Show r n 1 F e C ROWING ON DRY LAND Unique Contrivance I Invented vented Invented by Mr r. r Charles E E. E Courtney i. i Here Is an odd tricycle c that In its ts propulsion on on- lan iari i like w 11 racing gig In the water It has a sliding slid slid- ing seat built bulIt exactly ke those In shells anc and th the energy is s applied pIled the thet same as though as o a appear oar r were were being used It Is called a r rowing wing machine by the Inventor Mr Charles CharlesE E Courtney Courtne r who who- Is now training the Cornell University University Uni Uni- crew and and that Is exactly what It Is is The operator sits and moves f the same as in a boat while he grasps PI a rounded piece of ot wood that i is like th the the handle of ot an oar From this i fl handle runs a strap which passing s over a pulley winds around a spool i on the on-the the rear axle In which spool there t J i r Jj If 1 X k ii If Is a coiled colled spring wound wound when when the l strap Is pulled pUlled pUlled-by by means of the ordinary ordinary pt nary pawl and ratchet When the strap I il Is let free the spring uncoils and away goes the rowIng rowIng row- row Ing Ig machine ready for another 1 or pull the same as tho though tigh It were a boat l On one one- one of these machines Claire J Courtney the ten year ten year old nephew of I. I the Inventor e can can n go a mile in ten minutes with little exertion New New NewYork b York Herald |