Cycling Notes

Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3016, 29 November 1898, Page 6

Cycling Notes

» ' •; ,■■■ - ♦ B ' ' '(By Bed Bird) ,; The long looked for summer weather Appears at last to have favored us with a visit, and 'o'y*cliste [are once more r»joioirg * tite ! oytiliß^ id'^Ukje a. weather glass, his temper rises and falls according to the state of the atmosphere. ' The Br,nce Cycling Club possess a live set of offioe-baareri, but they are not showing that e&ergy that might be expeoted from them. The .question 'of pushing on the bu.ildiDg of .a track, Bhoujd not be delayed, ac without a' track a cycling club is Milton will never proapar. ' Something must be done to get oar riders to feel that they belong to a live club. In my last week's notes I suggested' that the beat means • f raising the necessary money for building a track would be by a b z .ar. I stilt thi k ' that more money can be raided by thi.* means than by any other. The c •mcnitte 6 should call a meeting of supporters of the J olub who would be willing to work for the ' objaot, and I am sure the lady cyclists of Milton would nob be clow to c fl%r tbeiservioes. Several of our. riders have gone i to active training for the Clutha Sports, and if rumor lieth not, their time should make the Clmha boys sit up Edwards, who at the beginning of thr year, started out with the intention of a ■ deavonring to ride one hnndred miles a day for the year, broke down ia September On Sept. 7 he- completed hi* 250 centur , riding the first stage while aemi-aonsciju'. By dint of will power be completed the ride, and immediately afterwarda took to bis bed Medical aid was summoned, aud it wos found that he was suffering from typhoid fever Investfgation showed that he must have contracted the fever while engaged oo the 2420 d century. The oentury record for ayeaiV riding is 253, by Aaderaoc, another American.