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from it ; a tandem tricycle, and a new kind of machine, with 

 the handles and small wheel in front, and called the Humher 

 Automatic Tricycle. A lady or gentleman can ride this machine. 

 Only recently a Birmingham lady rode 200 miles in one day on 

 this new and very popular machine. It is rather remarkable 

 that all the tricycle championships of the United Kingdom 

 have been won on machines made by Humber & Co., ot Cor- 

 poration Street, Birmingham. Cycling is now firmly established 

 and recognised as one of our national institutions, and has 

 overcome the antipathy usually bestowed on new inventions. 

 Amongst the votaries of the cycle are our princes and princesses, 

 noblemen and noblewomen, &c. The healthfulness of cycling is 

 admitted and recommended by the medical fraternity because it 

 provides the necessary exercise for the body in such a way that 

 it is available at all time. 



