BICYCLING. 



PROSPECTIVE OF 1895. 

 Maurice Greene. 



Devotees of cycling anticipate for 

 this year great improvements in the 

 sport in many ways. Some small errors 

 have been made in the past and these 

 are generally potent in leading to better- 

 ment. The rule will not vary in this 

 case. 



The fact that last season was the 

 greatest in cycling history will stimulate 

 lovers of the sport to renewed efforts 



Followers of the wheel are alive to 

 needed improvements in public high- 

 ways. The growing popularity of the 

 wheel and the vast increase in the 

 numerical strength of the wheelmen will 

 bring this about in the near future — 

 much of it this year. 



Another need of the wheelmen is the 

 more general enforcement of laws reg- 

 ulating travel on public roads. The 

 speed in the crowded localities should 

 be limited and the enforcement of the 

 law compelling all kinds of vehicles to 

 carry lamps after dark would be bene- 

 ficial. In some localities such laws 

 have served their purpose. In Phila- 

 delphia, for instance, policemen are en- 

 gaged to capture reckless scorchers, and 

 the wheelmen are aiding in the work. 



The L. A. VV. still has its hands full. 

 The amateur question is as needful of 

 attention as ever. The rules made in 

 1894 were not entirely satisfactory. 

 The matter was thought to be solved 

 when the racing men were divided into 

 classes A and B which were termed 

 divisions of amateurism, but we find 

 that this does not meet all cases. Further 

 consideration of this subject is neces- 

 sary. 



There were numerous violations of the 

 rules governing the two classes of rac- 

 ing men. Many riders racing in class 

 A, should have cast their lot with the 

 class B men. Some manufacturers em- 

 ployed class A men to ride their 

 machines for advertising purposes, and 

 the relations between them were similar 

 to those between the class B men and 

 makers. 



Had the strict amateur law been 

 maintained and thoroughly enforced, 

 there would have ensued the formation 

 of a professional clique which would 

 have won about all the popularity. 



In France the organization which 

 rules cycling governs both the amateur 

 and professional classes. The condition 

 of the sport in that country is superior 

 and is evidence of the success of this 

 plan. The solution of this problem, in 

 this country, will doubtless be the 

 adoption of rules similar to those gov- 

 erning racing men in France. 



THE WHEEL ON ICE. 



R. C. W. Lett. 



My first experience in wheeling on 

 ice was rather amusing — that is 

 to the spectators. Mud is a slippery 

 thing to turn in, but a sharp turn on 

 smooth ice will put you down so quick 

 you won't have time to strike hard. 



The broad Ottawa which flows past 

 our quiet but solid little city, had just 

 put on its winter overcoat, four inches 

 thick. Crowds of skaters, with their 

 hockey sticks, dashed here and there 

 over the broad surface of ice enjoying 

 the exciting game and the bracing air 

 of our northern winter. 



Taking my wheel to the river I 

 mounted, for the first time on ice, and 

 making my way over the black, glassy 

 surface, ran close to a crowd of French 

 boys who undertook to show me the 

 course. Not wishing to bring up the 

 rear I spurted ahead at a tremendous 

 rate. Such smoothness under wheel 

 was delightful, but a time was soon to 

 come when 



Stars would grow bright, 

 My wheel go out of sight 

 And the boys be amused at my 

 plight. 

 Noticing a piece of stick frozen in the 

 ice a few feet in front of me, I pulled 

 sharply to the right a few inches. Just 



