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Show DARING LEAP OF CYCLIST. Schreyer Rltkt Lite Dally to Pleate Sensation Lovera. Tbe latent Rctnuinon In the cycling world la the daredevil night of Cyclist Schreyer, who, after a swift run down a lattice-work chute, dlttcncngos himself him-self from tho machine and. like a bolt, shoota Into apace and dives Into a tank of tirreo foot of water a terrible dittance below. The turn of an inch, or tha ft action of one, and he would he dashed to lecea. Yet he assorts hat the attempt Is made under the most tile scant of conditions nml thnt he remains perfect ty cool headed. It u said thn performance has never boon eqiiniod, and Hchreyer. to prove his title tn the distinction, haa a it.niilit: offer of ll.nno in the wheel man who will succcsisfuHy ilupllcatc II. Work boa begun on the chuto on which Hi hieyor will make bis ricatb-lefylng ricatb-lefylng ride. The chuto Is IHO feet hiKh at the iippormoist point. Its sur-'uro sur-'uro Is of throe Inch w ide slnts placed Tour Inches apart. It drops steeply to lboiit twenty live foot, and then baa a "Kld'-n rlso of tlvc feet. More than Inn feet away Ilia Iho tank, with Its thron feet ol water. I Winn tho trip Is to be mado the f . N hi The Cycllat'a Daring Leap. wheelman mounts his bicycle at the top of the Incline, (luce started, he shoots through spsre at a torrlflc speed, and when the end of the chute la reached the man la going at the broath-tuklng pare of two miles a minute. It la at thla time that the driver tnunt no rapid calculation, for In less than half second be will have reached the chnte'a end. To control his wheel; to be alert; to Jump at the moment the brink Is opening beneath him these p-e the requirements. So far he has not failed to render them. |