Show II 11 pG CLE th aaa the abat tafoi S tins berer S bicycle put one laore notch ahead bl th horse lately when a aiila wes ran on a boston in says the philadelphia press this ia better than anhouse an horse over the same distance and ais tha fastest mils ever ridden cn a bicycle anywhere ia the conditions were soi exceptionally favorable as a strong wind sad bright lot sun had to he faced and even after he had broken th e worlds record ibe alder claimed that wind and sun could rida a nalo in 1301 is alne evidence of how man with a hig own getting the better of the co rs a wagn hand nada 01 ol it was considered sp remarkable archieva t neat ana still further were expected of this paced caare bat one ended her career and she has beba re cireo tireo from he shora tha superior end aranco of cian over tho brute creation hy from to victory no horie ench sf atrain as the contestants in tha lil cycle tournament in new york city last subjected hem belvea ta and yet they came the test with hardly any appearance cf c f so men aija his constantly increasing knowledge ot Us resources and how best to ils velo handle then inconstantly the advantage the horse fead had from ais greated muscular endow manS a this victory of tho over the horse ia as evident m in chort distances lo 10 remarkable triumphs ic this hava been recorded ahia year at buffalo may 0 the twenty five record waff broken and the distance covered it 1036 the best previous record lor the sam distance had been ia on the same day in chicago a distance tit eighteen alks was ald flen in it is bla that ba lore the year 1894 closes all these will ba broken ani that tha will be thrown still further in ahe chade but it is net alona in ports and recreation that the is the hore the awo wheeled vehicle is proving its worth as a practical every flay in the year soldiers messengers policemen and postmen use it tha national guard of connecticut has a cycle corps that goes into caiar every year for drilling lettea carriers have adopted it aad n large citie aro i recommending that the government make i r a part of the equipment of tha department park policemen are mounted on bi cycles and brooklyn has a clerical cycle club composed wholly of minis tera one of whom says a bicycle and E bible are the beat outfit a young man can possibly have if the bicycle makes the same progress daring the next ten years as it has dur aff the past ten and the substitution of electricity as a motive power goes on the horsa is likely to become an known only for ita achievements before the advent of the bicycle c |