flee. 2 THE SPORTING LIFE.

CYCLING.VICTORS, $125.

THE FIRST BREAK IN THE HIGH- PRICE BRIGADE.

The Overman Wheel Company Abandons Old Prices and Announces Its '94 Prices-The Handwriting on the Wall For the Trade.

Springfield, Nov. 22. Aftpr all the de­ bate which bus gone on regarding the price of '94 model wheels, the tirst of the leaders in the trade to bold'ly an­ nounce prices for the ensuing year is the Overman Wheel Company, which now makes public the fact that Victors for '94 will be listed lit .$125 instead of $150. This price applies only after January 1, 1804. The action of the Chicopoe Falls people will force the other leaders in the trade to show their hands and announce their plans and prices for the ensuing year, as the Overman Wheel Company has done. This will be an advantage to everyone connected1 with sport. The uncertainty heretofore existing as to what prices were to be demanded next year by the great makers has had a particularly baneful effect upon a trade which is at present more in need of stimulation than it is of any retarding treatment at the hands of those who control it. With all the talk regarding next season's pric4># which has goue on for the past three months, the buyer has declined to even consid'er the purchase of his next season's mount until he knew something definite regarding the price thereof. while the dealer, himself in the dark regarding same, has also refused to lay any plans for the future until he was in possession of something more sub­ stantial than rumors. We believe the Overman Wheel Company by announc­ ing the price of its '94 patterns has con­ ferred a distinct favor upon the whole of cycling from a standpoint of sport as well as trade. With Victors in the market at $125 it will be a bold maker who will announce a higher figure with­ out' a great deal of thought upon the subject. The Overman Company has thrown a bomb-shell into the fort of high prices which will cause an awful scattering for cover on the part of the small fry who have heretofore been waiting to see what the big guns in­ tended doing. It looks as though the Victor next year again intended to "make the pace" as its makers have always claimed it to have done in theIKlSt.

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE.Milwaukee Is to nave an association of

Its cycle clubs.An ordinary question Where have all

the g. o. o. gone to?Ball hearings arc now used la clothes

wrlugcrs anil coffee mills.A new puncture-proof pneumatic Is made

of rawhide covered with rubber.A cycling liose supporter The new bi­

cycle Intended for uremen's use.When R rider Is coining clown a steep hill

he need not be told to hurry up.Good, bad and Indifferent ourselves,

our enemies, and the rest of the world.Wheelmen call give the Arabs themselves

polnls in the game of. "quietly stealing it way."

1'arkhurst & Wllkinson have executed a trust deed for ?2K).U27 to \V. F. Kgan, of 1'liicHgo.

Large tubing will mark the construction of all the first.class J'oj-elgu machines fur next season.

A patch on the scat of a boy's riding breecjies Is something new under tbe son. Isn't it?

Men don't look 'no coquettish on bi­ cycles, notwithstanding tbe arch manner of their backs.

Cylindrical shaped cranks will be In a measure displaced next season by dia­ mond shaped ones.

1'iirls Is to have a number of cycling smokers this winter ami a full-fledged cycle show besides.

Tilting bundle bars add greatly to tbe comfort of the wlicelwoman whose ma­ chine is equipped wllb them.

No language can express the feelings Of the deaf mute rider the first time lie punctures bis pneumatic tire.

Our English exchanges came burdened this week with a liberal stiilling of tbe first batch of cycle show slnlT.

Sandowe lias been honored In cycling by having an Knglish monkey-wrench named after him! Such is fame!

Experience in riding, cmnbined with mechanical skill. Is one of the surest ways to success in the cycle industry.

Joe rennell's beauty is said to be greatly enhanced by his fast silvering locks. Good­ ness knows it needed enhancement!

The happy couple who made their wed­ ding tour on a tandem declared that the journey was a constant round of excite­ ment.

The tandem safety booms seems bound to come to pass, judging from advance re­ ports of Knglish makers' plans for uext season's nicrnts.

Disagreeable though it may be to him, It Is still a fact that the chances are Kgainst the legless man obtaining any sort of a foothold in cycling.

The last live years have done a great deal toward the advancement of cycling. f*erhaps the next flve will not equal them, but they will approach it.

The very latest lamp has two lenses, Bnd tho steaming of the front glass is entirely got over, while the top draws out and takes the reflector with It.

The "Irish Cyclist" refers to several "male machines" ps a part of the display pt an English manufacturer at the Stan­ ley show. What is a "male" machiue, we wonder?

To any one who rends an English wheel paper's opinions of American cycling it is easy to understand why Carlyle said that there were many people In Great Britain, mostly fools.

Trim a lamp wick towards the centre. Where the wicks are straight, trim the second wick with a bit of cardboard in an opposite direction from the way the first is trimmed.

It seems at once natural and unnatural that few wheelmen will do a good turn for a crank, and yet a crank does many ft good turn for the wheelmen every time they propel a wheel.

What doos the "Irish Cyclist" mean by this inshoot at J. 3.'I "A number of press fellows met last night at dinner to 'send on" J. J. 1'rial, the Irishman who pre­ tends to be an American."

English makers must be hard up. In­ deed, for names for their wheels when they lutlict upon tho machine and the public such nomenclature as "The Ostrich," ''The Zebra" and "The Giraffe."

Wooden rims will be used extensively "' - ' n !>",-ii'i>r of pifikers, and fow will use nothing else. The wooden liiu .i.i.s u.iiii.v ativaaiagL'S over the steel and composition tin ones, outside of light­ ness.

All the exhibitors at the New York cycle show on the opening night, with their attendants, will wear evening dress, as it Is their idea to reach the better class of society, and to interest them In cycling.

It is quite natural that ft boat should jump up and down uneasily when it Is obliged to get ou another tack, but with a pneumatic it is different; It only needs to get on one tack, and then it goes down with a jump.

A uewly invented lamp has tubes thron-h the oil receptacle, which allow a con- Umial flow of air to mingle with the flame, thus producing a more steadv anduinmous light than is usually obtained

in a cycle lamp.The newest thing abroad in cycling shoes

If) an ankle protector that will effectually prevent riders froin harking their ankles, which has become such a common occur­ rence now that the treads of machines are being made so narrow.

If you have a girl who possesses the homely accomplishment of knitting, got her tu make you a pair of worsted handle covers for your winter riding, and you will not only in conseiiuence be comfort­ able, but fashionable as well.

Many ladies who have neither the cour­ age nor the disposition to wed tbe safety, would gladly turn their ' affections to the more comfortable and more tract­ able tricycles if by reduced weight they were made easier of propulsion.

Never use scissors to trim a wick. A visiting card is one of the best trimmers; one still better, if not considered too much trouble, is to heat a poker red hot and pass the heated end over the wick. This evenly removes all the charred part.

Miss Iteyrolds. the young English wheel- woman, who created such a furore by ap­ pearing in a masculine riding costume on English roads, denies the report that she entries a skirt, and slips it on when she rides through a. towu or village.

A concern in England does a. large busi­ ness in advancing money to small wheel manufacturers, taking the machines as completed as security for the loan, and returning them as the borrower sells his output and pays off the loan from the proceeds.

Don't keep oil In lamps many (lays with­ out burning; it becomes stale and smells when lighted. Burners wear out after long and continuous use and need replacing. To boil them up once or twice in strong soapsuds increases the length of their usefulness.

An English Invention which will attract notice Is a pneumatic-framed bicycle, in which the entire frame Is suspended upon air balls, with the object of minimizing vi­ bration, the balls being titled in the joints of the frame, this being undoubtedly a new departure.

An Knglish tailor Intends Importing two French wheehvomen and having them ride over tbe roads in England most frequented by wheelmen, hoping that their chic French costumes may become the vogue among English wheelwomcu to the sub­ sequent prolit of the shrewd tailor afore­ said.

Your always-ready-for-an-accldent rider now equips himself with a sample of a new crank setter or bender, a light port­ able tool, which may be carried in the tool bag, and which has as Its object the straightening of a damaged or bent crank. The whole contrivance weighs but a few ounces.

So far as English machines are con­ cerned the alterations in pattern for next season appear to tend in the same direc­ tion, to wit. the enlargement of the top and back bottom tubes of the frame, and the narrowing of the crank bracket, with other devices to enable the width of tread to be reduced.

It Is not worth while to discuss the de­ sirability of better country roads. This is universally conceded, and if good roads could be secured without increased ex­ penditure the country would be gridironed with them. How to get them is the burn­ ing question.

It is not every cycler whose chief con­ sideration is the "attainment of speed, neither is it necessary to the thorough en­ joyment and appreciation of wheel life that such should be the case, for, after all, even if a man is gifted with the ability to scorch along at about '20 miles an hour, this is not the ideality of cycling.

The patentees of the new pneumatic wheel claim for their Invention that it will not only do away with pneumatic tires, but will eventually be adopted by horse cars as a means to minimize vibra­ tion, horse labor and to do away with tnvks entirely. We think these Inventors have ftbont claimed everything in sight for their invention.

A foreign Inventor has a cycle lock and brake holder which can be used cither as a lock, brake holder, or thrown out of action at will; and another thing In locks is a secret automatic lock, which is bound to attract attention, and which appears to us to be one of those things which we have long been looking for to prevent the theft of the machine.

This wheelwoman's costume question has degenerated into sort of a skirt dance jubilee. One side of the question is up­ held by the supporters of the equestrian riding habit as a proper model for the wheehvoinan to copy, while the opposite side seem to havi-chosen the; balhiug suit as the proper thing for a female cycling suit io be copied from.

The saddle for every man that Is. the saddle which will *it once prove comfort­ able for each and every rider is the mil­ lennium of saddle manufacture. Whether this consummation, devoutly to he wished by all saddle users," will be reached re- nialns to be seen, but that they are "near it, awful near it." will be claimed for more than a few makes next season.

The aristocrats of St. Petersburg have formed a cycling club, which bears tbe name of "Opehestivo Welosipednoi Jesdy." Imagine n member of this club being chased by a policeman for breaking one of those nice Russian cycling ordinances, and when finally lie was captured, all out of breath, to be asked to answer at. once' with the name of the club he belonged to!

The managers of tfie Stanley Show an­ nounce that they have secured a corps of Interpreters for the use of visitors and exhibitors. We suppose these officials are to translate the cockney dialect into mod­ ern English, so those who only speak the latter ruay be able to understand what is said to them and to in return be under­ stood by those they wish to communicate with.

From abroad conies the Information that among foreign riders the craze for ex­ cessive lightness appears to be on the wane. Indeed, weights last year ap­ proached very near finality, and very few firms will, in the coining season, so far as we can ascertain, make much reduction in the weights of their standard patterns from those In which they were put out last season.

The efforts now being made to build a macadam road from Asbury Park to Free­ hold will meet with the hearty si.pport of tho thousands of riders who yearly jour- nev to tiie city by the sea. The road, if built, will cost .flKI.OOO, and the projectors hope to take advantage of the State Road act. jvhich iirovides that one-third of the cost of such Improvementa shall be paid by the State.

A French mayor was out shooting with some of his friends. A rabbit ran across the road: he raised his gnu to his shoulder, fired,,' and over went poor bunny. Just then a cyclist passed, jumped oft his machine, picked up tho rabbit, and, before the men of the gun could recover from their surprise, remounted and was out of sight in a jiffy. Hut you know they do those things better in France.

From a small beginning as a private exhibition, the annual show of cycles, as promoted by the London Stanley Bicycle Club, has increased In popularity and re­ pute until to-day, on the eve of the sev­ enteenth of the series, It holds a position unique as a semi-private exhibition. This year's entries beat the record, and every­ thing points to a successful run for the eight days the show will remain open.

The "Brooklyn Citizen" thus treats of "jays:" The bicycle business for a green­ horn is one best avoided. The dull trade of this year forced out of existence a number of firms who knew practically nothing about the trade, and were being plucked by sonic fly individual. But here now commences the announcements of a number of new greenhorn firms. Well, go It. There's money in It sometimes to lose.

There Is something startling in ft show announcement of the "Irish Cyclist," re­ garding a prominent English wheel maker that- "In the machinery section they exhibit their cycle vices." We always advocate honest dealing between maker and buyer, but when it comes to the former publicly exhibiting his vices for the tatter's edification we think that is carrying tho open and above board fad to an extreme.

Among the less prominently popular new- styles of woman's footgear the past sea­ son, mention should be made of a strap and buckle cycling shoe made of canvas and Russia leather. The leather forms the vamp, heel foxing and tip, while the brogan-shaped quarter and the Instep are of canvas. The fastening is bv a clasp buckle. The canvas, being of a (lark color, forms a pleasing contrast to the bright leather, and the shoe is described as very comfortable.

A man was brought up before a Judge down East who was famous for his kind- heartedness. The prisoner was charged with having stolen a bicycle. "Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment?" the Judge asked. "Never! never!" ex- cl.vlmed the prisoner, bursting into tears.

"Don't cry, don't cry," said the humane administrator of the law, consolingly, "you're going to be uow," and he gave him T2 mouths.

Dal Lewis and "Senator" Morgan ate scrapple In Wanamakervllle last week. Hoth gentlemen complained of feeling sleepy, and when last seen were being whirled away in a mlle-aii-hour horse-car towards the depot, from which a train for New York was expected to leave. "TalTy was a Welshman," so the nursery rhyme says, which may account for the "taffy" these two Welshmen bestowed upon things Philadclphiau during tlieir visit.

Here Is a really clever English witti­ cism, which we take from the pages of "Wheeling." because of its being one of the few bits of wit we have ever run across In our British exchanges which could be understood bv anyone else but a Britisher: We don't know that Sir Walter Haleigh was a cyclist, but we do understand that he earned favor at Court by looking after a lady's safely. Come to think of it, didn't he invent a mud­ guard, or dress-guard, or something'.'

St. Louis "Star-Sayings" is "agin" the L. A. W. publications, we should judge, after reading the following bit of advice from the pages of our Western contem­ porary: "Pay out your good coin for the Bicycling World' and 'Good Uoads.' That's right, gentlemen; waltz up and place your vest against the bar, figuratively speak­ ing, and support that relic of Boneshaker days and that advocate of an iridescent dream, 'Good Roads.' They are good me­ diums of rake-off for the powers that be."

The wheelman who desires the most pleasure and who thoroughly appreciates the luxury of cycle riding is he who sits at ease, spins along at his own speed, takes time to view the country through which he is traveling, to admire the beaut­ ies of nature, and who, without leaving his machine, can pull up when and where he chooses to take in the surrounding scenery and inhale the pure atmosphere, while he rests his limbs and enjoys the fragrant weed. Tliis is where the tricycle scores over the safety.

An Irish genius Is out with an invention which claims to have gotten over the diffi­ culty of the dead centre In bicycles. It Is a very simple arrangement of the crank on the chain wheel side of the machine, by which one of the) cranks is always ready for driving when the other is at the dead point, either top or bottom. Those who tried the machine to which this patent was tixed were thoroughly pleased with it. and consider that the Dublin man has got over a want which has always beeii felt in the construction of the modern bicycle.

In time the rights of wheelmen on the road will be, respected. How this will be brought about is indicated by a case al Aurora, III. A wheelman named I'hillips had a collision with; a "road hog" and sued him for damages. The case was carried to the Circuit Court, backed by the Illi­ nois Division of the League, and there a decision was rendered against the man who drove into tbe bicycle. The court stated emphatically that the law gave wheelmen the right to half the road, the same as though their vehicles were buggies instead of bicycles.

If we subtract the fancied from the real Ills of the cycle trade, we shall presently discover that it is more In need of exercise than physic. The manufacturers are not really sick, though they groan and seem­ ingly arc in distress, but are only inclined to give to themselves the tricks and atti­ tude of valetudinarians. Dolorously they have complained while they were inactive, but now that the season of activity has commenced, and they are up and doing, it Is noteworthy that they have become cheerful and emulous of repeating the suc­ cesses of previous years.

Some men appear to derive just as much comfort from a piece of leather stretched across a plate of tin as the most luxurious chair. These are in a decided minority, however, and, as tho doctors have all along agreed In preaching the necessity for comfortable saddles, H is pleasant ro be able to record an advance In this direction. And not air saddles alone, but Ihe common or ordinary variety will be found to have undergone modifications and changes for the better in many Instances, so that there is some chance of the old. old bogey, perineal pressure being laid to rest during 18!>4.

In the general design of the machine for next season's use there Is a tendency, which we are pleased to note, to so con­ struct the machine that the rider Is en­ abled to sit farther forward than has been the case in the past, and as we under­ stand from agents generally that there Is a growing tendency to sit farther forward, we hope ere long that the absurd backward stooping position which riders have been compelled to adopt by the build of their machines will bc-.'ome a thing .of the past, to the great beueflt of tbe pastime, not only to the riders themselves, but in the eyes of the general lay public.

It scents strange to see tbe "oldest wheel paper in the world" the "Bicycle News" bringing its form up to that of the oldest wheel paper In America the "Bi. World," just at the time that the American paper announces Its Intention of forsaking Us present make-up and assuming one like unto that which the English paper has forsaken as being impracticable. To an ordinary observer it would seem that two "oldest" do not agree upon the question of what constitutes "good form,"-and that in the difference of opinion consequently existing our Knglish contemporary has de­ cidedly the best of the argument.

"The road," says Bushnell, "is that phy­ sical sign by which you will best under­ stand any age of people. If there is any motion In society, the road, which Is the symbol of motion, will indicate the fact," and. according to Carlisle, roads should not be occupied by people demonstrating that motion is Impossible. But roads are not merely Indicative of progress; they are among Its determining factors. Ma- caulay well declares that those Inventions that abridge distances have dene most for civilization. And yet, paradoxically, the roads in this country have not. kept pace with its progress in other directions.

The greatest care should be taken In filling a lamp to wipe off every drop of oil that has got on the sides nnd In crevices of ornamentation during the pro­ cess. This can best be done with sleazily- woven cloth, like a piece of cheese cloth or coarse flannel, which quickly absorbs the oil. It is often the failure to do this thoroughly that makes (he slight smell of kerosene so noticeable about lamps that it has come to be accepted by many as an uupreventable one. If the lump Is wiped, and rewiped with a second and drier cloth, nine times out of ten Its so-called "sweating" habit will vanish.

"The Cyclist." says: There Is no pneu­ matic tire at present on the market which Is puncture-proof. At least, if that is considered an over-bold statement, let us say that up to the present moment no such phenomenon has come under our notice. When it does we will announce the fact in large caps, whether the manufacturer advertises or not. And if that is not magnanimity for a cycle paper in this "vale of tears" we would be Informed thereof. Consequently any appliance which shall render pneumatic tires un- puncturable, or nearly so. Is not only a boon to the public, but a distinct and enormous advantage to tbe pneumatic tire industry.

The around-the-world. from-Dan-to-Beer- sheba. brand of cyclist will In a new for­ eign Invention known as cycle raft have an apparatus which can be attached to any ordinary safety bicycle, and so enable tho possessor to ride his machine on the water with the utmost security. This Is a (Mstinct novelty, and Is bound to attract a lot of attention. All its parts are portable, the tubes being collapsible. and when collapsed occupy no more space than an ordinary luggage valise, and can bo carried on the handle-bar. If the in­ ventor will further arrange his life raft so It will drown the above brand of bicycler he will confer a favor on the entire cycling world.

Wherever roads have been Improved there has been an immediate tendency to set­ tlement, with a consequent increase In land values, and such must always tie the case. If the roads but be made good, the natural advantages of country life must increase the demand for farms, while the same causes will decrease the number for sale. The farmers, there­ fore, should certainly demand good roads, even if they could only be obtained at some cost. As a matter of fact, however, as can easily be shown, the annual cost of itheir construction and maintenance would be very small In comparison with the direct annual loss to the farmers re­ sulting from the present bad roads.

Paderewskl, the great Polish pianist, hav­ ing suffered a great deal lately from ennui, owing to the fearful amount of "hero worship" he has had to undergo, has decided to take to the wheel for a little exercise; he is uow taking a course of Ii's

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sons on the safety, and hopes next sum­ mer to do a little touring. Someone sug­ gested that the vibration from the handle­ bars would prove harmful to his "touch," whereupon he remarked, "Kot!" quite in the Kntfiish style, l^aderewski's familiar­ ity with the "pedal" began long before he ever put his foot upon the ones attached to the crank of a bicycle, and he will find that In cycling, no less than in piano- playing, the pedal action is both soft and hard at times.

"Things are not what they seem." At least not altogether. And In the category of these things we are inclined to include nickel plate. The cycling tyro who fondly imagines that the brilliant plating which gloritics his brand-new machine is a sure preventive of rust is likely to suffer a rude awakening from his dream of non-oxldixa- tlon. Let him confide his cherished mount to a fairly damp cellar, or even an out­ door exposure in wet weather. That will show him. In the generality of cases he will find that through the trusted overlay of electrically deposited nickel his cycle blushes a tare and rusty red. This ought not to be, but It most certainly is, as all the world knows. From time to time fresh plating metals are Introduced; tint cither the results given belie the promise, or the proprietors cannot induce the trade- to adopt their process.

On an average, not more than one man in '25 may bo wild to ride well, but with the gentler sex the rule Is entirely re­ versed, for very seldom does one meet an ungraceful rider. It is probably their nat­ ural ability to place themselves at the best advantage, and it is very deplorable that those men who speed along the road, with saddles 18 inches behind the crank axles, spinal column a la rainbow, and arms spread-eagled, have not inherited the same charm; or. failing that, lire not endowed with sit IHcIent perspicacity to become aware that such a posture Is both dele­ terious to the system, and ridiculous to behold. A number of diseases are aggra­ vated by thlti pernicious practice, and al­ though the medical fraternity are con­ stantly decrying it their warning Is 1111-' heeded, and the reform of common sense seems as far below the horizon as ever.

A new form of water cycle hits been brought out by an engineer, who has been experimenting lately in this direction, says the "IJi. News." He adapts the mechanism of driving to the propulsion of twin screws in such a manner that the whole apparatus can be removed from the boat in order that when so wanted it can "be ro\ved in the old-fashioned way. The double screw is a marked improve­ ment on the single central-driven system, but the available horse-power from two riders is inadequate compared with the triplet form, or as in Cooper's new liy- drocycle, where four riders are mounted. The work to be done is so much greater in comparison on the river than on the road that (here seems to be a greater necessity for a larger supply of power. The gearing is with bevel wheels, gcnrcd .r>V4 times, and a comfortable rate of pedal­ ing is about SO to the minute, giving 4-H) revolutions of the screw, and a traveling pace of approximately six miles an hour.

Both In grace and neatness French wheel women show off to consider­ able advantage, and the confidence with which they ride Is not one of the least of their charms. It was only to he expected that their costume, being feminine, should submit to the inexorable laws of fashion, and it is curious to notice the changes that have come over ladies' cycling dresses during the past month or two. Instead of the short loose skirt that fell gracefully over a pair of cycling breeches we have now the complete Zouave costume in which the short closelv-litting bodice terminates in a pair of loose baggy breeches almost exactly resembling the divided skirt. The stockings are black, and the boots come half-way up the knees. A soft felt hat. of the same color as the rest of the costume, generally gray, is modestly adorned with a feather. The Zouave cos­ tume certainly offers more freedom to the lady cyclist, though It Is lacking in some of the grace that was the characteristic feature of the dress which it has sur­ passed.

It is the general opinion of those whose knowledge of cycling i» gained entirely from the vantage ground of Hie foot path that your cycler Is upset by evei-v loose stone, and that he goes about (he world in fear and trembling of being dismounted bv half a brick or the smallest pebble which has been forced above the surface of Its fellows in the roadbed; and this Is doubt­ less to some extent true of the raw tvro In the throes of his novitiate. We would suggest quite humbly, however, that this particular section of a class Is not quite good enough for the whole to be Judged bv, and that perhaps the sooner the public lire convinced of their error the better it will be for the spread of cycling, which most of us desire, at least In a perfunc­ tory fashion, and which our friends in the trade have very much at heart. For the benefit of these it may be stated that if cycling consisted so wholly in dodging ob­ structions as Ihe ignorant suppose there would be so precious little fun In 'it that the sport would, probably, commend itself to none but schoolboys. As it is. the wheelmen may be trusted to see not mere­ ly as much of the country through which he travels as oilier folk, who arc forced, or prefer, to adopt other means of pro­ gression lie Invariably sees a great deal more.

'HICKORY? DELIGHTED WITH IT THICKORYTOFFICE OF A. CLEMENT SIIUTE, M. D., HOMEOPATH IST, 715 Pittsburg St.,

CONNEI.LSVILLE, Penn., Sept. 12, 1893.Hickory Wheel Co., Gentlemen :— Your HICKORY "A" has been

receiving the hardest possible usage a machine could have for six months, having ridden mountain roads and cinders by the mile, yet not a puncture, and the wheel to-day is as sound as when bought. Not a loose spoke or nut to be found, and I am delighted with it, as wejl as many others who at first were inclined to think it a novelty. but now regard it as the best, after seeing what it has stood by my daily use of same iu practice.

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CONDITIONS OF THE RACE.Riders may use any type of machine

they desire.

PURSES.Twenty-five Per Cent, of the Net Pro.

fits to be divided among thePjaced Men as follows*

To the winner..................5O per cent.Second..................25 per cent.Third...............12 1-2 per cent.Fourth....................8 per cent.Fifth.................4 1-2 per cent.

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVK THEFOLLOWING PUKSKS WILL.

BE ADDED:Winner . . . $12OO in Gold. Second . . . 8OO Third .... 5OO Fourth . . . 35O Fifth .... 25O Sixth .... 15O

Each Contestant who does not win one of !he above named Purses and covers 140.1 miles or over, will receive a Prize of

$15O.OO IN GOLD.Each Prize Winner must cover 1400

miles or over.Entrance Fee, $50.00, to be returned

to all Competitors who cover 750 miles before 12 P. M. December 27.

Entries close December 9.During the week SPECIAL SPRINT

Races for Special Purses will take place.For further particclars address

FRANK W. SANGER, Madison Square Garden, New York City.