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EVERY EVENING WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1925. iffy: MA3 L4 BICYCLE NEWS BICYCLE Bieyc. eim The Crow th of the Bike. Sit Dajr Races. KIDE A BICYCLC FOR VV.V By Bobby Walthour.

Ninetj'-Hrx continuous six-day biryde races have tern throughout the world wnce that form of roinjtetition jjreame the vogue. New York' firet learn ra held For yr-ara New York had the lorie rae at he old Madison Sjijttre CJardr-u, whr-re all but one of the thirty-thrfe lirld in that city wpre run. The lone exception wai the o-calhl "outlaw" race, held at the KlSth Strret Armory in Nov-rn-ber, 1920. Until 1910 thfre waa fnly one rvi vear, but in March of KCO a fpring rve A adlfd. proved to le a big sucrfM anl now the rate is two a year.

While New York bad a monopoly of thoe races, Hcrlin proirKttftrf, in March, held a continuous race and the event took no well that they, too, now run two a year. Chicago also in a two-race-a-ycar city, having held its fint teatu race in 1015, making it two-a-year in Y.tZ'S. The fourteenth race in Chicago finished on (Jctober 31 of this year. Pari bnk the fever in 1913, Sydney and Mellmurne, Australia, in Hll and 1912, (ihent, Belgium, in Several (ierman tis-day races were run from HMO to 1913 in Dresden, Frankford, Kiel, Hamburg, and Hanover. now runs one a year, Paris promoters recently announced that they would hold two this winter.

Other races cd arc Berlin, two; Ghent, Breslau. Brussels, a fecond one in Chicago, and another New York competition in for y. He took li "jaunt for th5 fun of it bvwl nothing, his nothing to a'lvfrti'. 1) rirjc his fivs rnonthn frt ron'ff 'Ifp in h'Hf only wvt-n Umr-n in s.11. rft f.f th1 tifnr; tj.Hfi hi cnrripitij; oiiMit, hi hiryr.f agftint it iff, afi'l lay down urvkr th" wide In 1' ') Mr.

Itowen took n. similar trip thrvagh r-yrlpl throueh Tiin. rvjfi-frifnorj hijc months' trip 'I rnnlce aiout Jo l'HJ hn a 'lay, j'ist djrj'hiig ho" I ffl," hi jrpkhjf'l. I doa't tay h.r, in ary i iAir tjt I rivr mif vi'itirg tb s'st k'is? in i'V -y -jrital city I rffvh." yo 'li'-r'" who hv aJoptl t'w lijoyrlc ah ft, physical txrrr'wr Will vi John I. Ky John I'hilip ii arcl wot of oth-r n'ah-- Rides Bifjrrlr.

GoTfriior Aivai T. YnUr? Ma.tachu?';t, forrrifrly Mon! of ir-i-knowr fi-hTs. a- th governor is krtowtj among his in; rif-ri'I, fom'fl on thr various" Nrsr tinln'vl trark, and in th; pTotriinent bjycl; roa 1 rar back in laivIlS(7. Hh home now hol-1? a rolVctin of trophi he won as a r'fing cychst. LatT, rr.g;ar! in the hicvele hu.ina rachrl proprirtion with a patronage that wai over the ix Xew lir.ghrA af From the governor jurnr! into the 3uornobi an'J the fame printny that mi many a raf? on trak rad, foriw! ah.vl until noT he is one of th in Nw Kngland and in I'LiltoVphis.

Althongb the governor is now rat" I a in the millionaire claas and governor of the commnrr woalth of li1 hs nevr h's ove for im A Bicycle for Christmas How They Stay Younz and Fit. How cay it is to kepp fit to a ripe is daily being proved by men who rely upon their bicycles for their daily dozen For instance, E. D. Iiowen, of Gale-burg, lil has just fininhed a tour of the capitals of every Ktate in the union on hi two-wheel ster-d, a trip which took him more than milc. Mr.

Howcn i GO years old, and look." years of health and fun THERE'S nothing in the whole wide world a red-blooded youngster would rather have than a good bicycle. There's nothing that would keep him so much in the open where he belongs give him such fine exercise develop him more, bodily and mentally playing with the ether fellows who own bicycles and reveling in clean, wholesome fun. Your local dealer's ready and will see that your boy or girl and you, too, will have the very model desired right under the Christmas tree. But you ought, to get in touch with him right away to make sure tncre will be no disappointment. A 4 4I I Make This a OW iNpiAX The 'kiJxoNf U'lMlTKSTJTi COLUMBIA BICYCLES Bicycle Christmas Boy Best Gift For Any Boy or Girl -Health- 2 an Enjoyable Ride a Bicycle MOTOR WHEELS The American bicycle industry dates from the time when Pierre Lallomant, a French mechanic, made his wooden velocipede or bone-breaker at Ansonia.

in 1 W.Y He patented this machine in ISH. this leing the first American bicvele patent. Lallomant had previously built a similar bicycle in Pans in IStU, and wis one of the first inventors to attach pedals and cranks to a two-wheeler. Other claimants to this honor have cropped up from tune to time, but it has been conclusively proved that the l.allemant machine wru the first of its kind in America. Then in the winter of lSoS and lSt9, came the first furore for velocipede rinks, which had such a short life.

At this time a great many carriage makers took up the manufacture of these bone-breakers and a numlnr of improvements were added, but the craze died out so everyone dropped it. nothing more being heard of the bicycle in this country for some years afterwards. Col. Pope Imports, In the meantime Knglich ana French makers kept on improving in design and manufacture until the rubber-tired all-steel high bicycle was evolved. A half dozen of these LngWh machines were exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, and those were turned over to Timms and Lawford, an importing firm at Baltimore, which concern disposed of most of them in Boston.

In 177 Colonel Albert A. Pope. "Daddy of the Good Bonds Movement," and Cunuingham-Meath fc Company, loth of Boston, commenced importing Fr.ghsh bicycle, and early in lo Pojh began manufacturing bicycles Later in the same year 11. 11. Hodgson, of Newton.

Hill A Tolman. Worcester. and A. J. Philbnck of Salem.

also began manufacturing in a small way. In 1S79 A. M. Gooch, Newton. Mass.

the St. Nicholas Toy Company. T. IV Jeff rev, and the Western Toy Company, the lnt of Chicago, came into the game, all in a small way also. The year ISS'2 was marked by the entrance of six new makers and the industry was beginning to be recognized as an important one.

Thus, during the first ten years of the bicycle business, ss it really began in 1877, thirty-six maker and importers entered the business. Difficulty at First. This statement of the l-eeinning and growth of the bicycle industry tells not hug of the difficulties which the early makers had to contend with, and how hnrd it ss to get an established foothold the new business. At fi there was Mule demand for the w-w l.i.-yde mi th.ti with one hand the maker had to create the demand and with the other hard supply the demand. Parts and other material had to be imported at first and there was no suitable factory equipment.

But. with characteristic Yankee, ingenuity, special cy cle-making machines were devised. "which eliminated much hand labor and insured uniformity of parts, making qu.tntity production possible. The industry had a phenomena! growth during the iW's when the great bicycle boom was on. Although there are not so many factories at the present time, it must lc rememlcred that the modern bicycle factory can produce with its efficient modern equipment, a vastly greater number of bicycles.

Where the early plants were ranai of turn it. out only four or five thousand a year, there are factories today which c.xn produce uiv-warda of 50O machine in one workit-g day. It is interesting to note ths' 1 around half a million bicycles were prod-iced Bicrcle Comes Bark. if if it The average American cuM i iit.eJ to laugh of! the suggestion that the could comeback to popular favor in the States. There now is so great a congestion of automobile in the main thorouchfare? he would tell that it would be suicidal to venture hc-m with a bicycle.

However, IX" Witt I'ng of the General Motor Corporation Micves that this very condition is operating bring back the bicycle to popular favor. "Friends of says. t.ni it to locate parking space automobiles near their offices, nde bicycles from the narking space to the It saves time arid provide good exercise." The cities are more and more ievn.ti!-.g parking privileges. They have to do this to keep their main thoroughfare open for traitic. Consequently the natter of forking becomes increasingly difficult for th niaii who drives a car to Often he is forced to leave it many blocks away from office.

could use a bicycle to advantage As auxiliary it seems to have large potabilities. The use of it in this connection might operate to bririsr, it back to general favor. The country would le. the better off if there were more pedaling The genera! adoption of the bicycle would be the advantage of everybody but the undertakers if it RED BUGS BICYCLES TRICYCLES i SCOOTERS WAGONS Select Your Bicycle Early While Our Stock i Is Most Complete For a Tounjt man of 22 I think I have fared pretty fU in this world of hard knock. Uanktl among the host bicvcl racers of the world, and winner of the lat six-dav grind in Madison fUare Garden.

New York, and the Coliseum. Chicago, with Fred Spencer as my partner, I have cleaned up a nice little pile, none of which has Iwn spent foolishlv When my father lost his money, the responsibility of taking care of my mother and little lister fell on my shoulder, and the product of my success a bread-wmnrr can be teen any day in North Arlington, where I built a nice little home for Ma and Sis out of my earnings. I know there have leen quite a number of athletes who have made good with their mothers as inspiration and 1 1 hink most of us professionals get alor.R better with the one who brought into the world around to advise us than we do if distracted by the whims of some girl. As yet I have no steady girl and am not looking for one. I first mounted a bicycle when I was 14 years old.

and have boon on one for the best part of my time since. People often ask me if 1 have not felt any strain or intheted any injury on myself by this constant riding. My answer is, emphatically no! After the last six-day race in New York, which was particularly strenuous. 1 lost considerable weieht. but felt no other ill effect except a slight nervousness that stayed with me for about a month This was due to the sleep lost while the race was on.

But, believe me. 1 made up for it. In fact, that is one of the secrets of tuy success. If we all s-lept a.s we should I don't think any one would be troubled with nervousness, if the sleep lost by me during one week of racing made me nervous for a month, what must the eventual effect be on a icrson who has been cheating himself of two or three hours nightly for years? Father was Sme Sprinter. There is no race I take quite so seriously as I do the six-flay event.

Mv father won similar -ontests in 1901 and in 1902. and I hone to surpass his record some day. He was one of the greatest riders of his day. and undoubtedly I inherit much of my ability from hnn. While engaged in the six-day race it is my habit to fat three regular meals a day, one of which consists of meat.

This is not the custom of most of the riders, many of whom eat something every time they (ret off their wheels. The constant burning up of energy requires a larger intake by some of the riders than if they were living along formal lines. The three regular meals have never made me notice any failing of strength as compared to the other riders and as my last victory proved, I a stronger than most of them. Virtually all of the bike riders drink tea le-tween the sprints on the outdoor tracks. We tind that this has a steadying effect on our nerves.

and. the sugar in the tea prevents you from lecoming parched and dry while on the track and also acts as a stimulant, 1 am one of the American riders in he National Cycle Association. My people are southerners, hailing from Atlanta, where I was Kirn. It was on the roads of Georgia that I put ia my early licka as a bike rider. Riding along under a hot sua was good training for the hard tests that were to come But for me the sport always held an irresistible fascination despite its strain nd strenuous nature.

The Bicycle Boom. I yoa remember '9 Net the 17iO of which Victor tbic" wrote nobody, so far as know, can remember that far a But in 193 the New York Journal of Commerce prmted one of the mot interesting and comprehensive special articW that ever got into jr.r.:er s-ink. It tol how bicycle had entered the field a consumers of light eel. There i ere itemized statements of the large purchases of birvTir. and the claims that drvgoods.

jewelry. matine. and machine had felt the competition. Strefn car companies t.gurs were carefully ana'yed. On lines of steep gra les tie competition was not severe.

Oa ruaain on a level there was a reduction of revenue attributed to the bicycle. Maybe you remerabc-r Colonel Pope. wboe campaign for good roads was quite as ell known a generation aco as General Pope's defeat at Bull Run had ben at an earlier penod. Young enthusiasts for bicycles quoted Colonel Pope's good roads argriTnents as young enthusiasts of the World War period appealed to us to buy bonds. Now that the bicycle is aotk-eably in favor, the day of its birth is recalled," JVis there were in all generations and there were jiersons who rode the wbv! ucui overexertion tent them to the hospital.

But it would be unfair to say this without adding that a number of ye-n? cien were led by the whe to obnety. How? Did you ever see an inebriate, on a bicycle? Did you ever hear the sarcastic com-laects of his youthful companions? The man wfco seriously undertook to ride the bicycle learned to control his appetite. 91 Victory Indian Give Repairing in All Its Branches I J. H. MJJMNICK 1 "Delaware's Pioneer Cycle House" 700 Delaware Avenue 1 Phone 7209-W A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Article 0 Needs a Friend! When a Feller Delaware Cycle Co.

840 French Street the Children a BICYCLE For Christmas There fcn't a youngster ANYWHERE who HASN'T a bicycle who DOESN'T need a friend YOUR boy has lie a bicycle to keep him outdoors getting a healthy tan. growing stronger day by day, developing into the very picture of perfect "health and clean-living boyhood The initial cost of a bicycle is very moderate the upkeep is practically nothing. We will be pleased to show you the latest models for your boy or girl. OUR CHRISTMAS DISPLAY IS COMPLETE-COME IN AND SEE THEM TOMORROW SPORTING GOODS tatnall srs- $29.50 and up Ranger and Pathfinder tf i ft Bicycles Indian Velocipedes Scooters Doll Carriages At Reasonable Prices It jt 1T Wilmington Cycle Co. D.

T. VAN SICE, Manager 2130 MARKET STREET PHONE 2892 I BICYCLES Open Even'ngs 1 1 909 MARKET ST. GOLF VAMDEVEE. 0 i vT 900 I SHIPLEY ST. m.

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