The Orient. - The folloWing was recited at the - Business Men’s Carnival in Music Hall by. Miss Addie Eason, who represented ‘ Col-5 H. A. Saunders’ Orient wheels: Good evening l Glad to see you ! Did‘I. take you by surprise '3 You see I ride an " Orient,” And on it there’s no flies. I started out to take a spin: Not knowing where to call, I thought I’d just drop ill To see your Music Hall. Attend your “Business Carnival,” And note what the dealers show; For the rider of an “ Orient” ‘ Is always on the go. ‘ . Poor “Hod ” (the boys all call him,) His substitute did send, - For with rheumatics he’s laid up; They say he can’t attend. So friends if you’ll but listen, Of my favorite wheel I’ll speak; It’s talking points are all 0. K. And the tires—they never leak. The local agent is well known, For Saunders is his name; You’ve noticed his projecting Sign At number 12 North Main. His‘line of wheels will satisfy, The rich and poor alike; The prices ranging so that all May surely own a bike. . ,e “Orient,” his leading wheel, Is too well known to mention; Its records made do yet remain, And still command attention. At coasting it is termed the king, . For it always stands the test; And where’er a match is given, It out coasts all the rest. To those who can’t afford to pay One hundred for this wheel; the “Saracen” at sixty, Should unto such appeal. It’s workmanship is up to date, ’Twill stand the hardest whack; Those who have tried it all agree Not ONE thing does it lack. ' Each part in stock he carries, No waiting or delay; In case of loss or accident, He’ll repair it right away. His treatment unto all is square; What’s wrong will be made right, To this all wheelmen testify; He’s always used them white. So if you’re undecided What wheel to ride this year: Remember it’s the only one That has the “pitch-line gear.” 4 Printers’ ink don’t make them good, , It simply tells the tale; ' For they advertise themselves Each time they make a sale. May the unfurled banner that I hold, On its mission wide be sent; Proclaiming to all Cyclidom Of the far-famed “Orient.” AAA er The centres of cycle racing in this country during the present season will undoubtedly be in New York city, in- cluding the metropolitan district; Bos- ton and the immediate surrounding country and Philadelphia. New York State will probably see more racing ' than any other State in the Union. C.,Ford Seeley of Stamford is receiv- ing entries daily for his twenty-five- mile road race on July 8. Alexander, I Tracy and Sodan are the latest addi- tions tovthe fast ones, and more are likely to follow. Mr. Seeley is contem- plating changing the route in order to give the people of Stamford a better opportunity to witness the race. They will probably go to Springdale instead' of‘Norwalk and return by way of Sum~ mer street. Mr. Seeley has received from the Stearns people 'a handsome gold medal as a time prize. It is a facsimile of the oldest Roman coin. All of the prizes, and they are a fine assortment, will shortly be put on ex- hibition. ' Tommie Ccoper, A. C. Martin and other of the'cracks now carry snap shot cameras. Pictures are secured by the racing men that the press 'would give dollars to secure for publication, COOPeI‘A has a very fine lot of views taken this spring while in, the training camps at Savannah and Louisville. Race meet promoters are having ' their troubles with the racing team managers in regard to the entry fees this year more than any other. There are more racing men paying their own expenses this year than ever before, and racing teams are run on a far more economical basis. Racing team mana- gers say that the race meet promoters must have good men to run their meets, and that it is the prominent men that are signed that draw the gate. . - r, ’ _» A gigantic wheelman arrived in New York on Saturday last on the Ameri- can Line steamship St. Paul from South- ampton. His name is F. W. Grimes, and he weighs 540 pounds. His height is 6 feet 4 inches; his chest measure- ment, 61 inches; waist, 63 inches, and thigh, 42 inches. - He says he was born in Higginsport, Ohio, and is twenty- eight years old. He has been wheel- ing , through‘ foreign countries as an agent for an American firm of bicycle manufacturers, but on wheels especial- ly designed to sustain the great pres- sure of his large corporosity. 6: I \\ 1% sf. , Is .1”, NEW! a & ;§.a , ‘ . .. l f. l l '- 3‘ ‘ \“' . l- .4 l, V‘ “ CLUB \ ‘l’ l , ll rag Cyclists who enjoy good contests of speed, will have the best opportunity of the season on the afternoon of July 8 to witness two races of an exciting and novel character. The contests will be held over the Irvington—Mil- burn course, and the thousands ‘of wheelmen who were prevented from witnessing the great Memorial Day contest on account of the bad weather will have what will probably prove to be the last opportunity of seeing con- tests between favorites over this course. The race that will excite the most in- terest will be a tandem handicap at twenty-five miles, the first of its kind 3 ever held in this county. There will also be a fifteen-mile handicap. Both races are open to all‘amateur riders, and entries, which close on June 26, can be sent to the secretary of the Race Committee of the Union County » of lady riders, llllllllllnn, I THE ORIENT. The Orient Model 7 A contains the best features used on previous models, together with the improvements of the past year. These include the Pitch Line Chain, new Divided Crank Shaft, improved bar and saddle post fasten- ings, a handlebar with Holmes hard rubber mottled surface. I-No finer ma- terials can be purchased, no better ame- chanics employed, and no more excel- lent results obtained than in ’97 Orients. 'THE SARACEN. ° Ladies’ Saracen. The frame lines of this machine in its various sizes being so admirably suited to the requirements no change has been found necessary, but we introduce all the improvements gotten out in ’97. The regular pattern ofthandle bar sup- plied is'shown ill the cut, but My of the other styles which we fit to ’men’s wheels will be furnished when ordered. THE DAINTY. Owing to the dearth of boys,’ and girls’ high grade wheels We feel satis- fied that the ‘lDddnty” Models will con- tinue in favor as the only high grade popular-priced, small machines built in the country. .VVe use the same quality Roadsters, under whose auspices the ,of steel throughout, as we employ in races will be run, Room NO- 1:438, N°° the construction~ of the Orient line. 150 Nassau street, New York. Blanks Purchasers who insist on security for are to be had at 111035 0f the club : their children will find these -, quail: houses in Greater New York' and New . Jersey. The L. A. W. handicapper will place the 'riders at the start. The first race will be started at 3:30 o’clock sharp, thus giving spectators and riders ample time to reach the course. The prize list will consist of tandems, bicy- cles, diamonds, watches, jewelry and - all kinds of useful bicycle sundries. Tents at the starting point for riders and officials will be an innovation that is bound to be appreciated by those familiar with road racing as conducted over the Irvington—Milburn course. Heretofore a two-mile walk or ride to the nearest roadhouse was necessary. __‘ ' ...-.‘.-.:u- . -..-... ties fully exemplified in the ‘.‘Dd.inty” machines. TALMAGE NOT A CYCLIST. . lady. “ We must go home.” Still Be Thinks Other Ministers Should Ride and Would Like to Himself. “Do you ride the bicycle, Dr. Tal- mage?” the well known preacher was asked not long ago. ~ , ”No,”'he replied, “I don’t’ride, for the reason that I would be sure to have too many falls for comfort and then, too, I am a poor mechanic, and if the slightest thing got out of ”der with the wheel I would never be able to repair it, no matter how great the emergency. I’m a great believer in physical 'exer- cise, however, and I ride horseback and have a fine gymnasium up stairs, where I spend a half hour every day.”- - “But what do you think of the bicy- cle as a means of locomotion for the clergy? Shall a minister ride just the same as any other man, or‘is it a little undignified for him to go spinning through the streets on a bicycle?” “Certainly ministers should ride if they want to,” answered Dr. Talmage. “As for dignity, I don’t see‘how they can lose any of it on a wheel, but if they do, why, it’s not much loss any- way. I have seen ministers of the gos- pel on bicycles in high silk.hats and Prince Albert coats, their coattails fly- ing behind them. People on the side- walks laughed, because it seemed a lit- tle ludicrous, but what of it? If a min- ister by riding on a wheel in that fash- ion can. make people laugh, which means making them forget their trou- bles for 'a very short time, why then that minister has done a good and char- itable action. He has been far more righteous than if he had kept his dig- nity and lost the opportunity of mak- ing people laugh. Let the clergy wheel away, I say. I would like to join them if I could keep up with the procession. ButI couldn’t. I should fall off.”— Washington Post. ’ They \Vill Marry. George Weirs of Oyster Bay, N. Y.. took Miss Ethel Randolph of Flushing out~ wheeling recently. The two left New Brunswick for home, but took the wrong fork of the road. On and on they sailed, and when they discovered their error it was dark. _ “We shall have to find a‘ farmhouse for the night.” Said Weirs. “No. we won't,” replied the young With this she sped off in the darkness. ’ the thing in the store, and began to turn. There was a snap. and the wheel stop- ped. Her chain had broken. A farmhouse, that of Alb \ wears white gloves with blackstitching; l ”Thought I had a sure thing the oth- l er day and was thrown as usual- Was. ; in a bicycle store when a young fellow l " came in to buy a cchOmeter. Said his l had given out after he had ridden 560 ‘ miles. Was trying for a season’s record and hated to. begin over again. Sales- man said he could fix‘it. Took new cy- clometer, fixed it on wheel, up ended Reeled off 560 miles in no time. Went to a guy I ‘knowand bet him I could ride mére miles in a week than he could. It was to bedecidedey our cy- clometers. Bought new cyclometer, went up in, attic 51nd lbegan to turn. Struck a hot box at the two hundred andseventy-eighth mile and stuck fast. Never happened to a cyclometer before. Just my luck."—Buifalo Express. Disliked the Ordinance. f The wheelmen of Millville, N. J., to the number of several hundred: in- dulged in a big burlesque parade recent- ly in order to show their displeasure at the bicycle ordinance that went into effect lately. They succeeded in cre- ating pandemonium with bells of all descriptions, from sleighbells to trolley gongs. The provisions of the ordinance do not appear to be in any way differ- ent from the usual form of regulation and hardly so obnoxious as to warrant wheelmen to make fools of themselves. -—New York Sun. Rival \Vlleel Advertisements. rIhe advertisements of cycle dealers and manufacturers are often amusing. At present one firm is notifying the general public that all intending pur- chasers who go elsewhere are throwing money away, while another firm adver- tises boldly, “No life insurance policies required with our wheels. ”—New York Advertiser. GREAT" ,AT GOLF. A Long Island Crack Who Has Earned His Reputation “Within a Year. No other player in' the country under like conditions has sprung to the front so quickly as Mr. W. J. Travis, the Long Island golfer. Mr. Travis only took up golf last fall and is a self taught votary of the royal and ancient game. He has read' up the subject and prac- ticed assiduously and acquired his skill on the green rather than in his study, for his style does not tally with the at- titudes we are told to assume in the au-- thorities he has perused, but that he gets there all the same is clearly indi- l " there would be many artists. cated by the matches he has won. It often happens that a man who is . good at rackets, cricket or tennis, for , instance, makes rapid headway in golf, because he commences to play with a certain assurance and confidence born of his success in the pastimes named or kindred ones. Mr. Travis, however, had no such impetus to aid him. He played cricket as a lad, l-ct attained no great proficiency and is only a ma diocre ten— nis and Mills" 4 Never: therefore the} "maker and the tire repairer walkin_ . 'rno Bell and the Bicycle. The horse will be in fashion In'the cities and the (18113 . If a man must ride a bicycle ' All tagged around with bells. ~ Each tall and stately‘steeple , < The deafening sound repels, , For they cannot reach the people ; For the bicycles with bells. . ‘When Mary "calls the cattle home." . Her voice, in music swells, But she cannot catch the cattle For the bicycles with bells. The blue policeman ‘ ‘scorEhing" . ~ His mission plainly tells; Gives warning to his victim On a bicycle with bells. And the country’s in commotion ' A 'And peace for distant dwells, For they drown the roar of ocean With the bicycles with bells. " -‘ -—F. L. Stanton in Ala-Na Constitution. ‘ BASEBALL: eREVITIEs. It is reported from Yale that the best battery of the varsity team is out, of the business and one-halfof it for good. The Chic-ages can properly lay claim to being the giants of. the League. It is a hobby with Anson to have ta'll men on the team. Burkett is thoroughly indignant "3) his "bad luck in batting. He has been meeting the ball right along, but as ‘ regularly hits it} to some fielder. Duffy, the angel child of Boston, is rapping the ball this year as he rapped it in 1892. His batting average will not be lost in the underbrush this sea,— son. _ Davis ofthe New York team has had ‘every knuckle and every bone on his hand thumped so hard this season that it is painful for him both to bat and to field. ' ' Gus Schmelz has resigned the man- agement of the Washington Baseball club. The poor work of the Senators this season caused a demand for a change, and hedetired voluntarily. The Australian team visiting this country are not after the big game they thought in their class. After watching a few games between major“ league teams they concluded to ,aim lower. They have arranged games with athi letic club teams. Bicycle Proverbs. Put a beggar on a wheel and he’ll ride to the pawnshop. . Have a wheel of- thine own thou borrowest anothef’s.’ If falling off awheel were an art, - before There is but one good wheel, and ev- ery rider thinks he owns it. ' ,\ ‘ A man who is. in love with his wheel‘ is no judge of woman’s beauty. It is an ill sign to see the tin tack down the road together. .- Beware .of the fore part of a cheap horse, the .hind part of 'a cheap mule and all parts of a cheap wheel—Lou— don Mail. s5. ,x'l‘ . aq' lfiePldldthE . / , .L My husband says this, costume is-a birdcceca Old Mfs.l'lcmbcaK——. . I presume it is because, _ .C « Lilllelolfstléwbride -— '\ ll. g is always associated / .\ in his mind with the bill. - «all cc. \T‘l 01:30.- ' . s _ o, _ --,. -was found at lust, and the two wander- ers were cared for. When Weir‘s entered the breakfast room-in the morning, who should Le sitting at the table but an old sweetheart from Patchogue. “Bless me!” said Weirs ill astonishment. “Don't be frightened,” said the young woman. “I’m no ghost. I was Sophia Crandon, all right, but now I’m Mrs. Albert Holly, Jr. I was married last month. ” ‘ _ I There were felicitations, and then Miss Randolph entered. “Well,” said Weirs, ‘.‘I’ll be married next month. Won’t 1?.” he inquired of the lost bicy- ‘cle girl, and the reply settled every— thing. And so they are to be married, and all because of- that broken chain.— Boston Globe. v . g . Had Hard Luck. _' “ Up against it, ” . gloomily remarked the man who pronounces “athletic” in “four syllables. . “How’s_tha_t?” asked the woman who I :p/@@Z/§ c " _ lotionsjBul-rowsnlost five pounds, in; prominence he Luz; so speedily ubtdllltil . ‘ I in golf is the more remarkable. While he does not play a pretty game he plays a very steady and cool headed one. ‘i‘hen he gets into a .bunker, he wastes no strokes there. He does not slog the sand at its foot and pile up an adverse score in a wild endeavor to make a gallery shot, as so many young players do. Nine times outof ten-he is out one and his ball lying \ ere he can advantageously make up for lost time. .. . ' , ' Mr. Travis is the captain of the Oak- land Golf club of Bay Side and is also a member of the golf committee of the Flushing Athletic club. — Brooklyn Eagle, , . Jem Mace. announces that he is glad“ Mike Donovan is going to London, and, the English boxer says he is ready to bet $500 that-he will best Donovan. Mace signs himself, “RetiredChampion of the World.” . At the recent annual meet of the . Western Intercollegiate Athletic asso- ciation in Chicago J. H. Maybury of the University of WiSCOnsin ran 220 yards around a turn in 21 2-5 seconds and the 100 yard dash in. 9 4-5 seconds. Foster Bruce, oarsman of Glouces- ter, Mass, has accepted a challenge from Peter Doyle of Salem, champion dory oarsman of, New England, for'a race at Centennial lake on Labor day" for $500 a side The distance will be ' decided later. . The London Sportsman containslan account of a 80 hours’ club swinging feat by .Tom Burrows, breaking the 2’?- hours’ retord of -T. R.:_Box of New Zealand. Burrows made an average of 55 movements to the minute, and in - » the 80 hours he executed 100,000 evo- 5 sitting. in his office on a recent anew weight. . . , ’ ,g :- ’-_every’ftlille.--., _. __ t Married In Bicycle Clothes. While Justice Hart of Cleveland Was noon he was aroused from his medita- tion by a ripple of laughter at his office; door. A company of three young ladies and an elderly gentleman entered. The girls each wore a neat bicycle suit, with short skirts and cap. One of the mer- ry wheelwomen announced that she deg. sired to be launched on the scan! imat- rimony and to have her name changed from Miss Martha Elber to Mrs. Charles T. Wilkes. The justice looked out of the door for the would be bridegroom, but the young lady pointed]. to the elderly gentleman. The bicycle bride was about 17 years old, while the bridegroom ap- peared ‘to be 30 years her, senior. The bicycle bridesmaids giggled, the biCycle bride. blushed, 9nd the husband to be looked serious, while the justice per- formed the cerem‘ony.—Ghic_ago Trib~ une. . ‘ ' TFreo Swift Sprinter-s. Fred Stone, the trainer of the Chica- go Athletic association, has three ' sprinters who, he thinks, will lower the colors of Wefers and Burke » at tb ._ American .champidiiships. Rush ,an Maybury both have records of 9 4-5 sec: onds to their credit for the 100 yards and _21" 4-5 seconds for the 220 yards, while Potter has- defeated Maybury on the boardfloor track of the Coliseum in 10 seconds. »Rush is Said to, have _ run the quarter in ’49 1-5' seconds. In addi- tion'« to ' the sprinters'the Chicago Aths. letic association will be represented” the Amateur Athletic union champiOu- , ship by the great western hurdlers. Rich. 1 ards and Kreuzlein. I“ ‘ '—No -clainis,“ no' aflldavfis, out 1 GAZETTE advertisement 1st: there 3
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