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Identifier: bicyclingworld151887bost (find matches)
Title: The bicycling world
Year: 1881 (1880s)
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Subjects: Bicycles Cycling
Publisher: Boston : (s.n.)
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ess piece, of paper in the road, and ninety-nine times in a hun-dred the owner will call the animal a blanked fool; but let the samehorse shy at a bicycle, aud ninty-nine times in the hundred theowner will blame the wheel, and swear at its rider. This sort ofconsistency we have to put up with for the sake of peace.—N. O.Ti7)ies-De7nocrat. The road champions of Kansas City are now Nelson T. Haynes,of the Outing cyclists, and Harry Ashcroft, of the Kansas CityWheelmen. They started for Paola last Sunday morning, Ashcroftovertaking Haynes on the Southwest boulevard. Ashcroft startedat 4.45. The two riders reached Olathe at 7.45. Ashcroft was suf-fering with a weak stomach and stopped for breakfast. Haynespushed on. After stopping about forty minutes in Olathe, Ashcroftstarted and overtook Haynes at Bonita. Paola was reached at 12M. The return was made at 2.45, reaching Olathe at 6.15 P. M. 5 Aug., 1887. THE BICYCLING WORLD 267 THE tUDGE CQEI^CENT TjlNDEM. * SEND FOR 1887 Catalogue. mmm
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* SEND FOR 1887 Catalogue. <*SAFE, PRACTICABLE, FAST. ^toddord, Loveriqo \ Co., S Congress Street, - BOSTON, IKEASS, 268 THE BICYCLING WORLD 5 Aug., 1887 HA! HA! Are They Selling ? Here, gentlemen, is some more of that sweet and charming ^reflection: Peoria, III., July 15th, 2887.GoRMULLY & Jeffery Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111. Gentlemen—Please hurry up our back orders and be particular toforward to us at the very earliest possible moment the 54-inchLight Champion which we wired for this morning. This is for oneof our old riders, who trades off a nearly new full nickeled Expert,and he is extremely anxious to get his new mount. Our trade onyour goods this season has been clear beyond our most sanguine ex-pectations, as we had what we considered a very fine trade last year,and when making our plans for this season had thought that wewould do well if we did as well this year as we did last. You willtherefore be gratified to be informed that up t

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