Show THE AND HEALTH the greatest danger of bicycling in common with other sports results from the ho strain which active act ive exertion necee badly brings upon the heart that all I important organ tends like other mul mu cies aci to lose iose tonicity under the seden tary ar conditions 0 of the average lite and readily beadily become embarrassed it naked asked to perform herfor 1 an unusual work as any one who Is riot not in training can assure himself ly fly climbing IL a flight 0 of stairs rapidly or attempting to run a few hundred yards under such conditions tile the heart often doublot the frea frequency i I 1 of its beat in attempting to dispose of at I 1 the increased flood of blood that it 1 driven into it ft by muscular contraction with a deceased heart the strain thus thun imposed may lie be hazardous several cases are recorded where IL a pel poison son v with it it such a heart lias has fallen dead while bilt ing ine a bicycle DUE but then thousands thousand 0 ot f 0 ther other cases are recorded i where per persona 1 I have similarly fallen dead V while hile riding in carriages or while sitting bitting la in easy i 1 chairs at home it II doer doe riot not follow I 1 pre lumo that we must all eschew easy chairs carri carriages axes and bicycles but it I 1 i does follow than any one who has rea iti I 1 son to doubt the normality of his heat t I 1 may wisely consult x n physician before deciding to any active exertion bicycling included even the perfectly normal heart may mayi ingui Y I 1 it fl uba acted to prolonged and excessive strain ghisi this fact should ie be borne in mind ill by ever every 1 I 1 novice in bicycling for it la Is per C ull arlei easy to overdo under the ex hil arat tit ng I 1 influence or of this pastime Pre presently gently th heart gains tone and strength and li able 10 0 adapt itself to the new conditions fori but time has been given for ella thisie it isi Is the theeart part of oc wisdom to proceed carefully vt raIning on gradually fur thedmore ther more ur person who ll Is will W I 1 iti use reasonable discretion as to tho the amount amo of exertion he will undertake f even when thoroughly trained As we me have inherent differences of strength each one of us ua should bo be in some som measure a law unto himself as to how fast end and how holy far he shall ride ade keeping well I 1 within the limits of ills his strength atren etli andi and endurance and remembering that I 1 healthful fatigue flit igue la Is one thing complete exhaustion quite another the person i I 1 who mho rides for pleasure and health and i uses reasonable judgment will not feel I 1 obliged to cover ten miles in a halt half hour or to pedal up every hill bill that i some one else has haa managed to climb I 1 above all he will eschew such anani find and harmful performances og as con cen tury runs arid and similar attempts to cov or er d distance stance for the mere sake ot at cov e ring it regardless regard lees of consequences irom from HatT harpers lers weekly |