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Show WHEELING NOTES, Cycling Is making groat progrcsa In Indfn, whtch can now boast two Jour-als Jour-als devoted to tho p'astlmo. Ono is published In Bombay, tho other In Calcutta. Cal-cutta. In Berlin arrangements aro tcln made to nppvtlon off a narrow track along the sides of tho prlnclpnl thoroughfares. thor-oughfares. Under these conditions thp risk of cycling even In tho city would be minimized. It Is surprising that moro accident; do not occur, especially to lady riders, owing to the lack of attention which many of them pay to their machines, and also their unwillingness In man) ensos to attain any mechanical knowledge, knowl-edge, which they regard as unneccs rary and so much avoidable trouble Ono has often seen ladlet riding on machines In a condition which almost "raises one's hair," nnd with nn lndlf-fcrenen lndlf-fcrenen which no man would daro to crnulatp. A rather alarming prospect Is suggested sug-gested by tho announcement that a medical man has found the bicycle of great benefit to patients In tho early stages ot mental disease. It it can be guaranteed that the insane cyclist shall bo strictly confined to his own premleos, or to those ot the asylum 01 sanatorium of which he mny bo a guest, well and good. But tho merr off-chance of tho addition of bcdlamltr "bikers" to tho already abounding pcr 11s of tho streets Is enough to shattei tho timid wayfarcr'a last remnant of nerve, nnd to darken his dally walks abroad with tho shadow ot an ever-present ever-present terror. A lady cyclist has written a cycling paper making tho extraordinary declaration dec-laration that ever since she began riding rid-ing she haa made It her chief ambition to run over chickens. Ono has often marveled at tho imperturbablo calm with whleli tho average domestic fowl will stand In tho path of an advancing cyclo until tho very last moment, and then with a swift simultaneous movement move-ment of legs and wings neatly cluoe It by a hair's breath. They aro caught sometimes, thouch, and .It was tho fact of several riders having been thrown by unskillful chanticleers which drew forth tho announcement ot this occcn-tric occcn-tric lady's pastime. |