BICYCLING. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Cycling is a furore here. Thousands of 

 riders are on the streets, at all hours of the 

 day. A colored woman who would weigh 

 over 200 pounds has just wheeled gaily past. 

 Lawyers, doctors, professors, clergymen and 

 teachers ride bicycles — in fact, everyone 

 rides, except ragmen and banana peddlers. 

 We scarcely see a carriage on this street. 

 It is a fine thoroughfare and every evening 

 it is lined with cyclers of all descriptions — 

 old and young, black and white. Women in 

 bloomers are numerous. It is difficult to dis- 

 tinguish women from men as they go spin- 

 ning past. One of our neighbors was using 

 his hose on his lawn and the cyclers kept 

 riding over his grass, arousing his wrath. 

 Finally he vowed he would turn the hose on 

 the next man who rode over the lawn. This 

 he did. To his horror a feminine shriek re- 

 sounded from the deluged being and a 

 woman rolled off the wheel, in hysterics. 

 Five years ago four ladies rode the first bicy- 

 cles here, to the deep disgust of the men of 

 the town and the deeper disgust of the wo- 

 men. Now the women who ride are legion 

 and their number is increasing every day. 



Mrs. Jason Dame. 



him to hold the bicycle while she was learn- 

 ing, but on June 11 he let goof her wheel 

 and a fall resulted, in which her right leg was 

 broken. 





Editor Recreation: 



Last Friday evening, three or four of the 

 kids came tearing down to the house shout- 

 ing, " Harve ! Harve ! yourbike'scome ! your 

 bike's come !" You bet I lost no time in get- 

 ting out the wheelbarrow and starting for the 

 depot, with a crowd at my heels. 



I found the bike too large to wheel over, 

 so the kids all took hold and helped me 

 carry it to the house, and then we held a 

 jubilee. 



On Saturday I learned to balance. Sunday 

 of course father would not let me practice, 

 but on Monday I mastered her, and to-day 

 am able to spin along a narrow path. My 

 back was awful sore Saturday night, though. 

 Father is very much pleased with my wheel, 

 while I am simply tickled to death; and the 

 best of it all is I earned it myself and know 

 how to value it. 



Now, Mr. Shields, I want to thank you, 

 ever so much, for sending me such a nice 

 wheel for the 75 subscriptions. I will keep on 

 working for Recreation just the same. 

 Harvey B. Crane Jr. 



Mrs. Margaret Elliott has begun 

 suit in the Court of Common Pleas against 

 A. G. Spalding & Bro. for $10,000 damages 

 for personal injuries. She alleges that she 

 visited the Madison Square Garden bicycle 

 school for the purpose of learning to ride 

 the bicycle. An instructor was detailed to 

 give her a lesson, and she warned him to be 

 careful, as she was timid. She requested 



Elaborate arrangements are being made 

 by the Mercury Wheel Club for their annual 

 meet at Flushing, L. I., September 7. The 

 programme includes a one-mile race for the 

 championship of Long Island; two-mile race 

 for class A riders, handicap; one mile race 

 for class A riders, handicap ; one mile race 

 for the championship of the club, scratch; 

 half-mile race for class A riders, scratch. 



The turnpike companies of Washington 

 county, Md., have been advised that their 

 charters give them power to collect toll from 

 wheelmen, and the next legislature will be 

 asked to establish uniform rates which the 

 companies may charge them. 



The Century Wheelmen of this city an- 

 nounce the following schedule of road runs : 

 September 1 and 2, to Copake Lake; Sep- 

 tember 8, to City Island; September 15, to 

 Hempstead, L. I.; September 22, to Ridge- 

 wood, N. J.; September 29, open. 



Chief Consul Potter, of the New York 

 State Division of the L. A. W., declines a 

 nomination for the presidency of the League. 

 Vice-President Perkins is a candidate and 

 proposes to make a vigorous canvass. 



The Maplewood (N. J.) Wheelmen have 

 elected the following officers for the ensuing 

 year: Dr. H. M. Carpenter, president; J. M. 

 Whitfield, secretary and treasurer; M. 

 Sammis, captain. 



In the race among the members of the 

 Manhattan Bicycle Club for the medal for 

 the greatest number of miles covered during 

 the season, Captain Stanbach leads, with 

 4,491 miles. 



At the second day's meeting of the Na- 

 tional Circuit Tournament at Chicago, Eddie 

 Bald broke another world's competitive rec- 

 ord, riding one-third mile in 41 2-5 seconds. 



Cabanne is again in the ring. His victory 

 at Marinette, Wis., was one of the most bril- 

 liant of the year. Among the men he de- 

 feated were Bald, Murphy and Cooper. 



Harry Wheeler, the New Jersey flyer, s 

 he expects to even accounts with the riders 

 who have been beating him, at the Spring- 

 field tournament. 



The Quill Club Wheelmen are considering 



a proposition to hold a big race meet in 5 

 tember. 



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