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tance of twenty-four miles. She needs 

 to advance no argument, now, to con- 

 vince her friends of the benefit which 

 bicycling has been to her. Every one 

 who knows her is a strong advocate of 

 wheeling for women. 



Pretty little Gertrude Luttgen, also of 

 Linden, was, a few years ago, a frail 

 delicate child, and her parents had 

 serious doubts as to whether she would 

 live long. They bought her a wheel 

 and she at once became fond of it. She 

 spent hours every day riding, increasing 

 the time out of doors and the distance 

 covered as she became stronger. Within 

 a year she was as healthy, rosy and 

 vigorous a young girl as any in the 

 town, and is now assured of a long life. 

 She and her parents attribute her re- 

 covery and her present robust health to 

 the use of the wheel. 



Linden, by-the-way. is pre-eminently 

 a bicycle town. Almost all the young 

 people there, of both sexes, and many 

 older people ride. Mr. Knopf, his wife 

 and each of their children have a bicy- 

 cle apiece, making nine wheels in this 

 one family. 



CYCLING NOTES. 



MAURICE GREEN. 



When letter carrier Smith had com- 

 pleted his thousand mile jaunt across 

 the country, Oct. 15th, he wished to 

 have it known the country over that he 

 finished strong, but the man's appear- 

 ance was not evidence of the lack of 

 fatigue. 



Otto Ziegler, the speedy Californian, 

 who became famous during the National 

 L. A. W. meet at Denver, in August, 

 when he defeated the crack riders, has 

 surpassed the world by breaking J. S. 

 Johnson's mile record, lowering it to 

 1.50 flat. 



Preparations are well advanced at 

 Chicago for the cycle show to be held 

 there in January, which is sure to sur- 

 pass previous expositions. 



R. P. Searle, who attempted the New 

 York-Chicago ride, has become famous 

 by materially lowering Linneman's 

 hundred mile mark, reducing it to five 

 hours and thirty-five minutes, which is 

 only thirty-five minutes lower than the 

 track record made in Canada. 



The girl in bloomers is so familiar a 

 figure now-a-days, that she is no longer 

 specially noticeable, and is seldom the 

 subject of unfavorable comment, except 

 by unprogressive members of her own sex. 



The recent century race, over the 

 Elizabeth-Rahway course, was remark- 

 able on account of the large number of 

 riders that finished in excellent time. 



The scorcher can anticipate much 

 pleasure for next year. The manufact- 

 urers will produce some reliable ma- 

 chines of light weight, which will have 

 new features of great value. 



The Rambler team will soon go to 

 Birmingham, Alabama, to attempt the 

 breaking of records on the fast track 

 there, and will probably succeed, with 

 " Pinky " Bliss in the saddle and those 

 old race horses, Lamsden and Githens, 

 on one of the tandems. 



Mrs. M. J. Kelly, of Chicago, is the 

 first woman to ride two centuries with- 

 in twenty-four hours. 



Though Harry Wylie did not suc- 

 ceed in his long-distance ride he proved 

 himself the pluckiest road-rider in this 

 country. 



A fact which discounts the common 

 belief that long rides are hurtful to the 

 constitution, is that R. P. Searle actually 

 gained three pounds during his hard 

 ride. The other riders have had simi- 

 lar experiences. 



Colonel Pope has done two things for 

 which every one should thank him. He 

 has written a good essay on man and 

 has built a good bicycle. 



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