in . .
172.
Kindness
60
Testing a Novelty
249
On a Sociable
201
That Bicycle
287
The Advantages of Bicycling
225
The Decadence of Clubs, and a
The only Son and Heir
231
Suggested Method of Improve-
The Reason Why
258
ment
50
Words of Warning
153
The Duties of a Secretary, What
Imagination
91
are ?
4
Improving Tricycles, the Boad
The Enthusiast
152
Ride
233
The Future of Road Travelling
99
In Defence of Racing (" Faed")
144
The Irate Tricyclist, Song of . .
62
In my Gig that was made to take
The King's Stone, or the most
one — just one
122
Venerable Record of Antiquity
Irate Tricyclist, Song of the . .
62
on the Ripley Road (Lacy
John-o'-Groat's to Land's End
Hillier)
6
on a Tricycle
259
The Railroad Velocipede
73
Jottings from the Emerald Isle
22
The Road Ride, Improving
61, 120, 155, 196
,250
Tricycles
233
King's Stone, or the most vener-
The Sentimental Cyclist
110
. able Record of Antiquity on
The Siege of Shamrock House
the Ripley Road, The (Lacy
(Wm. Bull)
218
Hillier)
6
The Tricycle
255
Land's End to John-o'-Groat's
The Wheel in Barbados
32
on a Bicycle, From
165
Things a Cyclist oaght to know
90
London to Leicester: A Bicycling
Three Wheels or Two ? . .
185
Idyll
238
Tittlebat Thompkins' Bicycle . .
181
London to York
170
Touring Reminiscence, or, An
Long Bicycle Ride in New Zea-
Awkward Plight, A . .
214
land, A . .
79
To the Inventor
92
Midland Whispers
87
Travelling, The Future of Road
99
119
Tricycle Tour, A Month's
210
Month's Tricycle Tour, A
210
Value, Good
97
Mr. Butterworth's Choice
89
Velocipede, The Railroad
73
Nautical View of a Bike, A
257
View of a Bike, A Nautical
257
Notes from New Zealand
158
Volunteer Bicyclists
251
Notes of a Cruise on Wheels in
What are the Duties of a Secre-
Normandy
27
tary ? (F. Percy Low)
4
On the Cliffs (" Bab Tardley ")
133
Wheel, Freemasonry of the
1
Our Christmas Number ("Bab
Wheel in Barbados, The
32
Yardley ")
273
Wheel World Wags, How the 7
58,
Patent Record, 45, 93, 139, 183,
232,
102, 148, 192,
245
278
Wheeling in Russian Finland . .
236
Quinticycle, or Five -seated
Wheelman's Dress, A . .
191
Machine..
118
Whispers, Midland
87,
Racing, In defence of
144
119
Racing Record, Amateur, 74, 115, 160,
Who Introduced the Jockey
203
Cap?
92
Railroad Velocipede, The
73
Why?
249
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THE THIRD ANNUAL XTRA
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Articles, Christmas Tales, Romances, Adventurous Rides,
&c, &c.
THE YEAR OF SPOET. By the Editor.
HOW I PROVED AN ALIBI. By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author of " Odds & Ends").
A WILD, WILD RIDE ; or, The Mystery op the Dead Hand. A Reminiscence of the
Great Meet of Bicyclists at Harrogate. By Walter Crompton, Capt. Warrington B.C.
MY BICYCLING EXPERIENCE. By " Beachey Head."
LONDON TO LEICESTER IN 189— A Tale of the "German Occupation." By "Agonistes,'
Hampstead B.C.
BOYCOTTED. A Night's Adventure. By T. H. Holding, Prest. B. T.C.
A RIDE INTO DREAMLAND. By "B.," Canonbury B.C.
LA SOMNAMBULA. By " W.J.C."
THE MYSTERY OF THE MANTEL-PIECE. By " Choey Sawtell," Sherborne B.C.
AN ADVENTUROUS PIONEER RIDE IN AUSTRALIA. From Sydney, over the Blue
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THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE. By" Tommy B."
THAT GARRULOUS STRANGER. By "Ab Initio."
THE EFFECTS OF A BEEF-STEAK SUPPER. Two Illustrations. By " Smangle,
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CYCLISTS UNDER CANVAS ; or, Jottings from the Harrogate Camp. Twenty-five
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OUR YOUNGEST MEMBER. By " Bab Yardley."
A GLANCE AT OUR ADVERTISERS. By the Editor.
POEMS, BALLADS, RHYMES, &c.
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THE DOCTOR AND HIS TRICYCLE. Founded on Fact. By"W.N.M."
THE CRY OF HUNDREDS. By "Plated Treadles."
THE LEGEND OF SIR SCORCHALONG AND THE LADY POTOJAM. Eight Illustra-
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THE FENIAN'S RIDE, Dedicated to and Written for Harry J. Swindley. By "Agonistes,"
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OUR PRESIDENT'S GOOSE. By "August," B.T.C.
A DOGGEREL CATASTROPHE. By "A.R."
IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE. A Topical Bicycling Song. By " Tommy B."
CYCLING versus COURTSHIP. By " Aout."
NURSERY RHYMES. By "Aout."
SMEARS, SMUDGES, SPOTS, AND SPLUTTERINGS. By "Algernon Sidney."
THE UNATTACHED CYCLIST. Being the Lamentations and Confessions of a Bachelor
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DELIGHTS OF THE WHEEL. By " Whiterius," B.T.C.
OVER THE HANDLE-BAR. A Parody. By " W.W., Junr."
A TRIBUTE. By "W.J.C."
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CONTENTS FOR MAY.
PAGE
Freemasonry of the Wheel . . . . 1
What are the Duties of a Secretary ? 4
The King's Stone, or the most Venerable Relic of Antiquity on
the Eipley Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
"How the Wheel World 'Wags'" 7
Cycling Celebrities. — No. 8. Mr. R. P. Hampton Roberts . . . . 13
Alice, a Cycling Ballad 15
Jottings from the Emerald Isle 22
An American Humourist on Bicycling 23
Amongst the Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Roving Records 27
The Wheel in Barbados 32
A Club-room Conversation 35
Gravel and Cinders 41
Amateur Racing Record for April, 1882 41
Patent Record 45
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FREEMASONRY OF THE WHEEL.
E have not the advantage of belonging to that ancient body
the Freemasons, of which Frank Honeywell, J. W.
Beningfield, and other well-known wheelmen are such
distinguished ornaments, but we can quite imagine that
it consists of " all sorts and conditions of men," and that it is by no
means necessary— though it very frequently follows, and always
opens up a chance for so doing — for masons to "pal" indiscrimin-
ately merely because they both belong to the craft. His Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales is a member of the body alluded to, but we
are not aware — supposing, for argument's sake, that he were passing
the night at a B.T.C. house, in a private room — that J. W. B., or any
other touring "brother," would be justified in disturbing his privacy
simply because they both possessed a knowledge of those mystic
signs and ceremonies, which to the ordinary and vulgar mind are
only dimly associated with open coffins and red-hot pokers. It is
very certain that all Freemasons do not personally agree. It is with-
in our own knowledge that when a once prominent rider proposed to
form a lodge for wheelmen, another equally prominent wheelman,
who was likewise a " brother," at once said, " Then I won't play."
If this is the case in such an ancient, such a widely acknowledged,
and such a well supported body as the Freemasons of England, why
should it be expected that no similar feelings should exist amongst
wheelmen who are not masons ? Beyond a greater liking for athletic
travel, there is nothing to distinguish wheelmen from other ordinary
good citizens. They are of the same flesh and blood, speak the
same language, and vary just as much in social position as do the
majority of those who form Freemasonry. It is not to be expected
that a mere bond of Freemasonry can make the whole world equal,
nor convert men with widely divergent tastes and feelings into
intimate friends. This is not what is either expected or required.
Writing in ignorance of the exact private reasons for which Free-
masonry exists, we cannot of course deal with it as fully as we could
were the secrets of the Council Chamber laid bare to us, but we can
look to the orphan schools and the other charities which the craft
support, and see that it is not necessary for men to be socially
equalised, or made personally amicable, to enable them to work
earnestly together for the good of a good cause. Having said this
much, we think we can very safely say that when we urge, as we
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have urged, and will always urge, that there should be a Free-
masonry of the wheel, it is not a wild chimera ; on the contrary it is
a perfectly practicable and highly desirable project. We need go no
further than clubs. Pray is it the case that every member of a bicycle
club is on good terms with every other member ? Certainly not ; but
yet has not each member the interest of the club at heart, or would
he continue to support it by his subscription ? Sojourning in a
B.T.C. house quite recently, there were some three or four dis-
tinct parties of cyclists there, who had their meals at separate
hours, and who never spoke or interfered in any way with
one another's doings. They all belonged to what is, in its way,
a great Freemasonry., viz., the B.T.C, but they did not consider
that that mere fact compelled one party to call on another to alter
their mode or hour of feeding, so that they might associate together
at meals. They did not converse, simply because among their own
set each had ample means of exercising his conversational powers,
but had any information or assistance been wanted, then would have
stepped in the " bond of wheel Freemasonry," and what was asked.
for would have been gladly rendered. To urge that there can be no
" Freemasonry of the wheel" because two or three ill-conditioned
fellows have from time to time trespassed, or wanted to trespass,
upon their fellow cyclists' privacy, on the sole ground that both were
riders of wheels, is simply an absurdity, which hardly calls for argu-
ment. We hold — and we always shall hold — that there ought to be
a willingness on the part of all riders to assist one another as far as
they can, by reason solely of the bond between them of the mutual
love of one particular sport, and more especially should this be
shown, because cyclists are, as we have said elsewhere, a body who
are not in favour with the general public — in fact they stand alone.
The man who urges that a Freemasonry of the wheel necessarily
means an indiscriminate associating of all riders who meet, and
must perforce mean the forming of one vast social commune of
wheelmen, has given little thought to the subject. Riders want, and
can expect, no greater result socially than is to be found within the
ordinary meaning of Freemasonry. They can get all the work
required for their mutual good carried out through the channels of
the B.T.C. and the B.U., if they support those bodies.
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WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF A SECRETARY?
By F. Percy Low, Hampstead B.C.
HERE are said to be three things that every Englishman
fancies he can do without any previous training, viz.,
drive a gig, edit a newspaper, and manage a theatre. I
have always added in my own mind another popular
fallacy which is confined to cyclists — that anyone can fill the post of
Secretary. It was therefore with feelings of considerable astonish-
ment that I read some time ago in the Cyclist a request from the
founder of a new club asking some good Samaritan to write and in-
form him " What were the duties of a Secretary ?"
The surprise I felt at learning that there existed a man so modesr
as not to imagine that he could secretary a club far and away bettet
than any other man could teach him, almost led me to take a pilgrim-
age to the address given, in order that I might gaze long and
earnestly at the features of a man who is, I feel sure, one of the
most modest of the age.
Whether this polite request was complied with I know not, but it
has struck me that there may possibly be others in the same state
of ignorance, and as no one abler has come forward to give us the
benefit of his experience, this article is written in the hope that it
may be of some use to those who propose some day or other to em-
bark on a Secretary-ship.
The chief officers of a club are the Captain and Secretary, and the
first thing in considering the duties of a Secretary is to distinguish
them from those of the Captain, and for that purpose I have always
found the following rule fairly embrace everything : — " On the road
and in matters connected with the road the Captain has full com-
mand and the Secretary is as a private member, but off the road and
in the general management of the club the Secretary has full com-
mand (subject to the Committee) and the Captain is as a private
member of the Committee." Please notice the distinction. On the
road, of course, the Captain has absolute power and the Committee
cannot control his actions, except in very exceptional cases ; but if
the entire control of the club generally were left in the hands of one
man, it would be investing him with too much authority, and there-
fore the Secretary is entirely subject to the Committee. In some
clubs, of course, the above rule may need a little modification, but I
think that it is fairly comprehensive.
I will now suppose a club to have been started, a Secretary and
Committee appointed, and the first General Meeting adjourned for a
fortnight. In the interval the Secretary must draw up a code of
rules (take two or three other clubs' rules, and combine, modify, and
add to them), submit them to the Committee, and then to the
General Meeting, when, after every rule has had at least half-an-
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hour's discussion, they will be finally passed. At a General
Meeting the Secretary must call upon the members to elect a chair-
man, and then take copious notes of all that is done, with a view to
writing up the minutes. And here I may remark that this minute
business is the most irksome part of the Secretary's duties, as he
has generally to introduce and, if possible, carry through all the
recommendations of the Committee, and also to assist (or pretend to
assist) private members in carrying their motions, and, like Captain
Bunsby, he has to give an opinion on any subject, and if information
is wanted it is always said, " Ask the Secretary, he ought to know."
All this rather interferes with the proper taking of notes, and I advise
the Secretary to get some good-natured friend, who is not going to
do much talking, to take the notes for him, and he will then be able
to spend a pleasant hour or two endeavouring to decipher his abbrevia-
tions and erratic handwriting. At all General Meetings the Secretary
must be prepared to defend the Committee, explain all discrepancies
and difficulties, combat all objections, and, above all, please every-
body. The advise of Mr. .ZEsop (a hairy man who wrote fables, and
sold the copyright for a mess of potash — ? Ed. — ) in the fable of the
" Old Man and his Ass," may be here read with advantage.
The Secretary has full power to call Committee Meetings when-
ever he thinks it necessary, and he will find that not only must he
send out notices convening the meeting, but he will have to call
personally on every Committee-man to ascertain if he is coming, as
should there not be a quorum, those who have turned up will speak
their minds freely to the wretched man at whose bidding they have
come. At a Committee Meeting he must, of course, be there
punctually, and wait, if need be, an hour in case anyone comes a
little late, and no matter at what time his train goes he must remain
to the end and take notes for his precious minutes.
The Secretary has to conduct the whole of the correspondence of
the club, and answer all letters by return of post, or sooner, and at
the same time consult the Committee before answering. He has
also to represent his club at Dinners, Balls, Concerts, Musical
Evenings, et hoc genus omne, and if called upon will have to reply for
the visitors, or propose or respond to any other toast. Should his
club determine to go in for these gaieties, he will have all the pre-
liminary arrangements to manage, and if the affair should turn out
a success he must not be surprised if someone else comes in and
claims all the credit ; but if the thing is a failure, he may be perfectly
certain that all the blame will be thrown upon him.
In arranging festivities, the Secretary should always bear in mind
what is due to other clubs, and complimentary tickets should be sent
to the officers of all clubs with whom friendly relations exist, and let
the tickets plainly state that they are complimentary, and do not let
the recipient be in doubt as to whether he is expected to pay or to
come as a guest.
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Should his club be attacked in the Press or elsewhere, it is the
Secretary's duty to defend it, and in doing so he should be very care-
ful not to let his temper get the better of him, and whatever
opportunities his opponents may give let him avoid " snacking "
and saying disagreeable things which a week after he may wish
unsaid.
The Secretary generally sees more of the members than any other
officer, and should therefore be as courteous and friendly as possible,
listen to all complaints, and if possible remedy them. He will, of
course, have to superintend all the printing and draw up all official
documents, and through him should come all the official utterances
of the club.
Thus shortly have I endeavoured to indicate the principal duties
of a Club Secretary, and I trust that it will not be thought that be-
cause I happen to hold such a position myself I have exaggerated
the difficulties for the purpose of self praise. No one is more con-
scious of their own deficiencies than myself, and I know that were
it not for the assistance given me by brother officers my club would
soon regret their selection, and I feel sure that no Secretary can
hope for success unless he is on the best of terms with his brother
officers. I have not touched on the duties of Treasurer, as in most
clubs they are fulfilled by a different man.
THE KING'S STONE, OR THE MOST VENERABLE RELIC
OF ANTIQUITY ON THE RIPLEY ROAD.
By Lacy Hillier.
good many riders probably know of the existence of this
relic of the past, but the majority, doubtless, are more
engaged in thinking of the bumpy macadam than of the
antiquities around them. Passing through Kingston, en
route to Ripley, on the left hand side after crossing the market place,
and just before passing over the low bridge which spans a little
stream, may be noticed a highly ornamental railing, with seven
pillars, elaborately finished, enclosing a rough block of stone. This
rugged mass is popularly supposed to have given " Kingston " its
name. Kingston is one of the most ancient of English towns, and
has been termed the metropolis of the Anglo-Saxon kings. In the
year 838 a national council was held here by King Egbert and his
son Athelwolf, and, as many of the Saxon monarchs were crowned
whilst sitting on this stone, the place obtained the name it now
bears in place of its earlier appellation, " Moreford." As nearly all
the Saxon monarchs, from Edward the Elder (901 — 925), son of
Alfred the Great, down to Ethelred (979 — 1016), brother of Edward
the Martyr, a period of a century, were invested with royal honours
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in Kingston, we may conclude that it was an important city, a deduc-
tion which is borne out by the fact that Kingston was second only to
London in having a bridge across the Thames ; in fact, several
writers consider it more than probable that the Romans constructed
a bridge here. Local historiographers identify the sites of several
ancient buildings, notably, the Saxon Palace, the Castle (presum-
ably built by the Romans to protect their city), the Jews' Quarter,
and the Roman Town (which bore the name of " Tamesa," doubt-
less connected with the name of the Thames). To quote from yet
another author (Mr. King), " But perhaps the most interesting object
now to be found in Kingston is ' The King's Stone.' It had long
remained neglected, though not unknown, among disregarded heaps
of debris in ' the new court yard,' when it occurred to some zealous
and intelligent antiquaries that so venerable a relic of remote ages
was entitled to some show of respect. It was consequently removed
from its degraded position, planted in the centre of the town, and
enclosed by a ' suitable ' iron railing." Let the knee-breeched student
of history, next time he passes through this most venerable city, pause
for a moment before this hoary relic of the past, and try for one
moment to realize that Alfred the Great himself may have sat on
this very stone, dispensing that justice which has caused his name
to be held up through a thousand years as a shining example of good
government. " He was so exact," says one writer, " in his govern-
ment, that robbery was unheard of, and valuable goods might be left
in the high road without danger." Roman ditches, walls, and fosses
also exist — or rather the remains of them — but the King's Stone is
undoubtedly the most interesting, as it is the most venerable
antiquity on the Ripley Road.
HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.
]OCIABLY ! that's how. What a world — a wheel world —
of difference the bow to the I, which turns it into a b, does
make ! Had I omitted the bow to the b in that initial
word, a vastly different interpretation would be given to
it, and wheel worldly wise ones would conclude that we were yet in
the throes of the winter social season. But the whirlijigger of time
has mercifully released us from the " social" craze for a few months,
and instead of wagging socially, the cycle universe waggeth sociably
— sociable-tricyclingly, to be more exact.
Eighteen hundred and eighty-two bids fair to be a wheelman's era
of prominent magnitude. For years past we have been talking, and
writing, and reading about the good time coming when the ladies
would take to tricycling ; but hitherto it has always been prospective,
and another instance of the " man never is, but always to be, blest "
theory, which I dilated upon some months ago. Now, however, we
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have optical demonstration of the fact that the ladies are taking to
tricycles in large numbers ; and, thanks to the growing popularity
of double tricycles, there are yet more who, though not possessing
machines of their own, eagerly embrace every opportunity of occupy-
ing the spare seat on their friend's pair-harness three-wheelers.
And let me tell you, doubting Thomases, that there is nothing
under the sun so calculated to enhance a man's popularity as the
possession of one of these same Sociables. Since I speculated in one
the number of my very affectionate friends has increased to an
astonishing degree, and all the most enchantingly lovely of my
female acquaintances have evinced an amount of interest in me that
was quite embarrassingly flattering until I recollected the cause, and
felt considerably small to think that the possession of a tricycle did
more to popularise me than the possession of all those arts and
accomplishments which it has taken so many years to acquire. Such
is the wheel world !
Somebody tells me that an inspection of last month's issue of this
magazine failed to discover any record of the Canonbury B.C.'s
second annual assault-at-arms, which took place on February 25th ;
but I tell him that it goes without saying that the affair went off with
triumphant success. Still, for the benefit of the enquiring New
Zealander, who, in future ages, pores through the pages of this
matchless monthly in search of truth, I had better add that the
Canonbury Club netted a respectable pile of dollars over their venture.
The press was unanimous in lauding everything as perfect. The
tug-of-war resulted in the Druids carrying off the medals, and the
trainer race was pulled off by the same sweet youth who won that at
he Three Nuns a few evenings previously.
Since then there have been two other races on home trainers, both
of which brought out smaller fields than that of the Anchorites, he
immortalised as " Mobber of the Bowled-broken League" winning in
each case, the deaf cove of many rioms de plume having retired from
all contests.
This reminds me that the racing path will no more know several
of its erst most promising votaries. Hillier is known to have finally
retired, and I think his resolve will be adhered to more resolutely
than the similar decision made by Cortis ; the demon's retirement
having been caused by business considerations, but "Jarge" being
literally disgusted with racmg, and glad to give it up now that he
has attained the highest possible honours. I recollect an occasion,
some two years ago, when the muchly-attached young man was so
disgusted at a series of petty annoyances, that he seriously contem-
plated throwing up bicycling altogether ; and neither he nor any one
else dreamt that he would so soon become king of the castle. This
month, I have not only decided to give up racing, but really think of
selling my only remaining bicycle, restricting myself to the three-
wheeler ; and yet — who knows ?
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The modesty of the foregoing is self-apparent.
Pullin, of the Pickwick — one of the best men who ever mounted a
racer, because his form was natural, and not the result of a long
course of artificial building-up — is another good man who will be
missed from the track, the bad cropper which he enjoyed at the A.P.
last year having been the last straw of misfortune which led to his
racing " Humber" being advertised for sale ; and Civil Service Shaw
will no more face the starter on a back-mark, a business engagement
in Paris having greater attractions for him. Runtz and Tarling —
those old contestants for the Pickwick seventy guinea pot — have
likewise determined to rest on their laurels ; and if a few scores of
limit men can be persuaded to seek their proper sphere, on the road,
there will be more breathing room for budding talent around our
cinder paths, and Mr. Public Handicapper Coleman will be able to
fill up vacancies in his record book with the names of last year's
little boys who will be next year's racing cracks.
As to which district, or what clubs, those cracks will spring from,
I dinna ken, but there does, at last, appear some probability of the
North of the Metropolis having an equal chance with other districts
in the growth of good scorching talent, the Alexandra Palace people
having at last made a move, and announced that a race meeting will
take place early in May, on their new track. Even now, so often
have we been taken in by the Muswell Hill lessees, I find it difficult
to repose any confidence in the statement, and decline to give it as
authoritative until next month, when I shall have acquired certain
knowledge by the means which, according to the proverb, compels
credence.
The latest cycling celebrity to fall a prey to the matrimonia'
malady is the Union's honorary secretary. Yes, strange as it may
seem, it is true that Mr. Cork, widower as he is, has yet the temerity
to again go to church with a lady, and " proclaim to all and sundry
his voluntary undertaking to pay her milliner's bills for life," as an
American humourist puts it. Seriously, hundreds of wheelmen who
know " Old Cork," like him for his genial good fellowship, and
respect him for his untiring labours in the cause of the Union, will
echo my heartiest wishes for a happy result of his second marriage,
which takes place at Pinner on April 26th. " May this new union
have no early struggles and heart-burnings as did the Bicycle Union,
which he so gallantly upheld through all its trials ; but may the
success which has crowned his labours — as witness the 6,000 odd
members on the B.U. roll — find an echo in that which results from
the morning call at the Pinner church," is the sentiment which we
will drink, if you please. Pop ! Fizz ! ! ! ! ! Ah ! " For he's a
jolly good ." There, you will all sing that without my finishing
it.
The "Pushing Penn'orth" has done good service by exposing
" the ways that are dark and the tricks that are vain " of the firm
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whose modesty would not permit of their saying more than that
they guaranteed their "jiggers" to be equal to any possible to be
manufactured, and who, to signalise this unusual warranty of the
long-hoped-for Ultima Thule having been reached, offer to knock
forty per cent, off the price of every machine supplied to a clubman,
and to privately tip such clubman's captain an additional ten per
cent, into the bargain. I don't know whether any clubmen have
fallen into the trap so enticingly laid for them, but it seems improb-
able that many unattached riders will patronise this enterprising
firm who, according to their own showing, would make the un-
attached pay twice as much for their bicycles as clubmen.
What to sit down upon when tricycling, is the burning question
of the month, and it is amusing to observe the gravity with which
one party enunciates his views upon the super-excellence of this kind
of saddle, and the heated vehemence with which another party
insists upon that sort of seat being the only one compatible with
comfort ; both apparently oblivious of the consideration that what
" is one man's meat is another man's poison." I have an idea that
nobody who has been in the habit of riding a bicycle can pretend to
judge of the most suitable kind of seat or saddle for tricyclists who
have not had the misfortune to undergo a course of education on the
lofty two-wheeler.
A new club is vaguely talked of as having been recently formed
under the title of Jupiter B.C. This must not be confused with the
Rovers, of which the popular "Jupiter" is captain.
By the way, Jupiter has been in warm water lately, the columns
of the "eminently correspondential paper" being the medium
through which Gaffer Goliath has been calling Jupiter wicked names.
A mild skit upon the unattached was the casus belli, and Gaffer
promptly told Jupiter he was "another," to which A. A. B.W.
retorted that Gaffer was one also, and a pretty little shindy resulted,
much to the delight of the Editor, whose columns were thus con-
veniently filled at a slack period.
The secretaries of the two leading tricycle clubs have been elected
to the two vacant seats on the Union Executive ; and an honorary
officer of one of them, apparently riled at having been overlooked,
has said, " 'taint fair, I shan't play." A mad wheel world, my
masters.
The Speedwellians have successfully initiated the lead of the
Stanleyites, by organising an exhibition at Brummagem. Readers
of The Cyclist were astonished to behold a supplement to that paper,
consisting of the portraits of the men of light and leading in the club
of good pace. But the central figure's bicycle told tales, and made,
one wonder how it is that artists will not stoop to details. The
treadles alone, being of a pattern which was popular on the ancient
boneshaker, showed that the litho. was the work of a non-wheelman.
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And while on this topic, Mr. Editor, I beg to call your attention
to the fact that it is just six months since you promised us a greater
variety of illustrations to our " W.W.," but the fourth volume, just
completed, is very meagre in pictorial attractions. (We mean the
fifth to make up for that though. — Ed.)
With the Easter racing, the usual handicapping scandals crop up>
and what with Carlisle and Southend to begin with, the season
promises to afford a plentiful supply of material for " scorchers " to
grumble at. If fellows will enter for such races as are known to be
handicapped by such rank duffers as " Mister Finn, of Canterbury,"
they must not be surprised at being hopelessly shut out of it in the
manner in which, one man, who had never run in an open race in
his life, was, by being placed at scratch !
"Is the Union an error?" was soon replied to by a convincing
negative, when W. MacW. mooted the question in a sporting
magazine ; and imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, the
correctness of the Bicycle Union's constitution may be taken to have
received additional confirmation by the formation of kindred associa-
tions in Australia and Ireland.
The Monstre Meet craze has set in with renewed severity, Easter
Monday being the occasion for several such gatherings in the pro-
vinces. At Brighton, some 150 bicyclists and 25 tricyclists, rode in
the straggling order peculiar to Brighton meets ; at Tynemouth, a
very successful gathering of 313 bicyclists and 19 tricyclists created
a great furore ; and 69 bicyclists and a solitary three-wheeler met at
Bettws-y-coed. In prospect, we have the Metropolitan tricycle meet
at Barnes, on April 29th, which is confidently expected to muster
300 or 400 riders ; the Hampton Court meet on May 20th, and a
new Yorkshire meet at Bridlington, on May 29th — Whit Monday —
on which day there are also meets at Leamington and Middlesboro'.
Black silk jockey caps are the fashionable chapeaux for this season,
and as I am to a great extent responsible for that fact, I may as well
say at once that to "Jockey" Woolnough is due the credit — or blame,
as you happen to regard it — of the actual origination of the wearing
of this style of headgear, the comfort of which struck me as rendering
it deserving of adoption for road work, R. A. W. having restricted
his use of it to the path. And nobody who has ever worn one of
these caps, made of the exact size and shape to fit him, will deny its
excellence as far as comfort is concerned, whilst appearances are all
in favour of it. It even suits my cadaverous countenance (!), so it
must be good ! For hot weather, a few invisible loops of thread can
be sewn on the band, on which to hook a silk handkerchief or pug-
garee cut to a suitable size, and furnished with dress-hooks, and thus
armed, sunstroke can be defied.
A correspondent writes me from Australia that The Cyclist Xmas
Number hugely delighted him, but it was rather rough of the cler
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who sent it to insufficiently pre-pay the postage, rendering him sub-
ject to 4<3. deficiency and 6d. fine. He adds that civilisation is
advancing in Melbourne to such an extent that bicycles can be
purchased on the time-payment system already. " Advance Aus-
tralia ! "
The Americans are still uneasy in their minds regarding the
Surrey star's peculiarities, and appear to be no nearer an elucidation
of the mystery than ever, for the sphinx speaketh not, and his club
won't tell him. " There's no compulsion, only you must."
Returning to home matters, I must not forget that 294 wheelmen
sat down to tea together at Buckhurst Hill, on All-Fools'-day, under
the espionnage of the Diamond B.C., nearly 500 riders being present
at the subsequent social. This shows that the fierce imprecations
which the Nooze correspondents erewhile levelled at this club have
not much detracted from its popularity ; and I am not surprised at
it, for although I was one of the first — if not the very first — to
animadvert upon the first social held by the " Lozenges," yet every-
thing which has been advanced against these gatherings will apply
equally well to the socials of scores of other clubs ; and I don't like
to see a club snubbed because it is young, any more than I approve
of kicking a man when he is down ; therefore it is gratifying to find
that so many local clubmen and unattached riders were sensible
enough to show the slight regard they had for the diatribes of the
cough-drop-club's rivals, by rallying round them at the Roebuck.
Her Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria is to visit Epping Forest
this month, and vast will be the crowds of East-end roughs who will
infest the neighbourhood in consequence. But such considerations
appear to have no effect upon some people, who propose to get up a
big muster of wheelmen to swell the mob. I shall not be surprised
at seeing, one of these days, a proposition that bicycle clubs should
join in the Lord Mayor's Show, or " procesh" along Epsom race-
course on a Derby day. The meet of wheelmen at Epping Forest
on Queen's day, seems to be one of those projects doomed to as
utter extinction as overtook the proposed midnight meet of bicyclists,
with pretty lamps, on the nice asphalte at the Bank of England, last
year.
This number commences the fifth volume of the "Wheel World,"
and subscribers might, I think, do more to make our magazine still
more attractive than it has hitherto been. We, on the staff, do our
best to produce a readable monthly, but our poor efforts cannot be
expected to result in that everflowing stream of fresh and varied
ideas, which can only be produced in perfection by the united
thoughts of many minds. Our editors are always pleased to receive
contributions for these pages, and if more subscribers would become
occasional contributors by sending little anecdotes — either real or
fictitious, so long as they are entertaining — others still would be
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encouraged to follow suit by sending in their contributions, and thus
all would benefit by the co-operative system. I confess that my
twelve months' articles have greatly fallen short of my expectations,
and I am disappointed with the result of my work ; let others, then,
come forward with new ideas and fresh styles, and nobody will more
cheerfully occupy a back seat than " Axis."
CYCLING CELEBRITIES.
No. 8.— Mr. R. P. Hampton Roberts (Belsize B.C.).
T is very certain that in bicycling as in everything else the
steady worker, if he be also a man of ability, is bound
eventually to come to the front. The subject of our
sketch this month is one of the best known wheelmen in
London, and he has made his name solely by ability, as his racing
laurels are simply *«e7. It might not strike a stranger at first sight
that " Hampton Roberts" — as he is invariably called — was anything
above mediocrity, but one has only to converse with him for a few
moments to learn that he is at once a clever man and one who
is essentially a gentlemen, the je ne sais quoi being very apparent.
The clear, terse style in which he tackles any subject he takes up in
the bicycling press, and the pleasant, chatty, well informed manner in
which he writes his tours, were what first brought Mr. Roberts
into notice, but his power of club organization, as evidenced by the
Belsize — one of the best managed clubs in the kingdom — has amply
proved that he possesses the ability to practice as well as preach.
Having a great love of travel, and, as a Civil Servant of the Crown,
having also a fair amount of time to follow that bent, Mr. Roberts
in the spring of 1877 was gradually forced into the belief that he
could see more of the world by riding through it, and that at infinitely
less labour and in quicker time than if he continued, as he had
hitherto done, to travel on foot. His walkingtours had, nevertheless,
extended into France, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and Holland.
He speedily, therefore, learned to ride, and for two years was one of
the " great unattached." A desire for pleasant companionship on
runs, however, led to his joining the Belsize in 1879, and so quickly
was he there appreciated that in the same year he was elected
honorary secretary and treasurer, posts which he has held ever since.
Those who have had the pleasure of enjoying the hospitality of the
Belsize, both at their annual dinner and their periodical model
musical evenings, know how neatly their hon. sec. can turn his
periods of speech, and also how much he regrets — or professes to —
that his captain, Mr. W. E. Milner, has fallen from the high estate
of a road rider into that of one of the best racers of the day. It must
not be supposed, however, that the Belsize secretary does not really
appreciate racing. We have heard him declare that bicycle racing
is a splendid sport, and most exciting, forming as it does one of the
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many forms of manly sport for which Englishmen are famed, and
through which they become famous. What he holds is, that road
riding is the backbone of bicycling, and as such is worthy of first
and chief support. Hitherto the wheel tours of Sergeant Roberts —
for he finds time to serve in the C.S.R.V. — have been mainly in
England, but last year he explored Normandy and part of Brittany,
and this year hopes to " do" Picardy and the valley of the Loire.
As a member of the B.U. Council, and as a B.T.C. Councillor, R(eally)
P(ractical) H(ard) R(iding) Roberts, as some one wittily translated
the initials of his name, is of course a most valuable man ; but it is
not only in the council chamber that his influence is felt. He tries
to induce a good tone amongst wheelmen socially. The Belsize
musical evenings, to which we have before alluded, have given those
who love good music an opportunity of enjoying such as guests of
the club, and with a certainty that the songs selected will be " all
right." It was only to be expected, of course, that a cyclist with
such a correct order of mind should have protested — though unavail-
ingly in this instance — against the introduction into wheel vocabulary
of " trike" and " bike," but he has sanctioned the use of the word
" bus," as applied to a Sociable, probably in order to prove that there
is no rule without an exception. If any one doubts the result of
moral influence generally, let him tea with the A., or the B., or the
C. Club when they are alone, and take a like meal when either of
those societies meet for a joint tea with the Belsize B.C., and they
will learn that men put their best foot forward when there is among
their number Hampton Roberts.
A ' HOIV fRIENO WE WAY EXPECT
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ALICE, A CYCLING BALLAD.
A GUSHER— WITH MORE RHYME THAN REASON-
IN 10 SPASMS.
Fit 1 st. — The Preamble, He and She.
COME listen to a lay of love,
The fortunes that befel
A cyclist and his darling dove,
A tricksy bonny belle.
He was a wheel enthusiast
Most ardent and sincere,
And reckoned life in bright hours past
Which cycling joys endear.
Hi's love of nature made the sport
A fount of pure delight ;
The longest day was all too short
To taste its nectar bright.
A short athletic figure his,
With features formed to please,
His fair cheeks wooed the sun's warm kiss,
His curly locks the breeze.
She found in pleasure's luring trance
The devotee's reward —
The thrill which the magnetic dance
Repays heartfelt regard.
And with its transports she combined
Flirtation's pretty play ;
The whirling waltz her wiles entwined,
To dance with hearts away.
Fit 2nd. — "The Light Fantastic," &c
'Twas at a cycling ball they met,
And first impressions came
Like sparks of vestal fire, and set
Alight to passion's flame.
Two hearts in happy consonance,
Full as their feet were free,
Joined in the ever joyous dance
With more than wonted glee.
Hand linked in hand, gliding along,
In rhythm sped their feet ;
The bright hues of the mazy throng
The harmony complete.
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Right merrily the glad hours flew,
And chance assistance lent,
The bonds which fascination drew
Attraction held intent.
The ruby draught which wild hopes bring
Filled love's golden chalice,
With little cupids whispering
The cherished name of Alice.
The sigh that sympathy fain seeks
Within his heart arose,
And glad tears dallied on his cheeks
That stole not from his nose.
The fairy revels of the dance
Which mortal hearts enthral,
Allied to love's irradiance,
Enchantment lends a pall.
And he plunged in the limpid stream
Of transient delight,
The rippling tide glowed with the beam
Which joy-filled eyes requite.
Fit 3rd. — The Moth and the Flame.
Oh, fingers fair can hearts ensnare
By pressure or caress,
And eyes in eloquence declare
What tongues can ne'er express.
They courted in the corridor,
And spooned upon the stairs,
" Round dances " turned his head still more
Than flirting in the " squares."
'Twas Alice reigned his programme through,
It filled the second part ;
It filled his brain, was doubtless too
Engraved upon his heart !
Line after line the charm occurred,
Dance after dance the same,
Five letters formed the darling word
And spelt an angel's name.
And old friends who came flocking round,
To seek their, wonted prize,
No favour in her presence found
For flattery or sighs.
On him alone her bright smile cast
Its captivating ray,
Until the echoes of the last
Gay waltz had died away.
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They parted, but in his heart's tree
There nestled a sweet dove,
And midst flirtation's leaves felt he
A tender budding love.
Fit 4th. — A Vision of Light.
More graceful than a pendant flower,
That from a fragile spray
In the soft wind's caressing power
Dances in fairy play.
The vernal freshness of life's prime,
Youth's winning charms bestow,
Before the changing touch of time
Hath chilled its happy glow.
A joyous smile of purest light
Played on her faultless face,
Fair as a pearly snow-clad height
In sunlit beauty traced.
With airy steps more winning still
That in the waltz excel,
Link heart to heart, and lend a thrill
To music's moving spell.
She matched his wavy locks of jet
With laughing tresses fair,
And beauty in her smile had set
Its dimpled favour rare.
Bright as a floret when the dew
Illumes its virgin charms,
With witching eyes that listful grew
When art their spell disarms.
A voice that like the siren's song
Allured all hearts, but yet
Not one of the admiring throng,
Espied the arch coquette.
Fit 5th. — A Distressing Case, and a Conundrum.
A little absentmindedness
And eccentricity,
Made it an easy thing to guess
What his complaint must be.
His appetite went very small,
It sighed itself away,
At night he could not sleep at all
And dreamt too much by day.
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He brushed his shirt front, and he wore
A gaiter for a glove,
His sighs went lower than before,
His pulse went much above.
His " Telegraph " was left unread,
He did not care for news,
He put it in his tea instead —
Such acts must love excuse.
And what is love ? p'rhaps school-girls know
Sometimes it is aesthetic,
More often sordid, selfish, low,
And rarely sympathetic.
Is it a power of source divine ?
Or a delusive smile ?
The course that nature doth incline,
Or but an artful wile ?
Exalting, or but commonplace ?
Heartfelt, or but humdrum ?
Mere fancy for a pretty face(?) —
In fact it's a conundrum.
Fit 6th. — " On the Track."
Do choice and circumstance combine
Such fondlings chance to meet ?
Or destiny, or deep design,
Direct their devout feet ?
For oft they met by accident,
Until, just for a change,
Their meetings were with full consent
As often pre-arranged.
New life began to dawn, with gleam
Of oriental light —
With all the rosy tints that stream
On love's horizon bright.
Young love is full of hopes and fears,
Bright dreams and brooding doubts,
The vernal course of smiles and tears
Works its probation out.
Purblind and credulous withal,
Too vain e'en to suspect
The blandishments that most enthral
Or their design detect.
His wheels he left neglected lie
Until with soft finesse,
She said she "long'd to ride a Tri.
Yes, really, truly, yes."
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Con amove ! He sealed the gage,
A double Tri. bespoke —
To make a moonlight pilgrimage
Around the lovers' oak.
Fit 7TH. — " The Moonlight Manoeuvre."
The twilight deepened into night,
Its lulling softness fled,
And Luna on the stellate height
A flood of glory shed.
Along the road they gaily swung —
As sweetly sped the Tri.,
Love's music carolled on the tongue,
And pleasure filled the eye.
Soon as they reached the arbor shrine
They duly set about
The forms erotic that entwine
The souls of the devout.
For seven times aroundthe oak
They rode in silence deep —
The mystic rite lovers invoke
Their plighted troth to keep.
Six times the favoured try sting place
Encircled they in light, —
A dense dark cloud the bright moon's face
Then hid from mortal sight.
Depressing was the sombrous change,
Just as in sudden flight
A spectral bat, weird, wild and strange,
Burst on their startled sight.
Omen of dire significance,
The seventh darkened round
Was ended by a rude mischance
Which threw them to the ground.
Fit 8th. — " Billing and Cooing."
The sighing wind, which through the tree
A cadence sweet awoke,
With one low wail of misery
Its wistful vigil broke.
A sudden shock, a shudder slight,
The gleaming stars above,
A kneeling wooer claims the right
To swear undying love.
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The solemn scene ; the feeling tense
Which passion's powers inspire,
Lent to his tongue the eloquence
Of love's resistless fire.
And glowing words, and burning vows
In fervid earnestness,
Won the requital that allows
Fond lips love's seal to press.
The brightest heaven hopes can paint
Such moments realise —
Undimmed by doubt, or chill restraint,
He clasped his darling prize.
Affianced hearts with rapture fraught
In wild embrace long cling, —
She trembled, for she little thought
Love such an awful thing.
Lost in a blissful trance was he,
In realms of joy untold,
Until she quite impatiently
Complained, " I'm getting cold."
Fit qth. — "A 'Sociable' Nocturn."
The chariot of love again
Renewed its nocturn chaste,
Linked in a glowing golden chain ■
Their journey they retraced.
Gliding along, he more and more
Enjoyed his bright machine ;
She hoped to reach her home before
The " stupid thing" was seen.
On, on, they rode, in silver sheen.
Never in life to part ;
The tremor of excitement keen
Just fluttered her young heart.
And worlds of glory — orbs of light,
Transpiercing boundless space,
In splendour canopied the night
With heaven's dazzling grace.
He thought the star-gemmed sky displayed
No ray her eyes to match ;
She feared perhaps she had not made
A really first-rate catch.
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He wond'ring, too, if very oft
Such trips she would repeat ;
She thinking that a spoon so soft
She easily might cheat.
He soared on love's bright gilded wings
Unto the seventh heaven ;
Her bow had more than seven strings,
For she was " more than seven."
Fit ioth.— " The Finale."
Most charming is the moonlight clear,
Delightful for a ride
To single cyclist, but how dear
To lovers, side by side.
Oh, he was lost in realms of love,
-Imagination's flight,
Soaring in blissful heights above —
Forgot the steering quite.
A shiver slight, a sense of pain,
Her heart quite timid grew,
For thrice again, and yet again,
That bat against them flew.
Six times that harbinger of ill
Across their path had sped,
Six times her heart had felt a chill,
Forboding something dread.
The seventh time its weird wings shot
Upon their startled sight,
A sullen cloud, like a foul blot,
Obscured the moon's fair light.
A faint scream broke the calm night air,
The tricycle upset, —
The Board of Works had set a snare,
Which holds its victims yet.
Down, down the fatal hole they fell
And sank, 'midst young love's flush,
That cyclist and his bonnie belle,
In seven feet of slush.
— "Aout."
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these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases of the respiratory organs.
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such are the ready mean3 of escaping from suffering when afflicted with colds, coughs,
bronchitis, and other chest complaints, by which the health of so many is seriously and
permanently injured in most countries.
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Never did Ballynafeigh present a gayer or more delightful appear-
ance than on Saturday and Monday, the 8th and ioth ult., when
about ten thousand people assembled each day to witness the annual
sports of the Ulster Cricket Club. The weather was truly splendid,
and the track (grass) in beautiful order.
At each of the following sports bicycle races were included in the
programme: — Drogheda F.C., 23rd May ; Queen's College, Belfast,
5th and 6th June ; Carbury (Co. Kildare) A.C., 8th June; Cork
A.A.C., 13th and 14th June ; and Limerick A. A. and Bi.C, 15th June.
Metropolitan B.C. management : — President, A. Whittaker »
capt., J. Berry; sub-capt., G. Whittaker; hon. sec. and treas.'
G. Carolan ; R. Berry, M. Mulhall, and J. Hopkins.
What Dublin cyclers would like to see : — The Fifty Miles Road
Championship of Ireland run for, at least, a month earlier than usual.
Another and shorter course in the Phoenix Park decided on.
Lansdowne Road let on more advantageous terms for race meet-
ings. Intending competitors for races held in Lansdowne Road
allowed to practise on the course. The General Irish Bicycle Meet
brought to a more successful issue in 1882.
Some soft-brained cycling youths are doing their utmost to bring
bicycles under the cognomen of " nuisances," by racing on the
asphalt up and down Grafton Street, every evening.
Club runs on Sundays are hardly "the thing ;" nevertheless a cer-
tain club, which for the present shall be nameless, carry out such —
at least all the members start off together every Sunday, wearing the
badge.
The following were the Easter runs of the various clubs: — Good
Friday : The Dublin University to Larne, via Belfast ; Irish Cham-
pion to Glendalough ; Eglinton to Delgany ; Phoenix, Richmond,
and Atlas to Maynooth ; Metropolitan to Greystones. Easter
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Monday : Dublin University to Lough Bray ; Eglinton to Glen of
the Downs, via the Scalp ; Metropolitan to Lucan, Atlas to Ennis-
kerry ; and Eblana to Delgany.
In conformity with a circular which was sent to the Irish B.C.'s,
inviting each club to send two delegates to a meeting to be held in
the Wicklow Hotel (B.T.C.), Wicklow Street, on Saturday, the 15th
ult., for the purpose of forming an " Irish Bicycling Association."
The following (Dublin) clubs were represented, viz. : — J. H. Craig,
R. Wright, and A. J. Boyd, I.C.B.C. ; R. Johnston and H. M.
Wright, D.U.B.C. ; R. Clifton and R. Merry, Phcenix B.C. ; E.
Walker and J. Carpenter, Leinster B.C. ; E. Carolin and A.
Whittaker, Metropolitan B.C. The Eglinton and provincial clubs
were conspicuous by their absence. Mr. J. H. Craig took the chair.
No less than 50 rules were submitted, the majority of which were
provisionally approved of. R. Johnston, 28 T.C.D., was elected hon.
treas ; and J. H. Craig, 41, Dame Street, hon. sec.
Ulster Cricket Club Sports, Ormeau Road, Belfast, Saturday, 8th
April : —
One Mile Handicap (Confined to residents in the province of
Ulster). — Final Heat : J. R. Fullerton, Glenarm, 50 yds (1) ; F.
Hunter, A.F.C., scratch (2) ; W. M. Woodside, scratch (3). Time,
4m. 47s.
Two Miles.— C. A. Palmer (1) ; T. Lamb (2). Time, 8m. 7|s.
Three Miles Handicap. — C. A. Palmer, Birmingham (1) ; T.
Lamb, Edinburgh (2) ; F. Hunter (3). Time 11m. 50§s.
Monday, 10th : One Mile Handicap. — T. Lamb, 50 yds (1) ; J.
Bell, Greenisland, 150 (2) ; J. Larton (o). Won easily by three
yards. Time, 3m. 33s.
Four Miles Handicap. — C. A. Palmer, scratch (1) ; T. Lamb,
190 yds (2) ; W. Woodside, 200 (3). Time, 15m. 34s.
Two Miles Handicap. — T. Lamb, 100 yds (1) ; D. A. Gibson,
210 (2) ; W. Woodside, 210 (3). Won easily by 5 yds, same
between 2nd and 3rd. Time, 7m. 15s.
" Athcliath."
AN AMERICAN HUMOURIST CN BICYCLING.
HE bicycle is not the easiest thing in the world to ride. It is
about as difficult to master as the trick-mule of a travelling
circus, and there is no denying the fact that it throws you
as hard and with as much precision. But then it looks
there is a charming simplicity about the whole thing that
satisfies you it is merely a matter of trying. It is more deceptive than
the circus mule, for the latter erects his ears, whisks his tail, and backs
around, while his eyes are full of subtle meaning. The bicycle, being
barren of psychologic power, is incapable of inspiring you with the
same suspicion and dread.
So you step out on the floor, and attempt to get on the machine.
After you have tried once, you come to the conclusion that it would be
far easier to get on the Retired List of the U.S. Navy. Then the pro-
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feasor comes along, and holds the spine of the machiue while you get
into the saddle and start. As soon as he lets go, the wheels commence
to move in a serpentine manner, and, after they have been acting in
this way for about three-quarters of a second, you do the great mil-
lennium act — you lie down with them — lie down so hard that you fancy
the floor came half way up to meet you and make it solid. Then you
calmly draw up one of the legs of your trousers to ascertain whether
you have lost an inch or a yard of skin off your shins. It is generally
a yard.
After you are in position again, with your face covered with blood
and dust, and not enough breath in you to admit of your expressing
your feelings properly, the professor tries to soothe you by saying
that when he learned he had twenty falls a minute ! and almost broke
his neck. This is said to convince you that you are making great
progress ; but it really fills you with alarm. By this time you are at
the corner of the room, about to make a turn. The machine lurches a
little, and you begin to wish you were off it. You do not wish in vain;
your prayer is answered on 'he spot. But you don't fall sideways this
time, the bicycle gives you variety. This time you sail over the handles,
as though anxious to bite a plank out of the floor, and land on your
back with the whole business in your arms. Then you wonder where
the fun comes in. You come to the conclusion that there is no fun at
a 11 in bicycling: but there is, though, just the same, only you don't know
how to findjit. But the boys over in the corner, who have been through
the mill themselves, see it all as plain as day, and they do their best to
keep still when you rise from the floor, and pick your suspenders out
of your hair, and your plug hat off your left foot.
When you get aboard again, you are boiling from every pore, and
your throat feels as dry as though you had just been eating unbeaten
carpet. And ho ! how you yearn for your time to expire, and wonder
what in the world induced you to try such a wild thing — a thing offer-
ing lots of danger and no pecuniary reward. And you do not feel a
bit better when your assistant informs you that in two weeks you will
be able to fly down steep hills, with your legs hanging languidly over
your ears. When your time is up, your soul is rilled with balmy
pictures of peace and happiness, and you promise faithfully to be on
hand for a lesson the next day ; and then, when you arrive at the desk
of the cashier, that individual says : —
" How long were you on the floor ?"
"Fifty-five minutes," you reply.
" Then you have five minutes more."
"No," you respond, " I was on the bicycle the other five minutes."
And then you leave, vowing that the next time you want to fall on
the floor and wallow in the dust like a midsummer hen becalmed under
a currant bush, you will do it right at home in the kitchen, and you
conclude to let your children look on, so that if you come to grief and
they laugh, you can take the edge off your grief and be made com-
paratively happy by paddling them around with a clothes-pole.
— K.E.M., in Puck, March 22, 1882.
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Never ha s there been a better Easter for touring1, and never ha\ &
there been more wheelmen on the road than this year. Almost every
club of note, except tbe Temple, have carried, out a club tour, and
individual clubmen, including T.B C. men, have been met everywhere
in the home arid adjoining counties.
See what ftless, the captain of the " Pickwick fathers," says — "We
had 18 membbrs and two friends. The road between Arundel and
Southampton is a perfect racing path." All voted the tour the most
enjoyable ever held.. No falling off in wheel enthusiasm, evidently.
The Liverpool Wanderers, to step countrywards some 200 miles,
give an equally good account of their Easter trip to Llangollen, &c,
and report the roads in North Wales as in " first-rate condition."
The Fallow Buck, at Clay Hill, near Enfield— not the Watford
Clay Hill — is recommended by the Belsize, who know " what's what"
as one of " those comfortable old inns only to be found off the main
roads."
The Diamond opening lun, tea, and '"' social" at the Roebuck*
Buckhurst Hill, Essex, was attended by no less than 500 riders*
which speaks volumes for the energy of Bruce Dezille, and his club
hon. sec, W. E. Ranger.
The City of London B.C., despite being now divided into divisions,
continue to get fair musters, though the district system must perforce
do away with those fine turn-outs we were used to last season.
The Kennington Rovers, South Shields, and Liverpool Wanderers
B.C.'s are amongst those who have come into the Union fold during the
past month. Good luck to them.
" Ching, of Ockham," makes riders so comfortable at his new place,
the Grove Hotel, Doublo Gates, Merton, that we read of the Overton
and Comet, who had been teaing at Ewell, halting on their return
journey and holding " a very enjoyable social " at " Ching's Grove."
The Clarence and Kildares have not forgotten Ham Common, as
the whisper was heard at the New Inn there last month, after their
club races. The Regents looked in during the evening, just to say,
"how-do?"
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From Ham, we turn to Ashton-under-Lyne, and find that April saw
the opening run of this local B.C., who turned out 18 bicyclists and
2 tricyclists for Cheadle. Not bad this for Lancashire loads. Cheadle,
however, is in Cheshire, where surfaces are a little better.
The following clubs have now got "busses": — the Belsize,
Clapham Park, Stanley, Finchley T.C., London T.C., Atalanta.
Lewisham and Metropolitan ; and the Minerva have thoughts of
starting one. '
The Essex clubs always seem to be at loggerheads. The dispute
which was on last year as to who should call the monster meet of
county tricyclists is again on the tapis. The number of small clubs
who amalgamated last year into one large association, under the title
of the Essex B. and T.C., think they should do so ; but the West Essex
who " hang out " at Chelmsford, say " No ! we are the county club,
and our ' Cook ' will take the feast in hand."
The Harehills Club, of Leeds, paid a visit to Studleigh Park and
Fountains Abbey on Easter Monday, and found them in a very
different atmospheric condition from the day on which the " damp "
London B.T.C. malcontents visited them from Harrogate, in 1880,
What a day it was !
The Borough of Portsmouth B.C., who possess the neatest badge
to our mind of any club in the kingdom, now number 110 members.
Mr. J. W. Sharpe, hon. sec. of the Croydon, and Captain Thomas,
of the Great Grimsby, have both been "testimonialized " during the
past month. Sharpe retires, and got a certificate on vellum; Thomas,
who still " sticks to it," got a clock.
The number of " Cyclists' Pests " about is getting confusing ; we
have one near Peading ; another near Hatfield ; one at Epsom : and
one at Iver, besides many, we dare say, of which we have no editorial
cognizance.
Mr. Weaver, hon. sec. of the Isle of Wight B.C., warns all cyclists
anent the " bye-laws " which compel lamps and bells to be carried in
"the Island." It is, of course, very desirable that these articles
should be carried on every bi. and every tri., but the Highways
Amendment Act of 1878 specialy exempted the Isle of Wight.
Cheap inns recommended by riders are the Rose and Crown, Riddles-
down ; the New Inn at Windsor, the Rose at Bedford, the Crest at
Essendon, all the " Cyclists' Rests," and the Wagon and Horses at
Ridge Hill.
The 'lemple turned out 84 men for their opening run to the Dog
and Fox at Wimbledon, including several tricyclists.
The Brighton Meet on Easter Monday was attended by about 300
riders. The local papers do not speak highly of the success of the
procession, owing to a block and numerous falls. Nothing of this
was due, however, to the Committee of Management, who, with Mr
A. H. Quick as hon. sec, made very good arrangements.
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NOTES OF A CRUISE ON WHEELS IN NORMANDY
By C. E. Oliver, Derby B.C.
(Concluded from page 242.)
Caen, Sept. 14. — We started from Bernay at an early hour, and
speedily got over the eight miles to Thiberville ; a mile beyond we
gain the main road from Evreux to Caen, and shortly after leave
the Department of Eure for that of Calvados. There is little to
chronicle on the road to Lisieux ; we had a splendid run down into
the town by a winding descent, which, however, required caution
and a frequent application of the brake. Pleased with the aspect
of this place we parted from our wheels for the inevitable dejeuner
and cathedral, which latter attraction has a very fine tower ; inside
we noticed an unusual and very large carved oak calvary and altar
combined. From Lisieux we had a straight and rather flat road,
but as we neared Caen the country fell away in front, and we had
to carefully negotiate several Avernus-like descents. At a lane end
we came upon a piquet of soldiers, and then a small encampment,
where the men were lying about on the ground, their uniforms
making picturesque patches against the green grass ; soon after-
wards a detachment appeared on the road, the rear brought up
by several stragglers in twos and threes, some nearly a mile
away from the main body. Having responded to the invitation
held out on the sign-board of an atiberge, we were discussing some
cheese, cider and fruit, when an Englishman entered, with whom
we had a long chat about the country, in which he had been residing
for some years. We entered the city of Caen, the capital of the
department, about a couple of hours before dinner, and utilised the
time, after dressing, in looking over the church of St. Jean and the
far famed and elegant structure dedicated to St. Pierre, which gave
the inspiration to some of Prout's best pictures ; the rest of the
evening was devoted to letter writing. (52 miles.)
Trouville, Sept. 15. — At Caen there is quite a collection of
magnificent churches full of interesting characteristics, and we found
much that was entirely new and striking to engage our attention.
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We were about early, and walked up the hill to the so-called Abbaye
aux Dames, dedicated to St. Giles. It has a large, walled convent
attached, and, like the Abbaye aux Horames, is built in the
Romanesque style of architecture. They are both splendid churches,
and kept very clean. We threaded a labyrinth of narrow streets in
order to reach the latter church, and noticed that some of the older
houses display antique gables and gateways enriched with very old
carved stonework, sometimes being provided with a niche containing
a Virgin and Child. Wt'liad not encumbered ourselves with guide-
books, but were able to find our way by the two sister spires, which
are seen from time to time over the tall roofs. This church was
built by William the conqueror, and a marble slab in the choir marks
his last resting place. Whilst in a shop, purchasing some views,
we were aroused by the fanfare of trumpets, which, as we discovered,
proceeded from a long column of troops entering the city. It was a
stirring sight as they came down the slanting street, and wound
round the base of a time-worn and crumbling old church opposite us.
Each company was preceded by six trumpeters, in two sections,
who played a sort of march. The men were scarcely of the middle
size, and swung along at a quick pace, generally out of step, and
each marching in his own fashion. We were making our way back
to the hotel (Hotel d' Espagne) in order to renew our journey
(thinking that six churches, not to mention other interesting build-
ings, were sufficient to occupy ourselves with in one town), when we
were forcibly reminded of the words of Portia, " Tarry a little, there
is something else," for at the corner of a square we came across still
another solemn relic of consecrated building, this time, however,
almost in ruins, and, as it proved, one of the most ancient and
interesting remains in Caen. A guide appeared with the keys, and
showed us the interior ; but the Sanitary Authority of the city have
almost dispelled the charm of this noble relic of the past by using it
as a depot for all kinds of implements, foreign to ecclesiastical
requirements and the chancel is heaped up with barrows, spades,
and brooms, enough to horrify the mind of even the most apathetic
archaeologist. Fragments of the roof, the cornices and mouldings of
the windows, are scattered on the ground, half concealed by grass
and " the mossy vest of time." The flamboyant tracery of the arch
of one of the side porches is very fine work, and in good preservation;
the greater portion of the building is in a state of desolation and
decay (although not past redemption), and there is a solemn air of
antiquity about the place that impresses the mind with mingled
feelings of awe and curiosity. It is called St. Stephen the Old, and
its erection was completed by William the Conqueror.
" Now stained with dews, with cobwebs darkly hung,
Oft has its roof with peals of rapture rung."
Like Lichfield Cathedral and other English churches, the nave
inclines to the left, in imitation of the Figure on the Cross, but so
much so, that the right hand corner of the chancel cannot be seen
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from the chief entrance. We took leave of Caen about mid-day, and
turned in the direction of the coast ; at the top of a hill we gave a
last look at the turrets and towers of the city in the hollow below ;
the day was very fine, the bluest of skies was overhead, and we had
a most exhilarating ride to Trouville. At Varaville, twelve miles
from Caen, four roads, or rather lanes, meet ; and, set back from the
road, is a cosy auberge, half farm, half inn. In the space before the
house, under a bower of overhanging trees, a merry party of ladies
and gentlemen were breakfasting; and as there was a vacant table,
we seated ourselves under the green canopy, and lunched, alfresco,
on small flat Pont l'Eveque cheeses, plums and pears, washed down
with a bottle of cidre mousseax. After a digestive pipe, we removed
our machines from the clump of trees where they had rested, and
pursued a narrow winding road that proved a welcome relief from
those which we had experienced the previous day, interest ever
arising as to what would come next in view, or whither the next turn
would bring us. At one twist of the road we landed abruptly into
the midst of a herd of cattle driven by two or three women, and were
indignantly pursued by a " monarch of the meadows," who never-
theless soon gave up, evidently convinced of the proverbial truth,
"a stern chase is a long chase." Presently we reached the coast,
and rode through Cabourg and Dives, the latter a pretty little water-
ing place nicely situated in a sandy bay. From hence we had a
charming ride by the sea, and finally reached fashionable Trouville :
we cast anchor at the Hotel du Plat d'Or, and hurried to the beach
for a bathe. The water deepens gradually , and exactly suits the visitors,
who lounge in the element rather than bathe, and chat with the
ladies, who wear very pretty bathing costumes and splash about in
the sea like so many mermaids. Trouville consists of a little fishing
village and port to the West : on the East are the sands, the Casino,
and a large number of elegant bathing villas and chalets built
amongst the trees which cover the slope overlooking the sea : besides
these, there is little else to notice exeept a few handsome and rather
dear hotels. The sand being soft and knee deep, the authorities
have constructed walks leading in different directions, and a prome-
nade consisting of long planks bolted together, and designated
by a modern authoress " The Treadmill of Fashion." (27 miles.)
Fecamp, Sept. 16. — A misty morning gave promise of another
fine day. We trundled along a hilly road to Honfleur-by-Villerville,
which is a prettier place than Trouville, and gained some beautiful
views of hill and glen on the way. Just outside Honfleur, a large
stone cross is situated on a grassy promontory by the sea, and the
spot looked so inviting that we halted and rested a long time on the
steps. The sea was still enveloped in a thick mist, which now and
then lifted, showing the brown sails of the fishing cobles making for
Honfleur ; but after a while, the sun warmed the grey fog, illumining
it with a golden glow, and finally dissipating it entirely. Then,
across the sea, we could make out the city of Havre, the smoke of
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the first steamer leaving the harbour, and the white wings of the
sea-gulls as they gleamed in the sunlight — a charming picture !
Near the cross, upon whose steps we reclined, a rushing stream
tumbles over the rocks, and from its waters we obtained a welcome
drink by means of the telescope cup, which, by-the-bye, we found
very useful during the tour. We entered the pretty port of Honfleur,
our heads nearly touching the antiquated lamps, which (as in other
towns we passed through,) hang suspended across the street by a
rope ; and took the boat across to Havre, about half-an-hour's jour-
ney ( fare, half-a-franc each, and machines one franc each). The
large city, with its fortifications and houses rising out of the sea, the
forest of masts in the harbour, and the green hill in the background,
make a perfect picture. On the pier we were surrounded by a small
mob : disentangling ourselves, we passed through several handsome
streets and boulevards. The Hotel de Ville is a fine building, in
front of which there is a large garden and ground?, with seats under
the trees, and open to the public. At one o'clock we were once more
en route, and reached Harfleur, the town once besieged by Henry V.
The church is
" A pious structure fair to see."
We did not, however, stop to inspect it, but held on our way by a
road sufficiently lonely to satisfy the most misanthropic lover of
solitude, until we came to Goderville ( a quiet and retired place),
where the ravenous state of our appetites caused a dismount. Hun-
ger appeased, and once more in the saddle, a strong wind at our
backs gave wings to our steeds, and we speedily despatched the
eight miles to Fecamp, a town situated in a deep hollow overhung
by a mountainous ridge on the East. A lighthouse is placed on the
spur of the hill, which juts into the sea. Here we slept at a quiet
hostelry ( 3, Place St. Etienne), opposite a poor looking church,
whose chief ornament seemed to be a discordant, cracked bell. ( 36
miles.)
Newhaven, Sept. 17. — At Fecamp the charge for dinner, bed,
and breakfast was ten francs, or 8s. 4d. for two, which we thought
remarkably cheap. Leaving our lodgings and passing over a
swing-bridge near the station, we ascended the steep ridge on the
East side of the town : the road wound about like an Alpine pass,
and was so splendidly engineered that we were able to ride the two
miles to the top with ease. Here an up-and-down road with a very
good surface presented itself, and we met a number of carts, mostly
driven by women, going to Fecamp market : bicyclists being strange
animals in these parts, some of the horses did not seem to relish our
presence, but a word or two seemed to convince them of our humanity,
and always soothed them ; as for the drivers, they did not trouble
themselves about the nervousness of their horses, but gave us a
musical Bon jour, messieurs ! as we went by. We ran through some
deep woods into St. Valery, and stopped there for breakfast and a
look round. This miniature bathing village is built in a sort of
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fissure in the hills, and we could scarcely find the small strip of land
which does duty for a " beach." At twelve o'clock, we once more
got on the road for Dieppe, where we arrived about two hours before
the boat's time for starting for Newhaven. (40 miles.) Here, as in
Paris, we saw women engaged in the not very feminine occupation
of street cleansing. At two o'clock we steamed out of the harbour
on board the same boat that we arrived in, and once more, the
weather and sea being calm, we felt but little of
" The tremblings of the immeasureable ocean."
Night had fallen when we neared the English coast, which was de-
fined by twinkling lights all the way from Newhaven down to where,
in the West, a brightly illuminated spot indicated the position of
Brighton, and at eight o'clock we again set foot on land. Newhaven
is a small port with a few shops and two good sized inns. Of the
many passengers that arrive by boat, scarcely any remain in the
town, the train which awaits each boat near the pier taking them
straight away to London. ' We, however, being independent of
trains, remained all night. The next day, we left the Ship Hotel,
Newhaven, and soon accomplished the nine miles by the coast road
to Brighton, where we stayed until the following morning, when we
were once more en route, and rode through the Sussex " Hursts," en-
countering several " stiff " hills, especially the one at Reigate, where
(as most cyclists know) a fine stretch of country can be seen. Then
on and on, across Banstead Common and through Sutton, threading
a few intricate lanes, and finally dismounting at Wandsworth (50
miles), where our " Cruise on Wheels " practically came to end, as
we stopped in London two or three days sight-seeing, and there
separated, having ridden 216 miles in England, and 402 in France.
Note. — The Normandy roads, except in one or two places men-
tioned above, are perfection. Our machines, a 56m. Humber and
56m. 'Xtraordinary, exhibited no vagaries and gave every
satisfaction. We used M.I.P. bags, and Clare's handle bags for
our luggage ; the straps on the latter gaveway after a few miles r
wear.
Our daily experience of the hotels and fare, was somewhat as
follows : — A little before the usual hour for dining (7 o'clock), we
rode into the town fixed on by us for the night's sojourn, and, select-
ing an hotel from the list culled from numerous tours chronicled in the
cycling press and elsewhere, we interviewed the polite proprietor as to
terms, which were always satisfactory. Having stabled our machines,
we are shown our rooms, usually furnished in a meagre manner, and
with the carpet missing, which tempts one to use the capacious,
swansdown cushion which crowns the counterpane of the comfort-
able bed, as a protection against the cold plaster of the floor ; soap,
candles, and water, appear to be scarce commodities ; the toilet
service is in miniature,, the water jug resembling a cream ewer in
size. Dressing over, we descend to the well set-out table d' hote \,
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at the right hand of each person is placed a large carafe of yellow
cider, and a black bottle of vin ordinaire (both fresh) ; the latter is a
kind of thin rough claret, very palatable after a long ride ; a superior
wine is obtainable for a franc and a-half. Bock, very good beer, is
also to be had at most hotels and cafes. To the cyclist visiting the
country for the first time, and accustomed to ordinary English fare,
a dinner a la Francais such as is served up daily at the hotels, will
appear somewhat strange. The following is a brief list in order of
the dishes placed before us, at the Hotel du Commerce, Rouen : —
Soup, roast mutton and carrots, fish, roast duck and turnips, French
beans dressed with oil, roast veal with lettuce also oiled, cheese and
dessert ; finger biscuits are rarely absent from t he tables ; bread
utterly usurps the place of potatoes, which seem to be as scarce as
in Raleigh's time ; they were entirely absent from the above repast,
and we only met with them once during our stay. As previously
remarked, one knife and fork are considered sufficient for one meal,
but we speedily learnt the wrinkle of wiping them on the bread.
The latter is baked in all sorts of fantastic shapes, but chiefly in
lengths, and is very light. Before leaving our quarters in the morn-
ing, we usually obtained a preliminary breakfast of chocolate, bread,
butter, and eggs. For this accommodation, viz., dinner, bed, and
breakfast, the average sum we paid was 7J francs each — very
reasonable. Dejeuner, ready at all hotels at eleven o'clock, is almost
as elaborate an affair as dinner ; fruit forms a prominent item, and
at the time of our visit was especially plentiful and cheap, the
peaches and pears were particularly fine and large.
We were agreeably suprised to find that gratuities to waiters, and
«■' tips " — those bores of the English tourist — are as unknown as they
are unexpected.
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THE WHEEL IN BARBADOS.
Report of the Hon. Secretary of the Barbados Bicycle Club on
the working of the Club during the year 1881 — 82.
The Barbados Bicycle Club having been now one year in exist-
ence, it becomes my very pleasing duty to make my first annual
report on the working of the club during that year. The past year
has been a most unfavourable one in many respects, and if our club
has not made more marked progress, it is owing to no lack of energy
on the part of its members, but to the unfavourable operation of events
over which we have no control. I refer (1) to the heavy rains in
June, which prevented the usual club runs ; (2), the recent epidemic
of yellow fever, which completely suspended our operations ; and
(3), our captain's recent affliction, which precluded him from taking
any lively interest in club matters for some time.
In consequence of such unfavourable circumstances, club opera-
tions have not been very extensive during the past year, and mv
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report will not, therefore, be very elaborate ; but I will still endeavour
to show that, in the face of all drawbacks, the institution has prospered
and the sport in general along with it.
The increase in the actual strength of the club is quite satisfactory.
At this time last year, our number was ten, all told ; at the close of
the year we number 18. Four resignations have been accepted this
week by the council, but on the other hand, 13 new members will
be ballotted for to-day, showing an increase of nine at the very com-
mencement of the year ; and I confidently anticipate that in the year
now entered upon, we shall double our present numbers.
As for the increasing prosperity in the colony, of cycling in general,
let the following facts speak for themselves : — When the club was
started, there was 11 machines in use in the island, all bicycles.
There are now, so far as I can ascertain, 24; 18 bicycles, 4 tricycles,
and 2 " Ottos." Besides these, I know of twelve machines now on
order, all of which may be expected to be here in the course of another
month or two, which will swell the number to 36.
There are other proofs of a decided impetus given to the sport by
the formation of our club. When the club was started, not one of
our enterprising merchants imported machines as a regular practice,
and necessary " sundries " were absolutely unobtainable. But nous
avons change tout cela. I am now aware of four firms who import
machines, and of two who are steadily going in for importing sun-
dries in the wheel line. Then the advantages of the tricycle have
been so prominently put forward, that I understand the Government
intends importing a few for police use, thus setting an example to
other colonies, which they will not, I think, be slow in following.
In several of the English cities, as members are no doubt aware,
tricycles are used both by postmen and policemen, with marked
success, and I venture to predict a glorious future, in this respect, for
the three wheeler.
What I may call the third effect of the formation of the club is very
gratifying. A bicycle club has been started in Georgetown, British
Guiana, under the name of the " Georgetown Bicycle Club" ; and in
replying to a congratulatory letter from our captain, Mr. John
McConnell, the energetic founder and present captain of that club,
states, " I may mention that it was only from seeing in a Barbados
newspaper, that a club had been formed there, that the idea struck
me to do likewise here." We wish the new club every success.
At this point it may not be out of place to refer to the appointment
of our captain as Consul at Barbados for that monster institution,
the Bicycle Touring Club. There are four members of the B.T.C.
now in the colony, and two more applicants for admission. The
time is not far distant, I hope, when English cyclists, who now tour
on the Continent, will try a trip to the West Indies instead, and the
appointment of a B.T.C. Consul at this colony is the first step in
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that direction. I have been asked by the captain to take this oppor-
tunity of impressing on members the many advantages to be derived
from joining the B.T.C., and to express the hope that every member
oi the club will ask for admission this year.
And now I come to the actual work of the club during the year.
We have had 20 club runs, averaging six miles each, and so far as
I could find out, members have always enjoyed them immensely.
The other club events have been : — (1) A dinner to the late Mr.
Cecil H. E. Holder, Consul B.T.C., and Captain Trinidad B.C. ; (2)
a meet at Government House, where, with the kind permission of
His Excellency the Governor, the club was photographed ; and (3)
a picnic given to the club on the 4th February at the South Point
Lighthouse, by His Excellency the Governor. These events were
all successful in the highest degree. Members will join with me
in praise of the excellent dinner at the Ice Establishment on the 26th
April, 1881, which has always been spoken of as the most successful
thing of the sort for the season. The best way of describing the
photographic meet is to say that the picture, which was taken by
Mr. A. S. Taylor, is perfect. I need not expatiate on the pleasures
of the picnic at South Point — the event is yet fresh in our memory.
It will suffice to say that the club was treated with His Excellency's
well-known hospitality, and that the expressions of satisfaction were
unanimous. I must not omit to record that the club on two of the
runs were entertained, first at Government House by our generous
President, and then at " Bradfield " by Mr. Vice-President Jones ;
and that on both occasions their reception and treatment were
worthy of our hosts. In fact the support and countenance given to
the club by its presiding officers have been most complete and
encouraging.
I cannot conclude my report without referring to the great loss sus-
tained by the club, and by the cause of cycling in general, in the death
of our late friend and club fellow, Mr. Cecil H. E. Holder. During
the short time he was with us, he was universally liked, and his
most untimely death is as universally regretted.
In the hope that members will kindly excuse any shortcomings
in this my first report, I will conclude by wishing them and the club
a happy and prosperous year.
nth March, 1882. C. G. West, Hon. Sec.
Adopted at the annual general meeting of B.B.C., on nth March,
1882. Edward Drayton, Captain.
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A CLUB-ROOM CONVERSATION.
(Scene : The Reading Room of the Dirthampton Cyclists' Society.
Smith, Brown, and Jones discovered sitting round the fire.)
Smith : Have you seen the papers this week, Jones ?
Jones : Not I ! I have given up reading them, and buying them,
for some time. They are worth neither the time nor the money, in
my opinion.
Smith : What ! Waste of time to devote a few hours weekly to
the perusal of the latest events in the world of wheels ? Did you
ever hear such an outrageous remark as that, Brown ?
Brown : Well, I certainly do not altogether agree with Jones. I
like to have a look at the papers, especially the magazines, but I
never give up two or three hours a week to that sort of thing.
Smith : I always read them through from beginning to end, for I
think they are just splendid. But I thought you were so fond of
bicycling, Jones ?
Jones : So I am ; but it does not necessarily follow that, because
I can enjoy a ride into the country as much as you, I should ex-
perience a spasm of delight every publishing day.
Brown : How many of them do you take, Smith ?
Smith : A good many. Let me see, of the weeklies I take three
English, one French, one American, one Belgian, and one Scotch.
Of monthlies I have two English, one American, one German, and
one Australian. Besides these, I see regularly three athletic papers
that devote a portion of their space to cycling items ; and, of course,
I buy all the separate publications and Christmas numbers.
Jones : And do you mean to tell me that you read every one of
them ?
Smith : Every one, my boy.
Jones : Then all I have got to say is — you are a fool ! Why,
you must pass nearly every evening of your life in perusing this
rubbish !
Smith : I do, and I am not ashamed of it. It is a harmless and
very enjoyable way of spending my leisure hours.
Jones : I call it a wicked waste of valuable time. What good
does it do you ? Do you feel any better for it ? I do not believe
you can point out one solitary instance of advantage gained by such
a course of reading.
Smith : I could give you dozens, only it would be mere waste of
time to tell them to you, prejudiced creature that you are ! I expect
the reason of all this spite lies in the fact that you have sent a story,
or the account of a tour, to one of them, and instead of appearing
in black and white, it sought the seclusion of the editor's waste-
paper basket.
Jones : I never did anything of the kind. I trust I have not sunk
quite as low as that.
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Brown : You two fellows are really dreadful. Why don't you follow
my good example, and go in for a happy medium. I take only one or
two papers, and do not even read the whole of those. I find much
interesting matter, which I digest, and much rubbish, which I pass
by with a glance. You, Jones, would pick up some useful ideas if
you did likewise, and you, Smith, would write better — I know your
nom de plume, but you need not blush — if you read less cycling
" literature," and more of our English Classics.
Smith : I do read all manner of things — when I have time.
Jones : Just so ! But I will illustrate my meaning. Hand over
that copy of the Whirligig, old boy. Thank you ! Now, what do I
find ? First of all there are five or six pages of advertisements, but I
do not complain of those, as every paper has them.
Smith ; And very useful they are, and at times quite interesting.
Brown : I never found them very exhilarating.
Jones : The illustrations are so good, also, are they not,
especially those of the lady tricyclists ? Next comes a whole page
of Fixtures ; you cannot get much solid matter for digestion out of
that, Smith, I should imagine.
Smith : Most useful, I assure you. For example, suppose I settle
at the beginning of the week that I will ride, if the weather be fine,
to Coventry on the following Saturday. I get my paper on Wednes-
day, and see, from the list of Fixtures, that the Dashabout B.C. are
going there on the same day as myself ; so, not being fond of those
worthy gentlemen, I promptly change my plans, and go off some-
where else.
Jones : And that occurs once — in three years ? And what about
your boasted Brotherhood of the Wheel ? It seems to me that the
only use of this page lies in the fact that it lessens the expenses of a
club and the labour of the secretary, while, on the other hand, each
individual member has to pay eight or nine shillings a-year on the
paper, beyond his ordinary club subscription.
Smith : But it is the duty of every cyclist to buy one or other of
the papers, whether he be clubman or unattached.
Jones : Then I cannot agree with you. It seems absurd to me
that a man, because he happens to ride upon a wheel, should be
forced to take an interest in the doings of every other individual
who whirls up and down the length and breadth of England. Well,
after the fixtures, there come two pages of club runs — the post-card
literature of the sport. Interesting and instructive, eh ? It is so
very nice to know that the members of the Dirthampton B.C. had
tea last week at the Dog and Pint-Pot, South Mellington, and that
When they had finished that festive meal, " a start was made for
home, which was reached in due course, after a most enjoyable
ride." One does so delight in reading such compositions once a
week for three or four years' running ! And you have been doing
so, Smith, I think you said ?
Smith : I like to know what the clubs are " up to."
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Brown : I must say that I side with Jones. The first three pages
of the Whirligig are a blank, as far as I am concerned.
Jones : Next to the Runs are two columns of Racing Fixtures.
These may be useful to racers, and those men who spend their
Saturday afternoons in watching races ; but to the ordinary rider
and reader they are as dull as the Runs and Run-Fixtures.
Smith : I always look through them. It is pleasant to see that
there is plenty of energy and pluck in our clubs. A good secretary
gets up a race-meeting as easily as he pays a bill, or shaves himself.
Brown : I have heard otherwise from some of them, and their
language was generally forcible.
Jones : I can quite understand that. The next two columns are
devoted to details of the handicaps of several clubs who have race-
meetings at the end of the week. I suppose, Smith, it interests you
to know that Snooks will start from scratch, and Teddy Nason from
the sixty yards' mark.
Smith : I confess it does. I like to guess at the result, and am
pleased if I " spot " the winner.
Jones : The next column is made up of short notices of two Club
Concerts. I should imagine that the only people who peruse them
are Robinson, who "sang 'The Tear' with great feeling," and
Tomkins, who " convulsed the audience with his clever rendering of
\ The Scamp.' " They will go so far as to cut out the paragraphs and
gum them in a scrap-book filled with very scrappy criticisms.
Brown : A very natural proceeding on their part. You are rather
unfair in some of your remarks, Jones.
Jones : I don't think I am. Here, now, is a scrap of useful
information headed " Railway Rates," but it is followed by three
letters about the Touring Club and a wretched little public-house.
All three of them are of a length out of all proportion, when one con-
siders what their subject is, and are mainly filled up with abuse of
other writers.
Smith : I like to see the fellows pitching into one another. It's
great fun ; only to thoroughly enjoy the correspondence you are now
speaking of, you must go back three or four numbers, and read Fiery-
land's first letter, in which he talks of B.T.C. "lunatics."
Jones : No, thank you ! I should prefer it, if they would settle
the fate of the small public-house in private. Next we have an
account of a tour, a page and a-half of it. Why, even the grammar
of the thing is bad, and would disgrace a sixth-rate daily ! And the
matter is dull, and the sentiment ordinary, and at times pot-housy.
Brown : But accounts of tours and trips are said to be the back-
bone of cycling literature.
Jones : Then it is mostly a bent or broken one. What good do
they do ?
Smith : They give a description of the state of the roads.
Jones : Useless. If I was thinking of riding to Mellington, I
should not stop at home because Mr. A. found the road " rough in
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places," or Mr. B. " came a bad cropper over a nasty heap of
stones."
Brown : But they give descriptions of scenery also, and tell us
about pleasant places for spending our holidays in.
Jones : Not one out of a dozen does so. The painting of the
scenery is generally common-place, or copied from a guide-book,
and the chief place of interest on the road is nearly always an inn,
which is pictured in glowing colours, down to the very barmaid.
Smith : Then, I suppose, if you had your own way you would
banish accounts of tours for ever from the columns of the wheel press.
Jones : Certainly, unless they were written in a style considerably
above the present samples, and contained a trifle more originality
than one sees in them now-a-days. To proceed. Here is a man
writes to complain of the way he has been treated on the road. It
seems that certain riders would not meet his advances half-way,
and steadily refused to be "chummy;" whereupon he calls them
" stuck-up," and " cads in uniform," with various other choice
epithets.
Smith : Quite right, too ! A rider should always stretch out a
hand of fellowship to every other man who goes in for wheeling.
Jones : I cannot possibly agree with you. Because I chance to
possess a bicycle, must I be " hail-fellow, well met," and all that
kind of thing, with every other person who is fool enough to do as I
do. It is just absurd. I ride out for enjoyment, and commonplace con-
versation with people whom I never met before, and rarely want to
meet again, is not my idea of bicycular happiness. If you were to
go for a drive, Smith, you would not exchange platitudes with every
one also sitting behind a horse whom you should happen upon.
Smith : Well, perhaps not.
Jones : Mind, I do not want you to think that I am desirous of
doing away with the ordinary civilities of life. What I object to is
the idea, held by many, that a total stranger, because he indulges in
the same sport, should, as a matter of course, thrust himself upon
you for a whole afternoon, or sometimes for a day, without hesitation.
Brown : But it is easy enough to show, by words or expression,
that you do not wish for his company.
Jones : Not always, unless you are abominably rude ; and some
men are so dense that even that has no effect.
Smith : I think it is decidedly jolly to pick up a companion when
I am out for a solitary ride. It makes it so much more pleasant if
one has a human being to talk with.
Jones : That may be your idea of a ride, but it isn't altogether
mine. I like to look about me and see things, and hear other sounds
besides the clack of a human tongue ; and, if you will not laugh at
the expression, to fed nature.
Smith : That is a very pretty sentiment, no doubt ; but give me
man before mountains, a good chorus before the songs of birds, and
the smell of a friendly cigar before the scent of a cowslip field !
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Flowers, and birds, and trees are not so bad, but they are not like a
jovial comrade.
Jones : Smith, you are a . I really cannot think of^an expres-
sion bad enough for you.
Brown : It seems to me that in your review of the Whirligig you
have left out altogether the two most important items. I referto the
leader and the general notes.
Jones : I was coming to them. The leaders are nearly always
fair, and, at times, very good ; though now and again they are the
reverse of this. Many of the notes, too, are interesting and amusing ;
others of them are stupid, or vulgar, or obscure.
Smith : I never found one stupid, and I have read hundreds of
them. Also, what you are pleased to term " vulgarity " is, to my
thinking, only a vigorous way of expressing sentiments about a
vigorous sport.
Jones : You really are incorrigible, Smith. I suppose, then, you
think the abominable words "jigger " and " bus " are pleasing to the
eye when printed, being words full of subtle meaning and strength.
You cannot pick up a wheel paper without coming across dozens of
such terms.
Smith : I see nothing to object to in either of them. But, come
now, you surely cannot find fault with the magazines. They, at
least, have no " fixtures" or long columns of" club runs."
Jones : Well, I certainly have not so much to find fault with in
them as in the weeklies, but on the other hand they have one which
cannot be found in the latter ; and that one is to be met with in
the numerous cycling stories. They have no long letters upon
trivial subjects, which is a great advantage. They have no detailed
accounts of club-dinners, socials, concerts, balls, or annual
meetings. Racing matters are cut down as much as possible, and
limited to big events. All this is as it should be. But the accounts
of tours have much the same faults as those in the weeklies, and
there is room for great improvement in that direction.
Brown : I should just think there was ! Why, I read, some months
ago, an account of a holiday ride, which occupied quite two columns,
and was altogether written in three sentences only. The jumble of
the thing was somewhat fearful, as you can well imagine.
Jones : The chief fault I find in the magazine is the stories ; not
because they are stories, but because they are all so much alike. Now
and then a good one turns up, and great ingenuity is shown in its
construction, but the great majority of them are monstrous to say
the least. You know, before you have read six lines, that the hero
will be married in the last sentence, and that he will marry a girl
whom he has saved from some great danger by a daring exploit on
his wheel ; or some fair creature at whose door he has had a bad
accident, and who nurses him tenderly through the illness which
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follows. On another occasion the hero either frustrates a large
robbery, or saves the household of a burning mansion. But what-
ever the story may be, the cyclist always comes out in glowing
colours, and a wedding is always crammed in as a finale ; you must
confess, Smith, that there is some monotony in this.
Smith : Not I. I think, considering the subject, that great
diversity is shown by the writers, and no amount of talk on your part
will shake my opinion. Just try and write a story yourself, and then
you will find how difficult it is to find anything fresh to knock into
shape.
, Jones : Thanks, I'll leave that to you. I think the papers would
be somewhat improved, if the writers did not strive so hard to
introduce the bicycle into every sentence. Let us have more general
matter from time to time. I think that this continual repetition,
often in the very same words, of stale thoughts and ideas about
bicycling, is apt to make one rather disgusted with the sport. The
stock-expressions which meet the eye in every other sentence, the
common-place reiterations which crop up in every direction, will
stunt the growth of our special press to a greater extent than you
may now think, unless a remedy is forthcoming. The other day I
read a sentence in a tale of bicycles and robbers, which showed so
well what many writers think is the only way to interest and amuse
their readers, that I cut it out. Here it is : — " Our hero had, therefore,
a good deal of time to spend on his beloved wheel — he was, of course,
a bicyclist, or our story has no point, and would be entirely devoid
of interest." I never heard such an absurd sentiment ! Because a
man takes an interest in wheel matters, must it naturally follow
that he never craves for anything else ?
Smith : Certainly not, but in a paper which is devoted to cycling
only, you must not expect
Brown: [Looking at his watch.) Pardon me for interrupting
you, Smith, but if we are going to the theatre to-night, it is time we
made a start.
They knock out their pipes, and exeunt.
" Bab Yardley."
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The racing season practically only opened in London this last
month, and it is yet somewhat early to predict, with any chance of
certainty, who is to be " the coming man " for 1882. Up to date,
however, the provinces are "well in it," as, undoubtedly, C. A.
Palmer is the best man who has raced this year ; that is, taking him
on his public form. Although only running a dead heat with
Griffith at the Oval, he was faster at the finish, and laboured under
whatever disadvantages there may be in riding on a strange course,
and amidst the only natural feeling of the large body of spectators
present that their man, the Londoner, should win. Milner has
perhaps of all the coming certainties shown worst, as he was
obviously out of A 1 form at the Oval. Crute is in splendid con-
dition, but still lacksjspurting power, and his only chance is to " kill"
his adversaries by keeping up atop pace right through a scratch race.
Cortis of course is a dark horse as yet, except as regards his past
fame, but he certainly seems to have lost no power, and if any man
can keep the championships in the " London stable" it will be the
" long-un," as he is irreverently called. Dundas's good performance
in the Surrey ten miles proves nothing, except that he is in fair
condition after his almost endless winter dancing, because a heavy
course suits him, and the pace was at no time sustained for any
lengthened period. Amongst the coming men with starts are Wil-
son of the Surrey, and J. S. Whatton of Cambridge University, but
when Thompson of the Granville gets on his proper mark, we do not
fancy that he will do much, though we shall be glad, for his sake, to
find ourselves wrong. The 6th May at the Alexandra Palace will
enable us to note, and report progress amongst the frequenters of
gravel and cinders. "Scorchalong."
AMATEUR RACING RECORD FOR APRIL, 1882.
1st April. — Bristol (Stapleton Bridge Grounds). — Three miles handicap. — W. J*
Smith, Bristol, scratch (1) ; H. Melhuish, 280 yds (2) ; F. W. Brock, 210 (3).
No time taken.
7th, 8th, and 10th April. — Liverpool (Kensington Grounds). — One mile handicap.
— G. H. Ilston, Birmingham, 130 yds (1) ; C. W. Bayes, Anfield, 75 (2) ; L.
Watts, Old Boys, Liverpool, 90 (3). Time, 3m. 18s. — Quarter-mile handicap.
F. Evans, Birkenhead, 30 yds (1) ; E. J. Bayley, Liverpool Wanderers, 20
(2) ; A. H. Fletcher, B.T.C., 30 (3). Time, 48|s. Two miles handicap.— J.
L. Duguid, Young M.C.A., 275 yds (1) ; J. Ashworth, Salford, 300 (2) ; D.
J. Bell, Anfield, 260 (3). Time, 6m. 51|s.
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8th and 10th April. — Belfast (Ulster C.C.). — One mile handicap. — T. Lamb,
Edinburgh, 50 yds (1) ; D. A. Gibson, Lanark, 105 (2) ; J. Bell, Greenisland,
150 (3). Four miles handicap. — C A. Palmer, Birmingham, scratch (1) ; T.
Lamb, Edinburgh, 190 yds (2) ; W. M. Woodside, Coleraine, 200 (3). Two
miles handicap.— T. Lamb, 100 yds (1) ; D. A. Gibson, 210 (2). Time, 7m.
16s. Three miles handicap. — C. A. Palmer, scratch (1) ; T. Lamb, 120 yds
(2) ; F. Hunter, 230 (3). Tirre, 11m. 50fs.
10th April. — Bournemouth. — One mile handicap. — S. E. White, 60 yds (1) ;
E. Griffin, 75 (2) ; T. Abbott, 80 (3). Three miles race.— J. S. Whatton, Cam-
bridge University (1) ; F. Howell (2) ; E. T. Griffin (3). Good cinder course.
No times.
10th April. — Brighton. — One mile handicap. — N. Nicholson, Brighton Rovers,
110 yds (1) ; A. E. Saunders, Brighton A.C., 100 (2) ; G. L. Jeffrey, Stanhope,
40 (3). Time, 3m. l£s. Three miles handicap. — R. A. Woolnough, Rovers,
scratch (1) ; F. Nicholson, Brighton Rovers, 330 yds (2) , G. L. Jeffrey,
Stanhope, 120 (3). Time, 9m. 53s. One mile tricycle handicap. — H. Colling,
Brighton Cycling C, 40 yds (1) ; A. Girling, 50 (2) ; L. Grose, Camberwell'
50 (3). Won easily.
10th April. — Byker (Waller's Ground). — One mile handicap. — T. Mordue, Silks-
worth, 110 yds (1) ; H. Greenwood, Berwick, 100 (2). Time, 3m. 2£s.
10th April. — Colchester. — Two miles race. — A. Spalding, West Essex (1) ; H. E
Rushen, Witbam, and J. R. Hamilton, Druids, dead, heat; P. N. Garrod,
Ipswich (3).
10th April. — Carlisle (Border City B.C., in Show Field). — Five miles handicap. —
H. Wake, Whitehaven, 600 yds (1) ; A. J. Todd, Border C, 250 (2) ; R.
Dover, Border C, 250 (3). Time, 18m. 35s. Two miles handicap. — R. Dover,
50 yds (1); H.Wake, 250 (2) ; A. J. Todd, 50 (3). Time, 7m. 5s. One mile
handicap.— -J. Tiffen, Border C, 220 yds (1) ; C. Tiffen, 400 (2) ; C. Todd,
300 (3). Time, 3m. 24s.
10th April. — Chesterfield. — One mile handicap. — H. Stevenson, 170 yds (1) ; J.
Farnhill, Nottingham, 180 (2) ; R. W. Cripps, Nottingham, scratch (3). One
mile tricycle handicap. — R. W. Cripps, scratch (1) ; T. R. Marriott, Notting-
ham, 10 yds (2). Half mile tricycle handicap. — R. B. Webster, Chilwell,
scratch (1) ; W. Bradley, Chesterfield, 40 yds (2) ; H. R. Phillips, 100 (3).
Quarter mile trick race with egys in teaspoons. — J. Ford, Claycross (1).
10th April. — Coleshill. — One mile handicap. — A. Hood, 35 yds (1) ; A Spencer,
Redditch, 80 (2) ; T. Shillcock, 100 (3). Time, 3rn. 50s.
10th April. — Edinburgh (Academical Cricket C). — Bicycle race. — M. C. M'Ewan
(1);- Young (2).
10th April. — Gateshead (North Durham C.C.). — Two miles handicap. — A. Ander-
son, Northumberland Amateurs, 65 yds (1) ; F. W. Tait, 17 (2). Time, 7m.
20is.
10th April. — Salisbury (Recreation Grounds). — Two miles handicap. — C. King,
scratch (1) ; C. Bridle, 250 yds (2) ; E. King, 230 (3). Time, 7m. 56s. Three
miles handicap— H. Bailey, scratch (1) ; C. Abel, 200 yds (2). Time, 16m.
56s. Championship of Wilts. — C. King, Salisbury, won the five miles in 19m.
39s.
10th April. — Southport (Zoological Gardens). — Ten miles handicap. — J. T. Ward,
Sale, scratch (l) ; R. Wildman, Leeds, lm. 45s. start (2) ; C. J. Thomas,
Soutbport, 30s. (3). Won by 50 yards. No time taken.
10th April. — Southport (Winter Gardens). — One mile handicap. — C. W. Bayes,
Airfield, scratch (1) ; W. Mason, Ashton-on-Mersey, 75 yds (2) ; R. Barlow,
Radcliffe, 120 (3). Won by 15 yards. No time taken. Two miles handicap.
— C. W. Bayes, Anfield, penalized 30 yds (1) ; R. Barlow, Radcliffe, 275 (2) ;
C. H. Hodgkinson, Wigan, scratch (3). Won by 20 yards. No time taken.
10th April.— -Bedford (Clarence Grounds). — One mile handicap. — W. P. Lance,
Northampton, 120 yds (1) ; D. Allbone, Biggleswade, 110 (2) ; J. H. Hawley,
Bedford Amateurs, 100 (3). No time taken, Five miles handicap, — W, R.
Ellis, Nottingham, 350 yds (1) ; J. H. Hawley, 400 (2) ; G. M. L. Kelham,
Lombard, 220 (3). No time taken.
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10th April.— God Aiinrsa.— Three miles handicap.—!?. G. Hebbletlrwaite, Dews-
bury, 200 yds (1) ; M. J. R. Dundas, Zingari, scratch (2) ; H. C. Tattam
Kingston, 200 (3). Time, 11m. 42s., on grass. One mile tricycle race. — P.
G. Hebblethwaite, Dewsbury (1); G. H. Fogden, Chichester (2).; C.
Lauchlan (3).
10th April. — Newport (Mon.). — One mile handicap. — H. E. Watkin, Pontypool,
100 yds (1) ; W. L. Powell, Monmouth, 60 (2) ; E. Phillips, Newport, 85 (3).
Time, 3m. 37Js. Two miles handicap. — M. A. Gibson, Bristol, 170 yds (1) ;
W. L. Powell, Monmouth, 120 (2) ; E. Phillips, Newport, 170 (3). Time,
7m. 54|s.
10th April. — Oundle A.C. — Two miles handicap. — H. Eedgate, Nottingham, 100
yds (1) ; H. Taylor, Wellingboro', 150 (2) ; G. Love, Peterboro', scratch (3).
Time, 8m. 30£s.
10th April. — Coventry (Cricket Ground). — One mile handicap. — M. H. Wbisln
Birchfield, 80 yds (1) ; W. Powell, Coventry, 95 (2) ; J. Steer, Godiva Har-
riers, 110 (3). Time, 2m. 46^s. Two miles handicap. — M. J. Lowndes,
Congleton, 195 yds (1) ; M. H.'Whish, 170 (2) ; W. Powell, 240 (3). Time,
5m. 37s. One mile tricycle handicap. — M.J. Lowndes, 130 yds (1) ; T. Smith,
Coventry, 142 (2) ; W. J. Mills, Coventry, 60 (3). Time, 3m. 21s.
10th April. — Oundle- School. — Two miles handicap. — A. Ward, 150 yds (1) ; B>
W. Bradley, scratch (2).
10th April. — Oxeord. Churchman's Union, atlffley Ground. — Five miles handi-
cap.— C. Crute, Sutton, scratch (1) ; W. F. M. Buckley, Oxford University, 40
yds (2) ; R. J. Reece, Civil Service, 70 (3). Time, 16m. One mile scratch race.
— R. J. Reece (1) ; O. Thorn, London (2). Time, 3m. 6|s. Good cinder
path.
10th April.— Woodbeidge.— 0?ie mile handicap.— T. R. Frost, W.M.B.C. (?), 250
yds (1) ; W. E. Milner, Belsize, scratch (2) ; W. Popplewell, Ipswich, 15 (3).
Time, 3m. 234s. Tiro miles handicap .—F . Prentice, Ipswich, 100 yds (1) ;
W. E. Milner, Belsize, scratch (2) ; W. Popplewell, Ipswich, scratch (3).
Time, 7m. 4fs.
10th April. — Tunbridge Wells (Camden B.C.). — Two miles handicap. — H. Moore,
150 yds (1); W. Richardson, scratch (2); E. Brown, 350(3). Time, 8m.
46s. One mile tricycle handicap. — E. Brown, 50 yds (1) ; J. Smith, 20 (2) ; C.
Creed, scratch (3j. Time, 4m. 19s.
10th April. — Gravesend (Bat and Ball). — One mile handicap. — E. S. Flinn.
Orsett (1) ; W. Flindell, Criterion (2) ; J. H. Carson (3). Five miles handi-
cap.— W. Heasman (1); Rutson (2); Flinn (3).
10th April. — Southend. — One mile handicap. — A. Dearn (1); H. Peters (2); J;
C. P. Tacagni (3). Time, 3m. 10s. Three miles handicap.— J. C. P. Tacagn*
(1); A. Dearn (2); D. Aland (3). Time, 10m. 5s.
10th April. — Leighton Buzzard (Bell Close). — Two miles handicap. — F. M. Lee>
150 yds (1); A. M. Bolton, 50 (2); H. J. Negus, scratch (3). Five miles
handicap.— A. M. Bolton, 210 yds (1); H. V. L. Kelham, 130 (2); J. E.
Phillips, scratch, (3). Time, 19m. 17s.
10th April. — Swansea. — One mile handicap. — McKee, 50 yds (1); G. Smith, 120
(2). Seven miles handicap. — G. Ace, scratch, (1); G. Smith, 600 yds (2).
10th and 11th April. — Leicester (Belgrave Road) — .One mile handicap. — W. T.
Prew, Leicester, 210 yds (1) ; R. Chambers, Birmingham, 75 (2) ; G. A.
Walker, Leicester, 110 (3). Time 2m. 45§s. Five miles handicap. — R-
Chambers, 150 yds (1) ; Taylor, Narboro', 400 (2) ; R. Billson, 350 (3). Tioo
miles tricycle hmdicap. — T.R. Marriott, Nottingham, 290 yds (1)'; T. Smith,
Coventry, 290 (2) ; J. Lowndes, Coventry, 230 (3). Time, 6m. 59£s.
11th April. — Tunbridge Wells. — One mile race. — C. A. Stevenson (1) ; H. A.
Moore (2) ; H. Richardson (3). Time, 3m. 38s. Good grass course.
11th April. — Ludlow. — Two miles handicap. — T. J. Anthony, Leominster, 130
44
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11th April.— Exeter (Polsloe Park).— One mile scratch race.—F. Hansford (1),
F. B. Fry (2). Three miles tricycle handicap.— W. H. Caseley, scratch (1).
Tioo miles handicap.— F. W. Jones, junr., scratch (1) ; W. Elliot, 90 yds (2) ;
W. Jones, 180 (3). Five miles handicap.— F. Hansford, 250 yds (1) ; T.
Studley, 550 (2) ; F. E. Fry, scratch (3). Three miles handicap.— T. Studley,
400 yds (1) ; F. Hansford, 175 (2).
yds (1) ; J. Badger, Ludlow, 150 (2).
15th April. — Balham (Manor House School). — Two miles handicap. — H. T.
Olney, scratch (1) ; E. H. Fletcher. 200 yds (2). One mile tricycle race. — A.
Jenner, (1) ; C. E. Seligman (2). No times taken.
15th April. — Glasgow (West of Scotland C.C. Sports at Partrick). — Tivo miles
race.—C. A. Palmer (1) ; T. Lamb, Edinburgh (2). Time, 8m. 20s. One
mile race.—G. A. Palmer (1) ; T. Lamb (2). Time, 4m. 3Js.
22nd April. — Kennington Oval (Surrey B.C.). — One mile handicap. — J. S.
Whatton, C.U.B.C., 80 yds (1) ; C. W. Coe, 110 (2) : A. Thompson, Gran-
ville, 160 (3). Time, 3m. 17£s. Ten miles scratch race.— C. A. Palmer and
J. F. Griffith dead heat ; M. J. E. Dundas (3). Time, 38m. 52|s.
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THE WHEEL WORLD. 45
PATENT RECORD.
[Compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C., from
whom all information concerning Patents, including book of instructions,
may be obtained.]
APPLICATIONS FOR LETTERS PATENT.
1275. — H. F. D. Miller, Birmingham. Lamps for bicycles and tricycles. 16th
March, 1882.
1395. — J. Lucas, Birmingham. Lamps for bicycles, tricycles, &c. 22nd March,
1882.
1425. — A.Pengelly and R. Day, Highbridge. Velocipedes, applicable for use on
land or water. 24th March, 1882.
1581. — J. Jenner, Kensington. Saddles for bicycles, &c. 31st March, 1882.
1623.— A. E. Gorse, Birmingham. Bicycles. 4th April, 1882.
1667.— T. Forshaw, Smalley. Tricycles and bicycles. 6th April, 1882.
1680. — W. Scantlebury, London. Bicycles and other velocipedes. 6th April,
1882.
1687.— C. J. Griffith, London. Motor for driving tricycles, <&c 6th April, 1882.
1764.— G. Rixon, Wellingborough. Bicycles. 13th April, 1882.
NOTICES TO PROCEED
Have been given by the following Applicants on the dates named : —
14th Mabch, 1882.
4917. — L. E. Broadbent, London. Bicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. 9th
Nov., 1881.
4956. — R. H. Lea and G. Singer, Coventry. Construction of velocipedes. 12th
Nov., 1881.
21st March, 1882.
439. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Construction of seats of tricycles, &c. 28th Jan.,
1882.
683.— A. Burdess, Coventry. Ball or roller bearings for velocipedes. 11th Feb.,
1882.
24th Makch, 1882.
5106.— W. E. Price and W. D. Overton, Hampton Wick. Velocipedes, &c. 22nd
Nov., 1881.
5253.— J. T. Townsend, Coventry. Tricycles. 1st Dec, 1881.
5514. — W. P. Thompson, London. Apparatus for driving tricycles. (Com. by N.
Merrill, New York, U.S.A.) 16th Dec, 1881.
28th March, 1882.
5113. — W. T. Eades, Birmingham. Construction of velocipedes. 23rd Nov.,
1881.
5305. — C. R. B. Hamilton, Greenwich. Construction of saddles for bicycles,
&c 5th Dec, 1881.
4th April, 1882.
5287.— C. Beger, Berlin. Velocipedes. 3rd Dec, 1881.
877. — H. Lees, Ashton-under-Lyne. Alarum bells for bicycles, tricycles, (fee.
23rd Feb., 1882.
14th April, 1882.
5682. J. White and J. Asbury, Coventry. Velocipedes. 27th Dec, 1881.
PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
17th March, 1882.
4051. — E. R. Settle, Coventry. Driving mechanism for velocipedes. 20th Sept.,
1881.
4106.— J. E. Leeson, Oldham. Lamps for bicycles and other velocipedes. 23rd
Sept., 1881.
4319. — J. A. Lamplugh, Birmingham. Bicycles. 4th Oct., 1881.
21st March, 1882.
46 THE WHEEL WORLD.
4091.— J. Adams, Camberwell. Tricycles. 22nd Sept., 1881.
28th March, 1882.
4317. — T. Warwick, Aston. Bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes. 4th
Oct., 1881.
11th April, 1882.
4492. — W. Harrison, Manchester. Velocipedes. 14th Oct., 1881.
650. — H. A. Dufrene, Paris. Velocipedes. (Com. by A. Mange, Longchamp,
France.) 10th Feb., 1882.
14th April, 1882.
4542.— F. W. Eicke, Beulah Hill. Construction of velocipedes. 18th Oct.
1881.
PATENT,
On which the Stamp Duty of £50 has been paid.
1274.— E. C. F. Otto, Peckham. Bicycles. 31st March, 1879.
PATENT VOID
Through the non-payment of £50 Stamp Duty.
1305. — D. Campbell and J. Walker, Wolverhampton. Tricycles and manufac-
turing tyres for velocipede wheels, &c. 2nd April, 1879.
ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th April, 1882. Prepared by Hart & Co.>
Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C.
3272. — J. H. Johnson, London. Bicycles. To prevent the class of accidents
known as " headers," the handle bar is so fitted on the yoke that on
any pressure being applied it immediately becomes detached there-
from. A spring lever is used to lock the handle bar on the yoke, the
pin of which passes through an opening in the hub of the handle and
the stem of the yoke. (Com. by W. Eennyson, Norriss Town, U.S.A.)
26th July, 1881. Price 6d.
3317. — W. Jeans, Christchurch. Tricycles. To provide for different speeds
two sets of gearing wheels are provided between the crank shaft and the
wheels, one being on each side of the vehicle. One set drives the
wheels faster than the crank shaft, and the other slower levers bring
each set into action as required. 30th July, 1881. Price 6d.
3371. — F. Wirth, Frankfort. Velocipedes. On the axle of the wheel is fixed
a ratchet wheel, just outside the fork on each side, and a toothed wheel
is mounted freely on the axle, which has pawls to engage the ratchet
wheel. The toothed wheel gears into teeth on the inner edge of a seg-
mental lever, which is pivotted on an extension backwards of the fork,
and fitted with pedals. On the underside of the lever a spring is
arranged to raise it when the downward pressure is removed. The
wheel is caused to revolve by the downward motion of the lever, acting
through the pawls of the loose wheel on the ratchet wheel. (Com. by
P. Praechter, Heidelburg, Germany.) 3rd August, 1881. Price 8d.
3408. — G. Strickland, Malta. Bicycles, &c. The backbone is made in two
parts, the lower part sliding in the upper part, and regulated by a screw
within the backbone, actuated from the front of the fork. The rake of
the fork can therefore be varied as required. 6th August, 1881. Price
6d.
3432. — W. R. Foster and T. J. Williams, London, Securing india-rubber tyres
to wheels of bicycles, &c. The tyre is formed with a longitudinal
groove at each side, and the rim of the wheel has corresponding
inward projections to take into these grooves. 8th August, 1881.
Price 4d.
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3587. — A. W. Bobinson, Birmingham. Bicycles, &c. A steering check spring,
consisting of a coiled spring in a tube, which presses a flat-headed
piston against the steering shaft or other part, is used, so that the
hands of the rider are free while the vehicle is travelling in a straight
line. The seats of tricycles are formed of endless leather bands, passed
through loops on the side rails of the seats on which the surface of the
seat is stretched. 17th August, 1881. Price 6d.
3623. — C. Toope, London. Bicycles and tricycles. The backbone is fitted on a
spindle rising from the fork, between which and the socket of the back-
bone is a coiled spring to lessen the jolting motion. In the lower ends
of the fork are boxes with bearings for the axle, which boxes move
freely in vertical guides, and are governed by springs. (Pro. pro.)
19th August, 1881. Price 2d.
3576. — M. A. Weir, London. Velocipedes. An endless band or chain passes
over two pulleys, one on the hub of the wheel, and the other on a
sliding arm below. The pressiire is given through two pedal levers, on
each of which are two pedals connected with a clutch. The forward
clutch on the pedal bar grips and moves the endless band so as to drive
the machine forward, and vice versa. The axle is made in two parts,
one sliding within the other, so that the machine may be collapsed.
17th August, 1881. Price 6d.
3684. — W. G-. Hammon, Coventry. Driving gear for velocipedes. A drum
carrier inside a helical spring, the end of which is attached to the
spindle on which the wheel is loosely mounted, and a chain is coiled on
the barrel of the drum, which is attached to the treadle. On the drum
is a slot in which a pawl on a plate clutches. The plate actuates a
ratchet wheel secured to the driving wheel. (Pro. pro.) 24th August,
1881. Price 2d.
3697. — G. B. Godsall and J. C. C. Bead, Birmingham. Bicycle lamp. This
lamp has a hinged barrel by which it is suspended from the axle. One
half of the cylindrical barrel is secured to the lamp, and to the under
part of the other half is a hasp which snaps over a projecting spring
catch on the top part of the front of the lamp. The door of the lamp
is hinged to the body at the bottom, and when it is closed it fastens
over the hasp and assists in securing it in position. 25th Aug., 1881.
Price 6d.
3572. — G. Bichards, Manchester, and B. C. Tilghman, London. Velocipedes.
The fork is continued before the large driving wheel as well as behind,
and a second small wheel is fitted in front to prevent " headers." This
has an independent steering apparatus so as to be always on the same
plane or line with the large wheel. 17th August, 1881. Price 6d.
3763. — J. K. Starley, Coventry. Driving velocipedes. Increased power is
brought into action when mounting hills, &c, by a double toothed
pinion, which can either act on a bevel wheel fixed on the hub of the
driving wheel or on a smaller wheel mounted on a stationary spindle.
(Pro. pro.) 30th August, 1881. Price 2d.
3764. — J. K. Starley, Coventry. Velocipedes. Instead of having rigid teeth
on the chain wheel, discs or rollers are pivotted on the periphery of the
wheel on which ride curved bosses or shackles formed in the chain.
The saddle is so fitted on a rod that its position may be changed. The
wheel is driven by a vertical shaft connected by bevel wheels to the
crank shaft, and by a pinion engaging an internally toothed wheel in
the hub of the driving wheel. (Pro. pro.) 30th August, 1881.
Price 2d.
3769. — E. A. Smythe, London. Propelling velocipedes. A straight cogged- rack
acts on a cogged wheel mounted loosely on each end of the axle, which
acts on the driving wheel by a ratchet wheel and pawl. Stirrups are
attached to each rack, and they are connected together by a chain over
pulleys fixed above the wheel, so that as one is depressed the other is
lifted. (Pro. pro.) 30th August, 1881. Price 2d.
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THE YEAR OF SPORT. By the Editor.
HOW I PROVED AN ALIBI. By William J. Bull, Minerva B.C. (Author of " Odds & Ends").
A WILD, WILD RIDE ; or, The Mystery of the Dead Hand. A Reminiscence of the
Great Meet of Bicyclists at Harrogate. By Walter Crompton, Capt. Warrington B.C.
MY BICYCLING EXPERIENCE. By "Beachey Head."
LONDON TO LEICESTER IN 189—. A Tale of the "German Occupation." By "Agonistes, '
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BOYCOTTED. A Night's Adventure. By T. H. Holding, Prest. B. T.C.
A RIDE INTO DREAMLAND. By "B.," Canonbury B.C.
LA SOMNAMbULA. By"W.J.C."
THE MYSTERY OP THE MANTEL-PIECE. By " Choey Sawtell," Sherborne B.C.
AN ADVENTUROUS PIONEER RIDE IN AUSTRALIA. From Sydney, over the Blue
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THAT GARRULOUS STRANGER. By "Ab Initio."
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CYCLISTS UNDER CANVAS ; or, Jottings from the Harrogate Camp. Twenty-five
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A GLANCE AT OUR ADVERTISERS. By the Editor.
POEMS, BALLADS, RHYMES, &c.
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THE DOCTOR AND HIS TRICYCLE. Founded on Fact. By"W.N.M."
THE CRY OF HUNDREDS. By " Plated Treadles."
THE LEGEND OF SIR SCORCHALONG AND THE LADY POTOJAM. Eight Hlustra-
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CYCLING versus COURTSHIP. By " Aout."
NURSERY RHYMES. By 'Aout."
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OVER THE HANDLE-BAR. A Parody. By " W.W., Junr."
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?he Decadence of Clubs, and a suggested method of improvement 50
Jy the Eoadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
How the Wheel World 'Wags ' " . . 58
Fottings from the Emerald Isle 61
)ng of the Irate Tricyclist 62
imongst the Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Jlub Directory 66
!?he Eailroad Velocipede 73
tmateur Kacing Record . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cutting the Records in the U.S.A 77
A Long Bicycle Ride in New Zealand 79
Cycling Celebrities. — No. 9. Mr. R. H. Leslie 81
Roving Records. — A Ride through Donegal . . . . . . 82
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FROSTS.
0 mention frost in the present sultry season may not
perhaps be out of place, but the "frosts" to which we
propose to refer are not those of the refrigerating kind,
but are rather the results of the special efforts of "warm
members." Of course in every line of life there are " frosts."
These do not necessarily imply an intention of wilfully humbug-
ging anyone ; a " frost " may be a simple failure from natural or
legitimate causes, or it may be the organised plan to " rush " the
public without coming within the pale of the law. When it
does this, it ceases to be a " frost." If we except horse racing or
pedestrianism, very few sports have had more " frosts " to contend
against than has bicycling. It has pervaded every branch of the
pastime. 1 st, we have the mushroom club, which is kept afloat
solely for the glorification of a few men who are at once the
officers, committee, and the club. We have had race-meeting
frosts, musical and dramatic entertainment frosts, dinner frosts
— a table laid for 80 and under 20 turning up — we have had ex-
hibition frosts, circulation frosts, advertisement frosts, and
press notice frosts, amongst which we may fairly class
published notices of book B., which referred solely to
book A.., and appeared in a journal which had died
before book B. was published. With such a heap of palpable
frosts ever apparent to the reading and musing cycling public, we
can hardly wonder that mushroom clubs are on the growth. It
was a letter received by us from a South London clubman on this
subject that suggested our article of this month. He asks us to
raise our " powerful voice " to put down mushroom clubs.. We
gladly add our mite to such an effort, but looking to the inability
of the general press of the country to put down " frosts " in every-
day life, we fear the task is too Brobdignagian to ensure success
even in wheel circles. When men find that they can " frost " the
wheel public by palpable false statements, one can hardly wonder
that the comparatively small " frost " of the establishment ox
mushroom clubs is a matter of easy accomplishment. What
wheelmen should do is to consider every question as it arises on
its merits, and to think it out for himself. A. says he gives the
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best article, and that he sells thousands of his wares. Let the con-
templative wheelmen consider if such is likely to be the case,
having regard to what he himself can judge of the quality of A.'s
wares, and if he can reconcile the two facts, let him adopt them
in their entirety. On the other hand, if A. is palpably wrong, let
him consider everything such an one does from a " frosty " point
of view. So on, if B. forms a club, buys a uniform, and gets a
few personal friends to do ditto, and then ends there, B.'s effort
is a frost pure and simple. On the other hand, if B. establish a
small club by the means we have named, and it eventually be-
comes a strong one, even to the extinction of an older society in
the same district, it simply proves that B. was an organising
genius, who, failing to get recognition elsewhere, took means of
his own to secure it. B. would only be applying the acknowledged
principle in force in every business, viz., fair competition. If B.,
however, tried to establish his new club by personally slandering
the officials of any existent club, his conduct would exceed the
fair bounds of competition, and be worthy of denunciation. Fail-
ing this, however, we cannot see why B. should not try to found
his club, nor can we point to a better example than the weekly
paper issued from this office, and known as The Cyclist. Starting
from scratch in the field, had it been deterred from perseverance
for fear of being termed "mushroom," cyclists would not have
had their news weekly, as they now have, for one penny ! We
leave it to the readers of the "pushing pennorth" to determine
whether the manner it is conducted is to their taste or not — that
is their affair ; but we can, with pardonable pride, certainly assert
that amongst the numerous bicycling ventures yet started it is not
lo be classed as a literary " frost."
THE DECADENCE OF CLUBS, AND A SUGGESTED
METHOD OF IMPROVEMENT.
By John A. Williamson, Tynemouth B.C.
HE question of the decadence of clubs has often been
discussed, and the general opinion appears to be that
this state of things is caused by the inactivity of the
officers, and the younger " blood " not being put in
their place. With this I agree, and I think that a little exertion
on the part of the officers, put forth on untrodden paths, would
tend to increase the interest taken in the club by the members.
Tricycling has of late taken a great hold upon the wheel world,
and at the present time appears as the only rival to the bicycle as
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a mode of iself-locomotion. This being the case it would well
repay the officers of a club to purchase one for the use of the mem-
bers. A double, or Sociable tricycle, would be the most suitable, and
as it has considerable advantage over the single one, both in
the ease of propulsion and in the pleasure of having company, it
will soon be better appreciated than it is at present. As the
method of governing a club tricycle presents, at first sight, certain
difficulties, I would suggest the following plan to those who
might at some future time go in for one — of course it is a sine qua
non that the club has about £30 to spare : —
Let the club purchase a good Sociable tricycle from one of the
best makers, and not fall into the mistaken idea that a cheap
machine will stand the work of a club. The price will be about
£25, and no doubt a discount will be given off this amount, which
will pay for lamps and other incidentals. The machine should be
painted, enamelled/ or plated all over, and no bright parts should be
exposed upon it. The width of the trike will demand a proper house,
unless the club are possessed of a stable or other suitable place ;
or, if the club house is detached, a good way would be to erect
the house against it, which would not cost more than £5. This
is all the expense the club would be put to, and the charge levied
for the hire of the machine would not only return good interest,
but in the space of two or three years would repay the principal
sum to the club. Two shillings, I think, is a reasonable charge
for a whole day.
As breakages will occur, it will be necessary that the rules
should state that a person hiring the tricycle should only be held
responsible for an accident which is not the result of fair wear
and tear.
A tricycle honorary secretary will have to be appointed, and it
will be his duty to take charge of the house key, look after the
'* tolls," and keep the application book in which the members
write down the date on which they wish the machine.
To make club runs more enjoyable the "bus" should accompany
the club on their Saturday afternoon excursions.
The following would be the routine to obtain the tricycle : — A.,
who wants the machine say for next Friday evening, goes to the
tricycle secretary, sees the application book, and if it is not pre-
viously booked for that date, puts his name down. On the Friday
evening he comes for the key, and, after paying the specified sum,
obtains it, and then gets out the trike.
Clubs differ as to the companions a member is allowed to take
with him, but a good rule is that the companion should be either
a member of the club, or a relative residing in the same house
with him.
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All persons who have tried a Sociable are loud in its praises,
and the ease and sociability which is adherent to it reminds one
of what we may expect in 1901. The bicycle only surpasses it
on long hills and rough roads, while for comfort and sociability it
is unexcelled. It is about the same width as a carriage, and runs
easily in the ruts.
The above hints will, I trust, assist any club readers who wish
to go in for a " bus," and the small trouble which they require is
indeed a tittle compared with the large amount of pleasure derived
by the members and their friends from " the club bus."
BY THE ROADSIDE.
The scene is a country road, at the top of a long, rough, and steep
hill. The hedges are thick with honeysuckle and wild -roses, while
the air is heavy with the scent of flowers. It is about three o'clock
■upon a hot summer's afternoon. A bicyclist comes slowly up the
ascent, pushing his machine in front of him. He is hot, thirsty, dirty,
dusty, and wants shaving. When he reaches the top he throws him-
self full-length upon the grass, on the shady side of the way, and gives
a great sigh of relief. Then he talks to himself somewhat in the
following manner : —
By Jove ! how hot it is ! I feel quite above boiling-point, and I'm
as dry as a bone. Of all the vile roads I have ever come across in
the course of my five years' bicycling, I think this is the very vilest.
It possesses all the attributes of evil, except ugliness. Hardly a
couple of miles of level during the whole day's journey, dust quite
three inches deep, ruts fit to upset a king, stones as numerous as
the flies have been all morning, holes oi Gargantuan proportions,
calculated to ruin one's nervous system for ever and a day, and hills
steeper than Pelion piled on Ossa and Olympus. Certainly every-
thing on all sides is beautiful, and charming for human eyes to
dwell on — if they were not too full of dust, and so much occupied
in trying to ward off accidents. The birds, too, have been singing,
with their hearts in their throat, in a manner which would induce
the veriest croaker to try his hand, or rather his want of voice, at a
chorus — if his gullet were not as parched as the Great Sahara.
What would I not give for a drink ! I would take anything at this
moment, and that right gladly ; but if I were so favoured as to be
allowed a choice, I think cider and lemonade, with a lump of ice and
a straw, would as nearly as possible " raise me to the gods, the lords
of earth." But what is the use of this wild dreaming ? It is quite
five miles to the next village, with small chance of an inn between
here and there, as I have wandered from the beaten track. Perhaps
I may come across some brook, or a farm-house. At farm-houses
there is generally milk — but this sort of thing won't do, or I shall
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get more thirsty than ever. I think I will try a pipe, if mine own is
not too dry to suck at it. That's better! (a long pause). How cool
the grass is to one's cheek ! And what a comical little spider that
is! I shan't hurt you, old man, so don't be alarmed. But, good
heavens ! ants — heaps of 'em, as I'm a living sinner. But perhaps
they will not bite me, so I don't think I'll move — it is too comfortable
for that. I think I hear some one coming ; yes, I thought so. A
maiden, too, and with a milk-pail. Oh, Jupiter ! may she vouchsafe
it, give me of it one little drop !
A young rustic maiden comes down the road, carrying a large can
of spring water. She is strong and fair, and her golden hair has
broken from its bands. In her other hand she has flowers.
He : Good afternoon ! May I ask for a drop of water, as the day
is such a hot one ?
She : Certainly, sir. But I have no cup, and the can is not fit
for you.
He : I can manage very well, thank you. [He takes a long, deep
drink.) Ah ! now I feel considerably better. Just one more. I
am like the great Pantagruel, all thirsty. Ha! ha! Richard is
himself again ! I thank you, gentle maiden.
She : You are quite welcome, sir. You do look hot. Have you
come far on that — that — I don't remember what they are called.
He : That dusty and rather seedy-looking object with two wheels,
rejoices in the name of " bicycle." It is the great invention of the
age, and is the descendant of the ancient velocipede, which, in the
vulgar tongue, was often termed " philosopher" — a name which still
Sticks. It is inappropriate, too, for the last thing a philosopher
would do would be to go rushing all over the country as a bicycle
does. But have you never seen one before ?
She : Yes, once or twice. Last year a young gentleman rode
down this hill, and he fell off — he was thrown against the wall at
the bottom, and killed. His mother came.
He : Poor mother !
She : Yes, it was hard for his mother. But do you really like
riding about the country on the top of that, sir ?
He : I really like it. In fact I " go in" for it a great deal. I am
secretary of our club, don't you know, and also a consul of the
Bicycle Touring Club.
She : What is that ?
He : Child ! do you mean to say seriously that you never heard
of the B.T.C. ?
She : Never.
He : How truly sad ! Why, it is the greatest, the best, jolliest,
happiest, funniest, pleasantest, and altogether nicest club in the
world. Then you don't know what a Consul is ? or a Representa-
tive Councillor ? or the club Gazette ? Have you ever been to
school ?
She : Sir ! Of course I have. I hope I can read and write as
well as anyone in our village ! School, indeed !
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He : Pardon me, I have been rude. But I thought that everyone.
must know all about the B.T.C. Then, perhaps, you know nothing
about the Bicycle Union ?
She : No, sir.
He : Woe is me : I am on the Executive, and plenty of work I
have to do. I am afraid you are sadly ignorant concerning matters
bicycular. Does no one ride in your village ?
She : We have our work to do.
He : You are pleased to be sarcastic !
She : I do not know what you mean. I am only a poor farmer's
daughter, and cannot understand your strange talk. We all have
to work here, and even then it is sometimes hard to live.
He : I meant nothing, gentle maiden : I seldom do. I laugh,
and talk, and pull along somehow, and I have not found the world
so bad after all. Tell me, did you ever hear of the Kyrle Society?
You shake your head. It is a great and glorious society, which has
been formed for the express purpose of finding a channel into which
all the superfluous energy of young ladies may be turned ; and all
this energy is for the benefit of the poor people. They paint for the
poor, sing to the poor, and give flowers to the poor. They sing to the
children in the hospitals ; which is good. They paint pictures for
the hospital walls ; which are generally bad. Oh ! it is a great
society.
She : I do not think you mean what you say.
He : Well, child, I do, and I do not. I am not asking you a
riddle. I mean that a few of the Kyrlists are in earnest, and a
great many of them are merely playing at it. Do you see ? But,
come, you cannot mean to tell me that you have never heard of
aestheticism, and never seen an aesthete ?
She : Never. What does it all mean ?
He : Well, strictly speaking, aesthetics is the science which treats
of the beautiful in nature or art.
She : Then this honeysuckle is aesthetic ?
He : In a way, yes. But now-a-days it is nothing but a catch
word, of which nearly everyone is sick. Novels have been written
about it, plays have been written about it, and songs have been
written about it. Everyone laughs and jeers about it. Nobody
knows anything about it. Nobody ever saw a real aesthete, only the
imitations of him, and this is mainly due to Mr. Punch.
She : I've seen him, only a few days ago, on the green.
He : I don't mean the gentleman who goes about in a show, and
bangs around with a stick. The Punch I am speaking of is a paper,
a comic one, with pictures. So regularly for the last four years has
Mr. Punch trotted out men and women whom he has dubbed
aesthetes, and so absurd has he made them, that no one dare admire
anything. If you say that you are fond of sun-flowers or lilies
people roar with laughter, and tell you you are " bitten." And so
Punch has helped considerably to crush a love of art and nature,
because the majority of people — who, as Carlyle says, are mostly
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fools — do not know the difference between good and bad art ; and so
they must laugh at everything.
She : I don't know anything about art. I like flowers, and trees,
and birds, and things out-of-doors.
He : You are wise. I know nothing about art either, but I do as
you do. I like to see things, hear things, and feel things. I like
to be out in the open. I like a pipe, a glass, and a laugh. I like
people — some of them. I like animals — most of them. I like flowers
— all of them. But do you have no amusements here, nothing to
break up the monotony of the day ?
She : Not much. We sing our own songs, and we dance some-
times— not often. The boys have games, I have no time for them ;
I help my mother.
He : And are you happy ? Are you contented ?
She : Yes, I am contented and happy, generally.
He : Then you do not know the first duty of man.
She : I think I do'. What do you say it is ?
He : It is to be discontented — to cultivate a noble discontent.
Without it the world would not advance a step in the right direction ;
it would remain for ever in the mire. Therefore it is the duty of
every man and woman to be discontented, and try to better every-
thing.
She : I do not seem to see it as you do ; but I am ignorant. Is
there a second duty of man ?
He : Yes, a second and a third. The second is to laugh — to laugh
long, and, if possible, to laugh always. " It is better to laugh than
to shed tears," said the great master, Francois Rabelais, of whom
you may not have heard ; and I agree with him. Therefore laugh,
little one, laugh often, laugh always — either loudly, or softly, or
sweetly, or harshly — but laugh, laugh, laugh !
She : How funny you are ! Sometimes I must cry.
He : So must I ; but when I do I sin, and sin grievously, even
when there seems great occasion for it. To-day I could have wept
at the roughness of the road, the depth of the ruts, the thickness of
the dust, and the steepness of the hills ! But I fought against the
inclination, and laughed.
She : I cannot laugh in winter; it is so cold, and it is hard to
work out-of-doors.
He : Speak not of winter ! The very thought of it makes me
shudder. If I had my way, it should be always blight and glorious
summer, with gentle breezes, and everything green and delightful.
She : W'hat is the third duty of man, sir ?
IIe : It is to love. Have you ever loved ? Do not blush, little
one ! A man should love father, and mother, and sister, and brother,
and sweetheart, and relations, and friends, and enemies— confound
them ! And he should love his native country, and his Queen, and
his home, and his garden — if he is lucky enough to have one. And
he should love his pleasures, and his pains, and his triumphs, and
his troubles. And he must love his pipe, and his glass, his feast and
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his fast, his bicycle and his tricycle, and everything that is his. Also
he should chiefly love his life, his laugh, and his love ; everything in
the world he must love, so that he laugh.
She : What strange ideas you have ! What do you do with your
life ?
He : Oh ! heaps and heaps of things — more than I could tell you
. in a day. You already know that I am discontented, and that I
laugh. At present I only love in a general sort of way. I play at
lawn-tennis — a delightful game, which, if I had time, I would teach
you. You should know the pleasure of a good service, and the
agony of a succession of faults. I have told you that I ride bicycles.
I go all over the country to see bicyclists, to help bicyclists, to hinder
bicyclists, and to legislate for bicyclists. I write for the bicycling
papers. I attend social gatherings and meets of bicyclists. At
times I eat, sleep, and drink bicycles. Then I read novels and
poetry ; I make feeble sketches ; I write verses still more feeble.
Without much of a voice, I sing songs ; without much of a touch, I
play on the piano ; and without much of an accent, I speak French.
Then I go to garden-parties, at-homes, picnics, excursions, flower-
shows, cricket-matches, horse-races, and regattas. I attend lectures,
political meetings, opening ceremonies, and council meetings. Also
I row a little, drive a little, act a little, race a little, and do many
other things a little. I dance a great deal, and delight muchly in
waltzing. Would that I could teach you the wonders of it ! You
cannot understand the charm of a polished floor, pleasant music,
and a perfect partner. The thought of the last dance I was at makes
ms sigh.
She : But what work do you do ?
He : Work ! You crush me ! Is not all that I have told you of
work, and very hard work ?
She : But I mean, how do you work for your living ?
He : Well, little one, I study law ; or, rather, I pretend to do so.
But though it is e?sy to laugh at it, I find it difficult to love it ; and
I try hard at times, too. The law is coy, and must be wooed warily-.
She : I think you must be very lazy.
He: Now, by Apollo, you are the most cruel girl I ever met!
And yet I sometimes imagine that I am rather lazy, which is sadden-
ing, and, if much dwelt upon, lowering to the human system. So I
banish all such thoughts, and pretend that I am wildly busy. Up
to date, as they say, I have found this plan to work well. In all
probability I shall continue in this manner throughout life.
She : But shall you be happy so ?
He : Why not ?
She: Why?
He : A cross question and a crooked answer, little one ! I cannot
altogether tell, but I know that, with me, labour is not altogether a
pleasure. You see, I am honest with you, although they say that
probitas laudatur et alget — honesty is praised, and starves. So I
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shall continue to live, laugh, love, and be discontented until the end
of things. Sic transit gloria mundi !
She : I do not think you will, sir. You will get tired of your
bicycle, and your dancing; and then what is there but work ? But
I must go. My mother will wonder where I am. Good-bye, sir.
He : Good-bye, little one ! Thank you again for the water, and
also for listening to all my chatter in so charming a manner. Do
not forget to be discontented, and to laugh — I need not tell you to
love, for that always comes, they say. Farewell !
The maiden goes doixin the hill. The bicyclist watches her, and
then fills his pipe.
He : Varium femina et mutabile semper, as we learnt at school.
I'm afraid I talked a sad amount of rubbish to her. What pretty
hair she had ! And now, having done my duty in bravely preach-
ing the noble gospel of discontent, I expect I must be moving.
It is actually half-past four. By the sturdy bicycle which I have, I
shall never reach Newtown before dark ! Yet this grass is so soft
that I do not want to get up. Why is man the slave of time ? I
suppose he is the slave of time, and yet, when I come to think of it,
I am not — but, good heavens ! if I go on wandering like this, I shall
be utterly lost. Therefore, come forth, brave bicycle, and let us
away, ere the shades of night fall thick upon us ; for useless is it to
put one's trust in the inconstant moon. To horse !
" Bab Yardley."
This is our absent-minded friend en route for the Meet. He wonders " What in the world
those fellows can see to laugh at."
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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.
PRING poets have had a benefit this year, the usual state
of May in direct contradiction to the flowery, joyous state
poetically depicted as its characteristic from time im-
memorial, having given place to glorious weather, which
has made us think for once that May is a merry month. Waterproof
capes are a drug in the market, chromatic lawn-tennis-hats are at a
premium, dust-proof bearings are severely tried, non-slipping tyres
are regarded as superfluities, clothes brushes are being rapidly worn
out, and the corn-chandlering interest is making rapid strides
towards wealth by reason of the rush upon oatmeal for stirring into
water when en route. Suburban villas are fragrant with the scent
of the hawthorn boughs which have been brought home, tied to the
back-framework of tricycles ; pianos have been enjoying a long
holiday, whilst their fair young owners were out in the glorious
sunshine, treadling their Sociables through the leafy lanes and
verdant vales, likewise the hilly highways and dusty dales, returning
at eventide with the ruddy glow of health on their cheeks and the
pulverised gravel of distant counties adhering to their garments.
Ah ! truly, we can say now, without sarcasm, " This is a nice world
to live in, this is ! "
If there was any man who doubted the truth of my remarks last
month as to the Sociable-tricycling tendency of the age (and I know
there are men who make it an article of faith to pooh-pooh every-
thing they see in print unless it fulsomely lauds themselves), he
should have visited Barnes Common on the thirteenth of May, where
some five hundred tricycles met together, amongst which were no
less than twenty-five Sociables. That such a number of three-wheelers
should be brought together at a postponed meet (Boreas's kind
attentions on April 29th having spoilt the original fixture), in com-
parison to the 160 tricycles which met at Ealing a year previously,
is an eloquent proof of the advance of the triple-wheeled division of
our sport, whilst the presence at Barnes of twenty-seven ladies in
the procession, exclusive of other lady tricyclists who " spectated "
the ride past, shews that the fair sex in the wheel ranks have
increased in the ratio of 2,700 per cent., only one lady having ridden
at Ealing last year.
Whilst upon this topic, I am reminded that a very self-assertive
correspondent of one of the weeklies recently took the trouble to air
his views as to the greater danger of tricycling over bicycling (!).
As a specimen of how much reliance can be placed on mere dogmatic
statements, unsupported by evidence or experience, this instance is
exemplary, as I have just discovered by chance that the would-be
authority actually never rode a tricycle in his life, and resides in
such a particularly obscure village — from which he seldom stirs — ■
that the unprejudiced mind is lost in a chaos of wonder at the stu-
pendousness of the problem how such ignoramuses can pretend to
teach the wheel world at large. But dogs will bay at the moon —
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and the moon shines on — and we tricyclers have still the effrontery
to bowl about in our comfortable vehicles, while those who have
never tried them rave against them.
The Hammersmith police-sergeant, who exhibited such proficiency
in timing Fred Cooper's laps round a square, has had to take a back
seat in favour of a private peeler who swore, at Brentford police
court, that Mr. Percy Letchford was driving a geared-down trike at
the rate of twelve miles an hour, and that he, the constable, ran after
and caught the said tricycle. The inconsistency of these allegations
of course resulted in the summons being dismissed, thanks to the
Union's solicitor who defended the case. It would be an interesting
question to propound to the opponents of the recent amalgamation
of the Tricycle Association with the Bicycle Union, as to whether
the T.A. would have defended Mr. Letchford, supposing it had not
been incorporated with the B.U., and whether, had it done so, the
costs would have swallowed up three or four years' income of the
association, formed for the express purpose of carrying out an illegal
race.
Getting up a monster meet is becoming a recognised means
whereby provincial clubs can make a profit over their race meetings.
The Brighton Meet on Easter Monday — originally suggested by an
Eastbourne man — resulted in the clubs, which temporarily amalga-
mated their forces for a race meeting in connection therewith,
dividing over seventy pounds profit between them.
There is more than an assonant similarity between "meets" and
"meats;" both are well in the proper place, at the proper time,
fresh, and carefully managed ; but both are bad if stale, overdone,
and cooked only for pecuniary profit, instead of the enjoyment of
the participants.
North Londoners have at length, after many weary years of
waiting, got a new track at the " A.P.," but it is only in the eternal
fitness of things that the dilatory lessees should have ruined their
chances of popularity by doing the thing badly. Bad the new track
decidedly is, and bad it is likely to remain. Overlooking the dis-
graceful condition of the surface on the day of the opening meeting,
everybody who has seen the new track, and knew the old, is decided
upon the point of the bad shape of the new path, which has two very
awkward corners, an iron cage for club-ticket holders to immure
themselves in, quite out of sight of the racing, and a finishing point
at exactly the spot where the non-paying public can roam at their
own sweet wills on to the track. And yet some of the papers
declare the track " one of the best near London." Some of the
reporters must have had free drinks stood 'em.
A dead heat in a first-class ten mile scratch race is the sensation
of the racing season, and there could not be a better advertisement
for the forthcoming West Kent races than the announcement which
has been made, that Palmer and Griffith will run off the tie for the
Surrey pot at the Crystal Palace, on June 3rd. To judge by the
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confidence displayed by partisans of each man, neither can lose, so
another dead heat may be looked for.
Once more an attempt has been made to alter the name of the
B.T.C., and once more the attempt has ignominiously failed, and
we breathe again. By "we" I mean the great B.T.C. majority,
not the Editorial " we," which is included in the revolutionary
minority of a baker's dozen. — [Those laugh longest who laugh last.
" Bide a wee." — Ed.]
The long-vexed question of a ladies' tricycle club has been
settled by the establishment, on May 22nd, of the South London
Tricycle Club, which started with 20 gentlemen and 9 ladies, with
head-quarters at Brixton Hall.
The Hampton Court Meet is past and gone, and nobody but the
reporters is any the better for it.
Former foes of three wheeling are fast becoming converted, so
many good performances being now recorded tor the erst despised
"trike." At hills, especially, is the " mass of machinery " proving
its superiority to the acrobatic implement, and I put five years as
the longest period for the upright thingammyjigger to outnumber the
steady and stable tricycle.
Things go on in the same settled groove so annoyingly now-a-days,
that there is but scant material to provide topics for the recording
pen of " Axis."
SMALL BICYCLIST : Had a smash and broke your jigger ? Well, never mind, old man
Til lend you mini !
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^JOTTINGS FROM TOE
MERALD TSLE
>Sm
Up to the present, Belfast has enjoyed' the reputation of holding
athletic meetings, and promoting all athletic sports, more so than
any other city or town in Ireland, but the laurels are now in a fair
way of being wrested from the North. Dublin has started an athletic
club, and judging from the names of the gentlemen who are interested
in the Dublin Athletic Club, there is little doubt but that all branches
of athletics in Dublin will be benefited by the new club.
The Dublin University Athletic Union will holdtheir annual sports
on the 5th inst. A rumour — which I trust has no foundation — is in
circulation to the effect that there will be no open events in the
programme.
On Whit-Monday the first annual sports of the Dublin Athletic
Club will be held at Lansdowne Road. Up to time of writing the
programme has not been issued.
In consequence of the murder of Lord F. Cavendish, the annual
sports of the Lismore A.C. have been abandoned for this year.
The Banbridge C. and A.C. sports will not be held till the 27th of
July, or the 3rd of August.
I notice that the Eglinton B.C. have gone in for the holiday touring
system. During the Whitsuntide holidays they will tour through
County Wicklow, and a better or prettier route could not have been
selected. It was the Dublin University B.C. that first started this
holiday touring in Dublin.
Queen's College, Belfast, Eleventh Annual Race Meeting, 5th
and 6th May.— First day. Three Miles (Open): S. W. Bayes, Enfield
B.C. (1); W. M. Woodside, Coleraine (2); F. Hunter, Windsor
B.C. (3). Won by 30 yards. Time 3m. i8§s. One Mile, Mount
and Dismount: J.Bell, Greenisland B.C. (1); W. Hunter, N.I.C.C.
(2) ; C. W. Bayes, E.B.C. (3). Won by 2 yards. Time 4m. 3gs. — •
Second day. Two Miles Handicap: W. M. Woodside, 200 yds (1);
R. Wilson, Renfrew B.C., 350 (2) ; G. McCoombe, Greenisland B.C.,
280, and D. M'Caw, Windsor B.C., 258, a dead heat for third place.
Thirteen started. Won by 30 yards. Time, 7m. 8s. Two Miles
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Handicap (Club): F. H. Sinclair, 60 yds (1) ; A. Blackwood, 70 (2);
W. G. Biggar, scratch (3). Won by 40 yards. Time, gm. 39s.
Five Miles Handicap : W. Woodside, 350 yds (1) ; C. Bayes, 150
(2); J. McCoombe, 450 (3). Won by 200 yards. Time, 21m. 3IS.
Queen's College, Cork, Athletic Sports, Saturday 6th May. — Two
Miles Handicap: W. White, 130 yds (1) ; C. P.Johnston, 60 (2);
W. Davis, 175 (3). Won by 30 yards. No time taken. Four
Miles Handicap : W. A. Whitelegge, 20 sees. (1) ; C. P. Johnston,
25 (2); W. M. Taggard, 10(3). Won very easily. No time taken.
" Athcliath."
SONG OF THE IRATE TRICYCLIST.
A member of a tricycle club down North — Yorkshire, we believe —
recently objected to a somewhat venerable rider taking part in the
runs without uniform, whereupon the club troubador ran off the
following : —
Air — The Colonels Song from " Patience.'''
WHEN I e'er put this uniform on,
I say (on my tri') as I pass,
Its quite one to fifty
That no one in mufti
My figure and form can surpass —
Self conceit has a charm for the fair
I've plenty of that and to spare,
You must wear, it is seen
By rule number eighteen
The uniform everywhere —
A rebuff you may reckon upon
If you haven't your uniform on.
I say when I e'er put it on
Its plain to the veriest dunce,
Black braid and blue flannel
Must be the best channel
To snuff out all others at once ;
You can see that my cap's silver laced
With a badge in front, handsome and chaste,
So each member I'll treat
To a snub at each meet
If not dressed as I think in good taste —
A sharp rub he may reckon upon
If he hasn't his uniform on.
So when I put this uniform on
My pulse beats so quickly with pride,
That if one I detect
In plain clothes I'll object
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To his joining the Saturday ride —
And if elderly, still I declare
No respect will I give to grey hair,
I'll show no veneration
For age or for station
And the lash of my tongue will not spare-
A fact he may reckon upon
If he hasn't his uniform on.
Therefore with this uniform on
I mean to be cock o' the walk,
I'm one of the committee
And the man I should pity
Who'd attempt my opinion to baulk ;
But if any discretion lack
And my dictum presume to attack,
Or to my proposition
To make opposition,
I should quickly fall out and go back ;
And all members I'll still sit upon
If they haven't the uniform on.
>*-<
ICYCII5K Al
THE WAITER AT THE EIGHTEEN-
-PENNY ORP/NARY '/UlER* Dip THJNK
BJCYCUN& PERJOOCED fi 'ELT^Y'
HAPpETlTE* BUT NOW HE'S 6VRE1
of iT- —
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One felt fairly " amongst the clubs " on the 20th of last month, when
considerably over 1,600 London clubmbn, and 377 provincial ditto filed
past in procession at Hampton. It was certainly a satisfaction to know
that so far from any falling off, there was a positive increase in the
number present, despite the fact that many small and several large
clubs did not give the meet their assistance.
This fact is rather a good thing than otherwise, because if it once
became an established maxim that unless the large clubs countenanced
anything it must perforce "fall through," wheeldom would cease to
have an independent position, but be merely guided by the decisions
of a handful of men who chanced, for the time being, to be on the
committees of the large clubs. The thanks of all clubmen are, there-
fore, due to the London, Wanderers, West Kent and Stanley clubs for
staying away, and thus proving practically the proof of the old proverb
that " there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it."
There is very little to chronicle this month in this particular column,
except that the clubs are all now in full swing as regards runs. The
Cyclist maintains the idea it started with, viz., to omit club fix-
tures, which are of interest only to the clubs themselves, but to give
runs actually carried out, and thus one learns what the clubs really
are doing.
The Stanley gave effect to a good idea, viz., the giving of an open
handicap for novices, just to encourage beginners, at their evening race
meeting on the 25th May, at the Alexandra Palace. Mr. J. H. Price,
of musical renown, succeeds Mr. Arthur Fox as hon. sec. of this
important club, a position which is one of the most prominent in cycle-
dom.
The B.T.C. general meeting in Exeter Hall, on the eve of the
Hampton Court Meet, brought together about 250 out of the 5,000
members, but the gathering was nevertheless thoroughly representa-
tive, all parts of the country having men there, who were very decided
that the name should remain "Bicycle Touring Club.:' The name
practically is "B.T.C."
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Charley Taylor, of the Athenaeum, will gain the title of the
perapatetic hon. sec. if he shifts his address much oftener. No club
directory compiler can keep pace with the ever pleasant Athenreum
"scratchedtary," who now dates from 1, Totteridge Eoad, Whetstone.
"Why is the Zephyr hon. sec. coming a cropper like a ship dis-
appearing at sea ?" Because it's a case of " Hull down !''
The Belsize have discovered another rural spot. This is Cuff leys,
u a retired spot reached over good roads," and through a pleasant
country near Northaw.
Any Kildare daring to absent himself from three consecutive
committee meetings renders himself, by the club's new bye-law, liable
to be superseded.
"The Homber" Bicycle (Manufacturers— Humbee, Marriott & Cooper: Works
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
«trongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
jiroadster the "Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable than
! any other machine manufactured. The fact that the "Humber" Bicycles are now almost
I exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
I United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
;Aiew at the London Deot, 78, Richmond Road, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
free on applcation.— Adv»
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CLUB DIRECTORY.
An 'asterisk denotes the Clubs that have joined the Union.
The Cyclist and
Corrected up to 1st June, 1882, from what appeared in
Wheel World Annual" for 1882.
ABBEY INSTITUTE (Reading).—
Formed March, 1881 ; 30 mem. ; capt.,
E. A. Strange ; no en. fee or sub. ; uni-
form, chocolate ; hon. sec, J. A. H.
Redman, The Abbey Institute, King's
Road, Reading.
ABERDEEN. —Hon. sec, James
Rorie, Dermount, Ferryhill, Aberdeen.
ACCRINGTON. —
Formed 21st May,
1879 ; 26 mem. ; capt.,
T. Lonsdale ; uniform,
dark navy blue, with
helmet ; en. fee, 2s. 6d.;
sub., 2s. ; hon. sec,
W. P. Riley, Owl Hall, Accrington ;
hdqts., 2, Avenue Parade.
jEOLUS.— New hon. sec, W. C.
G-ibbs, 207, Hackney Road, E.
AKREOPHAGISTS.— New captain,
E. T. Hamilton.
ALBION. — New
badge.
ANFIELD (Liverpool). — New hon.
sec, G. B. Mercer.
ANLABY.— Foamed
March, 1881 ; 12 mem.;
capt., F. H. Thatcher; no
uniform; en. fee, 2s.; sub.,
hon. sec, G. Dowtan,
31,' High Street, Stoke
Newington; hdqts., Albion
Road, Dalston, E.
ARDBRACCAN C.C.— Formed March,
1882 ; 12 mem. ; capt., Hon. W. L.
Plunket ; uniform, blue, black braided
tunic and knicks, helmet and monogram ;
en. fee, Is. ; sub., 2s. per annum ; hon.
sec, A. D. Barton, Ardbraccan House,
Navan, Co. Meath.
ARGUS.— Formed November, 1881 ;
12 mem. ; capt., M. T. Bryant ; uniform,
dark brown, with helmets and shield
badge marked " Argus B.C."; hon. sec,
M. T. Bryant, 71, Hawkstone Road,
Rotherhithe.
ARION. —New capt., B. Beckton 1
new hon. sec, G. Hinge, 1, Glenhurst
Road, Brentford, W.
ATHENAEUM. — New capt., E. F.
Seymour; new address of hon. sec, C.
E. Taylor, 1, Totteridge Road, Whet-
stone, N.
ATLAS. — Formed
Sept., 1880 ; 16 mem. ;
capt., T. Scourneld;
uniform, dark blu©>;
with jockey caps ; en-
fee, 2s. 6d. ; sub., 12s. ;
hon. sec, W. Boggis,
Penolescot House,
Bromley, E. ; hdqts., Tredegar Hall,
Bow, E.
BARTON-ON-HUMBER.— New hon.
sec, G. Whiteley, High Street.
BASINGSTOKE.— Hon. sec, H.
King, 19, Cambridge Terrace, Basing-
stoke.
BATLEY.— New capt., E. P. Wooler.
BECKENHAM.— New capt., J. Neely ;
hon. sec, W. Neely, Lynton, Bromley
Grove, Shortlands, Kent.
BEDFORD AMATEURS. — Hon.
sec, A. Rich, 27, The Grove.
BEDFORD PLACE B. & T.C.
(Southampton.) — Hon. sec, J. S. Lorden>
14, Clifford Crescent, Southampton.
BEUMOND.— New capt., W. Duffy.
BLACKHEATH HARRIERS.—
Formed 1869— bicycling division 1882 ;
187 mem.; capt., vacant; uniform,
undecided; sub., 10s. 6d.; hon. sec >
J. C. Milligan, 20, Eardley Crescent,
South Kensington, S.W.; hdqts., The-
Green Man, Blackheath Hill, S.E.
BO'NESS.— New captain. G. A.
Browne; new hon. sec. W. Rankine,.
Grangepans, Bo'ness.
BOURNEMOUTH.— New hon. sec,.
H. T. Pottle.
BORDER CITY.— New captain,.
A. J. Todd ; new hon. sec, G. S. Grant,,
Red Lion, Carlisle.
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BOSTON. — New headquarters,
Lion.
Red
BRIGHTON EXCEL-
SIOR.
BROMLEY (Kent).— New captain,
W. Gedney.
BROUGHTY.— New hon. sec, J.
Simpson, 2, Taymouth Terrace,
Broughty Ferry, N.B.
BRUNSWICK (Sheffield).— New
captain, W. H. England ; hon. sec, F.
B. Cawood, 87, Fitzwalter Road, Shef-
field.
BURSLEM.— Formed Feb., 1882; 15
mem. ; capt. A. Sundley ; no en. fee ;
sub. 5s. ; hon. sec, S. Shaw, North
Road, Burslem.
CALEDONIA (Paisley).— New cap-
tain, W. D. Craig ; new hon. sec, J.
Stirling, 2, Wellmeadow Street, Paisley.
CAMBERWELL.— New hon. sec, A.
W. Abrahamson, 20, Shenley Road,
Peckham.
CANONBURY.—
New badge ; new hon.
sec, F. Thomas, 82,
Mildmay Road, N.
CAPETOW N.—
Badge too late for
" Cyclist Annual."
CARDIFF.— New hon. s:c, G. W.
Moore, 16, Angle Street, Cardiff.
CENTAUR (Birmingham) . — New
capt., F. G. H. Young ; new hon. sec,
H. W. S. Willmott, Ingleside, Golden
Hillock Road, Small Heath.
CHELSEA.— New capt., J. F. Bax-
ter ; new hdqts., Pier Hotel, Oakley
Street, S.W.
CHESTER FALCON.— New capt., J.
Vernon.
CHESHIRE RAMBLERS.— Hon.
see's new address — W. Harrison, 9,
Hough Green, Chester.
CHESTERFIELD.— Formed 1880 ;
50 mem. ; capt., T. P. Hewitt ; uniform,
navy blue ; en. fee, 2s. 6d. ; sub., 3s. 6d. ;
hon. sec, H. M. S. Hart, Holywell
Street, Chesterfield ; hdqts., Angel
Hotel, Market Place, Chesterfield.
•CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL
OLD BOYS' CYCLING CLUB.—
Formed 14th March, 1882 ; 12 mem. ;
no capt. ; uniform, City of London
badge ; en. fee., 10s. 6d. ; sub., 5s. ; hon.
sec, W. A. Morley, Beaconsfield House,
Harringay New Park , West Green, N.
CITY ROVERS.— New hdqts.,
Cogers' Hall, Bride Lane, Fleet Street,
E.C.
CLARENDON.— Hon. see's new
address, W. Mickelwright, 49, Carthew
Road, Bradmore Park, Hammersmith,
W.
CLEVEDON.— New captain, W.
Hooke ; new hon. sec, B. Hanwell, 21,
High Road, Knightsbridge, W.
CLITHEROE.— New hon. sec, W.
Robinson, Clitheroe.
CONCORD.— New capt., W. E.
Watson.
COVENTRY.— New uniform, dark
brown ; new hon. sec, W. J. Smith.
CRAWSHAWBOOTH.— Formed
April, 1882 ; 13 mem. ; capt., A. E.
Heap ; uniform, dark brown, with hel-
mets and badges ; en. fee., Is. ; sub., 4s.;
hon. sec, J. E. W. Lord, Oak House
Dunoakshaw, near Rawtenstall, Lanes.
CRICHTON.— New capt., W. Slark;
new hon. sec, F. M. Stafford, 7, Seymour
Villas, Anerley.
•CROUCH HILL
(lateHanley). — Form-
ed June 10th, 1880 ;
15 mem. ; capt., M.
W. Randle ; uniform,
dark blue, military
tunic ; no en. fee ; sub.
10s. ; hon. sec, P.
Pickup, 64, Victoria Road, Crouch Hill.N.
CROWN, now the GAINSBORO'.—
New capt., W. Hunt ; new hon. sec, J.
B. Slatter, York House, Mo3Syn Road,
Brixton, S.W.
CROYDON ROVERS.— New capt.,
Mr. Fueborne.
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DEVIZES.— New capt., A. G. Cape ;
new hon. Bee, H. L. Badder.
DIAMOND. — Hon. see's new address,
W. E. Eanger, 90, Ockendon Road,
Sonthgate Road, N.
DONC ASTER WANDERERS.—
24 mem.; capt., T. Frost; uniform, blue;
hon sec, W. E. Ord, 5, Baker Steeet,
Doncaster.
DORCHESTER ROVERS.— New
capt., T. S. Duncomb ; new hon. sec,
W. Watkins, 39, High West Street,
Dorchester.
•DORKING.— New capt., E. A. But-
ler; new hon. sec, A. B. Inglis, 67,,
West Street, Dorking.
DULWICH (late West Dulwich).—
New hon. sec, G. H. Webb ; new hdqts.,
Greyhound Hotel, Dulwich.
DURHAM CITY.— Formed Aug.,
1879 ; 30 men ; capt., J. Rickerby ; uni-
form, olive green, with helmet; en. fee.,
2s. 6d. ; sub., 2s. 6d. ; hon. sec, Alfred
M. Appleton, 22, Western Hill ; hdqts.,
Three Tuns, New Elvet, Durham.
EAGLE.— Formed March, 1882; 15
mem. ; capt., C. Fuller ; uniform, dark
blue, jockey caps ; en. fee., 3s. 6d. ; sub.,
6s. ; hon. sec, Sydney S. Slaughter, 82,
Barnby Street, West Ham, E. ; hdqts.,
Spread Eagle, West Ham.
EAST DULWICH.— Formed March,
1882; 34 mem.; capt., E. G.Garrett;
uniform, dark blue military tunics, brai-
ded, with polo caps; sub., 5s. ; hon. sec,
A. Preston, 74, Choumert Road, Rye
Lane, Peckham, S.E. ; hdqts., East
Dulwich Hotel.
EAST OF SCOTLAND (Edinburgh).
— New capt., G. McDougal.
EAST STIRLINGSHIRE.— Formed
21st Feb., 1880 ; 17 mem. ; capt., John
Forrester ; uniform, chocolate brown,
with military caps ; en. fee, none ; sub.,
2s. 6d. ; hon. sec, John Ronald, George
Street, Falkirk; hdqts., Public Institute,
Falkirk.
EDINBURGH AMATEUR.—
Formed in 1874 as the Edinburgh Ariel;
hon. sec, J. Leslie Usher, 18, Landor
Road, Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH NORTHERN.—
Formed 1st April, 1881; 34 mem.;
capt., Thomas Lamb ; uniform, blue
serge ; en. fee, — ; sub., 5s. ; hon. sec,
George Dods, 25, St. Bernard's Crescent,
Edinburgh ; hdqts., Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH ROVERS.— New
capt., J. A. P. Hope.
E L D O N (Newcastle-on-Tyne) .—
Number of mem., 39 ; capt., M. H.
Oliver; hon, sec, T. Scott, 31, Den-
mark Street, Gateshead.
ELECTRIC— Formed March 11th,
1881 ; 18 mem. ; capt., C. H. Mitchell ;
uniform, blue, with peak cap; sub.,
7s. 6d. ; no en. fee; hon. sec , J. Grant,
63, Coppleston Road, Denmark Park,
S.E.; hdqts., Coffee Pot Hotel, War-
wick Lane, City.
•ELSWICK AMA-
TEUR.—Formed Sept.
22nd, 1880 ; 70 mem. ;
capt., J. R. Siddle ;
uniform, dark brown
Melton, with caps ; en.
fee, 5s. ; sub., 5s. ; hon.
sec, J. Wright, 118,
Stone Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; hdqts.,
2, East Parade Gardens, Newcastle-on-
Tyne.
E N F IE L D.— Formed
Jan. 30th, 1882; 9 mem. ;
capt.,A. D. Widdows ; uni-
form, dark blue, with polo
cap ; en. fee, 2s. 6d. ; sub.,
6s. 6d. ; hon. sec, A. D.
Widdows, Church Street,
Edmonton ; hdqts., not
decided.
ET TRICK FOREST (Selkirk).—
Hon. sec, W. H. Robson.
EXCELSIOR.- New «apt., A. Moody.
FALKIRK.— Now called the Scottish
Central B.C.
•FERNTOWER.—
Formed March, 1880;
40 mem. ; capt., James
Edmondson ; unifox-m,
dark blue cloth, mili-
tary trimmings, and
stiff jockey hat; en.
fee, 5s. ; sub., 5s.; hon.
sec, James C. Grover, 60, Ferntower
Road, Highbury New Park, N. ; hdqts.,
Myddelton Hall, Islington.
FIRST AND LAST (Penzance).—
New capt., R. Davy; new hon. sec, H.
S. Hill, 15, North Parade, Penzance
GAINSBOROUGH
(Peckham). — New
badge. - Formerly the
Crown B.C.
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GATESHEAD AMATEUR,
capt., W. T. Bodger.
New
GORE COURT
(Sittingbourne) . — New
lion. sec. , P. H. Bishop,
Solas Place, Bobbing,
Sittingbourne.
GRANVILLE.— New bon. sec, G.
W. Rivers, 49, Victoria Road, Finsbury
Park, N.
GREAT YARMOUTH (Now the only
club in Yarmouth). — Formed November,
18S1 ; capt., H. B. Press ; en. fee, Is. ;
sub. 5s ; uniform, blue ; hon. sec,
Arthur Hay, 55, North JQuay ; hdqts.,
Great Eastern Hotel, Howard Street.
HANOVER.— Formed 22nd February,
1882 ; 35 mem. ; capt., R. Nicholl ; uni-
form, dark blue with jockey caps; en.
fee, Is. ; sub., Gs. : hon. sec, A. Wells,
15, Hanway Street, Oxford Street, W.C ;
hdqts., 5, Salisbury Street, Strand,W.C.
HARE HILLS (Leeds).
—Formed April, 1880;
30 mem. ; capt., A. B.
Gill ; uniform, blue ;
no en. fee ; sub., 7s. 6d. ;
hon. sec, W. Mabane,
53, Reginald Terrace,
Leeds ; hdqts., Club
House. Reginald Terrace, Chapeltown
Road, Leeds.
HARRINGAY.—
Formed March, 1880 ; 30
mem. ; capt., T. Mans-
field ; uniform, dark blue
tunic and breeches, with
polo caps; en. fee, 2s. 6d.;
snb , 5s.; hon. sec, H.
W. Wheatley, 3, Sussex
Houses, Finsbury Park, N. ; hdqts.,
Manor House, Finsbury Park.
HAWICK.— Formed 9th August, 1881 ;
30 mem. ; capt., John Oliver ; uniform,
dark blue with jockev caps; en. fee., 2s.
6d. ; sub., 2s. Gd. ; hon. sec, D. G.
Laidlaw, 1, Allars Crescent, Hawick ;
hdqts., Crown Hotel.
HOLMESDALE WANDERERS.—
New capt., J. W. Ashby ; new hon. sec,
H. Rosling, Beech View, Reigate.
HULL.— New capt., E. M. Braith-
waite ; new hon. sec, YV. H. Pearson,
40, George Street, Hull.
HUMBER.— Formed Nov. 16th, 1881 ;
33 mem. ; capt., H. Mudd; uniform,
blue serge, and jockey caps ; en. fee.,
none ; sub., 5s. ; hon. Sec, F. Coulson,
Hampton House., Grimsby ; hdqts.,
Dring's Hotel, Great Grimsby.
I ZINGARL— New hon. sec, S. H.
Cohen, 85, Warwick Road, Maida Vale,
W.
JARROW.— Capt., R. Keenlyside ;
hon. sec, W. M. Brown, 209, Albert
Road, Jarrow-on-Tyne.
JERSEY.— New capt., G. T. PICOT
JUPITER,— Formed
Feb. 10th, 1882; 20
mem:: capt., W. J.
Pearce ; uniform, dark
blue, with jockey cap
and badge; en. fee.,
2s. Gd. ; sub., 2s. Gd. ;
G. W. Rose, 47, Charles
hon,
Street, St. John's Wood; hdqts.. Chip-
penham Hotel, Harrow Road, W.
KENDAL AMATEUR,— New hon.
sec, W. Milligan, 6, Gandy Street,
Kendal.
*KENNINGTON
ROVERS.— Formed
Feb. 4th, 1881 ; 28
mem. ; capt., C. A.
Robinson (raced for);
uniform, black tunic,
breeches, stockings,
and polo cap ; en. fee,
2s. 6d.; sub., 7s. Gd. ; hon sec, W. A.
Giles, 241, Kenniiigton Road, S.E.;
hdqts., The Institute, Lambeth Road,
S.E.
KENSINGTON. — Hon see's new
address. A. C. Cockburn, 64, Long Ridge
Road, Kensington, W.
KENT. — New captain, J. Bernard
Harper.
KINGSTON.— New captain, H. T.
Fricker.
LEAMINGTON & SOUTH WAR-
WICKSHIRE.—Formed 16th May,
1876 ; 45 mem. ; uniform, bronze colour,
tunic, knicks and polo cap; sub.. 5s.;
hou. sec, J. F. Procter, Bath Hotel,
Leamington.
LIVERPOOL AMATEUR.— New
hon. sec, A. Barendt, 19, Dale Street.
LIVERPOOL C R E S O E N T.— New
hon. sec, A. J. Turner, of 13, Daulby
Street, Liverpool.
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LIVERPOOL TOURISTS,
captain, J. Rogers.
New NORTH SHIELDS.— New captain,
W. Wigham ; new lion, sec, J. G.
LIVERPOOL VICTORIA.— Formed
1879 ; hon. sec, G. Rushforth, 36, Kim-
berley Street ; hdqts., Wellington Hotel,
Hall Lane.
LIVERPOOL WANDERERS.—
Formed 10th March, 1880 ; 25 mem ;
capt., W. J. Jones ; uniform, dark green
velvet jacket with silver buttons, helmet,
dark green hose, and buff Bedford cord
breeches ; en. fee, 5s.; sub., 10s. 6.; hon.
sec, G.H. Jones, 60, Lord Street,
Liverpool.
LONSDALE. — Hon. sec, F. F.
Smith, London, N,.
LUPUS.— A. A. Foley is the new
captain.
MANCHESTER SOUTHERN.—
New captain, T. Anderson.
MARYBOROUGH. — Formed April,
1882 ; capt., F. Aldritt ; sub., Is. per
month ; hon. sec, M. Carey.
MIDDLESBOROUGH CYCLING.—
^Formed April, 1877 ; 80 mem.; captain,
Angus ; uniform, olive green, with
military braid ; no en. fee; sub., 7s. 6d.;
hon. sec, J. T. McDonold, 63, West-
ward Street ; hdqts, 89, Linthorpe
Road, Middlesborough-on-Tees.
MIDLAND RAMBLERS.— Formed
1882 ; captain chosen on each run ;
uniform , dark brown with forage caps ;
en. fee, 2s. 6d.; sub., 5s.; hon. sec, T. L.
Shepherd ; hdqts, Bell Inn, Lozells
Road, Birmingham.
NOMADS. — Formed April, 1882;
capt., Thomas Bedding; uniform, brown,
with cricket caps; no en. fee; sub, 7s. 6d.
hon. sec, W. H. Firth, 6, Anderson
Street, Chelsea, S.W.; hdqts, Duke of
Wellington, Coleshill Street, S.W.
NORTH KENT (Gravesend).-New
captain, C. Cressy; new hon. sec, F. A.
Notton, 32, New Street Gravesend.
NORTH LONDON.— New captain,
C. E.Mozley.
'NORTH MAN-
CHESTER. — Formed
June, 1880 ; 23 mem. ;
capt., F. W. Roylance ;
uniform, dark grey and
polo cap ; sub., 6s.; hon.
sec, A. J. Sinclair,
Higher Broughton.
Church Way, North
Thompson,
Shields.
•NORWICH AMATEUR.— Formed
Sept. 16, 1879; 55 mem.; capt., T.
Plumbly ; uniform, navy blue, military
tunic, knee breeches, peak cap stad
white gloves ; badge, shield with the
city of Norwich arms ; en. fee, 2s. Gd. ;
sub., 5s. ; hon. sec, Arthur Miller, 6,
Afghan Terrace, Stafford S.reet, North
Heigham.
OLDHAM. — Formed Dec. 6, 1881;
16 mem. ; cap";., G. H. Neddermau ;
uniform, dark blue, with brown helmets
and Oldham coat of arms as badge ;
sub.. 2s. 6d. per season ; hon. sec, W.
T. Webb, 24, Plough Street, Werneth,
Oldham ; hdqts., Bankside Coffee
Palace.
OXFORD. — Formed Feb. 12, 1880;
26 mem.; capt., S.W. Newcomb ; uni-
form, dark blue patrol jacket, breeches
and hose, and polo cap ; en. fee, 2s. 6d.;
sub., 3s. ; hon. sec, E. H. Bellamy,
Norfolk Villa, Worcester Place, Oxford ;
hdqts., Golden Cross Hotel, Oxford.
OXONIAN B. & T.—
Formed Feb. 16, 1882;
22 mem.; capt., A. P.
Brown ; uniform, dark
blue, with helmet and
brown hose ; en fee,
2s.; sub., 3s.; hon. sec,
A. Packford, 7, Park
Street, Oxford ; hdqts., Churchmen's
Union Rooms, Broad Street, Oxford.
PEGASUS. — Formed Jan. 4, 1882;
17 mem. ; capt., F. Bymond Smith ;
uniform, brown check, with polo caps ;
en. fee, 2s, 6d.; sub., 10s. ; hon. sec, W.
Honeyball, junr., 62, South Audley
Street, W. ; hdqts., 39, Gilbert Street,
W.
PELHAM. — Hon. see's new address,
J. C. Watson, 75, Stoney Lane, Catford,
S.E.
PICKWICK. — New captain, C. F.
Mess.
PIONEER.— Formed May, 1881 ; 14
mem.; capt., G. Winter ; uniform, dark
blue, with peak caps ; en. fee, 2s. 6d. ;
sub., 6s. ; hon. sec, E. W. Sturt, 12,
Chatham Street, Battersea Park, S.W.;
hdqts., Albert Tavern, Albert Bridge
Road, Battersea.
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PREMIER. — New captain, E. H.
Lambert.
PUTNEY.— Formed April 19, 1882 ;
9 mem.; capt., F. W. Balaam ; uniform,
blue serge and peaked caps ; en. fee, Is.;
sub., Is. 6d.; hon. sec, E. A. Clark, 196,
Upper Richmond Road, Putney ; hdqts.,
Duke's Head, Putney.
•RAMBLERS CYCL-
fyfiM&a&U? ING- — Formed Jan.,
^ Ul! « ifinliir 1882; 14 mem.; capt.,
Arnold Woates ; uni-
form, light grey with
black braid ; en. fee,
10s. 6d. ; sub., 10s. 6d. ; bon. sec, A.
Richardson, 25, Manchester Square, W.
RANGERS. — New hon. sec, C. T.
Carnegy, 91, St. John's Wood Terrace,
N.W.
REDHILL.— New captain, J. Feld-
wick; new hon. sec, R. Manning, 2,
Grove Villas, Garlands Road, Redhill ;
hdqts., Warwick Hotel, Redhill.
REGENTS. — New hon. sec, J. P.
Draper, junr., 116, Great Titchfield
Street, W.
RENFREWSHIRE.— New hon. sec,
R. Clapperton, 25, Queen's Square,
Strathbungo, Glasgow.
ROVERS. — New hon. sec, E. S.
Wallis-Roberts, 24, Blomfield Terrace,
Upper Westboume Terrace, W.
RUNCORN WANDERERS.—
Formed 1879 ; 20 mem.; capt., T. Bate;
uniform, blue, with polo caps ; en. fee,
2s. 6d. ; sub., 2s. 6d. ; hon. sec, J. A.
Rusbton, 5, Blantyre Street, Runcorn ;
hdqts., Cocoa Rooms, High Street.
RUSHOLME (Manchester).— Formed
March, 18.^1 ; 20 mem. ; capt., C. McD.
Smith; en. fee, 2s. 6d.; sub., 2s. 6d.;
uniform, claret; hon. sec, A. C. Howard,
44, Marlboro' Terrace, Rusholme, near
Manchester.
RYE (London). — New capt., F.
Smyth ; new hon. sec, W. H. Seymour,
93, Gordon Road, Peckham, S.E.
RYE (Sussex). — New hon. sec, J.
Adams, Rye.
SAND WELL. — Formed June 1st,
1880; 20 mem.; capt., E. H. Guest;
uniform, dark blue, jockey cap ; en fee,
— ; sub., 3s. 6d. ; hon. sec, T. H.
Spencer, Highfield, West Bromwich ;
hdqts., Dartmouth Hotel,
SATURN.— New capt., H. Grignon ;
new hon. sec, F. W. White, 121, Beres-
ford Street, Camberwell.
SCOTTISH CENTRAL. — Formed
June, 1878; 30 mem.; capt., Harry
Baldie ; uniform, blue serge, with
helmet, military jacket, knee breeches,
and blue hose ; en. fee, 2s. 6d. ; sub.,
5s. ; hon. sec, D. L. Morton, 1, Pitt
Terrace, Stirling ; hdqts., Stirling.
SEVENOAKS & DISTRICT.— New
capt., A. P. Thompson ; new hon. sec,
K. Hancock, 40, London Road, Seven-
oaks.
•SHEPTON MALLET. — Formed
March, 1881; 25 mem.; capt., E. J.
Godfrey ; uniform, military cap with
badge ; en. fee, 2s. 6d. ; sub., 2s. 6d ;
hon. sec, G. F. Byrt; hdqts, Hare and
Hounds Hotel, Senpton Mallet.
SIDCUP.
badge.
SOUTH ESSEX B. & T.— Formed
1876; 20 mem.;capt.,F. J.Wood; uniform,
blue serge ; en. fee, 5s. ; sub., 7s. 6d ;
hon. sec, W. Steward, junr., 28, Park
Street, Southend; hdqts., Cliff Hotel,
Park Street, Southend, Essex.
SOUTH LONDON HARRIERS.—
New hon. sec, J. H. Butcher, 43,
Santley Street, Clapham, S.W.
SURREY.— New hon. sec, W. Bow-
den, 53, Spencer Road, Heme Hill, S.E.
STAMFORD.— New capt., F. Whaley;
new hon. sec, C. F. Charge, 5, High
Street, Stamford; new hdqts., The
Crown.
STANLEY.— New hon. sec, J. H.
Price, 89, Huldleston Road, Tufnell
Park, N. ,
STAR.— New hon. sec, W. H. Morris,
1, Aldermanbury Postern, E.C.
STATIONERS' SCHOOL OLD
BOYS.— Formed 27th Jan., 1882; 20
mem. ; capt., E. Danell; uniform, dark
blue jacket, breeches, and polo cap ; en.
fee, 2s. 6d. ; sub., 5s.
ST. IVES B. & T.— Formed May
31st., 1877; 18 mem; capt., G. N. Day;
uniform, dark blue; en. fee, 2s. 6d.;
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sub., 5a. ; hon. sec, H. Wadsworth,
Manor House, St. Ives ; hdqts., Golden
Lion Hotel, St. Ives.
ST. JAMES'S.— New capt.,F.Millan;
new lion, sec, W. H. May, 3, Albemarle
Street, W.
ST. JOHN'S. — New capt., A. E.
Ramsay.
STRETFORD. — Formed 1879; 15
mem. ; capt., A. H. Moore ; uniform,
light tweed coat, jockey cap, and knee
breeches ; en. fee, 5s. ; sub., 3s. 6d. ;
hon. sec, Frank Hulme, Vine Terrace,
Stretford; hdqts., Cock Hotel, Stretford.
S WALLOW. — Formed November,
1881 ; 18 mem. ; capt., W. Down ; uni-
form, dark brown, with jockey caps ;
en. fee, 2s. 6d. ; sub., 6s. ; hon. sec, H.
E. Vernall, 54, Albany Street, Regent's
Park.
TODMORDEN.—
New capt., E. Crabtree;
new uniform, brown
claret cord.
TOETOISE. — New hon. sec, E,
Hayes, Gauden Hotel, Clapham.
TREDEGAR.— New capt.,
T. Eutson ; new bon. sec,
J. H. Stephens, 6, Malmes-
bury Eoad, Bow.
•VINCE N T.— Formed
Feb., 1882; 8 mem.;capt.,
C. Peace ; uniform, blue
serge, with polo caps; en.
fee., Is. ; sub., 5s. ; bon.
sec, W. Presslee, 129,
Aldernev Street, Pimlico,
S.W.; hdqts., George IV.,
Vauxhall Bridge Eoad, S.W.
♦WANDERERS.— New capt., George
Joined the Union in 1882.
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TRURO CYCLING-
— Formed 1882 ; 15
active, and 12 hon.
rnems. ; capt., James P.
Paull ; uniform, green,
with jockey caps and
badge, the city arms;
eri. fee, Is. ; sub., 2s. 6d.
for active members, 5s. for honorary
members; hon. sec, Edward Skey, 3,
St. Paul's Terrace, Traro, Cornwall.
TUFNELL.— New hon. sec, A. W-
Claremont, Millbrook House, Harring-
ton Square, N.W.
" TUENHAM GREEN.— New hdqts.,
Estate Office, near Duke's Avenue,
Turnham Green.
VICTOEIA (Paisley).— New hon.
sec, A. Gardiner, junr., 3, Caledonia
Street.
WAVENEY VALLEY.— This club
is not a Union club ; the hon. sec. is E.
W. (not W.) Copeman.
WEST DULWICH.— Now the Dul-
wich.
WE STEEN (Glasgow) .—Hon . see's,
name is J. Elder, 40, Buccleuch Street,
Glasgow.
WESTEEN RAMBLERS (Mal-
vern).— New hon. sec, G. P. Fulcber,
Col wall Villa, Malvern.
WEST KENT. -New captain, new
hon.sec , F. J . Oakley, 2, Lombard Street,
E C
WESTMINSTER— Newk'capt., J. E.
G. Rogers.
WHARFE DALE. —New cart., A.
Gilliat ; new hon. sec, W. B. Gurney,
Bradford.
WILBERFORCE
(Hull). — Formed 1st
June, 1881; 27 mem.;
capt., H. F. Wilson;
uniform, navy blue
coat with Bedford
cord breeches and hel-
met; no en. fee; sub., 5s.; hon. sec.
T. A. Gillett, 14 Market Place, Hull ;
hdqts., Temperance Club, 8, Albion
Street, Hull.
WINCKLEY(Preston).— Formed 31st
March, 1882 ; 18 mem. ; capt., A.
Brown ; uniform, grey tweed with jockey
cap ; no en. fes, sub. 5s.; hon. sec, J.
Marshall, junr.,134,Brackenbury Street,
Moor Park, Preston ; hdqts., Officers'
Mess Rooms, Starkie Street, Preston.
WINDSOR (Belfast). — New hon.
sec, W. Reid, junr. ; hdqts., Queen'a
Arcade, Belfast.
WINSTON.— Hon. sec, A. M. Shar-
ratt, 38, Winston Road, Stoke New-
ington.
WOOD GREEN.— New capt., W. G.
Rice ; new hon. sec, F. Watson, South
Dene, Finsbury Park, N.
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TRICYCLE CLUBS.
CALEDONIAN T.C.
— Capt., G. C. Cathcart;
hon. sec, James L.
Strang, Edinburgh.
ROTHERHAM CYCLISTS.—
Formed 17th March, 1882 ; 9 mem. ;
capt., C. W. Moss ; uniform, dark blue,
with helmet ; no en. fee or sub. ; hon.
sec, E. Isle Hubbard, Moorgate Street,
Rotherham.
THE RAILROAD VELOCIPEDE.
HERE was a good deal said a year or two ago about
ei railroad velocipedes," which run on the rails, and
which were said to be just the thing for superintendents
to use in running over the track to inspect it. As we
understand them, there were two wheels on one rail and one on
the other, and they were worked by treadling like a bicycle. We
asked a railroad superintendent the other day if he used his rail-
road velocipede much to run around with, and he sneered and said
he wouldn't have one of them on the road for a thousand dollars.
" Why," said he, as he rubbed a lame back that he had got on
one of them, " they are worse than a balloon. They run like the
very old Nick, and you can't stop them quick enough to keep
from running over a cow, or if you do stop them quick you go
right over the dash board and run into the cow yourself. I was
running one last year out by Wyocena, and struck a farmer who
was walking on the track, and knocked him over the fence. When
he struck the ground he looked around and saw what he thought
was a wild man walking in the air, and he ran across an eighty
acre field yelling murder. He has had fits ever since. One day
I was treadling along about eighty miles an hour up there by Fall
River, and a switch was turned, and before I knew it the veloci-
pede was side-tracked, striking a flat-car loaded with steel rails,
and threw me clear over the car and into a load of hay that "a
fellow was pitching into a hay press, and if he had not happened
to see my feet sticking out of the side of the load of hay I should
have been baled up with the hay and made some cow sick when
she came to eat me this winter. !N"o, sir, not any railroad veloci-
pede is mine. Why, the boys wanted to present me with one, and
I told them I would take an elephant or a litter of prairie wolves,
but not any velocipede. Some of them asked me if I didn't think
Manager Merrill would like one. I would just like to see the old
man riding on one of them things once. There would be a blue
streak all the way from Milwaukee to Mankato if he couldn't stop
it and a cow was on the track. They say Fred Underwood,
Superintendent of the Minnesota Division, had one, and he wr s
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running cut West to connect with a freight train wreck, when his
hat came off, and the settlers along the line of the road, lots of
them, moved away. You know Fred is as bald as a wash-bowl.
The people thought it was a sign that grasshoppers were coming
this year. Good-bye, railroad velocipede," and the superintendent
went off as though he had a hot box. — From the Detroit Free Press,
May 4th, 1882.
AMATEUR RACING RECORD.
26th April. — Chippenham. — Three miles handicap. — M. Denning, Chip'ham, 100
yds (1) ; C. King, Salisbury, scratch (2) ; F. Purse, Swindon, scratch (3).
29th April. — Nottingham Forest F.S. (Trent Bridge). — One mile handicap. —
W. R. Ellis, Nottingham, 90 yds (1) ; H. Eedgate, Nottingham, 65 (2) ; H.
H. Smith, Birmingham, 10 (3). Time 3m. 58s. One mile tricycle handicap.
—W. Cripps, Nottingham, 70 yds (1) ; T. E. Marriott, 70 (2). Time, 4m.
448.
29th April. — Richmond (OM Deer Park). — Three miles handicap. — C. Crute,
scratch (1) ; W. Brown, Brixton Ramblers, 150 (2) ; H. Keen, Chelsea, 180
(3). Time, 19m. 29gs. One mile tria/cle handicap.— G.~L. M. Kelham, 40
yds (1) ; H. Smith, FiDchley, 40 (2) ; L. Grose, Camberwell, 60 (3). Time,
7m. 49fs. Gale of wind and rain.
29th April. — Stamford Bridge (L.A..C). — Two Miles Members' HamVcap. — J. E.
Phillips, 180 yds (1) ; F. G. Medcalf . 190 (2) ; W. E. Milner, Belsize, scratch
(3). Time, 6m. 38|s. Gale of wind and rain.
29th April. — Glasgow (Academical Sports). — One Mile Handicap. — W. Macfar-
lane (1). Time, 3m. 58s. Two Miles Handicap. — H. B. Gibson (1) ; J. B.
Fisher (2). Time, 8m. 3s.
29th April. — Kilmarnock. — One Mile Handicap. — T. Lamb, Edinboro' (I) ; W.
A. Reid, 80 yds (2). Time, 3m. 3Js. Five Miles Handicap. — T. Lamb,
scratch (1) ; D. H. Hine, 240 yds (2) ; J. Rankin, 340 (3). Time, 16m. 20s.
Two Miles Handicap.— T>. H. Hine, 120 yds (1) ; T. Lamb, scratch (2).
Time, 6m. 31s. One 2lile Novices' Handicap.— J. McQuaker (1); J.
McBurney (2). Time, 3m. 31s.
1st May. — Birmingham (Moseley Harriers, Aston Grounds).— One Mile Handicap.
— R. Chambers, 40 yds (1) ; F. Moore, 30 (2) ; H. L. Cortis, scratch, and
M. H. Wbish, 60 yds, dead heat for 3rd place. Time, 2m. 58s. Three Miles
Scratch Race.— C. A. Palmer (1); F. Moore (2); R. Chambers (3). Time,
9m. 36fs.
3rd May.— Cambridge (University Trial Races). — Two Miles. — "Won by G. D.
Day (St. John's), in 6m. 8fs. Ten Miles.— Won by J. S. Whatton (Trinity)
in 33m. 22f s. Twenty-five Miles.— G. D. Day won in lh. 27m. 53f s.
5th May. — Edinburgh (Powderhall Grounds). — One Mile Handicap. — D. H.
Hine (Ed. Univ.), 145 yds (1) ; D. W. Laing (East of Scot.), 85 (2) ; W.
Kirk (Northern), 145 (3). Three Miles Handicap.— G. B. Batten (Univ.),
230 yds (1); D. H. Hine, 290(2); T. Lamb (Northern), 150 (3). Time,
9m. 35s. Two Miles Tricycle Handicap.— J. Hay (Caledonian), 160 yds (1) ;
M. Sinclair (Caledonian), 200 (2) ; T. R. Marriott (Nottingham), scratch
(3). Time, 7m. 38s.
6th May. — Stamford Bridge (University College A.C.). — One Mile Handicap. —
F. E. Phillips (L.A.C), 80 yds (1); F. G. Medcalf (L.A.C.), 95 (2) ; G. R.
Oxx, 100 (3). Time, 2m. 48fs.
6th May.— Southampton.— Three Miles Handicap- C. King (Salisbury), 80 yes
(1) ; P. G. Hebblethwaite, scratch (2). Time, 12m. 13|s. Half Mile Handi-
cap.—C. King, 10 yds (1) ; P. G. Hebblethwaite, 10 (2). Time, lm. 45s.
One Mile Handicap.— P. G. Hebblethwaite, 20 yds (1) ; C. King, 40 (2) ; E.
W. Jenkins (Christchurch), scratch (3). Time, 3m. 49s. One Mile Tricycle
Handicap.— A. Andrews (S'hampton), 110 yds (1); W. E. N. Coston, 90
(2). Time, 5m. 16s.
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6th May. — Burnley C.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — Kay (Eosendale), 265 yds (1) ;
H. B. Kuthven, 206 (2) ; H. Roscoe (Radoliffe), 235 (3). Time, 8m. 30s.
6th May. — Alexandra Palace. — One Mile Handicap. — A. Robinson (Essex), 150
yds (1) ; A. Thompson (Granville), 100 (2) ; R. A. Woolnough, 40 (3).
Time, 3m. ll5s. Three Miles Handicap.— R. A. Woolnough, 120 yds (1) ; C.
Crute, scratch (2) ; H. Huber, 300 (3). Time, 10m. 33|s. Five Miles Invita-
tion Race.— J. F. Griffith (1) ; C. Crute (2) ; T. W. Reilly (3). Time,
18m. 27fs.
6th May. — Inter-'Varsity Contest at Cambridge. — Two mil's scratch race. — W.
F. M. Buckley won for Oxford in 5m. 52£-s. Ten miles race. — J. S.
Whatton won for Cambridge in 31m. 38s. Twenty-five Miles Race. — G. D.
Day won for Cambridge in lh. 20m. 8s.
6th May. — Manchester (Sale Gardens). — One Mile Handicap. — J. Ashworth,
Salford, 120 yds (1) ; P. Badger, Hulme, 140 (2) ; D. Occleston, Warrington,
120 (3). Time, 3m. 5s. Three Miles Handicap.— 3 . Ashworth, 280 yds (1) ;
A. H. Knight, Seedley, 270 (2) ; D. Occleston, 280 (3). Time, 9m. 38|s.
Tu-o Mil s Handicap. J. T. Ward, Sale, scratch (1) ; H. Partington, Sale,
120 yds (2) ; W. Masou, Ashton-on-Mersey, 120 (3). Time, 6m. 23fs.
10th May. — Dearham. — Five Miles Handicap. — G. Pattinson,. Cleator, 5 yds (1);
F. James, Cleator Moor, scratch (2) ; J. Sandwith, Aspatria, 80 (3). Time,
21m. 40s. Three Miles Handicap.— R. Dover, Carlisle, 30 yds behind scratch
(1); A. W. Johnston, Cleator Moor, 15(2); G. Pattinson, Cleator, 10 (3).
Time, 11m. 5s. One Mile Handicap. — A. W. Johnston, 10 yds (1) ; J. Sand-
with, 20 (2) ; J. Reed, 15 (3). Time, 3m. 45s.
13th May. — St. Helens. — One Mile Scratch Race.— J. Cockerill, Heywcod (1) ;
A. Blackw ell, Liverpool (2) ; C. H. Hodgkinson, Wigan (3). Time, 3m. 30 jts.
Two Miles Handicap. — C. H. Hodgkinson, 140 yds (1) ; F. Gandy, Wigan,
260 (2) ; S. Topping, St. Helens, 280 (3). Time, 6m. 53£s.
13th May. — Stamford Bridge (La Crosse Club). — One 2Iile Handicap. — M. J. R.
Dundas, 30 yds (1) ; H. N. Wesson, Belgrave, 145 (2) ; R. A. Woolnough,
25 (3). Time, 2m. 52£s.
13th May. — Rock Ferry A.S.— Two Miles Handicap.— T. H. Overton, Liver-
pool, 290 yds (1) ; L. Watts, Liverpool Old Boys, 180 (2).
13th May.— Swindon (G.W.R. Sports).— Two Miles Handicap.— C. King, Salis-
bury, scratch (1) ; A. Titchener, Swindon, 140 yds (2). Time. 8m. 56s.
14th May. — Moseley F.C. (Birmingham, Aston). — Two Miles Handicap. — G.
H. Illston, Royal Mail, 200 yds (1) ; M. J. Lowdnes, Macclesfield, 80 (2) ; J.
Stephens, Aston Unity, 280 (3). Time, 5m. 47|s.
20th May. — Oxford. — Oxford University v. London B.C. — One Mile Scratch Race.
Winners of their heats : W. F. M. Buckley, Christchurch, in 2m. 57-Js. ; W.
K. Adam, Exeter, in 2m. 50s. ; M. H. Jephson, Hertford, in 2m. 59s.
Four Miles Scratch Race.—W. F. M. Buckley, Christchurch (1). Fifteen
Miles.— W. A. G. Walter, Exeter (1). Time, 49m. 19fs.
20th May. — Staleybridge C.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — H. Greenwood, Halifax,
270 yds (1) ; C. H. Hodgkinson, Wigan, 120 (2) ; G. W. Greenwood, Leeds,
95 (3). Won easily by 100 yds.
20th May. — Burton-on-Trent F.C. — Two Miles Handicap.— H. H. Smith,
Birmingham, 90 yds (1) ; L. Cooke, Nottingham, 250 (2) ; H. Humphries,
Birmingham, 120 (3). Time, 6m. 59s.
20th May. — Stamford Bridge (L.A.C.) — One Mile Handicap.— W. E. Milner,
scratch (1); R. A. Woolnough, 20 yds (2) ; M. J. R. Dundas, 15 (3). Time, 2m.
56^s.
20th May. — Northumberland County F.S. (Gosforth). — One Mile Handicap. —
F. Milburn, 120 yds (1) ; W. H. Wood, 60 (2) ; T. D. Oliver, scratch (3).
20th May. — Small Heath Harriers (Aston). — One Mile Handicap. — M. H. F.
Whish, 60 yds (1) ; F. Moore, 30 (2) : A. C. Auster, 65 (3). Time, 2m. 56fs.
One Mile Tricycle Handicap. — M.J. Lowdnes, Macclesfield, 30 yds (1); W.J.
Mills, Moseley Harriers, 50 (2) ; J. Hembrough, 90 (3). Time, 3m. dVs.
Five Miles Handicap.— F. Moore, 90 yds (1) ;C. A. Palmer, 30 (2); R. Chambers,
70 (3). Time, 16m. 3fs.
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CUTTING THE RECORDS IN THE U.S A.
HE Boston Bi. C. held their races at the Institute Fair
Building, on Huntingdon Avenue, on April 6th, and
scored a grand success, the American records from one
to five miles being lowered. There were besides the
one and five miles races a ten miles professional match between
Prince, Harrison, and Wilson — the former trying to beat Keen's
American record, but failing — and a one-legged race, but these
are of little interest. We take the following from our sprightly
little contemporary The Wheel : —
The Afternoon Races.
The committee had advertised the meeting largely, but the
crowd who clamoured for admission taxed the capacities of the
gate-keepers to the "fullest extent. With the exception of the
peculiar manner of awarding prizes to winners of trial heats, and
none to the second men in the final of the mile and five miles
handicap races, there was little cause for complaint. By this
arrangement, the man who lowered the five miles record has
nothing to show, while the winner of a trial heat in the very slow
time of 3m. 38s. captured a prize.
The first event was the trial heats of the mile, for which eleven
entries had been received. George D. Gideon, Germantown Bi.
Club, and E. P. Ahl, Mass. Bi. Club, were the contestants. J. C.
Garrood was one of the unfortunate multitude who were struggling
-to obtain entrance, and arrived too late to start in the first heat,
but was permitted to enter the fourth heat. Gideon is the well
known racer, never having sustained a defeat but once, the result
of a collision ; while Ahl is a novice in racing circles, but promises
to be a very fast man. At the pistol fire the men shot away,
Oideon taking the lead, which he held through four laps. When
the bell rang for the last lap, Ahl spurted, and crossed the line a
Avinner in 3m. 5f s., Gideon following in 3m. 8s. Both times being
inside the record of Walter Clark, which has stood for over two
years unaltered.
The second heat was between A. G. Powell, Germantown Bi.
•Club, and J. A. R. Underwood, Rox. Bi. Club, and was captured
by the latter in 3m. 16s. Powell second in 3m. 16|s.
The third heat brought out C. G. Wiight, Germantown Bi.
Club, and J. S. Dean, of the Boston Club. Neither man wanted
the lead, and the first hundred yards was ridiculously slow.
Wright took the lead, but lost it on the last lap by slipping a
j>edal, and Dean won in 3m. 38s., with Wright second in 3m. 49^8
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In the fourth and last trial heat, N. Ethier, Union A.C. ; J. L.
Ayer, Boston Bi. C. ; and J* 0. Garrood, Eng. Bi. C, competed.
Ethier was out of place, and dropped out at the third lap. Ayer
proved himself a flyer, and won handily in 3m. 14s. Garrood
second, in 3m. 15|s.
Miss Ida Black well then attempted to make a mile in four
minutes, but worked hard to cover the distance inside of five.
The third event was the five miles handicap, which was not
only the most important but the finest race ever witnessed, the
two scratch men and three others all riding far inside of the
amateur record. The men were arranged as follows : J. A.. R.
Underwood, Rox. Bi. Club (scratch) ; George D. Gideon, German-
town Bi. Club (scratch) ; A. G. Powell, Germantown Bi. Club,
100 yds ; A. D. .Claflin, Mass. Bi. Club, 100 vds ; B. F. Blacking-
ton, Col. Bi. Club, 120 yds ; J. C. Garrood, "Eng. Bi. Club, 200
yds ; J. S. Dean, Boston Bi. Club, 280 yds ; J. L. Ayer, Boston Bi.
Club, 300 yds. Ahl had entered for this race, and received 100
yds, but did not start, probably saving himself for the final heat
of the mile. Had Dean been put at 25 yds he would probably
have had to work hard to win, but he surprised himself and his
friends by maintaining his lead, and finishing not far from the
leader. The pistol was fired before all the men were fairly mounted,
and Powell and Claflin were obliged to scramble on their machines.
Ayer kept the lead until the second mile, when he retired in the
third lap, and Dean, having nearly a lap start, caught his men,
and held them.
The scratch men passed the last of their opponents on the third
mile, and the riders all crossed the line in a bunch, as fast as they
could be called. The first mile was run in om. 12s. by Underwood,
who also covered the second mile in 6m. 22^-s., Gideon being close
at his heels. Underwood at the third mile was still ahead, in 9m.
41fs., with Gideon only £s. behind him. On the fourth mile
Gideon spurted past Powell, Claflin, and Underwood, and passed
the stand in 13m. 2£s., with Underwood |-s. behind. Blackington,
finding the pace too hot, dropped behind, and gave up on the
second lap of the last mile. The pace throughout was very fast
and quite even. In the last mile Gideon made a game effort to
make up the distance between himself and Dean, but the latter
had too much start, and it was an impossibility. Gideon crossed
the line, completing the five miles in 16m. lOfs. Claflin made a
spurt in the last mile, and just succeeded in beating Underwood
by a foot. His time was 16m. 12fs. Underwood finished in 16m.
12|s., and Powell crossed the line in 16m. 19|s. Underwood,
therefore, holds the record for two and three miles, while Gideon
2
3
4
5
5.431
9.03$
12.25|
15.39£
6.22±
9.42
*13.2i
*16.10f
6.221
*9.41|
13.2f
16.12*
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the best time for four and five miles. The following are the-
times for the three first men : —
Miles. 1
Dean (280 yds) 2.38£
Gideon (scratch) 3.12^
Underwood (scratch)..3.12
As Dean did not run the entire distance, his times censequently
do not constitute a record. He proved himself a very fast man
though, and better fitted to be on the scratch mark than at the
enormous handicap, for a man of his speed, of 280 yards.
Four men, by virtue of winning the trial heats, and the second
man in the fastest heat, were qualified to run in the final heat of
the mile dash, which was next called, but only Gideon and Ahl
chose to run.
The latter had withdrawn from the five miles race on purpose
to make a desperate effort, while Gideon had not fairly recovered
from the effects of the five miles race, and was also chilled
through. At the pistol time Gideon started off, while Ahl seemed
to hold back purposely. He caught the former at the third lap,
and on the fourth lap spurted past him, continuing to spurc to the-
end, finishing the mile in 3m. l£s. As was expected, the record,
was lowered considerably, so we give the time for each lap.
Laps. 12 3 4 5
Gideon 39£ l.lt>£ 1.54 2.30| 3.07
Ahl 40 1.16^ 1.541 2.S0£ *3.01|
* Denotes best amateur time on record in America.
A LONG BICYCLE RIDE IN NEW ZEALAND.
ESSRS. Farr, Douglas, and Norris, of the Pioneer Bicycle
Club, started from the Carlton Hotel, Christchurch, one-
Saturday at 7.15 a.m., two being bound for
Hurunui, the other intending to ride part of the way in
company. A genuine Scotch mist enveloped the cyclists for 30
miles of their journey, keeping them cool and damp, but preventing
a view of the surrounding country. Kaiapoi was reached at 8.20,.
when some time was occupied in calling on another member of the
club, who had agreed to take part in the run, but who, through press
of business, was prevented from so doing. Kaiapoi was left at
8.45. and a capital spin ensued to Amberley — 33 miles from starting
point — which was reached at 10.45, anc* a halt of half-an-hour was
indulged in. A stoppage, necessitated by wading through the
Waipara River, served somewhat to recruit the riders' energies, and.
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enabled them to negotiate the Weka Pass in good style, finishing
up " legs over" just in time for dinner at the hotel a little before I
p.m. Distance travelled 45 miles. Time occupied in saddle about
4h. 30m.
After a bath in the Weka Creek, and a ramble round the orchard,
Mr. Farr parted company (at 2.40) with his fellow travellers and re-
turned to Christchurch, arriving at Amberley at 4, and Kaiapoi at
6.10. After having tea he started for Christchurch at 7, arriving
home (after completing go miles) at 8.10 p.m.
Messrs. Douglas and Norris, after parting with Mr. Farr, wended
their way over the range ; descended to Waikari, and without halt-
ing passed on to Hurunui (56 miles), having to walk to the top of
the intervening range, and thereby losing much time. The Hurunui
Hotel was reached at 5 p.m. Tea, &c, followed as a matter of
course, after which Mr. Norris rode across the long bridge spanning
the rapid Hurunui, for the credit of being the fourth bicyclist to
enter the Nelson Province. Early next morning the travellers were
astir, and made a start at 8.30. Unfortunately drizzling rain
troubled them, accompanied by a head wind. They, however,
mounted nearly every ascent and flew down the gradients of the
first range, then pleasantly pedalled on across the flat to Waikari
(8 miles), arriving at 9.45, then up and down till Weka Pass Hotel
(11 miles from Hurunui) was reached at 10.20, and after a slight
halt to oil up, &c, left at 10.35, travelling on again over similar
winding roads till the River Waipara was crossed (without halting
this time, the bicyclists walking straight through it with, boots on) ;
then on to Amberley, arriving at the Crown Hotel at n.55, in the
midst of a shower. Here Mr. M'Lean kindly provided dinner gratis,
after which the journey was proceeded with at 1.30 p.m. Kaiapoi
was reached at 3.45, and Christchurch at 5.40, the bicyclists having
much enjoyed both the journey and the scenery en route.
Notes. —The surface of road from Christchurch till after passing
Kaiapoi, generally stony with wheel tracks to ride in, is now in
better condition than usual ; from Kaiapoi to Waitohi Flat, near
Hurunui, it is excellent. Half way between Weka Pass and
Waikari the road dips suddenly and turns sharply to the right under
the railway, where a patch of newly laid stones upset one rider.
The bicycles ridden were two D. Excelsior H.F.'s, with ball bear-
ings to pedals and both wheels, and one D.H.F. Premier, with baH
hearings to front wheel.
Hollow ay's Pills.— The Great Need.— The blood is the life, and on its purity our health
as well as our existence depends. These Pills thoroughly cleanse the vital fluid from all
contaminations, and by that means strengthen and invigorate the whole system, healthily
stimulate sluggish organs, repress over-exeited action, and establish order of circulation
and secretion throughout every part of the body. The balsamic nature of Holloway's Pills
•exercises marvellous power in giving tone to debilitated and nervous constitutions. These
pills dislodge all obstructions, both in the bowels and elsewhere, and are, on that account,
much sought atter for promoting regularity of action in young females and delicate persons
wb« are naturally weak, or have from some cause become so. — Advt.
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CYCLING CELEBRITIES.
No. 9. — Mr. R. H. Leslie (London Scottish B.C.).
PROMINENT figure in cycledom is "Leslie, of the
London Scottish," as, like the lairds of his native land,
he is always spoken of. Indeed, we doubt if any, but
his most intimate friends, even knew his " christian
initials," until they read them at the head of this article. We
have heard it said of the L.S.B.C. that " Leslie is the Club,'' but,
although that may be true so far as energy and hard work is con-
cerned, the London Scottish B.C. is no myth, and is ably
represented on the B.U., and at all times by the subject of our
sketch. Formed, as the club was, in October, 1879, the chairman
of their first meeting was Mr. Leslie, and ever since that time he
has steadily worked for the club, first as captain, and latterly as
hon. sec, thinking that he could do more real hard work in that
capacity than in the more ornamental one he at first held. When
we say that the club began with 1 1 members and now numbers
83, and is besides in a sound financial position, it will be at once
seen that Mr. Leslie's efforts have been successful. No one who
is- familiar with the stalwart, well-knit figure of the representative
London Scottish man, whether seen in the neat dark grey uniform
of his club or in faultless evening attire, warbling out
" McPhairson had a son," at a winter festive gathering, would
ever dream that the owner of such a frame, with such marks of
leonine power, as evidenced by the heavy drooping fair moustache,
could ever be " done up." But it is a fact, nevertheless, that Mr.
Leslie, after his first three years in London, was so done up with
hard work at the banking establishment which is fortunate enough
to command his energies, that he was completely " knocked out
of time." He had ridden a. boneshaker eleven years before in
Scotland, but had abandoned the art in consequence of an
accident. Persuaded again, however, to try the exhilarating
effects of the wheel, he renewed his acquaintance with the bicycle
by short evening runs, and he traces his recovery from the effects
of overwork to a renewal of this healthful exercise for both mind
and body. Mr. Leslie is a standing example that it is not neces-
sary to race, to write, to speak, or even to take extensive tours,
to become a prominent wheelman. He has done none of these,
yet he is known far and wide in London wheel circles, and if all's
well will be equally so amongst another '' set," after the Harro-
gate gathering of 1 882. Possessing nothing of the " pawky" Scot
about him, " Leslie" is a universal favourite ; a credit alike in every
way to the London Scottish as the London Scottish is to him. He
is an excellent representative type of the cycling celebrity, who
has made his name as a club founder, and no gallery of wheel-
men would be complete without " Leslie of the London S -sottish."
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A RUN THROUGH DONEGAL
In the summer of 1877 I found myself with a couple of clays to
spare in the town of Donegal, and as my friends, three in num-
ber, were most anxious to get a glimpse of the Donegal Southern
Highlands, we decided that we could not spend the time so, our
disposal better than in the gratification of our desire. We, in
consequence, started from Donegal about eight o'clock on a lovely
May morning, and, though the drive is exceedingly pleasant,
nothing of special interest presents itself to the stranger until
the village of Mount Charles is reached. Here the road, which
has been for some time quite shaded by wood, turns a sharp
corner, and exposes, as by magic, a most pleasing prospect.
From this spot, on a clear day, there is a tolerably complete view
of no less than five different counties, whilst seawards the vast
expanse of water from Teelin Head to Sligo forms a powerful
background to the already gigantic picture. The little church
is delightfully situated ; indeed, both it and the church on the
margin of Lough Eske surpass, in my opinion, many of the more
celebrated morceaux of rustic scenery of which one hears so much.
From that, at Mount Charles especially, the view is very fine.
On the left are seen the Barnes Mountains, with Barnes' Gap,
like a huge chasm, cut straight into the very highest portion of
the ridge, leaving on each side a bold and rugged outline, and
on the right the Sligo Mountains seem to rise perpendicularly
out of the blue water of Donegal Bay, although, in reality,
there is a flat stretch of country for some miles inland towards
their base, which, however, the distance renders quite invisible.
From Mount Charles the journey to Killybegs is quite un-
attractive, most of the way being dull in the extreme, only
relieved at rare intervals by a passing sheen of the Atlantic ap-
pearing through the hills, which serves to keep the traveller's
spirits from quite evaporating. We found Killybegs somewhat
of a contrast to the majority of Irish villages of its size, inso-
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much as compared with the remainder it is cleanliness itself, but
we were too ardent for the real wilds beyond to remain there
long, and having secured an excellent tandem turn-out, we were
quickly en route again. We now proceeded at a rattling pace,
and found ourselves rapidly leaving all trace of civilisation be-
hind. Some distance from Killybegs we had another of those
beautiful glimpses of the ocean, and this time the dark blue of
the water is pleasingly contrasted with a fringe of rich yellow
sand. After a few miles have been covered, the country begins
to really deserve the name of Highlands. I was much struck by
the number of cabins we saw, and. the crowds of people we met.
The fact that it was Sunday evening may have had something to
do with the number of people, but if it may be taken as represent-
ing the usual population, I cannot conceive how they contrive to
live in such a wilderness. The girls walked in groups of ten or
twelve, and were invariably followed, at a distance of perhaps
twenty yards, by an equal number of " the boys." The latter
appeared quite happy in this rather uninteresting association ;
such, however, is the simplicity of these humble people that a
more intimate acquaintanceship, at least in public, never strikes
them as either necessary or desirable. They seem much pleased
when a stranger addresses them in their native tongue, should it
be but a few simple words. They were also apparently much
amused when our leader, on going up any rising ground with
more than ordinary energy, broke his traces (i.e., ropes in the last
stage of decay), and galloped off in front, evidently happy in his
release. This little episode occurring about half a dozen times on
the road from Killybegs to Carrick, we had frequent opportunities
• of affording amusement to the native.
Until we arrived at Carrick the country did not vary much,
the same long undulating tracks of barren waste stretching on
all sides, and becoming rather monotonous in theirdreariness, but
once in Carrick we had a foretaste of the treat in store for us.
The hotel faces Slieve League, a mountain two thousand feet
high and rising to its most extreme elevation almost
perpendicularly out of the ocean. Having obtained some
refreshment, we started for the summit, and a tiresome
climb we found it. I have since attained a far greater
height with much less trouble, but from whatever cause — perhaps
the long drive of 25 Irish miles may have had some influence—
we were quite used up when we at length reached our destination.
The reward more than repaid all our trouble ; certainly nothing-
could be finer than the view from Slieve League. On the land
side we could see the bluff headland of Glen, and away to Arran.
more ; seawards the mountain is, as I have already said a sheer
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cliff, and to go at all near tlie edge would make any ordinary
person quail. On our first arrival we could scarcely prevail on
ourselves to even approach it, but after some time one gets
accustomed to the place, and we then thought of crossing the
One Man's Pass, as it is called. This pass is a mere ledge of
rock connecting two of the highest mountain peaks. It is, as
may be supposed, no easy matter to cross it, especially as, in
addition to the terrible height, it has a very rough and uneven
surface, and is only two or three feet broad at the top. After
crossing, which we all managed with safety — some of us, I must
admit, with fear and trembling — we remained a few minutes on the
opposite peak, and on looking down we observed a large five-
masted steamer rounding Teelin Head ; although but a short dis-
tance from land, the vessel appeared to us at such an elevation like
a little toy. We found it a much easier task to come down than
it had been to ascend, though between both journeys we were
quite glad to reach our hotel.
I shall not quickly forget the feelings with which I turned out
of bed at five o'clock next morning, to see Slieve League in the
early sunlight. The morning, like the previous one, was beauti-
ful, and the rising sun threw a glorious tint over the mountains,
towards which the windows of my bedroom looked. After break-
fast we got out our tandem, and, as the driver had occupied some
of his time in putting his leader's traces in a better state, we had
fewer delays on the road than on the first day. The road for the
greater part of the way to Glen is similar to that on the other side
of Carrick, only, if possible, rather more lonely and deserted, but
a pleasing contrast is experienced when a little hill about a mile
from Glen Head is ascended. Here, instead ofthe long unchanging
moors, Glen Head stands out bluff and bold, and against its base,
although the day on which we visited it was exceedingly fine, the
Atlantic was heaving and dashing with tremendous force. Glen
Bay is a little indentation, like many others with which the coast
abounds, and, like the others, a rich yellow sand lies side by side
with the rugged and frowning rocks, forming a refreshing and
very pretty picture. While our horses rested we ascended the
cliff, which is tolerably easy of access, but the view is very
inferior to that from Slieve League. We were soon on the road
again, this time for Ardara, a distance of eighteen Irish miles, and
had a very good road for about three miles, after which it becomes
very rough, and turns abruptly inland, passing through another
of those gaps or clefts with which the mountain ranges of Donegal
abound.
The strangest sight which we had yet seen was now before us.
Enormous boulders of rock, some of them five or six feet high,
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were strewn about with the utmost confusion, and were lying in
all sorts of grotesque positions. The whole appearance of the
scene was weird in the extreme, and the air of desolation which
now reigned on every side made us glad to escape from such a
depressing spot, though I am certain that its interest to a geologist
would be very great.
From this place to Glengesh the county is flat, or nearly so>
differing only from that between Killybegs and Carrick by its being
'uninhabited, save a solitary cabin at rare intervals, and, I believe,
a police barrack somewhere in the neighbourhood. Grlengesh is
another of those gorges which I mentioned, but, unlike the pre-
vious ones, the road begins on a high plateau and winds down-
ward to the valley beneath, whereas the others are cut right
through the ridge of mountain. The road downward is so steep
that one can scarcely sit on the car, and it required all the assist-
ance we could give the horses to keep the car on the road, the
sharp turnings of which present rather a disagreeable appearance
to a nervous traveller. These turnings are not improved by the
fact that nothing in the way of a fence is on any part of the road,
and the least play or freak of a restive horse would send the whole
party down some fifty or sixty feet of a bank. The hill is three
miles long, and holding back the car for such a distance proved a
very tiresome occupation, but when fairly started at the
bottom we were not long getting into Ardara. Outside
Ardara we found the first green hedge which we had seen
for at least twenty-five or thirty miles of a drive through
the rr oorlands, and indeed it was quite a grateful object to
our e^ es. The village of Ardara is like an oasis in the desert,
surrounded as it is with pretty hedge-rows and green trees. Any-
one driving all the way from Carrick will have, when they reach
Ardara, a strong impression of having, in the hurry of departure,
forgotten to breakfast, or at least of being quite ready for dinner.
After having attended to this important consideration in mountain
travelling, we strolled about for some time enjoying the lovely
evening, but as we had still many miles to go before our journey
was done, we were quickly on the road again, this time for Killy-
begs, thus completing a sort of rough triangle embracing all the
Southern portion of the Donegal Highlands. From Ardara to
Killybegs the road is much the same as all the previous ones ; of
course, there is the inevitable gap to be gone through — this one
is called the Nick of the Ballagh, I believe, but as regards pic-
turesque scenery is of inferior interest to any of the former. We
got back to Killybegs about eight o'clock in the evening, and
after supper, and what we quite as much needed — a change of
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horses — set out for Donegal, where we arrived at midnight, having
covered eighty- five Irish miles ^over 108 English) in two days.
R. Cromie.
Note. — A cyclist will find the road from Donegal to Killybega
hilly, but the surface fair. From Killybegs to Carrick the same
surface, but not quite so many hills, while from Carrick to
Ardara, with the exception of Glengesh, the hills are fewer and
the surface better : the mountain road or track, where it is at all
level, forms excellent going. I have since been over the above
route on a bicycle.
The chances of the Amateur Championships, or at any rate the
majority of them, passing into the Midlands, look more roseate even
than they did last month, as, whilst Palmer keeps up his form, Mr. J.
F. Griffith was thoroughly and completely vanquished by the Oxford
men at 1 and 4 miles on the 20th. Men talk of the London champion
being over-tramed, as a result of following too closely the old style.
Be this as it may, Metropolitans, who would gladly see modest riders
like Milner or Crute, gain the blue ribbons of the cinder path, will no
doubt recover from the shock, even should their best man, xip to now
— Griffith — be vanquished by the Midlander.
Milner's performance at Stamford Bridge, of 2m. 55|s. for a mile,
during half a gale of wind from the eastward, is another feather in
the cap of the Belsize man. Unless something very brilliant is done
at Whitsuntide, however (the racing at which period will bo too late
for our columns), the month of May will have passed away v/iihout
mu'.h change in the racing foirni of our cracks. Mr. G. P. Coleman
completed 25 handicaps for the B.U. this month, and expecis to have
over 40 before the season is over. Cortis signed articles as surgeon
in a steamer bound for Australia this month, and although he was
trying hard to get out of his bargain when we penned this "copy,"
it was not known if he had succeeded. " Scorchalong."
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" What a day we are having ! " As I write the rain is descending
in steady downpour, a veritable and even acceptable change from the
glorious sunshine and gusty breezes, 'with which we have been
favoured for a full month. This same sunshine is all very well in
its way, and most enjoyable, but it becomes too much of a good
thing when continued so long without intermission, for the result is
the inevitable destruction of the road surface, and a deplorable
deepening of the dust, making the "going" exceedingly laborious.
The few showers of Tuesday, however, effectually put things to
rights, and after the , present rain — which I hope will hold up for
Whitsuntide — cyclists may expect a full enjoyment of their loved
pastime.
Here in the Midlands, excitement has been high in racing circles
over the recent £5 5s. recommendation of the Union, and I notice
that the leading clubs have arranged to give ten guinea prizes at
their meetings as before. Most, too, have announced tricycle races
as part of their programmes, and those which have up to now
been held have shown that several men can "go" on a trike, and
that records will shortly be cut down pretty heavily. Corbett is still
scratch man, but I fancy the next published handicaps will find M.
J. Lowndes on the same mark. In the matter of speed on the
two-wheeler, too, the Midlands are looking up, and I fully anticipate
more than one of the championships will be wrested from the hands
of the metropolis. Palmer is going as well as ever, but Moore has
surprised even himself, whilst Chambers is deemed to be equal to
either when fully pulled out, and Lowndes and Whish are both show-
ing excellent form. The B.U. local executive in Birmingham are
working hard, and fully anticipate the pleasure of running a good
surplus into the coffers of the parent body, as the results of a
meeting held on the Aston track.
Some pleasant road rides have been taken during the past month
by the various clubs. Hampton-in-Arden is likely to be visited
frequently this summer, as the Ring of Bells has a change of land-
lords, and cyclists will find their interests well looked after by Mr.
John Peters, the new " boss of that shanty." I hear the makers in
Coventry and Birmingham are all as busy as they can be, and on all
sides I hear complaints from men who have machines on order that
they " have waited seven weeks and no signs of it yet," to which I
would add " and not likely to be either," for those who do not get
their new purchases this week can well feel sure they won't get
them for a fortnight, as " the holidays " intervene and stop the work
of all except " Spectator."
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Early Self Propelling Machines. — We read in the Bath Gazette
that some persons have lately been " astonishing the natives" of Bath
by traversing the streets at no moderate pace, mounted on three-
wheeled machines that are a great improvement on the velocipede.
Some of the vehicles are propelled by the rider rising up and down,
by a motion similar to horse exercise, from which they have obtained
the name of " ups and downs." An improvement has been made
by a workman of Bath. His machine has three wheels placed like
those of a Bath Chair: the small front wheel is only used for guiding,
and is turned by a handle that passes to the rider. A pair of treadles
are affixed to the axletree of the two larger wheels, and by pressing
down the treadles a few inches with each foot alternately, the
machine is propelled. The rider is seated between the two larger
wheels, and proceeds with ease at the rate of six miles an hour, and
with exertion will perform eight miles ; it will also ascend slight
hills. The inventor lately went on it from Bristol to Bath in an
hour and a-half. Its motive power is of much simplicity. When
the velocipede was in use, we invented some important improvements
in it. — From Polytechnic Journal, in The Practical Mechanic and
Engineers' Magazine, July, 1843.
MR. BUTTERWORTH'S CHOICE.
Mr. J. S. Butterworth, an equestrian and bicyclist, and well
known in the scholastic profession, having a holiday on Ascension
Day, determined to spend it in the Aquarium, amongst the iron
horses of the times. Having to walk three miles to the tram, he
endeavoured to solve the momentous question of what to do with
his next grant, and argued pro and con., horse v. bicycle, thinking if
he bought the former Mrs. B. could also use it ; but the question lay
undecided, and the Exhibition reached, it was shelved pro tern.
But, alas ! another factor in the problem arose, for Mr. S. Withers,
of Cheapside, noticing his ready aptitude as an expositor, and the
zest with which he explained the various features of the new
" Merlin " tricycle, won him over for the rest of the evening. It
must certainly be allowed that what with horseflesh, bicycles and
tricycles, his ideas must have been very mixed, and the settling of
the spending of the said grant as far off as ever ; but, lo ! an un-
expected solution is arrived at. Going home Mr. B. found and
caught a horse, a fine young spirited animal, which had not certainly
been over fed lately, and possessing a habit of playfully extending
its hind quarters and working itself about after the style of a
rocking-horse, varying the elegant preamble with an occasional
fancy skipping. All at once, being a long way from home and all
trams stopped, Mr. B. thought a happy thought — " I'll go home on
it, and give it up at the police-station, near my house." Easier said
than done, for when in a good attitude for a spring, up went the back
wheel, as it were, quite playfully; but, nothing daunted, he was soon, not
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in the saddle, but on the backbone, and began to treadle with his heels
in the animals flanks, when up went the back wheel again, then the
front, like a see-saw, but finding it impossible to bring his rider over
the handles, changed the programme to a full galop. Now, this
was a very nice way of getting home for a time, when it began to be
rather bumpy, and the rider thought he would draw rein a bit, but
only having a bit of rope round the steed's neck, all his efforts and
coaxings, kickings and wo'ings, only goaded the animal to greater
efforts. Still two miles home. Mazeppa's case was not half so bad,
for he was fast to his Ukraine steed, and couldn't bump. Still on he
went, full belt, then Mr. B.'s dignity went down, for he began to
pass places where he was known, and one who evidently wanted his
little joke cried out " that's a rather obstinate scholar, Mr. B." All
hopes of stopping were over, and it was with a shout of joy that he
cried out to a policeman at the station door, " I've got a charge for
you if you can only stop him," which was soon accomplished ; but
oh ! the pangs of that midnight ride were not yet over. To walk
was excruciating, to sit down was worse, to lie wanted a soft place,
and when sleep did come, his dreams were all of one strain, viz. :
phantoms of bony horseflesh, rubbing bare patches on places origin-
ally intended for careful treatment, and in wakeful moments, the
horses disadvantages, viz. : the constant amount and cost of food
required to keep the flesh level with the bones, the room to house
him, the time to groom him, the short journey he will do per day,
the fact that he won't keep going unless he feeds when his rider does,
and the absence of a B.T.C* tariff on his behalf, all went over to the
side of the iron horse, whose backbone has a constant saddle ready
for the comfort of the finder should it stray, and whose very constitu-
tion is against the art and practice of see-saw, and who does not
show an objection to being mounted by kicking up his hind wheel.
The boys in one school had it all their own way the day after,
and the master wanted to know why assistant teachers wanted to
sit down to teach.
THINGS A CYCLIST OUGHT TO KNOW.
(By "Arry.")
Never ride slowly through crowded thoroughfares.
Always yell at every person you meet.
Never look where you are riding.
Always leave your lamp at home.
Ride over every cat, dog, or human being you meet.
Always behave as a cad, to mistake being taken for a gentleman.
Always get drunk before mounting your machine.
Behave insultingly to every person you meet, more especially ladies.
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Never ride without a clay pipe in your mouth.
Whenever you meet a clubman, demonstrate by every means in your
power that he is utterly contemptible when compared to yourself.
Always go quickest when turning sharp corners.
Stop at every beerhouse on the road.
Pass every 'bus, tram, hansom, or fire engine on the road.
Mount and dismount at every opportunity, to show your proficiency.
The cheapest machine is always the best in the end, and the dearest
the most expensive.
The best way to keep a machine is to lock it in a coach-house, and
leave the key in the lock.
Always remember, civility begets insulting language, and vice versa.
In overtaking vehicles or foot passengers, a cat call is the best
method of announcing your approach.
The easiest method of dismounting is to fall off.
The best position for a rider in hill-climbing is to walk up.
Cleanliness is the root of all evil.
IMAGINATION.
To fly as fast as ever it pleased you,
To stop whenever the fancy seized you —
Who would not wish to obtain this power ?
Racing at sixty miles an hour !
Or, if you wished it faster still ! —
Nothing to fear from the steepest hill ! !
What could be better, I ask, than this ?
Would even the lover's first fond kiss
Dare to compete with such wild delight,
Soaring away to the infinite ?
REALITY.
Something we feel of this rushing joy,
Though perhaps the kiss of a maiden coy
Might be well preferred to a cyclist's ride,
Since she cannot sit by her lover's side.
The wind blows sweet as we rush along,
Or pick our way through a bustling throng,
Scudding by carts like a flash of light,
Filling their inmates with causeless fright.
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TO THE INVENTOR.
Inventors, turn your minds, I pray,
Invent me the following, some fine day :
A two-wheeled cycle whereon could sit
A pair of lovers, a nice tight fit !
It must go at least 30 miles an hour,
By magnetic needle, or other power ;
Nothing on earth would come up to this,
Heart can scarce imagine the bliss.
The machine must not be one that kicks,
And a patent brake you must affix ;
Make it as safe as a rock built house,
Moving as quiet as any mouse ;
Have a steam whistle somewhere placed ;
And use the electric light !
In haste,
" Ball Pedals.'
CORRESPONDENCE.
WHO INTRODUCED THE JOCKEY CAP ?
70, Fenchurch Street, London, May 1, 1882.
Dear Sir, — In your number of this month I notice a statement
made by " Axis " as to the original wearer, and, in fact, the intro-
ducer of jockey caps into the cycling world. To R. A. Woolnough
is given the credit, but I think this statement is open to doubt, as
amongst the hundreds of my cycling customers I am constantly
hearing the introduction of this head gear claimed, and it would not
be disinteresting to find out really who did wear the first jockey cap
for bicycling or tricycling. To commence, then, I myself can refer
to the year 1877, when, not knowing what cap to don — the polo
being the only kind then fashionable, which did not suit me at all —
I ventured upon having a soft cloth jockey, or, as some style it,
huntsman's cap, made, and as I then spent far more time on the
wheel than I have a chance to do now, it attracted a great deal of
notice, and was soon copied by many of my friends.
Yours faithfully, J. C. Clare.
The Cyclist can always be obtained at 152, Fleet Street, every Wednesday morning, after
eight a.m. The Cyclist is now unquestionably at the head of the Cycling papers, and is
well worthy of the proud position.— London Office : Harry Etherington, 152, Fleet St., E.C.
THE WHEEL WORLD. 93
PATENT RECORD.
(Compiled by Hakt & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C., from
■whom all information concerning Patents, including book of instructions,
may be obtained.)
APPLICATIONS FOE LETTERS PATENT.
1793.— J. Wbite, Coventry. Velocipedes. 14th April, 1882.
1812.— W. Morgan, Birmingham. Tricycles, &c. 17th April, 1882.
1839.— S. J. Collier, Manchester. Construction of driving gear for tricycles and
other velocipedes. 18th April, 1882.
1859. — H. E. Newton. London. Velocipedeo. (Com. by A. Winkler, Paris.)
18th April, 1882.
1885. — A. H. Griffiths, Birmingham. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 20th
April, 1882.
1911.— J. G. Harrison, Birmingham. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 21st
April, 1882.
2113.— H. Whitehouse, Reading. Velocipedes, &c. 5th May, 1882.
2139.— B. Bennett, Coventry. Velocipedes. 6th May, 1882.
2148.— W. Dawes and J. Tankard, Leeds. Tricycles, &c. 6th May, 1882.
2158. — H. F. D. Miller, Birmingham. Lamps for bicycles, tricycles, and other
velocipedes. 8th May, 1882.
2172.— J. Harrington, Coventry. Velocipedes. 9th May, 1882.
2174.— C. Harvey and W. Paddock, Birmingham. Tricycles and other veloci-
pedes. 9th May, 1882.
NOTICES TO PROCEED
Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —
18th Apbil, 1882.
5484. — A. Lafargue, Kensington. Bicycle and tricycle velocipedes. 15th Dea,
1881.
1052.— T. H. Ward, Tipton. Velocipedes, &c. 4th March, 1882.
5th Mat, 1882.
27. — A. J. Bould, London. Construction of ball bearings. (Com. by H. Bussing,
Bramschweig, Germany. 3rd Jan., 1882.
9th Mat, 1882.
1667.— T. Forshaw, Smalley. Tricycles and bicycles. 6th April, 1882.
12th Mat, 1882.
99. — M. D. Rucker, junr., London. Velocipedes, &c. 7th Jan., 1882.
PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
18th April, 1882.
4600.— G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. 20th Oct., 1881.
25th Apbil, 1882.
4722.— F. W. Jones, Exeter. Velocipedes, &c. 28th Oct., 1881.
94
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4829. — A. Archer, Birmingham. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 3rd Nov.»
1881.
■608.— J. Beeston, Lymington. Tricycles. 8th Feb., 1882.
2nd May, 1882.
439. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Construction, &c, of the seats of tricycles. 28th
Jan., 1882.
■683. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Ball or roller bearings for velocipedes. 11th Feb.,
1882.
5th Mat, 1882.
4865. — S. Armstrong, Birmingham. Forks of bicycles and other velocipedes.
7th Nov., 1881.
4901. — R. E. Phillips, Westminster. Construction of velocipedes, cfcc. 9th
Nov., 1881.
4917. — L. B. Broadbent, London. Construction of bicycles, tricycles, and
quadricycles. 9th Nov., 1881.
9th May, 18S2.
5305. — C. B. B. Hamilton, Greenwich. Construction of saddles for bicycles,
&o. 5th Dec, 1881.
5514. — W. P. Thompson, London. Apparatus for driving tricycles, cfcc. (Com.
by N. Merrill, New York, U.S.A.) 16th Dec, 1881.
12th May, 1882.
5005.— B. J. Castle, London. Velocipedes. 15th Nov., 1881.
PATENT
On which the stamp duty of £50 has been paid.
1909.— T. Butler, Eversley. Velocipedes. 13th May, 1879.
PATENTS VOID
Through the non-payment of the £50 stamp duty.
1608. — N. Wilson, London, and E. Marshal), Birmingham. Bicycles. 24th
April, 1879.
1647— A. C. Hickling, Maidenhead. Velocipedes. 26th April, 1879.
ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th April, 1882.
3779.— A. B. Joy, Ilkley. Apparatus for the conversion of animal energy and
gravitation into rotary motion. This is specially applicable to pro-
pelling tricycles, water velocipedes, cfcc. A pair of pinions are mounted
on the shaft, which have sliding catch boxes on their sides, and sliding
racks actuate the pinions on which the power is brought to bear
alternately. (Pro. pro.) 30th August, 1881. Pritee 2d.
3787. — H. Wilkinson, London. Velocipedes. Gearing wheels of different
powers are mounted on the shafts, which are brought into action as
required by a lever. (Pro. pro.) 31st August, 1881. Price 2d.
3916. — R. H. Froude, Kensington. Bicycles. The saddle is extended back-
wards so that the rider can shift his 3eat and move his centre of gravity.
(Pro. pro.) 9th September, 1881. Price 2d.
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3947. — G. M. F. Moleswortk, Bideford. Velocipedes, &c. These tricycles have
two large wheels, which are driven by band or chain gearing from the
crank shaft. This has two outside cranks like a bicycle, and the rider
sits on a saddle above. (Pro. pro.) 12th September, 1881. Price 2d.
Published during the month ending 15th May, 1882.
3805. — J. Humpage, Bristol. Velocipedes. The spokes are of oval pointed
shape in section, and have a head at each end. The felloe has around
hole for the head of each spoke, from which is a narrow slot for the
thickness of the spoke, leading to a countersunk recess, in which the
head of the spoke rests. They can thus be removed without taking
off the tyre. The hub of the wheel is in two parts, each containing
half the spokes, which are passed through slots to their proper position.
The hind wheel is used for steering bicycles by an endless chain, which
pasees round a wheel on the hind wheel spindle to the steering handle.
The front wheel fork is thus allowed to be rigidly connected to the
backbone. (Pro. pro.) 1st Sept., 1881. Price 2d.
3744.— E. C. P. Otto, Peckham. Bicycles, &c. This is an improvement on
patent No. 1673, of 1880, in altering the tension of the driving bands
when required for steering the machine by helical springs, which are
actuated by the steering handles. The brake is a split ring, inserted
under a projecting ring in the hub, and when the handle is turned this
ring presses outwards into the hub ring, and acts as a brake. 27th
Aug., 1881. Price 8d.
3782. — J. White, E-arlsdon, and J. Asbury, Coventry. Velocipedes. To enable
a tricycle to be contracted in width, the driving wheels are mounted
on stud axles, secured by pins on a pair of radius arms, which are
pivotted on the front end of the backbone. An adaptation of parallel
motion is applied to the wheels to secure their parallelism, whether
the machine is contracted or expanded. 30th Aug., 1881. Price 8d.
3888. — H. Haes, Wednesbury, Bicycles. To keep a bicycle upright when the
rider has dismounted, rods are arranged on one or both sides, which
can be let down when required and support the machine. 8th Sept.,
1881. Price 6d.
4051. — E. E. Settle, Coventry. Driving mechanism for velocipedes. In the
chain wheel is a differential barrel of two or more diameters, carrying
rows of studs on their peripheries. In the hub of the driving wheel is
a recessed flange, and another flange is keyed on the driving shaft on
the opposite side, the barrel gearing into both flanges. 20th Sept.,
1881. Price 4d.
4106. — J. E. Leeson, Oldham. Lamps for bicycles and other velocipedes, &c.
A spring is placed between the lamp and the bicycle, &c, to prevent
the lamp being extinguished by the jolting on rough roads. The lamp
is slung by curved plates, which embrace the axle. The oil vessel of
the lamp is secured to the body by a hinged joint. 23rd Sept., 1881.
Price 8d.
4121. — T. E. Heath, Penarth. Driving bicycles and other velocipedes. On the
axle of the driving wheel are two drums, which are free to revolve
backwards, but carry the axle round with them when revolved forwards
by means of a ratchet wheel and pawls. A chain is passed round each
drum, and these chains are connected together, so that as one drum is
revolved one way the other is drawn the contrary way. The other ends
of the chains are attached to lever pedals. 24th Sept., 1881. Price 6d.
4264. — G. Schulz and W. Harrison, Manchester. Tricycles, &c. These have a
large driving wheel in the rear, and are arranged to carry two or more
persons, and to be driven by hand levers or foot pedals. (Pro. pro.)
1st Oct., 1881. Price 2d.
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4319. — J. A. Lamplugh, Birmingham. Bicycles. Instead of the steel spring
for the saddle a band of leather is used, supported by two brackets on
the backbone, and stretched by a roller mounted behind the rear
roller. The saddle is fixed on this band, and two short bands are con-
nected from the sides of the saddle to the backbone. 4th Oct., 1881.
Price 6d.
4302. — J. E. Surridge, Windlesham. Bicycles. The sides of the fork are
prolonged below the bearings, and to the lower extremities are pivotted
levers in form of an S, in the middle of which is a bearing where they
cross the axis of the fork. These levers carry the saddle. (Pro. pro.)
4th Oct., 1881. Price 2d.
4317. — T. "Warwick, Aston. Bicycles, &c. The troughs of the metallic rims of
the wheels have side horizontal flanges, to which the spokes are sectired.
In tricycles either wheel may be used for driving, one being geared
for quick speed, and the other for slower speed. On the prolonged
inner part of the hub is a loose driving pulley, on the sleeve of which
is a sliding clutch with pins on its face which engage into holes in the
hub of the wheel. The two clutches are connected together, so that
when one is in gear the other is out. On the steel band used for
driving are pieces of metal which take into holes on the pulleys. The
brake rod passes through a cross tube forming part of the frame, in
which it turns, the projecting ends carrying the brake blocks. 4th
Oct., 1881. Price lOd.
4364. — A. Phillips, Birmingham. Velocipedes. This consists of different kinds,
of mechanism, whereby greater leverage and propelling power may be
obtained and dead centres avoided, but they are not very clearly
described. (Pro. pro.) 7th Oct., 1881. Price 4d.
4385. — J. S. Edge, Birmingham. Bicycles, &c. This improves the ball bearings
by having two sets of balls which work in separate grooves, and can
be separately adjusted. The lower parts of the fork which carry the
bearings are separate from the upper parts. Internal rods pass through
both parts, and the weight is carried by springs coiled round, these rods,,
which lessen the jolting. The rims of the wheels are made in two
parts, each of which are more than a quadrant in cross section, so that
when secured together they hold the tyre fast. (Pro. pro.) 8th Oct.,.
1881. Price 2d.
NOTE,
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For further particulars and entry forms, apply to Hon. Sec, Glenthorn,
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IMPERIAL BICYCLE,
Manufactured by
¥. SMITH,
Crocus Street, Nottingham,
IS THE MACHINE FOR 1882,
As is proved by the following :
Mr. H. HIGHAM, of Nottingham, won
the long-distance Championship of the
Midlands, of 14 hours per day at Bir-
mingham, in October, 1879, on a 52-in.
Imperial Racer. It is worthy of note
that this is the only six days' race ever
won without a change of machine.
Thursday, March 17, 1880. At the Agri
cultural Hall he rode the unprecedented
distance of 230| miles, without dismount-
ing, and the quickest 100 miles on record.
Write for Price Lists and Testimonials
before ordering elsewhere.
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" Registered," 3/6 Per Pair-
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The above Fastening need only be seen by Bicyclists to convince them that it is the Safest,
Simplest and Strongest ever introduced. It can be attached in a moment to the axle with
only one hand by merely depressing a vertical bolt which securely closes the lower half of the
■cylinder or socket piece, and renders it an impossibility for the lamp to become detached by
the vibration of the machine. Prices, Japanned, No. 1, 1 0/- each ; No. 2, 10/9 each; No. 3,11/6
each. Nickel-plated, No. 1, 1 6/6 each ; No. 2, 1 8/6 each ; No. 3, 21 /- each.
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25 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.
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HOUGH racing men are of course in the minority
amongst wheelmen, and even classing with them all
those non racers who yet feel a genuine interest in racing,
they must remain still in the minority. The subject with
which we propose to deal this month, viz., the value of prizes,
is, however, one which may he fairly said to be one of genuine
interest to all. One of the principal things to note in connection
with wheel sport is the jealous care which the Bicycle Union
bestows on all matters which in any way tend to give to the racing
portion of the sport even the appearance of running for gain. We
will not say running for money, because that is of eourse debarred
by the amateur laws pertaining among gentlemen athletes.
Gradually the cheque system, or orders on tradesmen, has been
weeded out, and nothing receives sanction which does not provide
for the prizes being secured before-hand, and presented on the spot
to the fortunate winners. The Union, however, does not rest here,
but it carries its function still further for the protection of the honour
of the sport, and declares that any man selling his prizes will be
adjudged no longer an amateur. That this rule, if strictly enforced,
may become harsh in its operation is palpable, in the case of a man
who wins two or three bicycles in one season, or, to take an extremer
instance, where an individual may become a bankrupt, and be placed
on the horns of the dilemma that he must either defraud his creditors
or lose his amateur status. It is more, however, on the subject
of the value of prizes that we wish to write on the present occasion.
If it is necessary to give prizes at all, we confess we cannot see why
they should be reduced in value to such an extent as to become
valueless, except as the merest guerdons of honour. In ordinary
life a man, provided he have sufficient private means for his actual
subsistence, will not accept an occupation unless it is remunerative,
and the point naturally arises — if it is necessary in life to tempt men
to special exertion by substantial rewards, why should the same class
of men be expected to undergo the Spartan privations necessary to
get into condition entirely for "love?" It is very certain that the
vast majority of racing men will, at the best, toil all the season and
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catch nothing, and that even the most successful will, in actual out-
lay for expenses, have paid more than the intrinsic value of any
prizes they may win. " There is a deal of human nature in man,'
said Artemus Ward, and until this can be eradicated it is not likely
that men, except in a few isolated cases, will be found to race for
honour only— that reward is too fitful. In our own experience we
have seen racing " cracks," thoroughly good men, whose very names
are forgotten or unknown to the cyclists of the present year. Honour
being thus fitful, men look to gain something more lasting. Take, for
instance, the Bath medals of the London B.C. Anyone of the winners
of these coins could have purchased a much handsomer watch chain
ornament with less expenditure than he had to incur in his practice
and trials before winning ; but how different are his feelings when
looking at what is at the same time an ornament for all time, and a
standing remembrance to himself and all his fellow clubmen of his
prowess on a certain Whit-Monday ? Would the temporary
triumph of hearing "Well ridden, Jones," or of seeing in the papers,
" Brown did a wonderful performance, licking all previous record for
the distance," be equally satisfactory to him ? On the third hand,
would an eighteenpenny leaden medallion be a joy to him for ever ?
No, we opine not. It is not the intrinsic worth of a prize that a
man values, but he must have something which he can display
hereafter with pride, and be able to produce without feeling that it is
"measly." Of course, when to attract entries one club gives a 20
guinea " pot," and another follows suit with a 25 guinea affair, it is
time to take some steps, otherwise clubs with a wholesome desire
not to be outdone will naturally say, " We cannot eclipse these
prizes, and we had therefore better abandon our annual race meet-
ing !" The Union has, no doubt, urged by the above, stepped in,
and the value of prizes is going down in consequence. Now this
danger arises — the respectable " straight " riding members of the
racing fraternity must come to the conclusion that the game is not
worth the candls, and instead of abandoning luxuries for the rigid
self denial necessary to " get fit," they will leave the path to take
care of itself. The result will be that racing will be left to those
who, though quick riders, may be devoid of conscientious scruples,
and who may therefore argue, " It will pay us better to stand in with
a bookmaker for a ' fiver ' than to win a 50s. 'pot!'" It is all
nonsense to say men should run for the honour only. They won't !
There must be some inducement. Give useful prizes of a moderate
amount, and you'll get good straight-forward men always ready to
try for them, but lower your prizes to a nominal value, and, although
you may have two or three " fibers " who will ride for the honour of
winning, the class of the majority of racing men who are able and
fit to win will in time deteriorate, and with the deterioration, so will
it be in the manner in which they run. There are too many
honourable men on the path now for blacklegs to be able to do any
" business." Lessen the number of the former, however, and you
lea\e the course clear to the latter.
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THE FUTURE OF ROAD-TRAVELLING.
1ILL the time ever come when the main roads of the country
will be again used as they were in what we already call
the " old coaching days," for general traffic ? A year or
two ago, the question would have been answered imme-
diately, positively, and perhaps impatiently, in the negative. To-day,
as we shall endeavour to show, there is considerable probability of
these roads being again put, if not exclusively, at least to a very
large extent, to the use for which they were originally intended.
The railways are, of course, supposed to have completely monopo-
lised the long-distance travelling. No one who wanted to go from
London, say into Yorkshire or Scotland, would have thought, half-a-
dozen years ago, of adopting any other means of locomotion than
that supplied at Euston, King's Cross, Paddington, &c. Coaches
and stage-waggons are practically extinct ; for the expensive amuse-
ment which is now known as " coaching " is useless to the bond fide
traveller ; and they are few indeed who can derive much real pleasure
from a steady hundred-mile walk along any of our trunk-roads,
though a saunter through the by-lanes is no doubt a different thing.
Matters have,- however, greatly changed during the past half-dozen
years, and are destined, we believe, to change still more remarkably
during the years immediately before us. There are now numbers of
men in London who, if they wanted to visit Yorkshire, or even Scot-
land, would eschew the iron-road, and take to the Macadam,
mounted, not on horse-flesh, but on gleaming steel, and deriving
from their own muscular power the force required for travelling at
the rate of eighty or a hundred, or even more, miles per diem. But
although the once rare bicycle has now penetrated to every hamlet,
and has conquered the once powerful prejudice against it, we are
well aware that it can never effect the revolution in travelling of
which we spoke in our first sentence. " Cyclists" are increasing at a
wonderfully rapid rate ; and we are persuaded that the takings of
the railway companies must be considerably less than they would be
if bicycles were unknown. But it is, of course, only the young and
vigorous male portion of the community who can utilise it for long-
distance travelling.
It is to the Tricycle, in some of the many forms it is now assum-
ing, that we loOk as the travelling-carriage of the future. Within a
very short time it has come extensively into use ; and as it is avail-
able for ladies as well as gentlemen, and is safe and steady for old
as well as young, while the clergyman and doctor can use it without
that sacrifice of dignity which is supposed to be involved in the use
of the bicycle, it will be seen that the tricycle appeals to a very wide
constituency indeed. It is impossible to say how many of these use-
ful machines are already in use, and it is equally impossible for the
candid critic to affirm which of the countless patterns in vogue is the
best. It is enough to say that a person of average strength can, with
practice, propel himself (or herself) over ordinary roads at the rate of
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six, eight, or even ten miles per hour, without any extraordinary
exertion or fatigue ; while if two club together and sit side by side on
a " Sociable," the labour is considerably diminished. What pleasanter
mode of spending a holiday can there be than for a man to take his
wife through the country in this fashion ? Your luggage is strapped
behind ; you start at what hour you please, taking whatever route
you prefer; you halt when and where it suits you, and have no
trouble with your horse when the day's journey is done. The
travelling costs you nothing, unless it be a few pence for turnpikes.
You save your railway fare ; and you see more of the country than
3'ou could possibly do in any other way ; while the moderate exercise
- -which you need never permit to become irksome — will do you a
thousand times more good than lounging on the sands or rushing
over the continent.
Still, we admit, we have not proved our point. The question is,
whether these modes of locomotion will ever supplant in any large
degree our present method. We acknowledge that so long as any
physical labour whatever has to be performed in the propulsion of I
tricycles, they will not come into universal use. Let us not forget,
however, that in many districts where railway accommodation is nil
or defective, they are used very extensively for business as well as
pleasure. Postmen and doctors especially have taken readily to this
method of locomotion. But inventions are in progress, and have
indeed been already perfected, which promise to take the tricycle out
of the category of velocipedes or foot-worked machines, and give it a
far greater value and importance.
It is well known that one of the first uses that M. Faure made of
his new discoveries relating to the storage of electricity was to propel
a tricycle, and the speed he then obtained was ten miles per hour ;
and in this connection it appears as though the French, who were
the first to introduce the modern bicycle about fourteen years ago,
will be the first to manufacture its direct descendant through a clearly
traeeable evolution, the Electric Tricycle. With such a machine,
supposing that the cost of producing the power be not prohibitive,
we can forsee the day when the family party will journey down to
Brighton on a fine afternoon by road instead of rail ; when the
splendid main roads of our country will again be thronged with
travellers moving along easily, safely, and inexpensively, not in
swaying coaches, but in smoothily rolling tricycles ; when the old
Red Lion and Blue Boar, deserted these last forty years, will again
become gay and busy ; and when the long neglected villages and
by-lanes will be explored by tourists who will never want to catch a
train. — From " Chambers's Journal," June, 1882.
"The Humber" Bicycle (Manufacturers— Humber, Marriott & Cooper : Works,
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the " Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable thaa
any other machine mamrfactured. The fact that the "Humber" bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
view at the London Deot, Y8, Richmond Road, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
free on application.— Advt.
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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.
HE showery month of June has not deterred riders from
seeking the lanes and highways, the surfaces of which
have been materially improved by the occasional wettings
Ihey have received. Road-riding is more than ever
popular, interest in race meetings showing a decided falling off from
last year's furore. It is a healthy sign that the " mug" contingent
is diminishing, duffers who could not win their heats from the limit
mark having apparently arrived at the wholesome conclusion that
nature did not intend them for successful pot-hunters.
The great sensation on the racing-path at the beginning of the
month, when " the Brum licked the Cockney" in running off the
tie for the Surrey challenge cup, was speedily relegated to a back-
seat when that marvellous individual, Mr. H. L. Cortis, came out
as fresh as ever, and lowered the record for a scratch mile from
2m. 47s. to 2m. 43*rs., and four days later calmly knocked another
ifs. off that time, by meandering round the Surbiton track four
times in 2m. 4i|s. When we have all done wondering at these un-
precedented deeds, we shall be able to turn our minds to some
rumours which are afloat as to what else Mr. H. L. Cortis is going
to do ; but at present there are so many and various rumours afloat
as to what Mr. H. L. Cortis is going to do, that the average intellect
is' unable to calmly contemplate the task of condensing them within
the limits of a magazine article.
One of the weekly athletic papers has recently been much
exercised in its bicycling-contributor's mind through an occurrence
at the Richmond races. The wind was so high that most of the
bicyclists dismounted on meeting it, running with their machines
until the corner was turned, remounting with the wind, and so
getting round the course as best they could. This is, I think, the
first time that such a method of procedure has been followed, since a
certain boisterous day some years ago induced a Templar to pursue
similar tactics in a race at the Alexandra Palace. The precedent
was apparently unknown to the athletic journalist, who stated very
authoritatively that had he been referee he should have disqualified
the riders who ran part of the way. This is a great pity, because
had he done so he would have shown his incapacity for the post of
referee, the Bicycle Union rules, under which the meeting was held,
distinctly providing for the point, allowing men to dismount and run
with their machines, but with the proviso that such dismounted
competitors must reverse the usual rule of the path, by keeping to
the outer side.
A great deal of friction has been caused lately by the prize-
question, one phase of which consists in the giving of cash-prizes
in the bonny North country, and the other in the desire of the
Southrons to reduce the value of " pots." In the former instance,
the " weekly companion to the Wheel World " has been lifting the
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veil so as to expose the ways that are mercenary and the tricks that
are unamateurish of the Lancashire bicyclers ; whilst the Bicycle
Union has been fermenting much discussion over its value-reducing
tactics, most clubs desiring to adhere to the five-guinea limit for
prizes, and a minority of clubs wishing to have more costly rewards
for sprint races. Whether the time will ever come when bicyclers
will be satisfied to race for the love of racing, in the same manner
as footballers, cricketers, and other classes of athletes compete, is
problematical, but it is consolatory to find the balance of opinion
rests with the advocates of moderately-priced prizes.
The amateur championships will afford material for the next few
weeks' speculative vaticination, and when expectancy has given
place to delight or disappointment — as the case may be — the touring
season will monopolise our thoughts, to be succeeded by the long-
riding days of early autumn, and then the calmness of winter.
And so the wheel world goes round.
Turn we now from the giddy cinder-path to the staid and
sequestered country road, and from the contemplation of sport to
pastime. Club runs, as a groundwork, go on in the same monotonous
groove, aspirants for attendance-prizes being the main supporters of
the weekly outings. As a pleasant variety come the " ladies' days,"
which are so popular, and afford such good opportunities for enlisting
feminine sympathy. Inter-club runs appear to be on the decrease,
and a more sensible, neighbourly feeling to be generated between
clubs who were erst jealous of each other, but now find the truth of
the maxim, " live and let live." This, at least, as regards the
Metropolis. In some parts of the provinces a very different state of
things obtains, a ridiculous and puerile spirit of antagonism
manifesting itself on many occasions.
But though bicycling on the road is monotonously active, the
same cannot be said of tricycling, which is more than ever " boom-
ing " and pushing itself forward. Hundred-mile rides in the day
are becoming almost as common on the three-wheeler as on the
narrow-guage velocipede ; two pairs of bicyclers have accomplished
the ride from London to Brighton and back on a sociable, and a
lady and gentleman — husband and wife — have " topped the cen-
tury" by riding from Coventry to London — 102^ miles— on Whit
Monday. Several pairs of bicyclists have driven sociables up noted
hills; both Reigate and Muswell hills have been conquered by a lady
on a sociable ; and finally, the long-distance record of the Rev. Mr.
Simms has been eclipsed by a wonderful day's ride of 180 miles
of mountainous country, on a "Humber" tricycle, by Mr.
Marriott.
Our senior weekly contemporary has been declaiming against the
egregious vanity and bad taste exhibited by club officers who are
"freely gold laced in uniforms," not exactly "handsome and
chaste ;" and there is undoubtedly much justice in the condemnation
of the preposterous display of bullion and cheaply earned medals
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made by some diminutive clubmen. But when our contemporary
proceeds to hurl invective at the prevailing style of headgear — the
black silk jockey cap — we are lost in wonder at being informed that
such, chape an x are " loudly-tasselled gaudy caps." Calling black,
white is a mild form of fib compared with denominating dead-black
silk " gaudy " and "loud." Tastes differ, I know, but has it ever
occurred to the few individuals who, because they find the fashion-
able cap unbecoming to themselves, decry its use, that without the
peak the so-called jockey-cap would be merely a black skull-cap, and
that the widespread popularity which this style of hat has attained
is convincing proof of the comfort and utility thereof ?
This reminds [me of Mr. J. C. Clare's enquiry in last month's
Wheel World, as to who introduced the jockey-cap. I think my
original remarks on the subject may well stand as they are, Mr.
Clare's contention being merely that he introduced a cap somewhat
resembling the popular style. As he himself says, he wore a " soft
cloth jockey — or huntsman s — cap;'! that is the pith of the matter;
huntsmen's caps of cloth, velvet, cord, and other materials have
been worn extensively for years past, but the jockey-cap proper,
made of thin silk, as worn by so many now, was introduced on the
path by "Jockey" Woolnough, who gained that sotibriquet in con-
sequence, and I believe that Mr. Goy made one to my order that was
actually the first ever made with the " cheese-cutter"-shaped peak,
and silk tuft at top, now generally preferred.
The hastily-formed Tricycle Association of Scotland appears to
have shuffled off its mortal coil as hastily as it took it on, the
Caledonian T.C. pur et simple being announced as the promoters of
the race for the amateur tricycling championship of the land o' cakes,
which was won by T. Lamb, on the invincible " Humber." In
London, the trike clubs are so dissatisfied with the decision of the
Union not to hold an illegal road-race, that they contemplate forming
a new Tricycle Association for the express purpose — oh ! ye gods
ard little fishes ! — of holding an illegal fifty miles race on the road.
Punch's old suggestion of utilising the bicycle for warlike purposes
bids fair to be practically adopted, that enthusiastic tricyclist and erst
" Ottoist," the Hon. R. S. Molyneux, having — in conjunction with
Mr. H. Smith, of the Finchley, mooted the project of an organization
whereby swift bicyclists and tricyclists should be armed and trained
for signalling, intelligence, and skirmishing purposes, in our volun-
teer army of defence.
What a capital idea that was, to publish a list of riders who had
accomplished over a hundred miles within the day ! And how
wonderfully well The Cyclist has carried out the idea, the list pub-
lished therein on May 24th showing a total of 246 bicycle, and 7
tricycle, rides during 1881 ! The " roll of honour" is evidently
popular, and may be expected to grow larger annually.
Another great event of the past month has been the appearance o
friend Enery's second Tricyclists' handbook, which is, as a matter o
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course, as great an advance upon last year's book as that was upon
anything that had preceded it. We who can recollect the appearance
of the first Bicyclists' handbook, and remember what a very short
chapter sufficed to dismiss the three-wheelers, can contemplate with
satisfaction the phenomenal increase of tricycling, which is evidenced
by the 1882 edition of the handbook devoted solely to three- wheel
matters.
Round t'other side the wheel world, our Australian cousins are
going ahead. A Meet took place at Adelaide, on Easter Monday, the
races in connection therewith being attended by 15,000 spectators.
Think o' that ! At these races, it appears that the English method
of starting mounted was introduced for the first time, as one
competitor was protested against for mounting with an attendant ;
the protest being disallowed, all the other competitors followed suit by
mounting with assistance, except one of the scratch men, who ran
and vaulted into the saddle, gaining the lead thus at the start.
Rampant Fenianism notwithstanding, our Irish friends are going
ahead, and have combined to form an Irish Union for the manage-
ment of the championship races and meets.
The Continent is everywhere being explored by wandering wheel-
men, and the wheel world spins merrily around its " Axis."
BiCYCLING IN INDIA.
We hear the club formed in Calcutta is now nearly defunct, and
our correspondent is sorry to add, chiefly through the reasons con-
tained in the able article which appeared in our issue of December
last, entitled "Why do Clubs Decay?" We cannot too strongly
commend the perusal of that article to the notice of every ex-captain
and other retired officials, especially of small clubs.
The two mile race which took place in connection with the Bally-
gunge Cricket Club Sports in Februar}' last, was won by Geo.
Watson, late Surrey bicycle club, the ex-champion, C. Jahnn, having
again had the misfortune to have an accident actually going to the
sports on the afternoon of the race, and being so disabled that he
could not compete.
The new coolie tricycles, we doubt not, will meet with much
favour out in India, coolie labour being so cheap and plentiful
there.
Hollowat's Ointment and Pills.— Self-Help.— Prior to the discovery of these
remedies an easy, ready, and reliable remedy for outward disfigurations and inward com-
plications was, practically speaking, unknown. No one need now be at a loss if they should
unfortunately suffer from ulcers, sores, tumours, boils, bruises, sprains, &c. Enveloping
Holloway's medicines are very intelligible printed directions for using them, which should
be attentively studied and immedintely followed by all who resort to his treatment. Sooner
or later the sufferer will assuredly triumph over the worst diseases. This searching Oint-
ment disperses all those malignant humours wldch aggravate diseases of the skin, prevent
the cicatrization of ulcers, and excite inflammatory tendencies in the system.
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THE "AUTHORITIES" AND BICYCLING IN THE U.S.A.
Reports from General Thayer and Captain Chasteau.
_ The subject of bicycle riding in Fairmount Park having some
time ago been reported upon by the Committee on Police and
Superintendence to the Park Commission, with a recommendation
that it be permitted under certain restrictions, was, on motion, refer-
red back to the Committee, with instructions to remove all restrictions
against bicycle riding. This free use of the Park has been in force
since November 12th, 1881, and has, it is said, been looked upon as
an experiment by the Committee. The following papers will be
submitted to the Commission at the monthly meeting of May, and
at the next meeting of the Committee it will propably be decided
whether they will be accompanied by a recommendation of any kind :
Fairmount Park, April 10, 1882.— Gustavus Remak, Esq.,
Chairman of Committee on Superintendence and Police. Dear Sir,
—I regret to have to report that experience has demorstrated to me
the fact, that it is a dangerous privilege to permit bicycles on the
drives in the Park, and I very much fear that unless the order here-
tofore given about this matter is revoked, accidents attended with
loss of life will be the consequence. During the recent fine weather
there has been a heavy drive in the afternoons, and numerous bi-
cycles have also been out in the Park. A number of horses have
been frightened at the sight of the machines, and in several instances
the most serious consequences have very nearly happened. Satur-
day afternoon a horse became frightened at a bicycle opposite the
East Park Reservoir, and ran up the side of the bank bordering the
reservoir with the carriage. Had he gone a step further the carriage
would have upset, and its occupants would have been either killed
or have suffered serious injury. Sunday afternoon two horses in the
West Park became frightened at bicycles, and were restrained with
difficulty.
Horses do not seem to become accustomed to them as was thought
would be the case, but after having been once frightened their fear
seems to be intensified rather than diminished the next time they
see them. I formerly thought that horses would not 'seriously
frighten at bicycles, but careful observation during the past month
has induced me to consider this question differently. In Fairmount
Park there are daily large numbers of strange horses, and many
people drive in the Park who are unaccustomed to the handling of
horses. Should a horse driven by such a person become frightened,
it is difficult to predict the extent of the damage that would result ;
serious loss of life might be the consequence. I submit statements
bearing upon this important subject from the park guard, the mem-
bers of this corps having an unusual opportunity to observe the effect
of bicycles on horses. I present this subject for the reconsideration
of the Committee, as I understand that the general privileges recent-
ly granted were principally in the nature of an experiment, and can
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be revoked by the Committee if, in their judgment, there is good
cause for so doing for the public good. Respectfully submitted,
Russell Thayer, Superintendent.
Captain Chasteau's letter on the subject reads as follows :
Fairmount Park, April 12, 1882. — General Russell Thayer.
Dear Sir, — Herewith please find the reports, as requested, relative
to bicycles. In consequence of a painful injury received in 1880, I
was unable to ride much last summer. I had frequent opportunities
to notice bicycles, however, and my opinion is that they are equally
'dangerous on drive and footpath. A few gentlemen use the wheel
for exercise and recreation. If the majority of the riders were com-
pelled to wear citizen's clothing, and assigned to one particular
locality, I believe the whole thing would fizzle out. The fancy dress
and a desire to show off the costliest wheel, cause very many to
" hard work," for the sake of display. Few or no bicycles appear on
the Wissahickon drive, consequently, the officers there have no report
to make. Very respectfully,
Louis M. Chasteau, Captain Guard.
Reports are attached from 37 Guards, 32 of whom have seen horses
"shy or frighten" at bicycles, and 5 have not witnessed such
occurrences. — A merican Paper.
CYCLIANA.
ATTEND all ye, who list to hear our noble cycling's praise,
I tell of the gigantic deed she's done in modern days,
When to the Meet at Hampton Court there flocked the iron steeds,
The choicest trucks of Coventry, that many a jigger breeds.
It was the afternoon of a scorching day in May,
There mounted, near to Hampton Green, the Pickwicks' blue array ;
But their pace was something cruel, and it quickly raised the bile
Of the cyclers, who were mounted now, and heaving many a mile.
With their red flags a-waving high, the marshals coolly stand ;
" Ride easy " is all very well, but at this rate the sand
Will soon receive us, grovelling ; why don't they push along ?
Good marshals, you will find anon that everything is wrong.
How haughtily the captains go, and gaily dance the bells,
And round fair Dian's fountain rides a goodly line of swells ;
"Ho ! push the pedals hard, Sir Clubs, or else your prestige fades,
Ho ! people cheer a loud salute, ho ! scatter smiles, fair maids.
The sun shone on us joyously ; but some were heard to say,
" It is a semper eadem — now blue, now brown, now grey."
Yet endless lines still press along — the shining cycles go,
A rolling mass of uniforms — an endless, countless row.
But hark ! the cry is " Unattached ! " and lo ! the hundreds come,
In great confusion ride they ; — but fallen off are some ;
Now once again on Hampton Green the clubs are breathless met,
And one more Meet is measured out — don't Hampton Meet forget.
R. Mada, Rovers B.C.
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CYCLE MANIA.
THE greatest cad you ever knew
Was one named William Hale,
A rider of a 52,
An ass — and this his tale :
Each day to ride he never failed
(He had no lack of pelf) ;
And if at starting nothing ailed,
He shortly ale'd himself.
He'd cut his hands, his nose, his brow ;
He'd cut his friend — it's true.
He'd charged a hedge, a horse, a cow,
For which he'd been charged too.
And one unluckiest of throws,
Oh ! sorrowful to tell,
Gave him a blow upon his nose ;
Alas ! he knows it well.
He'd tried for seven days to wheel
Without the ground to touch,
But after riding near to Deal,
It proved a deal too much.
Though disinclined for food and rest,
He must dismount at last ;
He struggled, murmured " Well I'm blessed,
The saddle holds me fast."
To do a " trick " — show off a bit —
Our hero thought was grand,
But on machine compelled to sit
He really couldn't stand.
To be a " sticker " was his luck
That once had been his whim,
So too much to his wheel he'd stuck,
And now it stuck to him.
Ill-fated Hale, unrecognised
Did travel here and there,
He wobbled — finally capsized,
And died in sheer despair.
The superstitious say that Hale
A ghost still rides about ;
But wags will make it all a tale,
And point the moral out.
" Smangle," Pickwick B.C.
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THE WHEEL WORLD. 109
CYCLING CELEBRITIES.
No. 1 0. Mr. W. B. Tanner (West Kent B.C.).
HERE is a quiet dignity and general staidness of demea-
nour about Mr. W. B Tanner, late hon. sec. of the
West Kent, despite his genial manners, which almost
make one wonder to find him a cyclist, and not only a
cyclist, but taking part in any sport at all. Whether it is the
legal trim of his hirsute appendages, and the absence of the now
almost universal moustache, which gives the idea or not we can-
not say, but it certainly exists. There probably, however, is no
more enthusiastic worker for the wheel cause than he has been,
and is, and certainly none who more objects to his efforts being in
any way made a prominent feature of. The difficulty which we
had to induce him to grace even this highly respectable u chamber
of notables" was immense. As an actual rider, Mr. Tanner has
no great laurels to place on record, but as a pillar of that wonder-
ful association, the B.T.C., and as the successful organiser of West
Kent affairs for many years, in the capacity of their hon. sec, he
has much to be proud of. His idea throughout has been one
which will always be found to pay in the long-run, through life,
viz., if a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well." This
has been the maxim of the West Kent, and the club certainly has
set an unequalled example. Their cosy club-room at Rushey
Green, down Lewisham way ; their brilliant balls at Cannon
Street Hotel, perfect in detail down to the special train at 4.30 a.m.
to take members back to Western Kent ; their recherche club
dinners at the Criterion, solid, good, and unobtrusive ; their race
meetings at the Palace ; their independent position when they
thought the Union was wrong, and the manly way in which they
u struck their colours" when they found all objections removed,
all speak of the existence of an excellently clear and sensible brain
as a guiding centre-piece, and we feel sure that the W.K.B.C. men
will be as ready to acknowledge the services of Mr. Tanner to their
club, as we are to acknowledge what cycling, as a whole, owes to
him. That the object of our sketch has no ulterior motives in
working for bicycling is clear. It might have been urged, " he is
a rising young solicitor, and wishes to open a field for clients ;"
but what are the facts ? Though Mr. Tanner could undoubtedly
have been Solicitor to the Union, he has on every occasion acted
for them con amove, and given gratuitously the benefit of his pro-
fessional services — a course of action not common amongst men of
the law. As a chairman at Union meetings he is invaluable, and
although the time has already come- when he has withdrawn from
the more onerous duties in connection with his club, cycling in
general still retains, and we trust long will, his services. Tanner
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racing, or Tanner doing a hundred miles on the road against time,
are things of which one never expects to hear ; it is enough to
know that he does ride a bicycle, and feels considerably more
genuine interest in the welfare of the sport than those whose
actual prowess on the wheel is much greater. We are sure that
all who, like the writer, have had the pleasure of knowing Mr.
Tanner personally, and of studying his ways, will agree with us
that we have not written one word too strong in this article. His
character may briefly bb summed up in the words of Mark
Anthony, but without their sarcastic lendering, " He is an honour-
able man."
THE SENTIMENTAL CYCLIST.
Yes! here am I — a man, a fully developed human being of the
male kind, neither short of arms or legs, the latter of which have
well served me many a time, and are doing so now, or I should not
be able or in the mood to write this. Besides being a man, I am
a cyclist, and not being a timid motal, I ride a bicycle ; and am now
passing through the home of my youth, where each house and face
I meet recalls some fond memory of my younger days. It is many
years ago since last I visited these old familiar scenes, and most of
my playfellows have grown even as I, and have gone about the earth
to seek their living ; there I now pass slowly, for I am taking note
of all changes. The house of my dearest old friend, Harry. He and I
' were schoolfellows ; we always managed to get our lessons known
well enough to get out to play cricket by the old church — it is
getting fairly old now, altho' it was not then. The old cricket field
was not what it is now, a fine tennis ground, watered and rolled,
and kept in splendid order for fair maids and their admirers to lounge
about, pretending they are anxious as to the result of the game, now
in full swing. I can watch them, and notice the fascinated manner
which each shows to the other, some of these I can also recognise as
children, almost babes, when I last saw them. Yet, they are going
the way of all flesh — the way I have gone, and don't regret it ; may
they be able in twenty years' time to say the same. Who is this
who passes. Why ! little Bertha, once, now grown into a lovely
woman, and leading a handsome boy. Oh, fair woman, we were
once as firmly wedded by a children's faith as you now are by a
woman's love ; can you remember the long walks we used to take
together, thinking that nobody were to each other as we were? Time
rolled on, and our opinions differed — and here we are thinking of our
little ones, as our dear parents then thought of us. But we part,
glad to have met again for old love's sake. And before me comes to
view the old house, every inch of the ground I now tread I once
knew as well as my own little bedroom, which I can recognize by
the peculiar shaped panes. How many times have I watched from
that window — sometimes for mischief, to play tricks on passers by, x
and other times when being punished for such, and other childish
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pranks. How I once gazed from that dear little casement, to watch
the departure of my lost loved mother, before daring to descend to
join my companions, who had plotted out a joke which caused us all
to regret it for long after. How I wished I had taken that dear
advice ! But away melancholy, and let me call upon an old friend
opposite. Gone abroad, did you say? "Yes, sir, gone to
' Horsetraliah ' just four years ago. He was tired of England."
Poor Tom ! You always said you and I should go away together,
and ride wild horses, and all such absurd things ; but I didn't expect
you to keep your word. Anyhow, as you say you are doing well, I
must hope to meet you again some distant day.
Pardon me, but is your name Frank ?
Yes, most certainly it is.
Don't you know Dick ? Little Dick, who used to come and help
you to build rabbit hutches, stone stray cats, trap neighbours'
pigeons ! Don't you recall the time we once got into the belfry of
the old church, and rang the bell, and caused old Mrs. Matthews —
or, as we used to call her, Betsy Johnson — to come, fully prepared to
do all devotional duties necessary ? And don't you still remember
how you and I once got caught on the scaffolding of an unfinished
house by the old watchman ; how we slid down the poles, and you
got your ears boxed soundly by the foreman of the works, who had
been watching us ? Of course you do. Well ! you have altered ; so
;have I, you say. I think I ought to, considering the fact of my
having a small wife and large family to maintain ; but don't let us
iStay here talking. Come home and see my dear old mother and
:sisters. You remember them ? They are slightly altered, you will
notice, but they live next house to me and mine, so you can call on
them first, and then give me your opinion of my choice.
What, Dick ! Are you a cyclist also ? Why didn't you tell me
so before ? A tricycle, too ! Why don't you try a more juvenile
machine like mine ? You will find they are far better to get about
on than your three wheeler. Oh ! you sometimes take your wife
with you ; and now, of course, it being a Sociable, I might have
guessed that. A tale attached to it, is there ? Let's hear it, old man.
Well, Frank, it was like this. I once rode a bike, but alwaj's
managed to get knocked about so much that I was nearly killed, and
it was the last accident which caused me to give it up for ever. .1
•was touring with an M.I. P. bag attached to my machine, and had
ridden about a hundred and two miles, and was, as you may guess,
fairly done up. I had one long hill to climb, and then the village at
which I had intended to put up lay before me. It was just as I was
mounting the top of this hill that a farm gate was violently thrown
open, and out rushed a runaway horse. In my hurry to dismount
I caught my toe between the wheel and backbone, and had a most
awful cropper. I knew nothing till I awoke in the middle of the
night, and found myself in a bedroom. All was strange to me, and
I heard voices which I did not recognise. One was a man's, and I
heard him say, " Well, if he doesn't return to consciousness by the
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morning, I must send to a London physician." I tried to answer
him, but found I couldn't. The next surprise was to feel a hand on
my head. Such a lovely soft tender caress, that I opened my eyes,
and there stood beside my bed the most lovely girl I had ever beheld.
She started, and called the attention of the doctor, who seemed
equally as glad to see the change as the rest, and quickly ordered
me to have plenty of stimulants, and to be kept quiet for the night
till he came again. I need only add that I did get better, more
speedily than I then wished for ; but when I did return to town and
trouble, I took with me a vow, which has not yet been broken. The
consequences of this folly, old chap, you now see in these fair-
haired chicks. Why, don't go yet ! It is a lovely night, and if you
will stay for another hour I and my wife will accompany you half
way to the inn. Wish you would stay here, tho' ; but I know you
are headstrong, or you always used to be, so I won't press you ; but
come out and have a stroll and a smoke in my garden, and give me
your opinion on its arrangements.
N.B. — Left strolling ; and as the sentimentality quickly wore off,
and did not appear again during my after ride in company, I will
here end my wailings. " Eralcct."
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Runs, Races, Pic-nics with ladies and without — these '..ave been
some of the things on foot " amongst the clubs" during the past
month of June, which has kept up its character for aampness.
The Stars sent 16 men to Handcross last Whitsuntide. What a
mercy they hadn't this number present in 1879, when there was a
general storming for beds at the " Red Lion," and the Sydenham
got the " Lion's share."
There are three great resorts of cyclists near London to which we
have never been, but which are enthusiastically spoken of — they are
Goff's Oak, the Crest at Essendon, and Lambourne End. Were race
meetings fewer, one might have an occasional Saturday's outing !
The address of the Lonsdale B.C. is " London, N.," still they are
not happy, apparently, as we notice that a new club has just been
formed called the " Rosebery," to the captaincy of which the "late
captain of the Lonsdale" has been elected.
The Kilburn B.C. have a " bus," and recently their secretary, Mr.
Hart, took a lady on it 67 miles, viz., from Kilburn to Maidenhead
Thicket, and back. This is good business, but a few rides like this
in pleasant company and Mr. Hart will lose his, we fear.
The Clapham Parkers have a member named Macbeth — who
ought, by the bye, to join the Shakespeare B.C. — and he recently
sustained a severe purler in a club handicap, and was obliged to cry
" hold, enough," leaving the scratch man Travers to win.
One never seems to be just the right age. When men are young
they try to look older, and when they begin to age they try to look
younger. The Hampstead " Boys" will, however, become proverbial,
for, in addition to Svvindley's cognomen, we have now the " boy
Agonistes." If every boy had as much in his noddle as has^ this
youth, life would be a still harder fight than it is for the .ising
generation.
The recent suicide of a Hungarian gentleman on the North
London Railway has a bicycling side. He was an honorary member
of the London Scottish B.C., and the pistol with which he took his
life was borrowed from Kennedy Child, the sub-captain of that club.
Calcutta bike club life is not progressing well, we hear, caste being
as rampant amongst Anglo-Indians as it is among the natives them-
selves. Well, it is rather too warm for cycling at any time in India.
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In our last article, viz., that in the June number of " Wheel
World," and the matter of which related to the " merry month of
May," we remarked that nothing startling had occurred in the racing
line. Whitsuntide subsequently passed without anybody being
fluttered, but with the West Kent races at the Palace, Cortis " cut
record" for the mile. Hardly, however, had the sporting authorities
measured the track and found it i yard over, than Cortis again cut
record for the mile at the race meeting of his own club at Surbiton.
To be accurate, on the 7th June, 1882, he rode 1 mile in 2m. 4i|s.
The West Kent races also produced another racing effect, for after
C. A. Palmer had thoroughly vanquished J. F. Griffith in the running
off of their dead heat for the Surrey 10 miles scratch race, the Metro-
politan representative took the matter so much to heart that he sold
his racer, and retired for the season. Excellent man on the path as
he is, Crute still wants a turn of speed to win on a smooth cinder
track, and can only hope for victory by riding it through from start
to finish, and thus killing men who are less up in staying than him-
self. His defeats by J. S. Whatton and Medcalf both prove that
Charley's only weak point is power of spurt. Where he fails, how-
ever, Hamilton, of the Druids, comes in. This American gentleman
with a Scotch name, whose home is in London, is a splendid
sprinter, and possesses, moreover, the true spirit of a sportsman.
He had left the track with marks of it well tattooed into his face, but
returned to racing and success when it was pointedly remarked to
him that he was all very well in his day, but would be nowhere with
the men now racing. There are some men who race spasmodically,
and one of them is J. J. B. Campling, of the Canonbury, who reap-
peared at the Crystal Palace this last month. For brilliant spurting
we have not seen anything much better lately than that of Lawton,
of the South Hornsey, who has been waiting for a chance, and almost
got it at the Sutton gathering on the 17th June. Studley, a dark
haired, good looking youngster, is a novice, who, though he raced at
Guildford at Whitsuntide, was generally unknown in London until
the Sutton races. Though uncommonly slow in actually starting,
and giving his machine rather " too much helm," he has splendid
powers of " stay " and speed, and had no difficulty, with 95 yards, in
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winning the Sutton open mile. The improvement of Frank Allport
is now proverbial, and has been sustained this last month. If we had
C. A. E. Pollock's mathematical abilities, we should not risk a crack
on the head on the cinder path, but he evidently loves racing as of
yore, and has not forgotten how to go. Milner is coming on a bit
better, and as he is immensely popular, all his victories give great
satisfaction. How A. P. Shaw would have been in it in these new
^ mile races ? When we turn to the Midlands, it is noteworthy that
F. Moore, of Warstone, must have immensely improved since he
ploughed round the Oval at the Surrey Spring meeting. Whish, as
his name implies, is a " flyer," although but 16 years of age, and be-
tween these two C. A. Palmer has as much as he can do to hold his
own. Before we pen another gossipy article on racing men, we shall
know for certain whois really in championship form for 1882. As
" Dagonet" ends his pars, suppose we suggest it may, after all,
turn out to be not Palmer, Moore, Whatton, or Milner, but
" SCORCHALONG."
AMATEUR RACING RECORD.
23th May. — Alexandra Palace (Stanley B.C.). — One Mile Novices Handicap. —
J. S. Akerman, 80 yds (1) ; F. G. Dray (2) ; F. S. Buckingham, 90 yds (3).
Time, 3m. 2<5?-s.
27th May. — Swansea C.C. (St. Helen's Grounds). — Ten Miles Championship.^-
F. R. Fry, Clifton, won.
27th May. — Glasgow (Alexandra Sports). — One Mile Handicap. — D. H. Huie, 50
yds (1) ; W. M'Farlane, 60 (2) ; T. Lamb, scratch (3). Time, 3m. 233s.
Two Miles Handicap.— W. M'Farlane, 130 yds (1) ; D. H. Huie, 110 (2) ; G.
B. Batten, 65 (3). Time, 7m. 8fs.
27th May.— Warrington.— One Mile Handicap.— T. H. Overton, 150 yds (1) ; J.
Ashworth, 100 (2) ; F. Parry, 130 (3). Time, 3m. 20s.
27th May. — Lincoln C. & F.C. (Lindum Ground). — One Mile Handicap. — J.
Crowe, 110 yds (1) ; J. T. Howitt, 160 (2) ; H. H. Sansome, 160 (3). Time,
3m. 27s. Two Miles Handicap.— W. R. Pennell, 115 yds (1) ; W. Peel, 245
(2) ; J. T. Howitt, 320 (3). Time, 7m. llfs.
27th May. — Cardiff (Alexandra Park).— One Mile Handicap.— F.Phillips, 85 yd;
(1) ; G. Hillman, 110 (2). Time, 3m. 18s. Five Miles Handicap.— TV.' L.
Powell, scratch (1) ; E. Nickolls, 100 yds (2). Time, 16m. 45s.
29th May. — Cardiff (Alexandra Park). — Five Miles Championship of IVales. —
G. Ace won in 16m. 40s. One Mile Handicap.— G. Hillman, 90 yds (!) ; F.
W. Neel, 25 (2). Time, 3m. 20s.
2L)th May. — Romford (Recreation Grounds).— One Mile Handicap. — A. Robinson,
Essex, ISO yds (1) ; H. N. Wesson, Belgrave, 190 (2) ; J. A. Turnbull,
Criterion, 120 (3). Time, 3m. 9§s. Three Miles Handicap.— J. R. Hamilton,
Druids, 90 yds (1) ; J. L. Clark, Essex, 210 (2) ; A. H. Chapman, Lewisham,
320 (3). Time, 10m. 33is. Five Miles Handicap.— J. R. Hamilton, Druids,
160 yds (1) ; W. Travers, Clapham Park, 460 (2) ; J. A. Turnbull, 400 (3).
Time, 18m. 181s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— S. S. Smith, Essex, 30 yds
(1) ; A. Jeffreys, Orsett, 80 (2) ; H. Lambert, Essex, 70 (3).
29th May.— London B.C.— 100 Miles Eoad Trial.— H. R. Reynolds (1) ; G. F.
Beck (2) ; C. Newman and Barker, dead heat (3). Time, 7h. 26m.
29th May. — Southport Winter Garden. — One Mile Handicap. — F. Evans, 105
yds (1) ; T. A. Edge, 90 (2) ; J. C. Robinson, 140 (3).
29th May. — Southport Zoological Gardens. — Five Miles Handicap. — J. T.
Fletcher, lm. 50s. (1) ; J. T. Ward, scratch (2) ; R. Wolstenholme, lm. 25s.
(3). No time taken.
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29th May. — Hastings. — Tico Miles Handicap. — B. George, 430 yds (1) ; H. Huber,
late Arion, 225 (2) ; C. Crute, scratch (3). Time, 6m. 20§s.
29th May. — Sale, near Manchester. — One Mile Scratch Face. — The West Man-
chester team won five out of the 6 heats, scoring 17 out of a possible 18
points.
23th May. — Leicester. — One Mile Handicap. — R. Chambers, Birmingham, 55 yds
(1) ; F. W. Allard, Northampton, 195 (2) ; W. J. Mills, 115 (3). Time, 2m.
46s. Tricycle Mile Handicap.— M. J. Lowndes, 20 yds (1) ; T. Sidwell, 100
(2) ; W. J. Mills, 60 (3). Time, 3m. 19s.
2SJth May. — Shrewsbury (Quarry Grounds). — One Mile Handicap. — W. A. Birch,
Oswestry, 50 yds (1) ; J. D. Delia Porta, 65 (2) ; J. T. Mein, 30 (3).
29th MAy. — Gravesend (Bat and Ball). — One Mile Handicap. — Lumsden,
Criterion, 75 yds (1) ; Cressy, North Kent, 80 (2) ; Chapman, unattached,
90 (3). Five Miles Handicap.— F. S. Buckingham, 420 yds (1) ; Rutson,
Tredegar, 400 (2) ; Piper, Star, 320 (3).
29th May. — Plymouth. — One Mile Handicap. — C. King, 75 yds (1) ; J. W. Barter.
110 (2) ; J. Young, 130 (3). Time, 3m. 0-Js. Three Miles Handicap.— H. L.
Cortis, scratch (1) ; C. King, 180 yds (2) ; F. J. Best, 125 (3). Mounting and
Dismounting liace.—F. Hansford (1); H. L. Cortis (2); F. W. Brock (3).
One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— W. H. Casley, scratch (1) ; E. S. Knapman,
75 yds (2) ; C. Franks, 100 (3). Time, 4m. 23s.
29th May. — Leighton Buzzard. — One Mile Handicap. — M. Rafferty, 140 yds (1) ;
B. H. Daunton, 90 (2) ; H. G. Warren, 100 (3). Time, 3m. 15|s. Five
Miles Handicap.— B. H. Daunton, 450 yds (1) ; T. J. Smith, 550 (2) ; H. G.
Warren, 500 (3). Time, 18m. 15s.
29th May. — Dublin A.C. (Lansdowne Grounds). — One Mile Handicap. — J. J.
Levis, 15 yds (1) ; J. H. Craig, Kent, 40 (2) ; W. M. Woodside, 50 (3). Time,
3m. 7s. Five Miles Handicap).— J. J. Levis, scratch (1) ; B. D. Dickson,
100 yds (2) ; W. M. Woodside, 210 (3). Time, 16m. 49s.
2JTH May.— Saxmundham (Hurt's Hall Park). — Two Miles Handicap. — F. J.
Cubitt, 330 yds (1) ; A..W. Kersey, 225 (2) ; F. Prentice, scratch (3). Time,
7m. 40s.
29th May.— Newport A.C— One Mile Handicap.— PL West, 35 yds (1) ; G.
Shepherd, 110 (2) ; H. E. Watkin, 120 (3). Time, 3m. 34£s. Tivo Miles
Handicap.— H.. West, 70 yds (1); W. L. Powell, 170 (2) ; J. Yates, 170 (3).
Time, 7m. 13Js.
29th May. — Ashton-in-Makerfield (Lancashire). — One and a Half Mile Handi-
cap.—C. H. Hodgkinson, scratch (1); W. H. Aukland, 180 yds (2); S.
Topping, 110 (3).
29th May. — Huntingdon. — Two Miles Handicap. — H. Wadsworth, 150 yds (1) ;
D. Albone, 170 (2).
29th May.— Newark F.C.— Two Miles Handicap.— J. Franks, 290 yds (1) ; W. R.
Ellis, 230 (2) ; P. J. Shacklock, 350 (3). Time, 7m. 38fs. One Mile Tricycle
Handicap.— T. R. Marriott, scratch (1) ; E. Bowles, 140 yds (2). Time,
4m. 2L;S.
29th May.' — Burton-on-Trent (Allsopp's Cricket Ground). — One Mile Handicap. —
W. Pratt, 125 yds (1) ; F. Moore, 10 (2) ; E. C. Clarke, 105 (3). Time,
3m. 20s. Three Miles Handicap. -W. Vale, 200 yds (1) ; C. F. Lavender,
230 (2) ; W. H. Price, 280 (3). Time, 11m. 10s.
29th May. — Bishop Stortford. — Two Miles Handicap. — A. Richard, 180 yds (1) ;
J. L. Hebblethwaite, 230 (2) ; A. G. Everard, 200 (3). Time, 6m. 55fs.
29th May. — Norwich District C. C.—One Mile Handicap. — W. Popplewell, scratch
(1) ; H. Cooke (2).— Two Miles Handicap.— W. Popplewell, scratch (1) ;
H. Cooke, 175 yds (2). One Mile Tricycle Race. — Walter Rye, Thames Hare
and Hounds (1).
29th May. — Bournemouth. — One Mile Handicap. — G. H. Fogden, 90 yds CI) ;
E. W. Jenkins, 55 (2) ; W. Snook (3). Time, 3m. 3£s. Three Miles
Handicap.— E. W. Jenkins, 150 yds (1) ; G. H. Fogden, 260 (2). Time,
9m. 55s. — One Mile Tricycle Handicap). — W. Snook, 85 yds (1) ; P. Letchford,
50(2). Time, 3m. 57is.
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29th May.— Swansea C.C — One Mile Handicap . — H. Colquboun, 75 yds (1) ;
J. Slade, 75 (2); W. Bletchford, 100 (3). Three Miles Handicap. — H.
Colquboun, 160 yds (1) ; J. Slade, 160 (2) ; W. Blatchford, 300 (3).
30th May. — Leicester (Belgrave Road). — Three Miles Handicap. — F. Moore,
scratch (1) ; R. Chambers, scratch (2) ; J. Stephens, 250 yds (3). Time,
9m. 7s. One Mile Novices' Handicap. — W. J. Podbury, 70 yds (1) ; H. H.
Sansome, 60 (2) ; J. Draper, 50 (3). Time, 3m. One Mile Boi/s' Handicap. —
. J. H. Iliffe, 10 yds (1) ; A. Cooper, 50 (2) ; T. Bennett, 110 (3). Time 3m.
32s.
30th May.— Hastings.— Three Miles Handicap. — P. J. M'Kinlay, 260 yds (1) ;
C. Crute, scratch (2) ; H. Huber, 300 (3).
30th May. — Loughborough F.C. — One Mile Handicap. — E. C. Clarke, 100 yds
(1) ; L. Cooke, 140 (2) ; W. J. Mills, 110 (3). Time, 3m. 13s.
30th May.— Cheltenham (Montpelier Gardens). — One Mile Handicap. — W. Vale,
50 yds (1) ; A. Gibson, 100 (2) ; T. George, 120 (3). Time, 3m. 28is. Two
Mile* Handicap.— W. Vale, 100 yds (1) ; J. H. Hall, 100 (2) ; A. Gibson, 210
(3). Time, 7m. 16Js.
30th & 31st May. — Leicestee (Aylestone Road). — One Mile Handicap. — G. R. G.
Taylor, 115 yds (1) ; G. H. Illston, 110 (2) ; W. T. Prew, 180 (3). Time,
2m. 481s. Fire Miles Championship of Leicestershire. — G. R. G. Taylor won
in 15s. 58s. One 3Iile Boys' Handicap.— A. Cooper, 260 yds (1); W. Edlin,
50 (2) ; J. H. Iliffe, 50 (3). Time, 3£m.
3:;d June. — Southport (Winter Garden). — Two Miles Handicap. — C. W. Bayes,
scratch, and T. A. Edge, 175 yds (dead heat) ; F. Evans, 170 (3). Time,
6m. ISf s. Ten Miles Handicap.— J. T. Ward, 10s. (1) ; F. Gandy, 2m. 40s.
(2); C. J. Riley, ~2m. (3).
June. — Edinburgh
3rd June. — Edinburgh A.B.C. (Powderhall Grounds.) — One Mile Handicap. —
W. J. Millons, 110 yds (1) ; D. W. Laing, scratch (2) ; H. G. Paterson, 125
(3). Three Miles Handicap.— -W. Kirk, 210 yds (1) ; W. J. Millons, 300 (2) ;
F. W. Gibb, 275 (3). One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— K. Sinclair, 75 yds (1) ;
J. P. Robertson, 100 (2). Time, 3m. 56s.
3bd June. — Crystal Palace (West Kent B.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — C. D.
Vesey, 110 yds (1) ; J. C. P. Tacagni, 90 (2) ; P. J. M'Kinlay, 110 (3).
Time, 2m. 48Js. Three Miles Invitation Scratch Bace.—H. L. Cortis (1) ;
C. Crute (2) ; W. E. Milner (3). Time, 9m. 9|s. Ten Miles Scratch Bace
(Match).— C. A. Palmer defeated J. F. Griffith in 31m. I7fs.
3rd June. — Lillie Bridge (Civil Service A.C. Sports). — One Mile Handicap. —
H. A. Speecbley, 70 yds (1) ; J. D. Butler, 15 (2) ; R. A. Woolnough, scratch
(3). Time, 2m. 59-fs.
3ar> June. — Birmingham (Lower Grounds, Aston). — Sparkbrook Harriers. — One
Mile Handicap.— F. Moore, scratch (1) ; W. Vale, 60 yds (2) ; W. Pratt, 95
(3). Time, 2m. 47£s. Five Aides Handicap.— W. Pratt (1) , F. Moore (2)
Humphries (3). Time, 15m. 30|s. ;
3rd June. — Birkenhead F.C. — (Wirral Show Ground). — Two Miles Handicap. —
T. H. Overton, 230 yds (1) ; W. J. Jones, 120 (2) ; C A. Pennington, 150 (3).
Time, 7m. 33gs.
7th June. — Surbiton. — (Wanderers B.C.). — One Mile Invitation Handicap. — H.
L. Cortis, scratch (1) ; J. R. Hamilton, 50 yds (2) ; C. Crute, 35 (3). Time,
2m. 41§s. Fastest on record, amateur or professional.
10th June. — Catford Bridge (Private Banks A.C). — One Mile Handicap. — W.
Brown, 10 yds (1) ; J. Horn, scratch (2) ; G. F. Hunter, 40 (3). Time,
3m, 33 is.
IOtii June. — Alexandra Palace. — (StanleyB.C.) — One Mile Handicap. — C. Crute,
scratch (1) ; C. D. Vesey, 40 yds (2) ; A. Richards, 75 (3). Time, 3m. 15s.
One-third Mile Scratch Bace.—W. J. Reilly (1) ; C. Crute (2) ; R. A. Wool-
nough (3). Time, lm. 2£s. Three Miles Invitation Bace. — C. Crute (1) ; R.
A.. Woolnough (2) ; L. G. Lawton (3).
1)th June.— Birmingham (Lower Grounds, Aston). — Moseley Harriers. — One
Mile Handicap.— M. H. Whish, 40 yds (1) ; W. Vale, 60 (2) ; F. Moore,
scratch (3). Time, 2m. 52s. Five Miles Handicap. — F. Moore, scratch (li ;
M. H. Whish (2) ; W. Vale (3), Time, 16m. 0§s.
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10th June. — Stamford Bridge (Temple B.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — Harold
Smith, 40 yds (1) ; W. E. Milner, scratch (2) ; J. D. Butler, 30 yds (3).
Time, 2m. 56£s. Half Mile Scratch Race.—W. E. Milner (1) ; M. J. R.
Smith, 40 yds (1) ; W. E. Milner, scratch (2) ; J. D. Butler, 30 yds (3).
"6Jb. Half Mile Scratch Ilace.—W. " " ' ~ ' '
Dundas (2). Time, lm. 27£s.
10th June. — Southport A.S. — One Mile Handicap. — T. A. Edge, 135 yds (1);
E. Blackledge, 125 (2) ; C. W. Bayes, 45 (3).— Three Miles Handicap.— T. A.
Edge, 390 yds (1) ; LC. W. Bayes, 110 (2); G. A. Pennington, 215 (3).
-0th June. — Manchester (Pomona Gardens). — One M He Handicap. — A. G.
Harvey, 185 yds (1) ; G. J. Stoner, 185 (2) ; J. T. Ward, 55 (3). Time,
3m. 23£s. One Mile Handicap.— A. G. Harvey, 50 yds (1) ; W. A. Potter.
30 (2) ; A. Knowlorn, 15 (3). Time, 3m. 49|s.
12th June. — Cambridge University. — One Mile Invitation Race. — F. Moore, (1) ;
J. S. Whatton, (2). Time, 2m. 54fs. Ten Miles Race.—F. Moore (1) ; G. D.
Day (2) ; M. H. Jephson (3). Time, 33m. 35f s.
17th June. — Stamford Bridge. — (L.A.C.). — Two Miles Challenge Cup (Members.)
— W. E. Milner won. Three Miles Members' Handicap. — A. Hood, 190 yds
(1) ; F. B, Leith, 270 (2) ; H. F. Wilson, 270 (3). Time, 9m. 4§s.
17th June. — Widnes (Farnworth). — Two Miles Handicap. — T. A. Edge, 240 yds
(1) ; T. H. Overton, 190 (2) ; G. H. Illston, 160 (3). One Mile Tricycle Race.
W. Doming (1) ; G. H. Illston (2) ; J. M. Fawke (3) ; Time, 5m. 17Js.
17th June. — Birmingham (Lower Aston Grounds). — Birchfield Harriers. One
Mile Handicap.— 3. Stephens, 160 yds (l) ; F. Moore, scratch (2) ; H. Hum-
phries, 80 (3). Time, 3m. 49£s. Three Miles Handicap.— H. Vaughton, 126
yds (1) ; M. H. Whish, 95 (2) ; H. Humphries, 175 (3). Time, 9m. lis.
17th June.— Crystal Palace (Sutton B.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — J. S. Studley,
95 yds (1) ; L. G. Lawton, 65 (2) ; F. Allport, 75 (3). Time, 2m. 47| s. Five
Miles Invitation Race.— J. S. Whatton (1) ; C. Crute (2) ; C. A. E. Pollock
(3). Time, 15m. 43£s.
17th June. — Jesmond B.C. (Byker Grounds, Newcastle-on-Tyne). — One Mile
Handicap.— A. Sanderson, 115 yds (1) ; G. Maughan, 85 (2) ; W. G. Bell,
160 (3). Four Miles Scratch Race.—T. D. Oliver (1) ; H. Bowell (2) ; W. H.
Woon (3).
QUINTICYCLE, OR FIVE-SEATED MACHINE.
This machine was made to carry 5 persons, and was designed and
imported by the Great Eastern Hotel Company, Limited, Calcutta,
{or His Highness Jasivant Singh Bahadur, K.G.C.S.I., Maharaja of
Jodhpur. It is propelled in the ordinary manner of tricycles, with
chain gearing to each of the large wheels, which are 60 inches in
diameter ; the action of four of the riders, who are comfortably
seated on velvet-piled seats, being quite independent of each other,
while the whole machine is guided when in motion by the action of
the rider of a 56m. bicycle, which is attached at the head of the
machine. It is a very elaborate piece of workmanship, electro-
plated all over, and costs 2000 rupees. It has given great satisfac-
tion to His Highness, which has induced His Highness Sadik
Mahomed Khan Bahadoor, K.G.C.S.I., Nawab of Bahawalpur, to
purchase one exactly the same in all particulars.
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MIDLAND WHISPERS.
Midland Whispers are wet again this month, and many have been
the club runs marred by Jupiter Pluvius. However, we have had a
few fine days, and it has been marvellous to see the way in which
the re-appearance of the sun has brought cyclers — both bi. and tri. —
out over the roads again, like so many flies after a shower. I notice
tricycling is making rapid strides all round the centre of England,
and none the less is progress made amongst the ladies, for I have
rarely travelled 20 miles on the road of late, but I have met more or
less of the gentler sex on wheels, either by themselves or on sociables,
which latter vehicles — by the way — are just now becoming very
popular. Talking of tricycling reminds me that, when I was last in
Coventry, I discovered a shop had been opened for the hiring out of
tricycles. Theownerhad about a dozen " Rob Roys "and " Meteors,"
and he told me whenever the weather was in any way fine, it was
by no means a rarity for his whole stock to be out, so this kind of
thing ought to pay.
So the championships are to be held in old Brum. Well, I under-
stand a good and practical committee of first-class men has been
appointed by the Union, and from the whispers I hear, the B.U. will,
if favoured with a fine day, for once have a respectable balance in
hand after a race meeting. The Championships, too, are likely to
stay on the ground, and although a Cantab and a Londoner will no
doubt run them close, I expect the main struggle for the mile will
be between Palmer and Moore, and if my knowledge of racing form is
not mistaken, I fancy the former will gain the verdict, notwithstand-
ing his disadvantageous mode of living compared with Moore, who
is, I hear, in the country, training for the event, whereas C. A. P. is
shut up in an office all day. I also fancy Palmer will have a good
look in for the 25 miles, and an even more certain chance at 5,
though the result of the 50 miles event is very much open to doubt.
At last Mr. Starley is to be recognised, and that too by those he
has most benefited, viz., the Coventry wheel makers, and the sports
they have arranged to hold on July 1st will be, from all I hear, some
of the best ever held in the district. The offer, of a "Coventry
Rotary " tricycle as a first prize in the open mile tricycle handicap,
is I believe attracting much notice, and there are likely to be three
times as many entries for this event as for any three-wheeled race
ever held, and I hear that already entries have been received from
all the best tricycle racing men in England, so it oughtto be a success.
The Birmingham and District Cyclists' Society is neither dead
nor asleep, and their last turn out of 200 men for an afternoon's run
shows the extent of the sport in the Midlands, and also the good
position the B. & D.C.S. takes amongst the district clubs. That it
will continue to do so and ever prosper, is the wish of all, and of
none more so than " Spectator."
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f^TOTTINGS FROM TOE
w m EMERALD TSLE
Favoured by fine weather, the Whitsuntide holidays were
thoroughly enjoyed by those votaries of the wheel who had the good
sense to participate in club runs and tours. The tour organised by
the committee of the Eglinton was successfully carried out by eleven
members. The places of interest visited were, " The Meeting of the
Waters," the Seven Churches, and Avondale, the residence of Mr.
Parnell, M.P. On the Dargle Road, coming home, a jarvey drove
into the captain, with the effect of buckling the wheel. Distance,
ng miles. The Windsor B.C., Belfast, toured through Antrim, via
Larne, Glenarm, Ballcastle, and Portrush, visiting the Giants Cause-
way en route. Distance, 132 miles.
The head-quarters of the Irish Champion B.C. have been removed
from Lansdowne Road to Kildare Place. It is the intention of the
committee to have a gymnasium fitted up for the use of members
during the winter. A move like this should gain the hearty co-opera-
tion of all the members.
A report of the E.B.C. tour, which appeared in a contemporary, in
referring to the accident (?) which befel the captain, says, "Through
the courtesy of the police," etc. What a contrast between this and
the tone of the letter that appeared in the Freeman, of the 10th ult.,
headed " Police and bicycle riders," in which the writer describes
how, after been thrown off his bicycle by a ruffian, he appealed to a
police sergeant to get the name and address of the defaulter, but who,
instead of doing as he is paid to do — i.e., uphold law and order — very
majestically told them to " move on," and in fact showed an utter-
disregard for " life and property."
Sport says the programme of the Cork A.A.C. includes walking,
running, biclying, &c. What is " biclying ?"
There is little doubt but very good " times " would have been made
in the College Park, but for the strong wind which was blowing and
the state the course (grass) was in after the heavy rain.
Twenty -five events were set down on the programme, out of which
four were bicycle races. Any rational being would not consider this
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too many, yet the Irish Sportsman thinks that one bicycle race might
be left out in future. Now, if some of those monotonous walking
contests were omitted, and another — say a mile bicycle race — were
substituted, in my opinion it would be an improvement. The
Countess Spencer took a particular interest in the bicycle races, and
I think every one else followed her example.
The first meeting of the Dublin Athletic Club was, as anticipated,
a decided success. The one mile bicycle race was won in really
first-class style by Levis, who also scored a victory in the five miles,
although pushed hard by Dickson. Good things are expected of
Levis this season.
, At a meeting of the Irish Bicycle Association, held on Monday,
the 1 2th June, the following decisions were arrived at — viz., the
general Irish bicycle meet to be held on the 16th of September; the
one mile, three miles, and ten miles championships of Ireland to be
competed for on the 23rd of September ; and the fifty miles road
championship race on the 30th of September.
This first announcement from the LB. A. is not one that will find
a responsive echo in the minds of a great majority of Dublin wheel-
men. On the contrary, it is on every side condemned as most
preposterous. It was the general belief that the great meet and
championship races would be held this month, and the fifty miles
road race next month. No one for a moment thought that an uncer-
tain and proverbially wet month should be selected to hold the
" meet." The committee have yet time to change the dates, and I
would respectfully urge the necessity of at once doing so ; if they do
not, then tant pis.
Dublin University Athletic Union, Monday, June 5th. — Two
Miles (Novices) : H. Nixon (1) ; M. Jones (2) ; M. J. Eustace (3).
Time, 7m. 24s. Won easy by 30 yds. — One Mile (Handicap) : B.
Dickson, 55 yds (1) ; H. M. Jones, 120 (2); H. Nixon, 80 (3).
Time, 3m. 17s. Won by 3 yards, 10 yards between second and third.
—Two Miles : B. Dickson (1) ; H. Nixon (2) ; H. M. Wright (3).
Time, 7m. 5s. Won very easily by 50 yards. — Four Miles (Handicap) :
B. Dickson, 100 yds (1) ; H. Nixon, 350 (2) ; H. M. Jones, 400 (3).
Time, 13m. 45s. Won easily.
Carbury (Co. Kildare) A. A. Club Sports, Thursday, June 8th.—
Four Miles (Handicap) : W. Ard, P.B.C., scratch (1) ; H. A. Taylor,
Dublin A.C., 200 yds (2) ; A. McCormack 150 (3). Won by 30
yards. No time taken. — Two Miles (Novices) : H. A. Jones (1) ;
H. A. Taylor (2) ; C. Matthews (3).
Limerick A. and Bi. Club, Thursday, June 15th. — One Mile
(Open) : J. F. Curtin (1) ; A. A. Harris (2) ; M. F. Ryan (3). Time,
4m. 5s. — Two Miles (Handicap) : A. A. Harris, 80 yds (1) ; J. F.
Curtin, scratch (2) ; M. F. Ryan, scratch (3). Time, 12m. 45s. —
Two Miles (Handicap) : A. A. Harris, 55 yds (1) ; J. F. Curtin,
scratch (2) ; G. M. Harris, 45 (3). Time, 8m. 33s.
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Dublin University B.C.June 12th and 14th. — One Mile: R. Pring
(i) ; H. Disney (2) ; M. Browne (3). — One Mile (Handicap) : R.
Pring, 60 yds (1) ; R. W. Studdert, 120 (2) ; M. Jones, 70 (3). —
Four Miles (Handicap) : R. Pring, 250 yds (1) ; M. Jones, 310 (2) ;
R. W. Studdert, 340 (3). Time, 19m. 38s.
Belfast Rovers B.C., May 27th. — Five Miles Club Championship :
J. Carr, captain (1) ; L. Everett, sub-captain (2). Time, 20m. 9s. —
Three Miles (Juniors) : E. Boas (1) ; A. Carr (2). Time, 13m. 56s.
Dublin Athletic Club, May 29th. — One Mile (Handicap) : J. J.
Levis, Cork B.C., 15 yds (1) ; J. H. Craig, Kent B.C. 40 (2) ; W.
M. Woodside, 50 (3). Time 3m. 7s. — Five Miles (Handicap) : J. J.
Levis, scratch (1) ; B. D. Dickson, Dublin University B.C., 100 yds
(2) ; W. M. Woodside, 210 (3). Time, 16m. 49s. Won by 210
yards, 300 yards between second and third. " Athcliath."
IN MY GIG THAT WAS MADE TO TAKE ONE-JUST ONE.
A TRICYCLE RHYME.
I've a bit of romance,
If you'll listen, I'll tell ;
Now it came not by chance,
For that green grassy dell
Where I tripped yesternight,
Is the haunt of a Sprite,
Who conceived a dire spite
To my Gig, that was made to take one — just one.
On I sped through the vale,
When the loud day was hushed ;
On I sped, when the pale
Rising moon peeped and blushed.
Phoebus might have flown higher
In his Cycle of fire,
But my magic high-flyer —
My own Gig, that was made to take one — just one,
Gliding 'twixt earth and skies,
Would have found 'mid the trees
A superb Paradise,
If a mischievous breeze
Had not whispered the Sprite,
That a wonderful sight
Had invaded the night —
A queer monster, with one fiery eye— just one.
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Then, as blithely I sang
To the soft-sailing moon,
And my silver bell rang
A sweet chime to the tune.
All at once — plunging by —
Came a horse — with a shy
Pretty maiden, and I —
On my Gig, that was made to take one — just one.
Speeding swift down a ridge
Where a rampant brook skipped —
But with never a bridge —
In my Tricycle tripped !
And my wheels ceased to go ;
And my lamp ceased to glow ;
As I plunged in the flow.
Oh ! " Excelsior," built to take one — just one.
But, " Oh ! Heavens," I cried,
" There's that charger alone" —
And I leapt from the tide —
" Is the fair rider thrown ?"
As away, swift away,
Over rocks, over spray,
Where the black darkness lay,
Rushed the horse that was meant to bear one— just one.
Then I searched through the glades
Where the quaint shadows fell
Of old trees. But their shades
Seemed alive, and the spell
Of a terrible dream
Crept o'er all ! E'en the gleam
Of the moon — e'en the stream —
And my Gig, that was made to take one — just one,
Appeared ghastly, I stalked
Like a culprit in fear !
In grim silence I walked —
Pausing — dreading to hear
A faint moan in the dark
Woody glen ; paused to mark
Out the horse treads ; to hark
At the brook mocking " Gig to take one — just one."
When, " I'm lost," cried a maid,
In a sorrowful voice ;
" Beauty, be not afraid,
You are found, so rejoice."
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" But my mare, my black mare,
And I'm injured, Sir, there !" —
Pointing prettily where
One neat ankle reclined on the moss — just one.
And the lone creature wept
Shining tears 'mong the dew,
As a shade artist stept
Near, and photographed two.
" I've a Gig that mistook
The right way o'er the brook,"
I said, soothing, " I'll look
For ' Excelsior,' though it takes one — just one."
Off I ran to the glen,
Where my tricycle lay
'Mong the shadows ; and then
Speeding swift all the way
To the sycamore shade,
Where the maiden was laid ;
I explained how the tread
Of her one pretty foot on the treadle — just one,
Would impell it to go,
If I just pushed behind ;
Then a soft moonlit glow,
Lit her face, and " how kind !"
She replied ; but the way
Was so long, that the day
Sent its" first golden ray
On the Gig, that was made to take one — just one.
Ere we reached the girl's home
'Neath the brow of a hill —
In a quaint furzy coomb,
Where a merry mill wheel
That had splashed in the stream,
And then flashed in the gleam
Of the sun's setting beam —
And then paused — dropping tears — as the shadow— just one,
Of a horrible fear
Came and haunted the spot,
For the morning drew near
And the maiden came not ;
But despite the fell Sprite
Who had spoiled the sweet night,
Joy returned with the sight
Of my Gig with its one pretty rider — just one.
Albert C. Keen.
THE WHEEL WORLD.
AN AUGUST TOUR.
By an " Unattached Cyclist."
Bicycling, I thoroughly believe, is one of the best of sports, and
touring on a bicycle the most pleasant means of seeing the country.
There is something very exhilarating and life giving in spinning
along our country lanes.
The following sketch I hope may prove interesting to readers of
the "Wheel World." It is of a tour I made in August last in some
of the Western and Midland shires. No very long runs or fast
times will be found therein, as I went to enjoy the scenery and to
see the different towns passed through, and not to fatigue myself.
Aug. 3RD. — Camberwell to Newbury. I started at 5.45 a.m., a
younger brother accompanying me a few miles. Morning bright,
but cool. We rode over more or less macadam, via Clapham
Common, Putney, &c, to Hammersmith. Here my brother left
me, and I pedalled onward alone. " Paget's " wood paving was
very pleasant, but too short, and the road beyond was rough, and
a tramway being laid at Brentford did not improve it. At
Hounslow (15 miles) I had a second breakfast, which refreshed
me somewhat. The road improved to Colnbrook, but was monoto-
nous ; here I had a short dismount. The country improved further
on, and I had pleasant views of Windsor on the left. Beyond
Slough (27 miles) the road became loose and sandy, and a West
wind made it rather hard going to Maidenhead (32 miles). It is a
pretty town, and the river looked charming. The road rises out
of the town, and is undulating to Maidenhead Thicket ; here the
surface was splendid, and the views pretty. Near Twyford was
some more sand and wind. The road was good beyond, with a
gentle descent to Reading (46 miles) ; arrived just before noon.
Dined at the Wheatsheaf, after which I strolled about the town,
and as far as Caversham, a pretty place on the Thames. Reading
is a pleasant and prosperous town ; there are two or three old
churches, also a new town hall. After having tea I left at 6.30 p.m.
The road was fair and nearly level, through a pretty country, to
Newbury (17 miles), via Theale and Thatcham ; dismounted at
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8.15. Distance this day, 63 miles. Put up at the Bacon Arms,
which I found very comfortable.
Aug. 4-TH. — Dull morning ; rambled about before breakfast.
Newbury is very clean and comfortable looking, and has a fine old
church, which I found open. I started at 9 a.m. for Bath. After
walking the hill out of the town, I had a pleasant run over a
capital undulating road to Hungerford (72 miles) ; the scenery was
very pleasant. Passing over the Kennet, and through the out-
skirts of the town ; the road rises for some distance, and enters
Wiltshire. It was pleasant travelling until I reached Savernake
Forest ; here was a sharp rise or two, and the road was very loose.
I had a long rest in the shade, and admired the woodland sceneiy.
The day had turned out fine, and the sun was hot. Further on
is a steep hill down into Marlborough (82 miles), with a fine view
from the top; not being clever at "legs over," I walked down.
The town is on a hilly site ; it has a very wide High Street, and a
couple of churches. After a good lunch, I got away about 12.15;
road very good and fairly level for about four miles, and, passing
the " conical" Silbury Hill, ascended on to Chalk Downs. The
country for some distance was undulating, and quite open ; it was
also waving with corn. I could see a long distance in front. Here
I had another rest on the grass. Descending into the valley the
scenery changed, and I had a pretty and level run to Calne (95
miles). It is a small stone-built place, with a pretty church ; I had
a short walk round. Beyond the town I had a little walking to do,
it being hilly, but the scenery was pretty. Met two cyclists coming
down one hill, and tramping up the other side was another. We
had a little chat, and he told me he was returning from a run in the
" Black Country." I left him on his back on the road side, and soon
arrived in Chippenham (101 miles) ; here I had some milk and
biscuits. The town has a large market place, with a fine fountain
in the centre. There was a short descent beyond the town, and
the road was fair (hard limestone) ; further on was a long rise to
Corsham ; here the road was nicely shaded. Passing through part
of the town the road ran on high ground for some distance. The
view from the top of Box Hill, towards Bath, was very lovely. I
walked down to Box (a mile or more) ; the surface of the road was
rough, large stones here and there. On the left were some of the
celebrated Bath stone quarries ; they run under the hill. Passing
over the railway and through the village, I had a fine six mile run
along a pretty valley to Bath (115 miles) ; arrived about 6.30, very
hot and dusty. Stopped at a small but comfortable hostel over-
looking the Avon (the Rummer inn). Day's distance, 52 miles.
After a wash and a substantial tea, I went out to explore the city,
which I much enjoyed. Bath is a fine city, surrounded by hills,,
the houses running up in all directions ; some of the streets are very
steep. The place is very striking, especially to anyone from
London, the houses being of stone.
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Aug. 5TH. — Splendid morning. After cleaning my steed I
rambled about all day. Bath is thoroughly worth seeing. I looked
over the Abbey, and climbed one or two of the hills, the views from
which of the city and country are very fine. The Victoria Park, the
baths, and hot wells, also demand notice. A tramway does not
improve some of the streets. Left Bath for Bristol at 7 p.m. ; the
road was good, but hard. There was a short steep rise at Saltford,
and a ditto descent and corresponding rise at Keynsham ; likewise
the same at the village of Brislington. Scenery good ; entrance
into Bristol very ugly (127 miles) ; Gerry's Temperance hotel.
Aug. 6th. — Trudged about all day ; weather fine and warm.
The centre of Bristol is busy and crowded, but has many fine
buildings, also a good many old ones. Ships were plentiful along
the quays. The manufacturing districts are as ugly and full of evil
smells as Bermondsey or Whitechapel, with the addition of a coal
pit or two. Clifton is, however, a decided contrast, and very
attractive. The view from the bridge is magnificent ; the local
authorities forbid bicycles being ridden across. I was sorry to see
that speculative builders are spoiling some of the suburbs.
Aug. 7TH (Sunday). — Walked to Avon mouth and back; country
pretty ; it was not worth the trouble, the channel being very muddy.
I looked into the Cathedral and St. Mary Redcliffe ; the latter is-
the finest building. After tea, I started for Weston-super-Mare at
6 p.m. Once clear of the town, the country was pretty and un-
dulating for about ten miles, through several villages and orchards.
Near Congresbury was a hill, up and down which I walked ; beyond
the road was flat, and ran through marshy country, crossing two
steep railway bridges. The road was good throughout, and the
views were fine of the Mendip Hills, &c. Arrived at Weston at
8.20 ; distance 21 miles, making 148. Stopped at the Cherry Tree.
Aug. 8th. — Rained nearly all day ; rambled about and got wet.
The town is not very attractive ; the best part lies on the side of a
hill, which is well wooded, and from which fine views are obtained
of the channel. The sea is poor and brown ; high tide lasts only
two hours at a time ; during the intervals a vast expanse of mud
presents itself for inspection.
Aug. gTH. — Fine breezy morning; mounted a little before 8 a.m.„
and steered for Gloucester; roads muddy to Congresbury, then
better. I had a nasty spill over a gully, self escaping with only a
shaking; my brake was, however, crippled. Before entering smoky
Bristol there is a large colliery on the right, and on the left a fine
view of Clifton and Bristol docks. Dismounted a little after
10 a.m. (169 miles). Took it easy through the city; rough roads
and tramways to Horfield. Here I mounted again, and had a fine
undulating run through pleasant country to Thornbury (181 miles).
There were one or two hills, but they were not steep ; the views
were fine, especially of the Severn and opposite coast. At Thorn-
bury is a fine old church and castle. After attending to the inner
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man, I pushed on to Berkeley, via Stone ; road rather rough from
recent rain. The town (igo miles) is noted for its fine old castle ;
the church is also worth seeing. The road ascends into the town,
and there is a corresponding descent on leaving. The road was
undulating and rough for some distance past Berkeley Road
Station ; views very pretty, the Cotswold Hills showing up well on
the right, and occasional glimpses of Dean Forest on the left.
The last six or seven miles to Gloucester was splendid running,
being level, and the road (hard limestone) being in excellent con-
dition. I entered the city by the side of the ship canal ; here again
was a tramway. Arrived at Gloucester Cross at 4.30 p.m. (207
miles). Here I received a welcome from friends, and the good city
formed my head-quarters for a week. Distance this day, 59 miles.
Gloucester is a pleasant commercial city ; the " lions " are the
Cathedral, docks, and a few old buildings. Roads around fair and
level.
Aug. ioth. — Had a pleasant drive to a flower show.
Aug. iith. — Rode to Newent and back (224 miles). Road rough,
rather hilly. Old market-house at Newent. Views fine.
Aug. 13TH. — Went to Cheltenham, 18 miles there and back. It
is a pleasant town. Roads very heavy from a " deluge " of rain
(242 miles).
Aug. 15TH. — Had a run to Birdlip Hill and back, over a rough but
straight road ; the hill is very steep and dangerous to descend (256
miles).
Aug. i6th.— Took leave of my friends, 11 a.m., and had a
pleasant run to Tewkesbury (267 miles) ; road fair and nearly level.
Fine views of the Malvern and Cotswold hills. I dined with friends,
and looked over the splendid Abbey (recently restored). There are also
some fine old houses in the town. Started off about 3 p.m. Beyond
the Avon is a sharp rise, then a gradual descent, and level gravel
xun for about six miles. Crossing the Severn I entered the old town
of Upton. From here was a good undulating road to Great Malvern
(281 miles). The Malvern hills looked beautiful as I approached
them. The town lies on the lower slope, and the road up to it is steep
bevond the railway. Malvern is a pretty place and worth a visit.
The scenery is lovely, especially from the hills, the highest of which
is 1,444 feet above the sea. I climbed as high as St. Ann's well,
but drizzling rain prevented any further ascent. After having tea I
left about 7 p.m. for Worcester. Road fair, a little up and down.
Near Powick I had a misfortune ; the left crank of my machine gave
way, and I had to trudge about three miles. To add to my dis-
comfort, the rain re-commenced. Was very glad to " turn in " at
Worcester (289). Distance this day 33 miles.
Aug. 17TH. — After some trouble, I found a machinist, and had a
new crank and pin fitted (cost 5/-). Meanwhile, I rambled about
the city. The Cathedral is worth seeing, the interior being very beauti-
ful. I mounted at about 12.30. Road fairly level and gravel,
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through pretty country to Pershore (298 miles). Fine views of the
Malverns on the right. Was detained en route by a shower.
Pershore is a quiet little town. The Church of Holy Cross is a
fine building, with a splendid interior (I am fond of looking over
churches). From here to Evesham the road was undulating, and very
heavy from a shower. Bredon Hill looked conspicuous on the right.
Hop gardens abound, and orchards are very plentiful in this district.
Crossing the Avon I entered Evesham (304 miles) at 3.40 p.m.
The town is old and picturesque, and has two churches standing in
one churchyard ; close by is an old clock tower, overlooking the
river (a relic of Evesham Abbey). I was detained till about 5.30
by very heavy rain. Afterwards steered for Longborough, Glouces-
tershire. In about two miles the rain came on again, and I had to
seek shelter under the eaves of a shed, which was very unpleasant
(couldn't get inside). By this time the road (limestone) was in a
terrible mess, and I had to walk about half the distance to Broadway
(310 miles). This is a pretty but straggling village, lying under the
Cotswolds. Beyond was the well-known Broadway Hill, over a mile
long. It is steep and winding, between stone walls. It was awful
work, floundering in the sticky mud, and pushing up my " horse."
At the top I felt equal to some ale at the Fish Inn, a curious little
place. From here, the road was undulating and a trifle better,
though muddy, with layers of stones at frequent intervals. Scenery,
principally fir plantations and walls. Not a person to be seen for
miles. About six miles of this, then leaving the main road on
the left, and passing a quarry, a short and steep descent to Long-
borough finished my journey, which ended in drizzling rain. Here
I stopped at the house of a friend for a few days. Distance this
day, 29 miles, making 318.
Aug. i8th. — Lovely morning. Cleaned " bike." Rambled about
the village and hill above. Scenery very pleasant ; hill and dale.
The village is picturesque, with plenty of stone walls and springs.
After dinner I rode over to Moreton-in-Marsh, a small town about
three miles off. Road very heavy ; limestone and gravel ; principally
level. The town has a very wide street and a pretty church. I had
tea with some more friend?, then had a ride round, and back to
Longborough (326 miles).
Aug. 19TH. — Rambled over the hills to Naunton ; found some
more friends at a farmhouse, where I had tea. Stiff walk, there and
back, about twelve miles, up and down, across country. The hills
are rather bare and stony, but the valleys are picturesque. The land
is principally arable.
Aug. 2oth. — Rode to Stow-on-the-Wold, three miles. A quiet old
town on a hill. I had a lunch and a walk round. The church is
conspicuous for miles round. Leaving the town for Moreton was a
lovely view on the right ; further on is a long descent, about a mile,
partly cut through rock, a nasty place for a " cropper." From the
bottom the road is nearly level, and principally gravel to Moreton-
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in-Marsh. I pushed on to Bourton-on-the-Hill ; there is a steep
ascent through the village. Above are large quarries. Turning to
the left, I pedalled back to Longborough to dinner, through planta-
tions, and passing Sezincot Park, entered the village by former road.
Distance, about 12 miles (338 miles). Roads rough.
Aug. 21 (Sunday).— Very v/et. Went to church. The build-
ing is ancient, picturesque outside, but the interior is very poor,
high pews and whitewash being predominant, relics of " the good
old times."
Aug. 22ND. — Steered for Stratford-on-Avon, 19 miles, in the
afternoon. Stopped at Moreton to tea. Leaving the town I had a
fair run on gravel through a pretty country, rather hilly for about
four miles. Then came a long stretch of disgraceful road, lime-
stone mud, stones and ruts ; a good deal of this had to be walked.
Troubles, however, have an end, and from Newbold-on-Stour I had
a nice run to " Shakespeare's town," through Alderminster. Arrived
about 7 p.m. (357 miles). Here again I stopped with friends. The
counties in this district are strangely intermixed. Starting in Glo'ster,
beyond Moreton, I crossed a slice of Worcester, the road then runs
about two miles between the two. Beyond was nearly three miles
of Warwick, then about eight of Worcester again. Further on,
crossing a slip of Gloucester, I was finally landed in Warwick.
Aug. 23RD. — Very wet, everything looked most uncomfortable.
The principal points of interest in Stratford are the church, Shake-
speare's birthplace, and the new theatre. The country around is -
pleasant, and roads good.
Aug. 24.TH — Left Stratford 10 a.m. Dull morning, but turned
out fine. I steered for Warwick, via Charlecote, passing the fine
Elizabethan hall. Road gravel, but muddy, running through well
wooded country. Arrived at Warwick (367 miles) in an hour. 1 passed
through an old gateway, and found myself in the principal street.
On the left is Leicester's Hospital, a very picturesque old structure,
I continued on to Leamington (369 miles), which almost adjoins. A
tramway was being laid along the road. After dining I rambled
about the town, and tasted the mineral waters. Leamington is a
pleasant and handsome town, something like Cheltenham, but more
compact. It is a great contrast to its neighbour, Warwick, being
entirely modern. I returned to Warwick by another road ; crossing
the Avon I had a splendid view of the Castle. I went and looked
at the river front ; it is in fine preservation, and stands on a solid
sandstone rock. There are a number of old houses in Warwick.
After looking over St. Mary's Church, I had tea in a " swell new
coffee tavern." Started for Moreton about 4.15. I rode through
Barford and Wellesbourne. The first 10 miles was splendid, over a
gravel road, level, and beautifully dry. Beyond was the first hilL,
and the road became undulating and very rough from dried mud.
Running through Lower Eatington I stopped at the pretty village of
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Halford to have the small wheel of my " bike" screwed up by a
local smith. Descending a short hill, and crossing the river Stour,
a few stony ups and downs brought me into the " delightful high-
way" along which I travelled on the 22nd. It was almost dark
when I arrived at Moreton (394 miles). Here I stopped, and was
quite equal to a good supper with my friends. Distance this day, 37
miles. At Eatington I met a "cyclist." We had a long chat; his
machine, an " Ariel," he had ridden seven years ; it required no bell,
he said, giving notice of its approach " by other means."
Aug. 25TH. — Rain, a regular soaker.
Aug. 26th. — Rambled about all day. In the evening had a ride
with a native cyclist about the town, and to Batsford village and
back, four miles (398).
Aug. 27TH. — A fine morning. I started homewards from More-
ton shortly before 5.30 a.m. The above " cyclist" accompanied me
about six miles. We found the road heavy and rough, and we had
some path riding. Two miles from the town is a pillar, on the left,
marking the junction of the counties of Gloucester, Worcester,
Warwick, and Oxon. My friend left me at the top of Little Comp-
ton Hill, which was rather steep, up and down. There is an inn
(The Cross Hands) on the top. Passing through Salford is a steep
ascent into Chipping Norton (noted for Tweeds) (406 miles), a stone
built town, on high ground ; it has a wide High Street, one side of
which is higher than the other. The road rose out of the town, then
was nearly level for about four miles, but heavy ; country rather
bare. There was a descent into Enstone, beyond the village a corre-
sponding rise. The scenery improved to Woodstock (418 miles), but
the road was very bad in places, sticky mud, and dry ditto (lime-
stone) here and there, some of this I walked over. Woodstock is
a picturesque old town, but has a poor church. Here I had some
refreshments and replenished my oil-can. Passing the gates of
Blenheim Park I rode without a dismount to Oxford, 8 miles. Road
much better, but rough. Country rather flat. I arrived about 9.45
a.m. (426 miles). Stayed here over two hours. There is plenty to
see in Oxford, but would take a week to inspect properly. The High
Street was being spoilt by the laying of a tramway. After a good
lunch, I mounted at Magdalen Bridge a little before 12.30, and soon
left Oxford behind. I passed through Cowley and Sandford over a
good road. Near Nuneham I came up with a " cyclist," toiling up
a sandy ascent. He had ridden from Northleach, and was steering
for Dulwich, so we rode on together, which was very pleasant. It
was splendid running over fine flint roads, through pretty country.
We passed through Dorchester (the church, a fine one, was
originally a cathedral), and the village of Benson. Further on we
came to the Chiltern Hills ; here was some walking to do. From
Nettlebed, 820ft. high, was some fine running, almost continual
descent for about three miles, passing through beautiful scenery. The
last half-mile into Henley (449 miles) was a treat, perfectly level, and
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a fine surface, shaded by elms. Henley is a pretty river-side town.
Arrived about 3.30 p.m. We stayed about half-an-hour, and
polished off a considerable quantity of bread and cheese and
" shandy gaff." Leaving the town is a steep hill, rising from the
river, and several other sharp ups and downs for about half way to
Maidenhead ; flints also were plentiful. The scenery, however, made
up for it. Fine run across Maidenhead Thicket to the town, nine miles ;
arrived 5 p.m. (458 miles). From here we had a level run through
Taplow,Dorneyand Eton to Windsor (465 miles). The road was heavy
to Staines (471 miles). Here we stayed and tea'd ; got away again
at 7 p.m. We bowled along merrily to Sunbury, where my friend
lighted up. From here, being dark, travelling was slow, as I had
no lamp, and had to follow my friend as close as possible. I was
stopped by a " bobby" at Hampton Court, but mounted again when
out of his sight. We reached Kingston at about 8.30 (481 miles).
Passing through the town we rode along Coombe Lane, where
practicable, part of which was in a frightful state, owing to sewage
works. Not caring to be " pulled up" again, and not being used to
night riding, I thought it advisable to leave my machine at the Bay
Tree, Merton, of cycling renown. So saying good-bye to my friend,
who rode on, I shouldered my small amount of luggage, including
a walking stick, and tramped home, as I was determined to do the
whole distance by my own exertions. Arrived at Camberwell at
about 11 o'clock. I did not feel at all done up, and was very well
satisfied with my peregrinations. Distance this day, the longest
day's work, 95 miles, making a total of 493 since I left home. I
was detained several times, this day, by the new crank working
loose — this was very annoying. I also made a mistake in staying so
long in Oxford ; but for these, I should have got home before dark.
I hope that what I have jotted down may be of use to any bicy-
clist who may wish to explore any of the districts traversed. My
machine was a 54m. " Mothersill," with cone bearings to both
wheels.
"W. M. F." (Unattached).
ALL BICYCLISTS & TRICYCLISTS
SHOULD
_^CRead "The gyclist;^
ONE PENNY WEEKLY.
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ON THE CLIFFS,
The scene is the top of a cliff on the South-west coast of Cornwall.
It is covered with soft green and springy turf. Beloiv lies the ocean,
blue, motionless, and glittering under the rays of a hot afternoon's sun.
One or two large vessels are vainly trying to catch a breeze, and several
fishing smacks are, more successfully, trying to catch fish. Close to
the shore a large steamer, with its deck covered with people, is snort-
ing along. Further out is a school of porpoises at play, hv.mmerable
sea-gulls laugh hoarsely at the people on board the boat. Above, ayouth
and a young maiden are siHing on the grass, whose ages are about
twenty-one and nineteen. She is leaning with her back against a
lichen-covered boulder, and is clad in a light dress of some soft
material. He is lying at full length at her feet, and is dressed from
head to heel in white flannel. He has a pipe and a book. A large
sketching-umbrella affords them shelter from the sun.
He : How lovely everything looks ! And what a horrible
smoke that steamer makes down there ! It ought to be stopped
by Act of Parliament.
She : Don't talk rubbish, Jack ! Let us go on with the
" Indispensable."
He : All right. Though I don't believe you ever will decide
on a machine. Girls never can make up their minds. Where
had we got to ? Bother the book ; it won't open properly.
Here we are ! " The Imperial Club" — that's a Coventry tricycle.
Never rode one myself, but believe it's a good one. The leading
features are — front steerer, and double driving by balance gear.
What do you think of the picture ?
She : Really I. can't tell. They all seem much alike to me.
Do they mean by " double driving" that two people can ride it at
the same time ?
He : No. Double driving means that — but if I explained it
you would not understand. Very few girls have much of a head
for mechanics; besides, it's two hot for explaining things.
She : I don't believe you understand it yourself, or else you are
too lazy. Also, Mr. Jack, you are not very polite.
He : Indeed, I am the politest of mortals. I acknowledge
that I don't know much about tricycles, and also that the
" Indispensable " is somewhat confusing to the ignorant. There
is almost too much information, isn't there ?
She : I don't mind what kind it is so that I can ride it — and
so that father will pay for it.
He : Of course he will. He could never be so cruel as to deny
you so small a thing as that. You do not mean it, for you know
you are a spoilt child, if ever there was one.
She : I don't know about that. But go on with the book.
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He : What do you say to the " Meteor " ? Its leading features
are an open front — sounds like an order for a dress-waistcoat,
don't it ? — and rear steering. Kindly cast your eagle eye upon
the diagram thereof. I say, Lil —
She: Well?
He : Fred Henstone is coming down to-morrow.
She : Is he ? I'm so glad.
He : Do you mean that ? I cannot imagine what you girls can
see in a pasty-faced, spindle-shanked fellow like that !
She : I don't suppose you can ; but then, Jack, even you don't
know everything, in spite of all your wisdom.
He : You need not try and be sarcastic, Lil. You know we
can't all be stuffed with knowledge ; and I can't help being
stupid. You don't suppose I should remain so if I could help it,
do you ? Of course, when he once gets here I shall see nothing
more of you. He will want you to take him out for walks similar
to those delightful ones you went last year ; and he will talk
rubbish about the clouds and trees, and spout poetry by the yard,
no doubt. And he will write you some more of those nice little
verses, like those you have in your desk, about your hair, and
your eyes, and doves, and purling streams — I don't believe
streams ever do purl except in poetry ; and these dear little
poems — triolets, and vilanelles, and rondeaus — written on paper
beautifully scented, you will treasure up as though they were
worth their weight in gold. Also you will play at lawn tennis
together all afternoon — you know, you did so last year —
although he plays no better than a pelican gone wrong. On the
other hand, if I come up and venture to suggest that I should
like a game, it will be, " Don't bother now, Jack, you know I can
play with you any time." Also if I tramp all over the country,
heaven knows where, on purpose to get you a flower or a rare
fern, which you say you are dying to possess, all the reward I get
is a few stereotyped words of thanks, and then five minutes after-
wards you calmly throw it away ? I think Henstone is a brute.
She : Have you quite finished ?
He : Quite, thanks.
She : I suppose I may choose my own friends, may not I,
without asking your lordship's permission ?
He : You certainly do that.
She : And do you not do the same ?
He: Who?
She : Well, there are lots of them. There's Lydia Trevennack,
for one.
He : And a very jolly girl she is. She doesn't snub a fellow, or
laugh at him because he's stupid, and can't write verses for her.
She is always ready to go out boating, or play tennis, or fish,
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or row with a fellow. See can ride splendidly, and can dance
like an angel. I think I shall teach her to tricycle.
She : I hope you will enjoy it !
He : I'm sure 1 shall.
She : I cannot understand what there is in Lydia that makes
you like her ; I think she is a most disagreeable girl, and I call
her rather loud and fast — not quite lady-like, you know. She
smokes cigarettes, and does all manner of things. She is a
dreadful flirt. She ought to have been a man.
He : There are plenty of flirts in the world.
She : Not many down here like Lydia Trevennack, I hope ;
though perhaps you think otherwise.
He : You know as well as I do, Lil, that I don't care twopence
about her, or anybody else, but a certain somebody. And
that somebody is altogether taken up with an undersized, pale-
faced, poetical and idiotical idiot.
She : How can you be so unjust to Mr. Henstone ! I think he
is a very nice man ; and he certainly is always gentlemanly, which
is more than I can say of some people.
He : {Savagely.) I know you do, you let people see that you
like him plainly enough, which does away with the trouble of
telling it.
She : You are cruel, Jack ; you are quite aware that what you say
is not true. I think we had better go home, or else go on with
the " Indispensable,''
He: Oh! drat the book !
(There was a pause for some moments, presently Jack looks round.)
He : Why, Lil, there are tears in your eyes ! Confound it, what
an utter brute I am. Will you forgive me ? I didn't mean it —
I am only a jealous beast. Fred Henstone is a very nice fellow,
and since you like him so I'll well, I'll try and like him too.
Say you will forgive me, Lil ! I am really, truly, very sorry. Say
you will forgive me !
She (softly, gazing out to sea) : Yes, I think I will, Jack. You
must know that I don't really think you stupid. And you must
know that I don't care in the slightest whether Mr. Henstone
comes here or stays away — perhaps would prefer the latter.
He : Really and truly ?
She : Really and truly, Jack, I never threw anything — any
flower or fern — away that you got for me ; indeed, I never have.
Why do you say such things ? I always — but never mind.
He : But I do mind, Lil. As usual, I have made a brute of
myself, and you have forgiven me ?
She : Quite. But, Jack
He: Well?
136 THE WHEEL WORLD.
She : Are you really going to teach Lydia to ride a tricycle ?
Because if you do I shall have to get someone else to help me when
I learn ; you will be too busy.
He : How can you say such things ? I am ready, and impatient
to begin to teach you. I was only joking — or cross, perhaps — -
when I said that about Lydia. I'd rather teach a cow to tricycle
than her !
She : Really and truly ?
He : Really and truly.
She : Ah ! But now let us go on with the " Indispensable,"
and do our best to choose a tricycle. "We have been nearly a week
over it, and I'm sure we have read it through quite half-a-dozen
times.
He : One should never be in a hurry, you know, or decide upon
anything rashly, without mature consideration. I think we have
done just the right thiDg in taking our time over it. I hope you
haven't been bored, though ?
She : I think not, Jack. Perhaps I should not have come if I
had been.
He : I have enjoyed it ; it is so nice to get a thorough know-
ledge of something that in the past you have been lamentably
ignorant of. I'm sure that we shall soon be able to pass an
examination on tricycles, their ways, their makers, their special-
ities, and their general ins and outs.
She : I should fail in it, certainly. I wish you would select
a machine for me, and thus save me all this bother and uncer-
tainty.
He : I have a splendid idea ! You must have a Sociable ; that
is, one for two people to ride in, you know ; I should be able to
teach you so much more easily on one of them.
She : But if I had a Sociable I should always have to have
someone else with me ?
He : Of course you would. That would make it all the jollier
for me.
She : If you went with me, you mean.
He : Oh ! of course, I forgot ; 1 beg your pardon. No doubt
Henstone will be charmed to go out with you, if you decide to
have one.
She : Mr. Henstone again ; don't let us quarrel again to-day,
Jack ; I thought I had made you quite understand that I rather
disliked than liked that man.
He : Yes, you did ; you must not take any notice of what I say
to-day, I don't know what is the matter with me ; things seem to
go wrong somehow. You see, Lil, — and you must know, — that
I can think of nothing all day long, all day, and every day, but
you, you, and you ; which I did not mean to tell you, and ough
THE WHEEL WORLD. 137
not to, but I cannot help myself. I have got to do something
in the world, I suppose, before I tell you what I should like to,
for at present I am in the happy position of having no money, and
but little chance of getting any. So I must bite my lips and say
nothing, which is pleasant for me, is it not ?
She : But you will get on, Jack, if you work hard.
He : If I work with might and main, I shall never be anything
but a poor man.
She : You don't know ; you are young, and you have the whole
world before you, and it rests mainly with you. Besides, what
matter if one be poor, so that one is happy ?
He : Do you think so ?
She : I do, indeed.
He : I do not think you would be happy if you were poor, Lil.
You are used to luxuries, and everything that wealth can bring
with it.
She : Men always seem to think that women are only to be
wrapped up in cotton- wool and placed on soft cushions all their
lives. Oh ! Jackr Jack, cannot you understand ? Go out into the
world, and work, work, work. Then come back, and you will
find me — but let us go on with the a Indispensable."
He : Lil, you are 1 do not know an expression good enough
for you. I will work, for your sake as well as my own; and
perhaps you will not altogether hate me when I come home.
She : Perhaps.
He : Wouldn't it be nice if one could do nothing but lie in the
sun, as we are doing, and be happy ? It would be so much easier
if we never wanted to eat or drink, or spend money. I think I
should get on in a world where there was no money. The laziest
man of all — which would in all probability be myself — should be
crowned king ; though, indeed, there would be very little use for
a king in such a country.
She : Don't talk like that, Jack. We have settled that you
must work ; so do not joke about it.
He : I won't. But we have not settled about the tricycle yet.
She : No. We must leave it until to-morrow, I think, or else
give it up altogether.
He : We cannot possibly do that. We must come out 1o this
comfortable corner to-morrow afternoon, and give our undivided
attention to so important a matter. I am afraid we have wandered
a little to-day, but I cannot always help it when I am near you.
But to-morrow we will really settle the knotty question. We had
better get it done before Henstone comes, which will be in the
evening, I think.
She : Henstone again ! What is the time, Jack ?
138 • THE WHEEL WORLD.
He: Good gracious! It's half-past five. We must be off, I
guess. It will take us quite an hour to walk home this hot
weather. Then we have to dress for the Cranstorm's dinner-party.
I hope to goodness I shall take you in.
She : Would you not prefer Lydia ?
He : Oh ! Lydia be I won't say what. Give me the um-
brella and the book. Come along, Lil
They set off along the edge of the cliff, hand in hand, and they talk
and laugh as they go. The sea-gulls cry hoarsely as they pass by.
Their cliff-seat is deserted for some time; but presently a few meek-
faced sheep come up, intent on provant—for here the grass is thick
and juicy, and fit for sheep to revel in. Then a small bird perches
tself on the lichen-covered boulder, and sings to them, as they eat, of
he joys of mutton. Bab Yardley.
THE LITERARY SHELF.
During the past month several new publications have been issued
of interest to the Wheel World, and of these none perhaps is so
exhaustive and practically useful as Mr. Sturmey's
TRICYCLISTS' INDISPENSABLE ANNUAL,
the second edition of which is now before me. It is a great im-
provement on the last issue, and contains every possible information
anyone could wish for in connection with the three-wheeler, not
only as regards its construction and variety, but also in the matter
of its management and practical use. It contains very complete
descriptions of nearly two hundred varieties of the tricycle, and has
almost as many illustrations, whilst the remarks and explanations
of the different gearings and other mechanism connected with the
machine are very clear and interesting, and the advice to beginners
and others as to the management and care of their tricycles is by
itself alone well worth the price of the book, to those in ignorance
of the practical working of these machines ; and I think he must be
a close-fisted customer who would object to part with 1/6 for nearly
300 pages of valuable and instructive information. The other work
which our Editor has submitted for my comment is Mr. H. L.
Cortis's long-promised work on Training. It is entitled —
PRINCIPLES of TRAINING for AMATEUR ATHLETES
WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO BICYCLISTS,
and in it Mr. Cortis gives rules not only for training for bicycle
races, but for getting into form for all branches of Athletic exercises;
and the advice given in the first chapter, if taken, is likewise a sure
guide to perfect health and its preservation, without reference to-
racing — for Mr. Cortis very truly says, that unless in the best of
health a man cannot look for success in athletic competitions, and
THE WHEEL WORLD. 139
consequently devotes the first part of his book to advice as to its
attainment and preservation. In the concluding chapter is given a
coloured diagram of the respiratory organs and heart, and then-
action is fully explained, with the why and the wherefore of certain
points in the advice given, and the reason for, and explanation of,
all the pains and evils which may possibly occur through injudicious
or excessive training, and the treatment necessary in such cases.
Mr. Cortis speaks throughout with the certainty of. a professional
medical man, backed up by a pile of records on the wheel such as
are possessed by no other man, and therefore has not only the
courage but the proof of his convictions. Both the books I have
commented on are got up in excellent style, and come from the
printing office of Iliffe & Son, the printers of the " Wheel World,"
by whom they are also published ; and that no wheelman should be
without either of them, is the advice of
Your Critic.
PATENT RECORD.
[Compiled by Habt & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C., from
whom all information concerning Patents, including Book of Instructions,
may be obtained.]
APPLICATIONS FOE LETTERS PATENT.
2268. — H. T. Davey and B. A. Hoist, London. Apparatus for tbe propulsion of
velocipedes. 13th May, 1882.
2282. — J. Brookes, H. J. Brookes, and M. Green, Smethwick. Construction
and arrangement of velocipedes. 15th May, 1882.
2326. — C. Truman, Birmingham. Means employed for driving and steering
machinery, and the bearings for axles. 17th May, 1882.
2361. — G. D. Macdougald, Dundee. Construction of velocipedes. 19th May, 1882.
2371.— L. H. Curtois, Loughborough. Velocipedes, &c. 19th May, 1882.
2380.-A. Phillips, Birmingham. Velocipedes. 20th May, 1882.
2393.— F. J. Cocks, Yardley. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 22nd May, 1882.
2-406.— H. H. Hagard, London. Tricycle. 22nd May, 1882.
2487.— L. C. Tipper, Balsall Heath. Velocipedes. 25th May, 1882.
2504.— J. Simonton, Comber. Velocipedes. 26th May, 1882.
2680. — R. Wood & J. Whyte, Manchester. Wheels of bicycles, velocipedes, &c.
7th June, 1882.
NOTICES TO PROCEED
Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named :-^-
16th May, 1882.— 518. A. G. Meeze, Redhill, A. G Salamon, Clapham, and R.
E. Phillips, Westminster. Velocipedes, &c. 2nd February, 1882.
19th May, 1882.— 181. G. Moss, London. Velocipedes. 13th January, 1882.
19th May, 1882.— 210. W. Soper, Reading. Velocipedes and other wheeled
vehicles. 14th January, 1882.
26th May, 1882.— 415. W. Hillman, Coventry. Velocipedes, &c. 27th January,
1882.
30th May, 1882.— 517. W. R. Lake, London. Saddle for bicycles, &c. (Com.
by F. G. Burley, Boston, U.S.A.) 2nd February, 1882.
30th May, 1882.— 2174. C. Harvey and W. Paddock, Birmingham. Tricycles
and other velocipedes. 9th May, 1882.
2nd June, 1882. — 503. H. Salsbury, London. Suspension lamps for bicycles,
tricycles, &c. 1st February, 1882.
9th June, 1882.— 562. E. R. Settle, Coventry. Velocipedes. 6th February,
1882.
Ho THE WHEEL WORLD.
9th June, 1882.— 1793. J. White, Coventry. Velocipedes. 14th April, 1882.
13th June, 1882.— 583. B. "Roberts, Wolverhampton. Tricycles, &c. 7th
February, 1882.
13th June, 1882.— 600. J. G. Smith. Eccles. Construction of tricycles, <fec.
8th February, 1882.
PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
19th May, 1882.— 5106. W. E. Price and W. D. Overton, Hampton Wick.
Velocipedes, &c. 22nd November, 1881.
19th May, 1882.— 5113. W. T. Eades, Birmingham. Construction of veloci-
pedes. 23rd November, 1881.
19th May, 1882. — 5139. F. Beauchamp, Edmonton. Tricycles, velocipedes,
&c. 24th November, 1881.
23rd May, 1882.— 5284. U. K. Husberg, Stockholm. Tricycles and quadricycles.
3rd December, 1881.
30th May, 1882.— 5253. J. T. Townsend, Coventry. Tricycles. 1st December,
1881.
30th May, 1882.— 5287. C. Beger, Berlin. Velocipedes. 3rd December, 1881.
2nd June, 1882.— 1052. T. H. Ward, Tipton. Velocipedes, &c. 4th March,'
1882.
9th June, 1882. — 877. H. Lees, Ashton-under-Lyne. Alarum bells for bicycles,
tricycles, &c. 23rd February, 1882.
PATENT
On which the Stamp Duty of £50 has been paid :—
2164.— E. C. F. Otto, London. Tricycles and other similar vehicles. 31st May,
1879.
PATENT VOID
Through the non-payment of the £50 Stamp Duty.
1944.— J. Clark, London. Bicycles, Ac. 15th May, 1879.
ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th June, 1882.
4091.— J. Adams, Camberwell. Tricycles, Ac. The riders are seated before
and behind the main cranked axle of the driving wheels, and drive the
vehicle by treadles connected to the cranks by rods. They can also
drive by crank handles fitted on wheels mounted above the axle, and
gearing with differential speeds into wheels keyed on to the axle. A
pinion is mounted on the top of the steering wheel fork, into which a
worm on the end of the steering rod takes. The brake is a friction
band passing round a drum on the main axle. 22nd Sept., 1881. Price
6d.
4430.— T. T. Harrison, Bristol. Bicycles. The steering head and shoulder, the
cross bar for guiding purposes, and the fork are dispensed with, and two
bars are attached 1 1 the bearings on each side of the front wheel,
which are carried upwards and joined above the wheel to a cross piece.
(Pro. pro.) 11th Oct., 1881. Price 2d.
4492.— W. Harrison, Manchester. Velocipedes, Ac. This invention is to prevent
the cross binding of the bearings, and thereby prevent the extra friction
of the bearings, to enable the handle bar to be raised or lowered to
enable the rider to steer more easily, to ring an alarm, to secure the
rubbers more firmly to the wheels, to make the spring more easy, and
to make a tricycle carry several persons, but it is not capable of being
condensed. 14th Oct., 1881. Price 8d.
4548. — S. Hall, London. Velocipedes. To prevent excessive vibration the
bearing blocks of the wheels are fitted in slides in the lower ends of the
fork, and the weight is carried by springs fitted below these blocks, and
secured to the blocks and the lower ends of the fork. Several methods
of fitting these springs-are shown. 18th Oct., 1881. Price 8d.
The Wheel World Advertiser— July, 1882. 17
650. — H. A. Dufrene, Paris. Velocipedes. The fraire is horizontal, and the
rider sits behind the driving wheel. In the centre of the frame is a
rocking shaft with arms attached. The seat is mounted on a vertical
bar attached to one of these arms, and the treadles are attached to two
other armp. The vehicle is propelled by the weight of the rider being
placed alternately on the pedals and on the seat, which action gives the
rocking motion to the shaft, and this is communicated to the driving
wheel axle by connecting rods from other arms on the shaft to cranks
on the axle, which is thereby revolved. (Com. by A. Mange, Louchamp,
France.) 10th Feb., 1882. Price 4d.
4542.— F. W. Eicke, Beulah Hill. Velocipedes. Vessels containing quicksilver
are mounted on the wheels of velocipedes at any distance from the
centre of rotation, to assist the rider in maintaining his speed. 18th
Oct., 1881. Price 4d.
4600. — G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. Between the side plates of the
pedal two perforated cross pieces are fitted, in the perforations of which
are placed blocks of india rubber, which keep the foot off the frame of
the pedal, and the vibration is thereby diminished. The handle-rod is
made in three pieces, one being in the head, the other two pieces, which
are curved as required, being attached on each side. 20th Oct., 1881.
Price 6d.
4722. — F. W. Jones, Exeter. Velocipedes, &c. Plain bearings are formed with
a ring of hard steel on the axle, which bears against the cap at only
three points, where it is well lubricated. The pedals have spikes, which,
on pressure, will bite the sole of the boot. The seats and the bearings
of the pedal shaft in tricycles are connected together, so that as the seat
is brought forward the pedal shaft is thrown backward, and vice versa.
28th Oct., 1881. Price 6d.
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IMPERIAL BICYCLE,
Manufactured by
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IS THE MACHINE FOR 1S82,
As is proved by the following :
Mr. H. HIGHAM, of Nottingham, won
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Thursday, March 17, 1880. At the Agri
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Simplest and Strongest ever introduced. It can be attached in a moment to the axle with
only one hand by merely depressing a vertical bolt which securely closes the lower half of the
cylinder or socket piece, and renders it an impossibility for the lamp to become detached by
the vibration of the machine. Prices, Japanned, No. 1, 1 0/- each ; No. 2, 1 0/9 each ; No. 3, 1 1 /6
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The 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 seconds, beating
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in hill mounting. Reigate Hill was ridden by S. J. Slocombe, Esq., in 13
minutes on this Tricycle, the same distance as the Bicycle trial, many Bicycles
exceeding that time.
Important Notice. — The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
Race, on June 25th, 1881, was won on the Humber Tricycle by G. L. Hillier,
against twenty other compofcitors, the second man being 33 minutes, or about
equal to six miles, behind.
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CYCLISTS IN ARMS!
E have always been of opinion that what was specially
needed to fix cycling firmly in the estimation of the
practical Briton was a pedestal of utility, and that
until the sport was placed on such a fundamental basis
it could never hope to be regarded by the general public except
in the light of a toy. Isolated cases have, of course, long been
known where athletically inclined medical men, who had suffi-
cient strength of mind and assured position combined to defy the
opinion of "Mrs. Grundy," have visited their patients on a
bicycle, but such cases have been few and far between. The
tricycle, however, is a somewhat different affair. It appears to
add dignity, or rather we should say, not to be so undignified, as
a bicycle. Given a neat and appropriate costume there is
nothing undignified in actually riding a bicycle ; but riding
in trousers and a tall hat ; taking innumerable hops
preparatory to mounting ; getting oily fingers ; dismount-
ing for stones, and then, apparently, painfully shoving one's
machine along over bad roads, all tend to lower one's
dignity, that is, in the eyes of the public. Thus it is that the
practical use of the bicycle is greatly handicapped, to say nothing
of the state of perspiration into which the exercise of bicycling
throws most men. The tricycle, on the other hand, allows of
being ridden in ordinary costume without the rider being very
noticeable ; it can be gracefully and easily mounted, and the fear
of loose stones is not a painful and ever present feeling on the
part of its owner. Altogether it is a machine better suited to
staid, middle age, or professional life than the bicycle. But even
the business use of the tricycle by doctors and others can be, at
best, but very limited. What we have now opened up before us,
however, is an idea for practically arming the wheel world, and
here it seems to us that every objection which exists to the use
of the tricycle in private life, disappears. We specially omit the
mention of bicycle because we feel sure that experience will prove
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that it is impracticable to carry a carbine and a kit on a bicycle*
except in the case of a " fancy few." The appropriate dress,
i.e. uniform, will be required in the case of a cyclist rifleman ;
every soldier on a march in " heavy order" must perspire freely ;
and " war stained" is a well-known phrase, so that a little dirt
on the fingers will not affect a fighting man prejudicially. At
first blush it would appear absurd to institute a volunteer wheel
corps, as the questions at once arise in the mind — " How could
the men cross a field ? What would they do in a place like
Zululand?" The answers, however, are easily found. In the
first case, it would be that they could cross the field on foot,
and in the second, that volunteers are never required to fight else-
where than in their own country where roads are known to be at
least passable everywhere, for a tricycle. Anyone who has
noticed the movements of an army must have been struck by the
very slow progress made by it on the march, and it was mentioned
some years ago at the autumn manoeuvres as something marvel-
lous— as indeed it was — when a Highland Regiment marched six
miles within the hour. It is the transporting of troops rapidly
from place to place that is the difficulty, and this can certainly be
got over by the use of the tricycle. We admit, however, that
we are not so sanguine on the point of the universal success of the
Cyclists Volunteer Corps as are the Hon. Mr. Molyneux, formerly
of the 1st Royal Dragoons, and Mr. H. H. Smith, of the Civil
Service Rifles, who jointly have the credit of first putting to the
test the possibility of an army on wheels A ride through the
lines on the sandy plains of Aldershot, or about Plumstead Com-
mon when the " R'yal Artilleree" have been about, has convinced
us that the movements of troops with their necessary ammunition
and baggage waggons, to say nothing of the guns, are not con-
ducive to good roads from a wheelman's point of view. From
this cause, therefore, and the fact that the enemy would, like
David of old, only have to provide himself with a large stone to
place a bicyclist scout hors de combat, we do not think that the
Intelligence Department is ever likely to profit much by wheel-
men's services. But when we return to the question of moving
an infantry regiment, or at any rate, a corps of say from 300 to
400 men, the tricycle in this country should be of great assist-
ance. At any rate the subject is worth a trial. If the movement
does no other good, it will train all those non-volunteer riders
who may join the Cyclists Corps to the ways of drill and the
use of firearms, points which may be of service to them hereafter,
and certainly which can do no harm. We shall look forward
therefore with great interest to the first march out of this embrye
corps. On the Bank Holiday of this month, they will, we under-
stand, ride out some 20 miles from London ; go through certain
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military drill, and then ride back. We ask what volunteer corps
in London could do this — 40 miles — in the day ? True, they
could take the train, but trains do not run everywhere, and it is
equally certain that railway companies do not carry volunteers for
nothing. Taken at the moderate outlay of 2s. per head to trans-
port 400 men in the manner we have suggested would cost £40, a
fairish outlay for a Saturday afternoon's run. The 400 odd
tricyclists who assembled on Barnes Common last May could just
as easily have carried a carbine, ammunition, and rations if
needed ; and, weeded of weak riders, could as easily have run 20
miles as the distance they did travel. As a matter of time, it takes
just the same period, viz., about an hour, to travel from Shepherd's
Bush to Kingston-on-Thames by cycle, as it does by train, so
when embarking and disembarking are considered the credit would
stand in favour of thn cycling volunteers. These are some of the
points from a military or patriotic view. Where the sport would
benefit would be in the fact that at last the tricycle would be a
recognised instrument of practical utility, and as such, become
worthy of the support of every Briton. It might then be con-
sidered of at least equal value with the Brighton coach for
instance, some of the officials of which at present consider cyclists
fair game for immediate slaughter, Armed with a carbine and
sword bayonet even cowardly coachmen would hesitate before
attacking one of Her Majesty's servants on a tricycle, and they
certainly would be awed by a whole regiment of cyclists in
arms !
There would also be a distinct reason for repairing roads in the
country in such a manner as to render them suitable for cycling.
We can never hope that this will be done so long as " wheels"
are used as a pastime only. Make them, however, act a part in
the defence of the country, and the affair takes a different com-
plexion at once.
Since writing the above article we have ascertained that a raid
on the Army Corps assembled for the autumn manoeuvres was in-
tended as the " secret" march out, but Arabi Pacha having caused
the locus in quo of the manoeuvres to be considerably removed
from London, Messrs. Molyneux and Smith have postponed the
firbt run until Easter Monday next, when it is hoped the Cyclists
Volunteer Corps will be un fan accompli, and take part in the
Brighton and Portsmouth Review. In the meantime Lord Elcho
has promised to preside at any inauguratory meeting, and Mr. H.
H. Smith, of River Cottage, Hornsey, will receive applications
for membership*.
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IN DEFENCE OF RACING.
(By "Faed.")
T is a trite saying that one-half of the world knows not
how the other half lives, and even in these enlightened
times of inter-communication the saw can be applied to
the doings of cycledom, and it can be truthfully averred
that one-half the wheel world does not know how the other half
is wagging. This results from the ignorant half not being far-
sighted enough to appreciate the privileges which they can obtain
by subscribing regularly to their Cyclist, their Tricyclist, and their
Wheel World. Then again, even those of us who read the leading
wheel organs are occasionally left in the dark as to what is being
said in the trailing wheel organs — if I may. apply such a phrase —
and it is only by accident that a piece of absurdity, fathered by
some obscure print ostensibly devoted to wheels, sees the light of
publicity to such an extent as to provoke a retort. One such case
has just occurred, some unknown friend having sent me a provincial
pamphlet in which appears an article entitled "Racing: an en-
quiry," which proves how deplorable is the result of writing about
what you have not the remotest knowledge of. Indeed, so palpably
and glaringly absurd and illogical are the statements contained, that
it is more with the hope of discouraging similar attempts, than with
the intention of arguing against so transparent a piece of ignorance,,
that I now pen a few remarks in reply to the " enquiry," which
seems as yet to have remained unanswered.
I may premise that I am by no means personally a crack rider ;
neither am I so enamoured of the pot-hunting pastime as I used to
be ; but although my patronymic has seldom figured in the lists of
winners, I have passed some considerable time on the racing-path,
" training" more for amusement and health than from ambition to
achieve distinction ; and my replies to the enquiries which I here
quote, paragraph by paragraph, may therefore be taken as the
results of actual experience and personal observation. I have
relinquished bicycling in favour of tricycling entirely, because (in my
individual case) the former has too great an element of danger to
counterbalance its questionable privileges. This, however, does not
prevent me putting my spoke in the wheel of the racing bicycle,,
when I see in print such remarks as those here quoted.
" Has the practice of racing benefited cycling ? We think not. In
the first place, it has been contended that racing has caused the great
improvement in the construction of machines ; secondly, that it shows
what a great speed may be attained; and, thirdly, that it popularises
the sport."
"As to the first and second points, it is acknowledged that bicycles-
and tricycles are eminently useful vehicles, but a machine suitable for
racing is not suited for road riding, therefore where is the utility in-'
creased — i.e., improvement made ?"
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Any person who has watched the development of the modern
bicycle knows perfectly well that the great improvements in road
machines all owe their origin to racing, and the desire to increase
speed. Hollow backbones, hollow forks, anti-friction bearings, and
the elimination of superfluous weight everywhere, all commenced on
the racing bicycle, and would probably never have been introduced
at all had road-riding been the sole aim and object of bicyclists.
The sage continues : —
" In the case of the bicycle, in the attainment of speed, safety was
overlooked — lost sight of altogether '."
So that racing is to be blamed for having increased the danger of
road-riding, although road-riders were under no compulsion what-
ever to adopt racing styles if they thought the danger greater than
the advantages ! Let us see what details they are which caused the
racing bicycle to become so dangerous, and to force its danger on
to the road : —
" The front wheel was increased in size so that the head was made
so short and built so close that there was no strength nor stability.
The mistakes committed iu the early days in this search- for speed are
not yet eradicated"
We must go back, then, to the old socket "giraffe" head,
diminutive wheelss solid forks, plain bearings, solid backbones, huge
back wheels, and wooden treadles, if we wish to "eradicate" the
mistakes committed in the search for speed ! The next statement
is an unsupported falsehood : —
" The same is the case with tricycles that have been successful in
races ; they have not been so on the roads."
The truth is that the most successful racing tricycles, everybody
knows, have done the best performances on the roads, under all
circumstances.
" Again, as to the question of speed, as we stated in our first num-
ber, it is not possible to travel on our roads with safety at a higher
speed than ten miles an hour? This statement was found fault with
by 'An Old File,' but he made the mistake of overlooking and omit-
ting in his quotation the words ' with safety?' "
And even "with safety" the assertion will not hold water. Is it
not the experience of thousands of riders that it is possible to travel
a mile on a bicycle within less than six minutes, with as great a
degree of safety as exists when one is sitting in one's arm-chair at
home ? Certainly it is, and the preposterous contradiction of the
fact, contained in the dogmatic assertion that no greater speed
(mind, initial velocity is intended, not average velocity !) than ten
miles an hour can be ridden in safety. But our oracle continues : —
" Now, for the third point, bicycle racing certainly panders to the
popular craving for excitement, draws together crowds of roughs,
betting men and gamblers, and amongst the competitors creates un-
worthy rivalries, envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness, and
many other evils connected with racing."
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Whew ! what a mouthful ! That gambling has not yet been
thoroughly removed from some race-tracks I admit, but bicycling is
less likely to "draw together crowds of roughs," &c, than any
other sport. Tackle horse-racing for gambling morals, first ; and
look to the minnows after you have killed the sharks ! The second
portion of the sentence is the worst, and the most reprehensible of
.the whole article, and proves that the writer of it can know abso-
lutely nothing of what he speaks of. During several seasons'
attendance at training grounds I have found racing men a most
good-humoured, friendly-disposed body of men, and the rhodomon-
tade about " unworthy rivalries," and the rest, is a piece of
hypocritical cant savouring strongly of Little Bethel bible-thumping
blatancy.
More follows in the same dogmatic strain, but my patience has
its limits, and transcribing such rubbish, even to retort to it, is really
too exasperating. To the assertion that "racing is positively and
seriously injurious to health" I return an emphatic denial, careful
training having literally saved me from the brink of the grave, and
made me a robust man and strong rider in place of the delicate
" mug" I was before going into training. And I am but one
of a host. Careful training develops a man's physique, and
only in isolated cases of over-training does racing do
the least physical injury. Another statement is that " the
immediate result " of racing " has frequently been death."
Query, — where once on the bicycle path ? " Can the rider
test his heart and lungs!" Yes, or his medical adviser can, and
does, before he races. " An engineer does not consider a bridge safe
unless it is constructed to carry a very considerably greater load than
it ever will be required to do." Hence the arduous course of train-
ing which racers undergo, so that actual racing shall not overtax
their strength. This precious production concludes with the lucid
paragraph : —
" It cannot be true that any man was sent into this world to kill
himself by racing, for no other construction can be put on the case."
What case? what construction? "No, let us enjoy cycling, and
make the machines more and more useful;" or, in other words, let
us dawdle about at a rate never exceeding a mile in six minutes,
on ugly, heavy, ricketty, weak-jointed old boneshakers ; for
racing, saith the anonymous author of this " enquiry," is bad at
heart, altogether reprehensible, and its votaries are above all things
desperately wicked. Kismet ! Seriously, I know there is a deal to
be said against the systematic pursuit of pot-hunting, but our
obscure contemporary certainly has not said it.
"The Humber" Bicycle (Manufactubebs— Humber, Mabbiott & Coopeb: Works'
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the "Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable than
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the "Humber" bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
view at the London Deot, Y8, Richmond Koad, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
free on application.— Advt.
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CYCLING CELEBRITIES.
No. 11. Mr. A. A. B. Woodin (Rovers B.C.).
|UR earliest impression of the subject of this month's
caricature dates back to the palmy days of our senior
contemporary's infancy, when the doings of the Hovers
Bicycle Club were weekly chronicled in eccentric verse
by " Jupiter," who earned for himself the soubriquet of " The
Poetic Rover," through his frequent rhyming contributions to
early wheel literature. Starting the Rovers Bicycle Club in
1876, Mr. Arthur A. B. Woodin has been, first as president, and
since as captain, the life and soul of that prosperous society.
Short in stature, " Jupiter" is yet one of the most popular club-
men in London, his unassuming geniality, backed up by excep-
tional musical and poetical ability, making him a universal
favourite at the club run extempore, or the winter organised
" social ;" in the ball-room, and on the road. As a captain he is
decidedly a success, as must be evidenced by the unvarying regu-
larity with which he has been reappointed to the post as each
annual election takes place, and anybody who has been privileged
to accompany the Rovers on a club run, or, better still, on a
" Saturday to Monday run," and noticed the tact and forethought
with which he performs his duties, will readily understand why
the Rovers desire no other officer to lead them. Never having
started in a race in his life, Mr. Woodin is yet no mean rider on
the road, and whether it be at climbing a hill, or facing a gale of
wind and heavy roads, his steady form serves him in good stead.
Three annual medals for attendance at club runs are his memen-
toes of the faithful allegiance he shows to his club ; and an
hour's conversation would convince Jupiter's interlocutor that he
had been an observant and delighted tourist in many counties of
the old country, as well as in France. " Velocipedeia" and
" Bicycle or Bride" will be recollected as two dramatic composi-
tions in which " Jupiter" exhibited the cunning of his pen, and
clubmen who attend socials and concerts cannot fail to bear away
with them pleasurable recollections of the rollicking, swinging
wheel-songs which owed both their words and music to his fertile
imagination. Winter and summer alike, Mr. Woodin has been
an enthusiastic bicycler from the earliest days of the sport ; and
may he long continue so !
"A. J. W."
The no-horse affairs on wheels, wherein frequenters of our
suburban roads now behold young men and maidens taking their
pleasure more or less ungracefully, were invented on account of there
being a law against riding bicycles without belles.
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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.
'HE sale of hygrometers has not been on a scale of any
j magnitude during the month of July, the science of
| measuring the moisture in the air having been reduced
to the simple means of opening one's eyes simultaneously
with one's umbrella. Yet when we recollect what a glorious spring
we enjoyed this year, we ought not to grumble if Aquarius pre-
ponderates later than usual, Job's consolation being that the rain
will lay the dust on the roads beautifully for the touring season.
And really, notwithstanding the predominance of the milkman's
friend, we have had plenty of opportunities for joyous jaunts on our
jingling jiggers, and the wheel world has been wagging pretty
briskly, despite its bedraggled state.
" It is better to be born lucky than rich," is a saw which is
peculiarly applicable to wheel racers. I have before now expressed
sympathy with riders whose acknowledged ability has been un-
successful in obtaining nominal recognition by accidents. In club
championships, it appears to be rather the rule than the exception
for the nominal champion to be actually a third-rater, through the
actually best men in the club having been placed hors de combat by
accidents when training, or in the race itself, which decides the title.
And last year the amateur championship at one distance at least
was considered a very good thing for one rider, who unluckily was
put out of it by an accident. This year sees a still worse state of
affairs, Palmer having shown such quality as made him " look all
over " the winner of the Bicycle Union Championships. But it was
not to be, said Fate : Palmer was acknowledged to be 25 yards in a
mile faster than Moore, but Palmer was to be declared inferior to
Moore because an untimely accident put him out of the races which,
on public form, he should have won. Palmer is certainly a very
unlucky individual, and has the sympathy of strangers and friends
alike. Moore is champion of one and twenty-five miles, and J. S.
Whatton at five miles, and yet few students of public form are
satisfied that the best men at the respective distances hold the titles.
Perhaps some day we shall be educated up to a point at which our
champions will have to defend their claims to the title as did the
knights of chivalry, by taking up the gauntlet of any foeman who
chose to challenge them. Then, at least, we shall not have the
anomaly of problematical champions receiving starts in handicaps
Lorn nominally inferior men.
The Kentish brickmakers are said to be so well paid, that they
can afford to own good bicycles, most of the local races being
literally gifts for the " brickies."
Somebody suggests that, instead of holding discussions as to who
introduced the "jockey " cap, we should endeavour to devise some
new style of head-gear to suit tricyclists. I quite agree that per-
fection has not yet been reached. Straw hats with club ribbon do
excellent well for hot weather on tricycles, both as regards comfort
THE WHEEL WORLD. 149
and appearance ; but when sol is not predominant, tricyclists cannot
be satisfied by the jaunty jockey, the pill-box polo, the boyish
bandsman's, or the heavy helmet. Here is an opening for some
genius to distinguish himself.
Southend is saved ! I have hammered away at Mr. Finn, of
Canterbury, and his preposterous handicapping, for some time, and
at last have the gratification of knowing that my advice has been
taken — tardily, 'tis true— and the Bicycle Union definitions adopted
at the same time as the B.U. official handicapper's services being
requisitioned for the next races, which will be held on Bank Holiday,
and deserve to be well patronised, the run to Southend-on-Sea being
such a fine one.
Another instance of this magazine's power to reach the right
quarters is afforded by the obnoxious "cage" at the A. P. track being
removed. And in consequence of the Pickwickians having very
determinedly scratched their race meeting, through the long-promised
fence not having been placed round the track, in time for their date,
that necessary addition has now been made. But — oh ! that "but,"
omnipresent at the A.P,. ! — some convenient gaps have been left at
intervals, for people to get through the fence and roam at their own
sweet wills across'the track. Sapient folk, those A. P. lessees !
Even North Metropolitan training men have not quite so many
hardships as the Brums who race at Aston, where robberies of
watches, chains, and other trifles from the dressing-room are very
frequent ; and where the betting element is so rampant as to make
nobbling likely men by no means unknown, such little tricks as
tearing the tyre off the back wheel of a prospective winner's bicycle,
or unscrewing his saddle-nuts, being amongst the recreations pur-
sued with Aston-ishing impunity at the Midland Grounds.
One of these Aston betting-men, by the way, was fined a
" thick'un " for betting at the Speedwell Sports. What an awful
example ! At Muswell Hill, welshers are getting themselves dis-
liked to such an extent that three of them were denuded of their
raiment one afternoon.
Another good man gone over to the minority ! Pullin, of the
Pickwick, entered the holy estate on July 20th. Let us hope his
run through the matrimonial handicap will be more fortunate than
his brilliant, but unlucky, career on the cinder path.
History continues to repeat itself, the notorious St. Alban's coach
guard having found imitators in the gentle lovers of the aristocratic
pastime of coaching, on the Brighton Road. Something having
been said about a prosecution of the offenders, a convenient oppor-
tunity was seized to ascribe a clumsy upset of the coach to the
horses having shied at a tricycle. Very thin case, very !
With monstre meets in full swing, the weeklies have been rather
dull reading to old stagers, who regard reports of such gatherings
with probably less interest than they do the soul-stirring " special "
reports of club dinners during the off-season. So long as new men
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take to wheels, we must suppose, so long will meets attract by their
novelty for such men ; while the veterans, who can remember the
time when the Hampton Court Meet stood alone, go jogging about,
oblivious of perfervid invitations to " help make such and such a
meet a triumphant success."
Like the Goff's Oak Inn, the Chequers at Aldenham has been
"restored " and " beautified ; " — it is to be hoped not quite improved
off the face of the habitable earth.
I am authorised to contradict the rumour which has shaken all
London wheeldom to its foundation, blanched the cheek of every
biker, and appalled the understanding of every triker. It is not true
that the Anchor at Ripley is to be rebuilt on the lines of the London
gin palaces. Absit Omen !
Sol has been impressed into the service of club men and their
photographers very extensively lately ; and many clubs have held
" ladies' " days, at which flirting has reigned supreme. As yet, I
hear nothing of a combination of the two, though it strikes me that
such a thing would lead to much better musters and more attractive
pictures. The tricycle clubs here have the advantage, their steadily
increasing musters of lady members being a powerful attraction.
Thanks, Messrs. Iliffe and Sturmey, forgiving us The Tricyclist,
weekly two-pennorth of exclusively three-wheel news, edited by
" Jarge," and contributed to by " Faed," the founders of this
magazine. Parva componere magnus, the first few numbers will
compare favourably with the initial issues of The Cyclist, which fact
speaks volumes for the future of the latest addition to wheel literature.
London to York was the route chosen by Mr. H. R. Reynolds for
a igo/j- miles ride, professedly undertaken " to prove that a modern
bicycle could do it" — a fact which no sane person had disputed
Somebody suggests to me that Mr. Reynolds might have ridden
three-quarters of a mile further while he was about it, so as to make
the record a round 200 ; and another party — bother these fellows,
with their absurd suggestions ! — hints that the L.B.C. scorcher
might have allowed the six furlongs as " detour," to which I scorn-
fully retort, after the style of the Yankee and the " clive snaix," by
enquiring whether he supposes a wheelman would sell his soul for
three-quarters of a mile ?
No sooner is Thorpe's famous ride repeated, than some enthusi-
astic long-distance man — W. F. Sutton, of the London Scottish —
goes to work, and wipes out Wat Britten's four-years'-old record of
212 miles (Bath and back in the day), by bicycling from London to
Stanford and back, with five minutes to spare, in the 24 hours, the
record being thus 222 miles — ten miles higher than before. And yet
somebody says it is not possible to ride safely at a rate exceeding ten
miles an hour ! Guess some of those miles must have been covered
in less than six minutes, to tote up such an average !
Tricyclists are not behindhand at long-distance riding either, Mr-
Marriott's famous ride of 180 miles in the day having been speedily
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followed by the covering of 168 miles in the 24 hours by Mr. Elton *
who rode an old tricycle, not one specially built for speed.
Strange to say, the " Wheel World" is, I am told, to be again the
medium through which a narrative of a ride from Land's End to
John o' Groat's is made public. Keith-Falconer the rider, 994 miles
the distance, and 45 minutes under thirteen days the period.
Sweden is the latest part of the world which has been " tapped "
by the wandering wheelman in the person of "Obadiah," but such
scant success greeted his search for rideable roads that the country
of the Swedes cannot be regarded as yielding any attraction to
tourists.
France goes on in the same old groove, amateurism being practically
non-existent.
Egyptian difficulties will presumably have put a summary stop to
the Khedive riding those tricycies which were talked so much about.
The Viennese riders are following the fashion by adopting jockey-
caps.
Somebody recommends " beef and coca lozenges" for preventing
exhaustion on long rides. Somebody else condemns them as causing
sleepiness. The probable solution to the mystery is that the latter
individual had the misfortune to get hold of adulterated stuff, some
chemists substituting opium for coca.
A son of Columbia predicts that tricycling in the States will increase
at the rate of 10,000 per cent, next season.
The annual excursion from New York to Harrogate will come off
as usual, the Harrogate Meet being again held as a camping-out
party this bank holiday time.
That antiquated notion of drawing carriages by the power of the
wind on kites is revived, but, judging by the ability of a very small
boy to hold in the very weak string of a very big kite, one's imagina-
tion fails to grasp the possibilities of such aerial motors being avail-
able to draw a tricycle 180 miles in the day. And if it were possible
— cui bono ? — tricycling is chiefly for exercise sake, I believe ; at any
rate, exercise is the principal incentive to the occasional meanderings
about the wheel world performed by " Axis."
Edison has been experimenting with a 6oin. bicycle and electricity.
By storing electricity in the backbone he gets both driving power and
light. The process is to be patented, and then will be made public.
He expects to " revolutionise " bicycling. Menlo Park will soon have
this new industry.
Hoi/iiOWAT's Pills.— Neevous Irritability — No part of the human machine requires
more constant supervision than the nervous system, for upon it our health, and even life
depends. These Pills strengthen the nerves, and are the safest general purifiers of the blood.
Nausea, headache, giddiness, numbness, and mental apathy yield to them. They dispatch
in a summary manner those distressing dyspeptic symptoms, stomachic pains, fulness at the
pit of the stomach, abdominal distension, and regulate alike capricious appetites and con-
fined bowels — the commonly accompanying signs of defective or diminished nerve tone.
Holloway's Pills are particularly recommended to persons of studious and sedentary habits,
who gradually fall into a nervous and irritable state, unless some such restorative be
occasionally taken.
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THE ENTHUSIAST.
I ONCE made an acquaintance
With a very funny figure, —
Would you know how first I met him ?
He was riding on a " jigger."
And he had a love for 'cycles
Such as words could scarcely utter ;
He would sooner groom a cycle
Than eat cod with melted butter !
'Cycling, said he, was quite splendid, —
Only duffers met with croppers,
'Twas superb, intense, quite soulful ;
(Not to mention other whoppers !)
So he panted, slaved, and sweated
On the highways hot and dusty,
And 'tis much to be regretted
That he sometimes turned quite rusty.
Then he wrote unto the papers,
Reams of "copy" perpetrated!
All about his cranks and capers,
Till the editors were sated.
Still he wrote, and sighed and cycled,
And his passion boiled and bubbled,
Till he shook his silly brains out,
And no more was by them troubled !
When I saw that funny figure
Borne before me on a shutter,
I forthwith abjured the jigger
As a pastime quite too utter.
Frank Severn.
A FEW DEFINITIONS.
(By "Titanambungo," Raleigh B.C.)
- A cheap bicycle is one which costs £6 to buy, and in three
months costs £"20 for repairs and kills its rider.
A brake is a pretty little ornament in front of the head of the
machine, sometimes also extending an inch or two along the
handle-bar. There is a benighted superstition among some riders
that this article is intended to check the speed of the machine.
This is, perhaps, in consequence of what the makers, with
characteristic humour, have been telling them. Funny dogs, those
makers.
A professional bicyclist is one who gets money for winning a race.
A gentleman amateur is one who gets money for losing it.
A good rider is one who makes a point of passing every other
on the road with a rush and a yell of " On yerright !"
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WORDS OF WARNING.
Air — " Retnember Me."
w
HEN on his favourite bike he starts
Through dales and flowery dell,
He works away, and speed imparts
To the wheel he loves so well.
There may, perhaps, near such a scene,
Ruts or loose metal be,
Steer very carefully in between,
Or you'll resemble me.
5r
When rough made roads and hills you slight.
Or traffic you despise ;
And deem me but a timid wight
To fear for nose or eyes.
When darkness proves the tram-line's mask,
('T may break your neck, you see,)
Oh ! then be cautious, I but ask,
Or you'll resemble me.
" Smangle," P.B.C.
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" Agonistes " reports that " the crew of the Hampstead 'Hansom
met and saluted the Chiswick ' bussers ' in a downpour of rain near
Richmond, and returned home proud but soaking."
"Tommy B.," captain of the Nomads, attracts his members to
club-runs by such announcements as " boating and other frivols on
the cards." As Weybridge was the destination on the occasion in
point, we can believe that the promise was justified.
The mantle of the immortal Pickwick has again been changed, C.
F. Mess having resigned it to the shoulders of H. Scrivener.
The Camberwell and Kennington Rovers have amalgamated under
the style of Camberwell Rovers, with " the Son of the Prophet " for
scribe.
Tempora mutantur ! The erst " Hardy " Highbury took the train
home from Barnet on account of the rain !
Watersplashes have been extensively forded by the South London
Tricycle Club lately. Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M.D. — " the lady
•doctor" — has become vice of this already flourishing club.
Holborn Restaurant was visited by the Argyle on the 22nd July
for a club dinner.
150 riders smoked with the Chelsea on the 13th.
Two North London clubs have been running South, the Stanley
to Blockness, and the Metropolitan to Ripley.
An exclusively tricycling club for North-east London is in con-
temptation.
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% JOTTINGS FROM TOE
%l m EMERALD TSLE
It is with pleasure that I have to record a better state of things at
Lansdowne Road. Not long ago I ventured a few suggestions,
which I am pleased to see were acted upon — viz., the advisability of
letting the ground at a more moderate rate for race meetings, and
also issuing practice tickets to competitors. Hitherto members of
the Irish Champion Athletic and Bicycle Clubs only were allowed to
train on the path, and the result was that if an outsider entered for
a race he stood but a poor chance, owing to the bad corners.
To describe the racing mania that at present exists in Dublin, I
will merely observe that the wheelmen are all
" Mad ! aye, mad, my masters."
Evening after evening Lansdowne Road and the Phoenix Park are
crowded by men " getting into form." I trust the enthusiasm will
not die out with the same rapidity as that with which it has
sprung up.
The members of the Freeman's Journal A. and Bi.C. are to be
congratulated on the success which attended their first race meeting.
The time (15m. 25s.) for the three miles may appear " fearful," but
taking into account that the members had only learned within the
previous two months, and the track being saturated with rain, I think
the performance was very good. It is expected that another race
meeting, under the auspices of this club, will be held towards the
end of August, when better things may be looked forward to.
As regards the racing it was fully up to the average, as regards the
attendance it was miserable ; those are my opinions on the race
meeting of the Irish Champion B.C. The arrangements were
effectively carried out, the entries numerous, and the prizes valuable,
yet withal people did not see their way to disburse one shilling to
witness them.
One would certainly be inclined to doubt the statement that the
Phoenix B.C. intend charging 2s. 6d. for admission to their races,
yet such is the fact. They intend making it compulsory on members
to take a certain number of tickets. The Eglintons are giving
complimentary tickets for their races. This I would not be in
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favour of either. My opinion is that it a charge of 6d. was put on
the gate the result would be both a numerous attendance and large
receipts.
A law case of particular interest, both to bicycle agents and bicycle
purchasers, is at present pending. As adhuc sub judice lis est, I will
not make any comment pro or con.
It is a good sign that bicycling is coming to the front when we
see Sport devoting space for " Cycle Notes." Whoever " Big
Wheel " is he certainly does not seem to be well informed on
" Cycle " gossip.
Eblana B.C. races at Drumcondra, Monday, ioth July. — Two
miles handicap: J. Keating, P. B.C., scratch (i) ; H. Reid, 20 sees.
(2) ; M. Donovan, 60 (3). — Five miles challenge : P. J. Donovan
beat R. Dee. Time, 24m. 27s. Another challenge is given by Dee
to Donovan.
County Kerry A.C. Sports, Wednesday, 29th June. — One mile
(novices) : J. B. Quinnell (1) ; J. Benson (2) ; J. K. O'Connor (3).
Won by 30 yards. Time, 3m. 394s. — Three miles handicap (open) :
J. F. Curtin, 55 sees. (1) ; R. W. Dobson, 30 (2) ; W. J. Dobson, 45
(3). Won by 20 yards. Time, 11m. us. — One mile handicap
(open) : R. Dobson, 15 yds (1) ; J. F. Curtin, 25 (2) ; W.J. Dobson,
20 (3). Won by four yards, a foot between second and third. Time,
3m. 25s. — Two miles handicap (confined to members of the Tralee
B.C.) : R. T. Dobson, scratch (1) ; V. M'Cowen,_ 50 yds (2) ; W.
M'Cowen, 10 (3). Won by four yards. Two yards between second
and third. Time, 7m. 16s.
North of Ireland Bicycle Meet at Ormeau Park, Belfast, Saturday,
24th June. — Five miles handicap : D. M'Caw, Windsor, scratch (1) ;
G. M. M'Combe, Greenisland, scratch (2) ; James Gilmore, scratch
(3). Time, 16m. 8s. — Three miles handicap (schoolboys) : W. Fox,
30 yds (1) ; J. Carr, 50 (2) ; C. F. Williamson, Belfast Rovers, 50
(3). Time, 1 im. 33s. — Three miles handicap : G. M. M'Coombe,
scratch (1) ; J. G. Thompson, Windsor, 50 yds (2) ; D. M'Caw,
scratch (3). Time, 9m. 7s.
Cork B.C., Saturday, 24th June. — Two miles handicap (open) : A.
O'Callaghan, 65 sees (1) ; J. Barter, 55 (2) ; W. O'Brien, Cork, 50
(3). Won very easy. Time, 8m. 55s. — Five miles championship
of the South of Ireland : F. J. Levis, Cork (1) ; F. H. Hall (2) ; T.
H. Perrott (3). Time, 20m. i8|s. Won by 10 yards. — One mile
and a-half (novices) : W. Daly, scratch (1) ; A. B. Allport, 10 yds
(2). Time, 6m. 49s. — Three miles handicap (confined to members
of the Cork B.C.) : F. J. Levis, scratch (1) ; W. O'Brien, 80 sees (2) ;
W. Whitelegge, 22 (3). Won by 50 yards. Time, 13m. 34s. — One
mile handicap (boys under 17 years) : E. Fudger, 15 yds (1) ; C.
Evans, scratch (2) ; J. A. Pollock, 35 yds (3). Time, 4m. 25s. — One
mile handicap (open) : F. H. Hall, scratch (1) ; W. Whitelegge, 41
yds (2) ; A. O'Callaghan, 57 (3). Won by 200 yards. Time, 3m.
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42s. — 100 yards slow race : F. H. Perrott (1) ; W. O'Brien (2) ; F.
H. Hall (3).
Freeman A. and Bi. Club first annual sports, Lansdowne Road
Ground, Dublin. — Three miles : T. Purdie (1) ; J. Finnamore (2) ;
J. Spence (3). Time, 15m. 253s. A grass track, in the very worst
of condition, being nearly unrideable, owing to its marshy state.
County Kildare A.C. Sports, Saturday, July 8th. — Three miles
handicap (open) : A. M'Cormack, Metropolitan, 230 yds (1) ; J. H
Craig, I.C. B.C., scratch (2). Won by 200 yards. Time, 12m. 25s
Seven competed. — One mile (novices) : James Collins (1) ; E. de
Burgh (2). Time, 5m. 38s. These races were run on the Strand
at Betty stown, against a heavy head wind, hence the bad time.
Drogheda Wanderers F.C., Tuesday, nth July. — Three miles : J
Coghlan (1) ; R. Dennis (2). Time, 12m. 20s.
Newry Athletic Sports, Friday, 14th July. — Three miles handicap
T. Hill, 200 yds (1) ; H. Wallace, scratch (2).
Irish Champion B.C., Lansdowne Road, Wednesday, 5th July.—
One mile (novices) club : R. Henderson (1) ; J. S. Curry (2) ; L
Holt (3). Won by a few inches. Time 3m. 32s. — One mile handi
cap (open) : J. Craig, I.C. B.C., scratch (1) ; J. Keating, Phcenix, 25
yds (2) ; H. Taylor, I.C. B.C., 45 (3). Won easy. Time, 3m. 1
Four miles handicap (club) : J. Craig, scratch (1) ; H. Taylor, 300
yds (2) ; A. Holt, 400 (3). Won by 30 yards. Time, 14m. 47s
Egg race, about a quarter mile : F. Hutchins, I.C. B.C. (1) ; J
Keating, P.B.C. (2).
Waterford B.C., Thursday, July 6th. — Two miles open race for
novices : T. Barnes (1) ; T. Keeffe (2) ; W. Hearne (3). Time, 7m
30s. — Five miles championship (confined to members of the Water
ford B.C.) : E. Wardell (1) ; J. Hearne (2). Time, 17m. is.— Three
miles handicap (open) : E. Wardell, scratch (1) ; J. B. Cherry, 10 sees
(2). Time, 10m. 30s. Five miles club handicap for challenge cup
(to be won three times or twice in succession) : H. L. Ward,
{1) ; E. Wardell, scratch (2). Time, 18m. 45s. — One mile handicap
(open) : P. Kelly, scratch (1) ; J. Hearne, scratch (2). Time, 3m. 15s.
— Half mile " bone-shaker" race: H. L. Ward (1). — Two miles con-
solation race : J. J. Grayson, scratch (1) ; W. Croker, 40 sees. (2).
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A
DOUBLE" DELIGHT.
H ! how pleasant is the feeling,
In the summer to be wheeling
Far away from busy cities, to a honeysuckled spot ;
There the pedallers together
Will enlarge upon the weather,
As a prelude to the subjects which will surely form the plot.
And the partner being a lady
Will agree that lanes, if shady,
Form the most delightful passage for a tricycle to go,
Where the larks and all the linnets
Add a charm to fleeting minutes,
And the flowers in the hedges in such great profusion grow.
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There forget-me-nots he'll mention,
And he'll wish to draw attention,
As, dilating on these flowers with a logic rather weak,
Suddenly he thinks of blisses
Quite procurable from kisses,
And his lips will mutely wander to her fascinating cheek !
Joey Sawtell.
NOTES FROM' NEW ZEALAND.
A correspondent, writing on the 19th May from Dunedin, says : —
" We have had a rather disappointing season in club matters; For
one thing we had hardly a good day for a club run all the season.
Whenever the stated run was put off (as it was once or twice for the
visit of the English Cricket Team, the Inter-provincial Cricket
Match, and one or two similar things) the day was beautifully fine ;
and the day the run came off was wet or blowy, or bad in some way
or other. On two or three occasions two of us. including of course
the energetic sec. (ahem !), fought, or ground, our way to the Taieri,
against head wind and driving rain ; on one occasion making the
slowest on record, rather over 3 hours to do 15 miles. The sec. one
day had it all to himself, and went the run.
" Outside club runs, however, a good deal of riding has been done.
One rider has been at Nelson for three months, and brings back a
poor account of cycling. There the roads are good, and cyclists
number about 8 or 10, mounted on lovely (?) machines, but they do
not seem to have any go in them. Two or three of our club have
been running down to Clutha occasionally since January, doing the
trip (60 miles) in the day, and coming back a day or two after.
Easter was an awful holiday, pouring wet nearly all the time. My
brother and Nicolson went to Clutha, and got penned up for an extra
day. The roads were not so very bad, but nearly every creek over-
flowed and came over the road. I had to stay in town because of
the Volunteer Review, and though, as sentries, we got our share of
the wet, still I thought I had the best of it. We have had more
rain since January than we had in the previous 12 months.
" The 24th May (next Wednesday) will be our last holiday for a
time, so we are going to have a run to Tokomairiro and back, 70
miles; some 12 say they will go. We start at 8.30 (if fine), and
return at (?), It is dark at 5.30 now (dark enough for lamps), and
we will have about 1 lamp to 3 or 4 men, so that our skipper will
have a lively time of it. I'll letyou know how we get on (or get off).
" I suppose Norris will be writing you this mail, if he has not
already written, about the Ch'ch sports. We got licked, miserably
licked, and have been going round with our tails between our legs
ever since. Our two " cracks " went up, and two fairly good men
(one certainly not in the trim in which he should have been), and our
four men took one second prize each. Dunedin has taken second
place most decidedly this time.
" Norris rode down from Ch'ch during Easter. I think it rained
about the whole time ; he must have been happy. I hear that he is
leaving us again for England."
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When Palmer, on the 24th June, received his cropper at Aston,
his chance of the 1 and 25 miles championship fell with him, although
it is doubtful, looking at Moore's wonderful " form," at present,
whether C. A. P. would have done any good. As The Cyclist stated
three days before the races, the Midlands had a most roseate chance,
a prophesy which was quite borne out at Birmingham on the 8th
July, when F. Moore won both the events with ease. There was a
rumour of Keith-Falconer starting, but he did not come to the
scratch, while Milner had not even entered. Crute alone, of the
London crack contingent, put in an appearance, and he was van-
quished by Whish in his preliminary heat of the mile.
Those Londoners who wanted a victory at any cost were glad of
the absence of Moore in the five miles championship race at the
Crystal Palace, on July 22nd, but those who wanted to see the best
man win, be he Londoner or provincialist — and they were in the
majority — greatly regretted his absence ; a regret which was increased
when it was seen how easily Whish — who, in a mile at any rate, is
little if any inferior to Moore — was disposed of. Had Keith-Falconer
possessed skill equal to his strength, he must have won, but, con-
sidering that he has not ridden even on the road for nearly two years,
he has naturally lost much of that delicate manipulation of the
bicycle which continued path practice alone can assure. He twice
" sat up " in the last lap, and his error of judgment lay in not using
his strength from the first and making the pace. Cambridge Uni-
versity, however, after all gained the 5 miles honours, in the person
of Mr. J. S. Whatton.
H. W. Gaskell has been the " arrival" this month, having opened
the ball at Ealing on June 24th, and followed up his victory at the
Blackheath Harriers meeting on July 1st at Stamford Bridge ; sub-
sequently taking a third on the following Saturday at the Railway
Clearing Sports at the same grounds. He is stated to be a young
married man, and, if this be so, the " happy state" evidently suits
him, as he shows fine form on the path. Studley has not kept up
the " promise" he showed at the Sutton races at the Crystal Palace,
but has, nevertheless, landed a " second" pot at Reading, the popular
" old hoss," Charley Crute, quietly collaring the first. Milner's
6m.-o!|s., during a strong wind, at the London B.C. meeting was a
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splendid performance, but good as it was it was nearly equalled by
Woolnough's second, the Rover being in " fine fettle" for this season.
J. D. Butler has been coming out fn the scratch race line at Surbiton,
beating W. K. Adam, the Oxford " flyer," but succumbing to Reilly,
the " stiff built" ex-Tower Hamlets man being in splendid spurting
form at present, despite an apparent excessive amount of flesh. I
don't often dip into professional racing, but I may just mention that
Charles Terront, the well-known French rider who was over here
some years ago, appears to have got rid of the army, and at any
rate is back to racing form. De Civry, also known in England as
beating Jack Keen at the Crystal Palace, was on the track last month
in fine form at Agen, and amongst the Englishmen who competed
were H. O. Duncan and Garrard, of Uxbridge. Paul Medinger,
formerly of the Belgrave, and now of Paris, also won a race. What
is now specially looked for is the Cortis and Keith-Falconer 20 miles
match at Surbiton in August. This race will have a double interest
insomuch as the winner, or both of them, may possibly get within
the hour for 20 miles. It will be a splendid sight, but I am sure all
in the wish that there may be no accidents will join with —
" SCORCHALONG."
RACING RECORD.
(Continued fkom Last Numbeb.)
10th June.— New Yobk (Polo Grounds) National Amateub Athletic Associa-
tion.— Two Miles Race. — G. D. Gideon, Germantown (1) ; E. A. Thomson,
Lennox (2) ; C. A. Eeed, New York (3). Time, 6m. 41|s. Five Miles Race.
— G. D. Gideon (1) ; G. E. Eood (2) ; C. A. Eeed (3). Time, 17m. 19f s. The
American records at these distances are 6m. 21§s., and 16m. 10fs.' Of the
winner the Bicycling World says: — "He is not, despite his name, a giddy
'un. Although a descendant of the ' minute men ' of '76, he is himself a
three-minute man of '82. He is a Quaker, because he is a Philadelphian.
He is a Shaker, because he generally shakes all competitors in a race. He
is tall and lithe, like a Susquehanna raftsman, with an eye as black as a
Pittsburg fence, and a great mouth for pie."
17th June. — Edinbubgh (Powderhall ; Scottish Meet Eaces). — One Mile Handi-
cap.—J. Eankin, 145 yds (1) ; J. D. Mitchell, 180 (2) ; D. H. Huie, 70 (3).
Three Miles Handicap.— J. Drummond, 380 yds (1) ; H. C. Peehell, 390 (2) •
T. Lamb, 120 (3). Time, 9m. 22£s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— M. J.
Lowndes, scratch (1) ; J. Hay, junr., 110 yds (2). Time, 3m. 27s.
18th June.— Beistol (Clifton Zoo. Gardens; West of England Meet). — Three
Miles Handicap.— J. Young, 250 yds (1) ; A. Gibson, 230 (2) ; E. H. May, 260
(3). Time, 9m. 26§s. One Mile Handicap.— El. H. May, 100 yds (1) ; J. J.
Neale, 130 (2) ; F. Smith, 150 (3). Time, 3m. 3-f s. Five Miles Handicap.—
W. M. Woodside, 380 yds (1) ; M. E. Denning; 380 (2) ; C. King, 20 (3).
Time, 15m. 8£s. Two Miles Tricycle Handicap.— E. Platneur, 250 yds (1) ;
H. Eobbins, 230 (2) ; E. S. Everett, 280 (3). Time, 8m. 20s.
21st June. — Yokk (Yorkshire Cricket Ground).— One Mile Handicap. — T. Edge,
110 yds (1) ; — Stead, 80 (2). Time, 3m. 38s. Two Miles Handicap.— -T.
Edge (1) ; Wildman, 190 yds (2). Time, 7m. 15s. Half Mile Tricycle Race.—
T. E. Marriott, scratch (1) ; J. Fowler, 20 yds (2) ; H. T. Tomlinson, 45 (3).
Time, 2m. 12Js.
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21st June. — St. Ives. — One Mile Handicap. — H. WadsworthrSt. Ives, 70 yds (1) '
S. Hutton, Biggleswade, 130 (2) ; A. Woods, St. Ives, 150 (3). Time, 3m'
41Js. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— S. S. Smith, Essex, 40 yds (1) ; H. J'
Ex worthy, 100 (2). Time, 3m. 48s. Half Mile for Boys.— A. F. Gurney (1) '
A. Money (2) (Larette's).
22nd and 23rd June. — Tynemouth A.B.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — W. Woods, 100
yds (1) ; T. Maughan, 120 (2). Time, 7m. 30s. One Mile Handicap.— J. H.
Shillito, 20 yds (1) ; T. Maughan, scratch (2) ; F. Milburn, 20 yds (3). Time,
3m. 50s.
24th June. — Belfast (Ormeau Park). — Five Miles Handicap. — D. M'Caw, scratch
(1) ; G. M. M'Combe, scratch (2); James Gilmore, scratch (3). Time, 16m.
8s. Three Miles Handicap. — G. M. M'Combe, scratch (1) ; J. G. Thompson,
50 yds (2); D. M'Caw, scratch (3). Time, 9m. 7s. Three Miles Handicap
for Boys.—W. Fox, 30 yds (1) ; J. Carr.-penalized, 50 (2) ; C. F. Williamson,
'50 (3). Time, 11m. 33s.
24th June. — Edinburgh (Powderhall Grounds). — One Mile Handicap. — J.
M'Dougall, 100 yds (1) ; T. Lamb, scratch (2) ; F. W. Gibb (3). Time,
3m. 4£s. Two Miles Handicap.— G. B. Batten, scratch (1) ; H. J. Pechell,
75 yds (2) ; E. M. Inglis, 40 (3). Time, 6m. 27s. Three Miles Handicap.—
T. Lamb, scratch (1) ; H. J. Pechell, 220 yds (2). Ttco Miles Tricycle
Handicap.— J. Hay, junr., 30 yds (1) ; T. Lamb (2).
24th June. — Stamford Bridge (London B.C.). — Two Miles Handicap. — W. E.
Milner, scratch (1) ; B. A. Woolnough, 40 yds (2) ; A. J. Sutherland, 240 (3).
Time, 6m. Ofs. Five Miles Scratch Race.—W. E. Milner (1) ; E. A. Wool-
nough (2) ; J. D. Butler (3). Time, 15mi 42|s. (Coleman's, practically).
24th June. — Southampton A.S. — Three Miles Handicap. — J. A. Nethercote,
280 yds (1); W. Snook, 250 (2); C. King, 20 (3). Time not taken. (Mac-
farlane's.)
24th June. — Birmingham (Aston Lower Grounds ; Speedwell B.C.). — One Mile
Handicap.— W. J. Mills, 135 yds (1) ; A. G. Dyke, 130 (2) ; J. Stephens, 135
(3). Time, 2m. 49s. One Mile Novices' Scratch Race. — C. Wheelwright (1) ;
B. Duggan (2) ; R. White (3). Time not taken. Ten Miles Scratch Race.—
F. Moore (1); W. Vale (2); E. S. Hassall (3). Time, 33m. 49fs. Three
Miles Handicap.— A. C. Auster, 180 yds (1) ; W. Pratt, 185 (2) ; G. H.
Illston, 200 (3). Time, 9m. 5£s. (Oliver's).
24th June. — Liverpool (Anfield B.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — C. W. Bayes,
45 yds (1) ; F. B. Yahr, 110 (2) ; D. J. Bell, 110 (3). Time, 3m. 15Js. Two
Miles Handicap.— J. W. Morley, 260 yds (1) ; F. B. Yahr, 245 (2) ; D.J. Bell,
250 (3). Time, 6m. 49fs. (Ellis's).
24th June. — Burnley (Lower House C.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — A. H. Knight,
140 yds (1) ; S. Calverley, 190 (2) ; J. Howarth, 150 (3). Time not taken.
Two Miles Handicap. — A. H. Knight, Manchester, 240 yds (1) ; J. Howarth,
Kersal Moor, Manchester, 300 (2) ; H. Boscoe, Badcliffe, 310 (3). No time
taken.
24th June. — Catford Bridge (Lombard B.C.). — Inter-club Invitation Scratch Mile.
— W. Brown, Brixton Bamblers (1) ; C. W. Coe, Brixton Bamblers, and P. J.
M'Kinlay, Beckenham, dead heat. Time, 3m. 20s. Brixton Bamblers won.
24th June. — Huddersfield A.C. — One Mile Scratch Race. — J. E. Tolson (1).
J. T. Ward (2) ; W. M. Woodside (3). Time, 3m. 50fs. Three Miles Handicap;
—J. T.Ward, 150 yds (1) ; W. M. Woodside, 230 (2) ; B. Wildman, 200 (3).
Time, 12m. 22fs. (Piatt's).
24th June. — Rainhill C.C. — One Mile Handicap. — B. H. Currey, 70 yds (1) ; T.
H. OvertoD, 90 (2); W. J. Jones, 60 (3). Time, 3m. 5Sfs. Two Miles
Handicap.— T. Reid, 195 yds (1) ; W. Doming, 190 (2) ; B. H. Currey, 135
(3). Time, 8m. 53s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap. — W. Doming, scratch
(1) ; J. Ansdell, 30 yds (2) ; T. P. Whiteside, 80 (3). Time, 7m. 9s.
24th June. — South Norwood A.S. — One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— W. Rye, 75
yds (1) ; W. G. Winthrop, 150 (2) ; A. Fowden, 140 (3). Time, 5m. 23|s.
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24th June.— Ealing C.C.— Two Miles Handicap.— H.. W. Gaskell, 70 yds (1) ;
R. L. Flindt, 170 (2) ; P. G. Hebblethwaite, 80 (3). Time, 6m. 40f a.
26th June. — Wigston A.S. (Leicestershire). — One Mile Handicap. — W. H. Price,
120 yds (1) ; W. J. Mills, 120 (2) ; G. Ace, 105 (3). Time, 3m. 52s.
28th June. — Beading (Caversham Cricket Ground). — Two Miles Handicap. —
C. Crute, scratch (1) ; J. S. Studley, 75 yds (2) ; F. W. Monk, 110 (3).
Time, 7m. 25gs.
28th June. — Faversham (Lynsdale Park). — Two Miles Handicap. — G. T. Smith
220 yds (1) ; F. Kennard, scratch (2) ; W. Eead, 20 yds (3).
28th June. — Tralee (Co. Kerry Races). — One Mile Scratch Race for Novices. —
J. B. Quinnell (1) ; J. Benson (2) ; J. K. O'Connor (3). Time, 3m. 39|s.
Three Miles Handicap.— J. F. Curtin, 55s. (1) ; R. W. Dobson, 30s. (2) ; W.
J. Dobson, 45s. (3). Time, 11m. 16s. One Mile Handicap.— R. T. Dobson,
15 yds (1) ; J. F. Curtin, 25 (2) ; W. J. Dobson, 20 (3). Time, 3m. 25s.
Two Miles Handicap.— B. T. Dobson, scratch (1) ; V. M'Cowen, 50 yds (2) ;
W. M'Cowen 10 (3). Time, 7m. 16s.
29th June.— Cork B.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — A. O'Callaghan, lm. 5s. (1);
J. Barter, 55s. (2) ; W. W. White, 30s. (3). Time, 8m. 55£s. Five Miles
Scratch Race.—F. J. Levis (1); F. H. Hall (2); T. H. Perrott (3). Time,
20m. 18Js.
1st July. — Stamford Bridge (Blackheath Harriers). — One Mile Handicap. —
H. W. Gaskell, 55 yds (1) ; R. A. Woolnough, 25 (2) ; F. R. Leith, 70 (3).
Time, 2m. 51s. (Griffin's).
1st July. — Birmingham (Aston Lower Grounds). — One Mile Handicap, Aston
C.C.—F. Moore, scratch (l) ; T. Whitehouse, 135 yds (2) ; G. H. Illston,
120 (3). Time, 2m. 47§s. (Oliver's).
1st July.— Surbiton (Belgrave B.C.).— Owe MVe Handicap. — A. Thompson,
80 yds (1) ; R. H. Flindt, 110 (2); G. J. Hunter, 105 (3). Time, 2m. 45-.
One Mile Invitation Scratch Race.—W. J. Reilly (1) ; J. D. Butler (2) ; W.
K. Adam (3). Time, 2m. 55s. (Coleman's).
1st July.— Coventry (Starley Fund).— One Mile Handicap.— W. J. Mills, 70 yds
(1) ; F. W. Allard, 120 (2) ; W. H. Price, 65 (3). Time, 2m. 46s. Three
Miles Handicap.— W. Powell, 310 yds (1) ; J. Steer, 350 (2) ; Howard Vaugh-
ton, 35 (3). Time, 8m. 45s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— J. Hem-
brough, 105 yds (1) ; T. A. Smith, 120 (2) ; M. J. Lowndes, scratch (3).
Time, 3m. 12s. (Sturmey's).
1st July.— Beckenham C.C.— One Mile Handicap.— F. Porter, 120 yds (1) ; W.
Brown, scratch (2) ; C. H. Izard, 40 yds (3). Time, 3m. 9|s. (Coleman's).
1st July. — Brighouse C. and F.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — S. Longley, Castleford,
310 yds (1) ; R. Blackledge, Barnsley, 240 (2) ; T. Kirby, Halifax, 300 (3).
Time, 7m. 5s.
1st July. — St. Helen's Junction (L. & N. W. R. C.C. — One Mile Handicap. —
J. Eeid, Peasley Cross, 90 yds (1) ; F. Gandy, Wigan, 160 (2) ; W. Doming,
Appleton, 90 (3). Time, 3m. 55fs. Two Miles Handicap.— A. Fowler, Edge-
hill, 320 yds (1) ; J. Webster, Warrington, 320 (2) ; W. Doming, Appleton,
180 (3). Time, 8m. 27fs. (Piatt's).
1st and 5th July. — Edinburgh University A.C. (Corstorphine). — Two Miles
Race.— J). H. Huie (1) ; T. Lamb (2) ; T. B. Batten (3). Time, 7m. 44s.
Three Miles Handicap. — T. Lamb, scratch (1) ; D. H. Huie, scratch (2) ; J.
Charters, 340 yds (3). Time, 10m. 19s. (Lapsley's). Two Miles Tricycle
Handicap.— J. Hay, junr., scratch (1) ; G. C. Cathcart, 300 yds (2). Time,
9m. 24s.
3rd July. — Birmingham (Aston Lower Grounds ; Birmingham A.C). — One Mile
Handicap.— W. Powell, 140 yds (1) ; M. H. Whish, 25 (2) ; F. Moor.e, scratch
(3). Time, 2m. 47£s. Three Miles Handicap.— W. Powell (1) ; Illston (2) ;
S. W. Short (3). Time, 9m. 3|s. (Piatt's).
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3ed July. — Shoeeham (Swiss Gardens). — Two Miles Handicap. — F. Nicholson,
Brighton Rovers, scratch (1) ; W. Philps, Brighton Star, scratch (2) ; C.
Trill, Brighton Star, 80 yds (3).
4ra July. — Beccles. — Two Miles Race. — W. Popplewell (1) ; W. B. Fisher, Kent
(2). Time, 8m. 13£s.
6th July. — Wisbech B.C. (Colville House Grounds). — One Mile Handicap. — G.
L. Jeffrey, 60 yds (1) ; F. Prentice, 25 (2) ; H. Wadsworth, 90 (3). Time,
3m. 22§s. Three Miles Handicap.— F. Prentice, 90 yds (1) ; C. A. E. Pollock,
scratch (2) ; G. S. Love, 90 yds (3). Time, 10m. 5§s. One Mile Tricycle Han-
dicap.—-T. Marriott, scratch (1) ; G. A. Beales, 100 yds (2). Time, 4m. 19s.
8th July. — Birmingham, Aston Lower Grounds (Bicycle Union Championships).
— One Mile. — F. Moore won in 2m. 47-gs. Twenty-five Miles. — F. Moore won
in lh. 25m. 8^s. One Mile Handicap. — T. D. McKenzie, St. Helens, 95 yds
(1) ; H. Vaughton, 30 (2) ; M. H. "Whish, scratch (3). Time, 2m. 52f s.
8th July.— Ceewe (Alexandra A.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — H. Humphreys,
55 yds (1) ; T. A. Edge, 110 (2) ; T. Plant, 140 (3). Time, 3m. 4f s. Two
Miles Handicap.— C. W. Bayes, 80 yds (1) ; H. Humphreys, 95 (2); F. B.
Yahr, 205 (3). Time, 6m. 20|s. Ttvo Miles Scratch Race.—C. W. Bayes (1) ;
W. Vale (2). Time, 7m. 4s.
8th July. — Bowdon (Rose Society's Sports). — Two Miles Handicap. — F. Parry,
295 yds (1) ; T. Craddock, 335 (2) ; C. Cummins, 220 (3). Time, 8m. 40s.
8th July. — Stamfoed Beidge (Railway Clearing House Sports). — One Mile
Handicap.— A. J. Sutherland, 120 yds (1) ; A. Hood, 25 (2) ; H. W. Gaskell,
30 (3). Time, 2m. 52£s. (Griffin's.)
8th July. — Romfoed. — One Mile Handicap. — F. R. Leith, 50 yds (1) ; J. L-
Clarke, 105 (2). Time, 3m. 23£s. Three Miles Handicap.— R. A. Woolnough.
scratch (1) ; F. G. Passmore, 230 yds (2) ; J. T. Collier, 320 (3). Time, 10m-
21f s. Five Miles Handicap.— H. R. Piper, 460 yds (1) ; R. L. Flindt, 180 (2) ;
T. Rudson, 520 (3). Time, 18m. 40fs. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— G-
Smith, 120 yds (1) ; E. Burr, 115 (2) ; F. Wiltshire, 110 (3). Time, 4m-
17£s. (Griffin's).
8th July. — Naas (County Kildare Club). — Three Miles Handicap.— A. M'Cormack
230 yds (1) ; J. H. Craig, scratch (2). Time, 12m. 35s. (Dunbar's).
8th July. — Bingley A.S. — Two Miles Handicap. — F. Morris, Harehills, 350 yds
(1) ; J. Blackledge, Barnsley, 300 (2) ; R. Blackledge, 195 (3). Two Miles
Novices' Handicap. — A. Senior, Huddersfield, 65 yds (1) ; J. H. Craven>
Wakefield, 50 (2) ; J. Gott, Bingley, 35 (3).
8th July. — Eccles (Odd -fellows' Fete). — One Mile Handicap. — R. H. Wright,
160 yds (1) ; C. Whittaker, 90 (2) ; A. Brown, 150 (3). Time, 4m. 8|?s,
Two Miles Handicap.— C. Whittaker, 160 yds (1) ; A. Brown, 265 (2) ; R. H
Wright, 280 (3). Time, 9m. 54§s.
10th July. — Toebay B.C. (Paignton Green). — One Mile Handicap. — F. Best
. 25 yds (1) ; C. King, scratch (2) ; W. A. Bayley, 90 yds (3). Time, 2m. 45s>
Two Miles Tricycle Handicap. — W. Caseley, scratch (1) ; F. Parratt, 150 yds
(2) ; E. H. Webb, 250 (3). Time, 8m. 13±s. Three Miles Handicap.— J. J,
Studley, 80 yds (1) ; J. W. Barter, 230 (2) ; W. A. Bayley, 270 (3). Time,
9m. 48|s.
10th July. — Leicester. — One Mile Handicap. — G. R. G. Taylor, scratch (1)
W. J. Podbury, 50 yds (2) ; G. H. Upton, 55 (3). Time, 3m. 2s.
10th July. — Uppingham A.S. — Two Miles Handicap. — J. G. Shadwick, scratch
(1) ; R. G. Bowes, 60 yds (2) ; E. Palmer, 200 (3). Time, 7m. 40s.
11th July. — Bettystown. — Three Miles Handicap. — A. Coghlan, scratch (1) ; R«
Dennis, scratch (2). Time, 16m. 20s. (Eager's).
11th July. — Alexandea Palace (Clissold B.C.). — Sloic Race, 100 yards. — H. G.
Guinness (1) ; F. H. Taylor (2). Time, 5m. 5s. Best on record.
11th July. — Rugby (Odd-fellows' Fete).— Two Miles Handicap. — J. C Shadwick,
100 yds (1) ; J. W. Mills, 65 (2).
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14th July.— Newey (Co. Down).— Three Miles Handicap.— 3. Hill, 200 yds (1) .
A. Wallace, scratch (2). No time taken.
15th July.— Birmingham (Aston). Odd-fellows' F6te.— One Mile Handicap.— B.
Kadcliff , 145 yds (1) ; G. H. Illston, 100 (2) ; M. H. Whish, scratch (3). No
time.
15th July.— Bootle CO. — One Mile Handicap. — I. Pickering, 65 yds (1) ; K. H.
Currey, 70 (2) ; T. S. Hughes, 100 (3). Time, 4m. 4fs. Three Miles Handi-
cap.—B. H. Currey, 175 yds (1) ; I. Pickering, 175 (2) ; C. W. Bayes, 90 (3).
Time, 14m. 28£s.
15th July. — Bbinklow A.S. — One Mile Handicap. — T. Sidwell, 65 yds (1) ; J.
Shadwick, 30 (2) ; J. W. Mills, 20 (3). Time, 5m. 14s.
15th July. — Beistol Aeiel B.C. (Clifton Zoo. Gardens). — One Mile Handicap. —
C. P. Fox, Clifton, 100 yds (1) ; E.H. May, 55 (2) ; W. G. Wilson, 120 (3).
Time, 3m. 8s. Three Miles Handicap. — J. Young, 160 yds (1) ; F. Melhuish,
350 (2) ; E. H. May, 180 (3). Time, 12m. 55|s.
15th July. — Cabdiff. — Ten Lap Race. — G. Ace, scratch (1) ; W. B. Emery, 300
(2). Time, 21m. 41s.
15th July. — Halifax C. & F. — Two Miles Handicap. — B. Wildman, 190 yds (1) ;
G. H. Greenwood, 150 (2) ; B. A. Senior, 330 (3). Time, 7m. 51*8.
15th July. — Heckmondwike. — Two Miles Handicap. — W. Dawson, scratch (1) ;
A. E. Burrow, 60 (2) ; A. Warburton, 120 (3).
15th July. — Manchestee (Pomona Grounds). — One Mile Handicap. — J. A. M'Kay,
195 yds (1) ; F.B. Yahr, 115 (2) ; J. T. Ward, 60 (3). Time, 3m. 17s. One
Mile Novices' Handicap. — J. Haworth, scratch (1) ; F. Wood, 100 yds (2) ; C.
Wright, 60 (3). Time, 3m. 37 Js.
15th July. — Stamfoed Beidge (L.A.C.). — Four Miles Handicap. — A.Hood, 70 yds
(1) ; B. J. Beece, 80 (2) ; F. B. Leith, 180 (3). Time, 12m 23§s.
15th July.— Whitwoeth (F. & C.C.).— Two Miles Handicap.— J. W. Morley, 270
yds (1) ; B. Wolstenholme, 265 (2) ; H. Boscoe, 225 (3). Time, 6m. 15f s.
18th July. — Tewkesbuby A.S. — One Mile Tricycle Handicap. — C. Brotheridge,
45 yds (1) ; G. C. Hayward, 60 (2). Time, 5m. 14s. Two Miles Bicycle
Handicap.— J. H. Hall, 10 yds (1) ; W. Powell, 10 (2) ; T. George, scratch
(3). Time, 8m. 13|s.
19th July. — Lewes. — One Mile Handicap. — G. J. Hunter, Sutton, 60 yds (1) ; F.
Allport, scratch (2) ; C. S. Wadey, 50 (3). Time, 3m. 54s.
20t3 July. — Bury St. Edmunds B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — W. Popplewell,
scratch (1) ; B. H. Lingwood, 5 yds (2) i ; A. Stradliiig, 50 (3). Time, 3m. 15s.
One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— J. Griffin, 50 yds (1) ; H. Griffin, scratch (2).
Time, 5m. 33s. Five Miles Handicap.— W '. Popplewell, scratch (1) ; B. W.
Lingwood, 30 yds (2). Time, 19m. 3s.
20th July. — Chaeleville. — Two Miles Handicap. — J. Barter, 40s. (1); J. J.
Harris, scratch (2) ; T. M. Ward, 65 yds (3). No time.
22nd July. — Ceystal Palace B.U. Championship Meeting. — Five Miles Champion-
ship.—J. S. Whatton, Cambridge University (1). Time, 15m. 12|s. One
Mile Handicap. — F. L. Adam, London, 110 yds (1) ; H. B. Beynolds, Oxford
University 115 (2) ; C. A. Brown, London, 130 (3). Time, 2m. 46|s.
^m^
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FROM LAND'S END TO JOHN O'GROAT'S ON
A BICYCLE.
Record Beaten by the Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, Cambridge
University and London B.C.'s.
Keith Hall, 24th June, 1882.
Sir, — A short account of my recent ride from Land's End to
John O'Groat's may interest some of your readers.
First Day. — f left the Land's End point at 4.5 a.m. on Monday
5th inst., with a S.W. wind blowing me along. Sixty-five minutes
riding brought me over io£ miles of rough hilly road to Penzance.
Passing through Hayle, Camborne, and Redruth, Truro (36 miles)
was reached at 7.40. The smooth macadam road from Redruth to
Truro struck me as being singularly good for an English road, but
I have since been informed that it was made by a wily Scot who
was awarded a prize for it. Leaving Truro at 9.0, a very swift ride
brought me in sight of Bodmin (60 miles) at 10.45. Heavy rain was
now falling and necessitated an hour's halt. I had not got 6 miles
out of Bodmin when a second and more violent storm of rain and
mist gave me a bath all for nothing. So I pulled up again at a
lonely village called Jamaica, owingto its remote situation (70 miles).
Here I sat for five and a-half weary hours at a little temperance inn,
for there is no public house in Jamaica. A copy of Butler's " Dis-
sertation on Virtue," which I found here, served, I hope, to reconcile
me to the weather. It was the driest experience I had that day.
Starting once more I rode gingerly over a succession of tremendous
hills into Launceston, of beautiful situation (81 miles), where I
realised that tea in dripping clothes is unpleasant. About 10 p.m.
the river Tamar, which separates Cornwall from Devon, was crossed,
and two miles further on I pulled up for the night at Lifton (85 miles).
Second Day. — The next day was fine, and the ride through
Okehampton (100 miles) to Exeter (121 miles), though abounding in
difficult hills and severe collar work, was pleasant enough, the
scenery being lovely all the way and the air most exhilarating. At
Exeter I entered on a plain, and pursuing a fine level road, soon
reached Taunton (152 miles), one of the cleanest, pleasantest, and
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most flourishing of English country towns. From here a delightfu-
spin in the dark over a smooth country lane brought me to Langpor
(166 miles) about n p.m. A long argument with a commercia
traveller kept me up till i o'clock, the consequence being that next
day I was good for nothing (besides having failed to convince the
commercial).
Third Day. — During the ride through Somerton (171 miles) to
Glastonbury (183 miles), I became the victim first of stupidity, then
of malice. A waggoner seeing me about to overtake him pulled
very suddenly to the wrong side, and sent me sprawling over a heap
of flints. No harm done. Shortly after, a wilful misdirection given me
by a playful Somertonian sent me i\ miles in the wrong direction, so
that I traversed 12 instead of 7 miles between Somerton and Glaston-
bury. Wells Cathedral (188 miles) was one of the few sights which I
lingered to see. It is gorgeous. Then came the long ascent of
the Mendip hills, and I shall never forget the view of the Somerset
Plain obtained from the top. At the summit of the steepest part,
the Bicycle Union has placed one of its boards, inscribed, " To
cyclists : this hill is dangerous." A beautiful ride took me shortly to
the city of Bath (208 miles), whose glory has departed. Once up
the long hill out of Bath, progress became rapid, and the third
night was spent at Didmarton, a Gloucestershire village (225 miles).
Here a commercial gentleman told me that three well-known
cricketers (who are brothers) learnt all their cricket from their mother,
who, he told me, knows more about the art than any of her sons.
Fourth Day. — A pleasant if uneventful ride led through Tutbury
(231 miles), Cirencester (241 miles) celebrated for its scientific col-
lege of Agriculture, Burford (258 miles), Chipping Norton (269 miles),
Banbury (282 miles) to Southam (296 ?). Here my troubles, which
never come single, began. Rain commenced falling which soon
wetted me through, I lost my road and went quite a mile and a half
out of the way, and shortly before reaching Rugby (309 miles), the
spring broke. But I felt so well and fit that I could not be glum.
So on reaching this town, I promptly took the machine to a
mechanic, who had it plated and made stronger than before by next
morning, and myself to the Three Horse Shoes Hotel, where I
received every attention.
Fifth Day. — Sunshine and rain alternated rapidly until the after-
noon. My road lay through Lutterworth (316 miles), Leicester (328
miles), Melton Mowbray (343 miles), Grantham (359 miles), Newark
(374 miles) to Retford (394 miles). The last 10 miles were done
in the dark, rendered more intense by the rain-clouds. To ride
along a stony road on a dark rainy night is a most severe trial of
nerve and temper. One cannot see the stones to avoid them, and
each time the wheel goes over one the machine is jerked up, or
thrust on one side, and the rider gets a shake that makes his heart
jump into his mouth, and brings to mind unparliamentary language.
Retford was reached at 11 p.m., and when I asked the landlord of
the White Hart whether he often put up bicyclists, he looked to
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me severely and replied, " Yes, but not so late as this." However,
I met with every attention here. I got wet through twice to-day,
and hardly slept a wink all night — nerves a little overwrought I
suppose.
Sixth Day. — On emerging from the hotel I found to my horror
that a furious North-west wind was blowing. I struggled on as far
as Doncaster (412 miles), when I became sick of fighting against that
strong man, and threw up the sponge. After a good dinner at the
Reindeer, I went to bed for a couple of hours, expecting that
the wind would lull in the evening — it did so, but of course the road
got bad then. A wet greasy oolite road, rendered more delightful
by the recent gyrations of a feathery traction-engine, is a treat
not soon forgotten by the bicyclist. I enjoyed it this evening.
Riding was only possible here and there. I tried to make myself
believe that I was on a walking tour, and had taken the machine
with me to come in handy now and then. About 11.30 p.m. I
tramped into Wetherby (443 miles). Two friendly policemen aided
me in making sufficient noise to awaken the landlord of the inn
here.
Seventh Day. — The wind still N.W., was blowing gentle
to-day, and did not impede perceptibly. The road improved gradually
to Borobridge (455 miles). Instead of running straight from here
to Durham, through Northallerton and Darlington, I chose the
celebrated Leeming Lane, a smooth flat bit of road full thirty miles
long, and often selected for trotting matches. It is properly the
high road to Carlisle, via Scotch Corner and Greta Bridge. The
lane has little traffic on it, and steers clear of towns. High speed
was made through Leeming, Catterick (477 miles), Scotch Corner
(482 miles), where the road to Carlisle bends off, and you can see
the violet hills of the border country in the distance, Pierce Bridge,
and over a range of hills to West Auckland (495 miles), all black
and grimy with coal dust, and Bishop-Auckland (498 miles) hard by,
where the Bishop of Durham resides. Dined here, and met with a
37oung Japanese who was interesting. Then on to Durham (508
miles), through Spenny Moor, and thence via Chester-le-Street to
Newcastle-on-Tyne (523 miles). The County of Durham may
boast of considerable natural beauties, but commercial enterprise
has introduced into the landscape so many features of ugliness
that the traveller is glad to leave it behind. The high-level
bridge which unites Gateshead and Newcastle is a grand structure.
I had now scored 84 miles since the morning, and hearing from a
policeman that I could get comfortably lodged at an inn six miles
on, I thought I might complete the 90 miles before halting for the
night. In due time Six Mile Brig hove in sight. It was a dirty
little colliery village. But I was tired, hungry, and wet, and the
hour was eleven. So I thundered at the doors of all the inns I could
find. No answer, except at one place, where a woman looked from
a window and told me that the house was full, which, of course, was
quite true. I shall take care that Dash Mailes, Esq., the landlord of
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the " hotel" which the policeman recommended, receives a copy of
this account. A merry Northumbrian, prompted by that temporary
feeling ot generosity inspired by strong drink, vowed he would not
leave me till he saw me safely housed, and made the locality rever-
berate with shouts of " Tom," and "Jack," and " Bill," but T., J.,
and B. slept quietly on. At length a tall man came up and offered
me a night's lodging, as well as food. I accepted. The house to
which he took me was a pitman's lodging-house. He was a pitman.
His landlord — also a pitman — and family lived downstairs, and he
upstairs. The landlord was directed to prepare supper. A vast pot
of tea and a measureless pile of spice-cake, with butter, soon adorned
the festive board. I had ridden 30 miles from Bishop-Auckland
without tasting a morsel of food or drink ; so I did not count the
cups of tea or the planks of cake which I consumed — I was afraid of
getting into double figures. Then half a pipe of twist (for experi-
ment) and upstairs to lie down till it was light enough to go on.
Eighth Day. — I was up with the lark, and amused with it too, and
shortly found myself in Morpeth (537), eight miles on. Here, as
might be expected, I had one of numerous baths and a breakfast
worth}- the name. Also made the acquaintance of a Presbyterian
bailor, full of theology, politics, and good nature. 19 miles of fresh
open country over a fine macadam road brought me to Alnwick (556
miles). My old enemy, the North-west wind, gotvery boisterous now,
and I was forced to resume the walking tour, taking the machine with
me, in case it might be of use again in the dim future. The wind
was terribly cutting as well as powerful, but a blue jersey bought at
Alnwick kept me as warm as a toast. Of course I missed my way
going out of Alnwick. I always do when other troubles are on hand.
They never come singly, and nothing succeeds like success. But
the hardest blow was yet to fall. A few miles out of Morpeth my
right foot began to hurt at the back ; but I thought nothing of it, as
I only felt it when walking up a hill. But the walking tour from
Alnwick to Belford (572 miles) caused so much pain that resignation
and defeat seemed a matter of minutes. However, an hour's rest at
Belford did good, and on I went. The wind was cruel, and forced
me to walk most of the way to Berwick (587 miles). I limped in
about 10.30 p.m., and put up at the Red Lion.
Ninth Day. — Foot better to-day, and by leaving the boot unbuttoned
I seemed to give it the requisite relief. Fortunately I had no walk-
ing tour to-day. The wind was still strong, but the road was grand,
and 29 miles of hard pushing brought me to Dunbar (616 miles). At
this point the road turns in sharply to the West, and I felt the wind
but little as I rode through Haddington (627 miles), and Tranent
(636 miles), into Edinburgh (645 miles). Our city on a beautiful
summer's evening presents a spectacle not equalled anywhere else.
Quitting Edinburgh shortly after 9 p.m., a ride of an hour and a half
over the finest and smoothest stretch of road I have ever been on in
my life, brought the traveller to the Star and Garter at Linlithgow
(661 miles). The Town Council had been riding the " marches'"
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to-day — an arduous proceeding I should suppose, and one requiring
substantial refreshment.
Tenth Day. — When I awoke the rain was pattering on the window
panes, and a keen N.W. wind blowing. A shudder, a resolve, a
leap, and I was dressing quickly. The road to Falkirk (669 miles)
I found hilly, rough, lumpy, and slippery. Add to this wind and
rain, and the result is misery. At Falkirk I stopped. Cook let me
stand before the kitchen fire while she prepared breakfast. At 9.30
the rain stopped and I continued. The wind was rising rapidly.
More walking tour. Though I tramped most of the way to Stirling
(680 miles) and thence to Dunblane (687 miles), my foot gave me no
trouble. I fondly thought that it had got well. At Bridge of Allan
(683^ miles) I dined and slept an hour. At Dunblane the road turns
sharply to the West, and thence to Crieff (704 miles), by Muthilland
Perth (721 miles), the ride was pleasant and prosperous. Dunkeld
(736 miles) was reached at 11 p.m.
Eleventh Day. — To-day was a failure. After passing Blair-
Athole (756 miles) the glen becomes rapidly higher and narrower.
The wind came sweeping down as through a funnel. There was a
strong draught. Another walking tour. After three miles my foot
began to complain. Once past Struan Inn there is no other until
you get to Dalwhinnie, twenty miles distant. At Dalnacardoch I
was in such pain that I was obliged to invade a farm house and ask
for rest and food, which I got at rather a high figure. Then on past
Dalnaspidal Station, over Drumochter Pass to Dalwhinnie at the
head of Loch Ericht (780 miles). It was now eight o'clock, and'
I had only covered 44 miles since morning. At the Loch Ericht
Hotel the medical skill of Dr. Peyton, of Broughty-Ferry, worked
wonders, and the next day saw me traverse 105 miles with ease and
pleasure.
Twelfth Day. — Newtonmore (789 miles), Kingussie (793 miles),
Aviemore (805 miles), and Carr-Bridge (811 miles), succeeded one
another rapidly. The scenery along the road from here, via Loch
Moy (822 miles), and Daviot (831 miles), to Inverness (837 miles),
was glorious. The day too was lovely, and not a breath stirring.
Leaving Inverness at six, I rode rapidly through Beauly (847 miles),
Dingwall (859 miles), and Invergordon (872 miles), to Tain (884
miles), where the last night on the road was spent. Two miles be-
fore Tain the road forks right and left. No guide-post is there to
direct the stranger. It was nearly midnight. Fortunately I descried
light in a window, and procured the necessary information. This
reminds me that I did not see a single guide-post in Scotland,
except two close by John o' Groat's, put up at the repeated request
of an English tourist, Mr. Blackwell (the first bicyclist who rode
from end to end of our island). Why is this ? In England they
abound.
Thirteenth and Last Day. — I rose to find my foot horribly stiff
and painful. But the day was fine, no wind, and only no miles to
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run. Starting at 9.20, I ran hard to Bonar-Bridge (899 miles),
over The Mound to Golspie (g20 miles), where I dined and slept an
hour. Leaving at 4 o'clock, I ran rapidly through Brora (926 miles)
to Helmsdale (938 miles). I had limped up the Ord of Caithness by
sunset. At Berriedale (948 miles) it was raining hard. At Dunbeath
(954 miles) I stopped to have tea and bathe my foot, which had
been tried severely by the four mile limp up the Ord. Wick (975
miles) I reached about midnight. After refreshing and nursing
myself for an hour and a-half at the Station Hotel, I started again,
to the blank astonishment of landlord, boots, and waiters. The
utter solitude, stillness, and dreariness of the remaining 19 miles
made a most remarkable impression upon me. Not one tree, bush,
or hedge did I see the whole way — only dark brown moor, and a road
straight as a rule. At twenty minutes past three I stood stiff, sore,
hungry, and happy before John o' Groat's House Hotel. I had
ridden 994 miles in 13 days, less 45 minutes. This gives an average
of 76 to 77 miles a day. I had no difficulty in rousing the landlord,
and was soon asleep. Thus ended an interesting and amusing ride.
I have only to add that the machine which carried me is a 58
incher, built by Humber & Marriott, of Queen's Road, Nottingham,
and weighing 45lbs. As an illustration of the perfection of this
bicycle, I may mention that the hind wheel, which revolves 1000
times a mile, ran from Dunkeld to John o' Groat's (a distance of
260 miles) without being oiled on the way. Thus it made over a
quarter-million revolutions on the strength of a single lubrication ! —
I am, yours faithfully, Ion Keith-Falconer. — Aberdeen Free Press.
LONDON TO YORK.
In June, 1876, Mr. Stanley Thorpe, of the Pickwick B.C., after,
one or two trials, accomplished this journey (195J miles) from High-
gate Archway, in 22^ hours. Six years have elapsed, and it has
again been done by Mr. H. R. Reynolds, of the Oxford University
and London B.C.'s, starting, however, from Regent's Park — a some-
what longer distance. Mr. Reynolds writes to The Field as follows i —
" I met a friend at St. John's Wood Station at 11.45 P-m-> on
Thursday, June 29, and rode with him to the N.E. corner of Regent's
Park, where we waited till midnight, and then started for Highgate.
It was so greasy that we had to walk part of the way, but on reach-
ing the Archway Tavern at the bottom of Highgate Hill it improved.
I met Mr. Tegetmeier at the Archway at 12.25 a-m* The roads
thence were muddy, but Mr. Tegetmeier kindly rode as far as Potter's
Bar, piloting us in the dark over the worst part of the road. Soon
after he left us, the Rev. W. d' A. Crofton appeared. The roads,
which had hitherto been somewhat heavy, now got dry, but a slight
breeze from the North sprang up, which continued with more or less
force (generally slight) all the way to York. Hatfield (19^- miles)
was reached at 2.10 a.m. Soon after it began to drizzle, and con-
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tinued to do so at short intervals till about 11 a.m., wetting every-
thing but the roads, and causing a very unusual quantity of dust to
adhere to my machine. Mr. Crofton set a good pace, and my other
companion, who only intended to go as far as Newark the first day,
dropped behind before Hitchin. Mr. Crofton gave me some sand-
wiches and saw me through Hitchin (34 miles) at about 3.20, and
then left me, advising me to go into Shefford (41 miles), which I
accordingly did, and turned to the right at about 4.10. Thence I
kept up about io|- miles an hour, the wind being rather strong just
now. Dismounted lor a cup of tea at a cottage at Eaton Socon.
Rode Alconbury Hill, and sat down for a couple of minutes at the
top. Since about Hitchin I had got inside the ten miles an hour,
and kept it up through Stilton, where the gravel roads finally ended.
To Wansford (83^ miles), which I reached at 8.7 a.m. Stopped to
breakfast 35 minutes at the Old Mermaid (eggs and tea), and never
again overtook the ten miles an hour. I was feeling a little faint and
hungry at Wansford, but was all right after breakfast. Left Stam-
ford (89 miles) at 9.10 ; roads thus far very fair, but soon after I got
on to the oolite, which was all ruts and stones, and abominable going.
Crossing to the side of the road was out of the question. Reaching
the hundredth milestone at 10.20 a.m., I dismounted and sat upon it
a minute or two to take notes. Nearing Grantham (no miles) the
road improved slightly, and I dismounted at 11.25 m the town to
buy some fruit. I posted a card here, having previously done so at
Wansford and Stamford. Walked up a hill for the first time at
Great Gonerby, and rode carefully down the other side. Thence the
road was capital to Newark, though at 12 o'clock (noon) the sun
came out very hot (I had then done 116 miles). There was, how-
ever, a cooling breeze against me still. Newark was reached at
12.45 (I24i miles), and I lunched at the B.T.C. inn on bread and
jam and milk, taking two hard-boiled eggs with me. To Tuxford
(137^ miles) the road was good on the whole. I arrived here at
2.30 p.m., and stopped ten minutes to put my head under the pump,
drink some water, and post a card. The road was very loose to
Retford (i44f miles), which I passed through at 3.20. At Bawtry
(153 miles) it continued loose. Here I posted another card. Thence
to Doncaster (162 miles) was very good except for loose patches. I
again pumped over my head, as it was very hot, also on my feet.
Arrived here at 5.10 p.m., feeling rather done, and stopped to tea at
a coffee-house. Left at 5.30 for Ferrybridge (174^ miles). Found
the road abominable, all ruts and loose stones. In one part I had to
ride for some distance on the broad but ribbed rut left by a traction
engine. I never saw a high road so bad, except in winter, as it was-
most of the way from Doncaster to York. Steep descent at Went-
bridge, followed by a steep ascent, which I walked ; this and that at
Great Gonerby were the only hills I walked. Stopped for biscuits
and water a few minutes at Sherburn, and got to Tadcaster (190J
miles) at 8.30. The last nine miles to York were execrable riding,,
owing to ruts and loose stones. Four miles from York I was over-
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taken by a bicyclist, and we rode in together, having stopped six or
seven minutes just outside the city to light lamps. The clocks by
the Castle Bar Gate showed 9.43 as I got there (199J miles). My
companion conducted me to the B.T.C. hotel. I was just sufficiently
fresh to mount with one hop at this time. I found my machine none
the worse for the shaking.
" Next day, having had more than enough of Yorkshire roads, I
took the 10. o train to Doncaster, and rode thence over bad roads to
Tickhill, Worksop, Mansfield, and thence over good ones to Notting-
ham, and on to near Kibworth (77 miles), where I stayed the night.
The following day I rode on by a somewhat circuitous route to
St. Albans, about 80 miles more, and on to town early the next
morning."
Mr. Reynolds rode a 56m. " D.H.F. Premier," with fin. rubber
tyres, and carried a hub lamp.
BICYCLING IN TASMANIA.
WAS, in April last, staying in Launceston, and friends of
mine being then at Hobart, wished me to go over and
spend some time with them, so thought I would see the
country on my bicycle. Starting one day (24th April)
from Launceston, the Northern capital, and walking part way up the
..steep rise out of the town, I was fairly on my way, and in four miles
passed the village of Newtown. Then Franklin ; ascended a gradual
slope to what is called the " Cocked Hat " Farm ; then on right is to
be seen a large farm house, the residence of a Mr. Grubb, a man of
great wealth. Now another long ss;ent, and a level piece brings
you to a few houses called Breadalbane (7 miles). Another slope,
with thick bush on each side and many parrots flying about, an
undulating road, and I was at Perth. I may say here that this grand
road was that on which the coaches ran between the two main towns,
and was made entirely by convict labour many years ago. Now
trains rattle people from one end of the island to the other in about
six hours. Since stoppage of the coaches, about five years ago, the
townships all appear as though they stood still, or rather in the same
state as the song says of Grandfather's Clock — " stopped short,"
and from all appearances, " never to go again." On entering Perth,
the harness maker, whose house-end faces you, does not evidently
think it worth while to keep his name and business before the public,
his name, which was painted on the wall, having been defaced by
weather, and no harness now to repair, no new whip-lashes and
cord to sell to the coach-drivers, as in the days of old. Perth is a
straggling township, and was the first place where horses were
changed. The house that was once the chief hotel, having stabling
accommodation [for 33 horses, all stalls now deserted and empty.
A good 11 miles from town. Here I stayed all night with some
friends.
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Tuesday, 26th April. — Very thick white fog this morning, could
see but few yards ahead. Mounting my wiry steed at 8.45, and
crossing a substantial bridge of eight arches (built by the convicts),
spanning the South Esk — leaving " Scone" on the right, a beautiful
house, the residence of Mr. Gibson, a celebrated breeder of merino
woolled sheep — pasture fields lie all around, with a few hawthorn
hedges on roadside. Pike's Farm was reached at 9.5 (3 miles). A
road here turns to the left through gates and bush to Evandale, a
small village. Round this farm are to be seen great numbers of
Rosella and green parrots and parrakeets. Some miles now were
covered with a very good surface, between thick gorse hedges, large
fields on each side, and immense flocks of sheep. The gorse hedges
afford cover for the " colonial pest " the rabbit, and the road in front
was literally covered with them— brown, black, and yellow in colour.
They jumped away in all directions, and my silent approach took
them by surprise, running across the road just under my front wheel.
I am told they eat the grass so close when in such numbers, that
sheep are driven away, there being nothing for them to feed upon.
At g.45 saw a post office on the right, then crossed Main Line Rail-
way, and at 9.55 arrived at Snake Banks (9 miles from Perth), which
consisted of only one little house. The fog now lifted, and on an
undulating road, with loose yellow sand surface in patches, I spun
along, thick bush on each side. On my right, at a distance of some
miles, lay Hummocky Hill, 1575 feet high. The road lay straight
for miles, could see hill upon hill ahead, and rode over all. I was
now passing through Epping Forest (not the one in Essex), saw a
chapel and a few wooden huts, built along roadside amongst forest
trees. Crossed the -railway again, and at 11 o'clock entered village
of Cleveland (19 miles), a straggling place, with bumpy road. I had
here a fine view of the giant mountain, Ben Lomond, on the left, at
a distance of 15 miles. This mountain is 5010 feet high. Three
miles beyond Cleveland is an hotel called " The Comers." A road
here branches off to the left, for the districts of Avoca, Fingal, the
romantic St. Mary's Pass, and Falmouth on the East Coast. From
" The Comers" is a gradual ascent, perfectly straight for miles, the
telegraph poles and sheep fences vanishing to a mere speck in the
distance. Fields on either hand, closed in by distant mountains of
a splendid blue colour, reminding me of a line in a song of my
boyhood, " Wait for the waggon," beginning thus — ■
" Will you come with me sweet Phillis, dear, to yon blue mountains free ?"
Spinning along in the clear dry air the township of Campbelltown
was reached at 12.10 p.m. (29 miles). Here I dined at Kean's Hotel,
an old coaching house, much in the same style of an English country
inn. The township lies amongst the hills, and is the centre of a
large pastoral and agricultural district, but the scene lacks water,
Mount Campbell's highest visible point being 2356 feet above sea
level. Several good hotels, with excellent accommodation. Many
freestone buildings adorn the place, and there are said to be more
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churches and chapels than public-houses. (Coaches start from here
for Avoca and the East Coast). At i.io p.m. mounted again, and
over a stone bridge, spanning Elizabeth River, on a level straight
road, just in sight was a gig, with a hood -like cover. I hurried on,
and in time overtook it, and giving a word to the driver, he popped
his head above the top, exclaiming "Oh!" in astonishment, kindly
"keeping his horse near the side. I passed, and spun along, entering
the quiet village of Ross (36 miles), famed for perch fishing. Valu-
able freestone abounds in the neighbourhood (1.55 p.m.). Crossing
the Maquarie River and two miles beyond, sheltering under some
lofty hills on the right, stands Horton College (2.7 p.m.), a large
building in the Tudor style, belonging to the Wesleyans, reported to
be one of the healthiest places in a very healthy country. Now over
very bumpy and little used road to Tunbridge, where the railway is
again crossed; rain, which had been threatening for some time, now
came down sharply, so dismounted and made for a cottage for
shelter, but on nearer approach found the place to be in a most filthy
state, both inside and out, gave it a wide berth, and rushed for the
Tunbridge Inn (3 p.m., 45 miles). Here I had to wait for the rain
50 minutes, and had a lemonade, for which I was charged sixpence,
the people evidently having great faith in a sixpenny bit, as all
aerated waters, cup of tea of poor quality, &c, are charged that price,
and none are to be had for less than sixpence. The road here pre-
sented a most deserted appearance, and has very little traffic upon
it, sheep farming being the staple business about. Tunbridge is the
central point for visiting the lakes Sorell and Crescent, which lie
about 14 miles to the Westward, on the tops of the mountains ; lake
'waters are 3000 feet above sea level. In front of Tunbridge (or East)
there are several shallow lagoons, called Salt Pans, which on drying
up in summer leave a deposit of beautiful fine salt. Leaving here
at 3.50 p.m., on a bad road, crossing the railway three or four times,
Antill Ponds is reached — a few straggling cottages. Here, in the
coaching days, was the half-way house ; trade now gone (4.35 p.m.,
51 miles). Flocks of green, brown, and variegated parrots every r
where. Railway now turns to the left over York Plains and Eastern
Marshes. Road makes straight for the mountains, which appear to
bar further progress ; but a turn, and we enter St. Peter's Pass (4.50
p.m.). Ascending gradually for miles, steep hills on either hand,
with many gum and wattle trees and rocky bluffs., and here and there
a farm house ; after a weary pull the top was reached at 5.35. On
the left is St. Vincent's Hill, 2000 feet high. A gentle slope, with
legs over handles, for ten minutes, brought me to Oatlands (5.45
p.m., 59 miles), the prominent features being a church spire and
windmill, and houses of freestone substantially built. There is a
railway station \\ miles to the East of the town. It is the highest
inhabited place in the island, 1308 feet above the sea, and has the
reputation of being very cold, snow lying two feet thick in winter
time, and is surrounded by forest scenery. On the West side is
Table Mountain, 3596 feet high, is flat topped, and stretches for
miles across the sky. I put up for the night at Hogan's Hotel, an
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old coaching place of call. In the evening went out to see the place
but a very keen wind was blowing, so returned indoors. While
sitting in the parlour the landlady said, " Here comes the doctor,"
whose step we heard. On looking up, who should I see but the
same gentleman I had passed between Campbell Town and Ross,
and the driver of the hooded gig ; he had come to Oatlands to see a
patient, a distance of 30 miles. I was immediately recognised, and
we had a chat together, informing me of distances for the morrow
of places on my way. I was afterwards told that the doctor's fee
for being summoned to Oatlands is £y, cash down. Wind whistled
loudly, and sky looked threatening for rain, so retired to bed early.
Wednesday, 26th April. — Left Oatlands at 9.10 a.m., passing
through a fine sheep farming district ; on the right, after some time,
saw Mr. Page's residence, about half a mile from the road, sur-
rounded by splendid paddocks, with neat railings and entrance
gates — the result of successful sheep breeding and wool growing.
- Several other houses of same style lay on the roadside with neat
out-buildings. Presently I came to some extensive ruins on the
left, and, on enquiry, found they were remnants of houses occupied
by convicts while making the road upon which I was travelling.
Here I stayed a few minutes, taking a sketch of the still standing
walls. To the left, but out of sight, lay Lake Tiberias, classic in
name, but only a reedy pool of large extent. Crossing river Jordan,
a small stream, I entered Jericho, 10.15 (8 miles), a few scattered
houses without a " pub." I now began to ascend Jericho Hill
(verily a place for thieves, if any were so inclined, but I had the
road all to myself for a great distance) ; impassable mountains
appear in front ; hill gradually winding round the side ; and it took
me 35 minutes to reach the summit, when a splendid view broke
upon me. I was on the mountain top, the road winding down the
side ; on one hand rocks ascended, on the other was a precipice
guarded by rails ; down below, a great distance, a few fields, dotted
with cattle, appearing mere specks, all surrounded by steep hills
clothed with bush and trees, distance making them appear of a
lovely blue ; Rosella parrots flying about, and small companies of
magpies, with their musical notes, were the only things that broke
the stillness. I went down legs over handles for 35 minutes, pass-
ing Spring Hill on the right, once an hotel, now a private residence,
in a most lonely situation. At some corners on these hills wind
was fearfully strong, and I was once blown clean off my machine.
Now ascending Lovely View Hill, I had again another long descent
without work to Melton Mowbray, 11.55 (*8 miles) ; an hotel at foot
of the hill. Here the Brighton and Bothwell coach had just arrived,
which carries the mail to the latter place, 16 miles up the mountains,
in a Westerly direction. Saw mail bags sorted and coach start, but
after it had gone some minutes it was found that the Bothwell mail
bag had been left behind. A man started in pursuit on horseback as
hard as he could go, taking the letters under one arm. When the ex-
citement had cooled down, I partook of refreshment, and at 12.30, on
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an excellent, almost level road to Green Ponds, 1 o'clock (22 miles),
a prosperous township, with some good hotels, smiths' shops, and
general stores. About 16 miles from here, East, lies Jerusalem, a
township through which the railway passes. Leaving Green Ponds,
a long, gradual slope is ascended to a few houses called Constitution
Hill, where a windmill was merrily going round. I here asked a
drink of water from a cottager apparently of the navvy class, who said
"he came from Bristol. Having quenched my thirst, I mounted
again, and waving an adieu to the old man, turned a corner,
and went for two miles legs over. Rain falling, I crept under
a cart by the roadside for shelter for a few minutes. Striding
the machine again, I was soon in the village of Bagdad, 1.55
(28 miles), the name reminding me of that piece of music, "The
Caliph of Bagdad." Leaving this behind, I flew along a good road,
fields on either side being ploughed and rolled by bullock teams.
Here I got first view of Mount Wellington. Six miles brought me
to Brighton, 2.25 (34 miles), but very unlike our English town of
that name, country being very broken about reminding me of Stafford-
shire. There are a few coal mines near, but I did not see any signs
of them. I saw a splendid rainbow in the clouds here, colours being
most " intense " and " consummately grand," as the disciples of
Oscar Wild would say. After resting at Brighton fifteen minutes,
crossed the wooden bridge spanning the river Jordan (now of wider
dimensions), and pushed on for Bridgwater, over an undulating road,
where I arrived at 3.12 (39 miles). Like a mirror, we see the Der-
went, forming a wide reach, which narrowing to the right is soon
lost between the "Dromedary" (3,245 feet high) and Wellington
Range. Here the Derwent is spanned by a roadway, partly over a
bridge of piles, with a drawbridge to allow of vessels passing, and
for a still greater distance along a causeway of earth and stonework,
which has been thrown out in the form of an embankment across a
wide shallow reach in the river. This causeway is nearly a mile
long. The Main Line Railway crosses the river by a long pile bridge
parallel to that on the main road ; it then runs alongside the old
road from here to Hobart. The line is what is known as the narrow
gauge, with only single set of rails, being 3ft. 6in. apart. Carriages
are built on the American system, allowing a free passage through
the train. Two trains run daily each way, one of which completes
the distance in six hours, and a night mail train each way. Slowly
crossing the bridge the road divides, that to the right going to New
Norfolk, about 10 miles up the river, where there are salmon-breed-
ing ponds, to supply Tasmania's streams. That to the left leads to
Hobart. Down stream, as far as the eye can reach, alternations of
land and water make a most charming, and, as I moved along, an
ever-changing panorama, the bends in the river occasionally forming
a broad reach, like an isolated lake, whilst again they will be lost
behind peninsulas or promontories studded with dark foliage, and
here and there a good house among the trees, until the view is shut
in by the heights of Break Neck and Mount Direction. I was
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now only 12 miles from my destination, and road winds along the
river side all the way, with the great Mount Wellington looming
ahead, 4,166 feet high. On roadside we see cliffs of freestone cut by
the convicts to make gradients easier. What with the strict discipline
and terrible cruelties they underwent, it is little to be wondered at if
some of them attempted to escape. Yet, as we look at the sullen
overhanging mountains, tenanted only by a few wild beasts, and
affording little food for human existence, what a desperate and
wretched alternative was that of a "runaway." He was then an
outlaw, and lived in fear of starvation in the bush, or a bullet from
the first man he met. Passing rapidly along the road, Glenorchy
was reached, 4.10 (46 miles), where I lay under a hedge for ten
minutes for shelter from a passing shower. Mounting again, arrived
at Newtown, a suburb of considerable extent, one more steep hill,
and, lo ! Hobart lies at my feet. Descending one long street
(Elizabeth), between rows of shops, much like an English town, I
sprang off my trusty steed, and set foot in this beautiful city of the
South, Hobart. It is built on the banks of the Derwent, Mount
Wellington seeming to overhang the place, though the summit is
ten miles away, and now covered with snow.
The roads all the way were good macadam, though not now kept
in anything like, the condition they were in the coaching time ; but
being so well laid out, and gradients all being easy, but some of them
miles long, they are all rideable on a bicycle. The different sorts of
scenery, strange birds, clear air, and blue sky, made the ride very
pleasant and enjoyable.
My machine was Pett's " Atalanta," which stood the journey well
(52m.), but I should not advise the fluted tyres to be put on machines
for colonial use, as with the loose stones they get torn, and look
ragged and unsightly. Roads are generally so dry that their non-
slipping qualities are not required.
Jno. Ward, Junr., B.T.C.,
Late Consul for Highgate District.
N.B. — Bicycles are imported into Victoria and New South Wales
free of duty, but in Tasmania the impost on new machines is about
12 per cent, of their selling value. — J. W.
A BICYCLE RIDE TO DUNEDIN.
A LIVELY JOURNEY.
Our Dunedin corespondent having obtained from Mr. J. Foxley
Norris, of the Pioneer Bicycle Club, a peep into his diary, copied the
following, relating to his late tour from Christchurch to Dunedin : —
Friday, 7TH April. — Left Durham Street, Christchurch, at 7.15
a.m. Met Mr. Reece at Hagley Park, and sojourned alone from the
other side. Past Riccarton, and away through Templeton ; roads
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very dusty and stony, so rode in rut. Stopped at g a.m. at Rolleston
to oil up ; left at g.io. On leaving Rolleston (14 miles), hugged the
telegraph posts and railway on right, and tussocks on left, extending
for miles. Selwyn (23 miles) was reached at 10.25, having ten
minutes' walk across river-bed prior to arriving at the hotel and few
houses of that town ; journeyed on again at 10.45, anc* crossed the
rails, then (after 2 miles), at Dunsandel, returned back to left of
railway ; a few miles further on a gate had to be opened, then, a little
further, another; then, after a short distance, I lost my way, or
imagined so, and found myself facing a wire fence, which I naturally
stepped over, and after some wandering about regained the path.
Very dismal place, certainly. Birds were doing their best to enliven
the district. The Rakaia plains improve for two or three miles (except
half a-mile) before coming to bridge. The water in the Rakaia an
unusually pretty blue. I managed to ride across without the train
passing and frightening me. The South Rakaia Hotel gave me a
good dinner for 2s. 6d. For this consideration thanks. Rakaia
township is 36 miles from Christchurch. I arrived at hotel at 1 p.m.,
and left at 2. Two or three miles good spin, then, instead of turning
- to left, as I should have done, I followed the wires, and went away
for a few miles, so had to return to the right path. Shortly after I
turned to the right, and had a fair road, with several bad patches of
sand, to Chertsey, where, after crossing the railroad, I kept the
telegraph posts on my left until Ashburton (54 miles) was reached,
at 4.30. Stopped at Quill's Hotel.
Notes. — 1. The system of irrigating the runs by channelling must
be very beneficial to the cockatoos (farmers) in supplying the sheep
with water. 2. Roads generally were very bad, and I would rather
ride 100 miles in England than 50 here. 3. The telegraph posts
were good guides. 4. The cemetery at Ashburton does not get
much patronage, ergo, I reckon the town should be healthy. 5. I
. don't appreciate walking across the river-beds. 6. Many cheering
remarks came from passers by. Here endeth the first lesson. Lews
Deum !
Saturday, 8th April. — Quill's hotel was left at 7.45. The
windows of Heaven were opened in the night ; they had not been
closed when I started, so, finding the road too soft to ride, had to
trudge on to Winslow (five miles) and Hinds (10 miles). Here
waited from 10.15 till 10.45. During this portion of journey met
one man on horseback and one on the Wallaby (tramp). Gave the
latter the usual donation. From Hinds there is no formed road,
only keep to right of telegraph wires as I did by riding on the
tussocky ground. Wires painfully straight for long distance, and
gladly, at about 11 miles, I turned with the wires to right and on to
Ealing Station, about 14 miles from Hinds. Then tramp on shingle
between rails a mile to Rangitata North bridge over the river
(marked 79 miles by rail). I had the pleasure of balancing myself
ontwo planks, measuring together only 14 inches, with now and
then an opening between the two. Then on past Rangitata Island
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station, with no water near it, and a second edition of bridge
similar to first, both over quarter mile across, then continue on
the shingle of railway as before to Rangitata South (about 82
miles from Christchurch.) Here I arrived at the Star of the South
Hotel wet through and miserable, " a thing I did not reckon upon
when I first put this uniform on." The worthy couple had no eggs
or milk, and seemed as if they didn't want anybody to stop at their
house ; in fact, they were unobliging, and I was glad to depart,
after having very slight refreshment, which delayed me from 1.30
to 2.30. Here I indulged in — unusual for me — " brandy hot," to
keep out the cold. After leaving Rangitata South, a great trouble
beset me, inasmuch as the hind wheel tyre came off, and necessi-
tated my tying it on again whenever it repeated the nuisance.
Orari (8 miles from R.) was not reached till 4.15, having had
to walk over rough tussocky country, keeping telegraph posts as
guides. Winchester to Temuka (4^ miles) is splendid surface to
travel over, rather soft through rain. Did the distance in twenty-
five minutes ; then, after tea at Sun Hotel, trimmed lamp and
started at 7.30 p.m. to Timaru (12 miles off). Passed two bridges
(the second had planks placed longways instead of across — rather
awkward). Nothing -to trouble about except continually tying up
tyre (rather tire-some) until three miles from Timaru, when the first
hill from Christchurch appears, which is followed by two more
before entering the town. The hills are safe to ride, and would give
no trouble under favourable circumstances. Arrived at Grosvenor
Hotel 10 p.m. Two friends had arrived by train before me.
Notes. — 1. Timaru very muddy. 2. Grand buildings. 3. Sea
very rough coming over breakwater. 4. Both Temuka and Timaru
are better and prettier than I expected. To-night I prefer a
cushioned chair to a Windsor chair. Total to-day, about 56 miles
Sunday, cjth April. — Left Timaru, 10.30 a.m. Had four miles
of sandy, hilly ground, rendered like peas pudding by the rain. Had
to walk, as even down hill was too soft. A small bridge, then better,
firmer surface for four miles ; then on to the extended plain, and
farewell to the hills, to the river Pareora, with about six bridges in
its neighbourhood. On over the flat country to St. Andrews (12
miles from Timaru), where a genial hostess provided dinner. Leaving
St. A. at 2.30, I passed Otaio Station, Makikihi (8 miles from St. A.)
and Waimate Junction (another 8) — crossed railway, and on through
pouring rain to Waiho Bridge (nearly two miles long), 33 miles from
Timaru, where, it being 5.45, and darkness coming on, I accepted
the invitation of a shepherd and Chinese cook, who lived just over
the bridge, to step inside, which I willingly did, and was soon in
borrowed clothes, with mine steaming before the fire.
Notes. — 1. Miserable wet weather, strong head wind, soft soil;
wound up night by sleeping on chaff bed with large blanket. The
two inmates of house did all they could to make me comfortable.
Easter Monday, ioth April. — After raining all night, and every
prospect of its continuing, it was with reluctance that I left Waiho
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with the idea of walking nine miles to Waitaki, and another 14 to
Oamaru, but I did start, and at two miles had a taste of stream
knee-deep, then another up to the waist, nearly taking me for another
kind of journey, then again just below the knees, and a stream wan-
dering all down the road a few inches deep. At last I had a road of
loose shingle in the centre, and a stream, 10 to 15 feet wide on each
side to choose from. 'Tis hardly necessary to say, that I walked to
Waitaki, and managed a struggling ride across the half-mile bridge
into the Otago Province, where, it being 12, I waited patiently for
dinner, and left at 1.40. Now, another trouble began ; owing to the
walking I had done, my shoe had chafed my heel, and so I hobbled
along till six miles from Oamaru, when a road joined the main one
on the right, and with it a metalled surface for remainder of distance
(rather bumpy in places, though). I entered the broad main street
(about two chains wide), with its imposing noble buildings, at 5 p.m.,
and was soon in dry clothes.
Oamaru, Tuesday, iith April. — After inspecting the Breakwater,
and various noble buildings in Thames Street, and calling on Mr. H.
R. Spence, one of the eight members of the Oamaru Bicycle Club
which was formed last February, with Mr. James Todd of the Colo-
nial Bank, Oamaru, as hon. sec, I left the Star and Garter at 11.15
a.m., and proceeded on my journey up a turning to the right of
Thames Street (-J mile), then undulating ground with good surface
past Medora Hotel, near river, over bridge to Maheno (8 miles) ;
delayed from 12.45 ^ 1-3° f°r dinner, then on to Otepopo (6 miles),
with its pretty church of Oamaru stone, and scattered houses. Two
miles from Maheno there are three miles of bad road, then fair and
hilly. Leaving Otepopo, ascended a steep hill ; used brake till
reached railway lines at bottom. Two bridges were left in the rear,
and merrily (except for the strong S.W. wind blowing) I pedalled
along, with the sun at last shining on me. One down gradient, six
miles from Otepopo, required brake ; shortly after ascended Hamp-
den (nine miles from Otepopo and about 23 from Oamaru), a little
before 4 p.m. Splendid view of sea and bay. Rose out of Hampden,
then on past the solitary Moeraki Hotel, over splendid surface,
undulating and winding among bushy country to the Horse Range,
where tea palm, toitoi, phormium tenax, and native shrubs show to
advantage with the grand rugged rocks of all shades of colour sur-
rounding them. Birds, rabbits, and cattle are numerous ; one black
bull looked as if he would give me a lift, but I'm glad to say I
reached the high summit (two or three miles up) without his aid.
A capital view of the sea, travelled country, and the future pastures,
with Palmerston in the distance, is here obtained. After indulging
in gazing and reflecting, descended the hill, which finishes up with
a gradual fall to the bridge over river, and to Palmerston. Arrived
at Criterion Hotel at 6.30, having travelled from top of range to
Palmerston (6 miles) in 35 minutes, in semi-darkness ; should not
advise any other rider to descend the upper portion of hill, as it was
only owing to strong head wind blowing and the soft sand at side of
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road, together with brake and back pedalling that I arrived safely
at the end of first portion. The next drop I walked, then rode all
the way, comparatively eas}', into town. Distance from Hampden
to top of range, about nine miles ; then six more to Palmerston.
Palmerston, Wednesday, 12th April. — Left at 8 a.m. ; travelled
over very rough metalled wavy road (10 miles) to Waikouaiti,
occupying one hour and a-half, then up and down hill to bridge,
and for a short distance by the side of river ; on again through
pretty scenery, winding among hills, some ascents making it too
difficult to mount, to the top of Kilmog Hill, about 12 miles from
Waikouaiti. Next I descended, walking down rough hill four
miles, with sharp curves, to the Blueskin district, arriving at
Waitati at 12.45. After refreshment at Saratoga House, about
2 p.m. left Blueskin and its bay, and at the small bridge took the
right-hand road and commenced the ascent, which finishes with
Mount Cargill, riding and walking, according to gradient, mostly
the latter ; rode carefully down the opposite side into Dunedin,
stopping only to gaze at Port Chalmers harbour and Dunedin in
the distance. Arrived at the Imperial Hotel at about 5 p.m.
Waitati to Dunedin, 13 miles, with rise about five miles each side
of Mount Cargill.
Notes. — Very glad all over. From Palmerston to Dunedin
about 39 miles, a metalled road all the way, which makes it rough
for bicycling. Dunedin is the best city as yet in New Zealand I
have visited, and Otago Province is above comparison with dull,
flat Canterbury. — N.Z. Society, April 15th and 22nd, 1882.
TITTLEBAT THOMPKINS'S BICYCLE.
TITTLEBAT THOMPKINS, Junior, Esquire,
(Observe that this Thompkins is spelled with a p,)
Son of Thompkins (something in soap),
B. A., H. U., aged just twenty-three.
A mild-mannered youth was Tittlebat T.,
Not given to folly, and quite free from guile,
The pride of his ma, and his dad's greatest joy, .
On whom his elderly aunt seemed to smile.
Tittlebat T. felt lonely and dull
Ere yet he had finished his course academic ;
He pined and grew thin, was haggard and pale —
The disease which he caught was just then epidemic.
In vain his fond parents used each device
To rouse the sweet youth and make him feel jolly ;
Croquet with his aunt he no longer enjoyed,
And lawn tennis seemed to create melancholy.
'Twas a bicycle Tittlebat T. aimed to own ;
He yearned for a wheel with an ardent desire,
Would study the Bicycling World and the Clipper,
And to beat the Professor he sought to aspire.
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So Thompkins, Senior, bought him a wheel,
To give Tittlebat's ambition ambition's full scope,
And he launched the " spondulix" out pretty freely
(He was " warm," as I've said, in the matter of soap).
And Tittlebat T. bought a uniform neat —
He had it at Blank's, on Double-dash street
(The name will appear when the firm advertises),
But it fitted him well, and was tasty and neat.
Shoes, Jersey, and stockings, and helmeted cap,
Knee breeches and shirt of the uniform kind,
With a badge of the bicycle club on the breast,
And an elegant monogram on the behind.
Two months at a school spent Tittlebat T.,
With a " professor" each day (six lessons, two dollars),
Who devoted himself to Thompkins, and swore
He was by all odds the best of his scholars.
He would lead T. T. round the track every time,
And he held the machine while Tittlebat mounted,
Kept the wheel upright — for, if he let go,
A spill as result could be confidently counted.
After three months of practice Tittlebat found
He was able to feebly gallop around.
A happy young man was Tittlebat then,
Though he still had a fancy for taking the ground.
And Thompkins pere was proud as a prince
When Thompkinsj?£s brought his bicycle home,
Would sit at his window and watch his brave, son
Amid the homestead back garden roam.
But, alas ! the ambition of Tittlebat T.
For peacefully plodding had little regard ;
He measured the walks in the garden with care —
Ninety laps to the mile was his father's back yard.
He aimed to make up a race against time,
He invited his father (ex-dealer in soap),
And he likewise invited his aged maiden aunt
(She was wealthy, and he of her will had some hope).
And he rode, and he rode, while his audience cheered,
And his ma kept the laps as he passed on his way.
Ninety laps to the mile, " Sixty laps, thirty falls "
Summed up the record of just a half-day.
'Twas his last lap, excitement was now most intense —
The spirit of seventy-six was on deck —
When Tittlebat T. on the homestretch came round,
And into the well he tumbled a wreck.
They fished him out with a clothes pole and line,
They patched up his bruises and put him to bed ;
The Herald and Globe had a new ad. next day,
" A bicycle, cheap, for sale," so it said.
-The Headlight, June 22. Mustapha Chokh.
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PATENT RECORD.
[Compiled by Habt & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C., from
whom all information concerning Patents, including Book of Instructions,
may be obtained.]
APPLICATIONS FOE LETTERS PATENT.
2774.— W. Dixon, Brighton. Velocipedes. 13th June, 1882.
2860.— R. Neal, New Benwell. Tricycles, etc. 17th June, 1882.
2947.— J. S. Edge and F. W. Ticehurst, Birmingham. Bicycles, tricycles, &c,
and lamps for the same. 21st June, 1882.
2964. — W. M. Brown, London. Velocipedes or tricycles (com. by F. White,
Westboro', U.S.A.). 22nd June, 1882.
3014.— T. F. Marriott, Leeds. Tricycles. 26th June, 1882.
3023.— G. Moss, London. Velocipedes. 27th June, 1882.
3121. — W. J. Lloyd, Harborne. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 1st July, 1882.
3201.— J. Walker, Coventry. Velocipedes. 6th July, 1882.
3230. — W. T. Shaw, Surbiton, and W. Lydenham, London. Tricycles, bicycles,
and other velocipedes. 7th July, 1882.
3326. — F. Beauchamp, Edmonton. Tricycles, velocipedes, &c. 13th July, 1882
NOTICES TO PROCEED
Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —
16th June, 1882.— 848. J. Humpage, Bristol. Velocipedes. 21st Feb., 1882.
20th June, 1882.— 845. C. Edwards, Birmingham. Saddles of bicycles and
other velocipedes. 21st Feb., 1882.
30th June, 1882. — 2326. C. Truman, Birmingham. Means employed for driving
and steering machinery, and the bearings for axles. 17th May, 1882.
4th July, 1882.— 1098. J. M. Taylor, Seer Green, and G. Wethered, Maiden-
head. Means for working velocipedes. 7th March, 1882.
11th July, 1882. — 1114. W. Skaife, London. Lamps for bicycles, tricycles, &c.
8th March, 1882.
PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
20th June, 1882.— 5682. J. White and J. Asbury, Coventry. Velocipedes. 27th
Dec, 1881.
23rd June, 1882.— 27. A. J. Boult, London. Ball bearings (com. by H.
Bussing, Brannschweig, Germany). 3rd Jan., 1882.
30th June, 1882.— 518. A. G. Meeze, Redhill, and A. G. Salamon and R. E.
Phillips, London. Velocipedes, &c. 2nd Feb., 1882.
4th July, 1882.— 99. M. D. Riicker, Junr., London. Velocipedes &c. 7th
Jan., 1882.
7th July, 1882.— 415, W. Hillman, Coventry. -Velocipedes, &c. 27th Jan., 1882.
11th July, 1882.— 181. G. Moss, London. Velocipedes. 13th Jan., 1882.
11th July, 1S82. — 517. W. R. Lake, London. Saddle for bicycles, &c. (com.
by F. G. Burley, Boston, U.S.A.). 2nd Feb., 1882.
PATENT
On which the Stamp Duty of £50 has been paid : —
2372. — W. H. Thompson, London. Arrangement and construction of veloci-
pedes, &c. 14th June, 1879.
PATENTS VOID
Through the non-payment of the £50 Stamp Duty : —
2254. — W. Langshaw, Nottingham. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 7th June»
1879.
2395. — W. Sherar, Aston. Apparatus for indicating the distance travelled by
bicycles, &c. 17th June, 1879.
1 84 THE WHEEL WORLD.
ABRIDGMENTS OP SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th June, 1882.
4829. — A. Archer, Birmingham. Tricycles, etc. To enable a tricycle to be
reduced in width the inner parts of the cranks are jointed to a middle
connecting bar, and these inner parts extend bj the side of the bar till
they meet in the middle, and collars pass over each end and keep the
parts together. When these are removed the cranks may be brought
opposite each other. The side beams of the framing are jointed
together over the small wheel, and overlapping cross bars support the
seat, and keep the framing open, but when a screw nut in slots in these
bars is loosened the framing can collapse. 3rd November, 1881.
Price 8d.
4865. — S. Armstrong, Birmingham. Forks of bicycles, &c. To make these
forks, a solid bar of metal is hammered down, with the legs opened out
until the forgiog is complete. The legs are then bent into the desired
position. 7th November, 1881. Price 6d.
4917. — L. E. Broadbent, London. Bicycles, &c. This improves velocipedes of
all descriptions in a variety of details, which are described in ten pages
of specifications, stated in seven claims, and illustrated by 22 figures
in the drawings, but which are not capable of being condensed. 9th
November, 1881. Price Is.
4860. — J. K. Starley, Coventry. Fastening elastic tyres to velocipede wheels,
&c. The tyre has a longitudinal groove on its inner periphery,
over which is vulcanised a strip of cloth. Through this is passed a
wire, and the tyre is then put round the wheel. A hole is made through
the felloe, and the ends of the wire passed through and secured. (Pro.
pro.) 7th November, 1881. Price 2d.
4956. — R. H. Lea and G. Singer, Coventry. Velocipedes. Differential gear is
applied to assist the rider in mounting hills, &c. (Pro. pro.) 12th
November, 1881. Price 2d.
Published during the month ending 15th July, 1882.
4901. — R. E. Phillips, London. Velocipedes, &c. A differential driving
apparatus is used, which consists of two wheels, one on the crank axle
and the other on the driving-wheel axle, which are so formed as to be
capable of expanding or contracting, and so governed that when one
contracts the other expands. The lamp is supported from a loose sleeve
on the axle between the hubs. 9th Nov., 1881. Price 6d.
5005. — E. J. Castle, London. Velocipedes. These have a main driving wheel
placed between two side trailing wheels, and connected to them by a
forked backbone. They are driven like a bicycle. 15th Nov., 1881.
Price 6d.
5069. — E. S. Wilson, Egremont. Backbones of bicycles. These are formed oj
two tubes, elliptical in section, and brazed together at the hinder fork,
while they are some distance apart at the saddle. (Pro. pro.) 19th
Nov., 1881. Price 2d.
5074. — G. D. Macdougald, Dundee. Tricycles, &c. This invention is not
clearly described. (Pro. Pro.) 19th Nov., 1881. Price 2d.
5305. — C. R. B. Hamilton, Greenwich. Saddle for bicycles, &c. To enable the
weight of the body of the rider to exert a force on the axle of the
wheel and assist the treadles, the saddle is mounted on springs fixed
on the shank of a bifurcated lever resting on rollers connected with a
sliding ring, which travels up and down the top of the fork. These
rings are connected by rods with eccentrics on the driving-wheel shaft,
and thus the motion of the body is transmitted to the wheel. 5th
Dec, 1881. Price 6d.
5106. — W. E. Price and W. D. Overton, Hampton Wick. Velocipedes, &c.
These have four wheels, and the cross pieces of the frame are arranged
to slide telescopically, whereby the vehicle can carry one or two persons.
The spider wheels are constructed by knuckling the spokes over a wire
ring in the hub of the wheel. 22nd Nov., 1881. Price 6d.
The Wheel World Advertiser — August, 1882.
5113. — W. T. Eades, Birmingham. Velocipedes. The driving wheels are
mounted on the crank shaft, and pedals hang from the cranks for the
feet. Two spoon brakes are used, which can be applied either together
or singly. The wheels are driven by a ratchet wheel with pawls.
23rd Nov., 1881. Price 6d.
5139. — F. Beauchamp, Edmonton. Tricycles, <fcc. A spoke wheel is arranged
to gear into teeth projecting horizontally from the side of the driving
wheel, which is actuated by a small wheel on the pedal crank shaft.
The hands can also assist in driving the vehicle by gripping levers
which act on grip pulleys. The axle and cross bars of the frame are
divided, and a socket or clip is passed over the two adjacent ends, to
join them together. When this is removed the vehicle can be narrowed.
24th Nov., 1881. Price 6d.
5119. — W. H. J. Grout, London. Velocipedes. The band brake is arranged to
act on both wheels at the same time. The bevel gearing consists of
wheels, on the ends of whose teeth are rollers. (Pro. pro.) 25th Nov.,
1881. Price 2d.
5253. — J. T. Townsend, Coventry. Tricycles. These have four wheels, and
carry four riders who are seated two abreast. A crank shaft is fitted
for each pair of riders, and the driving chain is passed round a chain
wheel on each crank shaft, and over a chain wheel on the axle of the
driving wheel. 1st Dec, 1881. Price 6d.
5284. — U. K. Husberg, Stockholm. Tricycles and quadricycles. To reduce
the power required to propel the vehicle and to make it smaller, pedal
levers are used, the ends of which are pivotted on the frame, and
on the free ends are the pedals. Bands are secured to the levers
between the two ends to actuate spring clutch pulleys on the driving
wheel axle. The points of attachment of these bands to the levers
can be varied without the rider dismounting. 3rd Dec, 1881. Price 6d.
5287. — C. Beger, Berlin. Velocipedes. These are driven by the hands alone,
the rider being seated between and behind the two cranks, which are
separate, one to each wheel. 3rd Dec, 1881. Price 6d.
5394. — B. H. Berens, Sidcup. Driving velocipedes, &c. The driving chain is
actuated by rungs or steps attached thereto, on which the feet press.
(Pro. pro.) 9th Dec, 1881. Price 2d.
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THE
IMPERIAL BICYCLE,
Manufactured by
W. SMITH,
Crocus Street, Nottingham,
IS THE MACHINE FOR 1882,
As is proved by the following :
Mr. H. HIGHAM, of Nottingham, won
the long-distance Championship of the
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Thursday, March 17, 18S0. At the Agri
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BICYCLE UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1881
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C. E. Liles, 2nd, on a 55m. Humber.
Five Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
25 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.
C. E. Liles, 3rd, on a 55m. Humber.
50 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.
The 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 seconds, beating
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exceeding that time.
Important Notice. — The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
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against twenty other competitors, the second man being 33 minutes, or about
equal to six miles, behind.
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THE WORLD-RENOWNED
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BAYLISS, THOMAS & Co. Time, 42m. 54s., beating G. Hillier (on
Humber), and C. D. Vesey (on Humber).
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1 HERUCKERTRICYCi 1
Fig. 1 shows the position of a rider
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Fig 2 shows the position on the
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CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER.
PAGE
Three Wheels or Two ? 185
Dishing a London Crowd . . . . . . 187
A Wheelman's Dress. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 191
'•How the Wheel World 'Wags'" 192
A Song o' Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Amongst the Clubs 195
Jottings from the Emerald Isle . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Cycling Celebrities.— No. 12. Mr. C. W. Nairn, B.T.C., <fcc. . . 199
Regretted Rides 200
Gravel and Cinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Amateur Racing Record 203
Roving Records. — Birmingham to Liverpool in a Day. A Month's
Tricycle Tour 210
A Touring Reminiscence ; or, an Awkward Plight. By D. M. M.
Dawson, Elswick A.B.C., B.T.C 214
The Siege of Shamrock House 218
Handel-Barre's Ride. (Written by Himself) 226
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THREE WHEELS OR TWO P
WO years ago the individual who, in earnest, asked any
fellow man possessed of the art of bicycle riding what
he proposed to ride next season : three wheels or two ?
would have been looked upon as an idiot, or regarded
at best as a deep joker. The bare idea that anyone who could
skim over the roads on a bicycle would undertake voluntarily the
extra exertion of tricycling, would have been regarded as the
thought of one only barely removed from a lunatic. The improve-
ments, however, which have, since the first Road Ride of the late
Tricycle Association in November, 1880, been made in tricycles,
have quite reversed men's ideas, and the number of good bicy-
clists who are now permanently taking to the tricycle would be
alarming if it were not known that there are always recruits
coming on in bicycling, and that the hot blood of youth will have
pace ; and pace is now the only superior element possessed by the
bicycle. True, there is the question of grace, but although it is
an exceedingly graceful thing to see a well-mounted, well knit,
well dressed, and proportionately made bicyclist in the saddle,
the majority of riders look as awkward as any tricycler could
possibly do, and if they ride "wobbly," much more so. Do not
suppose for one moment that we are writing one word against
bicycling, the sport is far from being on the wane, but men will
get older, and as men get older their nerve will, imperceptibly at
first, but still surely, fail them, and so sure as this comes about
will the difficulty of mounting, and the fear of riding in the dark
increase. Few who have tasted the sweets of wheeling readily
give it up, and no doubt many of those who are now taking to
tricycles would have struggled on and risked all, had the disparity
between the two " sexes of cycling " remained as great as it was.
Tho fact is, however, that, saving as aforesaid in pace, there is
little to choose between the two. For a swift run over a well-
known road, the bi-tri-cyclist will no doubt always prefer his bi.,
but when touring is taken into consideration, probably eight men
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out of ten, possessing both forms of machine, would take the
latter. It is certain that whatever hill a bicycle can be ridden up
a tricycle can follow. It is equally certain that downhill there
is only one in it, when safety and strange hills are the points,
and that one is the tricycle. Again, when luggage carrying is
the question there is only one in it, viz., the tri. There is no
question that the weakest point in bicycling is the difficulty of
mounting. This being so, men are chary of dismounting. Thus
they do not pause to take a breather or admire a view when
ascending a hill, because if the incline be at all steep not 10 per
cent, can remount till the top is reached. Again, on rough roads
and amongst traffic, many men find great difficulty in reaching the
saddle, and, therefore, prefer running a little risk to dismounting.
"But the work must be more severe?" we hear a non-tricyclist
exclaim. It is possible that in level geared or geared up machines
the actual strain on the muscles of the lower limbs is greater
than in bicycling, but the general sense of fatigue at the end of
a day's run is no greater. It is the worry of mind which tires
the bicyclist, although he may be insensible to the fact at the
time ; but every dog that rushes out, every pedestrian who is in
the highway, every hard dried rut, every patch of stones, every
sudden halting trap, and every stray cow or horse is a source of
anxiety to him, and it is the total of these petty worries which,
at the end of a long day's ride, cause him to be just as much
tired as the tricyclist, who may have shoved a little harder with
his legs, but who has had absolutely no strain on his nervous
system in the ways which, as we have shown, a bicyclist is
worried. That a tricycle can be got up any hill a bicycle can be
ridden up is no doubt due to the fact that a triker can " slog "
straight into his work, and knows that the moment he stops he is
all right ; whilst the biker loses much force by pulling his front
wheel to keep his machine on end, and has always the fear before
him : — " If I become exhausted I shall probably fall before I can
dismount." Of course there are acrobatic riders who will scorn
this idea, but we fancy we have hit just the notion in the heads
of most riders. It used to be in the early days of clubs when
men enthusiastically attended runs until late in the autumn, a
great source of anxiety not to be benighted. In those days there
were no good lamps, and the idea, " how shall we get home ? "
stood like a spectre beside the club tea table, at any rate for
nervous riders. Now, the tricyclist, with a couple of good lamps
and a mackintosh, takes his tea by the warm glow of the inn fire,
and steps out into the inky darkness of an autumnal evening
without the slightest anxiety as to bricks, stones, or any other
thing. He has thus every ounce of vitality available for the
return journey. It is these plain home truths in favour of the
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three-wheeler that have become tardily recognised, and which,
coupled with important improvements, have raised it, and will
still further raise it, in the opinion of two- wheelmen. It is not
that men get funky, but as years roll on they get married,
improve their financial position, and undertake responsibilities —
" hostages to fortune," possibly — which tend to make them more
careful of their lives and limbs, and this is why, amongst so many
once well-known bicyclists, the question is now frequently heard,
"What are you going to ride next season ?" and the answer so fre-
quently returned, " Oh, I think I shall have a tricycle !" That club
"busses " have made many converts to tricycling is certain. In
the Autumn of last year, when the Cyclist bus was first started,
there was not a single bicycle club possessed of a double tricycle,
though the Finchley and London Tricycle Clubs both possessed
"doubles." Now, in just twelve months, speaking from memory
alone, we can name twelve London and two provincial clubs who
have " busses," while many have tricycling divisions as well.
There is no doubt that for touring there is nothing to beat the
"double." Tricycling is in its infancy, but bicycling has not yet
reached its manhood. We shall be sorry when the day comes
that we feel nerve power so impaired that we have to abandon
our trusty 54 inch bike. We never remount it — in daylight —
that we do not inwardly acknowledge its superior excellences,
and if only to keep off the horrid " old fogey" feeling which an
abandonment of it would induce, we hope long to be able to
mount it, no matter if we have to add yearly to the number of
preliminary hops. When the clay does come, however, like it has
with Faed, Sigma, M'Cullum, Yenables and others, we shall
know that we are being relegated to a steed almost as good, and
that as regards our fellow men in the words of the song, we shall
be in " most excellent company."
"DISHING" A LONDON CROWD.
ITHOUT doubt, the pons asinorum in bicycling is
"mounting." I could ride very creditably long before
I could mount. I used to walk my machine to some
quiet place (generally Finsbury Circus) every evening,
being repeatedly asked on the way whether I wanted a " leg up."
These kindly offers I invariably declined until I was " far from
the madding crowd," whose strife, noble or ignoble, is decidedly
disadvantageous to bicycling. Having reached the desired spot,
I would enlist^ the services of some unoffending passer by, who
would make himself dreadfully greasy in a not altogether vain
attempt to give me a start. This is what one would call bicycling
under difficulties. One night, however, I determined to mount
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unaided. "Death or Victory," said I, but alas^ I'm afraid —
truth, will out, you know — I'm really afraid that I had a sneaking
partiality for the latter. Two bicycling friends volunteered their
services and advice, giving me a hint not to light my lamp, " be-
cause lights attract human, as well as other, moths." We decided
upon Wood Street as a suitable practising ground, first, because
it is clear of vehicles late in the evening ; secondly, because .it is
smooth, and a slight start ensures a long run ; thirdly, because
we know that there we should be free from the molestation of the
guardians of the peace (it being rather dark in Wood Street at
that time in the evening) ; and, fourthly, because that, having no
light, we hoped we should not attract a crowd. But this hope
proved vain, for almost before we had fixed on a starting place we
had several onlookers, and by the time I had my foot in the
stirrup, I mean on the step, quite a mixed company had arrived
on the scene. Now a London crowd is proverbial for the almost
miraculous quickness with which it can assemble. Not because
the Londoners are more inquisitive than their country cousins —
the reverse being the fact — but because the enormous majority
of people in London render the causes which attract a crowd
more frequent, and the material which composes one, more
easily accessible. Yet the English public at large (with all due
deference to its individual members — especially the female por-
tion) is very inquisitive. If a person buys a flower at the corner
of a street, half a dozen people will congregate to learn the
extent of the swindle. If a man meets a lady friend in Cheap-
side and raises his hat, public attention is immediately directed
towards her, probably with the intention of discovering whether
her nose undergoes elevation or not. If you recognise an
acquaintance at an open window or in a carriage, and wave your
handkerchief, people will actually stop and stare in the same^
direction. Tricks are often played in this way on the Londoners
(innocent in the midst, perhaps because, of their over shrewdness).
Two people decide to stop in a certain street, and look and point
to a specified window or roof ; within two minutes a large crowd
will have collected, all asking one another, "What is it?"
Meanwhile the originators move to a safe distance and enjoy the
situation. I heard of a man who lit a match in a street about
ten o'clock at night, and began minutely examining the
ground. The first enquirer was told half-a-sovereign had been
dropped. In five minutes, twice that number of people, with
lighted matches, were to be seen within a yard or two of each
other, while a policeman and a cabby used their lamps. Mean-
while the perpetrator decamped, and returning after about half
an hour's absence, found one or two persevering ones still groping
about, spending their fortune in matches.
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But to return to the " mounting." Having arranged a course,
I placed my left foot on the step, took one or two hops on my
right, and jumped into the saddle. I had mounted — volens, but
I immediately dismounted nolens. I found myself, I mean my
friends found me and my machine, a little mixed. I might
almost say a good deal mixed, so much so, in fact, that a
facetious gentleman in the crowd asked whether I had broken
any of my spokes, or whether the machine had suffered any in-
jury to its arms. "Are you all right ?" asked one of my
friends, while helping me out. " Right as a nine-pin," I replied,
though why that demoralising article should be so often quoted
as a standard of universal rectitude I cannot imagine.
" Try again, then, and don't jump into the saddle this time —
slide into it."
I tried again, slid nicely into the saddle, and was engaged
in an interesting search for the treadles, when I once more had
occasion to dismount rather suddenly, this time being precipi-
tated into an old gentleman's waistcoat. He must have kept
something rather valuable behind his waistcoat, because he at
once placed his hand there, apparently to assure himself that
it was all right. He retired almost immediately. I was un-
hurt.
" Now take a few turns with your foot on the step, and try to
balance yourself," said one of my friends, "before you attempt
to get into the saddle again."
While engaged in this occupation, the facetious gentleman
(you always find one in a London crowd) made some sinister
reference to Jumbo, connecting that animal somehow with a
bicycle. Everybody laughed, so I suppose there was a joke,
but I didn't see it.
However, I determined to have a laugh at the crowd now. I
stopped my uninteresting exercise, wheeled the machine across to
where my friends stood, and leaned over it talking to them. The
crowd waited. It waited five minutes, then one or two at the
back began to slink away, unobserved by the others. I con-
tinued talking. The facetious gentleman (who considered
himself aggrieved by my indifference to the fact that he required
entertainment, and looked to me for it) then turned nasty, and
began expatiating to his neighbours on the advantages accruing
from the purchase of a bicycle on the hire system, by paying
weekly instalments of half-a-crown. I still carried on a lively
conversation with my friends. At last the facetious gentleman
got thoroughly angry at being " fooled," as he admitted himself
to be. (There is no one so bad tempered as your facetious man
when the laugh is turned against himself.) He made dreadful
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remarks about punching somebody's bead (with special reference
to no one in particular), called attention to tbe fact tbat be bad
stood there twelve minutes and I hadn't moved, and finally,
muttering inwardly, be swaggered away, the rest of the crowd
following at his heels like a flock of sheep lately sheared and
branded.
My friends and myself, thinking it unwise to attract a fresh
audience, then retired, having enjoyed the crowd's discomfiture
almost better than a ride down Barnet Hill. So I didn't get
victory, and I didn't get death. Alas ! for all human resolution.
Reginald W. Cann.
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A WHEELMAN'S DRESS.
E are glad to see a growing- disposition on the part of
the properly dressed bicyclers to shun the company
and fellowship of those callow wheelmen who persist
in riding in trowsers. Of course there are occasions,
as when a man is bound on. a short errand, or in the course of his
business, when it is neither convenient nor worth while to change
his costume ; but when one deliberately starts out for a ride of
pleasure or exercise, and especially on a Sunday, he should attire
himself properly, and as neatly as possible. Dress, as it is neat
or shabby, tells amazingly, either for or against bicycling. More-
over, the better a man is dressed, the more he will respect himself,
as well as win the respect of others ; and the consciousness of
appearing well will make him behave well. It is difficult for a
well-dressed man to be impolite or discourteous, even when his
nature without adornment is rude. Rudeness and impudence are
often involuntarily exercised to conceal a consciousness of social
inferiority, as well as of intellectual poverty. It has been sarcas-
tically said that "dress makes the man," but it is certain that
tasteful dress makes a man more manly. Nor are knee-breeches
and stockings the only desideratum for proper bicycling costume.
The upper garments, also, should be neat and appropriate. For
full uniform, a coat and collar are needed as much as breeches
and stockings ; and although a neat-fitting and clean flannel shirt
is sometimes well-appearing, yet as a rule the coat is better, but
it must not cover the shirt collar. And here it would seem as if
the celluloid collar was invented especially for 'cyclers ; for of
course linen cannot resist the wilting action of perspiration, and
the collar of the woollen shirt gets as quickly soiled and spotted
with dust and sweat. To be well dressed when riding, a bicycler
should wear well-made, neat-fitting breeches and short coat, the
latter with cadet or small turned collar, buttoned to the throat,
and a celluloid collar showing about half an inch above, and if
the collar button is not covered by the coat, a small bow or pin
should be worn. The coat, breeches, and stockings should all be
of the same shade, which should be dark, or some quiet grey. If
black or ordinary shoes are worn (and to our thinking these are
the neatest), they should be nicely shined before starting out.
Under cuffs are not necessary, but if worn they should be celluloid.
Hat, cap, or helmet may be worn, but like the rest of the dress,
they should be neat and stylish. A wheelman thus attired will
always appear gentlemanly, and may wear his costume to church,
to visit, or at an evening party, as appropriately as a military
man his uniform. — American Bicycling World.
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HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.
jOOR old Father Time must be feeling quite dejected
lately, so frequently has he been beaten ; and his
scythe must be rusting in a melancholy manner. Com-
passion for Chronos's grey hairs is the only motive
actuating me in refraining from going in to wipe out a few records
myself, so easy does the task appear nowadays. " Why is Cortis
like a band conductor ? " — " Because he is always beating time," is
an easily solved conundrum which is hereby registered. For H. L.
Cortis to complete his long cherished plan of riding 20 miles within
the hour, was not surprising to those who knew what invincible
pluck the " Demon " has to back up his strength, although to get
so well within his time as 59m. 3ifs. was a bit of a surprise ; but
when, six days later, he went to work again, and not only repeated
his performance, but lowered the record to 59m. 20^s., it was a bit
of a staggerer, and there is no wonder that this unique rider is at
length satisfied, and has shown his satisfaction by getting married
preparatory to sailing for Australia, where he will have no difficulty
in making still more remarkable records if he is not too particular
about the Antipodean idea of track measurement.
Amongst the Demon's baggage is, I hear, to be a " Salvo "
sociable trike, which will be about the first double introduced to
Kangaroo-land, and with such a pair as Mr. and Mrs. Cortis to
exhibit its capabilities it is likely to " fetch " the fancy of our cousins.
The Wanderer has not been alone in licking the scythe-bearer,
Keith Falconer having, after two years of wheel-less life, come out
with a sudden accession of power and carried off the 50 miles
championship, beating the records from 25 miles upwards, muchly
to the delight of Crystal Palatial visitors, who had looked for a tame
procession in the long-distance race. Where this record-beating is
to cease appears to be hidden in the dim future, and our generation
will probably see many more reductions in the figures before Chronos
begins to hold his own more steadfastly.
I notice the name of R. Tootal among the unsuccessful limit-men
in the Darwen C.C. races. Surely a rider with such a name should
not seek the bubble reputation on the cinder path, but should
apply his talents in the more appropriate capacity of club bugler.
Is it to be presumed that when participating in the club-run meal
he becomes an abstainer, or rather a tea-Tootal-er ?
That all potent consideration, the weather, has been fortunately
more settled, and, indeed, has been so decidedly settled as to have
in turn settled many riders' plans of accomplishing long rides at
bank-holiday time, the settlement of the weather having led to the
unsettlement of the sandy roads to an awkward extent. Many
heats came off at local race meetings, and London pot-hunters did
a fair share of the scorching, but all their efforts in this direction
were but microscopical, such heats having to pale their ineffectual
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fires against the caloric emitted by the orb of day, whose fierceness
accomplished the thankless task, amongst others, of striking
Ganymede of the Rovers, who was wearing the polo-cap with a
pugaree-cover, which proved ineffectual to protect Jupiter's cup-
bearer.
That much-travelled man, Mr. C. R. Maddox, has to be thanked
for having obtained a concession which continental tourists will
appreciate, in the shape of the abolition of the duty hitherto charged
on tourists' bicycles (and presumably tricycles) entering Dieppe.
The latest suggestion in the way of a hill-climbing bicycle is
singularly impractical, coming from such a rider as C. R.
Hutchings. / fancy that if one of our crack riders were to have a
46m. wheel with 6|-in. cranks fitted to the frame of his 54m. or 58m.
" Humber," or " D.H.F." bicycle, and then try Reigate or Muswell
against an equally good man on any tri., we should hear that the
crack rider came down on his nose with a degree of suddenness
commensurate with that to be expected from his weight being
placed in front of the axle of his wheel, his 54m. or 58m. forks
having a decided forward rake when fitted to a 46m. wheel !
Harrogate Camp is over and gone, and its success leads to the
reasonable supposition that it will now become as permanent an
institution as Henley Regatta, being for land-lubbers what the water-
gala up Thames is for fresh-watermen — an annual picnic of
several days' duration.
The Atalanta B.C. is amongst the bicycle clubs whose members
are fast being converted to the true faith — tricycling — by means of
the "club bus." Formerly, Atalanta lost the famous race and
gained a husband by stopping to pick up the golden apples thrown
to her by Meilanion. Now-a-days, instead of racing against each
other, Meilanion and Atalanta join forces and lick creation on their
sociable tricycle. L'imion fait la force !
" Axis."
A SONG 0' SUMMER.
AGAIN, alas ! are almost gone
The summer epoch's balmy days,
And Time is quickly passing on,
Unmoved alike by blame or praise.
Yet 'fore the season's wholly past
And vanished are the flow'ry banks,
And ere is felt the bitter blast,
I'll rhyme a share of feeble thanks.
I love to sit in summer-time
And bask beneath the beech's shade,
Or wander through the woods sublime
To light upon a leafy glade, —
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To watch the squirrels roam among
And round about the fir-tree heights,
Or hear the wren in sweetest song
Communing with the sylvan sprites.
I love to leave the city's smoke,
To seek in woods a sweet repose,
To lie beneath some monarch oak
And watch the brook that calmly flows ;
I love the wide expanse of heath
Aflame with gorse's flow'rs of gold, —
The view of valleys spread beneath,
Extending in a charming wold.
And oft in roaming round the lane
Where all the wild clematis cling,
Where bloom amidst a bosky plain
The harebells which the fairies ring ;
Where woodbine and the spray-tips kiss
And swear a love without alloy, —
I've felt a constant thrill of bliss,
And thanked the Summer for that joy.
But now the season's on the wane,
And as is done since days of old,
The roses leave the leafy lane,
And summer gilds the scene with gold,
And flow'ring all the foxglove's stem,
She, with a warm demulcent breath
Then decks the vales by stratagem,
And dies a ripe, old, mellow death !
So Autumn coming in shall find
The gladsome scene of joy and mirth,
That Summer lovingly design'd
To welcome Autumn at her birth, —
For dales are decked with plumes of wheat,
And Autumn feels — where'er she'll roam —
So charmed, that she the scenes complete
Which culminate in Harvest Home !
Ah ! sunny days flit fastest by,
Soon bare will be the leafy spray,
The whistling wind will moan and sigh
With symbols of a sure decay ;
So ere the season's fully o'er
And nature garbs in sombre hue,
I thank thee, Summer, for thy store —
And waft a fond, a warm adieu !
Joey Sawtell, Sherborne B.C.
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J95
If ever there was a scatterer of clubs so far as runs is concerned,
it is the month of August. What with the heat, the dust, and men
being " out of town," things were not lively from a bicycle point of
view in tbe gth — '82.
Well, there was one exception, certainly; the brilliant feed given
by the Wanderers to Cortis on the eve of his departure for Australia.
The ex-amateur champion and record smasher for 1882 par excellence
has done a lot in his time for the prestige of the Wanderers, and his
club showed themselves not ungrateful on the 17th August last at
the Holborn Restaurant.
The Belsizers have been doing wonders on the road this past
month. Not only did several on a semi-private run cover 150 miles
in 21 hours, but the hon. sec. rode 63 miles of it without a dismount.
Again, Messrs. Wild and Goddard, on the St. Lubbock tour,
covered 131 miles in 18^ and 154 in 21 hours respectively.
A. P. Shaw was over from Paris for the holiday season, and, with
another Civil Service man, accompanied the Rovers B.C. over the
Hog's Back and on to Farnham, where poor "Ganymede" was
struck down by sunstroke.
A fair amount of club touring was done during the August Bank
Holiday and two preceding days, as, in addition to the Belsize, who
went into the Fen district, we find, that : —
The Almas went to Cambridge.
The Arlingtons to Worthing.
The Croydon Rovers to Brighton and Southampton.
The Excelsiors to Margate and Dover.
The Eagles to Ramsgate.
The Gainsboroughs to so many places that space will not permit
of their mention.
The Stanleys to Chichester.
The Silver Crosses to Ramsgate and Canterbury.
The above are only a few of the clubs who were out and about on
the 7th ultimo.
Eight members of the Tufnell went to Nathan last month, and
state that the scenery in that locality is " delightful." Perhaps the
T.B.C. wouldn't mind saying where Nathan is ? The name is
painfully suggestive of the Whitechapel road.
ig6
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f TOTTINGS FROM TOE
*fel m T?MERftLD TSLE
I have to begin this month's "jottings " by correcting a few errors
which appeared in last month's issue, namely : The Phoenix B.C.
charges for admission to their races are is., 6d., and 2s. 6d. for
ticket to admit four. The Kildare Athletic Sports were run on a
grass course, and the Drogheda Wanderers F.C. Sports were run on
the strand at Bettys-town.
A report is current to the effect that the grounds at Lansdowne
Road are to be let for building early next spring. This report I am
in a position to state, is quite groundless, and athletes and bicyclists
in Dublin may expect to have this — the only cinder path, bar one, in
Ireland — many a year yet. I intend shortly to give a brief sketch of
the existence of this ground since its formation.
The law case of which. I made mention last month did not come
off, owing to the agent acceding to the demands of the purchaser. As
it has, therefore, not been made public, I do not think myself
justified in stating particulars.
Irish Bicycle Association. A meeting of this council was held on
Thursday, the 3rd ult. Mr. A. T. Boyd, D.U.B.C, in the chair.
The position of the associated clubs in the General Bicycle Meet
was balloted for with the following result : — Leinster, Eblana,
Dublin University, Phoenix, Atlas, Ardbraccan, Metropolitan, and
Irish Champion. Clubs not belonging to the Association allotted
position according to application.
Straws show which way the wind blows, and so a seemingly
trivial affair which occurred at the meeting shows that the spirit
which all but wrecked the Meet last year is still alive — nugae
canorce.
Nothing but congratulations have been showered on the Eglinton
by the sporting and daily papers on the success which attended
their race meeting. Splendid weather, a large and fashionable
attendance (which seemed to feel the want of a band very much),,
good handicapping, and consequent good racing, all contributed to
making the meeting one of the most successful ever -held on the
ground.
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In the first heat of the three miles R. B^rry got a severe fall by
slipping his pedal. It would be regrettable if it in anyway inter-
fered with his chance in the fifty miles, which is to to be run on the
30th inst.
Owing to the number of heats and the delay in starting, the slow
race was shrouded in darkness, the Five Miles Club Handicap had
to be postponed, and the prizes — which would well have borne a
scrutiny in daylight, had to be distributed by the aid of a " King
of the Road." Commenting on this, one of the sporting papers
hopes that the Championship Races, especially the Fifty Miles, will
be started at a sufficiently early hour to enable them to be finished
in day light.
Six members carried out the Irish Champion Tour on Saturday,
5th August, after a most enjoyable run to Rosstrevor, via Drogheda,
Dundalk, Narrowater, and Warrenpoint the tourists arrived back in
Dublin on Monday. The total distance ridden 120 miles.
On the 28th August the Phoenix were to start on a three
weeks' tour through England. I would sooner see them touring
through their own country first, others after.
Charleville Athletic Sports, Thursday, 20th July. — One Mile
Handicap : J. Baxter, 40 yds (1) ; G. Harris, scratch (2) ; A. Calla-
ghan, 45 (3). Won by 15 yards. Time, 3m. 45s. A heavy grass
track.
At Lansdowne Road, on Saturday, July 22nd. — Three Miles : H.
Taylor (1) ; T. Oliver (2) ; J. Fagan (3). Time, 10m. 40s.
Taylor won as he liked.
Eglinton Bicycle Club, Lansdowne Road, Tuesday, August 1st. —
One Mile Handicap (Club). Final Heat : S. A. Jordan, scratch (1) ;
Mm. Maher, 15 yds (2) ; J. H. Mellor, 20 (3). Time, 3m. 8s. A
good race, all close up. — Three Miles Handicap (Open). Final Heat:
James H. Craig, scratch (1) ; H. A. Taylor, 80 yds (2) ; F. Hutchins,
75 (3)- Time, 10m. 4s. Won by 100 yards ; about two yards
between second and third. — 120 Yards Slow Race: J.J. Keating,
scratch (1) ; L. Hamilton, 20 yds (2) ; J. H. Mellor, 10 (3).
Tullow Athletic Sports, Tuesday, Aug. 1st. — Two Miles Handi-
cap : W. Ard, scratch (1) ; T. Barnes, 180 yds (2) ; J. Dagge, 200
(3). — Four Miles Handicap: W. Ard, scratch (1) ; T. Barnes, 500
yds (2) ; J. Dagge, 400 (3). Won very easily.
Portglenone Athletic Sports. — One Mile and a-half : H. Adams
(1) ; M. Adams (2). — Two and a-half Miles: J. M'Cormack, Bel-
fast (1).
Tullamore Athletic Sports, Thursday, August 3rd. — Two Miles
Handicap : J. H. Henston, 270 yds (1) ; G. Brown, 370 (2) ; J. B.
Whittaker, 180 (3). Won by 10 yards. Time, 8m. 20s. — Three
Miles Handicap : J. H. Henston, 350 yds (1) ; A. M'Cormack, 400 (2) ;
E. Brown, 500 (3). Won easily. Time, 13m. 43s.
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North of Ireland C.C. Sports, Saturday, August 5th.— One Mile :
W. M. Woodside, Coleraine (1) ; John Bell (2). Won easily. Time,
3m. i5§s. — Four Miles : G. McCoombe (1) ; W. M. Woodside (2) ;
F. Gordon (3). Won by six yards. Time, 15m. 32fs.— Two Miles :
■W. M. Woodside (1) ; G. McCoombe (2) ; F. Gordon (3). Won
by seven yards. Time, 7m. 28|s.
North of Ireland C.C. Sports, Monday, August 7th.— One Mile
Handicap: W. Woodside, scratch (1) ; G. McCoombe, 10 yds (2).
Won very easily. Time, 3m. 32s. — Three Miles Handicap : D.
McCaw, 270 (1) ; F. Gordon, 130 (2). Won by eight yards. Time,
10m. 40s.
Ballymena Athletic Sports, Saturday, August 5th. — Two Miles :
R. Agnew (1) ; J. Moore (2).— One Mile : F. Gordon (1) ; W. M.
Woodside (2); J. R. Fullerton (3).— Three Miles Handicap: W.
M. Woodside, scratch (1) ; F. Gordon, 120 yds (2). — Four Miles : W.
M. Woodside (1) ; F. Gordon (2).
Eglinton Bicycle Club, Lansdowne Road, Monday, August 7th. —
Five Miles Handicap : G. A. Jordan, scratch (1) ; W. Maher, 30 yds
(2); J. H. Mellor, scratch (3). Won by 30 inches; same distance
between second and third. Time, 17m. 30s.
Blessington Athletic Club Sports, Monday, August 7th. — Three
and a-half Miles : W. Butler, 45 sees. (1) ; J.J. Keating, 30 sees. (2) ;
J. P. Donovan, 35 sees. (3). No time taken. — Three and a-half
Miles Handicap : W. Ard, 35 yds (1) ; J. Keating, 25 (2) ; J. H.
Craig, scratch^ (3). No time taken.
Dungannon Athletic Sports, Wednesday, August 9th. — Two
Miles Handicap : F. Gordon, 115 yds (1) ; W. M. Woodside, scratch
(2) ; T. C. Tisdall, 400 yds (3). Time, 8m. 7s.— Three Miles Handi-
cap : F. Gordon, 160 yds (1) ; W. M. Woodside, scratch (2) ; T.
C. Tisdall, 540 yds (3). Time, 12m. 6s.
Banbridge Athletic Sports, Thursday, August 10th. — Two Miles
Handicap: D. McCaw, 130 yds (1) ; W. M. Woodside, scratch
(2) ; J. McCoombe, 30 yds (3). Won by four yards. Time,
7m. 5|s, — Four Miles Handicap : G. McCoombe, 60 yds (1) ;
W. M. Woodside, scratch (2); F. Gordon, 140 yds (3). Time,
14m. i8js. " Athcliath/'
"The Humbee" Bicycle (Mantjeactubebs— Humbeb, Mabbiott & Coopeb: Wobks,
— Beeston, Notts).— This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the "Hurnber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable than
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the "Humber" bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden ;by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of their superiority over all others. Samples are on
view at the London Depot, 78, Richmond Koad, West Brompton. Price lists and testimonials
free on application. — Advt.
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CYCLING CELEBRITIES.
No. 12. Mr. C. W. Nairn, B.T.C., &c.
HERE are more who know Torn Fool than Tom Fool
knows," is a proverb which applies with great apti-
tude to the subject of our sketch this month, viz.,
our London colleague, Mr. C. W. Nairn, who is at
the present moment " o\er the hills and far away," enjoying a
well-earned holiday, for there are few London wheelmen who do not
know him at least by sight. In a descriptive sketch like the pre-
sent, it is not necessary to say where the subject was born, bred, or
brought up, though on these points we believe " C. W." is quite
en regie. We deal with him, not in the past, but as he stands
before us wheelmen now : one of the best known figures in the
wheel world. 8tarting as a pressman in 1870, almost with the
sport, he may be said to have grown up in it, and he has always
had one great point in his favour, he is thoroughly practical ;
never taking anything " for granted." Provided he could mount
with less than six hops he might be called a skilful bicyclist, as,
once in the saddle, he is perfectly at home on rough or smooth,
roads or amongst traffic, though possessing no great pace, and
being heavily handicapped by his weight (13 stone) up hill. He
has been connected for the past seven years with the wheel press,
having, prior to 1880, contributed to all, and edited one of our
weekly contemporaries. It is, however, in connection with The
Cyclist that he is best known, and we gladly take this opportunity
of acknowledging how much of its success has been due to his
energy and perseverance. Probably no one knows generally
more from one source and another about the roads of the United
Kingdom than does he, the author of the "Annual," which is
yearly published for the guidance of wheelmen. No one pos-
sesses a greater interest in cycling, bi. and tri., than he does, and
no one possesses a greater desire to see unanimity and friendliness
prevailing amongst wheelmen ; though as a thorough hater of hum-
bug, he fearlessly attacks what he deems wrong, and panders to
none. His one fault, indeed, is that having once formed an
opinion he is difficult to convert from it, and apt to be down-
hearted if out- voted ; only for a period, however, as he is soon
working away again in the good cause. As a genial companion
and a thorough man of the world, the London Editor of The
Cyclist is a gereral favourite amongst wheelmen — the contemporary
press excepted — and it is indeed at the festive board at which our
artist has depicted him, that " Old Nairn," as the " young
bloods " of the wheel world familiarly call him, specially shines.
His post prandial oratory, at the eighteen odd club dinners which
he annually attends during the winter season is well-known, as-
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are also his more than average powers of recitation at u socials"
and similar wheel winter gatherings, while, despite his weight
and age — he saw the light in '44 — he can give a good many of
" the boys' " points in the mazy waltz, which recreation he
fortunately enjoys. We say fortunately advisedly, as, with the
great growth of wheel clubs, it is part of the duty of a repre-
sentative press man to attend some 15 to 20 dances every off
season ; so fortunate be he if he is naturally terpsichoreanly
inclined. To Mr. Nairn's advocacy is specially due the rapid
growth of "Sociables" during the past 12 months, so that the
ladies at any rate owe him a debt of gratitude, though his well-
known bashfulness with the sex would, no doubt, prevent any
desire on his part to receive due recognition of his efforts in this
line. Like the porcupine, our London colleague never shows
fight, metaphorically, unless attacked, and when such events
occur he is generally well able to take care of himself. Per-
sonally, he is the quietest and most inoffensive of men, without
even the inclination to assist in the " happy dispatch" of the
proverbial fly, whilst tho&e who possess his friendship know that
he is above all things sincere. H. S.
REGRETTED RIDES.
Ah ! once you a tricycle graced,
And rode it well, — better than most
Who know not the evil of haste,
And ride but to furnish a boast.
How often I've spun by your side,
And echoed the juvenile vow,
"That this is the jolliest ride " —
You ride on a Sociable now !
You've ankles the neatest I've seen
(I haven't seen many, I fear),
Your hand might belong to a queen,
Your figure would madden a peer.
O'er these I would fondle and gloat
So madly — I cannot tell how !
But ah — 'tis a sorrowful note,
You ride on a Sociable now.
Come morning, come noon, or come night,
How gaily we'd pedal away !
Your eyes shining witchingly bright,
And mine, p'raps, decidedly gay.
To loiter in wood and in lane,
To loll on some mountainous brow,
Was bliss ! — There — I'm dreaming again :
You ride on a Sociable now !
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Five glittering wheels in a brake,
" Dear me ! " all the yokels would yawn,
" Why, where be the owner, the cake?
If he doant come back they be gorn ! "
Heigho ! it was pleasant to stray
With you in the meadows ; somehow,
I think to go mad when they say,
" She rides on a Sociable now ! "
Your lips I've pressed often to mine,
I've gazed in the depths of your eyes ;
Though stars, full of warning, would shine,
And Time bade us know that he flies.
We'd ride home by lamplight, and sing,
Some people, p'raps, thought it a row ;
Well, / think the very same thing —
You ride on a Sociable now.
I think, nay I know, that we two
Loved each and the other like life,
Till he came — and wealth with him, too —
And dazzled you into his wife.
Well, you're but a woman — and full
Of womanly faults — anyhow,
III manage up river to pull,
Though you ride on a Sociable now !
"Tommy B.," Highbury B.C.
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Of course the performance of the month of August was Cortis's
record cutting, first at the Crystal Palace, and again at Surbiton.
To cover more than 20 miles within the hour is a performance which
has excited universal admiration throughout all athletic circles, and
I can only repeat what has frequently been said amongst racing
men of late, that it is a thousand pities that Cortis could not have
been induced to have tried for the championships. As it stands it
is a case of " honours divided," three men — Moore at 1 and 25
miles, Whatton at 5, and Keith-Falconer at 50 — being entitled to
style themselves amateur champion. The month of July marked the
return of Keith-Falconer to the path, and his cutting of the 50 miles
record was accomplished on the 29th day. It is seven-and-a-half
years since he commenced racing, so that there is plenty of encour-
agement in that fact for vanquished riders to try and try again.
Crute has gone stale, and by the doctor's orders is lying up in
lavender, so far as the path is concerned. Moore, from some un-
accountable reason, did not face the London contested champion-
ships, and Whish may be said to have been a disappointment on
the one occasion on which he showed up in London in July. There
are several men who possess in the country a wonderful character
for pace, but who, either like Lowndes, never appear in London, or
like Whish, don't score when they do. Palmer, who, as the excep-
tion proves the rule, has unfortunately been hors de combat till
quite recently. Another good man gone racingly wrong is Milner,
who has sustained a severe strain across the middle of his body.
Bobby Woolnough, who went on a racing tour into the Midlands,
failed to get a first prize, though securing a place. Amongst
tricyclists, Smith, of the Merry Rovers, has been reaping a harvest
on the path, and will, no doubt, try and have a look in at the pro-
posed path championship of the B.U. for three-wheelmen. The
number of wheel races on the August Bank Holiday was something
appalling from a chronicler's point of view. Indeed it is the excep-
tion now for an athletic gathering to be held without a cycle race of
some kind. Apart from the Bank Holiday events, there was, how-
ever, a slight pause in August in race meetings, and beyond Cortis's
performances already remarked on, and Adams' cutting of the three
miles record at the Crichton invitation race, there has been nothing
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startling. Vesey secured the Crystal Palace Challenge Cup, but he
had no A 1 crack to contend against, although there was a good
average field, and fairly fast times were made. I shall have some-
thing to say next month on the proposed tricycle path championship.
It may turn out trumps, but up to the present one of the disbelievers
in tricycle path racing is — " Scorchalong."
AMATEUR RACING RECORD.
17th July.- Shoreham. — Two Miles Ha>idicap.—F. Nicholson, Brighton Hovers,
scratch (1) ; F. Kobinson, Brighton Excelsior, 30 yds (2) ; W. Philp,
Brighton Star, 20 (3). No time taken.
17th July. — Sheffield (United B.C.'s.). — One Mile Handicap. — W. J. Fletcher,
Sheffield, 110 yds (1) ; S. Beeston, Sheffield, 120 (2) ; T. Booth, Pitsmoor,
70 (3). Time, 3m. 13s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.- T. R. Marriott,
Nottingham, scratch (1) ; H. Pashley, Sheffield, 190 (2). Time, 3m. 55s.
19th July. — Minerva B.C. (Lillie Bridge). — One Mile Invitation Race. — H. Keen,
Chelsea (1) ; F. A. Speechley, Chelsea (2). Time, 3m. 12Js.
19th July.— Sale (West Manchester B.C.)— Two Miles Handicap.— F. B. Tahr,
West Manchester, 115 yds (1) ; J. W. Morley, Manchester Southern, 115 (2);
J. T. Ward, West Manchester, 25 (3). Time, 5m. 58Js.
19th July. — South Shields B.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — T. Maughan, junr *
110 yds (1) ; W. Todner, 110 (2) ; F. Milburn, 170 (3). Time, 6m. 51fs.
One Mile Handicap.— -T. Glover, 120 yds (1) ; A. Anderson, 90 (2). Time,
3m.l8|s.
20th July. — Stratford B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — E. Pearce, 120 jds (1) ; W.
Banner, Wellesbourne, 72 (2). Time, 3m. 34£s. Half-Mtle Handicap.—
H. Bailey, 8 yds (1) ; W. Adamson, 40 (2). Time, lm. 36s.
22nd July. — Northwich. — One Mile Handicap. — T. Craddock, 150 yds (1) ; F. W.
Parry, 110 (2) ; W. Eaton, 190 (3). Time, 4m. 20s. Two Miles Handicap.—
F. W. Parry, 205 yds (1) ; W. Auckland, 330 (2) ; E. Fleet, 225 (3). Time,
8m. 54s.
22nd July. — Hessle C.C. — One Mile Tricycle Handicap. — F. Fisher, 80 yds (1) ;
J. J. Fowler, scratch (2) ; E. A. Ellam, 100 (3). Two Miles Bicycle Handi-
cap.— J. Bell, 170 yds (1) ; G. J. Stoner, 105 (2) ; F. Gresham (3). No
times taken.
22nd July. — Bradford. — Two Miles Handicap. — B. Blackledge, 250 yds (1) ; G.
H. Greenwood, 90 (2) ; J. H. Craven, 200 (3). Time, 7m. 50§s.
22nd July. — Stourbridge C.C. — One Mile Handicap. — F. Sutton, 105 yds (1) ; H.
H. Smith, 40 (2) ; E. S. Hassall, 60 (3). Time, 3m. 15s. Three Miles Handi-
cap.—F. Sutton, 230 yds (1) ; G. C. Law, 285 (2) ; H. H. Smith, 60 (3).
Time, 10m. 27s.
22nd July.— Bristol (St. George's A.S.). — One Mile Handicap. — J. Young, 80 yds
(1) ; D. B. Vickery, 60 (2). Time, 4m. 2Js., on grass. Three Miles Handicap.
—J. Young, 170 yds (1) ; D. B. Vickery, 120 (2). No time.
22nd July. — Birmingham, Aston (North Warwickshire B.C.). — One Mile Handi-
cap.—G. H. Illston, Boyal Mail, 90 yds (1) ; F. Sutton, unattached (2) ; G.
C. Law, Tettenhall, 140 (3). Time, 2m. 45fs. Two Miles Handicap.— F.
Sutton, unattached, 160 yds (1) ; G. C. Law, unattached, 230 (2) ; C. W.
Bayes, Anfield, 70 (3). Time, 6m. 8fs. Five Miles Handicap. —Howard
Vaughton, 120 (1) ; W. F. Ball, Speedwell, 430 (2) ; H. Humphries, 160 (3).
Time, 15m. 14§s.
22nd July. — Wigan C.C. — One Mile Handicap. — Thomas McKenzie, junr., St.
Helen's, 100 yds (1) ; A. S. Knight, Seedley, 135 (2) ; A. W. Willmer,
Birkenhead, 135 (3). Time, 3m. 30s. Two Miles Handicap. — Thomas
McKenzie, junr., St. Helen's, 175 (1) ; J. W. Morley, North Manchester, 200
(2) ; B. H. Currey, Liverpool, 120 (3). Time, 7m. 23|s.
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22nd July. — Aberdeen. — Championship of the North. — A. Leith (1); W. L.
Philip (2) ; C. A. Preddy (3). Time, lh. 34m. One Mile Handicap.— C. A.
Preddy (1) ; A. Leith (2) ; C. Hamilton (3). Time, 3m. 22gs. Ten Miles
Handicap.— G. Hamilton (1) ; W. D. Stewart (2) ; R. Innes (3).
22nd July. — Stamford Bridge (South London Harriers). — One Mile Handicap. —
F. Leith, Crichton, 40 yds (1) ; J. F. Pigott, Temple, 180 (2) ; Harold Smith,
London, 60 (3). Time, 2m. 57|s.
24th July. — Berwick-on-Tweed Sports. — Three Miles Handicap. — J. Cosans,
South Shields, 250 yds (1) ; A. Crombie, Middlesborough Cycling Club,
scratch (2). Time, 12m. 6s. Five Miles Handicap. — J. Cosans, South
Shields, 500 yds (1) ; A. Crombie, Middlesborough Cycling Club, scratch (2);
H. I. W. Greenwood, Berwick B.C., scratch (3). Time, 21m. Is. One Mile
Handicap. — J. Cosans, South Shields, 100 yds (1) ; A. Crombie, Middles-
borough Cycling Club, scratch (2) ; H. I. W. Greenwood, Berwick B.C.,
scratch (3). Time, 5m.
26th July. — Buckingham C.C. — One Mile Handicap. — B. Thomas, 110 yds (1) ;
W. F. Thomas, 120 (2) ; A. Green, 80 (3). Time, 4m. 31s.
27th July. — Bridgewater A.S. — One Mile Handicap. — F. J. Best, Bridgewater,
15 yds (]); J. Burge, Taunton, 100 (2) ; T. P. Dutton, Bath Ariel, 120 (3).
Time, 3m. 28|s. Three Miles Handicap.— F. J. Best, 50 yds (1) ; J. Young,
100 (2) ; B. Harrison, 200 (3). Time, 10m. 34|s.
27th July. — Eastbourne B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — L. B. Reynolds, 140 yds
(1) ; C. S. Wadey, 140 (2) ; J. Robinson, Brighton Excelsior, 160 (3). Time,
2m. 54s. Half Mile Scratch Race.— 3. S. Whatton (1) ; C. Crute (2) ; H.
Smith (3). Time, lm. 27s. Three Miles Handicap.— L. B. Reynolds 400 yds
(1); H. Stinton (2); Robinson (3). Time, 9m. 41s. One Mile Tricycle
Handicap.— G. Smith, 50 yds (1) ; H. G. Clarke, 70 (2) ; L. L. M. Marsden,
60 (3). No time taken.
27th July. — Crystal Palace (Crichton B.C.). — Three Miles Invitation Race. — W-
K. Adam, Oxford University (1) ; F. L. Adam, London (2) ; C: D. Vesey,
Surrey (3). Time, 8m. 41Js. Fastest on Record. — Cortis v. Time for 20 miles:
— Cortis won, doing the 20 miles in 59m. 31|s.
28th July. — Banbrddge C. & A. G.—Tioo Miles Handicap. — D. M'Caw, 130 yds
(1) ; W. M. Woodside, scratch (2) ; J. M. M'Combe, 30 (3). Time, 7m. 5fs.
Four Miles Handicap.— J. M. M'Combe, 60 yds (1) ; W. M. Woodside, scratch
(2) ; F. Gordon, 140 (3). Time, 14m. 18Js.
28th July. — Tresilick. — One Mile Bicycle Handicap. — Sara (1) ; Harvey (2)«
One Mile Tricycle Race. — E. Skey (1) ; J. Richards (2). No time taken.
29th July.— Darwen C. & F.C.—One Mile Handicap. J. T. Ward, 55 yds (1) ;
F. B. Yahr, 100 (2) ; J. W. Morley, 110 (3). Time, 3m. 28|s. One Mile
Scratch Race.—G. W. Bayes (1) ; J. T. Ward (2). Time, 3m. 39§s. Three
Miles Handicap.— C. W. Bayes, 150 yds (1) ; F. B. Yahr, 300 (2) ; J. T.
Ward, 150 (3). Time, 11m. Ofs.
29th July. — Bristol. — 9| Miles Road Race. — A. Stock, 4m. (1) ; E. Harrison,.
30s. (2) ; E. Wilcox, 3fm. (3). No time taken.
29th July. — Cottingham. — Two Miles Handicap. — J. F. Collier, Kestrel, 50 yds
(1) ; J. T. Studley, scratch (2) ; T. W. Holdich, Hull, 80 yds (3). No time-
taken.
29th July. — Stamford Bridge (Midland London A.C.). — One Mile Handicap. —
H. W. Gaskell, 20 yds (1) ; J. R. Hamilton, Druids, scratch (2) ; E. Tyler,.
Surrey, 155 yds (3). Time, 2m. 52fs.
29th July. — Windsor Home Park (Alexandra C.C). — Two Miles Handicap. — H..
Stinton, Hammersmith, 220 yds (1) ; F. E. S. Perry, Crichton, 110 (2) ; H..
Robinson, Hornsey, 230 (3). Time, 6m. 49fs. On grass.
29th July. — Lichfield C.C. — One Mile Handicap. — H. H. Smith, scratch (1) ;
W. H. Price, 50 yds (2). Time, 4m. 9fs., on grass (Oliver's).
29th July. — Crystal Palace. — B.U. 50 Miles Championship. — Hon. Ion Keith-
Falconer won in 2h. 43m. 58s. Fastest on record.
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29th July.— Chorley C. & F.C.—One Mile Handicap. — R. Blackledge, 90 yds (1) ;
W. Cockerill, 100 (2) ; C. Whittaker, 7» (3). Time, 3m. 59Js. Two Miles
Handicap.— A. Brown, 245 yds (1) ; R. Blackledge, 150 (2) ; C. Whittaker,
130 (3). Time, 8m. 17s.
S9th July. — Newcastle A.B.C. — One Mile Second-class Handicap. — W. L.
Charlton, 35 yds (1) ; J. Moncrieff, scratch (2). Time, 3m. 10is. Two
wiles Tricycle Handicap.— W. B. Kirsop, 50 yds (1) ; Ritson, 250 (2) ; T. E.
Jobling (3). Time, 9m. 22s. Five Miles Championship of the North.— T. D.
Oliver (1), in 16m. 44Js. One Mile Handicap. — J. Fairless, 140 yds (1) ;
W. L. Charlton, 175 (2) ; R. Milthorpe, 90 (3). Time, 2m. 56£s.
29th Jdlt. — Wakefield T.F.C.— One Mile Handicap.— 3. H. Craven, 130 yds (1) 5
J. W. Greenwood, 25 (2) ; T. A. Edge, 95 (3). Time, 3m. 32s. Two Miles
Handicap.— R. Wildman, 115 yds (1) ; J. W. Greenwood, 50 (2) ; T. A.
Edge, 160 (3). Time, 7m. 29 Js.
29th July. — Paisley (St. Mirren's F.C.). — Two Milis Handicap. — R. W. Drum-
mond, scratch (1) ; J. Drummond, 155 yds (2) ; W. Thomson, 90 (3).
Time, 8m. 37s.
29th July. — Skipton C.C. — One Mile Handicap. — J. H. Morfoot, Leeds, 160 yds
(1); L. Calverley, Burnley, 160 (2); F. Morris, Leeds, 150 (3). Time,
3m. 32gs. Three Miles Handicap.— J. H. Morfoot, 400 yds (1) ; F. Morris,
375 (2) ; H. Kough, 375 (3). Time, 13m. 9s.
29th July. — Birmingham (Aston Fire Brigade Sports).— One Mile Handicap. — F.
Sutton, 60 yds (1) ; J. Whitehouse, 120 (2) ; R. Humphries, 30 (3). Time,
2m. 46s.
31st July. — Bristol (Stapleton Bridge). — Three Miles Handicap. — R. Jarritt, 30
yds (1) ; W. T. Whetter, scratch (2) ; H. E. Townsend, 450 yds (3). Time,
11m. 15s. (West's).'
1st August. — Tullow (Carlow). — Two Miles Handicap. — W. Ard, scratch (1) ; T.
Barnes, 180 yds (2). Four Miles Handicap. — W. Ard, scratch (1) ; T. Barnes,
300 yds (2). No times taken.
2nd August. — Ripon C.C. — One Mile Handicap.— 3. H. Morfoot, 150 yds (1) ; R.
Wildman, 75 (2) ; W. Thackery, 180 (3). Time, 3m. 50fs. Two Miles
Handicap.— R. Wildman, 135 yds (1) ; T. A. Edge, 160 (2) ; J. EL Morfoot,
270 (3). Time, 7m. 56Js.
2nd August. — Surbiton (Wanderers' 2nd Evening Races). — One Mile Invitation
Handicap.— A. Thompson, 60 yds (1) ; G. Hunter, 80 (2) ; F. G. Medcalfe,
110 (3). Time, 2m. 45§s. Cortis v. Keith-Falconer and Time. — Cortis won
in 59m 20£s. Fastest on record. Falconer stopped at six miles.
2nd August. — Beverley A.S. — One Mile Handicap. — J. W. Greenwood, 25 yds
(1) ; J. T. Studley, scratch (2) ; E. Mills, 90 yds (3). Five Miles Handicap.
—J. W. Greeuwood, 150 yds (1) ; J. T. Collier, 315 (2). No times taken.
3rd August. — Tullamore. — Two Miles Handicap. — J. H. Henston, 270 yds (1);
G. Browne, 370 (2) ; J. B. Whittaker, 180 (3). Time, 8m. 20s. Three Miles
Handicap.— H. G. Henston, 350 yds (1) ; A. M'Cormack, 400 (2); G.Browne,
500 (3). Time, 13m. 43s.
5th August. — Birmingham (Aston).— Two Miles Handicap. — F. Sutton, 30 yds
(1) ; B.Ratcliffe,90 (2); R. A. Woolnough, 45 (3). No time taken (Oliver's).
5th August.— Newport (C.A. & F.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — G. C. Law, 65 yds
(1) ; J. Law, 75 (2) ; F. C. Jones, 85 (3). Time, 3m. Is. Two Miles Handi-
cap.—H. West, scratch (1) ; G. C. Law, 130 yds (2) ; A. Gibson, 170 (3).
Time, 6m. 29§s.
5th and 7th August. — Liverpool (West Lancashire B.C.).— Two Miles Amateur
Championship of the North of England.— O. A. Palmer, Speedwell (1) ; R. H.
Currey, Liverpool (2). Time, 7m. 49|s. Two Miles Handicap. — T. H.
Overton, Liverpool, 180 yds (1) ; J. T. Ward, Sale, 85 (2) ; R. H. Currey,
Liverpool 110 (3). Time, 7m. 15s. One Mile Race.—G. A. Palmer, Speed-
well (1) ; C. W. Bayes, Anfield (2) ; J. T. Ward, Sale (3). Time, 3m. 36Js.
One Mile Race (Novices'). — W. H.Walker, Gateacre (1); J. B. Mercer, Anfield
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(2) ; C. L. "Williams, Birkenhead (3). Time, 3m. 39s. One Mile Handicap.—
W. Mason, West Manchester, 140 yds (1) ; A. W. Wilmer, Birkenhead, 140
(2); C. Whittaker, Radcliffe,95 (3). Time, 3m. 24s. Quarter Mile Handicap.—
C. A. Palmer, Speedwell, scratch (1) ; B. H. Currey, Liverpool, 16 yds (2) ;
J. Bell, Anfield, 30 (3). Time, 41fs. Five Miles Handicap.— C. W. Bayes,
Anfield, 180 yds (1) ; E. C. Clarke, Derby, 250 (2) ; B. H. Currey, Liverpool,
220 (3). Time, 18m. 0£s.
7th August.— Spalding.— Two Miles Bicycle Handicap.— -Thompson, Sutton, 95
yds (1) ; Caswell, Boston, 220 (2) ; Welband, Spalding, 120 (3). Time,
7m. 14f s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— G. A. Beales, Spalding, 150 yds (1);
J. Byron, Fleet, 100 (2). No time taken.
7th August.— Romford (Essex B. & T.C.).— One Mile Handicap.— A. Bobinson,
100 yds (1) ; A. Miles, Sun, 65 (2) ; J. A. Turnbull, Criterion (3). Time,
3m. 9jts. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— Q. Smith, Merry Rovers, 30 yds (1) ;
P. T. Letchford, Finch'ley, 60 (2) ; L. Schlenthein, Merry Bovers, 75 (3).
Time, 3m. 59s. Three Miles Handicap.— F. S. Buckingham, Brixton
Ramblers, 140 yds (1) ; R. L. Flindt, Chiswick, scratch (2) ; F. G. Pass-
more, Hermits, 100 yds (3). Time, 10m. 3fs. Five Miles Handicap.— T.
Hughes, Kestrel, 420 yds (1) ; J. A. Turnbull, Criterion, 160 (2) ; H. R.
Piper, Star, 170 (3). Time, 17m. 25s.
7th August. — Leicester. — One Mile Handicap. — G. H. Ilston, Birmingham, 85
yds (1) ; J. W. Taylor, Narbro', 150 (t) ; W. T. Prew, Leicester (t). Five
Miles Amateur Championship of Leicester. — G. T. Walker,' 1st, in 16m. 15s.
7th August. — Coalville.— Tioo Miles Handicap.— -T. O. Middleton, 100 yds (1) ;
J. C. Shadwick, scratch (2) ; J. Crow, 100 yds (3). Time, 6m. 54s. One
Mile Handicap.— H. H. Gibbs, 70 yds (1) ; H. M. Bertenshaw, 200 (2) ; W.
Clarke, 50 (3). Time, 3m. 14jls.
7th August. — Leicester (Belgrave Road). — One Mile Handicap.— R. Billson,
95 yds (1) ; W. Powell. 110 (2); J. Steer, 130 (3). Time, 2m. 50is. Two
Miles Handicap.— C. R. Baldwin, 175 yds (1) ; R. Billson, 160 (2) ; W.
Powell, 175 (3). Time, 5m.-50js. Slow Race, 100 Yards.— A. Gough (1) ; R.
Billson (2).
7th August. — Leicester (Aylestone Road). — One Mile Handicap. — G. H. Illston,
85 yds (1) ; Prew, 145 (2) ; J. W. Taylor, 150 (3). Time, 2m. 48s.
7th August. — Sudbury.— One Mile Handicap. — P. M. Garrod, Ipswich, 100 yds
(1) ; A. J. Sutherland, 95 (2) ; D. W. Curtiss, Debenham, 100 (3). No time
taken. Two Miles Handicap. — P. M. Garrod, Ipswich, 200 yds (1) ; J. R.
Hamilton, Druids, scratch (2) ; D. W. Curtiss, Debenbam, 200 yds (3).
7th August.— Douglas B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — T. D. Mackenzie. St. Helens,
80 yds (1) ; R. Wildman, Leeds Crescent, 80 (2) ; W. Auckland, Warrington,
140 (3). Time, 3m. 12^s. Three Miles Handicap.— R. Wildman, Leeds
Crescent, 200 yds (1) ; T. A. Edge, Broughton A.B.C., 275 (2) ; W. Pratt,
Warstone, 165 (3). Time, 10m. 42£s. Five Miles Handicap.— T. A. Edge,
385 yds (1) ; R. Wildman, 260 ,(2) ; R. Darlington, Crewe, 350 (3). Time,
18m. 31s.
7th August. — Coventry (Philanthropic Sports). — One Mile Handicap. — W. J.
Mills, 45 yds (1) ; B. Ratcliffe, 65 (2) ; J. W. Short, 75 (3). Time, 2m. 50£s.
Three Miles Handicap.— A. C. Auster, 90 yds (1) ; R. A. Woolnough, 100 (2) ;
J. W- Short, 200 (3). Time, 9m. 4s. Two Miles Tricycle Handicap.— M. J.
Lowndes, scratch (1) ; J. Hembrough, 105 yds (2) ; T. Sidwell, 200 (3).
Time, 6m. 41s.
7th August.— Harrogate.— One Mile Handicap.— B. W. Stead, 110 yds (1) ; F.
Brandon, 135 (2). Time, 3m. 12Js. Two Miles Scratch Race, Championship
of Yorkshire. — J. E. Tolson (1). Time, 6m. 37fs. One Mile Tricycle Scratch
Race.—T. R. Marriott (1). Time, 4m. 35s. Five Miles Scratch Race.— J.
W. Greenwood (1) ; W. H. Wood (2) ; J. E. Tolson (3). Time, 18m. 35s.
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7th August. — Southend. — One Mile Handicap. — A. C. Pemberton, Stanhope, 70
yds (1) ; M. Coombs, 110 (2) ; T. Rutson, Tredegar, 80 (3). Time, 3m. 4s.
Three Miles Handicap. — T. Rutson, Tredegar, 240 (1) ; J. C. Tacagni,
scratch (2) ; A. C. Pemberton, 200 (3). Time, 10m. 30s.
7th August. — Stamfoed Bridge (Civil Service Stores Sports. — Five Miles
Handicap.— Harold Smith, scratch (1) ; F. G. Dray, 200 yds (2) ; B. Hewitt,
300 (3).
7th August.— Heywood. — Two Miles Handicap. — J. W. Morley, Manchester, 120
yds (1) ; B. Barlow, Radcliffe, 245 (2) ; R. Wolstenholme, Radcliffe, 180 (3).
Time, 6m. 48is. Three Miles Handicap.— J '. T. Ward, Sale, scratch (1) ;
J. W. Morley,' 20 yds (2) ; R. Wolstenholme, 260 (3). Time, 9m. 50|s.
7th August. — Royton. — Three Miles Handicap. — H. Bradshaw, Manchester, 300
yds (1) ; W. A. Potter, Manchester, 230 (2) ; J. Kelsall, Oldsham, 350 (3).
Time, 12m. 26s.
7th August. — Ghavesend. — One Mile Handicap. — S. Smiley, Star, 60 yds (1) ;
W. Brown, Brixton Ramblers, 10 (2) ; H. Cressy, North Kent, 55 (3). Time,
3m. l£s. Slow Race.— G. W. Coe (1).
7th August. — Biggleswade. — One Mile Handicap. — H. V. K. Kelham, 130 yds (1) ;
F. T. Flitton, 160 (2) ; H. J. Exworthy, 110 (3).
7th August. — Bedford. — One Mile Handicap. — J. Draper (1) ; T. Lavender (2) ;
J. Hartley (3). Time, 3m. 10s.
7th August. — Aylesbury C.C. — Two Miles Bicycle Handicap. — A. Holland, 160
yds (1) ; M. Doune, 90 (2). Five Miles Handicap. — M. Doune, St. James,
300 yds (1) ; W. B. Rapsey, 500 (2) ; M. H. Hay, Queen's Cycling Club,
scratch (3).
7th August. — Southampton (Freemantle B. & T.C.). — Three Miles Handicap. —
H. Pechell, 160 yds (1) : H. Coverdale, 260 (2). Time, 10m. 54s. One Mile
Handicap.— J. A. Nethercoate, 40 yds (1) ; H. Coverdale, 100 (2) ; E. M.
Mayes, 80 (3). Time, 3m. 23s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— W. E. N.
Coston, scratch (1) ; F. Haisman, 40 yds (2). Time, 4m. 51s.
7th August. — Liverpool (Rufford Park.). — One Mile Handicap. — R. Overton,
95 yds (1) ; W. J. Jones (2) ; R. W. Williams, 125 (3). Time, 4m. lfs.
Two Miles Handicap. — F. R. Overton, Liverpool, 170 yds (1) ; R. H. Williams,
Birkenhead, 220 (2) ; W. J. Jones, Liverpool, 105 (3). Time, 8m. 50|s.
7th August. — Dunstable.— 0?ie Mile Handicap. — A. J. Negus, Stouey .Stratford,
20 yds (1) ; W. H Woolf, London, 40 (2) ; C. W. Shepherd, Leyton, 200 (3).
Five Miles Handicap.— A J. Negus, 120 yds (1) ; G. J. Clough, Pickwick, 120
(2) ; W. H. Woolf, 200 (3).
7th August. — Gainsborough. — One Mile Handicap. — W. Peel, Lincoln, 70 yds (1) ;
G. E. Elsmitt, Lincoln, 80 (2) ; T. McKenzie, Newark, 85 (3).
7th August. — Retford. — One Mile Handicap. — T. Roper, Chesterfield, 115 yds (1);
F. R. Walkley, North Muskham, 125 (2). Time, 3m. 4 Js. Two Miles Han-
dicap.—A.. Hubbard, Mansfield, 165 yds (1) ; C. H. Hurst, Newark, 135 (2) ;
F. W. Gladdish, Bedford (3).
7th August. — East Dereham. — Three Miles Handicap.— F. Prentice, Ipswich,
scratch (1) ; C. D. Kemp, Norwich, 60 (2) ; H. Cooke, Norwich, 80 (3).
Time, 9m. 43s. Tico Miles Tricycle Race.—W. Rye (1).
7th August. — Pershore. — One Mile Handicap. — S. G. Smith, Pershore, 75 yds
(1) ; A. E. Hinett, Eckington, 90 (2) ; H. W. Hanison, North Gloucester, 90
(3). Time, 3m. 20s.
7th August. — Blackley (Manchester). — Two Miles Handicap. — C. Whitaker,
Radcliffe, 185 yds (1) ; J. Haworth, Kersall, 270 (2) ; C. Wright, Manches-
ter, 350 (3).
7th August. — Woodstock (Foresters' Fete). — Two Miles Handicap. — Martin,
200 yds (1) ; Wilks, 250 (2) ; Hughes, scratch (3). Time, 8m. 2s. One Mile
Race.— Hughes (1) ; Baughan (2) ; Martin (3). Time, 3m. 52s.
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7th August. — Leatherhead. — One Mile Handicap. — J. "Weir, Surbiton, 60 yda
(1) ; P. Weir, Surbiton, 145 (2) ; J. Taylor, Leatherhead, 85 (3). No time
taken.
7th August.— Newport (Mon.) — One Mile Handicap. — G. C. Law, Tettenhall,
65 yds (1) ; J. Law, Tettenhall, 75 (2) ; F. C. Jones, Newport, 85 (3). Two
Miles Handicap.— H. West, Bristol, scratch (1); G. C. Law, 130 yds (2) ; A.
Gibson, Bristol, 130 (3). Time, 6m. 29 £s.
7th August. — Taunton. — One Mile Handicap. — Titchener, Swindon, 120 yds (1) ;
Bailey, Exeter 150 (2) ; King, Salisbury, 80 (3). Time, 2m. 49s. Three
Miles Handicap. — Chapman, Taunton, 225 yds (1) ; Perry, Crichton, 125 (2) ;
King, Salisbury (3). Time, 9m. Is. Five Miles Handicap. — M. H. Jephson,
Oxford XL, 120 yds (1) ; Chapman, Taunton, 380 (2) ; Titchener, 500 (3).
Time, 14m. 46s. Tricycle Race. — Casley, Exeter (1).
7th August. — Fenny Stratford.— Three Miles Handicap. — J. Fisher, Newport
Pagnell, 250 yds (1) ; W. Love, Kingsthorpe, scratch (2). Time, 12m. 27s.
8th & 9th August. — Stoke-on-Trent (Victoria A.C.). — One Mile Handicap. —
F. Sutton, 60 yds (1) ; H. Inskip, 170 (2) ; G. H. Ilston, 80 (3). Time, 2m.
56 £s. Three Miles Handicap.— M. J. Lowndes, Congleton, 50 yds (1) ; F.
Sutton, 150 (2) ; G. H. Ilston, 200 (3). Time, 9m. 36gs. One Mile Tricycle
Handicap.— T. E. Marriott, 95 yds (1) ; J. Hembrougb, 55 (2) ; M. J.
Lowndes, scratch (3). Time, 3m. 39f s. Two Miles Handicap. — W. J. Mills,
175 yds (1) ; G. H. Ilston, 140 (2) '; D. Johnson, 170 (3). Time, 6m. Ofs.
Five Miles Scratch liace.—M.. J. Lowndes (1) ; C. A. Palmer (2) ; C. W.
Bayes (3). Time, 16m. 14|s.
9th August. — Dungannon. — Two Miles Handicap. — F. Gordon, 115 yds (1) ; W.
M. Woodside, tcratch (2) ; F. V. N. Clarendon, scratch (3). Time, 8m. 7§s.
Three Miles Handicap. — F. Gordon, 160 yds (1) ; W. H. Woodside, scratch
(2) ; T. C. Tisdall, 540 (3). Time, 12m. 36s.
9th August. — Melksham C.C. — Three Miles Handicap.— B.. West, Chippenham,
350 yds (1) ; R. T. Eawlings, B.T.C., 100 (2) ; E. Harrison, Bristol, 240 (3).
Time, 12m. 25s.
9th August. — Chesterfield. — One Mile- Handicap. — W. Halliday, Clay Cross (1);
J. W. Blackwell, Sheffield (2)'; W. Goucher, Chesterfield (3). One Mile
Handicap. — W. Saunders (1) ; E. Heathcote, Unstone (2) ; W. Evans,
Duckmanton (3). Three-quarter Mile Tricycle Race. — E. H. Phillips,
Chesterfield (1). One Mile Bicycle Consolation Handicap. — J. Eoper, Chester-
field (1) ; W. Fletcher, Sheffield (2).
10th August. — Teignmouth B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — W. A. Bayley, Exeter
B.C., 90 yds (1) ; M. H. Whish. scratch (2) ; F. Hansford 75 (3). Five Miles
Scratch Race.—C. King, Salisbury (l) ; M. H. Whish, Birchfield B.C. (2) ;
Pickering (3). Time, 15m. 59s. Thne Miles Handicap.— J. Pickering, Liver-
pool, 250 yds (1) ; C. King, Salisbury, 75 (2) ; S. R. Chapman, Taunton, 130
(3). Time, 9m. 17s. Mounting and Dismounting Race. — F. Hansford,
Ilminster (1) ; W. Mugford, Paignton (2). Tivo Miles Handicap.— J. Picker-
ing, Liverpool, 120 yds (1) ; W. Bayley, Exeter, 210 (2) ; C. King, Salisbury,
60 (3). Time, Cm. 10s. Consolation Mile Race.—F. G. Best, Bridgewater
B.C. (1) ; J. Barter, Plymouth B.C. (2) ; Templeman, Devonport (3).
10th August.— Gloucester.— Three Miles Handicap.— E. Harrison, 225 yds (1) ;
S. G. Smith, 205 (2) ; F. C. Jones, 75 (3). Time, 9m. 50fs. One Mile
Tricycle Handicap.— J. Hembrougb, 30 yds (1) ; W. H. Casley, 100 (2). Time,
3m.4l§s.
12th August. — Leicester.— One Mile Handicap. — G. T. Moulds, 210 yds (1) ; C.
Mawby, 240 (2) ; H. Charlton, 210 (3). Time, 2m. 47s. One Mile Handicap.
— W. T. Prew, 145 yds (1) ; J. W. Taylor, 150 (2). Time, 2m. 56s-
12th August. — Eadcliffe B.C. — Two Milts Handicap. — J. Howarth, 270 yds (1) ;
F. B. Tahr (2) ; L. Makin, 370 (3). Time, 8m. 15s.
12th August.— Staley C.C— One Mile Handicap.— H. Bradshaw, 200 yds (1) ;
G. H. Garside,130 (2). Time, 3m. 47s.
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12th August. — Radcliffe B.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — J. Howarth. 270 yds (1) ;
F. B. Tahr, 170 (2) ; L. Makin, 370 (3). Time, 8m. 15s. One Mile Novices'
Handicap.— R, G. Alcock, 55 yds (1) ; G. S. Howarth, 60 (2) ; E. Worm-
leighton, scratch (3). Time, 4m. 9fs.
12th August.— Crosby C.C. — Two Miles Handicap.— ~R. H. Currey, 100Jyd3 (1) ;
I. Pickering, 100 (2) ; L. Watts, 250 (3). Time, 6m. 59s. Three Miles Han-
dicap.—R. H. Currey, 135 yds (1) ; R. Blackledge, 200 (2) ; I. Pickering, 135
(3). Time, 10m. 41s.
14th August. — Cabeick-on-Suib.— Two Miles Handicap. — T. Barnes', (1) ; W.
R.udd (2). Time, 8m. 15s.
15th August.— Faeeham— 27w<?e Miles Handicap.— Vf. J. Taylor, 200 yds (1) J
J. A. Nethercoate, scratch (2) ; G. H. Fogden, scratch (3). Time, 13m. 53§s.
16th August. — Worthing. — Two Miles Handicap. — C S. Wadey, 40 yds (1) ;
G. H. Fogden, 25 (2) ; L. B. Reynolds, 20 (3). Time, 8m. 44§s.
19th August.— Reckenham B.C.— One Mile Handicap.— J. C. P. Tacagni, 50 yds
(l) ; T. Moore, 170 (2) ; F. T. Sandell, 135 (3). Time, 3m. 5s. Three Miles
Scratch Race.— J. R. Hamilton (1) ; C. Cruto (2) ; J. C. P. Tacagni (3).
Time, 10m. 27s.
19th August. — Ravensbourne A.C. — (Cook, Son & Co.) — One Mile Handicap. —
F. Porter, Lewisham, 110 yds (1) ; H. Sanderson, St. John's, 130 (2) ; R. A.
Woolnough, scratch (3). Time, 3m. 56|s.
19th August. — Luegan. — Half Mile Handicap. — W. Woodside, scratch (1)
D. M'Caw, 115 vds (2) ; L. Watts, scratch (3). Four Miles Handicap. — W. M-
Woodside, scratch (1) ; L. Watts, scratch (2) ; R. K Rose, 200 yds (3). Time.
18m. 54v!s.
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BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL IN A DAY.
Leaving the Grand Hotel at five o'clock in the morning, and
making my way through the town for Sutton Coldfield and Aldridge,
to the Kising Sun Hotel — where, getting on to Watling Street, it is
very good going — about three miles from Weston, a hospitable lady
very kindly asked me in to breakfast. After doing justice to her good
things, I resumed my journey through Weston-under-Lizard to
Newport. Road from Weston to Newport hilly, and some parts
sandy. After a little refreshment at the Barley Mow Hotel, I
mounted for Whitchurch, twenty-one miles, passing on the way
through Hmstock and Tern Hill, both the scenery and road being
good. Having partaken of some dinner, I started for Chester,
twenty miles, via Broxton, Waverton, and Handley. Road undu-
lating but good till six miles from Chester, when it gets very loose
and rough. Leaving Chester for Birkenhead, the road through
Hinderton, Thorntonhaugh, and Bebbington to Woodside Ferry
being taken, as the road this way is far better. Total distance,
104 miles. C. A. Pearson, Anfield B.C. & B.T.C.
A MONTH'S TRICYCLE TOUR.
" What is that lopt-sided looking tri., going along like a crab ? " I
once asked a friend, on seeing a " Coventry Rotary" pass me when
I was mounted on a three-tracker, whereupon I was duly enlightened
as to the numerous advantages of central-driving and two tracks.
I accordingly took an early opportunity of visiting Messrs. Rudge
and Co., who were obliging enough to turn me out a beautiful
central-driving machine in a fortnight, and my first mount was to
commence my tour, starting from Coventry at 5 p.m. on Monday,
3rd July, and reaching Banbury in the evening, carrying knapsack, with
complete change, and fishing tackle and two rods, weighing in all
i81bs. The second day I reached Oxford, and third day, between
Oxford and Henley-on-Thames, I certainly encountered bad roads
and worse weather for the greater part of .the way, and was not
sorry to reach that noted spot for pic-nics, Nettlebed, whence I had
a five mile beautiful descent into Henley-on-Thames. Here I cast
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anchor for two days, to once more meet old faces on old Father
Thames at his prince of regattas. This little enjoyment over. I
betook myself to Richmond, having en route, a last glimpse at my
aquatic friend when passing over Marlow Bridge. Sunday being a
day of rest, I stayed at Richmond, and started at 3 p.m. on Monday
for Reading. It rained in torrents, and although I found a friend at
Richmond to accompany me, we neither had pluck enough to get
beyond Wokingham that night, where we found a very comfortable
hotel. It rained all the next day, and I only left Wokingham in time
to get to Reading for dinner. The Royal Agricultural Show at
Reading induced me to spend two days in the land of biscuits ;
whence I started for Pangbourne, the charms ol which place are too
well-known to dilate upon them. I could not tear myself away from
old Father Thames for four days, so I gave the fishes a turn, and
caught a very few trout, leaving Pangbourne, on Monday, 17th,
for Wantage. But alas ! St. Swithin had it all his own way this year,
and ere I had tracked 5 miles the heavens opened somewhat con-
siderably, and I reached that lovely little hotel by the riverside at
Streetly, just wet through. It rained all the afternoon, so I contented
myself with fishing, and caught some nice little jack, the eating of
which the landlady can doubtless tell you more about than I can, as
it has never occurred to me to attempt such a feat.
The floods had abated by the next day, so after finding a civil
blacksmith who helped me to mend my head lamp, which the vibra-
tion had broken at the back, I made a start for Wantage, at about
3 p.m., and as they call them in that part of the country, I found
some pretty considerable '• banks" to climb, but I was not foolish
enough to strain myself and my new horse (who had so far behaved
admirably) by attempting to ride up them. I reached Wantage in
time for dinner, and saw several new machines being aired by an
agent in the Market Square, who particularly wanted me to try the
latest and best thing out. The machinery alone about it quite
frightened me, and as I at once perceived that it would go in no
ordinary doorway I respectfully declined, as I pointed out that I
could take mine through any cottage door in the village, whereupon
my friend collapsed somewhat.
The following day I started for Cirencester at 3 p.m., passing
through Fairford and Lechlade, and at the latter place I stopped for
afternoon tea at a nice little inn just outside the village, where the
Isis crosses the road. After tea I had about two hours' trout fishing,
and caught nothing ! Having then well digested tea — phis two
eggs, which I usually found very agreeable about 4 or 5 p.m. — I
made a start for Cirencester. It immediately commenced to rain,
but I went right through it, and with about ten miles going through-
limestone mud, there was a considerable amount of pump required
for my horse, as well as myself, when we reached the stable.
After fooling about Cirencester until about 3 p.m., I made a start
for Gloucester, and until I reached the George at Birdlip, had
rather a warm time of it in the matter of hills. Here I stayed for
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the usual afternoon tea (much too hot to drink beer), and the land-
lord offered to bet me £25 that I should not reach the bottom of this
truly celebrated hill without injury to myself or machine, and
recounted to me at least twenty men on bi's and tri's who had been
absolutely smashed up. I was somewhat new to this part of the
country, so did not rashly take the man's bet ; but in spite of all
persuasion I rode down the hill, which commences at an angle of
about 450 for the first J mile, and then turns abruptly and continues
these sort of tricks for about ij miles, when you reach the bottom,
and if you get down it riding the whole way without anything going
wrong, as I did, you will have good reason to congratulate yourself.
I did the last eight miles into Gloucester in about one hour, which,
considering the load (18 lbs.) I was carrying, I was very well satis-
fied with.
Chepstow was my next pied a terre, and I started about 3 p.m.,
but ere I reached Newnham the elements became again obstrepe-
rous, and I soon found myself wet through. I made for the railway
station, and fortunately managed to nick the train, in which I had,
with due consideration for the hills on the other side of the Severn,
sent on my knapsack.
The guard's van soon became a dressing room, and being once
again dry and comfortable, I decided to train on to Cardiff that night,
instead of stopping at Chepstow, starting the next day (Saturday,
22nd) for Bridgend. Sent knapsack and fishing rods by train to
compensate for bad roads and strong head-wind, and although the
distance was only 20 miles, found it very hard work, and what a
heavy three-track machine would have done I am somewhat doubt-
ful. Having some old friends at Bridgend, I remained there some
few days, and left for Builth for a week's fishing, availing myself of
the railway, as the time was short and roads appeared very hilly.
A week's fishing at Builth brought my month almost to a close, so
I took train to Birmingham and rode thence to Warwick, doing the
last 14 miles in 1 -hour 20 minutes, including several stoppages to
take flies out of my eyes. Roughly speaking, I covered on my
machine about 400 miles, doing on an average 25 to 30 miles a da}',
which is, I think, quite sufficient for pleasure riding when a consider-
able weight has to be carried, and am glad to say met with no acci-
dent either to myself or machine, which fact I attribute to the good
workmanship turned out by Messrs. Rudge and Co. I was many
times warned before starting that a new machine is sure to come to
griei, but take my advice, don't buy a cheap machine, and when you
have it, never let anyone else get on it except it be padlocked and
chained. E. Bovill, B.T.C.
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though they conquer with ease and rapidity the most obstinate disease, they never weaken
the stomach or necessitate any interruption of ordinary duties or amusement. On the con-
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A TOURING REMINISCENCE;
OR, AN AWKWARD PLIGHT.
By D. M. M. Dawson, Elswick A.B.C., B.T.C.
PART L— The Adventure.
How did it come about, old fellow ? Well, listen, and I will tell you.
It was a bright August day,when I — as you, of course, know — a member
of the Highthorpe B.C., wheeled my way towards " bonny Scotland."
It was, as far as I can remember, the 13th of August, and the date is
fixed in my mind by the fact that I had already spent some days at
the Harrogate Meet, which was held later than usual that year. I
had travelled many miles alone, thinking of the jolly time I had
spent, and laughing afresh at many of the jokes which still lingered
in my memory, when I approached the town of Morpley, a town
which never grows larger, and where the population always seems
to be the same, the faces you meet those seen on previous occasions.
Well, I rode down the hill with the sudden curve at the foot, along the
level, and again down another hill, passing what seemed to be a prison-
house upon my left hand, into the open square. Along the old
street I pursued my way out of the town. I am describing the place
so that you may know it if ever you pass it, old fellow. It lies in a
county to the North of the Humber. I was again on the country
road, and pursuing my way over hills more or less stony — generally
more — and had left Morpley about twelve miles in the rear.
It was a lovely evening. I rode slowly, enjoying the fair pros-
pect of spreading green fields covered with the light of the setting
sun. There was a pretty house removed some distance from the
road-side, but at the garden gate, over-looking the road, stood the
owner, or the apparent owner, of the mansion. I accosted him,
and he gazed at me in a somewhat surprised and scrutinizing man-
ner. To my request for a drink of water he cheerfully asked me to
•enter, at the same time thrusting a letter he had been reading into
his pocket. I forgave the " stare " he had treated me to ; — we
cyclists, you know, grow quite callous to observation, so accustomed
are we to being " the cynosure of admiring (or other) eyes." My
host — for such I may now term him— made me leave my bicycle at
the door, saying that I must " drink tea with him." This was an
unusual display of hospitality, but I put it down to the warmth of
his Northern heart.
"John," he called, " see this gentleman's bicycle put away."
An Irishman appeared — and here I may tell you that I hate Irish-
men, no argument will shape my detestation, prejudice if you will.
You will never get me to believe that a son of Erin is anything
better than a big-toothed, blackened face agitator. No, old man, if
you produced a gentleman before me and said he was an Irishman,
that would be sufficient to alarm my prejudice ; his features would
become distorted, I would think that I was in the presence of head-
centre Stephens himself.
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Well, John appeared ; I did not like him, for I saw that he was
Irish, and I urged that it was not necessary to stable my steed for
so short a time. My host insisted. As we entered the room, to my
utter amazement, my host, turning to a lady who advanced towards
us, said, " Mr. Waterstone, my dear."
I looked at him, and he said, " This is my wife, Harry." At the
last word I started, and my host watched me curiously. " My
name," I stammered forth, " is not Waterstone." •' No ? " inter-
jected my host, as I continued "and I do not know to whom I have the
honour of this introduction." My host looked at me with a curious
expression, half questioning, half amazement. He merely said,
" Come along, then," drawing me into the room, where three young
ladies were seated. I entered, laughing at the joke, and in my mind's
eye laying the foundations of many yarns for the club room, as the
result of that adventure.
" My daughters," said my host, waving his hand in the direction
of the girls. To the girls he absolutely introduced me as " then-
cousin, Harry ! " I smiled, thinking " the fun grows faster, the plot
thickens," but I did not contradict the old gentleman. We sat down
to tea, although I protested I was intruding. The girls fought shy
of me, my conduct on entering the house was against me, and I
now regretted I had made so much fuss about the affair. Tea over,
I was left with my host, and to him I expressed my intention of
pushing on ere nightfall. He would not hear of such a thing, I
must stay over night. To this I at last consented, and with the
family spent an enjoyable evening ; I was sorry when it terminated.
The eldest of the young ladies had particularly attracted my atten-
tion, she was good looking, and pleasant mannered. During the
evening I had, on several occasions, caught her eyes fixed on me
with a pitying sort of gaze.
I wondered, but when the time to retire arrived, I had not
fathomed the mystery, neither could I comprehend my hospitable
host. After breakfasting on the following morning, I again expres-
sed my intention of leaving.
" You must not, Mr. Waterstone." I gazed at the man incredu-
lously ; I watched him closely, to endeavour to detect any signs of
hoaxing; I saw none, and said to him, " Sir, I repeat that such is
"not, and never was my name." " But," he exclaimed, rather testily,
" I have instructions from your parents ; they wish you to remain
here." I laughed, " I have none."
He once more fastened on me that pitying look, as if he was disre-
garding some weakness of mine, and muttered " I quite see it."
Then, in a louder tone, he continued, " Oblige me by making your-
self comfortable here." " Do Mr. Waterstone," chimed in his wife.
Was I really myself, or was I somebody else ? I began to ask my-
self seriously the question. Was I mad ? No ! these people must
all be " cracked."
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I plainly saw that if I left it would only be by exercising force,
and I preferred more strategic means. I had rather a good time,
however, old fellow. I was beginning to think that I was not at all
badly off, but might have fared much worse. Once, indeed, when I
entered the room I overheard the eldest girl — whose name I forgot to
tell you was Maggie— say " I am sure he is not." She blushed as. I
entered, and I easily applied the remark to myself. I wondered
what negative quality it was to which she referred. '<
At night, when alone with my host, I told him that I had just
remembered an engagement I had made with a companion, and
must leave that night to fulfil it. He said I could not go, and when
I enquired the reason he merely shrugged his shoulders, and said I
was under his protection. I told him I was able to protect myself,
and would leave his house that evening, much as I appreciated his
hospitality and kindness. " No," he said, sternly, " you cannot go."
Then he continued, in an appealing manner, " Why do you seek to
leave me ? Have I treated you badly ?"
I now felt convinced that the man was suffering from some
idiosyncrasy. I altered my tone, but found him obdurate ; and
when I pressed for a reason for my detention — for I told him it was
nothingness — he replied that it was a sacred trust of my father's to
him. He was discharging a duty he owed to his old friend.
After a further assurance from me that my father was dead — which,
however, only drew from him a look of pity — I determined to use
diplomacy, and, pretending to acquiesce in his wishes, retired to
rest, cogitating en route on my chances of escape.
PART II. — Into the Wolf's Mouth. The Result.
The household had all retired to rest ; all was quiet ; not a sound
could be heard as I opened my bedroom window. I had seen the water-
pipe which was fixed by the side of the window, and sliding carefully
down this, I landed on the roof of an outhouse. As I alighted I
fancied I heard a door creak. I was alarmed, for it was now quite
dark. Just as I leaned my head over to look into the yard I received
a blow from a stout stick, which brought me down with a run. I
gasped out a few words, and fell unconscious.
My next recollection is of a gentle hand bathing my wounded
temples. I opened my eyes, and found my host's wife and Maggie
gazing upon me. " He revives," whispered Maggie, softly, and
quitted the room, as I heard her mother enjoining quiet. My brain
felt clouded. I could not make my position out with anything like
distinctness. I fell off to sleep again, and was awakened by the
noise of a conversation being carried .on close at hand. I turned
over, and saw my host and the lady of the house together. He was
excitedly showing his wife a telegram, and as he heard my move-
ment he rushed to my side, saying, " Can you forgive me ? I have
been mistaken. You are not Mr. Waterstone, after all." What did
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this mean ? Of course I was not Mr. Waterstone. Whoever the indi-
vidual was I felt he owed me some recompense. I was the same
fellow you have known for a long time, Ernest Harvard, of High-
thorpe. I told my host all this, and he asked me how I felt. Could
I hear a long explanation ? I assented, but asked him to explain
first of all how I came to be lying on the bed in such a wounded
condition. His eyes partly twinkled as he commenced : —
" About three o'clock this morning (it was then a considerable
time after noon) I was awakened by John. You know him ?" I did,
and felt that my enmity against him was not less now that he had
some connection with my misfortune. " John was in a fearful state
of excitement, and said he had captured a burglar, after a desperate
fight. ' The fellow's pals,' he said, ' had taken fright.' " Here my
host paused, and laughed heartily. He continued : " Well, I went
downstairs with him, and by the light of a lamp saw you lying on
the floor. I did not. recognise you at first, and was indeed going to
send for the police, when I took it into my head to make a closer
examination. John whispered, ' Don't go near him, your honour.
I'm shure he's got a pistol somewhere, for I just saw the ind of it
peeping at me when I hit him.' "
It was my turn to laugh now, and laugh I did in spite of my
aching head. My host joined with me, and then proceeded : " I
started when I recognised you, and at once ordered your head to be
bathed. I then asked John for full particulars, and he said that,
hearing a noise on the roof of an outhouse, he cautiously opened a
door and crept across the yard. He saw one of the burglars on the
roof, and thought he heard his companions consulting outside.
The burglar on the roof discovered him and pointed a pistol at him,
but before the man had time to fire he knocked him down, and then
dragged him into the house."
As my host — whose name, by-the-bye, was Richard Liddel, and
who was a retired gentleman — finished this recital, I was laughing
immoderately ; every time I pictured to myself the black-faced
burglar and the brave Irishman, a fit of laughing seized me. My
host suggested that he was trying me too much, but I persisted in
hearing the rest of the explanation. It was simply this : — That
when I rode up to the house, Mr. Liddel was perusing a letter he
had just received from an old friend who lived in Derbyshire. His
friend enclosed a photograph of a son who had suffered an accident
to his head, and had turned somewhat eccentric in disposition.
The son had left home on his bicycle, merely telling some friends
that he was going down to Scotland. The father was anxious for
his safety, and requested my host to make inquiries, as his house
was situated on the road to the North. Looking at the photograph
as I approached, he was struck with the resemblance, and — you
know the rest, old man. My host showed me the photograph, and
I acknowledged the strong likeness ; it was startling, even to the
dress I wore.
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When I arrived my host wrote to his friend, and received, in
reply, a telegram worded as follows : " Must be some mistake.
My son has returned." All my protestations he had received as
tokens of my eccentricity, and pitied my infirmity. The family were
all exceedingly pleased at the happy tableau ; and when I left a few
days later to join my companion, it was with many warm wishes
for my safe keeping, and with a promise to return by that route. I
returned often, and each time I leave them it is with greater
reluctance than ever.
Do I regret the circumstances connected with my being mistaken
for another fellow ? Well, the blow was not a soft one, that
Irishman had the hand of a Fenian, it might have seriously injured
the modicum of brains I possess ; but, even taking all this into
consideration, and with this token on my left finger in keen remem-
brance, I calmly conclude, like the Moslem, that it is fate, and
bless Providence, the over-ruling Allah.
THE SIEGE OF SHAMROCK HOUSE.
(An adventure that befell an articled clerk in the Long Vacation of
1881. By William Bull, author of " Odds and Ends ;" " How
I proved an Alibi;" and "Wilfred's Whesl of Fortune," &c,
Minerva B.C.)
LEFT school in 187 — . The following year saw me
articled to that eminent firm of solicitors, Messrs. Folio
and Tape, of Lincoln's Inn Fields. A day or two after
the commencement of the Long Vacation saw me in the
senior partner's room.
" Yes, Mr. Bruce ; you are quite at liberty to go for your holidays,
and we shall not require your services again for a month," said
genial Mr. Folio, in reply to my asking for a holiday. " Where do
you intend going ?"
"Ireland, sir; I think of making a bicycling tour through the
disturbed provinces, and make my own observations on the state of
the country."
" Oh, ah, indeed ; yes, very good ; only take care of yourself, my
dear sir ; and I hope you'll enjoy yourself."
I hoped so, too, and wishing him good-bye, I left him ; but not
before he had pressed something crisp into my hand at parting.
Scene — an open country road in the West of Ireland, a low stone
wall on each side dividing the road from the green fields ; moun-
tains in front, and a bog to the West. A bicyclist is riding leisurely
along the road. The bicyclist is your humble servant. I had had
a long day's ride, and was now on the look out for an inn to put up
at for the night.
I had enjoyed myself thoroughly in the week I had spent in Ire-
land, though I had seen little disturbance or riot as yet. I had
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seen plenty of the beautiful scenery which is common to the " West
Counthry." There was, too, plenty of that well kept promise on
the part of the Bank of England to pay me, as bearer, £25.
The sun was slowly sinking behind the mountains ahead, and
the autumn evening was fast turning into night before I pulled
up in front of a little shanty which called itself an inn.
I entered the low doorway and ordered some supper, which I par-
took of after seeing my bicycle safely housed for the night. I
didn't feel inclined to go to bed directly after supper, so, for want of
any other accommodation I sat smoking my " Richmond Gems" in
the bar. I puffed on, and, for want of something better to do, I
lazily listened to the conversation of the other occupants of the bar.
They were peasants, whose broad brogue I could not have under-
stood a word of a week ago.
They were talking of the Land Laws, of the patriot " Parnill,"
and against the mother country. At last they so grossly maligned
her that I, as an Englishman, could stand it no longer, and, with
all the rashness of youth, spoke up in strong terms for Old Eng-
land. The men had scarcely noticed me before, but they now with
one accord turned round, and I was drawn into a fierce argument
before I knew where I was.
They spoke warmly, and I spoke warmly, and we did not part on
very good terms for the night.
******
About four o'clock the following morning I rubbed my eyes,
yawned, and then became aware I was being violently shaken by a
pretty Irish girl named Kate, the daughter of mine host. In a few
words she informed me that my opponents of the night before had
only just gone, and from what they had let slip in her presence, she
felt " shure" they meant to do me a mischief. They thought I was
an eviction writ server — (I now remembered I had let out in the
heat of the argument I was a lawyer's clerk). She urged me to get
up, get out my machine, and be off. I did not want much urging.
The full horror of my situation flashed upon me, as I hurriedly
dressed. Why, they might easily murder me, in a wild and dis-
turbed region like the one I was in, and no one be a bit the wiser.
Five minutes later I was dressed, and beside my machine ; one kiss
to pretty Kate, and I swung myself into the saddle and rode off.
Unfortunately, there had been a steady downpour during the night,
and the road was in an awful condition.
I had ploughed on for about a quarter of an hour, when I thought
I heard the steady tramp of horses behind me.
I pulled up, jumped off, and put my ear to the ground ; yes, there
was no doubt about it. I was pursued, but I did not give up hope.
I had a good start,- and might distance them yet. I bent over the
handles and urged on my machine. But after another quarter of an
hour had passed, I became aware of the horrible fact that my pur-
suers were gaining on me. I felt my revolver in my breast, never
thinking when I bought it in the Strand it would ever be used in
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stearn ernest. A huge hill was before me, rrot steep, but long. I
rushed up the beginning, but by the time I had gained the top, pant-
ing and weary, my pursuers were commencing the bottom. There
were half-a-dozen of them, some of whom I recognized — they
could see me as plainly as I could see them, and they shouted as
they saw me.
The road down on the other side ran through a thick copse, was
steep, and by reason of the turns in the road I could not see the end
of it.
Nevertheless, I must risk it. With a strange feeling of recklessness,
I threw my legs over the handles and began the descent.
Over the stones, perilously near being hurled against the trunk of a
tree, as I rounded one corner, the machine at an angle of forty-five
degrees !
The wind whistled by my ears, I was going at a fearful speed
towards the finish, when I saw a broken branch of a tree lying
halfway across the road, the other half occupied by a horseman,
whose animal was walking sideways, clipping the coarse tufts of
grass by the wayside as he went. I did not dare risk attempting
to pass the animal, there clearly wasn't room — I must ride across
the branch (which was about two inches in diameter), sit well back,
and trust to Providence to preserve me.
Down the hill I flew ; I shut my eyes, and the next minute I was
shot out of my saddle into the muddy ditch by the side of the road.
I was a little dizzy. I got up, my machine was lying ten feet
away, and on examining it I found one of the cranks jammed
against the fork. It was impossible to ride it.
I took all this in at a glance, and next surveyed the horseman who
had witnessed my " gruesome smash." He was the most curious
figure, I think, I ever saw.
His face, his figure, his attitude, were essentially Irish, and
altogether he reminded me of a smaller edition of Dion Boucicault's
famous character of " Conn," in his " Shaughraun." Whilst his
mettlesome steed pursued the even tenor of his ways, his rider
fiddled.
He was playing a sweetly pretty wild Irish melody, which he had
not ceased even when watching the eccentricities of my wild career.
Perhaps he would help me ; he had an open, generous face. At
any rate, I could but try.
" I am pursued by some ruffians, who think I am an eviction writ
server. I am nothing of the sort. Would you help me to escape
them ? I will give you a guinea, if you do."
The boy's black eyes sparkled. " Yes, yer an'r, I he'erd 'em
talkin'. It's Tim Maloney's lot. I owe Tim one, bedad I do, for
the way he thrashed me at Gillythorpe Fair, the divil ! " This was
spoken all very rapidly. He then jumped off his steed, hoisted the
machine on to his back, and telling me to get on to the shaggy pony,
led the way through a gap in the low stone wall. " Follow me,
sor ! "
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I followed him through the wood, till we emerged out on to a very
spongy bog. My curious guide kept chuckling to himself. The
thought flashed across my mind that he meant to deliver me
up to my enemies, but I dismissed it at once. He seemed to know his
way wonderfully well, and if I did not closely follow his footsteps,
the pony at once sank up to his knees in the black bubbling mud —
once, indeed, to his girths — so I kept closely behind him.
When we had gone about a mile, we were near the road again,
and, to my horror, my pursuers were not two hundred yards away —
only divided by the bog — but my guide laughed, and told me not to
fear, as they daren't cross Corralin Bog, and none knew the way,
too. They seemed to know this, and contented themselves by
shaking their fists at my companion and myself. The former
laughed loud and long. We then continued across the bog till we
reached a road, and then a house.
" They'll give ye shelter theyre, yer an'r," and depositing my
machine against the hedge, he, as soon as I had dismounted,
mounted his Rosinanthe, and turned its head round, as if to depart.
" Stay, here is the guinea I promised you," said I, [holding out
the coin.
" Don't want it, yer an'r, I've paid out Tim Maloney, and thet's
me pay."
I pressed him to take it, but he would not. " Well, at any rate,
accept my thanks, and tell me your name," said I, extending my
hand.
He kissed it, to my surprise, pulled his forelock, and saying " The
divils call me ' Mad Mick,'" he rode down the lane.
I watched him till he was out of sight, and then turned towards
the house. It was a comfortable looking brick building, standing
back from the road. I entered through the open gate, and made my
way up the drive. The only signs of life were some hens, scratch-
ing the mould under the privet hedge which bordered the drive.
I rung the bell ; the door was opened by a boy of 14, who looked
curiously at my muddy attire and disabled machine.
" Can I see. the master of the house ?"
" Yes." " Father ! " shouted he up the staircase. The father
appeared in the shape of a ruddy-faced, handsome Englishman.
" This gentleman wishes to speak to you."
" Come in," said he in a pleasant voice, which seemed doubly so
to me. I followed him into a comfortably-furnished room, which
seemed half an office, as plans, &c, hung on the walls, and many
papers on the table.
" Sir," said I, " I perceive you are an Englishman, and I come to
ask your protection." I then briefly narrated my story.
" You are welcome to the protection my house affords," said he.
" Mad Mick is as true as steel, but I'm afraid Tim Maloney will
very soon find out where you are. At any rate, I'll protect you, as
long as you care to stay here. I must tell you I'm ' Boycotted '
myself, and would be in a very bad condition if it was not for my
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large kitchen, fruit garden, and farmyard. I've evicted a worthless
idle vagabond from a cottage I have to look after, and this is what
they do in return. You must be very hungry, my boy ; we were
just sitting down to dinner. Tom, you take the gentleman upstairs,
and lend him a coat, as he is a trifle muddy."
I thanked him sincerely for his kindness.
We entered the dining-room. The family rose as we entered, and
I was introduced to my hospitable host's mother, his wife, his two
daughters, and three sons. Mr. Henderson (for such I learnt was
his name) was steward to the Earl of Tralee, and was hated by the
whole country side, because he conscientiously looked after his em-
ployer's property.
In the evening we had some music from the daughters of the
house, and everything was going on very pleasantly, when we were
startled at hearing a loud knock at the front door. Mr. Henderson
went himself. It was Mad Mick, breathless.
"Oh, sor, the boys have found out ye are shelterin' the evecshun
man, and are cummin' up to-night to make ye gi'e 'im up."
" Come on, Mick, and have some poteen."
" Thank ye kindly, sor ; I will, beggin' yer pardin."
The news came like a thunderbolt to us in the drawing-room.
Norah Henderson was singing " Kathleen Mavourneen," and I was
turning over the leaves of her music.
" Sir, I cannot put you to this inconvenience, to say the least of
it. I will ride on, if you'll lend me a hammer and let me bend my
bicycle crank straight, and give me some notion of the road. I have
a good start and a revolver," I said.
" You'll do nothing of the sort, my boy ; you'd be shot before you
went a mile, or get lost, to a dead certainty."
Mr. Henderson then summoned the household, and gave directions
for the iron shutters on all the windows to be bolted up, and the
house generally barricaded.
" You, Tom and Arthur, go and bring down all the firearms you
find in my room, as well as your own rifles ; and you, Peter, bring
down the large case of cartridges."
We waited in suspense until midnight, and then we heard the
tramp of feet and the hum of voices coming up the drive.
They began calling out for Mr. Henderson.
Mr. Henderson, in spite of the entreaties of his wife and mother,
threw up the sash of an upper window, and said, " Well, what do
you want with me ?"
" We want ye to deliver up to us an evecshun sarver ye've got
about your house."
" I haven't got an eviction server in my house. I have sheltered
a young man — almost a boy, in fact — from being shot by a lot of
cowardly ruffians," was Mr. Henderson's spirited reply.
" Then ye won't gie him up ? Then be St. Patrick we'll make ye."
" We shall see ; " and he pulled to the shutter, and shut down
the window — not any too soon, for a perfect hail of bullets rattled
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against the ironwork. The siege of Shamrock House had
commenced !
The women were frightened and the boys excited at first, for
though they had witnessed, and indeed the latter had helped to put
down a great deal of the riot and lawlessness that had occurred at
the fairs and in the neighbourhood generally, they had never been
attacked in their own home before.
In each window were two round holes, which could be closed at
pleasure ; through these we watched our besiegers. Mr. Henderson
told us to keep cool, and posted Arthur Henderson and myself at
one window, Tom Henderson and a man servant at another, with
himself and his youngest son Peter at another, all armed with rifles.
The women loaded. We kept a watchful eye on the besiegers ;
their bullets fell harmlessly off the brick and iron. After half-an-
hour's shooting they retired, but very soon returned with bundles of
straw on their backs.
" My lads," said Henderson, "the villains are going to attempt
to burn the house over our heads down. It must be prevented ;
shoot, without mercy, anyone who comes within ten yards of the
house."
The scene outside was a singular one to a hum-drum Londoner,
who, not a fortnight ago, was attending summonses in the Royal
Courts of Justice, and searching files of proceedings in the Bank-
ruptcy Court ! Fierce big men, with blackened faces, or masks on,
strode about under the shelter and shadow of the trees. Again and
again they tried to carry straw up to the front door. By two o'clock
we had killed one man and wounded many more, and fierce were
the maledictions bestowed upon us.
" Numbers will overpower us ; their forces have been largely
augmented, they commenced the attack, and they are certain to hit
upon some plan to break into or burn down the house," said Arthur
at length. " I think one of us had better ride over for the police
at Corralin."
I volunteered.
" No, sir, you would be safe to lose your way at night. Mad
Mick will go ; he knows every inch of the way, and is the only one
in Cork County who can find his way across Corralin Bog."
Mick was quite willing to go. We mounted him on a swift horse,
and let him out of a little back door at the end of a kitchen garden,
and then quietly returned to the house. We had now only to hold
out till half-past four, when Mick would return with the police.
Our besiegers kept quiet till three. We afterwards learnt they had
rooted up a young tree in the interval, and then carrying it between
them, they charged the front door. Crack went the rifles, and the
men dropped the tree and fled, leaving several wounded on the
ground. They charged again, and the iron studded door creaked as
the weight of the tree came against it, borne by twenty muscular
men. We fired, and they did not -attempt to use the tree again.
Their next manoeuvre was this : they each took a bundle of hay,
and, under cover of this, made for the house, and began battering
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the door with huge stones and the butt ends of their muskets. We
fired again and again, but without taking the least effect, and by
four o'clock the great door crashed and gave way. The women
screamed. Henderson ordered them all upstairs, and said to us,
between his clenched teeth, "We must fight for our lives." We
stood in a row in the doorway, behind the debris of the door, and
fired effectively into the dark forms that moved among the trees.
They charged, and wounded the man servant in the arm. If it came
to a hand to hand encounter, numbers would overpower us ; there-
fore we did all we could to keep them off with our rifles ; they aimed
chiefly at me, and it was miraculous how I escaped. My hand was
shot through, and a bullet grazed my thigh, but this I was scarcely
aware of till after the battle. After many ineffectual efforts to
dislodge us from the doorway, they desperately charged, led by Tim
Maloney himself, and drove us back to the stairs.
We were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the police. Half-past
four, and they had not arrived.
Had Mick lost his way, been shot, or sunk in the treacherous
bog? '
We determined to sell our lives as dearly as possible. Little
mercy would be shown to us, and especially me, if we fell into their
hands. I now used my revolver. At five, Mr. Henderson was shot
in the shoulder, and I in the left leg. They, maddened with rage,
then threw down their guns and used their " shillelaghs." I shot
dead one man who was about to bring his murderous weapon down
upon Mr. Henderson's head.
We were driven upstairs to the first landing. Mrs. Henderson
rushed out and stood by her husband, and whilst the boys protected
the others, I inwardly vowed the ruffians would not touch a hair of
Norah's head whilst I could use my trusty revolver.
What are those shots we hear outside ? Thank God ! it is the
police. Tim Maloney and his men attempted to escape, but, amid
fearful execration, he and five of his companions were captured by
some of the brave fellows of the Royal Irish Constabulary — the rest
fled. The sergeant left a detachment to guard the house.
None of our wounds were very serious, and I was able to leave by
the end of my holiday. After thanking my kind friends for the
generous way they had protected me, and asking permission to
write to Norah now and then, I left, and arrived in Old England
safe and sound, vowing that nothing short of the hope of bringing
home a wife in the person of Norah Henderson will ever tempt me
to put foot again into that land of Blarney and Boycott — the
beautiful " Imerald Oisle."
^LJU-
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HANDEL-BARRE'S RIDE.
(Written by Himself.)
FINE, bright morning ushered in the Saturday upon
which our small party (Harry Glynn, my brother, and
myself) had decided to enjoy a long ride upon the iron
horse, starting from a certain large town in the Midland
say day, I more correctly mean half-day, for all of us
were under articles to professional men, and therefore obliged to
attend at the office until one o'clock upon the day in question.
Work over, however, we met by appointment, and I may add in
disappointment, for the morning, which had broken so calm and
warm, had changed to a windy, dusty afternoon, so our jovful ex-
pectations of a pleasant, easy ride were soon forgotten in the stern
reality of hard work. The wind was high and strong ; the roads
thick with dust, bumpy, and strewn with numerous stones ; and
even their usual slope seemed reversed, so that work as hard as we
would, but little progress could be made. At last, after half an
hour's continuous grinding, we suddenly came to the foot of a slight
hill, where the whole character of the roadway changed ; from lumps
and bumps it became smooth as a cinder path, whilst by a smart
turn in the road the effect of the wind was pretty nearly nullified.
Glynn hailed the change with a shout of delight, and rushing
ahead, got a considerable start of my brother and myself. I put on
the pace, however, and being a more practised rider, soon over-
hauled and left him in the rear. I was just about to ease up, when
my brother (who could easily beat us both up a hill) rushed up just
as the brow was reached, determined not to be last, and away we
went wheel to wheel, the trees and hedges seeming to rush past us,
and the dust flying in clouds. Still, side by side along the flat, for
about a hundred yards, when — crash ! and with a cry of horror, I
found myself lying in a heap on the road, with my machine upon
me.
My friends dismounted in a moment, lifted the bicycle off me, and
assisted me to the side of the road, where I lay for a few minutes
to collect my thoughts, which had been rudely scattered by the
shock.
Upon examination I was pleased to find that, beyond spraining my
wrist, cutting my hands and face, and smashing my watch-glass
and bell, neither the machine or my person had sustained any seri-'
ous injury. However, my hand and wrist prevented me riding any
more that afternoon, so Glynn decided to complete the intended
journey alone, whilst my brother and myself started to push (in a
literal sense) back to the nearest railway station, some five miles
distant. Fortunately the accident occurred near to Berton Hall,
the residence of my father's old friend, Mr. James Tyre-Spokes,
and with whose son, Charley, I had, as a school-boy, often spent a
portion of my holidays. On our way back we met Wilson, the
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coachman from the hall, and he recognising me, invited me to his
cottage close by, where with the tenderness of a woman he washed
my cuts, ending by informing me that he should be driving to the
railway in about half an hour's time, and could take me and my
bicycle with him if I would call at the hall. I gladly accepted the
offer, and after resting at Wilson's for a short time, slowly walked to
Berton, and sent in my card. I was shown in to Mr. Tyre-Spokes
at once, and the kind old gentleman was quite alarmed to see my
pale, lacerated face. ''Why, Handel," he cried, "you must really
stay and be doctored," and torthwith sent Wilson for a lotion
famous in the stables for drawing the soreness from a wound. This
was soon brought, and Wilson having retired, my kind friend pro-
ceeded to dress the cuts that were now giving me so much pain,
my brother rendering any little assistance in his power.
" It's terribly sharp for a time, but it will save you a deal of pain
in the long run," said Mr. Tyre-Spokes ; " and now," he continued,
" you had better rest for an hour in the library, and after tea Wilson
shall drive you to the station at S ."
Now this library had always been a favourite resort of mine when
staying at Berton Hall, for it contained many rare and curious books
on heraldry and antiquarian subjects generally, in which I took a
profound interest. Many of my friends thought the study of such
a dead and gone art extremely odd and out of keeping with the life
of a youth engaged in business in a large town. But so it was — a
sculptured stone, an early-written M.S. or printed book, had long
had a peculiar charm for me, and at no time, was I better pleased
with my bicycle than when I could use it to carry me to some quiet
village church, where, copying inscriptions andcoats-of-arms, I would
pass away a pleasant afternoon, lingering among the relics of genera
ations of the dead, until ^the failing light cut short my labours and
warned me to make a move.
However, to return to the library. Hanging round the room were
a number of portraits of my host's fore-fathers, as also several of
his wife's (the Ball-Bareing) family, to whose people my own mother
was related, for my maternal grandmother's maiden name was
Ball-Bareing too. Though not considered a conceited youth in
most things, I must own that I was proud to a degree of one thing,
and that was my descent, and never abated a single jot of the
importance that I considered belonged to it, always displaying my
crest on everything I possibly could ; and it was not my fault if my
friends did not know my name to be John Westlake Handel-Barre.
As one who took a pride in such things, I was the recognised
custodian of all our family Bibles, papers, and portraits, and was
always craving to increase the collection. It was no doubt owing
to this desire (which had almost become a mania with me) that I
was set thinking of a particular picture hanging in the room, of
which my old school-fellow, Charley (who had little respect for such
things), had once jokingly said to me, " Handel, my boy ! that
ancient looking buffer, with the cloak and sword, is an ancestor of
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yours by the distaff side ;" and the words, light as they were, had
excited in me a longing for the picture which I very well knew
could never be satisfied, for the family valued it highly, as it had a
pretty legend attached to it of Bulstrode Ball-Bareing, who fought
on the King's side at Naseby.
I glanced round the room, and there above the chimney piece
hung the identical canvas, representing a middle-aged gentleman,
with lace collar, a light sword, and a slouched hat and feath rs — in
fact such a dress as would be worn by a cavalier in the days of the
Stewarts.
This I knew, as stated above, to be an ancestor of my mother's,
and the picture seemed to increase in interest as I looked at it, and
pondered on the stirring times in which the original had lived, until
my mind was filled with romances of the Civil Wars, and in imagi-
nation I heard the solemn chaunting of the Roundheads, the jovial
song and defiant shout of the Cavaliers, and then the very din and
turmoil of battle seemed to echo in my ears, the scene becoming
more and more vivid as I thought.
Suddenly the idea struck me, Why not have it ? I had never in
my life been dishonest before, yet the thought seemed to please me
exceedingly. I felt my pockets — yes ! there was my knife, keen as
a razor, whilst leaning temptingly against the wall was a library
ladder. I rose, and cautiously mounting the steps, descended with
the coveted prize in my grasp. Four rapid slashes, and the frame
was empty ; in another minute the canvas was rolled up and
secreted under my vest, and the frame blazing on the fire. Then I
fully realised what I had done. For the first time in my life, I had
stained an honourable name with the crime of theft. But what did I
care ? From an honest youth, I seemed to have changed in a few
moments to a hardened and callous thief, and I laughed loudly as I
thought of the transformation. I was sensible only of one thing —
my covetous desire was realised, I possessed what I had longed for,
and only those who have a respect and veneration for the things of
other ages can imagine the exultation I felt.
My wild laugh startled, myself and attracted the attention of my
brother in the next room, who entered the library, and then in a
moment my joy gave way to terror, as I thought of my position. I
pushed rudely past him, and before he could frustrate my design,
rushed down a long passage leading to the yard, where I had left
my machine. Seizing the bicycle, I pushed it into the road, through
a door which was open, just as my brother ran out and called me to
stop. I did not heed him, however, but mounted with a run, and
rode rapidly away along the road we had been riding when I fell,
only just glancing behind to see that I was alone, when to my
horror I found my brother following about two hundred yards behind.
Without the slightest idea of direction or plan, I dashed en, my
only object being to escape my pursuer. During the time I had
been in the house there must have been a shower of rain, for the
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roads were not dusty in the least, the wind, too, had fallen, and the
sun had considerably diminished in heat and brilliancy. The even-
ing was calm and beautiful, yet my head throbbed and ached as if it
would split. My recent fall seemed quite forgotten (except that I
remember noticing my broken bell lying on the road), and my
bruises became as nothing.
Away we went like mad, my brother constantly calling to me, and
evidently thinking I really was deranged, and myself doubting my
own sanity.
Past Wilson's cottage ; through the few scattered houses that
formed the little village of Berton ; by the haunted mansion ; over
the bridge of the little stream which flows across the road, startling
a quiet angler as we flew past like shadows, swiftly along a couple of
miles of level road, and with a dash into the sleepy city of Mateheld ;
just catching a flying glimpse of its old cathedral, as we rode through
the quiet close with a rush, where the Bishop and other clerical dig-
nitaries congregate at its base as the jackdaws do round the vane
on the spire ; past the quaint old alms-houses founded by a munifi-
cent Bishop three hundred years ago ; under the railway bridge ;
between the straggling houses, and once more into the open country,
leaving the peaceful citizens who saw us aghast with surprise at our
wild career.
The evening by this time was bright but cool, and after the grate-
ful rain every tree and bush looked fresh and green, whilst every
blade of grass glittered with the glorious rain-drops, each a thousand
times more beautiful than the most brilliant gem.
Above, the sky was of as splendid a blue as the imagination could
paint or the heart desire, and, to complete all, the sober-coated,
but richly-gifted English songsters were warbling their loudest
strains in the hedge-rows, as if in gratitude for the cooling showers.
But I did not notice all these rejoicings of nature then ; my heart
was too full of wild excitement, stimulated to its highest pitch by
the rapid motion, and my feverish desire to escape my brother, who
still hotly pursued me a few hundred yards in the rear. Now we
rushed down a steep incline, then a few yards along the flat, and for
half-a-mile up a hill to the mighty barracks, where horse, foot, and
artillery are quartered, the road leading to the city being dotted here
and there with scarlet tunics or shell -jackets of soldiers off duty,
who seemed almost like so many fiery flashes as we flew by them-
Past the vast pile, by the keeper's cottage, and on to the toll-gate ;
through the open bar, with a warning shout from the old man in
charge as he stepped into the road and shaded his eyes with his hand
to watch our rapid descent of the steep hill, which commences at his.
gate and continues to where, two miles away, the bridge carries the
road over the River Mate. And well he might wonder to see us
ride at such a mad rate, for if we went fast before, we seemed to
fly now, and soon lost all control over the treadles as our machines
felt the impetus given them by the hill. I was nearly on the level
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road once more, and just as I reached the river bridge, turned in my
saddle to look for my brother (now nearly half-a-mile behind), when
my wheel struck a fixed stone, and, glancing off at an angle, ran
against the low parapet of the bridge, and the next second, with a
cry of horror, I found myself rapidly falling through space. The
terror of the moment was intense, my blood curdled in my veins,
iny hair stood upright with fear, and all the history of my life
passed in lightning review before my agonized mind in a couple of
seconds ; my flesh crept on my bones with very despair, as with
dilated eyes I fell — down ! down ! and yet through all the sickening
maze my thoughts flashed lovingly to the picture in my vest ; but
even as the thought rushed across my brain, I plunged headlong
and breathless into the deep, black, sluggish current of the river.
But I was a fair swimmer, and although exhausted, struggled hard
for life as I felt the water closing over my head, even whilst the
warm, bright rays of the now setting sun played upon my helpless,
upturned face, in seeming mockery at my fruitless endeavours to
retain that existence, which should never be roused to energy and
action by its glow again. Just one more effort ! I opened my eyes,
.and before me stood my friend, Mr. Tyre-Spokes.
"Ah! the water did the business, Handel, my dear boy,"
said he.
"The river!" I exclaimed with a shudder, "who saved me?
And, oh ! can you forgive me for stealing your picture ? "
" Rescued you ! the river ! the picture ! what can have possessed
the lad ? No, it was the glass of water I threw in your face I
referred to, and to judge from the way you fought your brother, you
didn't half like it. But you are better now, so don't trouble yourself
about rivers and pictures, but go to sleep for an hour or so, and
jou'll be yourself again."
It must have been a dream, I thought, and in a few minutes
I was quietly sleeping. When I awoke I remembered all I have
written here, and talking of it found that I had been left in the
library to sleep, when, overcome by the shock of the fall and the
pain of my wounds being dressed, I fainted away and fell from the
couch upon which I lay, on to the floor. The noise attracted some-
one to the room, and for several minutes considerable difficulty was
experienced in bringing me to, sundry attempts proving fruitless until
the water was dashed in my face, which I, no doubt, mistook for the
plunge into the river. Yes ! it was all a vision, and, like most of its
kind, a Strang mixture of fact and fiction. Fact, inasmuch as the
picture I had seen certainly hung in the room, and fancy as to the
rest ; but it had one permanent result, for the picture has always
since been known as " Handel's Grandfather." My fall was not very
severe in its results, and in less than a fortnight I was riding as
visual.
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PATENT RECORD.
[Compiled by Habt & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street. E.C., from
whom all information concerning Patents, including Book of Instructions,
may be obtained.!
APPLICATIONS FOE LETTERS PATENT.
3377. — T. Smallwood and E. W. Cooper, Coventry. Velocipedes, &c. 17th
July, 1882.
3558.— J. S. Orton, Birmingham. Velocipedes. 27th July, 1882.
3600.— J. P. Dalby, Leeds. Tricycles, bicycles, &c. 29th July, 1882.
3699. — J. Harrison, Birmingham. Bells for bicycles, tricycles, &c. 3rd August,
1882.
3730. — J. G. Horsey and T. Bell, London. Apparatus for regulating and
determining the speed of bicycles, tricycles, &c. 5th August. 1882.
3742. — J. T. Townsend, Coventry. Convertible sociable tricycles. 5th August,
1882.
3781.— C. Crozat, Paris. Velocipedes. 9th August, 1882.
3782.— J. Beale, Blackheath. Bicycles. 9th August, 1882.
NOTICES TO PEOCEED
Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —
18th July, 1882.— 1395. J. Lucas, Birmingham. Lamps for bicycles, tricycles,
and other velocipedes, &c. 22nd March, 1882.
25th July, 1882.— 1425. A. Pengelly and E. Day, Highbridge. Velocipedes for
use on land or water. 24th March, 1882.
8th August, 1S82.— 1623. A. E. Gorse, Birmingham. Bicycles. 4th April, 1882.
8th August, 1832. — 1680. W. Scantlebury, London. Bicycles and other
velocipedes. 6th April, 1882.
PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
28th July, 1882.— 503. H. Salsbury, London. Suspension lamps for bicycles,
tricycles, &c. 1st February, 1882.
1st August, 1882.— 562. E. E, Settle, Coventry. Velocipedes. 6th February,
1882.
4th August, 1882.— 583. B. Eoberts, Wolverhampton. Tricycles. 7th
February, 1882.
4th August, 1882. — 600. J. G. Smith, Eccles. Construction of tricycles, &c.
8th February, 1882.
4th August, 1882. — 845. C. Edwards, Birmingham. Saddles of bicycles and
other velocipedes. 21st February, 1882.
PATENT
On which the Stamp Duty of £50 has been paid : —
3027.— W. Hillman, Coventry. Velocipedes, &o. 25th July, 1879.
PATENTS VOID
Through the non-payment of the £50 Stamp Duty.
2J20. — J. Turner, Coventrv, and A. Devey, London. Construction of veloci-
pedes. 17th July, 1879.
3086.— F. W. Jones, Exeter. Tricycles and bicycles. 30th July, 1879.
ABEIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th August, 1882.
5484. — A. Lafargue, London. Bicycle and tricycle velocipedes. The bicycle
can be converted to a tricycle by forming the trailing wheel double,
with a telescopic axle mounted on an expanding forked frame, which
can be extended by levers down the backbone. (Pro. pro.) 15th
December, 1881. Price 2d.
5514. — W. P. Thompson, London. Apparatus for driving tricycles. The pedal
cranks are placed at an angle of 120 degs. with each other, and a
shorter double crank is combined with these, which are actuated by
vibrating levers carrying the saddle. These are so arranged that, as
the pressure is given by the feet, the rider rises in the saddle, and thus
the weight on the saddle actuates the double crank. (Com. by N.
Merrill, New York, U.S.A.) 16th December, 1881. Price 6d.
THE WHEEL WORLD.
5635. — F. S. Kendrick, Balsall Heath. Lamps for velocipedes, &c. These do
not use oil, &c, but the plate inside the lamp is coated with a mixture
of spirit varnish of phosphorescent salts. (Pro. pro.) 23rd December,
1881. Price 2d.
5653. — J. Harrington, London. Tricycles, &c. The driving wheel is loosely
mounted on the «haft, and has a disc of india-rubber fixed on the
inside of the hub. Another disc of india-rubber is fixed on the shaft in
Buch a manner that it ca^ slide to and fro on the same, and a disc of
metal is fixed between the two discs of india-rubber. The sliding discs
are pressed by levers against the disc on the hub, and create the fric-
tional contact which drives the wheel. (Pro. pro.) 24th December,
1881. Price 2d.
27. — A. J. Boult, London. Construction or arrangement of ball bearings. A
casing is provided in which are two or more parallel channels for the
series of balls. Each channel forms two shallow, nearly parallel
curves, the inner one of which is concentric with the periphery of the
axle, the balls in this touching the axle. As the axle revolves the balls
travel along this inner curve, pass out into the outer one, and back
again into the inner curve. (Com. by H. Bussing, Braunschweig,
Germany. 3rd January, 1882. Price 6d.
5682. — J. Whita and J. Asbury, Coventry. Velocipedes. When one wheel only
of a tricycle is driven, two chain wheels are mounted on the crank
shaft, one for " speed" and the other for " power." Clutches bring
whichever wheel is required into action. When both wheels are
driving wheels a differential driving gear is used, consisting of two
pairs of wheels of different diameters, which are also lockad as required
by clutches. The brake blocks are carried by a horizontal rod actuated
by a rocking shaft, which is worked by a handle. 27th December,
1881. Price 8d.
98. — W. Dawes, Leeds. Tricycles. Both the legs and arms are used for pro-
pelling these tricycles. The centre of the crank shaft is horizontal,
and on this is a chain wheel, connected with another chain wheel
mounted in front of the rider, who works this by two crank handles.
(Pro. pro.) 7th January, 1882. Price 2d.
99. — M. D. Rucker, junr., London. Velocipedes, &c. An automatic clutch
action is used for driving these velocipedes, which consists of a ring
with a series of ratchet teeth fixed on the side of the chain wheel.
This is mounted on a sleeve loose on the shaft. On the sleeve is also
a loose ring with ratchet teeth on one side, and on the other wedge-
shaped recesses. Beyond this ring is fixed on the shaft a disc with
wedge shaped projections. When the shaft is revolved one way these
wedge shaped projections force the loose ring to engage the teeth on the
ring on the wheel, which is then revolved. When the shaft is held the
ratchet teeth force the loose ring back, and the wheel is free. The
bearings for the balls are formed by a ring in the hub of the wheel, a
loose sleeve on the axle, and a ring on the loose sleeve. The balls
revolve in a groove in the ring, and bear against the coned sides of the
flange of the loose sleeve and the ring on the same. Another ring screws
on the end of the sleeve, and keeps these bearings always centred. The
band of the fork surrounds these two rings, and clamps them. 7th
January, 1882. Price 6d.
415. — W. Hillman, Coventry. Velocipedes, &c. The two driving wheels are
mounted loose on the spindles, and clutches are used to connect , the
wheels to the chain wheels. A double steering rod is fitted, one on each
side, and when the steering handle is turned one of the clutches is dis-
engaged and the one wheel is free. The bearing carrier consists of a
bracket in which the bearing is held by two holding adjusting scr ws.
The chain consists of two side wings joined together at one end by a
circular boss, the whole made in one piece. The other ends of the
wings overlap the boss of the next link, and a pin is passed thromgh.
In " sociables " the steering handle is placed and the steering effected on
the " off " side instead of in the centre. 27th Jan., 1882. Price 6d.
18 The Wheel World Advertiser — September, 1882.
ALEXANDRA PALACE
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The Wheel World Advertiser — September, 1882.
19
IMPERIAL BICYCLE,
Manufactured by
W. SMITH,
Crocus Street, Nottingham,
IS THE MACHINE FOR 1882,
As is proved by the following :
Mr. H. HIG-HAM, of Nottingham, won
the long-distance Championship of the
Midlands, of 14 hours per day at Bir-
mingham, in October, 1879, on a 52-in.
Imperial Racer. It is worthy of note
that this is the only six days' race ever
won without a change of machine.
Thursday, March 17, 1880. At the Agri-
cultural Hall he rode the unprecedented
distance of 230i miles, without dismount-
ing, and the quickest 100 miles on record.
Write for Price Lists and Testimonials
before ordering elsewhere.
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Metropolitan Eailway.
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SALSBURY'S IMPROVED NOISELESS
WITH NEW SAFETY FASTENING.
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only one hand by merely depressing a vertical bolt which securely closes the lower half of the
cylinder or socket piece, and renders it an impossibility for the lamp to become detached by
the vibration of the machine. Prices, Japanned, No. 1, 1 0/- each ; No. 2, 1 0/9 each ; No. 3, 1 1 /6
each. Nickel-plated, No. 1, 1 6/6 each ; No. 2, 1 8/6 each ; No. 3, 21 /- each.
Also noiseless HEAD LAMPS for Bicycles and Tricycles. Over Twelve Thousand are
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COVENTRY PHCENIX ' No
BY ROYAL.
Letters Patent.
THE
COVENTRY
PHffiNIX
TRICYCLE
COMPANY.
DOUBLE DRIVEE.
All their Tricycles are fitted
withPRITCHARD'SPATENT
AUTOMATIC MOTION for
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A thoroughly Sate and
Reliable Machine, suitable
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man.
COVENTRY PHOZNIX" N0.2.
NEW PATTERN.
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COVENTRY.
MANCHESTER AGENTS- Harrison & Co., 12S, Portland Street.
Humber, Marriott & Cooper,
\ l i: ■; OF THE CELEBRATED
HUMBER BICYCLE,
The most Popular Machine for 1881.
BEESTON, NOTTINGHAM, & 78, RICH-
MOND ROAD, LONDON, S.W.
BICYCLE UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1881.
One Mile, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
C. E. Liles, 2nd, on a 55m. Humber.
Five Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 581'n. Humber.
j Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.
C. E. Liles, 3rd, on a 55m- Humber.
50 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, 1st, on a 58m. Humber.
C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.
i v 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 seconds, beating
■ : time from 25 miles by i minutes 15§ seconds in the full distance. The
;irter in the mile race was run in 36§ seconds, by far the fastest quarter
a record.
SEND FOR PRICE LISTS OF THESE CELEBRATED MACHINES.
\ 1 1 1 icing men and tourists should possess a Humber Bicycle, which is easier
. I ^wifter than any other make. Delivery in 10 days from order.
THE HUMBER TRICYCLE,
Upon which was won the 50 Miles Championship, in the splendid time of
4 hours 15 minutes, by G. L. Hillier, Esq. Special features : Speed and ease
in hill mounting. Reigate Hill was ridden by S. J. Slocombe, Esq., in 13
minuteB on this Tricycle, the same distance as the Bicycle trial, many Bicycles
exceeding that time.
Important Notice.— The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
Race, on June 25th, 1881, was won on the Humber Tricycle by G. L. Hillier,
against twenty other competitors, the second man being 33 minutes, or about
equal to six miles, behind.
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OCTOBER, 1882,
Vol. V.
A BIGYGLIM ♦ TRI6Y6LINS
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EDITED BY
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H- L. CORTIS, Amateur Champion, won the 25 and 50 Miles'
Amateur Championship Races on a Bicycle fitted with Bdwn's
"JEOLUS" Ball Bearings, beating record time-
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As a proof of their vast superiority, all the principal Amateur and
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celebrated Bearings.
Back Wheel Bearings.
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The Wheel World Advertiser— October, 1882.
RECORD AGAIN BEATEN I
See Report of Wanderer* B.<\ Race .Meeting— Tin Cyclist, June 14th, 1882.
THE MILE IN 2m. 4iis., ) R „ rnRTK
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BY
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London,
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THE WORLD-RENOWNED
Duplex Excelsior Hollow Fort
ALL IMPROVEMENTS, SPECIAL QUALITY & FINISH,
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JULY, 1880.
Patronised by Her Majesty's Postmaster General,
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ings to all Wheels, and Pedal Action.
Hundreds in daily use by the Postal Service, running from 20 to 40 miles
daily. A proof of then- durability and easy running.
THE CHAMPION 10 MILE AMATEUR TRICYCLE RACE,
Run at Belgrave Road Grounds, Leicester, Easter Tuesday, April 19, 1881
was Won by S. Corbett, Jun., C.B.C., on an " Excelsior," manufactured by
BAYLISS, THOMAS & Co. Time, 42m. 54s., beating G. Hillier (on
Humber), and C. D. Vesey (on Humber).
At the Fifty Miles Tricycle Bace, on November 6th, 1880, from Finchley to
Hitchin and back, the four "Excelsior" Tricycles ridden by Messrs. H. J. Bell,
W.K.T.C; S. Corbett, C.B.C.; C. Kitching, W.K.T.C; and W. W.Williams,
W.K.T.C, were each winners of medals, having completed the distance in the
specified time,
BAYLISS, THOMAS & Co.,
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A Tricycle Tour of 1,428 miles through England. By the
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THE "PIONEER"
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H. J. PAUSEY, University Bicycle Works
BEDFORD ROAD, CLAPHAM, S.W.
Three Minutes' Walk from Clapham-road Railway Station.
6 The Wheel World Advertiser— October, 1882.
M. D. RDCKER, JDN., & Co.,
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THE "RUGKER" BTOLE.
Best materials andjworkmanship guaranteed.
Noted for rigidity, strength, comfort and
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Machines in the last 100 Miles Race from Bath,
5 were " Ruckers," including 2nd and 3rd, only
a short distance behind the winner.
THE RUCKER TRICYCLE.
Fig. 1 shows the position of a rider
on an ordinary open-fronted tricycle,
where power is obtained solely by the
muscular thrust of the legs.
Fig. 2 shows the position on the
"Rucker;" the rider sitting directly
over his work, being enabled to utilize
his weight to assist propulsion.
For farther particulars see Price List.
Dr. R. A. Wallace writes in the British Medical Journal, " The present arrangement of
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Of the thighs. He ought to stand and throw the weight of his body alternately on each
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Improving Tricycles. — The Eoad Ride. . . . . . . . . 233
Wheeling in Russian Finland. Trip from St. Petersburgh into
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That Bicycle. 237
London to Leicester : A Bicycling Idyll. By Talfred Ennyson. 238
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Jottings from the Emerald Isle 250
Volunteer Bicyclists 251
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The Tricycle 255
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IMPROVING TRICYCLES.— THE ROAD RIDE.
O one tours at the rate of thirteen mile's an hour, it is true*
but we fancy that that fact will not lessen the general-
satisfaction of three-wheelmen, that a distance of fifty
miles has been covered by a tricycle at such a rate of
pace. We remember some years ago reading a letter in The Field,
anent Stanton's Bath to London ride, written by a gentleman who
assumed, and still assumes, to be an authority on wheel matters.
He says, " Allow me to express some doubts as to the genuineness
of the race against time from Bath to London, a report of which
appeared in The Field. The narrative of the performance seems
so incredible that I am induced to write, in the hope that my letter
may elicit the opinions of other riders upon the subject. Feats in
athletics quite beyond the powers of man to accomplish are recorded
by the press, become established as precedents, and discourage am-
bitious enthusiasts from attempting to surpass them." After recount-
ing the rider's stoppages, he goes on to say, "We thus have the case
of 106 miles being ridden in 7 and a-half hours, to accomplish
which a pace of upwards of fourteen miles per hour must have been
maintained. Now, I contend that such a feat is impossible." So
much for contentions. No one would now-a-days deny the power
of a rider to maintain 14 miles per hour on a bicycle in a road race,
but how did we obtain evidence of this fact ? Why, solely by the
performances in the London B.C. Bath Road "trial," run every
Whit Monday over 100 miles of road. But for that, the contention
of the writer we have quoted might still hold good, and the " am-
bitious enthusiasts" have remained for ever quiescent. What would
" Fly-wheel " — for so the writer in The Field signed himself — have
said in 1874, which was about the date of his letter, if any one had
suggested 13 miles an hour for a tricycle over 50 miles of hilly
road ? He would probably have said " nonsense," and done all he
could to pooh-pooh such an idea. Fortunately all men are not like
" Fly-wheel," but believe in trying ; but for this it might still have
been in the power of theorists to deny the possibility of 14 miles an
hour for a bicycle, and 13 miles in a like period of time for a
tricycle. How have we arrived at a knowledge that a tricycle can
234 THE WHEEL WORLD.
be driven this pace ? By a man riding the distance on a path ?
Certainly not. It might be argued that the machine which did it
was a light machine specially built for the path, and that thus the
path might have been permitted to bring the machine to its develop-
ment. The hollowness of this argument will be at once apparent
when we point out this — a light machine is specially built for the
path, and no one believes it is strong enough for the road ;
thus no attempt to introduce it on the road is made. A
road "trial," however, brings it out. It at once becomes apparent
to the dullest mind, that if a machine weighing but 48^1bs. can be
propelled by a heavy man of some 13 stone at a terrific speed — that
is, terrific for a tri. — for fifty miles, we have been riding tricycles far
too heavy in the past. The light machine thus becomes the pattern
roadster ; a state of affairs which no amount of path riding could have
brought about. Again, as to hind steerers. No one doubted, who knew
anything about tricycles, that for speed down hills these machines
were worse than useless, because dangerous, but still the fact is proved
over again for the benefit of novices, when in the road trial the
hind steerers are " nowhere," and the front steerers come out trium-
phant. Path riding could not have brought this about. The first
of these road contests for tricycles, we find, was promoted by a
private agent in September, 1879, when Derkinderen won, covering
the 50 miles in 4-hrs. 55mm., which was described by a journal of
the day as " a wonderful performance "- — which it then was. This
was done on a rear steerer. In 1880, this same make of machine,
though ridden by an excellent rider, was not in it, simply owing to
the rider being thrown twice in descending hills. The race, it will
be remembered, was practically won by Hillier on the " Humber,"
an improved machine, which then burst on the wheel world for the
first time, and was specially prepared for the race. Hillier's time
was 4hrs. i4min., which pace, at the time, surprised riders in
general. It is idle to suppose that the weak point of the rear
steerer, or the good points of the " Humber," would have been
discovered, to the same extent, on a path. Bicyclists would at once
have said, as regards the pace, " Oh, yes, of course ; there are no
hills on a path." In 1881, the " Ride " was spoiled by the rain as
an exhibition of speed ; but one thing was proved by it, viz., that no
amount of rain or mud could stop a tricycle ridden by a good man ;
a fact which no path riding could ever have proved. No sane
person will, we presume, for one moment urge, that the worst path
ever constructed is not out-and-out superior to that most dusty road
in dry weather and most muddy in wet, the Bath Road between
Hounslow and Maidenhead. Is it English to stop short of perfec-
tion, or as near it as skill, enterprise, and money can take us ?
Again, " Certainly not." Therefore, when the Tricycle Associ-
ation became practically defunct, the Tricycle Conference took
up the Road Ride, because being composed of tricycle men
only, they lelt that there was plenty of room for the improvement
of the class of velocipede they chose to ride, and that the best way of
THE WHEEL WORLD. 235
finding out the best machine was in a great measure to be arrived
at by first finding that machine which could be driven at the highest
rate of speed with immunity from accidents. This has resulted in
1882 in placing the " Coventry Rotary" in the very highest rank for
pace. The rider, no doubt, was an exceptionally strong man, and
the machine a \ery light one, but, even after deducting these advan-
tages, no one will be prepared to deny that what has been decided
is that machines were still capable of being improved ; and also that
tricycles, as at present constructed, are too heavy. Before another
year comes round, no doubt the " Premier " and the " Cheylesmore "
will both be lighter than they are now, and their hosts of admirers
will not have to desert their favourite make, but will be able to thank
the Road Ride of 1882 for lightening their labours. About the
legality of road racing it is hardly necessary to write. It is, strictly
speaking, illegal, but at the same time, so are a hundred and one
things which are daily done without interference. No one, with any
knowledge of the world, pretends for a moment that the letter of
the law should always be strictly followed, and it is only when an
action becomes a nuisance that it really comes within the province
of the law. At the same time we contend that the Road Ride of
1882, as carried out by starting the men at intervals of one minute,
ceased thereby to "be a race, and was certainly robbed of all the
objectionable points of a race, viz., the ugly rush all over the road at
the outset and finish. The question of classing the Ride as "furious
driving," too, is absurd. If a man were to drive a tricycle thirteen
miles an hour through a crowded street, it certainly would be furious
driving ; but in the open country it cannot be classed as such,
because common sense must always temper the reading of this law.
No special pace is laid down in any Act defining what " furious
driving" is, and there is not a day on which gigs and other traps are
not whirled along at over the pace of the Am. Cham, ride of 1882.
We also have it in evidence that hansoms are frequently driven in
London at the rate of twelve miles an hour. We recently ran on a
" Sociable" three miles in 12^ minutes, and never met a soul. This
was above Lowndes's pace, and certainly no one, as we can vouch,
was annoyed. The outcry against the Road Ride does far more
credit to the morality than the common sense of the objectors ; and
in any case it has taken place, and proved no nuisance. Such, we
hope, will prove the fate of many another such contest.
"The Humbeb" Bicycle (Manufacturers— Humber, Harriott & Cooper : Works,
— Beeston, Notts). — This celebrated machine is undeniably the fastest, lightest and
strongest used on the racing path. The fastest one and two miles on record, also the
greatest distance in one hour (18| miles 210 yards), have been accomplished upon them. As a
roadster the " Humber" is undeniably miles faster in a day's journey, and more durable than
any other machine manufactured. The fact that the "Humber" bicycles are now almost
exclusively ridden_,by all bicyclists of distinction at the Universities and throughout the
United Kingdom, is sufficient evidence of then: superiority over all others. Samples are on
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free on application. — Advt.
236 THE WHEEL WORLD.
WHEELING IN RUSSIAN FINLAND.
TRIP FROM ST. PETERSBURGH INTO FINLAND.
The first noteworthy excursion of the first bicycle club in St. Peters-
burgh, which has been lately started, took place on the 18th
August, to Wiborg, in Finland, a distance of nearly 100 miles, or 150
kilometres. A party of eight members started at 4 a.m., and at the
10th mile we were photographed while riding. The high road was
rough, and the small stones troublesome, to which must be added
incessant up and down hill, but for all that we reached in due time
the frontier of Finland (36 miles). Here we hoped to find better
roads, and our surprise was great to find them worse than before.
We now had a natural road, but covered with deep mud, and after
struggling on for another 20 miles, partly on foot, we saw the impos-
sibility of reaching Wiborg on our bicycles, and took the train
at the nearest station, reaching Wiborg that evening. The next
morning we started, at 11 a.m., for the celebrated Imatra rapids and
falls, about 41 miles from Wiborg. This excursion amply rewarded
us for the hard work of the day before. The roads all the way are
the best one can wish for, partly natural of hard clay, and partly of
fiat granite stones of enormous size. Our only hindrance was the
incessant up and down hill riding, and although the hills were very
steep, we rode up most of them, and down them all, "legs over,"
and covered the 41 miles in 4?). 42m. After a good night's rest at
the hotel in Imatra, we started the next morning for Wiborg, after
visiting the second Imatra falls, about 4 miles off. The scenery
we passed was most beautiful, and in some parts as fine as I have
seen anywhere in the new or old world. The magnificent Iaima
Canal, with its many locks, of which we passed seven or eight,
is most interesting. The heat, during our excursion, was intense,
and we consumed large quantities of lemonade and milk and water.
Our return journey was not quite so successful, as we had to take
leave of our captain and another member, the former having bruised
his foot through a fall down hill, and the latter having injured his
hand while taking a header. No accidents happened to the
machines, of which we have some " D.E.H.F.'s," " Howe's,"
" Timberlake's," and " Excelsior's." Bicycling is growing rapidly
in our city ; last year we were only seven or eight, and now we are
already forty. J. H. Block, President St. Petersburgh B.C.
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THE WHEEL WORLD. 237
THAT BICYCLE.
He had, for some time past, guarded it jealously. When his
eyes should have been closed in peaceful and restful slumber, he
had lain awake listening anxiously to a curious continuation of
sounds, sometimes like a stealthy footfall among the lumber lying
in the yard to the rear ; again like the cautious movement of some
one climbing over the outhouses ; and, even at times, as though the
locks, bolts, and bars were being unlawfully trifled with. All these
occurrences were to him a peculiar source of anxiety ; and he, with
a great show of mystery, unfolded his suspicions to his paternal
parent. His father laughed. "There was nothing worth stealing
in the house." A flush of indignant surprise covered his counten-
ance, as he exclaimed : " But my bicycle ! " "Oh ! " was the cool
reply. It was, to use a delightful Irishism, in the dead of night,
between the small hours of the morning, when his ear, acutely alive
to every sound of motion, heard a slight tinkle proceeding from the
lower floor. Ah ! He raised himself in bed, and breathlessly awaited
the course of events. Another tinkle — and yet another. He leaped
from his resting place with the scanty attire of one who scorns to be
beheld of men. He rushed into the adjoining room and awoke his
venerable parent, whose snores had, for some hours previous, betn
awaking the echoes in the dark recesses of the ancestral home — a
seven roomed edifice, which had been designated, for the greater
convenience of the public, " School Board Playground View House."
" What ? " murmured paterfamilias, " someone in the house ?
Nonsense ! " But he roused himself, stretching his limbs after the
fashion of all burly sons of Britain. The youthful scion of the
house of paused, and as he brought up the rear, following in
the footsteps of the lord of the mansion, he whispered to the latter,
" Cute idea of mine to leave the bell on ! " The chilliness of the
cold kamptuliconed passage was keenly felt in that dreary hour. A
light was struck, and the door of the front room slowly and cautiously
pushed open. Nothing yet ! Wider the door was opened, and a
noise in the corner of the apartment caused the adventurers to beat
a hasty retreat. After gazing fearfully at one another, and feeling
the cold draughts insinuating their way into their scanty raiment,
they summoned courage and this time boldly entered the room.
They started at a heavy crash, followed by the rush of a dark object.
With trembling fingers they succeeded in lighting the gas. " There
goes the kitten," cried the youth. And, though every nook and
cranny where it was possible or impossible for a housebreaker to lie
concealed was searched, there was none discovered. Then the
mystery was solved. The kitten, the tiniest of tiny feline creatures,
had. managed to climb on to the saddle — where the heir of the family
loved to sit — had stretched out its little leg, and with its velvet paw
amused itself in the dark hours with the dulcet sounds of the bicycle
bell ! Its mother, turned out of the house at eventide for various
reasons, sanitary and precautionary, against theft among the
238 THE WHEEL WORLD.
number, passed its hours of exile in prowling among the loose
timbers, knocking them off the roof of the bicycle house in course
of construction, and lending a pleasing variety to these movements
by rolling itself among the flower pots as though they were so many
skittles ; winding up, in answer to the yearning cries of its infant
progeny, by scratching at the latch of the kitchen door. — Newcastle
Courant, Sept. ist.
>♦<
LONDON TO LEICESTER : A BICYCLING IDYLL.
By Talfred Ennyson
(Poet Laureate to the " Mental Wanderers " B.C.).
Two knights of the last established brotherhood,
" The Guild of the gilded wheels of Coventry,"
Sir Byrnad and Sir Sessyl, sat one night
In jovial genial ease. Their slipper'd heels
High posed upon the table, tilting back
The chair of each on two hind legs ;
Their elbows elevated in the air
And fingers interlaced, to firmly form
A fitting rest, where lolled their noble heads.
The smouldering herb betwixt the lips of each,
The hot apartment filled with fragrant mist,
Which flimsy, floating through the wide-ope'd window,
Soared through the cool night air, in eddying wreaths,
Toward the starlit sky. So floated they,
Raised in fancy by Tobacchus, genial god,
Away from the smoke-baked town, towards fair country fields,
And flow'ring hedgerows.
'Twas then the time of year
When ministers and parleymen put down
The bloated blue-book, and quit the consultation
On " Christian Population," and leave their lucubrations
On " Diplomat Relations, " nor heed the fate of nations
In honour, peace, or war ; but leave their party strife,
And join alliance on the heather'd moor,
There with ruthless fire to wage wild war
On innocent grouse. — 'Twas then the time of year
When Paterfamilias, putting down ledger and pen,
Packs his penates in portmanteaux,
And journeys with his quiverful of babes
To Ocean's brink, there to wash out
From every infant lung, with salt sea air,
All lingering taints of summer's chicken-pox
And youthful measles. — 'Twas then the time of year
When Bill and 'Arry don the billycock,
The brown-squared suit and blue-striped shirt,
To whiff the twopenny weed on Margate's ]etty.
" Then shall we," said Sir B., " as heretofore,
Be transplanted to some autumn watering-place,
To bask all vegetably beside the parent stem,
Like yearling strawberry : or shall we, like the merry
Chirping birds, take a short circling flight
O'er field and town, to stretch our growing wings,
Then back to home ?"
" This," said the other,
" Will we do." And from the shelf took down
Many a map, and spread them on the table,
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Saying, " Now, let us see where we shall go."
" Now, first, we'll go to Birmiugham," began Sir Byrnad ;
" And Salford, too," suggested then Sir Sessyl ;
•' And sed the trades of Manchester," adds Bymad ;
" And then the Plains of Salisbury," said Sir Sjssyl ;
" And take a short run on the hills of Wales ;"
" An<1 lounge awhile up the Dale of Dove ;"
" And pay a call on all our country cousins ;"
" And see the sisters of our brother knights."
Arid " thus " and " thus," as though their holiday
Were fourteen year-i, instead of fourteen days,
And all their future life would pass in cycling.
Thus did they ttlk from day to day ; then joined
In consultation two kindred minds, brothers
Of their illustrious order, Sir Glanvyl
And Sir Hugo ; till they fixed their views
And cast their course. Then, since together
They found they could not start, these four crossed hands,
A id each to each they plighted word and troth,
" On Tuesday night we meet at Leicester."
Then
Each laid in stock what things he thought m >st useful
For the journey. As shield again t the sun and rain,
A helmet white, bearing the burnished badge ;
And maps, and cans of oil, and scraps of rag.
Pencils, paper, pens, and blue-dyed hose
And scarfs, and the two-purposed cyclist's garment,
A " jersey " called by day, a " gown " by night.
So armed each started on his various way,
On Tuesday night to meet at Leicester.
Sir Sessyl,
Leaving London late in the afternoon
Of a bright summer's sun-lit Friday,
Made well his way some thirty miles to TriDg ;
And having there refreshed, he started forth
In hope to make a few more miles that night.
But now the day's huge furnace wafted west ;
Night's tranquil lamp now burst from underground ;
The roads grew devious, curving in their course,
Perplexing to the rider, till the moon
Now seemed to rise on right, now lower on left ;
And at each corner foolish fingerposts pointed
With steadfast uncertainty into thin air,
With directions that ever seemed self-contradictory.
So asked he of the passers by, " Which way ? "
Who scratched their heads, and thought till out of earshot,
Then halloed to the winds their vain reply.
Then stopping at a lonely wayside cot,
He entered a room through the open door,
Which being empty, to the room beyond,
Then through again into the yard,
Where, coming from the back he met
An ancient dame, bereft of sense of sound,
Who, in answer to his query, " Which the road ? "
Eeplied, '' But I don't know ye !" Then the knight
Bepeats again his question " Which the road ? "
" And is ye Mr. Tompkins ? " she replies ;
He louder asks again and gets reply,
" And is it Mr. Tompkins that ye want ? "
And then the knight again entreats the dame
To point him out the road , and she returns
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" And is ye really Mr. Tompkins' friend ?"
Louder and louder he yells his quest — she says
" I am stone deaf, I canna hear a word."
Then went he out with greater speed than courtesy,
And at next door again he asked the road ;
There a burly ploughman sat smoking
His peaceful pipe, near his wife and babe,
And he, not knowing whether to tell the way
By field and footpath, or by broad high road,
Asks if on foot he goes or on a nag,
And further, whence and by what road he came.
" I ride a bicycle," the knight replies, " and came
Since four o'clock from England's great metropolis."
And he not understanding, asks again,
And gets the same reply. The worthy man
Was much perplexed to know what kind of beast
Could make so many miles in such short time,
And whether it flew with feathery wings in air,
Or rumbled in the roadway like a train ;
Until his wife, with woman's readier tact
Explained, "Why, Jim, the gent's a velocifer !"
" A philosopher !" says he, " why then he needs must choose
The King's highway," and so explained the route.
Mounting then his nimble well-oiled nag,
With utmost speed he forward forged hie way,
While shades of night fell quickly o'er the land.
Rounding soon a bend he saw approach,
In a straight, strait stretch of tapering road,
A butcher's cart, whose high-mettled horse,
Uncultured as the ploughman in his cot,
Was filled full with awe and admiration
When the weird wire wheel whirled in his view,
Veiled in the gathering dark, skimming along
The road ; and so, between the influence
Of the conflicting passions of his soul,
And of the skill-less hand that held the reins,
Was swayed from left to right, and left no room
To pass. Ere each could stay his speed,
This horse and that had formed a close acquaintance ;
That had learnt by dire experience
And sense of touch that this no phantom was,
But true steel and iron ; and t]iis, with its rider,
Was headlong hurled maimed and mangled to the ground.
" Thou hast cracked off my crank, thou craven coward,"
Rising erect, the knight outcried with rage,
" All cranky is my crankless steed, and cranky I
If I attempt to ride on him ! So drive
Me back to Tring."
So mounts Sir Sessyl in the chaise,
And knight and butcher, sitting side by side,
Beguile the dreary drive into the town
With sparring speech and many a heartfelt epithet.
" The fault," the butcher says, " was thine, who stole
In silence unexpected on my horse's gaze."
" Nay, thine," the knight replies, " who, long forewarned
Of my approach by mellow-sounding bell,
Stood not upon thy guard." " Nay, thine," said he,
" Whose jangling din, filtering through the dark,
Assailed my horse's ears ere he perceived
Your form. — What mettled steed could calmly stand
The tittering tinkle of thy twopenny tin-pot bell ? "
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" Nay, thine, who drove upon the King's highway
An unbroken beast, as uncontrollable by thee
As is the showery zephyr in the sunny spring,
Which frisks where it lists with spray-besprinkling ripple
Over the simmeriDg sea." — " The fault was thine,
Who passed upon the wrong side of the road."
" Nay, thine, who left no room to pass aright."
So bandied words until the journey ended,
And Sir Sessyl, 'neath the sombre skies,
Entered again the town, all humbly riding
A bicycle, of very different build from that on which
But two short hours before he started forth
Beneath the glow of summer's setting sun.
He sought, and soon he found a hostel roof,
And there, relentless, drove to death his ire
In dire assault against Old England's knight*
Of greatest fame, by the headless monarch dubbed ;
And quaffed a goodly quart of Allsop's ale ;
Illumined then, the argillaceous layman,
Functionary of the church, t once more
In genial mood he sat him down to think,
And so resolved to send to town the morrow
His mutilated mount, and make a few miles' march
On foot, unto the castle of a comrade,
Where he would be met with open arms
And homely hospitality. And so
The morrow morn he early left his couch,
And sent to town his mutilated steed,
And forward then he made a few miles' march
On foot, unto the castle of a comrade,
Who welcomed him arriving with open arms
And English hospitality. And there
He stayed three days beneath the friendly roof,
And joined in all their genial pastimes there ;
Now joining tennis with the ladies fair,
Now hooking fish from out the county stream,
Now passing round the social glass of beer.
Then on the Tuesday morn, the trysting day,
He sped a stretch of forty miles by train,
And there received a charger sent from home :
A creature 'twas mighty in joint and limb,
In build so broad and big and ponderous,
As won for it the name of " omnibus ; "
To drive uphill 'twas, slow and strainful work,
But on a downward slope it stately swept,
With gathering speed— resistless, uncontrollable.
He stepped astride the beast, and steered for Leicester ;
Bnt Fate unfavourable frowned upon him,
And cast about his route through all that morn
An endless chain of hills, which each surmounted
Gave but a point of view to show the next,
And every corner rounded still displayed
Another rising hill. And all the roads
She sprinkled with petty obstacle of stone and dust,
* i.e., Sir Loin of Beef.
_,. , + *•«•■ having lit a clay pipe— a " churchwarden."
Inese two phrases, as specimens of poetic mystification, are unsurpassed by anything the
laureate has ever written. This explanation is here given, lest the reader, misled by the
very perfection of then: obscurity, should pass them by, thinking them completely destitute
pi siguinCcitiou,
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And wound fchem intricate with turns and twists,
Through undiscovered villages. . Bo the knight—
His ardour somewhat damped by tedious toil,
Yet keeping well in view the end, his oath —
Bore bravely on in spite of fortune.
Wearily working his wheel up hillock and hill,
Painfully picking his path 'twixt pebble and hole,
Winding and curving his course through bridle and lane
So scored a scanty sixteen miles that morn.
Then at a roadside house he stopped to rest,
And doughtily dealt with chops, and cheese, and beer,
As only the cyclist knight knows how to deal ;
Then straddled the saddle again and forward rode.
Now adverse Fate, discerning quick that he
"With resolution indomitable
Could not be checked by hill or obstacle,
Took council with the- demon Stratagem
To spod his plans. So, starting like a lion
Scenting blood, he found a fair flat path,
And lilt along it like an antelope
Startled by the lion's gleaming fangs.
Then came upon a gentle downward hill,
And joyed to ply a pleasant pace at last,
And prompted by the demon Stratagem,
He raised his lower limbs above the handles,
And easy sat high on the stalwart steed.
While on the downward slope it stately swept
With gathering speed, creating winds to fan him.
So soared athwart the country till he seemed
To float motionless above the earth,
While a living moving landscape lay beneath,
Which turned, to right or left at his free will,
Displaying at each turn a lovelier grace.
Then came a point where four roads met,
And, at the corner placed, a warning post
Imposed a change of route. He turned, and, lo !
A spot scarce one wheel's turn in front,
Where, prompted by the demon Stratagem,
The local workmen had cut a narrow ditch
Transverse into the margin of the road,
To drain it dry. Thither the cycle ran
As on the downward slope it stately swept,
With gathering speed, resistless, uncontrollable,
And whirling, swooped towards the narrow ditch,
As swoops the kingly eagle on his prey.
" Now cruel Fate has won," he cried ; then burst
Upon his mind direct, o'erleaping nerve
And organ, a crash, a wrench, a whirl, a rush,
— So many seconds swung 'twixt sky and earth,
— Then lighted on his feet — and all was changed !
The fairy landscape which floated at his will,
Now stubborn, sluggish earth beneath his feet ;
The sprightly breeze which rose to fan his brow
Had ceased to be, nor longer heard his call ;
That grand machine, which but a moment since
Was filled with life and motion of its own,
Surpassing horse, or hare, or hound or wind,
Lay now a mangled mass of twisted steel.
" But no ! " he cried, " Fate has not won, nor shall win,
While I have legs to bear me, a head to guide,
A heart within. Shall I succumb to Fate ?
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243
Nay, ' Forward ' be my word — to Leicester,
And my oath." Then raised the wounded beast,
And coaxed it on in many a quaint position,
Now driving it in front on the small wheel,
As a seaside fishmonger drives his barrow ;
Now dragging it along behind his back,
As a costermonger drags his truck ;
And lastly bore the backbone o'er his back,
As the peripatetic milkman bears his yoke,
A wheel to right and left like milkman's pails.
So marching on, he asked the passers by
How long the road to reach the nearest town ?
And one said 'twas a mile, another two ;
He walked a mile and asked again, and still
One said it was a mile, and others two,
And then another held that it was three.
So trudged in doubt towards the town
Which erred before his eager eye, now near,
Now far, like a mirage in the desert.
One thing alone he constant certain felt,
'Twas sixty yards of barren road in front,
And sixty pounds of iron on his back.
Soon as the airy atoms of the mirage,
Shaken, churned, in tossing near and far,
Precipitated in substantial form
A town, he entered in and asked again
How far the neighbouring railway station was ?
One said 'twas-at the limit of the town,
And one said 'twas a mile, another two.
He walked a mile and asked again, and still
One said it was a mile and others two,
And then another held that it was three.
So still he forward forged in dismal doubt ;
And plodded on and on, in sweltering heat.
One thing alone he constant certain felt ;
'Twas sixty yards of barren road in front,
And sixty pounds of iron on his back.
The sullen skies grew leaden, overcast,
Heavy, as though they too would weigh him down
And, oozing drop by drop, they blend their sweat
With sweat upon his brow.
Yet on he plods,
And gains at length the goal : and thus again,
Inexorable Fate was driven back
By inexorable zeal, and found herself
Compelled to beat retreat, then stand again.
'Twas thus the lonely goal, when reached, he found
Was scarce a station, but a roadside crossing,
Where there only stopped two trains a day ;
The next at nine o'clock. For two long hours
He needs must wait. Sir Sessyl's noble soul —
Which patient bore so long the blows and buffets
Of malignant Fate, and bore him up
Throughout the Herculean task of six miles' march,
A dead horse on his back — could not abide
To stand at idle gaze and rest in ease,
While the moments of the trysting-day
Fell one by one beneath Time's ruthless sickle.
So casting down his burden on the ground,
He raised his pocket-kerchief to his face*
To wipe away the perspiration,
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As, crash, from the creaking flood-gates of his soul,
A mighty torrent burst of " big, big D — s."
Then back he angry strode full half a mile ;
For there the nearest house was situate,
And, angry, ordered meat and drink and smoke ;
And, angry, got but eggs and gingerbeer.
And when the idle hours had dripped away,
Back to the station came and booked for Leicester,
And with his luggage took the faithless train,
Which at the junction turned him out
To wait another hour. The drizzling rain
Of afternoon falls now in fluent floods,
Which swamp and wash away the precious momenta
Of the trysting day, and nearly swamp
Sir Sessyl's firm resolve to hold his oath.
The hour expired ; and outward lounged at length
The lumbering luggage-train to Leicester ;
And when, drove by the ceaseless oscillations
Of the solemn swinging isochrone,
The facial index lay but a quadrant short
Of that mystic no man's border land,
Betwixt to-day and to-morrow, forth stepped
Sir Sessyl, with the carcase of his steed,
On Leicester's platform ; quick to the cloak room ran
And changed the cat's-meat carcase for a ticket,
And sallied forth into the lonely streets.
Then adverse Fate, who saw defeat glare
In her face, in her last effort
Sought the weather clerk, and him prevailed
To pour in pitiless pelt a cataract rain.
Sir Sessyl laughed to scorn her funny spite,
And ambled blithely as a water sprite
With nimble bounds along the glistening stones,
Nor stopped until he reached the trysting hostel :
There sought the hostess of the house, and thus accosted her,
" Madam,— far famed proprietress
Of the Bell Hotel, salute ye !
I seek three noble knights clad like myself,
Sir Byrnad, Sir Glanvyl, and Sir Hugo ;
Know ye them ? "
" Nay, not by name," replied,
" But have two cycling gents who may be they ;
They came this afternoon, and went to bed
Two hours ago ; — they are number forty-four
And forty-five," so saying, called the boots
And thus bespoke him :
" Take a lighted lamp,
And show the gent to number forty -four
And forty-five." This the churl did do,
And yielding up the light he quick withdrew.
A moment stood Sir Sessyl at the doors,
Then forward stepped, raised his clenched fist,
And thrice he smote the door of forty-four,
And thrice of forty-five ; and silent listening
Heard an uncertain responsive rustling within.
Then in one instant opened both the doors,
And side by side, one on each linsel, stood —
Dazed by the light which smote their unused eyes,
Dishevelled as they rose each from his couch,
Where each (this rude reveille unforseen)
Had slept some hours as only cyclists
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Staring glarily — two stalwart knights,
Clothed in the two-purposed cyclist's robe,
Which trailed from shoulder unto hip, and showed
Their lithesome limbs below ; vis a vis,
Clothed in full unilorm as he rode, Sir Sessyl
Every garment drenched and dripping wet,
And splashed from head to foot with mud and mire.
" Sir Glanvyl and Sir Hugo," spake Sir Sessyl,
" I greet ye." And as he spoke
Loud in the minster* tower the huge tongues swung,
And twelve dull booms resound from room to room,
To tell the town in gloom the hour of doom.
" Thus have I kept my oath."
*This is poetic licence, as a matter of fact there is no minster at Leicester, and no such
bells could have sounded; but the description is justified by the fact that at the moment
referred to a three-and-sixpenny American clock on a bracket in the hall was actually
striking twelve (or, rather, thirteen, after its national waggishness), so that had there been
a minster clock, it would undoubtedly have produced the effect described.
HOW THE WHEEL WORLD WAGS.
1HE wheel world wagged very slightly last month, judging
by the phenomenally short measure of records meted out
from its axis. This was no fault of the sphere, however,
but due merely to a paucity of lubricating substance,
which made the axis so slow to revolve that the printing-press out-
stripped the post. In other words, the bulk of my copy was too late
for last month's magazine, and the poor scribbler, whose penny-a-
line income was thus reduced, had to exist upon short rations, and
his wheel's gyrations have consequently given him plenty of occupa-
tion in preparation for alteration from such privation.
Not to keep my readers on the tenterhooks of suspense (I don't
know where tenterhooks of suspense are manufactured now-a-days,
but the phrase sounds well), I will at once satisfy their craving for
wholesome knowledge by informing them that the British climate
has been much about the same as usual during September — warm
and sunny days predominating, but with no unfrequently-occurring
chilly mornings and evenings upon which we have been glad to throw
away our fire-stove ornaments, and to ac-Sept-embers wherewithal
to increase our creature comforts. (Please, Mr. Editor, award me
the cake for the worst jokelet on record.)
Reports of club runs get meagre and more meagre week by week,
small musters telling tales of the holiday-touring which the majority
of wheelmen have been indulging in ; and the missives which
G.P.O. minions have delivered at the domestic thresholds of many
a wandering wheelman have contained eloquent descriptions of the
numerous thrilling incidents upon the road, when Sol has beamed so
warmly as to make it imperative upon the self-propelled tourist to
pay frequent visits to wayside hostelries for the purpose of inspecting
the thermometer, looking at the time, asking the distance to the next
pub. — I should say interesting relic of byegone days, and— of course
a mere secondary consideration — to get a drink.
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That tricycling is surely gaining upon bicycling is daily receiving
fresh proof, and we now have the spectacle not only of all the
bicycling newspapers adopting tricycling sub-titles, but what is more
practical, we know that a tricyclist has beaten the bicycling tourist's
best record, by riding from J ohn-o' -Groat's to the Land's End within
14 consecutive days, Mr. Nixon, of the London Tricycle Club, being
the hero who has opened the eyes of the sceptical narrow-gauge
tourist to the truth that tricycles are not only infinitely safer and
more comfortable, but fully as speedy, on a steady, long journey, as
the hitherto unapproached bike.
For a shorter journey, too, the tricycle is creeping up, 50 miles on
the road in 3h. 47m. 40s., being pretty near the best record for
bicycling on the road. The time quoted was made by Mr. M. J.
Lowndes, of Coventry, in the road-race for the title of tricycling
champion, engineered by a committee drawn from four of the
Metropolitan tricycling clubs, who arranged to hold the race on the
Great North Road on September gth, and were fortunate enough to
carry the event to a successful issue, notwithstanding sundry dark
rumours which had been afloat for months previously respecting a
threat said to have emanated from police officials who had been
reprimanded for bringing a frivolous charge of furious riding against
a tricyclist.
The Bicycle Union, with which is incorporated the Tricycle
Association, prefers to follow the Path of Rectitude, instead of rush-
ing down the Road to Ruin ; and in the present case the P. of R. is
represented by the cinder-track at the Crystal Palace, upon which a
five miles race for the short-distance championship of tricycling is
to be held, under the auspices of the B.U.W.W.I.I.T.T.A., on
October 14th. I believe there is no foundation for the statement
that this race will be run on principles parallel to those which
governed the fifty-miles event on the road, when the competitors
started at intervals of a minute apart, compared with the mystifica-
tion resulting from which arrangement, yacht handicaps are simplicity
itself.
An attempt has been made to give a fillip to that much-neglected
department of bicycling, the art of mounting and dismounting, by a
mixed club offering a couple of " valuable" prizes for an open com-
petition. But after an interesting contest, it was found that the
" valuable " prizes were worth about the price of a couple of pints of
four-half ; from which it is to be feared that skilful exponents of the
science of getting on and off their bicycles have not derived any con-
siderable amount of encouragement from the competition.
In the brave days of old, it used to be the solitary " gentleman of
the road " who rode up to the crowded stage-coach and demanded
the immediate transfer of the occupants' valuables, backing up the
demand by the presentation of a brace of pistols. Now-a-days,
matters are a bit reversed, and " gentlemen of the road " — otherwise
cyclists — occasionally meet with maltreatment from the 'igh and
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'aughty 'andlers of the 'orses drawing the Brighton Coach. Satis-
factory it is to note, then, that one such gentleman of the road took
retributive measures, by presenting a brace, not of pistols, but of
summonses to appear at the Cuckfield police-court, the result of
which was that the 'igh and 'aughty parties— or their servants —
bought themselves off by offering a five-pound note and the exes,
which offer was accepted " in the interests of peace." Rather a
mixed-up readjustment of old traditions ! Peace and good-will be-
tween coachists and cyclers having been proclaimed, the advent of the
Millennium may now be confidently expected, to be preceded at an
early date by the spectacle of the Brighton Coach towing tricyclists
up Handcross Hill, and bicyclists standing drinks to the Jehu when
they meet at the Reigate Grapes.
Another police-court case pains me muchly to comment upon. I
truly regret to see that some members of the Orion B.C. have been
sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for
persistently following some fellows who had run them down on
Bank Holiday, eh ! what ? Oh ! we 11, yes, I suppose
that must be it ; it means that the assailants were sentenced, though
it certainly says that " They " (the Orions) " persistently followed
their assailants until they could give them in charge. They have
now bten sentenced," &c. Lucky I saw the slip in time to avoid
launching out into a diatribe against justices' justice !
Subscribers who have read this magazine from its commencement
will be grieved to hear of a sad indisposition which has put the original
founder and Editor hereof very much "out of form." So touched
was the immortal " Jarge " at the departure of his chum, Cortis, for
Australia, that his mind was seriously affected, to such an extent,
indeed, that he actually dropped into poetry. The physicians hope
to bring him round by careful nursing and strict quiet, combined with
gentle exercise and stimulating diet.
The Autumn Meet of the North Londoners has taken place at
Barnet, many touring absentees greatly reducing the musters, so
that the energetic marshals who rushed about so frantically waving
variegated flags formed no inconsiderable percentage of the partici-
pants in the second annual gathering on Hadley Green. Fine
weather favoured the fixture this year, so that we were spared the
melancholy bedraggled appearance which signalised the initial
gathering. Sundry ditches, which had to be crossed by the tricy-
clists, are said to have been the causes of considerable diversion,
and it is a pity that our talented artist was not present to pourtray
the dashing flight of divers sociable-couples who, having looked,
leapt the yawning chasm in triumph. Perhaps Mr. Banks will take
this hint, and, on the principle " better late than never," treat us to
a cartoon next month, drawn, a la Police News, purely from
imagination.
Our diurnal contemporary, The Daily Chronicle, can scarcely be
said to have made a bull's eye when commenting upon Mr. Nixon's
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trans-Brittannic journey, its shot being, in fact, singularly wide of
the mark when it speaks of the tricycle " becoming a verv useful
factor in increasing the comfort of the lower and middle classes."
Where the lower class commences and the middle class ends, is one
of those disputed points which cannot be adequately decided ; but
when we find upon the muster-roll of practical tricyclists the names
of our Queen, Princes, Princesses, Dukes, Earls, and noblemen of
every grade, the higher professors, and in fact every class from
Royalty downward, we are lost in conjecturing what class the D.C.
would consider above its " lower and middle" grades in society.
Our weekly companion, the Sikh-list, is earning for itself an
enviable reputation as a ferreter-out of racing men's peccadilloes, and
what with exposing the dubiously amateur nature of some races,
and the indubitably professional nature of others, with side-refer-
ences to the tricks' of the (racing-man's) trade in the way of
soliciting eleemosynary mounts, the Pushing Penn'orth is a thorn in
the side of many a professional-amateur.
The approach of the silly- season has naturally led to the advent
of sundry showers of cycling frogs, big gooseberries, and other
padding being tapped ; it is rumoured that one at least of the
bicycling weeklies seriously contemplates offering a premium to the
contributor who shall start the most wordy discussions in its
correspondence columns ; whilst already such well-worn themes as
the B.T.C. tariff, vertical action on tricycles, saddles versus seats,
and " Is the Otto a bicycle ?" have filled the gaping columns of
those unfortunate prints which, unlike our immaculate monthly,
appear- hebdomadally. For this is a cold world, and the winter
bears hardly upon the wielder of scissors and gum-brush.
The cry is, " Still they keeps on a-comin' ! " Tricycle records con-
tinue to roll in, xgi miles within 24 hours, on an " Excelsior," being
accomplished by Mr. Hawkins, and 120 miles in the same time, on
a sociable, being ridden by the same gentleman and his wife.
The old order changeth, giving place to the new. That obsolete
old process of vulcanising rubber tires into the rims of bicycles is
now being practically revived for the purpose of securing the tyres to
the steering wheels of three-wheelers, the great strain upon which
made the security of the rubber a matter of difficulty, until the
present writer hit upon the expedient of reviving Grout's expired
patent process. Some men are said to be fortunate in having had
fathers born before them. Similarly, tricyclists are lucky in having
the experience of bicycle-making-progress to guide in the construc-
tion of the broad-gauge vehicles, which are so extensively super-
seding the narrow gaugers.
" They do not manage these things better in France," is a phrase
which, I believe, has ere now seen the light in the " W.W.," and its
truth has received ample confirmation now, by the utter collapse of
the French amateur reformation. Our Gallic neighbours have sealed
the doom of amateurism, after all the pother which has taken place
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for the purpose of purifying French sport, and rendering it possible
for Englishmen to meet Frenchmen in amateur races. The barriers
are broken down, and Liberie, Egalite, Fraternite proclaimed, no
distinction between amateurs and professionals being in future
tolerated across the water.
Further away, across the Herrin' Pond, our cousins are shortly to
be regaled by an American Wheelman's Monthly. Judging by the
enormous success of Transatlantic magazines, this ought to be good
business, and we shall be able to see whether our custom-house
handicapped contemporaries can yank out a better monthly than our
own hitherto unapproachable " Wheel World," which now completes
its fifth volume with a record of thirty months' successful revolutions
around its "Axis."
Testing a Novelty. — Quite an amusing contest, and one that
will prove of interest to wheelmen generally, has been going on in
Louisville for some time past. One of our best roadsters, having
been converted to the "Star" bicycle, sold his bike and ordered one of
the much-abused variety, and became an enthusiastic advocate of its
advantages as a roadster. The boys did not take kindly to the new
wheel at first ; in fact, were rather inclined to ridicule the whole
thing, and dark threats of what would be done with the " Star man"
when he was caught out on the road became frequent. As a conse-
quence, every road ride in whi«h the "Star" participated thereafter was
a race, and the life they led that poor fellow was really shameful.
Singly and collectively, our best and fastest riders tackled the " Star"
man, and tried to pump the wind out of him ; but he was game, and
stayed with them wonderfully well, thus far neither party having
gained a very decided advantage. In hill-climbing, practical
experience has proved the two bicycles te be aoout equal, with slight
odds in favour of the old style. On a down grade the " Star" takes the
lead ; although, with recklessness characteristic of Louisville riders,
necks have been freely risked to maintain ♦he Superiority of the crank
machine. On a level road the rotary is otiil largely in favour, and
is certainly the faster machine. As a result of this conflict, respect
for the " Star" has greatly increased, and several orders have been
turned in from this vicinity, with a number still lingering in an awful
state of uncertainty. — Bicycling World, Aug. 25th.
Why ? — The Bicycling World, of Aug. 25th, says : — " When such
riders as Sturmey, Faed, and Hillier practically abandon the bicycle
for the tricycle, it looks as though there was something in the latter."
We would explain that these riders — i.e., the first and last — have not
by any means abandoned the use of the bicycle, but, feeling the
capabilities and advantages of the three-wheeler, they deem fhat
practise is better than precept, and in bringing the tricycle before
public notice desire to do so with practical data in hand, and not a
mere parcel of theory.
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^TOTTINGS FROM TOE
1^1 ^MEMLDTSLE
" Better late than never," is a trite saying that is well adapted to
the weather, which came in with September, and which still con-
tinues. Grumblings against the elements have been heard on every
side, but now wheelmen look in unison with the cheerful rays of the
" gleaming orb." Query : how long will the bright and cheerful
weather, ditto looks, continue ?
The first meeting of the Ballon A.C., may be considered a big
success. In the four miles bicycle race, Welply, who received 250
yards, fell twice, but by plucky riding secured first place. This does
not speak well for the handicap.
Apropos of handicapping at the Borris, it was very bad : H. M.
Wright, in the bicycle races, had it all his own way ; he was
scratch man in the handicaps, yet he was not asked to concede half
enough to create anything like a contest.
The Fourth Annual Meet of Irish Bicyclists was held in the
Phoenix Park, on Saturday, 16th September, under the auspices of
the Irish Bicycle Association. Although the weather was not all to
be desired, still about 160 wheelmen took part in the procession.
The route lay up the main road of the park as far as the lower
entrance to the Viceregal Lodge, through the grounds, and out by
the gate at the Phoenix, down the main road again, round the Gough
statue, and back up the road again to the usual place, to be
photographed.
About 160 cyclers took part in the procession, the following clubs
being represented : — Dublin University, Irish Champion, Phoenix,
Eglinton, Leinster, Atlas, Eblana, Victoria, Richmond, Clontarf,
Windsor, Metropolitan, Ardbraccan, and Ohne Hast. About a
dozen tricycles brought up the rear.
The usual style of riding was most successfully gone through,
attended with the usual results — namely, at one moment the specta-
tors would be led to believe that the processionists were about to
have a race, the next moment the pace would be in keeping to the
tune of the " Dead March," thus bringing several riders to grief.
This was one of the most noticeable features of the meet, and
deserves special recognition.
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It is pleasing to see that the committee — presumably acting on the
suggestion which I made some time ago in the " Wheel World," re
the racing course in the Park — selected another for the ten miles
road race, and although a better road could be selected, still it was
a vast improvement on the " Nancy Hans " Road.
Lurgan A.C. Sports, Saturday, August 19th. — One Mile (Club)
Novices' : T. Robertson, 1 ; E. Lamont, 2 ; J. Anderson, 3. Won
easily. Timer 4m. 35s. — Two Miles Handicap (Open) : W. M.
Woodside, CM. B.C., scratch, 1 ; D. M'Gaw, W.B.C., 115 yds, 2;
L. Watts, Liverpool O.B.B.C, scratch, 3. Won easily. Time,
8m. 27s. — Two Miles Handicap (Club) : W. Horner, scratch, 1 ; T.
Robertson, 20 yds, 2 ; E. Lamont, 120, 3. Time, 9m. 17s. —
Four Miles (Open) Handicap : W. M. Woodside, scratch, 1 ; L.
Watts, L. O.B.B.C, scratch, 2; R. K.Rose, Clelland, 200 yds, 3.
Time, 18m. 5s. A hilly grass track, in soft condition.
Monasterevan A.C Sports, Thursday, 24th August. — Two Miles
Handicap : W. Ard, P. B.C., scratch, 1 ; A. M'Cormack, 200 yds, 2 ;
W. Dee, 300, 3. Time, 9m. 24JS, A grass track.
Ballon A.C. Sports, Monday, August 28th. — Four Miles Handicap :
J. Welply, 250 yds, 1 ; J. Ralph, 300, 2. Won by six inches. —
Two Miles Handicap (Open) : J. Welply, scratch, 1 ; G. Lowe, 70
yds, 2. Won very easily. — One Mile : J. Ralph, 1 ; G. Lowe, 2.
Borris C.C Sports, Saturday, gth September. — Two Miles Handi-
cap : H. M. Wright, D.U.B.C, scratch, 1 ; F. Barnes, 30 yds, 2.
Won very easily. Time, 8m. 23s. — One Mile Mount and Dismount
(10 times) : H. M. Wright, 1 ; F. Barnes, 2 ; W. Butler, I.C.B.C,
3. Won by 40 yards. Time, 5m. 15s. — Five Miles Handicap
(Open) : H. M. Wright, scratch, 1 ; F. Barnes, 50 yds, 2; J. Hosford,
50, 3. Won with ease. Time, 21m. 40s.
Irish Bicycle Association. — Ten Miles Handicap Road Race,
Phoenix Park, Saturday, 16th September : W. M. Woodside, scratch,
1 ; H. M. Wright, scratch, 2 ; J. B. Whittaker, M.B.C, 2m. 30s., 3.
Won with the greatest ease. Time, 41m.
" Athcliath."
VOLUNTEER BICYCLISTS.
The latest phase of bicycling is a scheme for organising a
Volunteer battalion of cyclists. For some time past attention has
been turned to the iron steed as a swift and silent means of con-
veying intelligence, and the merits and demerits of the idea have
been extensively discussed. The chief argument against it, however,
appears to be that bicyclists cannot charge and manoeuvre like
infantry. Of course not, and they are not required to do so. Their
sole use would be to convey information whenever required, and as
a body of men acquainted with every nook and cranny of the United
Kingdom, they are the very ones wanted. Meanwhile, two gentle-
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men deeply interested in the Volunteer movement — the Hon. R. G.
Molyneux, late 4th Dragoon Guards, and Mr. H. Smith, of River
Cottage, Hornsey, London — are busy promoting the scheme, which
has the approval of the War Office. There is no doubt that every
Englishman who enjoys freedom from the universal conscription
which is draining the populations of Continental Europe, should try
and serve his country in some way or other, if only for a few years.
Our present Volunteer Army, a quarter of a million strong, is a
proof that this duty is felt and responded to by every class of society.
But the bicycle scheme opens up fresh fields and pastures new
wherein patriotism may display itself. Many Volunteers already
ride the iron horse, but they form a very small percentage of the
whole, because both club runs and drill generally take place on
Saturday, and they cannot attend both. In view of this fact, it is
proposed that only gentlemen who are already Volunteers shall be
eligible for membership. As it is illegal for a man to belong to two
regiments at once, this idea will not work, and we would suggest
the. conditions being altered so as to admit of men becoming
Volunteers by joining the bicycle corps. This, we are certain,
would bring plenty of recruits. Also, it is not absolutely necessary
that officers should ride tricycles. When desirous of communicating
with the rear they can either pass the orders or slacken speed, as
officers of existing clubs already do.
Regarding the uniform, we think that by retaining, where possible,
existing designs, with required alterations for accoutrements, it is
not improbable that whole clubs would join, thereby, in a few
months, forming an additional ten thousand Volunteers. We
commend these remarks to the consideration of Messrs. Molyneux
and Smith. — Volunteer Service Review, September 15th.
ON DISMOUNTING
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FROM FOREIGN PARTS.
My Dear Old Jack, — I promised you I'd write,
When I got settled in this wild location ;
And as, at length, I've earned a brief respite
From tramping leagues of endless vegetation,
I've improvised some envelopes and paper,
A quill and ink, and, as it's night, a taper.
So, for my letter. Well, and how's the Club ?
And have you got a century of members ?
Who's Captain ? and is little Brown still Sub ?
And is there one who " Handsome Hal " remembers ?
And can he boast in other clubs some mourners ?
Is Jones still good at both the Bridge's corners ?
I had a lonely voyage, and seldom spoke
With other passengers, however pressing ;
My luggage was a gun, a pipe, a cloak ;
My purse was light ; I gloried in possessing
A parchment leaflet with a seal official,
For sixty acres : what more beneficial ?
I've built a hut, and cleared a lot of land.
Some farmers live within an easy distance ;
A score of miles the nearest. Understand,
I've neither road or " Humber " for assistance ;
Though I've a mount — and very fierce of snort 'tis —
Who'll do the twenty, not so fast as Cortis.
We have no much-loved Ripley Road out here ;
No red-cheeked Annie, as in that sweet village ;
No " lemonade and bitter," bright and clear ;
No recreation, save eternal tillage.
Nothing but leaves salute my weary vision,
And greet my sorrow with a mute derision.
Ah, Jack ! each night, when down to rest I lay,
And all is hushed save jackal's hellish screaming;
I beat my breast, and curse the hated day
That I of love should ever have been dreaming.
Who stops to think that even rocks will crumble,
That banks will break, and love forsake the humble ?
Often I wish, when care forgets to goad,
That once again I might slip in the saddle,
And wander down the old familiar road,
And home at sundown, singing gaily, paddle ;
Revisit haunts where once we congregated,
A careless party, even in woe elated !
To hail the afternoon of Saturday
With pent-up eagerness that brooked no curbing ;
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Make for head-quarters, where a cluster gay
With laugh and shout the welkin were disturbing ;
Then trundle off, and tea with " Kit " at Weybridge ;
Do Lambourne End, or p'r'aps sojourn at Abridge.
Ah, no ! Ah, no ! such rides will nevermore
Light up the sombre days of my existence.
Mine but to mourn, and silently deplore
What might have been — and struggle for subsistence.
Once I was rich, and held her in subjection ;
But when the bank broke, where was her affection ?
A truce to this. — But, Jack, if ever you
Should meet her, mention me to her most kindly ;
Tell her I love her still, and never knew
Love for another ; say I love her blindly !
Bah ! what is this to her but arrant schism ?
Here's to my pipe and plough — and cynicism.
Heigho ! the " post " this moment tumbles in.
No letters. Paper: Wheelist, as I'm waking!
Contents : — " Leader," " Club News," " Falconer's long spin,"
" Cortis hard at it, and the records breaking ! "
A query, " Is the bicycle a carnage ? "
" A spill," " A Social, ' and " A Cycling Marriage."
A marriage ! " Hanley ? " why, that's you, dear Jack !
You lucky dog ! with wonderment you've filled me.
Who is it ? Here we are. No ! I'll try back.
Great God ! It's her ! " Rose White ! " Oh, Jack, you've
>:< * * * * [killed me !
Good bye ! these lines my dying wishes carry :
Name the first boy after your luckless
" Harry."
" Tommy B.," Highbury B.C.
AN AMERICAN ON "THE IDEAL UNIFORM."
A uniform for a club should have individually a modest, and as a
club, a striking and pleasing effect. In choosing colours, care should
be taken to have such colours as are becoming to the complexions of
the wearers. Now, as black or very dark shades, green, or blue
are becoming to every one, let us adopt one of these and call it
ideal ; say black. The coat and vest also should be cut in a style
so that the owner may wear it with pantaloons as a summer suit :
therefore adopt each summer the summer style of sack coat as the
uniform style. This will be great economy to the club men.
Corduroy and velvet seem to be as much out of place on the bicycle
as on the street ; they are too loud. A man is conspicuous enough
on the wheel without making himself more so by his dress. We
have now got a coat and vest, say of black serge or cheviot.
Celluloid collars and cuffs are the appropriate thing for the wheel-
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men. Breeches can only be worn when riding, so they may be of
the same or a contrasting colour to the coat. Now, Nova Scotia
homespun goods seem to fill the bill : breeches made of this cloth
are very durable ; colour is light grey, which makes a pleasing con-
trast to coat ; it is not loud, and does not show dust ; may be washed
indefinitely. A light black cord down the outside seam has a fine
effect. Black stockings make the member of our body of which
most wheelmen feel proud look small. They also crock the skin,
unless made of silk, which are expensive, and therefore are not
" ideal." Grey ribbed stockings do justice to the calf, so they
seem to be right. Shoes of russet or black leather look very well ;
either I will call good, but patent leather " ideal." A helmet of the
summer style made of black serge would be good ; a pearl helmet
cooler ; but a polo abominable, and too law-de-daw for any use to
wheelmen. The Boston Club cap, if there was a little more of it,
would be " ideal."
Now what have we for a uniform ? This is a digest of it :
Boston cap, or pearl helmet ; coat and vest of black serge ; breeches
of Nova Scotia homespun ; grey stockings ; shoes, russet or patent
leather ; celluloid collars and cuffs. This suit is modest and
attractive, is fit for gentlemen of all ages ; is cheap, for the shirt,
pants, hat, and stockings are the only extras.
T. Square, Chicago.
THE TRICYCLE.
The rapid increase in the use of the tricycle in England argues
well for its popularity, and the accounts of long road rides convince
one of its utility. Instead of being antagonistic to each other, the
riders of the bicycle and the tricycle are friendly, and the latter bring
into the wheel world a class of people who, by reason of sex, age,
timidity, or other causes, would never have attempted the use of the
bicycle. The tricyclist's enthusiasm over the beauties, benefits,
and capabilities of his machine has not been nurtured and increased
by theory, but by the same practical tests which developed the use
of the bicycle as a valuable means of locomotion, and an exhilarating
and healthful method of exercise and pleasure. The bicycle, for
pleasure, excitement, and speed, will probably ever maintain its
premier position, although some feats have been accomplished on
the tricycle which skill, muscle, and endurance would be needed to
exceed or even equal on the bicycle. The safety and carrying
capacity of the tricycle makes it particularly desirable for extended
tours where comfort is sought rather than excitement and speed.
We welcome, then, the three-wheeler, as having a tendency to in-
crease the popularity of all athletic sports of the purest and best
character, and especially to enhance the interest of our own particular
pastime. — Bicycling World.
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Bike Clubs take a back seat and give the post of honour to those
admitting three-wheelers, is the order of the day. There is not now
even a purely bicycling paper left. " Our press," as a distinct
institution, long the boast of riders of two wheels, has ceased to
exist ; The Cyclist, which always provided for wheelmen of all
classes, alone remaining true to its original platform.
The pic-nic of the Croydon Rovers to Leith Hill was somewhat
marred by some " ill-conditioned person " sneaking the hon. see's
" D.H.F. Premier " whilst he was enjoying himself.
The captain of the Diamond must be a very strong diamond,
perfectly impervious to scratches, as we read that he was, on a
recent journey to Southend, " blown several times over hedges."
This is on a par with the celebrated nursery rhyme anent the
quickset hedge.
There's something quite pastoral about the Islington B.C., as
they have a Farmer Bishop for hon. sec.
The Kestrel B.C. and also the Excelsior had pic-nics last month.
Mr. H. J. Cousens, the hon. sec. of the former club, very appropri-
ately appealed to his fellow-members to bring their relatives who
were his namesakes.
Thirteen members turned out on the Belsize club run on the 9th,
presumably to welcome back their talented sec, R. P. Hampton-
Roberts.
Time was when the Hautboy and Fiddle at Ockham was the
weekly resort of clubs and clubmen. Now it is so rare, that we
must recount the fact that 5 Eagles tea'd there on the 9th. It is
very comfortable, too.
" Surely thirty of us can ride as far as Buckhurst Hill ? " are the
pathetic words in which the hon. sec. of the Hermits asked his men
for a good muster at the Diamond T. and Social on the 23rd.
The Thistle B.C. have decided to carry out their Saturday runs in
two detachments. The second lot of riders will, of course, be the
scratch thistles.
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Mr. L. Allen, ex-hon. sec. of the Temple B.C., has gone to
Australia, so Mr. Percy M. Coombs, of the Chiswick, cannot now
be mistaken for him.
It is interesting to get a new detail in an account of a club run,
and on this account we welcome the announcement of the St.
George's B.C., tnat four members returned early from Ridge Hill,
" to finish the evening at the Avenue Theatre, which was thoroughly
enjoyed."
A NAUTICAL VIEW OF A BIKE!
A reporter was standing at the foot of Main Street, yesterday,
talking with an old " salt " just from below, when a tall young man
came to the dock astride of a nickel-plated bicycle. The old man
eyed the machine for a minute or two, and then turning to the
reporter said, "Say, shipmate, what sort of a craft is that ?" The
reporter told him that it was a bicycle. Just then the rider turned
his wheel in a graceful curve across the street towards the tug
offices, the sunshine glancing from the polished spokes, and throw-
ing flashes of light in every direction. "Bicycle, hey?" said the
sailor, "pretty spread o' canvas she's got, ain't it?" As the
reporter assented, the bicycler had got to the middle of the street on
his return. Going slowly, he got a heavy jolt from the street-car
track. The sailor smiled as he said, "Thought his cargo was going
to shift when he was in stays that time. He'd a carried away his
figure-head if it had, wouldn't he ?" The reporter once more
assented. The sailor broke off a splinter from a stave clipping and
put it in his mouth, and as the wheelman took a turn close in by
the freight-shed, the man of the sea looked him over carefully, and
asked, " She can't charter for anything but telegraph poles, can
she! 'Spose she'd stand it with a cargo of pig iron on deck?"
The reporter explained that a bicycle is wire-rigged, has iron arches,
and when well-made, was never known to be hogged or to open her
seams, even when she got on a lee shore. The old man looked on
musingly for a while, and then said, as the bicycler started up the
street again, " It may be so, shipmate, I don't dispute ye ; but
they're too crank for me to ship on. I've served as quartermaster
on an India packet going round Good Hope many a time, but I
never see as steady a hand on the tiller as that feller's got, a keepin'
her full and by as she goes up street thar."
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JOHN-O'-GROAT'S TO LAND'S END ON A TRICYCLE.
HE biggest feat ever accomplished on wheels has, as our
readers probably know, been accomplished by Alfred
Nixon, of the London Tricycle Club, he having covered
on a tricycle a distance of 1,007 miles in 13 days
23 hours 55 minutes, a record which will stand for a long time as
records go now. We tcok some trouble to check the performance,
and received from several points along the route accounts from
cyclists, who had either seen the energetic L.T.C. man, or his
signature in the visitors' book of the local B.T.C. houses. In short,
we have received from all parts of ihe loute ample confirmation
and corroboration of the tricyclist's post cards and letters which
we have published during the last two weeks in our pages. The
approximate cause of Nixon's bold and successful attempt to put
on a record over this well known line of march, was the recent
performance of the Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, on this road, and
chose who knew the determination and vigour of the London flyer
felt sure that, come what might, he would perseveie to the bitter
end, and he has fulfilled to the full all expectations ; and in the
face of bad weather and other disadvantages he has carried out his
programme to the letter, with dogged pluck and endurance. The
performance thus credited to the three- wheeled steed is one which,
a few years ago, was looked on as a great feat for the narrow
gauge machine, and even now the names of the first " John-o'-
Groat's to Land's End men " are held in due reverence. When
we consider that Nixon took this long journey entirely alone, with
no one to share the ennui or the miseries of the trip, we know from
experience that anyone who has tried a long trip will thoroughly
appreciate the vigour and energy of the " Premier " jockey, which
carried him successfully through nine days of wet and over heavy
roads to the end of his st lf-appointed task.
We may add that short accounts have appeared in the Times,
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Advertiser, Field, Sportsmtn, Sporting Life, Daily Chronicle, Pall
Mall Gazette, World, Globe, Echo, 'Lloyd's Weekly News, Bell's
Life, Rugby Advertiser, The Gornishman, Oroydon Chronicle,
Norwood Review, Norwood News, Reynolds'1 Miseellany, &c.
At 8.30 p.m. on Monday, August 14th, I left King's Cross for
Thurso, in Caithness- shire, which place was reached at 9 15 p.m.,
on the 15th inst. Stayed the night at the Royal Hotel, B.T.C.
hous^, at Thurso ; see account No. 1, 6s. 9d. Had breakfast at
7 o'clock on Wednesday, August 16th, and at 8 o'clock started
for John-o'-Grroats, a run of 21 miles, which, the roads being
good, was accomplished by 10.15. Saw Mrs. Mackenzie at John-
o'-Grroat's house. Wrote an account of what I intended to try to
do in the visitors' book, had some luncheon, read Falconer's entry
in the book, and then at 11 a.m. said "good bye" to Mrs.
Mackenzie, and started on my journey for the South, with the
wind blowing S.W., in a dense Scotch mist, which prevented me
seeing much of the country ; found the roads good in places, and
rough in others. Noticed that the fences between the fields were
made of paving stones, and that any horses met on the road were
very frightened at the machine, the inhabitants ditto, and answers
to enquiries vague. Reached Wick (40 miles) at 1.20, and had
lunch at the New Hotel, 2s. 3d. Shortly after leaving Wick one
of my Bown's bearings on the crank went wrong — not the
machine, although the bearing being broken, and all the balls
gone, did not improve the running. Opened the case of the
bearing at the opposite end of the pedal crank, and inserted some
of the balls in the empty case ; these; however, soon came out,
and I decided to run on without any at one end at all, and did so
all through the journey. Telegraphed to Hillier from Keiss to
the Stock Exchange, and also to home, to say that I left John-o'-
Groat's at 1 1 a.m. Went on to Dunbeath to tea, which I had at
the Post Office for nothing, as the postmaster would accept no
payment. Tried to telegraph to Coventry re ball bearing, but
found the wires were out of order, and could not communicate.
Stopped the night at Helmsdale. I don't know the name of the
hotel, as they did not give me a receipted bill, but I see by
my notes that I paid 6s. 6d. for the night and breakfast.
Met a Mr. Macintosh here, who would insist on drinking
prosperity to my ride, in which I had to join him. Rode 77
miles, including Thurso to John-o'-Grroats.
2nd Day. — Wind, S. Fine first. Wet afterwards. An un-
eventful day. Very hot in the morning. Suffered much from
thirst. Passed Dunrobin Castle, the seat of the Duke of
Sutherland. Rode through lovely roads, with heather in full
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bloom, and lovely fir woods on either side. Roads good. Lunch
at Dornoch, 2s. 7d. On through Bonar Bridge (95 miles) and
Tain (110 miles); from Tain to Dingwall roads very good.
Rained hard from Invergorden to Dingwall. Tea at Invergor-
den, 1 s. 6d. Stayed at the National Hotel at Dingwall for the
night. Accommodation good. Paid 7s. 9d. ; hotel bill No. 2.
Rode 80 miles to-day. Received first letters from home — one
from my wife, and the first one I ever received from my little
daughter, Murrielle, aged six, written under the supervision of
her mother.
3rd Day. — Wind, W. A lovely day. Sun very hot. Getting
over severe thirst. Roads from Dingwall to Inverness lovely
and smooth, though rather heavy from recent rains. Cattle show
on, and town full of visitors. Had some refreshment for nothing
at the shop of a bicycle manufacturer, and then on through
lovely scenery to Freeburn, where I had dinner of eggs and bacon,
Is. 6d., and then on again past Loch Moy (172 miles), a lovely
loch with an island in the centre. Carr Bridge to Kingussie
roads simply awful, about 40 miles like the beach at Hastings.
Progress very slow, Tea at the Post Office Hotel, at Alvie, Is.
Saw the first snow I had seen since the winter, on the top of
Cairngorm. Had more letters from home. Rode only 66 miles
to-day, the roads being so bad the last 40 miles. Average, so
far, including 21 miles from Thurso to John-o'-Groat's, 74 miles
per diem. Stopped the night at Pullars' Hotel, at Kingussie,
B.T.C. house; good. Hotel bill No. 3, 7s. 6d.
4th Day. — Wind, S., hard. Kingussie (201 miles) to
Dalwhinnie (214 miles). Head wind, bad roads, very exposed,
and heavy rain ; three hours to do 13 miles. Waterproof suit
on three times. Lunch at Dalwhinnie, good, 2s. 6d. (See hotel
bill No. 4.) Liquor at Dalwhirnie; champagne ginger and
bitter — from the North British Mineral Water Co.'s Stores, at
Perth — and didn't it go down ! Stopped at Blair Athol Hotel,
and signed their visitors' book, then on past the entrance to
the pass of Killiecrankie, amidst lovely scenery, through Dunkeld
to Perth, where I stopped for the night at the B.T.C. house,
The Queen's Hotel. (See hotel bill No. 5, 7s. 7d.) Rode 72
miles to-day.
5th Day. — Wind, S.W. A gale, Awful roads and rain.
Very uninteresting scenery. Wet through twice to-day, in spite
of my waterproof, the rain getting in at the tops of my leggings,
&c.li Passed the memorial to Sir William Wallace; on through
Stir ng and Falkirk, to Linlithgow, where I decided to stop the
night at the Star and Garter. (Hotel bill No. 6, 8s. 8d.) Yery
good accommodation, and a capital landlord, who did all in his
power to make me comfortable. Distance to-day, only 66 miles.
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6th Day. — "Wind, W. Heavy. Off early for Edinburgh.
Roads very good. Rode through Princes Street, Edinburgh,
then to Millies' Hotel. (Hotel bill No. 7, 3s. 9d.) Found letters
waiting me from home — from my wife and son Had lunch, and
wrote to Hillier and home. Saw all cycling papers, and then on to
look up " Thistle " — Mr. Hay — who kindly volunteered to go part
of the way with me on the road. Think I saw Bashall, of the
Temple, in Edinburgh, and spoke to him, but could not stop,
as " Thistle " was making the pace. On to Dunbar, with a gale
astern, and then had dinner together at the Greorge, 3s., and
soon after he left me to take train back to Edinburgh. Felt
it the greatest relief to have someone to talk to ; very sorry
when he left me, as I found him a most pleasant companion.
Passed the village of Preston Pans, where the battle was fought.
Stopped for the night at the Red Lion at Berwick. (Hotel bill
No. 8, 6s.) Distance to-day, 75 miles. All the way from
Edinburgh along the sea shore.
7th Day. — Wind, W. Roads from Berwick to Belford bad.
Called at the Post Office at Belford for letters, but found none.
Wrote to Mr. Hillman, of Coventry, re another machine for the
Championship, as it strikes me these roads will knock this om all
to pieces before I have finished. Had lunch at Belford, Is. On
the left had a fine view of Holy Island, just before reaching
Belford. Passed Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Duke of
Northumberland. No doubt, had he known that another "Dook"
was going through, he would have had the guns fired and the
flags hoisted. Passed through lots of horrid colliery villages on
nearing Newcastle. On over the High Level Bridge at Champion-
ship pace, which was soon stopped by my being nearly " run in " at
unintentionally avoiding the toll, of which I was not aware. On
in the dark to Durham, Three Tuns. (Hotel bill No. 9, 7s. lOd )
Distance to-day, 80 miles. Rather tired on reachiug Durham.
8th Day. — Accommodation at the Three Tuns, at Durham,
the best I have had yet — to say nothing of the landlady's cherry
brandy supplied gratis on arrival, of her daughter (but I forgot
for the moment I was u engaged," and am likely to get my hair
pulled when I get home, if I say too much about the daughter).
But " joking " apart, the kindness of everyone here was great,
and I hope other wheelmen will make a point of stopping at the
same house On waking up in the morning, I found Durham
Cathedral facing my bedroom window, and such an awful
morning ! pouring in torrents, and high wind against me — so
much so, that I determined to stop for an hour or two and
thoroughly overhaul my " Premier " trike, as it had now done
about half the journey. Fortunately I did so, as I found one of
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the lynch pins had broken in the box of the wheel, and the nut
which holds it on loose in the box. Left Durham at 11 a.m., and
got on somehow over awful roads, in heavy rain and wind, to
Scotch Corner; then roads better to Boroughbridge, but very
heavy all over the celebrated Leeming Lane, 27 miles straight,
through an uninteresting agricultural country. Saw a bicyclist
at Leeming going North ; I think he was a Londoner, but did
not stop, as I was anxious to push on to Boroughbridge, where I
stopped the night at the Crown. (Hotel bill No. 10, 7s.) Only
rode 55 miles to-day. Wind S.W.; strong all day.
9th Day. — Roads bad from Boroughbridge to Wetherby, but
managed to get along the sides, and thus avoid the mud and ruts.
Called at the Angel B.T.C., at Wetherby, for lunch and letters
from home; found three letters, which cheered me up and
encouraged me to persevere. Roads improved at Ferry Hill, and
from there to Doncaster, fair. Dinner at the Reindeer, at
Doncaster, good, 2s. 9d. Then on through Retford, and on in
heavy rain to Newark. Rode 13J hours to-day, and finished with
81 miles, very tired. The best run yet. Stopped for the night
at the Royal Oak, at Newark. (Hotel bill No. 11.) Accommoda-
tion good. The landlady's son, a bicyclist, tightened up three of
my spokes, and I obtained new straps for my bag, the others
being worn through.
10th Day. — Another awfully wet day. Rode in waterproof
for five hours. Wind, S.W., strong. Barometer rising, so hope
for better weather. Had lunch at the Angel at Grantham.
Dinner at the George at Melton Mowbray. (Hotel bill No. 12,
4s. 5d.) Changed my clothes, and had others dried. Roads
to-day very good, but heavy from wet. Accommodation at
Melton Al. Several heavy hills to-day. Wind very high at
first, but subsided later in day. Decided to stop for night at the
Hind B.T.C., at Lutterworth. (Hotel bilLNo. 13, 6s. 7d.)
Wrote a long letter home, and card to Hillier. Distance run
from Thurso, 705 miles, and distance to-day only 59 miles.
Found the accommodation at the Hind Al, and the landlord a
capital fellow. Gave him an account of my ride, so far, for
Rugby papers (of which I have received a copy since.) Distance
from Leicester to Lutterworth, 13 miles — not 12, as per Falconer's
distance.
11th Day.— Wind N.W., not heavy. Off at 8.15 a.m. Toler-
able roads to Rugby, heavy in places under the trees, then good
on to Southam ; had lunch at the Bull at Southam, and wrote to
Radford, of the L.T.C., from whom I found a letter here. Good
roads on to Banbury, with several stiff hills. Dinner at the
White Lion at Banbury : being Saturday, rather poor. (Hotel
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bill No. 14, 2s. 9d.) Walked about the town whilst waiting for
an answer to a telegram to my wife ; filled up time in looking at
Banbury Cross, but did not see the ancient female I used to hear
about in byegone days. Had a shave, about a foot and a-half
(more or less) of my beard having grown since I left Berwick.
Had an answer to my wire, and then started off for Chipping
Norton. Soon after leaving Banbury my old enemy, the rain,
began falling in torrents, and thus ended my chance of a good
day's distance. The roads became worse and worse — greasy
chalk, and heavy ruts, caused by the carts carrying corn from
the fields on wet roads- and the machine went nearly as much on
one side as she did forward, and although I stood on the pedals
nearly all the way to Chipping Norton, I could only get about
five miles an hour out of her. This is the third day of heavy
going I have had. Only did 58 miles to-day, which required as
much doing as 80 on a fine day with fair roads. Reached Burford
at 7.30, and as the next stage was 17 miles over an unknown
road, I decided to stop for the night at the Bull. (Hotel bill
No. 15, 7s. 5d.
12th Day.— Wind S.W., rather strong. Eode from Burford
through Cirencester, Tetbury, Didmarton (where I called for
letters), and on to Bath to tea at the White Lion. Roads from
Burford to Cirencester like a ploughed field — three hours doing
17 miles. Rough to Tetbury. Dinner at White Hart, Tetbury
(hotel bill No. 16, 4s. Id), good, consisting of roast duck and
green peas, &c, of which not much was left. Roads from Bath
to Wells good. Misdirected three miles near Cawston, making
distance to-day 73 miles, as against Falconer's 70. Lovely moon-
light ride from Bath to Wells. Passed B.U. notice board going
into Wells, which prevented me running through or against toll
gate at bottom of hill. Stopped the night at Star Hotel, at
Wells. (Hotel bill No. 17, 7s. 3d.) Accommodation fair.
13th Day.— Wind S.W., hard. Left Wells at 8.15 a.m., ran
through Glastonbury, Somerton, Langport to Taunton (36 miles) ;
dinner at Clarke's hotel. Met and dined with Mr. Sturmey, of
Coventry, who was going to race at the sports. Rode on to
Exeter, 31 miles from there, doing the distance in 4^ hours, in
spite of head wind and two halts for rain. Tea at the Rougemont
Hotel, Al. (Hotel bill No. 18, 2s.) Should like to have stayed
here, but anxious to finish in the fortnight if possible, and get
home, so pushed on in a head gale to Okehampton, another 21
miles, which my log made 23. Rode 88 miles to-day, my longest
yet. Reached Okehampton at 11 p.m. Yery tired. Stopped
the night at Okehampton. (Hotel bill No. 19, 8s. 8d.) The
White Hart.
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14th Day. — Wind S.W., hard. Left Okehampton in heavy
rain. Four hours to Launceston. Dinner at King's Arms,
3s. 3d. (hotel bill No. 20), At. Left at 2 p.m. and reached Bodmin
at 5. Tea at the Royal, and reached Truro at 11, on a lovely
road, but with head wind all the way. . Stopped the night at the
Royal, at Truro, and ordered my breakfast of soda and milk, fowl
and tongue, &c, to be laid over night, ready for 3.30 in the
morning. Went to bed at 12, and then up and called the boots
to light gas and get out machine, and left Truro at 4.30 for the
last stage (39 miles), via Helstone and Penzance to Land's End.
Reached Penzance at 9.15, over fair roads, and Land's End at
10.55 a.m., making distance, with three hours' rest at Truro, for
the last day, 104 miles, and the total distance from one point to
the other, 1,007 miles.
I may mention, in conclusion, that I rode every day, Sundays
included. The machine that carried me was a " Premier "
tricycle, built some three months since by Messrs. Hillman,
Herbert and Cooper, of Coventry, having Surrey Machinists'
hollow felloes, 50in. wheels, ball bearings all over, geared even,
and weighing about 971bs She carried me well, and except for
one or two minor breakages, was as good when I reached Land's
End as when I left John-o'-Gfroaf's — the tyres of course excepted.
My health and appetite were both thoroughly good, and I
suffered neither from soreness or spiain at any point of the
journey ; and when I reached Land's End, I weighed a pound
more than when I left John-o'-Groat's. I had as nearly as
possible five meals a day, and enjoyed the ride thoroughly. My
saddle was a Long-distance one, on an Arab Cradle spring. My
luggage weighed, I should say, from 121bs. to 151bs., and was all
carried with me.
Alfred Nixon, L.T.C., B.T.C., and B.U.
" The Tricyclist," September 8th, 1882.
RACING RECORD.
(Continued From Last Number.)
17th August. — Monmouth A.G.— One Mile Handicap. — W. L. Powell, Monmouth,
95 yds (1) ; F. C. Jones, Newport, 90 (2) ; W. H. Evans, Leominster, 85 (3).
Three Miles Handicap.— W. L. Powell, Monmouth, 290 yds (1) ; M. H.
Jephsou, London, scratch (2) ; F. C. Jones, Newport, 280 yds (3).
17th August. — Crystal Palace Challenge Cup. — 15 Miles Scratch Bace. — C. D.
Vesey won in 46m. 22f s. H. R. Eeynolds (2) ; J. D. Butler (3).
17th August. — Norwich. — One Mile Race. — W. Popplewell (1) ; J. "W. M. Brown
(2) ; C. W. Kemp (3). Time, 3m. 24s. Two Miles Handicap.— W. Popple-
well, scratch (1) ; J. W. M. Brown, 145 yds (2) ; P. N. Garrod, 145 (3).
Time, 6m. 49s. Two Miles TricvcU Handicap.— H. Griffin, 50 yds (1) ; J.
Griffin, 110 (2) ; W. C. Hands, 110 (3). Time, 9m. 24|s.
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19th August. — Aye (Academic A.C.). — One Mile Handicap.— J. M'Quater, Kil-
marnock, 35 yds (1) ; H. M'L. Eoberts, Ayr, 65 (2) ; W. M'Farlane,
Southern, scratch (3). Time, 4m. 3s. Two Miles Handicap. — J. M'Quater,
Kilmarnock, 60 yds (I) ; J. Drammond, unattached, 170 (2) ; R. W.
Drummond, Eenfrewshire, scratch (3). Time, 8m. 53s.
19th August. — Edinburgh (Powderhall), St. Bernard's F.C. — One Mile Handicap .
— J. Hay, junr., Eovers, 110 yds (1) ; D. W. Laing, East of Scotland ,
scratch (2); T. Lamb, Edinburgh Northern, scratch (3). Time, 2m. 55 Js.
Three Miles Handicap. — T. Lamb, Edinburgh Northern, scratch (I) ; D. W.
Laing, East of Scotland, scratch (2); J. Hay, junr., Rovers, 230 yds (3).
Time, 9m. 36s.
19th August. — Walton (Liverpool). — One Mile Handicap. — I. Pickeriug, 55 yds
(1) ; R. H. Currey, Liverpool, 50 (2) ; 0. W. Bayes, Anfield, 40 (3). Time,
3m. 51s. Two Miles Handicap. — 1. Pickering, 95 yds (1) ; R. H. Currey,
Liverpool, 80 (2) ; C. W. Bayes, Anfield, 65 (3). Time, 8m. 7|s.
19th August. — Settle C.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — J. M. S. Lister, Leeds, 355
yds (l) ; R. Wildman, Leeds, 110 (2) ; W. H. Barrett, Edinburgh, 240 (3).
Time, 4m. 34s.
19th August. — Ipswich B.C. — One Mile Handicap. -W. Popplewell, scratch (1) ;
A. W. Kersey, Hadleigh, 35 yds (2) ; R, H. Lingwood, Ipswich, 10 (3).
Time, 3m 20s. Tivo Miles Handicap. — W. Popplewell, scratch (1) ; C. F.
Lavender, 150 yds (2) ; A. Spalding, 40 (3). Time, 7m. 3gs. One Mile
Handicap (boys under 17). — F. Stephenson, Woodbridge, 60 yds (1) ; H.
Tidbury, 10 (2) ; J. W. Aldons, 200 (3). Five Miles Handicap.— J. H. Pibel,
200 yds (1) ; J. C. Keer, 150 (2) ; R. H. Liugwood (3). Time, 18m. 36s.
19th August. — Lutterworth. — One Mile Handicap. — W. T. Prew, 125 yds (1) ;
W. H. Large, 150 (2) ; F. G. Cupwell, 150 (3). Time, 3m. 56s.
19th August.— Wakmley C.C— One Mile Handicap. — F. Melhuish, 140 yds (1) ;
G. Morgan, 90 (2). Time, 4m. 25f s. Two Miles Handicap. — C. Harrison,
190 yds (1) ; F. Melhuish, 240 (2) ; W. J. Herbert, 220 (3). Time 9m. 3gs.
21st August. — Birmingham (Aston Lower) Moseley and Sparkbrook A.C. — One
Mile Handicap.— M. H. Whish, scratch (1) ; F. Sutton, 20 yds (2) ; H. O.
Vaughton, 49 (3). Time, 2m. 55s. One Mile Scratch Race.—M. H. Whish (1);
M. J. Lowndes (2) ; F. Sutton (3). Time, 3m.lfs. Five Miles Handicap Race.
— R. Chambers (1) ; M. H. Whish (2) ; W. F. Ball (3). Time, 16m. l£s.
21st August. — Newton Heath A.S. — Two Miles Handicap.— W. A. Potter, 320
yds (1); W. Cockerill, 190 (2) ; C. J. Riley, 185 (3). Time, 9m. 6£s.
21st August.— Bath Ariel R. & B.C. — One Mile Handicap.- — A. Titchener, 85 yds,
(1) ; A. Gibson, 85 (2). Time, 3m. 50fs. Five Miles Handicap.— J . S. Whatton,
scratch (1) ; C. King, 30 yds (2) ; E. Harrison, 230 (3). Time, 21m. 4s.
22nd August. — Newbury B.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — W. R. Collis, 150 yds(l) ;
J. L. Clark, 50 (2) ; H. H. Stinton, 120 (3). Time, 7m. 3s. 120 Yards Slow
Race. — P. J. M'Kinlay (1) ; A. Holland (2). Combination Race. — A/Holland
(1) ; J. D. Smith (2) ; C. E. Martin (3).
23rd August. — Wotton-under-Edge A.S. — Three Miles Handicap. — G. Morgan,
35 yds (1) ; A. Gibson, 50 (2) ; A. H. Tabram, 200 (3).
23rd August. — Shaftesbury B.C. — One and a-half Mile Handicap. — C. King.
scratch (1) ; F. Howel], 50 yds (2) ; E. S. Griffin, scratch (3). Time, 6m.
Is. One Mile Handicap.— C. King, scratch (1) ; E. King, 100 yds (2). Time,
4m. Is.
23rd August. — Winchester C.C. (College Grounds). — One Mile Handicap. — J.
L. Clark, 110 yds (1) ; P. J. M'Kinlay, 80 (2) ; J. A. Neathercoate and W.
Snook, dead heat for 3rd. Time, 3m. 10§s. Three Miles Handicap. — P. J.
M'Kinlay, 200 yds (1) ; J. L. Clark, 275 (2) ; J. S. Whatton, scratch (3).
Time, 10m. 23|s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.— -W. R. Billing, 50 yds (1) ;
W. Snook, scratch (2) ; D. F. O. Poulter, 150 yds (3). Time, 5m. 2|s.
23rd August. — Eastbourne (Devonshire Park). — Tuo Miles Bicycle Handicap. —
L. B. Reynolds, London, 130 yds (1) ; C. S. Wadey, Eastbourne, 170 (2) ; H.
J. Beece, Civil Service, 30 (3). Time, 6m. 44|s. One Mile Tricycle Race.—
H. L. Philpot, Sevenoaks, 130 yds (1) ; P. T. Letchford, Finchley, 40 (2) ;
C. Hemsworth, 90 (3). ,Time, 4m. Op.
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23rd August. — Rochdale CO.— One Mile Handicap. — T. A. Edge, 100 yds (1) .
W. Mason, Ashton-on-Mersey, 130 (2) ; R. Wolstenholme, Radcliffe, 125 (3).
Time, 3m. 23§s. Two Miles Handicap.— T. A. Edge, 175 yds (1) ; G. A. Pen-
nington, 160 (2) ; W. Cockerill, 175 (3). Time, 7m. 54s.
24th August. — Monasteeevan A..C. — Two Miles Handicap. — W. Ard, scratch (1) ;
M'Cormack, 30 yds (2). One and a Half Miles Handicap. — W. Ard, scratch
(1) ; J. M'Cormack, 100 yds (2).
24th August. — Yeovil. — One Mile Handicap. — S. R. Chapman, Taunton, 60 yds
(1) ; E. S. Griffin, Poole, 55 (2) ; J. A. Nethercoate, Bournemouth, 20 (3).
Time, 4m. 3s. Three Miles Handicap. — S. R. Chapman, Taunton, 150 yds
(1) ; J. Norton, Ilminster, scratch (2) ; F. Howell, Poole, 125 yds (3). Time,
12m. 27s. One Mile Handicap.— W. G. Ryan, Yeovil, scratch (1) ; G. W.
Chaffin, Sherborne, scratch (2) ; R. F. A. Farnham, Yeovil, 20 (3).
26th August. — Dublin. — (Phoenix B.C.) — One Mile Handicap. — J. H. Craig,
scratch (1) ; J. J. Keating, 50 yds (2) ; W. Butler, 25 (3). Time, 3m. 4s.
Five Miles Handicap.— W. Ard, scratch (1) ; F. A. Murchison, 120 yds (2) ;
M. Cashin, 350 (3). Time, 17m. 59s.
26th August. — Nobthwich A. Festival. — Tivo Miles Handicap. — S. C. Lea, 275 yds
(1) ; J. T. Ward, 50 (2) ; F. Parry, 185 (3). Time, 8m. 24fs.
26ih August. — West Beomwich (Dartmouth C.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — A. H.
Kendrick, 180 yds (1) ; T. Whitehouse, 150 (2) ; H. Vaughton 50 (3). Time,
3m. 42s. Tu-o Allies Handicap.— T. Whitehouse, 260 yds (1) ; H. H. Smith,
West Bromwich, 70 (2) ; G. H. Illston, 105 (3). Time, 8m. 52|s.
26th August. — Southpoet A.S. — One Mile Handicap. J. A. M'Kay, West Man-
chester, 140 yds (1) ; W. Harrison, Chester Rovers, 140 (2) ; T. A. Edge,
Broughton Amateurs, 100 (3). Time, 3m. 7s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.
T. R. Marriott, Nottingham, scratch (1) ; J. M. Fawke, Southport, 150 yds
(2) ; J. H. Jackson, Southport, 170 (3). Time, 4m. 7f s. Five Miles Handi-
cap. J. W. Morley, Manchester Southern, 350 yds (1); T. A. Edge, Brough-
ton Amateurs, 350 (2) ; G. A. Pennington, Wtst Lancashire, 315 (3). Time,
17m. 37|s.
26th August. — Kilmarnock B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — M. Drummond, Renfrew-
shire, 50 yds (1) ; H. M'L. Roberts, Ayr, 40 (2). Time, 3m. 6s. Two Miles
Handicap. — H. M. L. Koberfcs, Ayr, 60 yds (1) ; J. Rankin, Kilmarnock, 50 (2);
J. M'Creater, Kilmarnock, scratch (3). Time, 6m. 31£s.
26th August. — Hull B.C.— Owe Mile Tricycle Handicap. — J. Fowler, scratch
(1) ; W. Storey, 70 yds (2) ; F. Fisher, scratch (3). Time, 4m. 5fs.
28th August. — Taunton (Licensed Victuallers' Fete).— One Mile Handicap. — W.
A. Bayley, 90 yds (1) ; J. T. Cattell, 130 (2) ; D. T. Bennett, 60 (3). Time,
3m. 2|s. One Mile Scratch Race.—M. H. Whish (1) ; W. A. Bayley (2) ; J.
Norton (3). Time, 3m. 5s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap. — H. Sturmey, 200
yds (1) ; W. Reilly, 150 (2) ; W. H. Casley, scratch (3). Time, 3m. 34s.
29th August.— Bangoe. — Two Miles Handicap. — W.Harrison, Chester Rovers,
210 yds (1) ; R. Owen, Carnarvon, 110 (2). Time, 9m. 43s.
30th August. — Wells F.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — G. Morgan, scratch (1) ; R.
S. Rawlings, 40 yds (2) ; Wilson, 20 (3).
30th August. — Dovee B.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — G. F. Castleden, scratch (1);
S. Kemsley, 100 vds (2) ; C. T. Boyton, 20 (3). Slow Race.— Homewood (1);
J. R. Trice (2). 'Obstacle Racc.—W. Read (1) ; W. Rye (2) ; R. Trice (3).
31st August. — Calne. — One Mile Handicap. — A. Titchener, scratch (1) ; M. R.
Denning, scratch (2); C. R. Bosworth, 50 yds (3). Three Miles Handicap. — A.
Titchener, 40 yds (1) ; M. R. Denning, scratch (2) ; H. J. Roynon, 350 yds
(3). 100 Yards Slow Race.—M. R. Denning (1).
31st August. — Carlisle (Border City B.C.). — One Mile Handicap. — G. D.
Gascoyne, 50 yds (1) ; W. H. Wood, scratch (2) ; T. Craddock, 65 yds (3).
Time, 3m. 20s. Txoo Miles Handicap — G. D Gascoyne, 95 yds (1) ; W. H.
Wood, scratch (2) ; R. Dover, scratch (3). Time, 6m. 54s.
1st Septembee.— Doeking B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — F. A. Butler, scratch (1) ;
B. Rapley, 80 yds (2) ; W. G. Heasman, 50 (3). Five Miles Handicap.— F.
Eldridge, 270 yds (1) ; G. J. Hunter, scratch (2) ; W. Travers, 330 (3).
Three Miles Handicap.— G. J. Hunter, scratch (I) ; F. Loud, 150 yds (2) ;
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Kapley, 250 (3). Two Miles Handicap.— -F. Eldridge, 30 yds (1) ; G. J. Hun-
ter, scratch (2) ; W. G. Heasman, 95 (3).
2nd September. — Glasgow (Queen's Park F.C.). — Two Miles Scratch Race. — D.
W. Laing, East of Scotland (1) ; H. Vaughton, Aston Villa F.C. (2) ; W. Mc
Farlane, Southern B.C. (3). Time, 8m. lis.
2nd September. — Stamford Bridge (No. 9 St. Paul's A. Sports). — One Mile Han-
dicap.— E. Tyler, Surrey, 145 yds (1) ; M. J. E. Dundas, I Zingari, 40 (2) ;
H. W. Gaskell, Eanelagh, scratch (3). Time, 2m. 56|s.
2nd September. — Hinckley. — One Mile Handicap — B. Billson, Leicester, 70 yds
(1) ; W. Owen, Coventry, 115 (2) ; J. Steer, Godiva Harriers, 90 (3). Time,
4m. 7£s.
2nd September. — Lincoln B.C. — Half Mile Novices' Handicap. — J. Morris, Long
Eaton, 40 yds (1) ; H. Boberts, Sheffield, 55 (2) ; E. Inskip, Loughton, 30 (3).
Time, lm. 44§s. One Mile Handicap. — H. H. Sansome, Nottingham, 125
yds (1) ; E. C. Clarke, Derby, 80 (2) ; W. Popple well, Ipswich, 20 (3). Time,
3m. 25Js. Two Miles Hvndicap.—J. T. Ward, Manchester, 45 yds (1) ; W.
Popplewell, Ipswich, 30 (2) ; E. C. Clarke, Derby, 140 (3). Time, 7m. 23s.
Half Mile Tricycle Handicap. — E. Bowles, Nottingham, 80 yds (1) ; Percy T.
Letchford, Fiuchley, 85 (2) ; G. Smith, Merry Eovers, London, 35 (3).
Consolation Race. — M. J. Lowndes (1).
2nd September. — Southampton Amateur B. & T.C. — Three Miles Handicap. — H.
J. Pechell, Edinburgh University, 230 (1) ; E. S. Griffin, Poole, 130 (2) ; C.
King, Salisbury, scratch (3). Time, 11m. 20|s. One Mile Tricycle Handicap.
— A. Eichards, Southampton Amateur A.C., 160 yds (1) ; W. E. N. Coston,
Southampton Amateur A.C., scratch (2) ; S. M. Molyneux, Southampton
Amateur A.C. (3). Time, 4m. 34s. One Mile Handicap. — Walter Snook,
Winchester, 50 yds (1) ; A. Eichards, Southampton Amateur 120 (2). Time,
3m. 34£s.
2nd & 4th September. — Devon and Exeter A.S. (Polsloe Grounds, Exeter). —
Three Miles Tricycle Handicap. — W. H. Casley, scratch (1); F. Parratt, 3-50
(2). Time, 12m. 0£s. One Mil/- Mounting and Dismounting Race. — M. D.
Eucker (1) ; W. A. Bayley (2). One Mile Bicycle Handicap.— W. A. Bayley
(1); J. Best (2); E. C. Hansford (3). Time, 2m. 55s. One Mile Tricycle
Handicap.— W '. H. Casley (1) ; F. Parratt (2) ; Burch (3). Time, 3m. 31gs.
Three Miles Bicycle Handicap.— W. A. Bayley (1) ; F. Best (2) ; C. D. Vesey
(3). Time, 9m. 27s. Three Miles Race.—F. Best (1) ; C. D. Vesey (2).
Time, 10m. 7f s.
2nd September. — Llanelly B.C. (People's Park). — One Mile Handicap. — H.
Nancollas, 80 yds (1) ; G. Ace, scratch (2) ; H. Colquhoun, 30 yds (3).
Three Miles Novices' Handicap. — W. Blatchford, 40 yds (1) ; H. Coysh,
scratch (2) ; D. J. Gibbon, 60 yds (3). Five Miles Handicap. — E. H. Jones,
275 yds (1) ; H. Morgan, 200 (2). Five Miles Handicap.— G. Ace, scratch (1) ;
H. Colquhoun, 120 yds (2) ; H. Nancollas, 300 (3). Slow Race.— A. Tenard
(1) ; E K. Hand (2). One Mile Handicap.— G. Ace, scratch (1) ; E. J.
Powell, 120 yds (2). Consolation Race.—D. Williams (1) ; T. H. Fry (2).
4th September. — Northampton. — One Mile Handicap. — W. S. Phillips, un-
attached, 100 yds (1) ; J. Draper, Northampton, 100 (2) ; E. W. Love,
Kingsthorpe, 140 (3). Time, 2m. 57fs.
6th September. — Cardiff. — One Mile Handicap. — J. J. Neale, 80 yds (1) ; E.
Phillips, 60 (2) ; J. Isaacs, 90 (3). Time, 3m. 5s. Three Miles Handicap.— J.
J. Neale, 180 yds (1) ; G. Ace, scratch (2) ; F. C. Jones, 60 yds (3).
7th September. — Preston Athletic Association. — One Mile Handicap. — I.
Pickering, 40 yds (1) ; J. T. Ward, 25 (2) ; T. A. Edge, 80 (3). Time, 3m.
46s. Two Miles Scratch Race.— J. T. Ward, (1) ; I. Pickering, (2). Time,
7m. 3|s. Three Miles Handicap.— -E. H. Currey, 115 yds (1) ; I. Pickering,
100 (2) ; L. Watts, 275 (3). Time, 12m. 7s..
7th September. — Yarmouth (Great). — Two Miles Handicap. — F. Prentice, scratch
(1) ; C. W. Baker, 95 yds (2) ; H. Griffin, 180 (3).
8th September. — Preston Guild. — One Mile Handicap. — W. Brown, Brixton
Eamblers, 45 yds (1) ; E. H. Currey, Liverpool, 45 (*) ; J. T. Ward, West
Manchester, 25 (*). Time, 3m. 33|s. Two Miles Handicap. — I. Pickering,
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Liverpool, 70 yds (1) ; R. H. Currey, Liverpool, 80 (2) ; G. H. Illston, Royal
Mai!, 85 (3). Time, 7m. 33£s. Three Miles Race.— J. T. Ward, West Man-
chester (1) ; W. Brown, Brixton Ramblers (2) ; I. Pickering, Liverpool (3).
Time, 12m. 23gs.
9th September. — Nottingham B.C. (Trent Bridge). — One Mile Handicap. — T. B.
Walker, Nottingham, 160 yds (1) ; H. H. Sansom, Nottingham, 95 (2) ;
E. C. Clarke, Derby, 65 (3). Time, 3m. 9£s. Two Miles Handicap.— J. T.
Ward, West Manchester, 30 yds (1) ; W. H. Price, Burton-on-Trent, 140
(2); I* Cooke, Nottingham, 165(3). Time, 6m. 35§s. One Mile Tricycle
Handicap. — R. Cripps, Nottingham, 65 yds (1) ; E. Bowles, Nottingham, 110
(2) ; C. W. Bennett, Speedwell, 80 (3). Time, 3m. 44gs.
9th September. — Glasgow (Partrick) and West of Scotland. — One Mile Handi-
cap.— D. W. Laing, East of Scotland, scratch (1) ; D. H. Huie, Edinburgh
University, scratch (2) ; W. M'Farlane, Glasgow Southern, 40 yds (3).
Time, 3m. 27s. One 31 He Tricycle Race.— J. Hay, Caledonian T.C. (1).
Time, 4m. 17 Js. Two Miles Handicap. — D. W. Laing, East of Scotland,
scratch (1) ; D~. H. Huie, scratch (2) ; W. G. B. Alder, Glasgow Northern,
180 yds (3). Time, 7m. 23£s.
9th September. —Stamford Bridge. — (Gresham Sports.) — One Mile Handicap. —
C. E. Liles, L.A.C., scratch (1) ; H. Wesson, Belgrave, 130 yds (2) ; F. G.
Medcalf, St. James, 95 (3). Time, 2m. 54s.
9th September. — Birmingham (Aston Lower Grounds). — (Birchfield Harriers.) —
One Mile Novices' Handicap. — W. F. Ball, Speedwell, scratch (1) ; T. F.
Moore, Warstone, 35 yds (2) ; H. Vickerstaff, unattached, 35 (3). Time,
3m. l£s. One Mile Handicap.— B. Radcliffe, Speedwell, 80 yds (1) ; R. Bill-
son, Leicester, 115 (2) ; W. F. Ball, Speedwell, 110 (3). Time, 2m..45fs.
9th September.— Kennington Oval. — Surrey B.C. — One Mile Handicap. — F. L.
Adam, London, ~55 yds (1); M. J. R. Dundas, I Zingari, 40 (2); P. J.
M'Kinlay, Beckenham, 55 (3). Time, 3m. 10s. Quarter of a Mile Invitation
Scratch. — J. S. Whatton, Cambridge University (1) ; J. R. Hamilton, Druids
(2). Time, 45s. Ten Miles Scratch.— H. W. Gaskell (1) ; W. Popplewell,
Ipswich (2) ; C. D. Vesey, Surrey (3). Time, 38m. 26§s.
9th September. — Fishponds F. & C. — One Mile Handicap. — G. Morgan, Bristol,
35 yds (1) ; J. Young, Bristol, 20 (2) ; E. Harrison, Bristol, 45 (3). Time,
4m. 8s.
9th September. — Fifty Miles Tricycle Championship, on Great North Road, beyond
Barnet.—M. J. Lowndes, Congleton (1) ; T. R. Marriott, Nottingham (2) ;
W. B. Parker, Finchley B.C. (3). Time, 3h. 47m. 40s. Fastest on record
for a tricycle.
9th September. — Dumfeemline F. & C.C. — One Mile Handicap.— P. Reid, Dum-
fermline, 160 yds (1) ; J. W. Robertson, scratch (2). Time not taken. Two
Miles Handicap. — P. Reid, Dumferlime, 330 yds (1) ; W. Robertson, scratch
(2). Time not taken.
9th September. — Borris C.C. — Two Miles Handicap. — H. M. Wright, scratch
(1) ; T. Barnes, 30 yds (2). Time, 8m. 23s. Five Miles Handicap.— H. M.
Wright, scratch (1) ; T. Barnes, 50 yds (2). Time, 21m. 40s.
16th September. — Brighton B.C. (County Cricket Ground). — One Mile handi-
cap.—F. E. S. Perry, 35 yds (1) ; F. Eldridge, 60 (2) ; C. T. Watson, 40 (3).
Time, 3m. Of s. One Mile Juniors' Handicap.— M. H. Hay, 70 yds (1) ; C. E.
Wadey, scratch (2) ; T. T. Hessey, 130 yds (3). Time, 3m. 16fs. Slow
Race.—B.. M'Kinlay (1) ; H. H. Homewood (2) ; P. J. M'Kinlay (3).
16th September — Cardiff.— Two Laps Handicap— Gr. Morgan, 100 yds (1); A.
Gibbon, 110 (2) ; J. J. Neale, 90 (3). Time, 3m. lis. Two Laps Novices'
Handicap.— A. J. Davis, 140 yds (1) ; H. Walker, 150 (2) ; J. Johnston,
scratch (3). Four Laps Tricycle Handicap. — Miss Jenny L. Carr, 2 laps 600
yds (1) ; J. C. Morris, 130 (2) ; G. J. Trifiletti, 50 (3). Time, 9m. 2|s. Ten ,
Laps Handicap.— A. Gibson, 380 yds (1) ; H. West, 40 (2) ; H. Humphreys,
60 (3). Time, 17m. 5s.
16th September — Lillie Bridge (Kildare B.C.). — One Mile Handicap.— R. L.
Flindt, 65 yds (1) ; H. Keen, 60 (2) ; E. M. Mayes, 140 (3). Time, 2m. 54s.
Five Miles Scratch Race.—B.. W. Gaskell (1) ; C. E. Liles (2). Time, 15m.
54fs.
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The return of Liles to his forsaken love, Miss Cinder Path, and
his excellent performance at Stamford Bridge of 2m. 54s. for the mile,
has been one of the principal events of the month. The popular
Charley has been rowing all the summer, so he came back to us
pretty fit, and showed some splendid riding for the Kildare pot at
Lillie Bridge, on the 16th. The " hero of the month," however,
was H. W. Gaskell, who, in a week won, not only the Surrey, but
the Kildare 50 guinea pots, the former over ten miles of grass, in
38m. 26s., and the latter of five miles of cinders in 15m. 544s. Light
machine, and a good man on it, that is H. W. G.'s secret, and the
" Club " people have scored accordingly. P. J. McKinlay, the
Beckenham pride, has been down at Winchester since I last wrote,
picking up a prize from J. S. Whatton, with 200 yards in three miles.
Stinton, of Hammersmith, has also been in the provinces, and has
not been quite in vain, having got a third at Newbury. Whish has
been at Taunton, where he proved too much for the district men in
the mile scratch race. Some big entries were obtained at the
Lincoln gathering, and the Eastern Counties' "flyer," Popplewell,
had a look in for a second and a third ; the London contingent,
Perry, Flindt, &c, however, were unsuccessful. Amongst tricyclists,
I note that our Provincial Editor won at Taunton, and that Percy
Letchford, of the Finchley, at last had a land, defeating, with 50
yards, the Merry Rovers' "crack," G. Smith, at Lincoln. Casley,
of Exeter, and Coston, the great walking man, have also landed
three-wheel prizes at Exeter and Southampton respectively. Studley,
who has now retired from the London path for a time to his native
Devonshire, has reached the scratch mark, but could not give Bayley
70 yards, who won to the tune of 2m. 55s. Studley, however, won
the ten miles championship of the West.
In the provinces Sansom, E. C. Clarke, and T. B. Walker have
had winning mounts, and Ward, of the West Manchester, has been
victorious both at Preston and Lincoln. Brown, of the Brixton
Ramblers, was the only Londoner successful at Preston, he winning
the mile with 45 yards, in 3m. 33§s. The Surrey meeting, which is
always the event of September, produced a very fair struggle for the
ten miles scratch race, though Gaskell was undoubtedly the better
man as against Popplewell. The quarter mile invitation lap on
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grass fell, in 45s., to J. S. Whatton, the Cambridge "flyer," who
came against Hamilton in the final heat. F. L. Adams' win of the
open mile, in 3m. 10s. from the 55 yards mark, was a comparatively
easy performance. G. Ace, who appeared at the Crystal Palace in
red silk and did nothing except a fast first lap, has been playing
trumps down at Llanelly, winning the one and five miles handicaps
from scratch. A Mr. Nancollas scored two victories at the same
meeting. The open mile at the Kildare fell, I am glad to record, to
that plucky little Chiswick rider, R. L. Flindt, who, from being
scratch at Romford, was on the 65 yards mark on the occasion
referred to. Frank Eldridge, of Weybridge, has been " placed" both
at Dorking and Brighton. F. E. S. Perry, the Crichton rider, landed
the Brighton " pot," and the persevering Medcalf has gained a third
during the month. With such stirring times as we had in July and
August, when Cortis was ruffling records, it is not to be wondered
at that racing on the whole has, as regards startling events, been
rather tame in September. The season is indeed drawing to a close,
and amongst the other dormice who will retire for the winter season
will be « Scorchalong."
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CYCLING CELEBRITIES.
No. 13. Mr. Alfred Nixon, London T.C., B.U., B.T.C., &c.
T the top of the tree amongst road riders of tricycles stands
Mr. Alfred Nixon, honorary secretary of the London
Tricycle Club, representative councillor of the B.T.C.,
and member of the B.U. executive. This proud
position is all the more noteworthy, inasmuch as Mr. Nixon has
had no bicycle experience to develop his muscles, but is, in fact,
a bond fide tricyclist, by which we mean one who has never ridden,
and cannot ride a bicycle. Taking up tricycling some five years
ago as a healthy exercise, and as a means of enabling him to
indulge in country excursions, the subject of our cartoon this
month has gradually brought himself into prominence. As with
Hillier, he did not spring at once into the front rank, having, as
a matter of fact, made an indifferent show in past Championship
Rides. During last winter and spring, however, the name of
Nixon became synonymous with long rides on a fi Premier "
tricycle. Indeed so numerous became these runs, which, as every
practical rider knew, entailed the expenditure of an enormous
amount of vitality, that more than one man ventured to suggest
the inaccuracy of Stanton's log. That these doubting Thomases
have received their quietus, however, is certain ; and, in riding
from John-o'-Groat's to Land's End in 14 days, Mr. Nixon has
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performed more than the feat itself ; he has practically sub-
stantiated a number of past splendid tricycular performances.
Of these we may mention Norwood to Margate, 81 miles, in 8£
hours ; Brighton and back in the day ; and Worthing and back
in 11 hours. In racing, Mr. Nixon got a fastest on record up to
date, when, last September, he won the five miles of the L.T.C. in
20m. 15s. He has ridden Reigate and Boughton Hills, the latter
when, during one dark night, he rode without a dismount the 72
miles intervening between Norwood and Canterbury If he does
not kill himself with o\er exertion in the interim, he will no
doubt, sooner or later, hold the 24 hours record, an attempt he
made last summer being frustrated by an accident ; he, neverthe-
less, on the occasion covered 132^ miles in 19 hours. His fastest
road ride was on the 9th of last month, when, as " Jarge " put it,
he came in on the tricycle championship 50 miles ride " covered
with dust, glory, and perspiration, but fast and cheerful, looking
brown as a gipsy and fit as a fiddle, in 4h. 43m. 0s." Having
dealt with Mr. Nixon as a cyclist, we will just touch on him as
a man. The name of Nixon is a well known one in the " hospital
world " of London, and our tricycling friend is a scion of that
family. In appearance he is small, but slight, little, and active,
with a good figure, and, as can be seen by his face, evidently " a
lady's man." No " sociable " riding fair maid, however, can hope
to claim him for good, as he, like ourselves, is irretrievably "fixed"
for life, and must either do his tricycling alone, or on a family
coach. Of a genial turn of mind, Alfred Nixon, whose beaming
face is well known at Kipley, is a popular wheelman, and as
nothing succeeds like success, the feeling which, by his manners,
he has raised amongst his fellow pedal pushers is not likely to be
lessened by the fact of his having shown an amount of skill,
strength and dogged pluck, which unfortunately a good many of
us do not possess in like proportion. To do a brilliant road
performance requires a good man, and a still better if there
be no friendly " coach " at hand to urge the weary rider
on to his goal ; but let any rider who has toured think of the
" heart " and tenacity of purpose required to turn out morning
after morning alone, to pedal through foul weather or fine, over
roads good, bad, and indifferent, and thrust 95 lbs. weight of
tricycle, plus 10 lbs. weight of luggage, from the North of Scot-
land to the extreme South-western point of England, at an
average of 72 miles per day, and he will realise that " Old Nick "
is no ordinary man, and no merely average cyclist, but foremost
amongst those entitled to a place in our gallery of cycling
celebrities.
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OUR CHRISTMAS NUMBER.
]HE time is drawing near when hundreds of pens will be
hard at work on stories, verses, sketches, poems, riddles,
accounts of tours, and wheel essays for the Christmas
Numbers of the bicycling papers. There will be much
splashing of ink, burning of midnight petroleum, and consumption
of paper. There will be rejoicing and proofs for some, and lamen-
tations and waste-paper baskets for others.
Our own Christmas Number is going to be a better one than usual,
and therefore, for the accomplishment of this, we think it necessary
to give a word of advice to our contributors. They have written for
us often and willingly in the past, but their contributions have not
been altogether suited to the pages of a wheel magazine. In the
first place there has been too much originality, which causes too
great a strain on the brain of the reader. Then many of them have
written in too chaste and classical a style, when, on the contrary,
they should have introduced more of the argot of bicycling into their
diction. Also there has been a lamentable want of weddings, bur-
glars, broken legs and hearts, wonderful midnight rides, and the soft
nothings murmured by lovers ; while the fascinating and vast realms
of dreamland have been rarely explored. To remedy this in the
future, being inwardly persuaded that example is always better than
precept, we are about to set before you a few samples of the kind of
thing we want you to send to our office this year. If you will but
study these with care, and imitate them to the best of your ability,
you will greatly oblige both ourselves and our readers. We will
begin with
A NOCTURNAL NARRATIVE.
It was a cold, dark night in a remote country district. I was on
a tour with my old chum, Harry Todling, and we had missed our
way, and were vainly looking about for a hotel. Suddenly, as we
were rushing down a steep hill, I heard voices ahead. I dismounted
quickly, making a sign to Harry to do the same. We wheeled our
machines into a ditch, and creeping a little further down the hill,
listened. There were evidently two men on the other side of the
hedge, and in a few moments we gathered from their conversation
that they were about to commit a dreadful deed. They were about
to break into and plunder Grenfield Grange, and murder the inhabi-
tants if necessary. We did not lose a moment, and finding our
road by instinct, rode as we had never done before until we
reached the house. Hurriedly we woke up the squire, and told
him all, and then, having armed ourselves with pokers, we waited.
We had not long to wait. They came, we saw, and then, after a brief
struggle, we conquered. I brained one man on the spot (I was always
strong) while Harry and the squire tackled the other, and then
bound him with ropes. Next morning he was handed over to the
legal authorities. The squire embraced us, and insisted that we
should stay with him for a month, which we did. He had a charm-
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ing daughter named Edith, and on the following evening to the one
of our adventure, I found myself alone with her in the garden. I
gently placed my arm around her waist, and told her I loved her.
She put her pretty head on my shoulder, and softly whispered " Yes.''
Need I add that she has now changed her name for mine ?
A DREADFUL DEMON.
I jumped out of bed as the clock struck four, and rushed into my
new club uniform. It was still dark as I wheeled my machine from
its little shed to the high road. Then I mounted, and started for a
long day's ride. I went on for some miles without meeting a soul,
when, suddenly, as I was turning a corner, a dreadful thing
happened. I ran into a heap of stones, and pitched headlong over
the front. When, in a few moments, I slowly opened my eyes, I
saw a dreadful thing bending over me ; it had blood-red eyes, and
horns, also a long black tail and ditto claws. It was certainly the
Devil. His horrible fingers clutched at my throat, and I felt his hot
breath on my cheek. With a frightful yell I awoke, and
found myself safe in bed. I had indulged in pork chops for supper
on the previous evening.
A TERRIBLE TUMBLE.
Henry Smithson was a bicyclist, and as jolly a fellow as you
could find anywhere. He was captain of his club — the Knockabout.
When he started for his annual holiday, he little thought what was
going to happen. On the third day, as he was riding down a steep
and rough hill, he turned his head for a moment in order to look at
a pleasing cow in a field (he was a lover of nature, was Henry) ;
unfortunately at the same moment his front wheel ran over a brick
end, and he came an awful cropper. He fainted, and when he
came round, he found a charming girl bending over him with
exclamations of pity. She dashed water from a neighbouring brook
on his pale face, and then went for help, for his leg was broken.
She returned shortly with two men and a shutter. They carried
him to a large mansion at the foot of the hill which was owned by
the father of Ellen Ridgley, for that was the young lady's name.
He was wealthy and a widower, and doted on his daughter. Ellen
nursed Henry through a long, but by no means tedious, illness.
When he could get about once more, with the aid of a stick, he was
allowed by the doctor to come downstairs. He found Ellen in the
garden, and at once put his arm around her waist. She blushed,
but did not reprove him ; whereupon he told his love. Her father,
when he first heard of it, would not hear of it, but he came round in
time. So, of course, there was a wedding, and he always kept the
mangled remains of his bicycle in a, glass case, and through life
gazed at it fondly at intervals.
MY LOST LOVE.
The first time that I saw my only love was on a hot Saturday
afternoon. She was gathering flowers in a shady lane, and as I rode
silently past her on my steel steed I frightened her. She dropped
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her flowers with a pretty little scream. I dismounted at once, and
asked her to pardon me. She blushed in a charming, dawning-of-
morn manner, and said, " Why, cert'n'ly." Overcome with passion
I threw myself at her feet, and offered her my hand and heart, which
she graciously accepted. I was mad with joy, and, gently placing
my arm around her waist, pressed her lips with mine. She took me
to her home, which was hard by, and introduced me to her father.
He welcomed me with open arms, and said, " Bless you, my
children ! This is a day I have long looked forward to." He laughed
when I said that my income was only twenty-five pounds a year, and
remarked that he would see that we did not want. He visited his
lawyer that day, and settled a thousand a year on me. With tears
in my eyes I thanked this fine old English gentleman. My darling
was a perfect mistress of the tricycle, and many a long ride we had
together. One fatal day we were running down a steep hill, and I
was leading the way on my bicycle. Suddenly I heard a crash and
a scream. I looked back, and saw — oh ! horror ! — my poor darling
was stretched on the ground, with the blood pouring from a dreadful
wound in her forehead. I was frantic. I clasped her in my arms,
and tried to staunch the fearful bleeding. But, alas ! She sighed
once, and then died. Her father never recovered from the shock.
For months I lost what few brains I ever had, and am now longing
for death. Oh ! Sophia, my darling, my darling ! my heart's delight !
come back to your loving Edward !
A TINY TOUR.
Your readers may be interested to know of a tour which self and
a friend took last July, especially as the route — from Coventry to
London — is so little known. My machine is a 52m. " Banger," with
ball bearings, and my friend rode a 54m. " Crawler." We started at
five o'clock in the morning, after a glass of rum and milk. We were
soon well on the job, as Perkins (the name of my friend) remarked.
Feeling rather thirsty, we stopped at the first pub. we came to and
had a drink ; Perkins winked at me and made love to the barmaid,
whom he afterwards said was " real jam." There is a good public
at Dunchurch, where we had another drink. From this place to
Towcester nothing happened worth mentioning, except that the beer
is good at some of the public houses. At Towcester we had a good
feed at the B.T.C. house, and had an awful lark with an old fellow
in the coffee room. Perkins asked him if his mother knew he was
out ; didn't the old boy go into a blue rage ! We pushed along
until we got to Dunstable, stopping here and there for a refresher.
We had another good lark chaffing an old dame in a cart. At
Dunstable, feeling slightly hungry, we had a good blow out, and
then, having lit our pipes, we made the acquaintance of the barmaid.
Both self and Perkins are "nuts" on barmaids, but I gave P.
the tip to clear out, so he went and chaffed the landlord, leaving
me to make the running with the girl. I put my arm round
her waist and had a good spoon, but that donkey Perkins rushed
276 THE WHEEL WORLD.
in, and said it was time to start. So after a parting drink,
and oiling our bikes, we bustled along, and did not stop, except
now and then for a glass of beer, until we reached St. Albans. P.
nearly got us into a row by cheeking a policeman, but I told him to
stop his jaw, and hurried him off. At Barnet we had a brandy-and-
soda and a cigar, then we went to call on a friend of P.'s, and he
would stand a bottle of fizz, and, of course, we couldn't refuse, and
then he walked with us to the pub. to fetch our bikes, and so, of
course, we had to stand him another bottle of fizz, and it was
getting dark when we started, so we lit our lamps and had a sharp
spin into London, P. singing songs all the way, while I wired into
the choruses. We reached London about nine, and put up at the
" Dog with the Curly Tail," where we found some jolly commercials,
and made a night of it. I hope this little account will induce others
to follow our example and have a jolly day as we did. We mean to
have another soon, and will send you an account of it, and hope my
notes of the road will be of use to my fellow bicyclists.
THE CLUB RUN.
The members of the Dashabout B.C., fifteen in number, were
returning home in the cool of the evening after a very jolly run.
They were singing and talking, and generally having a good time,
as all young men should do. As the> were rushing down a long
steep hill, the captain, who was leading, upset over a stone and
became insensible. The rest of the members, not having time to get
out of the way, rode over his body and also upset and became insensi-
ble. However, nobody was hurt much, and they soon came round.
What was each man's surprise when he found, on opening his eyes,
a fair face bending over his ! It was a girl's boarding-school, with a
juvenile teacher, out for an evening walk. They had seen the
fearful accident, and had come to the rescue ! At once, in spite
of bruises and scratches, the members jumped up as one man, and
then fifteen arms were promptly placed round fifteen waists, and
they had a very pleasant walk and talk. In fact, it was so jolly,
that on the following Saturday it was continued, and so on for many
weeks, until the Dashabout B.C. was the envy of all the young
men in the county. And now, when they are all married and mated,
they bless the stone that upset the captain.
MY DREAM.
After a supper of pork pie and plum pudding, I went to bed. I
slept like a top, and awoke refreshed. So I determined I would
ride out to Enderby, and see Mary. Acting on this impulse, I
saddled my trusty bicycle, and started. Nothing worth mentioning
happened on the way. I found Mary in the garden, gathering
flowers.
Gently placing my arm round her waist, I kissed her ruby lips.
She laughed softly. How lovely is a young maiden's laugh ! At
this moment her father appeared on the scene with a thick stick.
THE WHEEL WORLD. 277
He lifted it as if he would strike me, but with a shout I jumped
forward, and awoke. It was all a dream, resulting from the pie
composed of pleasing porker, and a pudding full of those delicacies
which delighted the heart of little Jack Horner.
OUR CLUB SUPPER.
Last year I persuaded my Uncle Dick to attend our club supper.
We had great fun. Uncle Dick sang a comic song, which was
received with rounds of applause. Thereupon he sang several more,
and then " went in " heavily for champagne. As we were walking
home, about midnight, he gently put his arm round the waist of the
village pump, and refused to go home until morning, till daylight
doth appear. So I left him, and went to bed, not without some fear
for his safety. Next day he was a sadder and wiser man, which
resulted from meditation in a ditch. He would not attend the
supper this year, although a deputation of the members waited on
him with a most pressing invitation.
; IN THE GLOAMING.
A bicyclist is sitting on the top of a gate. The scent of flowers is
heavy in the air. A village maiden comes along the road, singing.
He jumps down, and gently puts his arm round her waist.
He : Have you a heart, little one ?
She : Yes. Have you ?
He : Well, I have a bicycle, which is much the same thing. You
must know, I am a great man in my way. Have you ever heard of
the Bicycle Touring Club ?
She : Never. Is it good to eat ?
He : Child, you are sadly ignorant. I would that I had time to
tell you things. But I have so much to do (sighing).
She : So have I. I milk the cows, and gather flowers. What
do you do ?
He : I graze upon the slopes of Parnassus, the region of poetry,
a mountain sacred to Apollo and the Muses.
She : If you graze, you must be a cow. How funny !
He : No, ma petite, I am not one of those placid quadrupeds,
although, at times, I have cried comme une vache, as did the great
giant Grandgousier, of whom you may read in the works of the
Master — I mean Francois Rabelais. It is wrong of me to do so, for
the first duty of man is to laugh. Do you ever laugh ?
She : Sometimes, when I'm not cold or hungry.
He : Poor little mite ! I would give you money to buy bread and
cheese, only it would be like the gold of Nibelungen and the lucre of
Tolosa, it would bring ill-luck to you, for it is not mine own to give.
She : What a donkey you are !
He : No. I am only the golden ass of Appuleius. Do you take
me?
She : No, thank you ; and I wish you'd take your arm away.
He : Oh ! woman ! woman ! You are like a fly in amber. Varinm
et mutahile semper femina, as my good friend Horace says.
278 THE WHEEL WORLD.
She : Do leave off talking rubbish, and let me go. I have to fetch
the water from the well.
He : Mind you look for Truth. They say she dwells down there,
but I never dared to peep.
She : What nonsense ! As if anybody could ! And what a coward
you are.
He : No, indeed I am not. I am as bold as an Essex lion, which
bleats instead of roaring. Shall we sing a catch ?
She [breaking from him) : Yes, if you can catch me. (She goes
along, still singing.)
He : A charming maiden ! But I am hungry, and would eat. If
I do not mount and hasten, my evening meal will be like the
Hidalgo's supper, little meat and a great deal of tablecloth. (He
mounts and rides away.)
******
These few examples will be enough to show the kind of story we
want for our coming Christmas number. They are all good samples
in their way, but I would particularly draw your attention to A Tiny
Tour, and In the Gloaming. The former is the best method at
present discovered for writing an account of a holiday ramble, while
the latter is penned in the very finest style of " Bab Yardley."
PATENT RECORD.
[Compiled by Hart & Co., Patent Agents, 28, New Bridge Street, E.C., from
whom all information concerning Patents, including book of instructions,
may be obtained.]
APPLICATIONS FOK LETTERS PATENT.
3979. — W. S. Lewis, Wolverhampton. Driving mechanism of tricycles and.
other velocipedes, &c. 19th Aug., 1882.
4006.— J. Stasseu, London. Velocipedes. 21st Aug., 1882.
4157. — W. J. Lloyd, Harborne. Tricycles and other velocipedes. 31st Aug.,
1882.
4200. — G. S. Kelsey, Birmingham. Handles for bicycles, tricycles, &o. 4th
Sept., 1882.
4225. — S. Pitt, Sutton. Pitch chains or chairs for working upon chain wheels.
(Com. by J. M. Dodge, Chicago, U.S.A.) 5th Sept., 1882.
NOTICES TO PROCEED
Have been given by the following applicants on the dates named : —
18th August, 1882.— 1859. H. E. Newton, London. Velocipedes. (Com. by A.
Winkler, Paris.) 18th April, 1882.
22nd August, 1882.— 1812. W. Morgan, Birmingham. Tricycles, &c. 17th
April, 1882.
5th September, 1882.— 2268. H. T. Davey and P. A. Holt, London. Apparatus
for tbe propulsion, &c, of velocipedes. 13th May, 1882.
5th September, 1882.— 3230. W. T. Shaw, Surbiton and W. Sydenham,
London. Tricycles, bicycles, and other velocipedes. 7th July, 1882.
8th September, 1882.— 2139. B. Bennett, Coventry. Velocipedes. 6th May,
1882.
12th September, 1882.- -2148. W. Dawes and J. Tankard, Leeds. Tricycles
and other manumotive vehicles. 6th May, 1882.
12th September, 1882.— 2158. H. F. D. Miller, Birmingham. Lamps for
bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes. 8th May, 1882.
THE WHEEL WORLD. 279
PATENTS SEALED.
The following Letters Patent passed the Great Seal on the dates named : —
18th August, 1882. — 848. J. Humpage, Bristol. Velocipedes. 21st February,
1882.
5th September, 1882.— 1098. J. M. Taylor, Seer Green, and G. Wethered,
Maidenhead. Means for working velocipedes. 7th March, 1882.
5th September, 1882. — 1114. W. Skaife, London. Lamps for bicycles, tricycles,
and like vebicles. 8th March, 1882.
PATENTS VOID -
Through the non-payment of the £50 or £100 Stamp Duty : — >
3156. — G. Singer, Coventry. Roller bearings. 6th August, 1879.
3351.— D. Cambell, WolverhamptoD. Bicycle wheels. 19th August, 1879.
2893.— C. Carter, London. Bicycles. 17th August, 1875.
ABRIDGMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS.
Published during the month ending 15th September, 1882.
210. — W. Soper, Reading. Velocipedes, &c. 14th January, 1882. Price 4d.
The bicycle has a third wheel kept a little off the ground in front of
the large driving wheel, and the backbone is prolonged forwards beyond
the fork t > this third wheel. The saddle is made of two tube pieces,
with a flexible material stretched between them. (Pro. pro.)
877. — H. Lees, Ashton-under-Lyne. Alarm bells f ir bicycles, &c. 23rd
February, 1882. Price 6d. The clapper is hung by a chain, and can
be drawn up against the top of the bell or left free. The bell is
mounted on a spring arm, so that it is sounded by the vibration of the
vehicle.
439.— A. Burdess, Coventry. Tricycles. 28th January, 1882. Price 6d. The
seats are mounted on the rear ends of levers, which are pivotted on
fulcrums attached to the frame of the vehicle. The front ends of the
levers consist of coiled springs, the ends of which are secured to the
frame by links.
464. — W. S. Rock, Jersey. Tricycles and bicycles for travelling by water.
31st January, 1882. Price 2d. These are made of the usual style, but
the wheels are hollow drums able to support the machine and its rider
on the water. Paddles are formed on the peripheries of the wheels to
propel the vehicle. (Pro. pro.)
467. — J. W. Golding, London. Bicycles, tricycles and velocipedes. 31st January,
1882. Price 2d. This relates to " gripping actions," whereby the
driving wheels can be locked, which consist of catches or wedging
pieces mounted on the shaft, and forced into the hollow hubs of the
driving wheels. (Pro. pro.)
503. — H. Salsbury, London. Suspension lamps for bicycles, &c. 1st February,
1882. Price 6d. A hooked strap is used to suspend the lamp from the
axle, and the upper portion of the front door laps a short distance over
it, aad is held by spring catches. Leather is placed inside the strap,
and a moveable lip is formed on the door, clamped by a screw, to enable
this catch to fit any axle. Various other improvements in details are
also shown.
517. — W. R. Lake, Loudon. Saddle for bicycles, &c. (Com. by F. G. Burley,
Boston, U.S.A.) 2nd February, 1882. Price 6d. The frame is made
of metal, and a leather band is passed through slots in the rear and
front cross pieces.
518.— A. G. Meeze, Redhill, A. G. Salamon, and R. E. Phillips, London.
Velocipedes, &c. 2nd Feb., 1882. Price Is. 2d. The pedal shaft is fitted
with a three-throw crank, connected by rods with a similar crank of
the divided axle of the wheels. Worssam clutches are used to connect
this crank with the wheels. The side wheels can be removed to reduce
the width of the vehicle. The seat is supported by two tubular bearings,
round which are rings of india-rubber. The gripping and steering
handle stems are inserted in tubular sockets, lined with india-rubber
28o THE WHEEL WORLD.
and fitted with binding screws to secure the same at different heights.
On each of the shafts are loosely mounted one large and one small
wheel. The endless driving band passes from the large wheel <>n the
pedal shaft to the small wheel on the wheel shaft, back to the small
wheel on the pedal shaft, and then round the large wheel on the wheel
shaft. These loose wheels are gripped as required by clutches, which
are actuated by the steering handles. The clapper of the bell is
mounted on an elastic rock lever.
520.— D. Ellson, Coventry. Velocipedes. 2nd February, 1882. Price 2d.
In addition to the treadle cranks is a compound crank with two arms,
connected to a similar crank on the wheel axle. (Pro. pro.).
550. — R. Harrington, Wolverhampton, and T. Fuller, London. Velocipedes.
4th February, 1882. Price 2d. A clutch is connected to the steering
rod, so that when the steering handle is turned one wheel is allowed to
run free. (Pro. pro.)
562.— E. R. Settle, Coventry. Velocipedes. 6th February, 1882. Price 4d.
On the upper part of the bearing of the head is a flange, having a half
socket. Iu this is placed the handle-bar, aud a cap is secured over this,
having a similar flange, &c.
583.— B. Roberts, Wolverhampton. Tricycles. 7th February, 1882. Price 6d.
To collapse a tricycle the framing is made in two parts, supported by
cross pieces coupled together by a deep proove aud tongue joint, through
which passes the pillar supporting the seat. The cranked axle has a
hinged joint near the bearing at one end, the other end lying in a
bearing, the upper half of which can be raised by a lever. The steer-
ing wheel is mounted on an axle, one end of which is hinged to the one
side of the framing, while the other end travels in a quadrant-like
slot in the other side of the framing, and is actuated by a rack and
pinion. The brake is a band passing round a bush on the loose wheel.
COO.— J. G. Smith, Eccles. Tricycles, &c. 8th February, 1882. Price 6d.
On the end of the cranked axle is fixed a short crank arm, to which is
jointed a connecting rod, to which is attached a handle rod. The
handle can, therefore, be utilised to drive the vehicle.
608.— J. Beeston, Lym ngton. Tricycles. 8th February, 1882. Price 4d.
Two spring barrels geared into a centre pinion, which through other
gearing drives the wheels.
618.— G. W. Ash, Southsea. Bicycles &c. 8th February, 1882. Price 2d.
A handle-bar is so connected with the seat that this cau be lowered,
and the weight of the rider used to apply pressure to the brake.
(Pro. pro.)
683. — A. Burdess, Coventry. Ball or roller bearings for velocipedes. 11th
February, 1882. Price 4d. Within a casing are two circular series of
balls, the inner series of which immediately surround the axle, while
the outer series surround the inner series.
BICYCLE OILS.
AVILA TRINGHAM'S CHAMPION RUBY BICYCLE OIL,
FINEST PREPARED & SUITABLE FOR ALL MACHINES,
ELECTRIC LAMP OIL,
Specially Keflned for Bicycle Lamps, Burns steadily on the Boughest Boads, Highly Becom-
mended. Six Hours' Brilliant Light at a cost of One Penny. Sold in capsuled bottles,
Is., and in Tins carefully prepared for the country and export, Is. 6d. and 3s. each.
A. TRINGHAM, Oil Refiner, 151, Hanbury Street, Mile End,
LONDON, JEJ.
The Wheel World Advertiser — October, 1882.
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WITH NEW SAFETY FASTENING.
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The above Fastening need only be seen by Bicyclists to convince them that it is the Safest,
Simplest and Strongest ever introduced. It can be attached in a moment to the axle with
only one hand by merely depressing a vertical bolt which securely closes the lower half of the
cylinder or socket piece, and renders it an impossibility for the lamp to become detached by
the vibration of the machine. Prices, Japanned, No. 1, 1 0/- each ; No. 2, 1 0/9 each ; No. 3, 1 1 /6
each. Nickel-plated, No. 1, 1 6/6 each ; No. 2, 1 8/6 each ; No. 3, 21 /- each.
Also noiseless HEAD LAMPS for Bicycles and Tricycles. Over Twelve Thousand are
In use.— Sold by all Bicycle Makers and Agents throughout the Kingdom, and at the
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COVENTRY PHCENIX ' No. 1.
BY ROYAL
Letters Patent.
THE
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TRICYCLE
COMPANY.
DOUBLE DRIVEE.
All their Tricycles are fitted
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A thoroughly Sate and
Reliable Machine, suitable
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T. PRITCHARD, JUNR.,
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BICYCLE UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1881
One Mile, Won by G. L. Hillier, ist, on a 58m. Humber.
C. E. Liles, 2nd, on a 55m. Humber.
Five Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, ist, on a 58m. Humber.
25 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, ist, on a 58m. Humber.
C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.
C. E. Liles, 3rd, on a 55m. Humber.
50 Miles, Won by G. L. Hillier, ist, on a 58m. Humber.
C. Crute, 2nd, on a 54m. Humber.
The 50 miles was done in the remarkable time of 2 hours 50 seconds, beating
record time from 25 miles by 4 minutes 15g seconds in the full distance. The
last quarter in the mile race was run in 36f seconds, by far the fastest quarter
mile on record.
SEND FOR PRICE LISTS OF THESE CELEBRATED MACHINES.
All racing men and tourists should possess a Humber Bicycle, which is easier
and swifter than any other make. Delivery in 10 datys from order.
THE HUMBER TRICYCLE,
Upon which was won the 50 Miles Championship, in the splendid time of
4 hours 15 minutes, by G. L. Hillier, Esq. Special features: Speed and ease
in hill mounting. Reigate Hill was ridden by S. J. Slocombe, Esq., in 13
' .mutes on this Tricycle, the same distance as the Bicycle trial, mauy Bicycles
exceeding that time.
Impobtant Notice. — The Second Annual 50 Miles Tricycle Championship
tre, on June 25th, 1881, was won oh the Humber Tricycle by G. L. Hillier,
against twenty other competitors, the second man being 33 minutes, or about
equal to six miles, behind.
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