THE "SCORCHING CYCLIST."

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12964, 18 November 1907, Page 8

THE "SCORCHING CYCLIST."

TO TUE EDITOK Or «TRK ni|j »** 1 Sir,_ May 1 ask yon to übTw,-?*' f ' fluent* toward* having a^M**, I brought to bear by ' I rather the nus-uso, of biovS^^jJ 1 I turn-down .handles within <£r,2£ I of the city of Chmtohu£h * •Uogal and the rider of the> t-flft. x cycle bo liable to a fine, ' down handles are used by ttMS young men, nian y of sta„t offenders and bro a { law as limitation <rfJLz?. and they rido with head doWWtf manner which render* it iZJLISu* for them to keep a propeT loSSS?** % ';• , have duo resp«>t fwotC SSSS^*.' Only fcMlay I was * b ' k ?> considerably injuwdTitf - shaken (while my *• verely) by one of tlww jwSPhJrf- ' kins. I was turning a "i . my oroper eide of tho road, whS £'* ' and, catching my front whwlTiTS* toick one, I waa thrown ! the ground, while the wqFSu&Z rode on, turning round witS on hia face. Consideringttiwffi '* juat about sixty years old, «*>£?. so shaken that a rtorekeepet kfoSK \ came to my assistance and beInSTS into his shop and brought m*Z)fi m ,J ► of water, as I felt vory*mu<* incQ ' to faint, sorely ftny young fellow £2:'? n spark Of minfinka Btopped, apologised, and tried tokiaK f am simply ttmW . this to Bhow how urgently eW«S > by-law ia needed, as only some; few ' month* orio past one of my dad*t.W tern, a giri of 15 to 16, im-kmSt* down in Carlton road under «wsv similar eircunwtanow by a^wSi* 5 * bJackguand, who rode off m taiettv4a>£ be could. A trap with *Vd£S.( ' gentleman ;*nd his wife therein close to when it happened, ' called - out "Shame." the assisting TO y danghteT>»4 V she had been thrown and left, A*! i ber bKtfrie was damaged. £jd ■'. I vxmld ask you and jwir 7 t« kmdly notice for yonwSm thRS' £ ' fewnt style of riding and mpect»i#4 lack of »mc by tV, uae##4 bik« with handles bent dm «W% ? Ifiberm; »nd aurejy it is to the «.*! terert of wetpody to h-ave all tTa«s , well regulated.—Youra, etc?,- l ,'"■!,' sxrms>!it •