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FOREST AND STREAM. 
fAuG. 28, 1897. 
. Communications for thia deportment are requested. Anything on 
the bicycle in its relation to the sportsman is particularly desirable 
THOUGHTS I THINK. 
Davy Crockett's chief fame rests on his skill and prowess 
with the rifle and some words of wisdom which he uttered 
in such few idle moments as he could spare from shooting 
squirrels in the center of their eyeballs. He was a wheel- 
man or it is supposed he had wheels, for what else could he 
have' in mind when he said, "Be sure you are right, then go 
ahead"? If the bicycle riders would but observe Davy's ad- 
juration to them, there would be but few smashed wheels, 
Dent frames or punctured tires, to say nothing of bruised 
knees, strained tendons, broken bones and loss of life. Don't 
go ahead without thinking and looking. 
The numbness of the arms and the exceeding discomfort 
caused by vibration of the handle bars when riding over a 
surface which is at all rough, are by nearly all riders attrib- 
uted to the rigidity of the handle bars. Numerous devices 
have been used to overcome the vibration. By far the 
greater cause of the unpleasant effects of it lies in the rider. 
He or she grips the handle bars too hard and holds the arms 
too stifiSy. With a tight grip and a stiff arm, every vibra- 
tion of the handle bars is conveyed to the arms and body in- 
stantly and in full force. Such manner of holding would 
produce numbness in time even if the man and wheel were 
motionless. The stiff grip and heavy pressure on the handle, 
bars are in no wise an advantage to the rider, though they 
are in a way injurious, since there is more or less constriction 
of the chest of the rider who so rides; there is the discomfort 
from numbness and vibration, and there is the awkward and 
ungraceful pose which comes from a strained position. The 
ordinary grip of the hand, with the arms entirely free from 
use as a support of the body, is sufBcient to enable the rider 
to guide the wheel safely and promptly. It will respond far 
more quickly to a light, skillful hand employing gentle force, 
than itwiUto rigid arms and straining force. Sit erect; 
give the lungs a chance to play ; use the hands and arms to 
steer the wheel and not as a prop to support a lazy body ; 
don't wriggle in your seat wlien pedaling, and thus will 
riders sever any apparent relationship between themselves 
and the Siniiadm. 
There is an unconquerable affinity between the department 
store bicycle and the repair shop. The repair shop is its 
home. 
A fortune awaits him who can invent an unhealing punc- 
tuie lo deflate a bore. 
The tandem, by and large, is the prince of wheels, or 
rather, the prince-princess of wheels. The man who owns 
one is thrice blessed; first, because he has a machine which 
will carry him doubly happily through pure air and sun- 
fchine; second, because he possesses the affection of some 
sweet girl, else he had never purchased it: and third, because 
losing one sweetheart he can easily win another because of 
his ownership of the tandem. He has his sweetheart's affec- 
tions firmly anchored. She doesn't care to leave him out of 
Bight a day at a lime, and as for going out of town tor a 
week or . month— no! The landem is a pleasure and a 
menace. It is a pleasure to the sweetheart when she is pres- 
ent and a menace to her when she is absent, for is it not a 
machine which is built for two? 
Some men who cannot "raite the wind" in times of peace 
can raise a storm in times of accident. Did you ever see two 
Jimmy Faddens collide? 
If the bicycle only proves as successful for army use as 
the recent trials of it by troops would indicate, and as the 
authorities anticipate, it would be an easy matter lo secure 
millions of volunteer bicycle soldiers to meet the enemy— 
because when the shooting began they could pedal home so 
much quicker than they could run. There are others who 
wouldn't flee. 
already holler, will it come any cheaper empty? I can get 
all the wind I want out here in Kansas free, 
"Eberiveezek Y. Jenson. 
"P. S. — How much do you charge for the doodad you 
stuff the wind into the robber with and where do you start?" 
— Exchange. The Idler. 
Wheelmen and Tolls. 
A RECEKT decision of the Supreme Court of Michigan is 
of universal interest to wheelmen. In the case of Murfin vs. 
the Detroit and Erie Plank Road Co., the action being 
against the Plank Road Co. for prevenline the plaintiff from 
riding over its road without paying the toll regularly charged 
a vehicle, the judgment of the lower court in favor of the 
plaintiff was affirmed. The court ruled that there was noth- 
ing in the laws of the State w hieh warranted charging toll 
to pedestrians, wheelbarrows, carts, hand .sleds, baby car- 
riages, and other vehicles propelled by human beings, though 
good roads were essential to their use as it was to tbe use of 
the bicycle. The court was not so certain as to whether a 
motor cj cle would be exempt, as is the bicycle propelled by 
human agency, though its opinion was tbat the right to 
charge toll was limited to vehicles drawn only by animals, 
The precedents were all against charging tolls to pedestrians, 
and vehicles propelled by human beings. 
Elapsed. 
Gain. 
A fleeing army on bicycles would be an impressive road 
lace. And yei they would only need to throw some 
broken glass and tacks on the roadway behind to safely 
cover their retreat. There are more ways to use butter than 
to choke cats with it. 
"A fool and his money are soon parted," and they part 
many times and oft, if the number ot bargain counter bicy- 
cles sold is any criterion of the fool and his money. But 
the man who buys and is sold once, is wisely prudent on his 
next venture. '-Qnce bitten, twice shy." 
The man who objects to good roads in the abstract is not 
above using them in the concrete. 
When crossing a street and you see a wheelman coming 
toward you, stop, take three steps backward and forward 
three times in succession and you'll do the trick. 
In Calcasieu Parish, which comprises a large part of west- 
ern Louisiana, and which is famous for its rice industry, a 
number of citizens have banded together to test the constitu- 
tionality of certain laws pertaining to worKing the roads. 
In the rainy season in that country the roads are impassable 
to vehicles. All the traffic depends on the small, forlorn- 
looking Creole ponies. The residents of that Paiish should 
see that good roads are kept out at any cost. It is their pre- 
rogative as free citizens to have bad roads or no roads, even 
if they five in poverty and darkness to do so. 
"Deer siRZ^Ilive on mi farm near Hamilton, Kan., am 
. 57 years old and just a little sporta. My neffew in indianna 
pot hisself a new bisicle and sent me his old one by f rate, and 
ive learned to ride sume. Its a pile of fun, but my bisicle 
jolts considerable. A feller came along yesterday with a 
uibicle that Jiad hollow injun robber tires stuffed with wind. 
He let me try hissen and mi, it run like a koshin! He told 
jue you sell injun robber just the same as hissen. How much 
•will it be to fix mine up like hissen ? Mine is all iron wheels. 
Do you puncti the hollow hole threw the injun robber, or 
will I have to doit myself? How do you stick tLe ends 
together after you got it done? If your injun robber ie 
Time. 
Gtencaim 12 50 53 
Momo 13 54 OS 
SEAWANHAKA INTERNATIONAL CUP. 
Third Competition. 
EOYAL ST, LAWRENCE Y. C— SEAWANHAKA COR. "T. O. 
Lake 8t. Low, 1897. 
Second Day— Second Race. 
Monday, Aug. 16. 
TRIAiJGULAR COUBSB. 
The second day, Monday, was an ideal one for small yacht 
racing, a reefing breeze, steady in force and direction, and a 
moderate sea, the conditions being le.sa trying than in the 
first trial race at Oyster Bay. After working around through 
the early morning from S.E., the wind .settled at S.W. before 
the yachts were at the line. Momo made sail and knocked 
about for a few minutes, and then tied up astern of Vailima 
while her crew set to work to shift mainsails, the best one 
being unbent and replaced by a poorer one, as it was evident 
that the chances were for more rather than less wind. Glen- 
cairn had started with one of Avoca's mainsails. 
When the news of Glencairn's defeat reached Toronto on 
Saturday afternoon, Com. Jarvis was about to start for 
Boston, where he had a business engagement for Monday 
morning. The way to Boston from Toronto lies through 
Buffalo, but by dint of many time tables and much bother- 
ing of ticket agents. Com. Jarvis managed to change his 
route, and by 7 A. M. on Sunday he was at Dorval, ready to 
do all that was possible to help Glencairn. He spent the day 
at Dorval, going out in Glencairn in the afternoon with 
Messrs. Duggan and Poe. The wind was light, but well 
suited for the purpose, and the best mainsail at hand, one of 
Avoca's, was set and carefully inspected. Battens were 
shifted and such other changes made as were possible, and 
as the result of this work the sail was much improved. 
Both Momo and Glencairn swung their whole mainsails 
before the start, but the former had on her second jib. The 
signals were given at 11:20, 11:30 and 11:35, the committee 
steamer lying south of the buoy, the triangle of IX miles to 
a side being sailed with all marks to starboard. The courses 
shown on the chart, of 2 miles to a side, were not used, the 
smaller triangles, sailed three times, being preferred by both 
parties. This triangle was very carefully laid out and tested 
by running over several times with the log: the timing of 
the yachts on some of the legs, which is absolutely accurate 
so far as the times go, shows a very high rate of speed for 
such small craft; but it is believed that the distances are 
correct. The first leg of the course was almost to windward; 
just before the last whistle Momo was to the south of the 
committee steamer and Glencairn to the north of the mark- 
boat at the other end of the line. Each crossed over until 
these positions were reversed. Glencairn came about under 
the stern of the steamer and crossed the line under good 
headway within 4a. of the whistle. Momo lay for a moment 
beyond the markboat and then came for the north or leeward 
end of the line, crossing 20s. late. Both crossed on port tack, 
but witiiin the first two minutes Glencairn went on star- 
board tack for a short hitch well out to weather of Momo. 
There was no possible question that from the start Glen- 
cairn was doing decidedly the better work, pointing well and 
holding to windward. They made several short tacks, 
Glencairn being already too far ahead to trouble Momo. 
The rest of the windward leg showed only a steady gain for 
Glencairn, she finally stood by it on port tack and eased 
sheet for the second mark, the times being: 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn 11 53 43 0 S8 42 0 01 53 0 01 53 
Momo 11 55 !;5 0 20 35 
Momo set a balloon jib and hurried after her flying rival; 
she seemed to be running much faster, but the times at the 
second mark off Pojnte Claire showed but a small gain for 
her' 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn 18 02 20 0 08 8S 0 01 44 
Momo. ...!;..*. . . .„ 12 04 04 0 08 29 0 00 09 
They jibed at the mark and started for the line, Momo at 
once starting to reef. She lowered away and tied in two 
reefs, Glencairn at once following with a single reef and set- 
ting a small jib. The finish was timed: 
JIHST ROUND. 
Elapsed. Gain. 
f — » f ^— , 
Time. Leg. Kouna. Leg, Round. Lead. 
Glencairn 12 12 14 0 09 54 0 37 14 0 01 27 0 01 27 
Momo .............12 13 41 0 09 37 0 38 41 0 00 17 
Glencairn's gain to windward had been fairly, made and as 
fairly cut down by Momo on the two reaches, so far as the 
slight gains of 9 and 17 seconds are concerned. 
The second round was practically a repetition of the first. 
The two yachts were never near together, and each simply 
sailed a straight race without thought of the other. The 
times at the weather mark were: 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead, 
Erf!^::::::::::::::::Jiiio otlll ''''' ''''' 
Again they ran across to the Pointe Claire mark, both set- 
ting°balloon jibs, the times being; 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn IS 41 31 0 08 11 0 03 49 
Momo 12 4 5 20 0 08 10 0 00 01 
This time of 8m. 10s. for 1% nautical miles shows very 
nearly a 10-knot speed. , , 
It was now blowing pretty hard and with considerable sea, 
Glencairn was carrying sail well and making good weather 
of it: but with such a lead the first thing to qo was to sail a 
perfectly safe race. At 12:43 she lowered away and turned in 
her second reef. Momo followed by tying in a third reef. 
They reached across and finished the second round: 
Leg. Round. Leg. 
0 09 21 0 38 38 
0 08 46 0 40 25 0 00 35 
Bound . 
0 01 47 
Lead. 
0 08 14 
Glencairn set a smaller jib when she reefed, but Momo, 
after taking in her balloon jib and reefing, set no jib, and 
sailed the last round under three-reefed mainsail only. The 
weather mark was timed on the third round; 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn 1 14 10 0 23 18 0 02 47 0 06 01 
Momo 1 20 11 0 26 05 
With close-reefed mainsail and no jib, Momo was still able 
to preserve a reasonable balance by running her board aft in 
the slot, but she was doing very poor work beside Glencairn, 
Glencairn carried only her small jib on the next leg, but 
Momo set her balloon jib; however, she gained nothing, the 
times being: 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn 1 22 11 0 08 01 0 06 01 
Momo 1 28 13 0 08 01 
When Glencairn came to the Pointe Claire mark she 
tacked round instead of jibing, having plenty of time to 
spare and caring to take no unnecessary risks. She con- 
tinued for the finish under her small jib. Momo not only 
jibed at the mark, but set her b&lloon jib in the vain hope of 
picking up what sne had lost. She flew over the last leg, the 
times showing a speed of 11 knots. The final times were: 
Elapsed. Gain. 
Leg. 
Round, Race. - 
0 01 10 0 04 24 
Time. Leg. Bound. Race. 
Glencairn.. 1 31 .35 0 09 24 0 40 43 1 56 3.5 
Momo 1 a5 59 0 07 47 0 41 53 2 00 59 0 01 37 
Aboard the Duchess of York was Mr. Duggan's six- 
year-old son Herrick; when Glencairn crossed the line he 
nodded his head gravely and remarked, "I think Daddy will 
keep the cup." 
The race was in all respects a fair one, and its result must 
be taken as conclusive under such conditions, a reefing 
breeze and sea. The performance of Glencairn, in pointing, 
carrying sail and going through the seas, was uniformly 
superior to that of Momo. It was said that on Sunday the 
whole population of the shore from Lachine to St. Anne's 
was praying for wind; in which case the answer came 
promptly and freely, for there was wind enough left at 
night to sail a whole series of international races. It blew 
through the night, and was still blowing in the morning. 
After the race Mr. Crane decided not to sail in Momo on 
Tuesday, but to give up his place to Mr. D. Le Roy Dresser, 
one of the heavy-weights who sailed Skate about New York. 
Mr. Dresser is about 6ft. Sin. in height, and weighs some 
701bs. more than Mr. Crane. Both boats were hauled out as 
usual after the race. 
Third Day, Third Race. 
Tuesday, Aug. 17. 
VrimrWAUU AUD LEEW.iRD COURSE. 
The blow of Monday not only knocked up a sea during the 
night, but had increased in force until it reached a rate of 
about twenty-five miles per hour. The sun shone brightly 
at 5 A. M., but by 9 o'clock it was dark and cloudy and a 
light rain was falling, which continued until late in the 
afternoon. It was only a light drizzle and not enough to 
kill the wind. 
The two yachts were off Pointe Claire, at the first mark of 
the triangle, at 10:50, both lying astern of Dama while main- 
sails were reefed. Momo tied in three reefs, all that she had 
points for; Glencairn tied in four, showing considerably less 
canvas, but after a short spin she shook out one. The steam 
yacht Wild Rose ran out to set the weather mark, two miles 
W. by S. of the start. 
When the preliminary whistle blew, at 11:24, the wind was 
blowing very fresh, a steady drizzle of rain was falling and 
a very nasty sea running. The preparatory sounded at 11:34 
and the start at 11:39. Both boats carried small jibs as they 
came for the line, Dama lying to the south'ard of the mark. 
With a minute to go both stood along the line to the north, 
on port tack, Momo to windward, they wasted a little time 
beyond the north end of the line and Glencairn started for it 
with about 403. still to run. She was too soon, but kept her 
way and tacked. Momo started for the line a little later, 
and reached it just on time and to windward of Glencairn. 
Unfortunately she had sheets oft' and no way on; before she 
gathered way Glencairn shot out from under her lee and had 
a clear lead. Both crossed on starboard tack, but within 
2m. Glencairn came about and stood toward the Pointe 
Claire shore, Momo holding on along the edge of the Middle 
Ground. Momo went on port tack at 12:4.3, and Glencairn at 
12:45, the two meeting about 4m. later. Momo passed under 
Glencairn's stern, but so close as to show that she had gained 
rather than lost thus far. Glencairn of course tacked at once 
and the two made a long tack, for over 10m., until they were 
close in under the shore up above Pointe Claire. In getting 
there Glencairn weathered out so much that she passed well 
to windward of the Pointe Claire buoy of the triangle, 
though Momo passed to leeward of it. 
The next tack, on starboard, Momo going about nearly 
Im. after Glencairn, was also a long one— about 10m. — for 
Glencairn; then she came about for the weather mark, as 
she had to leave it on starboard hand. The times were: 
Time. 
Momo 12 13 t 
Glencairn,, 
Elapsed. Gain. 
0 Si 25 0 03 33 
0 34 58 
Glencairn set her balloon jib as a spinaker and ran down 
with boom to starboard, jibing at the mark. Mr. Duggan 
was taking no familiarities with buoys or markboats, and 
made rather a wide turn, but Momo kept off still further, 
being to leeward of the buoy when she jibed. The times 
were: 
FIRST EODKD. 
Elapsed. 
Gain. 
Time. 
Glencairn... 12 25 20 
Momo 12 27 11 
Leg. 
0 13 55 
0 13 13 
KouDd. 
0 16 20 
0 48 11 
Leg. 
0 00 42 
Round. 
0 01 51 
Lead. 
0 01 51 
As usual, Momo showed a gain down wind, but by no 
means enough to affect the loss to windward. The sun was 
now visible, and the sky cleared a little. Momo seemed to 
gain for a time on the windward mark, but the timing 
showed her far astern at the end of the first leg: 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn 12 57 58 0 3<i 38 0 02 01 0 03 52 
Momo 1 01 50 0 34 .30 
The run to the line showed even a slight loss for Momo, 
the round being timed: 
Elapsed. Gain. 
Time, Leg Hound. Leg. Round. Lead. 
Glencairn ..1 11 49 0 13 51 0 46 29 0 00 03 0 02 04 0 03 55 
Momo I 15 44 0 13 54 0 48 33 
The last round was sailed with the boats wide apart, but 
Momo picked up materially on both legs. The weather 
mark was timed : 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn,,.. 1 47 OJ 0 35 14 0 02 59 
Momo........-,..'i,...,,,l £0 02 0 34 18 0 00 56 
The last run was quickly sailed, with another gain for 
Momo, the final times being: 
Gain. 
Elapsed. 
Finish. Leg. Eound. Kace. Leg. Round. Race. 
Glencairn.. 2 00 10 0 13 07 0 48 21 2 21 10 0 03 30 
Momo ..2 03 40 0 12 38 0 46 56 3 23 40 0 00 89 0 01 25 
