THE SCBAXTOX' TRIBUNE SATURDAY MOItXJNG, MAHCH 23, 1896. ROUND HE Ml; K WORLD THE WHEEL AND THE LAW Legal Status of the bicycle Xot Yet ( ' Clearly Defined. IT, HOWEVER, IS A VEHICLE Horn of the Legal Dsclsloos Which llav Het n Called forth b lh Wonasr fal Growth of the Great tYltceltag 'port. fium thw Iwtrolf Free Irs. bicycles In a general way, It may be said: THE LAW HUMMED UP. 1. Municipal corporations or cities are liable to a bicyclist for Injuries In curred by reason of defective roads I (i. e.. unguarded embankment, a deep rut, a large stone), provided he Is not guilty of contributory negligence. A city Is under no special obligation to wheelmen, and the detect must be such uk to cause Injury to vehicles In general. A bicyclist injured while rid ing on Sunday for pleasure or business cannot recover In slates where "Sun day laws" are iu force. J. A w heelinun has a right of action ugalnst th' driver or owner of u ve i hide who wilfully, or m-Kllgently causes a collision or damages his wheel while left Hljudliiif lv the street curb ' The use of the lilryrle for the pur- j or rt,udside. It is the duty of a wheel pose of locomotion and travel jmj . inani however, to uvert collision, if recent that us yet there is little ailjiull- I jxjusil.le, and he cannot recover Jam ration 'us to the right liability of ulfe(1 lf Mf ow nHKKencc Is the proxi truvelers employing It upon the hlgii- mu(c nlue 0 n,,. injury complained May; but 'the trend of judicial author- j llf ity seems to place the wheel on a plane i ;i A traveler riding on (he left hand of equality with other vehicles. ,j,. t,f tnp ,.,( priibuljly assumes nil The early advent of the bicycle met , ,.Hkg all(1 ,.,na rac,, guilty of negli wlth strenuous opposition, both from s,.lll:1, je'destrlans and agencies of the road, Vehicles going in the same (ilrec the former contending that It was a ton ,lle hindermont may jmns on vehicle, and snouia oe ranmi either side. o. Sidewalks are exclusively for root passengers, but a foot passenger has a right to walk in the highway, and is entitled to cross the s'treet where he may elect, but Is guilty of negligence lf he attempts to cross ahead of a ve hicle. And the fact that the vehicle Is on the wrong side of the road is no evidence of negligence In an action for injury to a pedestrian. ti. A bicyclist employing nn Immod erate rate of speed on a highway or street muy be liable civilly or criminal ly In case of accident. If he recklessly runs his wheel uriitiiHt u ticrieNtrlun lie ! fn .,u.il. n..l lmlta.u k'ssness will sometimes supply the place of criminal intent, and If a bi cyclist kills a human being while going tit a dangerous sjiet-d he may be con victed of manslaughter. The term "Immoderate rate of speed" cannot be accurately defined. It depends upon time, place and cir cumstances. There is us yet no statutory or case law in the state of Michigan in regard to the bicycle. The common council of 1 1, ai.iou-nlk and the latter asserting that it was an object of terror, the use of which was perilous in thut it fright ened horses. But by degrees this child of adversity began to bo recognized by the courts and its legal status estab lished.. Ktaally Hs paternity was es tablished und it was placed In the cate gory of carriages and vehicles. Although Ulackstone. Coke and other common law Jurists never experienced the sensation of a spin on a bicycle, yet we look to the law of the mother coun try for the earliest cases Involving the low of the wheel. ' A U2ADIN0 CASK. The-authorities, almost without ex ception, now recognize the bicycle as a 'carriage" or "vehicle," entitled to the rights of carriages and vehicles In gen eral, and no longer regard It a:i an ob struction to or an unreasonable use of the streets or roads, but rather a new and Improved method of using the game, and "irermiine, to their principal use as a pathway." One Taylor, an .,,-, . . t. A !.... 4.. lulia thd K imi Sour and h Vase of passed an ordinance regu.at- Taylor against Ooodwln Is a leading third base; Moss, short top: Smith, left Held; Gurry, center Held; Minahan, right field. Her is something wonderful Indeed: George Kuntsell, of the Syracuse team, says that the four clubs which will close the seaaon In the first division of the Eastern league are Providence, Rochester, Toronto and Syracuse. George Mahoney, the Georgetown's star twilrer, says tie will never enter the pro fessional ranks, and refuses to entertain any proposition from a major league elub. So the major magnates would do well to save a waste of time by opening negotia tions with Mahuney that will prove futile. President Freednian. of the New York Base ball club, says he doesn't care whether Amos Husle pitches for the ciuo or not, and that under no clrvumatancsj mil he remit the nne Imposed upon the pluyer lat w-asun for Infractions of the rule. "1 would sooner go out and ind llu.ugu for another pitcher than give In tu KuI on thl.i." said Mr. freejman, In a tit of passion. "It isn't a question of J-.'Oii. There I principle involved in this Hiunh. und 1' Hill not give in It Kiisln do-in't pitch a ball all season." Tuesday morning the members of the Boston Huse Hull i-uin. who are pi act). -Ihk at "harlot lesville, Vu . went out to .Muolewood cemetery at that place, und each man pluced a bunch of flowers upon the grave or I'lmrles Ferguson, the fam ous I'liiluilclphla pitcher, who died some years ao. He wus a t'harlottesvllle bay ami commenced his base hall work with the old Virginia league, but soon withdrew to accent an offer from the Phils teluhta club, whese insnaaer re'-oen'"-! nt n" ! that he would be the leading pitcher of the country, as many atturwaiu teiy aj.t realised to their sorrow. Many wers the kinds words which were said by the Bos ton about the dead base bait player. STATISTICS OF TROTTING Interesting Pacts and I'ijjurcs About Trotters and facers. RECORDS THAT STILL STAND la the Upea Class. Qa.sa Alts Uolda the 2:03 3-4 and Fantasy I Proad of ths ThrM-Y.ar.Old Cbsnploashlp. BICYCLE NEWS AND GOSSIP. one. Mr. uonuwir. sprmieu on a. cer tain road In violation of a statute mak ing the furious driving; of a carriage on the highway an offence. Upon the trial he did not deny the imputation of Immoderate speed, but contended that the bicycle was not a "carriage," and that the word "driven" as ordinarily understood was not applicable to the bicycle, and that the mere fact that it had wheels did not make it a carriage u'ny more than a wheelbarrow or roller skates. Btt.t the court was ot the opin fnn that it was n carriage In the full sense oi the word, and thai persons riding It might he until to "drive" it in the same sense that an engineer drives nn engine, although he guide as well ns propels it. Investigation discloses American au thorities. i In applying the established law of Hie road to the wheel, probably It Is not entitled to the dignity of u carriage, !i ml while there is no authority for the statement. It hcpium that the wheel- , man In riding on the road should be governed by the Immemorial usage und custom applicable to horsemen. It has been held that there Is no law re liilriug a man un liorsebuck to turn to either the tight or to the left hand. He should be governed by Ills notions of prudence. A horseman should yield the traveled track to u vehicle where lie can do so without peril. A bicyclist and a horse can pass along a track much nut rower than that rciiuiied fur carriages; they also oc cupy much less linear space, in both cases the control of the traveler Is more absolute than In the case of horses attached to carriages, but the bicyclist cannot be forced to ride his machine on dangerous ground. The ' cardinal rule, however, Is to "keep to the right." ... Humming up the law pertaining to ien to Ing the use of the wheel on the streets, but It was vetoed by the mayor. The question, however, of whether Improved methods of locomotion ore admissible on public roads arose In Michigan as early as lKTtl and the opin ion of Judge t'noley In the case of Ma cumber vs. .Vichols is or Interest to all wheelmen, and although written long before the adoption of the blcvcle. It seems to untlclpate radical innova tions In the methods ot locomotion on the highway. BASE BALL NOTES. Providence has signed Ave pitchers, l'ottsvllli! hus signed Jack O' Brier play short. Itoehester plays but nine scheduled Sun day games ut home. The Ku? tern leauue celebration of Harrv Wright day will. be April "X joe Minim, Lyons and Murruv will com pose ihe iMovldciice uutliehl this season. Fred PfefTer's retirement from major league base ball is now predicted by his enemies. Syracuse Is senerally regarded as one of the strongest ut ull the minor league teams on paper. Hill Iange's ankle ii mendlny. He says he will sprint over the circuit as faat us ever next season. Scott Slrnlton has retired from base ball fur good, and is now inihe mercantile bust ness at Tuylorsvillc, Ky. WHh Tom .Mct'aiihy as captain of the Ilrooklyn it bruins ao look us if Have Font. Is a case of excess tiaKgUK". With Kogers, Strieker and AlcAuley cut of the Providence Inlleld, it may lie the cause of that club being one ot the tail enilers. Koset'S. of the Providence club, who led the llrs't basemen last year, will play with Washington this season and Juke Irauly takes his place. Mrauby has a llelding uv ernge of .S'iS, and a balling average of The Syracuse Star team will open the league seuson like this: lteluney. Jor dan Brixton- Willis. Whitehill. .Mason, pitchers; itufter, Hess, catchers; farel, llrst base; JOagan, scond buse; fielllv, Charles Klesel Is riding a "W Sterling. iMoriis Sloan has purchased a handsome new Peerless. Henry liluheo.k has received his new m-pouhd read wheel. It's a Keating. Captain l.u.-as, of the Hcranton Bicycle club, Is riding a new "Yellow Fellow." Scalding' official Base Ball ilutdcs for sale ut Ftorcy's. 1SS! Wyoming avenue. Lieutenant Oovernor W'atres has pur chased a iearn4 wheel for his son, Law reti'.'e. Captain Charles Carr. of the Green Uldge Wheelmen, Is "pushing" a new Ktuting. F.dltor Beamish, of the Frea Press, has Joined the Huong. Kioherd lias ordered a "bike." K. H. Sorhern. the well-known actor, and Bronson Howard, the playwright, will sturt on a European bicycle trip in a few months. K. .-. Steams, the Syracuse cycle man ufacturer. has returned from his Ber muda Island trip. He says the climate Is u fine one for cycling. "Pop" Foote, who trained the Scranton Blcvcle club's racing team lasf season, has been eagaged as a salesman in Bitteu bemlcr & Co.'s bicycle department. Manager of cycling agency, to clerk What did the lady wlsn wlro Just called? t'lork She wants her bicycle enameled in black. Her 'husband has Just died. lulJlng' oftlulal )" Base Ball Uuldes for sale at Florey's, SJ2 Wyoming avenue. Tandem tiding promises to be very popu lar this sea on. All the makers report ex tra latge sales for the double-eealed ma chine. LMany triplets are also being or dered. . It T-l.. I,. nf fthtft fltl WAtt f . it. XUUIIIIIH, J,., ...... In Harrlsbuig Wednesday last attending a meeting of the league of American Wheelmen vominlttee on highway and road Improvements. ,,.'., Phe writer was !ra.:ed to a delirhtful tandem ride on Tuesday on a Tribune lan lem bv Ben Keller, whose father, M. T. Keller, sells that and several other high-grade wliee'.s. The tandem is of the combination pattern, und runs unusually smcoth. . , . Hubert White, mamager of Foote Shear conipuny's bicycle department, trfate 1 manv of his fiinhds to a ride on the new Cleveland tandem received by his tlnn latt week. The marttlne is of the doulile diamond frame pattern, with an Pil-inch gear. Jt Is a beauty. II. I Marvel, salesman lor the llsrt ford Hubber works, is calling on ths bi cycle dealers of this city, singing the pialses of the Hartford single tub tire. Mr. -Marvel is one of th most popular ttavelltig salesmen in the business and 1s pu.-'hing a good thing, viz.: the Hartford tire. A meeting was held recently at Oormully & JetTerv'a Klgh.th avtJiu store of the New York Cvcle oard of Trade, and mem bers or the leading sundry manufactur ers. The conference piovoked a good deal of disfusslon, without arriving at the object of the meeting, to wit.: the nutni tenancw of list prices on lamps, bells and cyclomatei. The retail dealers are ob jecting to the handling of pheeie goods bv t he big department stores. N solution of the problem Is at hand, but one it wanted very badly. The new record books of trotting and pacing- contain some Interesting stat istics relating to harness racing in 18V5. Although no account Is taken of races In which the winner's time Is slower than .30. summaries of over .5U0 har ness contests are printed this year, showing a slight Increase over the vol ume of sport In lsM. As only about two-thirds of all harness races are won In standard time, it Is probable that no fewer than f.uOO or 10. wu trotting and pacing contests took place last year on the tracks of the L'nlteU States and Canada. Something like 1.200 meetings were held by the l.WMl or more driving clubs and fair associations, and at these meetings nearly H.OOO different horses started for the ?;i,(KH),tXK or more hung up In prises and stakes. Bays .the Sun. According to the trotting turf guide the total number of trotters In the 2.30 list at the close of IMS was 11.88!). but the compiler has rejected on technical . which are liiniiim a uw limn; . . . ... . . generally accepted by other authorities. so mat tne rou oi Jiunor exceeds 12.000 trotters. Of these about I.4U0 gained their best record last year, and something like 1,00 pacers also entered the 2.30 list. STRONG SHOWING OF PACERS. The strong- showing made by the pacers Is one of the notable features of the statistics of lsif.. Ten years ago the complete, list of 2.30 aeers num bered less than 500 horses, and at the close of 1890 there were only 1.251 side wheelers having records as fast as 2.30. Yet so rapid has been tho rise of the once despised pacer that the list now comprise more than 4.500 animals, and it is Increasing at a rate which bids fair some day to place the lateral galted horses In the majority. Just how many pacers there are In the i.o list at present is a matter of some un certainty, in lail the 2.25 list com prised 4 pacers, while lite turf guide four years later gives the. names and records of 3.456 slde-wheelera thut have equaled or beaten this mark. For the first time in many years the compilation for 1895 shows no change In the list of champion trotters, not a. world's record having been shattered during the last campaign. Alls, with her mark of 2.034. made at Oalesburg. September 19, 1HW. holds the palm In the open class. The dead ltalph Wilkes still heads the list of 5-year-old trot ters with his record of 2 ti. gained ot Nashville In 1894. Direct m' 2 .054 re . i i..B limn mi t-fnnrd for 4- year-olds and for trotting stallions of any age. FANTASY THE CHAMPION. Fantasy holds the champion 3-year old record, but It Is 2.0S,, ana tint 2.U8U. as the turf guide has it. Arloti's marvelous mile in -.iu. -....... ... .,.. ,.i. i i, ifcst mill uik m . w.v - ----- stands unapproached. and it is the only champion recoru wnicn nas duiinuwi the advent of the speed -Increasing pneumatic wheels. The yeaning rec ord of Adbell. 2.33, made in 1SH4. was not approached last season, mainly be- AaA wm.'a four venrllliffA in training, and almost no raves at oil for colts of this age. A report has been gointr the rounds that William Simpson bus decided to chango the name of his champion pac ing u.Alllrtn fw,n Jnhn If. tlentrV tO plain Gentry. Mr. Slmpaon says that the handsome son of Atthland Wilkes will start this year as heretof6re under his old name. Another name would t.A .nil ih. nn.i re thi. noted horse, but this would Involve confusion of the records, ana no cnange is to ue made. Air. Simpson s empire t-ity sia- mldable strings of trotters and pacers in the east this year. Besides John R. Gentry. Trainer W. J. Anderws Is now tur,iklnir Knuncr t IftU ' fkt-anirclander. Quality. 2.11. and the pacers Spalpeen, 2.17; Adornment, 2.it4: Katie Greenlander,. 2.17i; Miml, 2.19, and Sufficient, 2.2H4. together with a number of green youngsters. Spal Devn. who uaced 1112.171 as a 2-year- old In 1895. has shifted to the diagonal gait, and he promises so well as a trot ter that Mr. Hlmpson nas enterea mm In the 13,000 stake for the 2.30 class at Fleetwood. In Miml. a daughter of Klectrlclan, that paced to 2.1S last sea- ion as a 2-year-old. and Rebecca Sim mons, a Ally that cost her owner $173 at a public aale about a year ago, Mr. Simpson says he has two yery promis ing candidates for the $20,000 Kentucky Ftiturlty. to be trotted and paced next October. PURCHASE OF LOTTIE THOM. The New York breeder has Just pur chased from John E. Madden the noted brood mare Lottie Thorn. 2.23. the dam of H. R. C. Watson's Oscar Will iam. l.UM. and the rranddam of Rebec ca Simmons. 1-1 ke the dam of Bouncer, she Is a daughter of Mamhrlno Patchen, and Mr. Simpson will breed her to Hum mer with the hope of getting another year-old mat is good enough to win the Transylvania. Andrews will probably open the cam paign with the Empire City stable ut Mystic park. Boston, about the middle of June, going west In time for the opening of the grand circuit at Saginuw and coining down the line to New York. After the Fleetwood meeting the horses will go to itoslon and other New Eng land meetings, winding up the cam paign in the west In October, with starts at Terre Haute, Louisville and exington. Mr. Simpson will probably give a high class meeting In September t t-una, .N. y where his breeding farm ia located. ( U ON SILUER YOU LOOK FOR THE MARK STERLING AND ON BICYCLES LOOK FOR THAT IU DEN It is Foremost In New Ideas And, of Course, T MMMIT a. WEVflf -LOZIER BEST. Fun Line of Sundries at LOW E ReERiDgfOD Bicycle. Its Name Is Its Guara MADE OF TIE BEST MATERIAL TUBING REINFORCED ON THE OUTSIDE LARGE TUBING, WHICH MAKES A PRICES, j Stiff Rigid Frame FOOTE Yon Will Find All of Thess Thines at SHEAR CO., & GENERAL SPORTING NOTES. Jim Daly has received the following from Corbett: "Try and force Kitsslm moni to fight me, and oblige your friend." jonn J. wuinn, manager ror feier u. her, says that ha will back Peter for 110.. 000 for a tight with Fltxslmmons, lf "Flu" positively reruses to meet corbett. It Is all that Watson, the designer, has asked Richard Q. Allan, of the Allan &teamhip line, on behalf of the Herman emperer, to represent that celebrity on board his new Meteor in all the Clydu races and In the regattaa In English and Irlvli water. Al. K. Uweeiiey. the holder of the world's record for the lilich jump, has determined to join -the profexidonal rank. He hus ac cepted the posliion of athletic director at Hill school, Pottalown, Pa. The athletic lea mot the University of California have received a telegrsm from the Harvard team scitpting a challenge to meet on May 23. The California team will meet the athletes of several other college on their eastern tourney. . The report that Lamed, Koote and irobably Chace will all play In the Rng Ish lawn tennis championships at Wlm bleton next July, and that Larned will also play In a number of the .other big tennis events there this spring has been confirmed. While Valkyrie III. Is till moored In the Erie Basin, Brooklyn, her racing spars are In Kngland. where they were ssnt last autumn. As yet there has been no move made to tit her out for her return trip, nor has a crew been secured to come over and sail for home. That Australian starting machine can he beaten, as the following, taken from a Cal ifornia paper of recent date, will show: "Jockey fllileldj has clearly mastered the situation, and, while he doe not 'beat the flag.' he coms pretty near 'ducking the webblns;.' Three times In a single day he shot his mount out from under the barrior, while It wax making its upward flight, and before some of the pin-head got thslr mouth cloaed again Shields was Knowing the way ut a merry clip. He won every mount Wednesday, snd won all the way, too. lf some of the other boys do not 14 t onto th wrinkle Shields will have an Immense following." STERLING, FOWLER, WORLD, IY1 ITS A FLYER and ths velocity of wind, steam and wings are suggested by his progress. The bicycle Is the most Important lnno vatlon In means of travel sine the Intra. ductlon of the locomotive, snd we are in tne inrancy or its use, construction and means of propulsion. Healthy-minded neonle are those whs commend and practice Its use. to sucn we need hardly say. Your Hey. ele should be the latest and best. Call ana examine ours before buying. J.D.WILLIAMS 5 BRO. 312 AND 314 UCMWINM IV. YOU WILL FIND ME In my new store, 324 Spruce Street, in Ho tel Jermyn. Fishing Tackle and Sportsmen's Supplies. Good goods and fair treatment guaranteed. OPEtUHG MARCH 21ST A. W. JURISCH. YES. ILUIINUR BICYCLES. rrama, F"orl, Handle Bar. . Sat Post, Each at Alaalaua, la sue piece, witaaat Matetaay klaa. We Also Have the Passeas UNION CRACK A JACK, II CALL III 110 LET OS TILI TO YOU. CHASE i FARRAR SUKUbUNS, Undl St., CaJrVflV ALL REPA1RMG GUIRAHTEED. ry est Kjcycle AJ)UILT. Its Name Its Guarantee. Price, $100. C. M. FLORE Y 222 Wysdng Annua. Y. I. C 1 ItHLBMC 434 Lackawaaaa Avtaua, A NI-.W BICYCLE or tht repair si a ncti, set EL. R. PARKER, Who has the longest xp.rlenc In thl Mn. ot any man In the city. Veu will save moncv by lullowlng this sdvlc. asi SPRtCt l. Winton BicjcUa are guar aoteed. "TLe Winton Is a Winner.' l bs Huat Ceasatll Cs LARGEST DEALERS OF V BICYCLES 01 DN THE CITY. Not one High Grade called the "Best on Earth," but eight Leading, Well-Known and Popular Machines. Every one guar anteed against breakage by accident or otherwise. OUR LEADERS : ST E A R N S Tha Yellow Fallow. SYRACUSE-CrimsonRim. BARNES-WhiteFlyir. PEERLESS Blue Bird. FALCON Gold Crank. FEN TON Blue Crown. A M E R I C A Truss Frame. PHOENIX ItStands the Racket. Also a large complete line of Medium Grades. Our repair department, under the management of D. J. Slowe, should command your attention. II ID IX 1 .MI i. W. Wl sales agents: 3ITTENBEN A. KEMMERER. Display Parlors, 3 1 3 Spruce St. Riding Academy, Wyoming Avenue, Top Floor. Arrangements can be made for private instmctions at our Bicycle Parlors. 119 Washington Avenue: I;
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