CYCLING IN LONDON.
In spite of ridicule and opposition, and the vigorous attacks of Mrs Lynn Linton —who styles it a ‘ crank and a craze,’ and a combination of the ‘treadmill and the tight-rope,’—the cycling mania spreads and spreads. The Prince and Princess of Wales having joined the wheeling throng, in addition to the already large number af Royalties and main portion of the aristocatic world, its triumph may be considered, we presume, complete’ The Princess of Wales rides a quietly appointed machine ; but some of the Royal and noble ladies are making verydainty affairs of their wheel-steeds: the Countess of Warwick, to wit, who is very frequently en evidencein the neighbourhood of the glorious old Castle on her entirely white‘bike.’ The hours in Hyde Park for the all-pre-vailing exercise now being extended to two o’clock, this coming season may see all restrictions ultimately removed, and a Cycling Row and Drive.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 626
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151CYCLING IN LONDON. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 626
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