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lartTwoT T1H1 IB (DdDFFEE (DOOTKY EYEMM HI PAGES. S TO I. Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, Saturday, July 25, 1896. No 215 Vol. VI. HJTES 0F TIIE W1IEEL V.EWS AND REVIEWS OF THE POPULAR PASTIME. n.r.m.ry mcyrlut On. of th Product. f ! A.-Io-H..P AU H..a - The T.r. . f gyiuier NE Or TUB ODD est developments of this ago of wheel ing is the heedlt ary bicyclist. The children of parents who are devoted to the wheel are found to possess natural a p 1 1 1 udes In the way of wheeling. A case in point la that of little Grover Serviss of ChlcaKO. His parents are expert bicyclists, and Grover, though only 4'i years old, Is a steady and swift performer on the little wheel that was built for h! especial use, and goes through the tricks of older wheelmen without an error. It 13 Bald that the little cyclist Is not afraid to attempt any feature of fancy Hrk riding that he sees. His remark able power of mimicry is not dimmed by fear. It required but one view 01 a trick rider's work to start him riding hla wheel backward, to stand upon his head, ride the hind wheel, the front one being held from the ground, etc. He is a nine days' wonder, not only In his Immediate neighborhood, but all over his native stitc. Pom the Hump Add Speed? P In the cycling, as in the Individual ity of a man's work, or handwriting, do peculiar characteristics manifest them selves. At every cycle meet, where amateur riders centered. Is this fact ap parent, and the youthful "upeedera" do literally "hump" themselves In a man ner which, to the experienced eyo and the hygienic mind, are at once humor ous and deplorable. The examples of Incorrect positlous on the wheel given herewith, Is that of young Underbill, of Columbia College. At Manhattan Beach, the camera of the photographer causht him seemingly wasting needed energy la the attempt to Jam the front bar throuh to China, and follow it headlong Into the land of tea and tom toms. Th. Tire Ituoiuer. "We are ready to quit this ceaseless race after records on our tires." So Sail the representative of n big Chica go tire concern recently. "The public is beginning to understand that, after all, the claims of ill 9 manufacturers that KO-and-30 did this, and so-and-so did that, on their tires, don't amount to a row of pln3, especially when all sorts of dickers are made with the speed merchants to pet them to use a certain kind of tire. It Is a confidence game that the tiro people have worked to the limit. Tha market id saturated with claims now, and the purchaser of tires cares little whether some racing men have startled the earth by a succession of great victories on a certain make this season. The public knows that these men may have ridden another brand last season, or may bo riding another make next week. The rldcrtt go where the most money Is offered. So, as I said before, wc are ready to quit this ceaseless strife. If there could be a combination of makers to ffcct tho discontinuance of this terri ble expense for advertising and for rid ing fees, the price of tires might bo re duced with good results for the makers and users. But Judging from tho way one concern Is Jumping Into the arena this year to get every record in sight, no matter what the cost, it would ap pear that remarks like mine will fall upon barren ground. These spend thrift makers will POmo day see the logic of my advice to combine and agree to do no advertising of this record breaking sort. I have been In the busi es long enough to realize that there nothing In this continuous effort to make the public believe that purchased GROVER SERVISS. 18 4'.4 years old and weighs 32 pounds.) PWorrnances, be they ever Bo phenom- Tv "'Cnllii fluK. ""actual organization of th club leadin, ? .mattPr' Thcr r Iwayt rabuV1'' Wh0 uPa the fay- very , ' a c,ub" There should be Varies n'l tape about the Pre,lm toform'aliJ .! 8 p,rlts comxn they hlJ any t,me an n,ar where uggesX'? t0 con8Wte. and the lLg0P8" Everybody resolves "bovS colttee 0f one to tell uch a t.m r .the "g,rU" t0 meet at It th" . ,n(1 Ple and talk It oyer, id it 1. 0ran,zer mean business. hod i iUppoMd theT d0- the lat SJtSnn ta t0 form tem" 'T,on " bt adapted to ,( t discussion. The tempor ary chairman then states the object of the meeting and the further develop ment of the organization of-the club proceeds along parliamentary lines. For the purposes of a. temporary or ganization a chairman and secretary certainly, a treasurer possibly, are all the officers required. A committee on permanent organization, whose prin cipal duty It shall bo to select Jhe per manent officers, is appointed. Such a committee secures the consent and co operation of thocio whom it desires to have as officers, and save much tlmo and possible embarrassment to those who attend tho meeting at which the permanent organization is effected. Committees on resolutions and consti tution and by-laws are appointed at the same time. Everything should be 111 readiness at the next meeting, which should be called as soon as possible. Following the report of the committee on organization the permanent officers should be elected. With the report of the committee on resolutions and the report of the com mittee on constitution and by-laws, the club Is well under way. aud with the election of Its permanent officers it be' comes an assured fact. Fain Alarm. Some papers have printed the alleged advice of an ex-racer, who Is on the staff of an eastern paper, to use soap upon the chain Instead of graphite, it the links appear to require a lubricant. Every man or woman who takes that advice should be permitted to turn in an expense account against the paper. Soap contains water and some freo pot ash, so that its application means ox idization Just ad certainly as if water were to be poured upon the metal. There Is no reasonable excuse why soap should be substituted for graphite. Two Flrita for r.ddl llal.l. E. C. Bald was the star of the South End Wheelmen's bicycle meet at Phil adelphia tho other afternoon, and over eight thousand persons turned out at THE UNSIGHTLY HUMP, the Tioga to boo last season's Class P. champion make his first appearance in that city as a professional. Ilald won both the one-mile ojH'n and one-mile handicap in fast time, but In his at tempt to lower the one-mile state rec ord (paced) of 1:50, he wa3 not able to do better than 2:00. The amateur, state record was broken by W. 0. Douglass. The previous record was 2:04, made by Harry Tyler, when an amateur, and the new mark made by Douglass is 2:02 4-5. l'eter llrrlo in th Van. The largest entry list of the season was entered for the race meet of the Atlanta Wheelmen at the Waverly (N. J.) race track, the other day, and in consequence some excellent racing was the result. Over 5,000 people witnessed the events, which although evenly con tested, aud run off in fast time, were marred by many falls, as the result of tho large fields. Tho professional star of the meet was Pete Berlo, of Boston, who. besides capturing both the "pro" events, rode a fast mile behind bis "quint." The honors among the ama teurs were divided between Bert Rip ley, who rode ft mile behind a triplet in 1:57 2-5; Jos. Harrison and W. L. 11. Lefferson, of tho Harlem Wheelmen, and O. H. Hawkins, who made his de but as a novice yesterday. American WheeN Abroad. The American wheel has already be come a favorite In Germany, accord ing to a report sent to the state de partment at Washington by United States Consul-General Mason, lie states that until the American wheel was In troduced bicycles of any sort for wo men were unknown in the German em pire. Last summer, when American tourists wero travelling on wheels through the empire, they were giving the Germans an opportunity to study the mechanism of our wheels and the Germans were deeply Impressed with them. On top of that, an American rider won a race on a bicycle of the or dinary stock pattern sold everywhere and that caught tho German dealers. They, forthwith, began to order wheels of American manufacture and now tho better part of their trade calls for tho American wheel. Many firms are en gaged In manufacturing wheels In Ger many, but they are not to be compared with the wheels turned out here. Tha lightest of them weighs twenty-six pounds, and that lightness is secured by importing from America wooden rims and other material. Mr. Mason la confident that American manufactur ers who will send to Germany wheels weighing twenty-ono to twenty-flvo pounds will bo rewarded with a brisk trade. Mara and There. Edgar J. Jewett, mayor of Buffalo, has applied for membership In the L. A. W. It will be of Interest to people going abroad and taking their wheels with them to know that the steamship lines charge $2.50 for the transportation of a wheel, and that It Is necessary to hare It crated, as bicycle are put down Into the hold along with other bulky bag gage. The crating will cost $1 and will be done at any bycycle reparlr ahop. The same crate can be used on the re turn trip, but of course there will be a small charge for storing It on tfc other side during the trip. Www QUAINT OLD BMP0ES. WOODEN STRUCTURES THAT SPAN THE SCHUYLKILL. Ona by On They Ara raxing Away Flood Carried Maur of t lie Biota Historic Omi Away Th Swdafurd Bride, Helow Norrlitown. Philadelphia Letter. "T 7 HO does not re- 7 ta ember some quaint oid covered A wooden bridge x.t J his childhood. scan ning the stream which babbled and gurgled through his early life, a companion with whom dull mo ment b were un known. The long, dusty tunnel, full of great beams and arches, cool in sum mer, sheltering in winter, whose dark nooks caused thrills of enjoyable curi osity, not altogether unmixed with fear, as one traversed the passage, darksome and gloomy even in midday. How the old bridge shook and quivered as teams rattled over it, and how, when the circus came to town, tho elephants must need ford the stream lest their weight might cause the valued struc ture to collapse. Ugly and unpalnted, gruesome rnd mysterious, the old bridges live In the memories of the lads and lasses who played around them, when even tho recollections of childish homes are effaced by time. The covered wooden bridges which yet span the streams in many parts of this country belong to an epoch which may be said to have passed away. Many years have elapsed since the l&et covered bridge was erected hereabouts, and while from motives of economy, timber is yet used occasionally in the 'rrrn- THE SWEDESFORD BRIDGE AT NORRISTOWN. interior counties for highway river bridges, the practice of enclosing and covering these useful structures has entirely ceased. Modern bridge build ers scoff at he old Idea that a bridge should be enclosed to protect it from the weather, pointing out the fact that tho long unbroken line of boards of fers the utmost resistance to tempests and floods, while tho dusty interior is a regular tinder box for flames. The covered wooden bridges over tho Schuyklll are doomed. Ono by one the ancient structures pass away, yielding up their existence by lire, by flood or by the more prosaic mode of demoli tion. Of the bridges that span tho river between Philadelphia and Potts vlllo today more than one-half are built of steel and stone, and the chango from wood to iron will be necessarily more rapid as the existing wooden structures decay with tho flow of years. Tho last covered wooden bridge on the Schuyl kill within the city limits has gone, and for many miles above nothing but steel is in use. These early bridges began to disap pear a good many years back. Thero hm I I THE LEBANON VALLEY was a covered bridge at Flat Rock, about one mile above Manayunk and nearly the same distance below the well-known dam, famed for the blood less battle of General Wagner with the Canal people a few years since, when the doughty leader marched bis police men Into Montgomery county and waged combat with the catiffi who dared to presume to remodel their own property and thereby Imperil our pre cloui drinking water. Thl. bridge 1 wai one of the earliest built outside of Phil adelphia, being erected In 1810. In 1824 ft broke down, ani In u;9 a w-f d I I I t MM M i? j Mill HI HI II I I'll I II II I II nil .1 1 ll'l I 1 I'1 Ml 1 1 away by a freshet which brought havoc on bridges In general. It waa never rebuilt, and so for nearly half a cen tury Flat Hock bridge has been put a memory. . The flood which carried nway tho Flat Rock bridge likewise engulfed the ctructure at Matson'a Ford or Consho hocken, which had bene built in 1830, about tho same tlmo as the one at Man ayunk was erected. The Conshohocken bridge was rebuilt of wood, which was changed to iron in 1872 and Is yet In active use. Every traveler along the Schuylkill knows the Swedesford bridge below Norrl3town. It Is a noted landmark hereabouts, combining In one a railway viaduct, a wide driveway and a most pleasant promenade. There is another fact which leads to its remembrance. Toll must be paid, being the only re maining barrier along the river for miles to free and unrestricted Inter course. The toll bridge cannot be ex tinguished, for the bridge is owned by the Reading railroad and henco cannot be condemned by the adjoining couu ties. It Is by far tho best wooden bridge across the Schuylkill from source to mouth, but the present super structure Is of recent date, having been built in 1883 to take the placo of one burned down. The former was built in 1S51 at a cost of $40,000. As the name Indicates, Swedes' Fori was a crossing place many decades before the bridge was built. It was well known in 1723, and in 1777 Washington con structed a temporary bridge at the ford composed of wagons and fence rails, over which the army passed en route to winter quarters at Valley Forge. About a milo above the Swedesford bridge is the De Kalb street bridge connecting Bridgeport with Norris town. It is one of the oldest standing structures across the stream, having been erected in 1829, although nearly every portion has been from time to time renewed. It Is over 1,000 feet In length and cost $31,200 when new With Its odd passageway for foot trav clers in the center, a trolley track on one side and a narrow driveway on tho other, this bridge presents a style of architecture quite different from the usual models. It was made free In 1S84. Th owners of these toll bridges na turally opposed to tho utmost the ef forts made to extinguish their rights, and a combination of bridge com panies had a law passed by the state legislature back in the 70s prohibiting the erection of a highway bridge with in 3,000 feet of an existing toll bridge This wa3 done so quietly that it ex cited no attention, but when the people of Norrlstown clamored for tho freeing of the Do Kalb street bridge, or, In lieu of that, tho building of a borough bridge close by, the owners brought out their trump card in tho shape of the new law and laughed at the opposl tlon. Ultimately, however, the toll rights were condemned and bought off by the counties of Chester and Mont gomcry. Thero are now rto noteworthy MiknilM till ,,,a ' I Iim " 'i; i?rt-Mi ii. iiFi e, ' 'i: it II i r II 1 II It I ... ' I 1 I"! II I BRIDGE. AT READING. bridges between Norrlstown and Thoe- niTTiilP. The uely one at Port Ken nedy, built In 1849, Is an excellent spe cimen of the hideous affairs which can never become picturesque should they last for centuries. There was once a chain bridge at Tawllng, built. It is said, before the Revolution, which was washed away about the beginning of the present century. A new wooden one waa built later on, which broke down in 1819, and another met with like sad fate. The present structure hat been standing many years. The triv!;e at rhoenlxvllle Is notable for many renBons. It occupies the site of a very old ford, which existed nearly two centuries ago, and where Lord Howe crossed the river after his battle of Brandywine on his way to Philadelphia. A British battery waa erected where the Reading railroad sta tion stands, and solid shot were flung across the river at the American foroes beyond. Many a soldier of both forces fell hereabouts. Directly above tho bridge Is one of the old Commissioners' dams, built in 1793 to improve the river channel, consisting of piles of loose stones, the object being to divert the current. Phoenlxvllle dates from 1732, but long before that settlers were numer ous hereabouts. The mineral deposits were well known at an early date, ana in 1683 Charles Pickering mined for gold in these hills, with what result history falls to state. The bridge was built in 1845, and is therefore 50 years old. It is very ancient in appearance. and Is one of tho most plcturesquo ob' Jects along the river. There are no noteworthy highway bridges above this point, although numerous structures of the Port Ken nedy typo disfigure the landscape. The handsome stone viaduct of the Reading railroad at Black Rock, which cannot be seen from the car window, and the lofty bridge of the Lebanon Valley road, west of Reading, are notable ex ceptions to the dull succession of use ful if ugly structures which span the Schuylkill north of Phoenlxvllle. A DOG NURSES A SEAL. A Strnnc Fotr Mother of a llaby of th Orewn. Portland (Ore.) Letter. F. A. Stuhr, on First street, is the own er of a baby seal that has the strangest foster mother that ever seal had. It is nothing less than a curly-haired re triever dog named Belle, that has taken a strange fancy to this little ocean waif, and is giving it the nourishment that it denies its own offspring. The strange attachment is returned by the baby seal, which has known no other parent, and when it is hungry it bel lows for its foster mother and flops its way across tho floor to the dog. Mr. Stuhr has had the seal since last Mon day and the spectacle of a big retriever dog nursing so curious a baby keeps a crowd of spectators continually hang ing about tho place. The crowd does not seem to bother either the dog or the seal, though, and the latter appears to bo getting bigger and falter every day. When Mr. Stuhr first received the little fellow be despaired of being able to raise It, but a happy solution of that difficulty 6eems to have been found to the satisfaction, of all parties concerned, with possibly the exception of the family of pups that Belle has de terted for her new baby. When Mr. Stuhr, who is a bird fancier, received the little fellow last Monday from one of the collectors he employs to gather specimens for his collection, it was not more than a day and a half old. The collector, a Frenchman, had come across the little seal and Its mother on the beach near Astoria the day before. Upon seeing the man approaching the mother seal took alarm and slid off Into tho water, leaving Its baby to shift for itself. This the little seal seemed to be able to do and was Just getting Into deep water when the Frenchman cleverly headed it off, and after much trouble captured it. He brought his prize to Portland the next day and turned it over to his employer. Mr. Stuhr at first did not know what to do with the little fellow. From certain in dications he saw that tho seal was only a few hours old. Ho first tried to feed it with fish but the seal was too young to eat. Then he tried It with a bottle to which a rubber nipple was at tached but met with no better success. By this timo the seal was getting hungry, for it had had nothing to cat for twenty-four hours, and its owner was afraid it waa going to starve to death, when Belle, the retriever, at tracted by the persistent bellowing of the little animal, left her litter of pups to see what was the matter with the 6trauge object that was squirming around in tho middle of tho floor and seemed to be causing her master so much anxiety. No sooner had the dog come near enough to the little seal than it began to flop feebly in her di rection. The dog stood still and qui etly watched tho stranger approach her, until it was so near that it be gan to lift its little head, and then something about the baby seal must have nppealed to the mother's heart, for she lay down and began to nurse the little one as though it was the most natural thing In the world to do. Mr. Stuhr was delighted, though he found that after nursing tho seal the dog would not return to her litter, which yelped for her In vain. Tho seal Is a pretty little fellow, gray in color and with numerous black spots about the size of a 6mall coin. Its coat Is as soft to the touch as velvet and shines in the sunlight like tho finest satin. A Itlrd That PhttT. Man is said to be the only creature that shaves. But this is not so. A South American bird called the "mot mot" actually begins shaving on arriv ing at maturity. Naturally adorned with long blue tail feathers, it is not satisfied with them in their natural state, but with its beak nips off the web on each side for a space of about two Inches, leaving a neat little ovaj tuft at the end of each. Mother rirtnre. Trenton (111.) Sun: Young man, carry your mother's picture with you. Bind it to your bosom, and when tempted to do some evil or go to some place of evil concourse, consult that silent monitor. Draw forth and look upon that face. Oh, with what tremendous, resistless eloquence it would warn, plead and en treat you to keep back from all evil and inspire you to ascend to the reali ties of eternity. GENERAL SPORTING. CURRENT NOTES AND COM MENT OF VARIOUS SPORTS. E. J. vrndll, a rromlnaot t'lrnr at -All AthUtlo ontta A Cincinnati fiauipaon t'balJnc th World Am erican aud i:nctlh (riwi 'ott. NE of the most familiar faces to be eeen at almost every athletic meet, be it a collegiate, a scholastic or a club event, is ihat of Mr. Evert Jansen Wendell of the N. Y. A. C. "- The pictures here given show him as he was in 1SS2 In the midst of his ath letic caxeer, a well-knit, sterling sprin ter. Hu began his running as a school boy in 187t". when, in his first race, he covered 100 yards in ll'fc seconds. During the next two years, before en tering Harvard, ho took a prominent part in scholastic athletics and prac tically founded the present Interschol astlc A. A. of New York city. He en tered Harvard in 1878, and there, in his Sophomore year, he achieved a record never yet equalled. He waa elected to the captaincy of the 'varsity track team. As such he aroused sufficient in terest in athletics to bring out tho first Harvard team to win the Intercolle giate Cup. Only first places counted toward ihe trophy in those days. Ho won three events on the same day the 100 and 200 yard dashes and the 440-yard run, scoring fifteen of Har vard's thirty points. Though double wins have often been recorded, a triple victory on the same day has been won by 110 other intercollegiate contestant. He was tho first college man to make 100 yards In ten seconds. His record 6tood untouched for four or five years. He has in his medal case no less than seventy-five first prizes, won in this country and in Canada, A set of school boy games without Mr. Wendell as ref eree is practically Impossible. He has officiated In thta capacity at every Fet of Interscholaslic and scholastic games since 1S84. Stronger Than Sandorr. Cincinnati claims to have the strong est man in the world, Sandow not ex cepted. His name is Henry Holtgrewe, and he holds not only the gold medal of the state of Ohio for lifting, but also the Sandow gold medal for feats of strength. Sandow gave tho latter to him to defend it against all comers, and he is now prepared to defend it against Sandow himself. He Is 33 years of age, and was born In Osna- brucli, Tmssla. He came to Cincinnati twelve years ago. When a lad at school in Germany he showed the strength of three boys, and his father had the same reputation, but he did not make any special effort at the development of his natural strength until two years ago, when the Sandow-Montgomery Imbroglio attracted public attention. For several years he has been known for his strength, due to the facility with which he handled furniture and lounges about his saloon, but he has never belonged to a gymnasium. Two years ago he fitted up a training room in the yard In the rear of hie saloon, and his training has been entirely ac cording to his own Judgment. Since ho met Sandow he has continued his exercise with greater zest, and can now do all the feats of strength Sandow did then and more. Ho is about five feet six inches in height. Ills chest expansion is an inch moro than Sandow's, and he measures one inch more around tho muscles of tho arm. He can lift dead weights with ono hand that other strong men cannot lift with two. One of his feats Is to lift a dumb-bell weighing 305 pounds with one hand, nnd put it above his head, then to let one man of 150 pounds hang on to each end. He takes n 200-pound dumb-uell, puts it straight HENRY HOLTGREWE. ever his head with one band, and lies down upon his back and rises again without letting the weight touch the floor. Ho takes a 250-pound dumb-bell, puts it across his neck and shoulders, balances a man on each end, two others midway, and one In the center, and walks backward and for ward across the roqm. Recently he had built a platform after the style of Sandow's. It weighs 200 pounds. On this he places hie dumb bells, which weigh 1,600 pounds, and eight men, who weigh 1.400 pounds, and lifts the whole weight with his shoulders. Holtgrewe Is a great hero in tinpro fevslonal circles in Cincinnati, and his friends have for some time been urg ing him to malce a public declaration of his strength. He Is quiet and un assuming, but leaves Cincinnati with absolute confidence In his ability to es- tatlUh tU claln to beln the itrcrrt cza la Its wc:14. rifhtior a Tas. An Interesting case to the wheelmen of northern cities will soon come up be fore the supreme court of Alabama, Up to March 15 of this year the author ities of Mobile charged cyclists 25 cents for a tag, which was registered in a book, with tho name of the owner of the cycle bearing that number, so that in case of an accident the owner ot the ycle, if at fault, might be identi fied by bis tag. When tho general council adopted tne license ordinance for the current year, which became effective March 15, they were imposed a tax of $1 on all riders of wheels. The payment of this fee or license was resisted in suits brought by Hugh Rolston and Colonol F. P. Davis in the circuit court, ask ing an Injunction against the city tax collector of Mobile to restrain him from collecting the tax. The tempora ry injunction waa granted, but upon the hearing of the case before the chan cery court the chancellor dismissed the injunction on the ground that the plaintiffs bad their remedy in a court of law. He placed the bond to reinstate) the case at 9100, which was given, and the records in the case are now being made out by Mcintosh & Rich, attor neys for the cyclists, and will be for warded to the supreme court in a few days. The cyclists had an offer from the League of American Wheelmen to fight the case, but they declined tho offer with thanks and will make tha fight themselves. Tha lltnlay Rztta. Henley is the foremost amateur row ing regatta in the world. It was estab lished in 1839 by the citizens of Henley contributing 100 guineas for the pur iimm pal 1 E. J. WENDELL, chase of a trophy, which became the grand challenge cup, to be raced for annually by eight oared crews. Subse quently other trophies were added: In 42, Stewards' Challenge cup for fours; Diamond Challenge Sculls in '44: Silver Goblets for pair-oars In '15; also, In Ladies Challenge Tlate for eight-oared crews; in '47, Visitors' Challenge Cup for fours; In '55, Wyfold Challenge Cup for fours; In 'C8 Thames challenge cup for eights. Of these, all are open to the world except the Ladles Plate, to which only English 'varsity, college and public schools eights are eligible. The Visitors' Cup is open only to college and school crews. American V. EnfflUh oarsmen. The record stands as follows, reclud Ing this year's race: 18C9. A Harvard 'varsity eight rowed Oxford over the regular Oxford Cambrftlge four-mile Thames course, and wa3 defeated by six seconds. 187C First Trinity College of Cam bridge University sent a four-oared crew to our Centennial regatta at Phil adelphia, and was defeated by a Yale four, of w hlch Cook, Robert J., the pres ent Yale coach, was stroke. 1S7S. Columbia sent a four-oared crew to England which succeeded in winning tho Visitors' Challenge Cup. This is today the only English boating trophy on this side the ocean. 1881. Cornell sent lo Henley a four oared crew that had the previous year won tho American Intcr-colleglate re gatta on Lake George. It lost at Hen ley, as well as on the continent 1895. Cornell sent an eight-oared crew to Henley, entering only for the Grand Challenge Cup. This crew won Its first heat from Leander by what ' may bo technically called, I suppose, default. Its second heat was against Trinity hall; at the half-mile, pulling forty-four to Trinity's thirty-eight strokes, Cornell led by half a length. At the mile, pulling the same number of strokes, Trinity had closed the gap and was beginning to leave Cornell. Whereupon Cornell collapsed. 0 k- Th VTbl. George Banker, the American pro fessional, left Taris for this country . on last Saturday. At Catford, Eng., June 1C, Chas a bicycle rider, covered 30 miles and 30 yds. In 1 hour. He also rode 2 miles in 3m. 42 4 -."is., establishing a new ' record. The Australian champion. J. W. Par sons, has started on a European tour, and will participate in races with the . leading Continental riders It is pos sible he will pay a visit to the United Str.tes before returning to the Anti podes. The road race from Dayton to Cin cinnati. 55 miles, was won by Stanley Keppler, Dayton, in 3h, and 30s. W. E. Larcon, Springfield, was second, and C. Kirn, Hamilton, third. Larcon won , the time prize In 2h. and 52m. Kepp- . lcr had a handicap of 25m., Larcon 13m. and Kirn 20m. The third annual five-mile road race) of the Falcon Wheelmen, of Brooklyn, took place on the Bayslde course. Will lam D. Sloane, from the 2m. 45. mark, won first prize, with Edmund : Sowden, lm. 45s., a close second, and Henry W. Brown. 2m., third. Fisher and Smith from scratch rode a rer tsst race, the time being lfm. ' CmUh winning time prize by czZ 4 ct a second.