BICYCLING. 



L. A. W. HANDICAPPERS. 



Chairman Gideon, of the L. A. W. National 

 Racing Board, announces the transfer of Charles 

 Earl, the Brooklyn class A rider, to class B, for 

 accepting travelling expenses to an indoor meet 

 in Philadelphia. E, A. Willis, the New Jersey 

 Rider, who competed in class A events last sea- 

 son, and Charles W. De Cay, of Laramie, Wyo., 

 have been declared professionals, and all ama- 

 teurs are warned against racing with them under 

 a penalty of disqualification. The appointment 

 of the following handicappers for the several 

 divisions of the league is announced : 



District No. i — New England States, Henry 

 Goodman, Hartford, Conn., and J. C. Kerrison, 

 Boston, Mass. 



District No. 2 — New York State, A. G. Batch- 

 elder, Buffalo, N. Y. 



District No. 3 — State of New Jersey, S. Wal- 

 lace Merihew, Jersey City, N. J. 



District No. 4 — States of Pennsylvania and 

 Delaware, A. J. Powell, Philadelphia, Pa., and 

 T. F. Mayer, Pittsburg, Pa. 



District No. 5 — State of Maryland and Wash- 

 ington, D. C, C. Wollman, Baltimore, Md., and 

 W. T. Robertson, Washington,- D. C. 



District No. 8 — States of Missouri and Kan- 

 sas and Indian Territory, E. N. Sanders, St. 

 Louis, and E. P. Moriarity, Kansas City, Mo. 



District No. 9 — States of Ohio and West Vir- 

 ginia, W. W. Bliss, Jr., Columbus, Ohio. 



District No. 10 — States of Indiana, Illinois, 

 Michigan and Wisconsin, S. A. Miles, Chicago, 

 E. M. Newman, Chicago, and Albert T. Allen, 

 Detroit, Mich. 



District No. 12 — States of Nebraska, Iowa, 

 New Mexico, S. H. Rowland, Marengo, Iowa; 

 E. B. Thrall, Ottumwa, Iowa. 



District No. 13 — States of Idaho, Utah, Ari- 

 zona and Colorado, C. A. Lindsey, Denver, Col., 

 and W. L. Pinney, Phoenix-, Arizona. 



The following sanctions have been granted : 



July 4 — Mercury Wheelmen, Allentown, Pa.; 

 Press Cycling Club, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Century 

 Cycling Club, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Prince Wells, 

 Louisville, Ky. 



July 5 — Century Cycling Club, Syracuse, N. Y. 



September 2 — Rose of New England Wheel- 

 men, Norwich, Conn.; Syracuse Athletic Asso- 

 ciation 



September 26 — Mercury Wheelmen, Allen- 

 town , Pa. 



To cement a tire to a rim without the use of 

 a lamp. Pour alcohol or benzine on the inside 

 of the rim, taking pains to saturate all of the old 

 cement, hold wheel in hand and apply a match, 

 revolve slowly and the cement will be softened, 

 when the blaze begins to die out replace tire and 

 inflate. 



SMART COSTUMES. 



A New York Herald reporter com- 

 ments thus on some bicycle costumes 

 that he saw on the drives : 



The astonishing apparatuses that whiz by on 

 wheels in Riverside Drive, on Sunday mornings, 

 seem like visions from spectacular performances. 

 There would seem to be among the lady bicyc- 

 lists, in general, no settled code as to what 

 should or should not be worn. A striving for 

 effect is apparently the principal object, and 

 certainly they have attained that. I had seen 

 bicycling in other cities, and thought the boule- 

 vards in Paris had rare examples to show as to 

 how women could dress to make themselves con- 

 spicuous ; but on Riverside Drive yesterday 

 morning I saw more extraordinarily dressed 

 women than I have ever seen before. 



Divided skirts and bloomers I had always 

 thought unnecessarily conspicuous, even when 

 made of plain blue or black material, but before 

 the morning was over I made up my mind that 

 a costume with large plaid bloomers, pink shirt 

 waist and yachting cap was singularly quiet. 



One woman was arrayed in a suit of blue 

 velvet, made with full knickerbockers, tight fit- 

 ting blue velvet waist to correspond, and blue 

 velvet cap. Long tan leggins completed the 

 costume, which attracted no attention, appar- 

 ently. Another wore a suit of light tan cordu- 

 roy, made with tight fitting knee breeches, sack 

 coat and tan yachting cap, with leggins of the 

 same color. 



Two women, who rode well, wore enormous 

 bloomers of tartan plaid, and light blue shirt 

 waists, with gray caps. 



The home made bloomer of blue serge seemed 

 the favorite costume, but surely the women who 

 so attired themselves could never have looked in 

 a long mirror before starting out. 



A gray tweed suit, with long three-quarter 

 coat, and skirt cut medium length and full 

 enough to allow the free motion of the knee 

 necessary to riding, and a modest little black hat, 

 looked conspicuous by its simplicity and neat- 

 ness. 



The women who rode in the Park did not 

 seem to have found it necessary to attire them- 

 selves in such wild and fantastic garbs as did 

 the riders on the Boulevard and Riverside. I 

 saw several women riding uncommonly well and 

 dressed in blue serge, with medium length skirts 

 and Norfolk jackets. The only bloomer costume 

 in the Park had evidently been made by a tailor, 

 for it was the least objectionable of any. The 

 bloomers, themselves, while full, had some 

 shape, and the tight fitting coat had such long, 

 full skirts that the ugly effect of the bloomers 

 was well nigh hidden. 



The sun can beat any bicycle in the land at 

 being a scorcher. 



Elderly Lodger — " How did you sleep last 

 night, professor?" 



Professor Larkins — "Lying down, madame. " 

 — J V heeling (W. Va.) Corner Stone. 



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