BICYCLING. 



Tom W. Wheeler, of New Orleans, is 

 wheeling around the boundary line of the 

 United States. He started from New Or- 

 leans March 14, and expects to make the 

 tour in 300 consecutive days. He crossed 

 Texas and the sandy desert of New Mexico 

 and Arizona into southern California, fol- 

 lowed the Pacific coast to Seattle ; thence 

 east along the Canadian line to Bangor, Me., 

 at which point he turned southward along 

 the Atlantic coast, which he will follow 

 closely to St. Augustine, Fla., where he will 

 turn west for New Orleans. 



He weighs 125 pounds now, being 2 pounds 

 heavier than when he started ; has the fifth 

 set of tires on his bicycle which, including 

 baggage, weighs 45 pounds. He must av- 

 erage 66 miles a day to make the estimated 

 distance in the time stated, and so far has 

 held his average, being now just even. At 

 one time he was two weeks behind. 



A movement is on foot to organize a body 

 of military wheelmen. The idea is to have 

 a national association, divided into state de- 

 partments, and the committee believes that 

 by training and drilling, abody of riders may 

 be formed that would be of great service to 

 the government in time of need. 



The committee consists of Capt. E. T. 

 McCrystal, of the National Guard of New 

 York ; Capt. W. L. Garcia, First Lieutenant 

 A J. Griffin, and Sergeant Major H. J. Bar- 

 ron, of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. 

 Organized bodies as well as detached riders 

 are invited to send in their names, so that 

 notice may be sent them of the first annual 

 meeting. 



Ride. Ride, Ride, 



From sunny morn till night. 

 Over the country wide 



They are going out of sight ! 

 And the bicycles speed on 



To the station under the hill ; 

 But oh, for the voice of a wife that is gone, 



And the roar of a stove that is still. 



— Atlanta Constitution. 



The Western members of the L. A. W. are 

 working up a movement in behalf of Second 

 Vice-President A. C. Morrison for the presi- 

 dency of the league. 



" Oh, John," said the new woman to her husband, 

 " vou ought to see my new bicycle— it's beautifully 

 tired." 



" It ain't half as tired as I am," groaned the hus- 

 band, as he salted the biscuits and put sugar in the 

 soup. — Atlanta Constitution. 



The first prize in the famous " Austral " 

 race, in which Arthur A. Zimmerman will 

 compete this year, will be $1,000. 



A new five-mile world's record li 

 made. This time it is 11. \\ \ 

 this it was 1 1.39 3-5. 



Louis Gimm completed a 24-houi bit 

 ride to beat the world's record at Cli 

 O. He rode 453 miles. The l.» ious 



amateur record was 407 miles and ■ 

 and the professional was 421. 



Chairman Gideon, of the L.A. \V. Ra< inc 

 Board, announces that the ten-mile competi- 

 tive record of H. H. Maddox, made June 



15, 1895, at Manhattan Beach, N. Y., 2im„ 

 39 3-5S., had been accepted by the board. 



There's a bicycle girl in Weehawken 

 That has set all the neighbors to tawken ; 

 This feminine biped 

 Wears bloomers bright strip 

 And red is the shade oi her stawki 

 — New )'"){■ 



John B. Yates, of the N«\\ York A 

 has ridden 10,000 miles during tin ~ 

 He wins the N. Y. A. C. mileage medal. 



Mrs. Mary Gibbs, 75 /ears old, of One- 



onta, N. Y., challenges any lady of hei 

 in the State to a bicycle race of one mile. 



Bicycle Lamp— Do you smoke : 



Carriage Lamp Sometimes 



Bicycle Lamp— Well. then, give me a litfht. 



The new officers of the Maplewood 

 Wheelmen are : President, Dr. H. M. Car- 

 penter ; Secretary-Treasurer, J. M. White- 

 field ; Captain, M. Sammis. 



At a summer hotel in New Hampshire 

 there are 60 boarders and 50 of them I 

 bicycles. 



The membership of the L. A. \V. is now 



32,444. This is an increase of nearly 60 per 

 cent, within a year. 



Recreation is grand and improves w th - 

 number. A Hon \ki>. 



I received the copies of Ki:< Rl ITION I 

 greatly pleased with them. 1 think ti 

 magazine of its class i have evei se< 



Wm. Pbr< r> \i . Clinton, N > 



I consider Reckka i ion Ear ahead ol anj othei pub- 

 lication of its class. 



M A Bati I, Star, 



Am much pleased with Rl H. 1 thh 



more entertaining than an\ 



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Recreation ia a Bparkl ng p;en 



j. 11. \\ m 1 1 br, Newburyport, M 



Recreation is the fines! 

 Everyone seems delighted with it 

 looked at it. 



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Enclosed find one dollar fo 

 Recrka 1 ion for one year. N 

 One need- onlj 

 become a budsi ril ei 



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