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Show !. DLOOMER QIRLS DACE. An lutcrctllnff lonttit 8toppnl by it New U. lurk l'olkein.ii. I An unoppreclallio policeman dlopjvd nn inlereiillnfr race ou the llhorulilo drive, Niw York, Hie other day, thus Klvlnj (jreul illwuitlsfitcllou lo it number num-ber of Rpeetalora. The lonlestiiutH wore MImi lllldn .loliiimin, mlrldo of ' it home, n.nd Mliwl.ue l'eni-soii.nfitiide ' of a wheel. The BlrU nre fellow mom- . tiers of it bicycle cluli, nnd on the day before had iH'euilltausaliifr the quest ion i whether n wlicVlmftii eotiltl lient ft ' horto cm Ihe publie lilj;hwny. They were of oppottlle iipliiliiini reffiinllttf? tho tnaltur, and loaellie it determined on it race. Miss IVnrsou is iidinltlmlly tho best 'vheelvvoman In the club, every member of which turned nut to sec tho race, whlvh startrd from the corner of Highly-four th street. Mlaa Johnson rode upon it beautiful chestnut. At Klghtj-IKtli street she ', TUDOtlK-VTllACH. startid her horse at n gallop and waB joined by MiM lAiej 1'enrson, tho cliosen member of the olub, uu u wheel. They picd Klrjltty -fourth street nt it breakneck sjniil, and tliunrc down tho drive to bevintj -second street, l'or , the first l blocKs neither had the ad- ' vautaKe, but gradually MIsh Johnson took the lend. At.Seveuty-secondHtieet show ua three good horse lengths iu tho lead. It w us the Intention to tutn here nnd return to Klglilj -fourth utrcot, but , tho interference of u policeman pie-ventcd. pie-ventcd. lie ordered them to stop, and, when they did ho, thieiiteni'd both with nrrest if they did not ileeietiHe their sK'ed. While the argument was taking , plare the other inemberH of the club pulled up nnd decided to eall the raeo i run nnd the winner Miss Johnson. . , Tliu suit which MIsh Johnson wore was of seal-liiowu broadcloth. Tho bloouleiH wcie inther mote on tlio knUkerboel.cr older, while the coat wns long, covering Hie hips entirely. It - ni lined w lib a striped silk of light shunc, vvliiili showed when it blew back. Iter limbs wcie I'oveied with a pair of leggings of tlio wiiue uhnde and material. The collar of the toat was tpille deep, and was cut low so us to display u wide cpuiiHo of while shirt front. A led nciMit' wns Ihe only color, t'Mcpl Unit in her choel.H. Asked what she thought of the advantage advan-tage of riding tistiido over the old method, hlio wild' "There Is eteiy advantage. It gives tho rider u fleer and easier mount. Tlicru Is not Hint ci limped feeing that eomeb with riding-slde-snddles. WlVu I first begun to title, buforo I took to tho wheel at all, I lode side-smhllo and was tluowii. That uiiuciveil me, and I nbuidohfd it nnd took up cycling lu-Htcnd. lu-Htcnd. In the toiiiitry, lately, I wna induced to put my wheel against tlio fence one daj nnd mount a horse nslrlde. I was so well ploaacd that I practiced ever tiny." , v |