Show BICYCLE RIDER WITH WINGS Unique Contrivance for Increasing Speed of Racers Charles Strickland carpenter of the Salt Palace bicycle < truck has Invented Invent-ed what he and some others think Is a device that will result in the smashing smash-ing of all present bicycle records Sir o Strickland has figured it out that the passage throuch the air of n bicycle I rider creates arpartlal vacuum behind the rider This of course makes the air pressure In front of the rider greater great-er than behind him with the result that his speed Is retarded soniewhnL HIs Invention Mr Strickland and others believe will not only have tho ofteet of reducing this Inequality of pressure but will also enable the rider to go Caster by lessening the attraction I of gravity The device consists of a 111ll I set of wings about live feet long and three wing e made of nice nuv tin the shoulders and back and attached to bace of the rider and not connected In anyway any-way with the wheel The wings slope downward behind the riders back the theory being that air will thus be shifted from lp front of the rider to behind him thus partially lilllng tho vacuum The inclination of the wings also ha a lifting effect on the rider I reducing the friction between the wheels and the track I The device was given Its Initial workout yesterday afternoon on tho track several of the riders Including Samuelson King Hume and Clayton taking a whirlat it Samuelson Is an enthusiastic advocate of the merits of the thing He rode a quarter in 2i 25 with his wings on and says he thinks they will prove very helpful In his case Many thoughtful suggestions sugges-tions were offered na the riders worked around the track with the things on A R nioomfield suggested an amendment I amend-ment to the racing rules prohibiting riders from using wings more than I Jlftyfour inches wide King was labeled i la-beled Angel wben he first put the J wingson and was told to be careful j not to get Jtxtt to himself as he might I rub his foal hers OIL Manager Mulvey of the Palace is another advocate of the scheme Mr Mlvcy Is inr i for anything that will reduce tile attraction of gravity und he thinks the scheme Isa wise one To show how much he thinks of it he has ordered another set made They will probably be delivered today and i it is likely that a race with wings will be arranged for next week If nothing happens in the meantime n Is suggested that an attachment whereby the wings may be opened and shut be arranpM 1 Thus the rider who got the pole could spread his pinions I I and prevent any one from passing him without taking a circle to the top of the track or ducking under the wings I The latter would be risky because if I a man ducks too low ho stands a chance of getting i bad fall and If he dont duck low enough the wings might saw his head off of Manager Hishel Is not wholly in love with the scheme He Is afraid some of the fastest riders may get up such speed while wearing the wings that the great lifting force generated will carry them clear off the track here and land them on the Butte track The followers of racing will watch I the outcome of the trials of the wings with I interest and It they show up as their Inventor hopes they will Mr t Strickland doubtless has a good thing |